A quick post today with a card for Cas-ual Fridays Challenge.
Here is the sketch for the challenge
I went with fall colors because, well, because I could! I love, love, love fall, and the gorgeous colors of the season.
The card is an A2 card made from Bazzill card stock. On a panel of off-white card stock cut slightly smaller than the card, I stamped the branch (Cas-ual Fridays CFSS-14-002 Casual Comfort set) a couple of times with distress inks. I used my Clarity stencil brushes to add a halo of color around the stamped images. I stamped it one time again on a scrap piece of card stock, and added color as I did on the first panel.
I cut the scrap stamped piece to fit inside the die, which is Spellbinder's. I cut it out, inked it with VersaMark, and added Oatmeal embossing powder. I also embossed a couple of strips of card stock, and the verse.
I added the strips above and below the verse (same Cas-ual Fridays set as branch), then used foam tape to add the die with the image in it, so that it lined up with the image under it on the card.
Some spatters and some sequins finish off the card.
I appreciate you stopping by today. I will be back this weekend. I have some amazing news to reveal on Monday. I cannot leak this info until then, so please do come back.
Blessings,
lynda
We all see differently. This is so true when it comes to card-making and stamping, also. It amazes me how differently people 'see' sketches in challenges. And how many times I've seen the same stamp used in entirely different ways, giving it a completely different look and feel!
I looked at the Penny Black stamp, 'Delightful,' which is a vine with leaves and flowers, and I saw clumps of leaves. So, I inked it up and watercolored it in the no-line watercolor fashion, using TH distress inks in shades of green.
I was going to leave it as it was, but, well, it is me, and you know I have to push the envelope just a little. So, I pawed through my Penny Black inventory, and tried a few different stamps to use with it, but couldn't find anything that rocked my boat. Just as I was going to close the drawer, I saw it. The tiny little clump of itty-bitty flowers, Penny Black's stamps 'Vignette' 3671C. I knew that would be the one.
So, I inked it up with TH distress markers in shades of purples, and dotted them here and there along the vine of the 'leaves.' I then touched them with a water brush to bring out the color and give them a more painterly look. A little water and some watered-down lavender and violet for a haze around the vine, and that was that.
I added the Penny Black verse 'on your special day' from the clear set Gratitude 30-105, using gold embossing. A few sequins, then layered onto a plum colored panel, then onto a white card base. Here is a close-up of the detail, and the lovely gold embossing....
I am adding my card to these challenges.....
The Daily Marker - 30 day color challenge, day 25!
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny Black at Allsorts - Anything Goes with a stamp
So, it's been another hot day, with many more on the horizon. It's been a great summer for sun-worshipers and heat lovers. I am neither. Heat and humidity make me miserable, and I find myself hibernating. Give me good ol' autumn. The crisp fall air, when I can go out of the house and not have my hair frizz out into bushy, stringy wild-woman-like hair. And not feel like I need another shower minutes after taking one!
But, I shall wait. My time will come. For now, I'm happy to stay holed-up in my craft room, with my two fans happily buzzing around me as I create. I must say, however, that I have been enjoying my garden, in the early morning and late evening.
Thanks for stopping in. Hope you find some time to do whatever it is you love to do in the summer. Isn't it marvelous how God made us all so different. As I started out saying in this post...we all see...and feel... things differently. How wonderful!
Blessings,
lynda
Today's card is for a special friend. I am trying to send more cards, especially to those people I care about.
I started by creating a light ink smooshing background, then with a stencil by The Crafter's Workshop - Mini Rosetta TCW461s, inking it with Tim Holtz distress inks. Then I used the Penny Black Flower Dance stencil 25-002, using my distress inks and pens to ink the flowers, then paint them with details after removing the stencil. The stamps - dragonflies and verse - are Penny Black stamp set Salutations 30-014.
I used the clear Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to add glimmer to the flowers. A few clear sequins, and some iridescent cording were the finishing touches on my card.
This is entered in the following challenges.....
Addicted To Stamps Challenge # 187 - Make Your Mark - use something that makes a mark. I used markers, stamps, inks.
Little Red Wagon Challenge - For the love of water - use water based products - I used inks and markers, and sprtized.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you had a great weekend. Blessings for your week ahead.
lynda
