A quick post today, as we are heading to the beach for the season's last concert at the beach.
I reached way, way back to a technique I used to teach at my store, The Stamp Pad. The panel on the left side of the card is done with Colorbox inks. It is called Direct To Paper. I took my Cat's Eye Colorbox inks in fall colors, and applied them directly from the pad to the paper. I created a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet, since I had everything out. That way, I can get two or three cards or more from the one background.
I took it a step further than direct to paper, however. I stamped the leaves from Serendipity with permanent black ink over the dtp background, then added more Colorbox ink over the stamped images. Then, I embossed the whole shebang with clear embossing powder. The images popped right out, even though I had applied more ink over them!
I adhered a strip of this background to an A2 card, and a thin gold glitter ribbon. The Charles Dickens saying is from Serendipity, also, which I embossed in gold.
Finally, I embossed three of the leaves in gold, and watercolored them using Adirondack inks. I adhered them to the card with foam tape for dimension. A few sequins finish off today's card.
Here is a close-up of the dtp...
This card is for the following challenges:
Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog - # 58 Add fabric or ribbon (gold glitter ribbon)
Tuesday Throwdown - Make It Sparkle (gold glitter ribbon, embossing, and sequins)
AAA Cards Challenge - Blending (DTP, Watercolor)
Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your visit.
Blessings,
lynda
Today's card is for the The Daily Marker color challenge, Day 7; the Allsorts Challenge (clean and simple), and Penny Black at Allsorts Challenge (anything goes with a stamp and a die/s).
It seems I'm really into the ColorBox direct to paper backgrounds lately. I keep going back to them! I created this inked background, and when I was looking through my Penny Black images, I knew this (2392K) would be the one I would use as soon as I saw it. I stamped it three times across the inked panel to create a background.
The die is PB creative die 51-008 Bashful, and the verse from PB clear set 30-014 Salutations.
We have been in Buffalo with the grands for three days, so now I need to get going to catch up with one day I missed.
Hope you are all finding joy in creating.
Blessings,
lynda
