The Flower Challenge #54 Reminder

Hi everyone.  We are already at the middle of March's The Flower Challenge #54 - shades of purple.  The Designers have come up with more wonderful cards to share with you.

My launch card was more muted tones, so this time I went for very vibrant shades of purple.  I used Wilted Violet re-inker to watercolour my flowers (Bliss - Penny Black).  More shades of purple on this card with some light stripe stenciling (Stripes Stencil - Tim Holtz) on the right hand side done in Milled Lavender distress inks; and the leaves are done in Dusty Concord distress ink. 

I actually had to "save" this card.  The reinker takes longer to dry because of the concentration.  I didn't think about it and started watercolouring the leaves.  I'm a lefty ... so my hand dragged across the smaller flower and I had purple everywhere. :)  I washed out as much as possible and then decided that splatters would be my finishing touch around each of the flowers to hopefully disguise the messy ink.  It worked pretty well.  To finish, I added a soft sponge of wilted violet over the two flower heads to bring focus to them.  The sentiment is Brushed Wishes (Stampendous - retired).

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I hope you'll check out the challenge blog to see the amazing card done by the rest of the Designers.  You will be inspired!!

I'm sending my card over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for March.  It's Anything Goes with an option of Flowers ... I do love making flower cards! :)

Products

Bliss (Penny Black)

Stripes Stencil (Tim Holtz)

Stamps:  Bliss (Penny Black); Brushed Wishes (Stampendous)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Wilted Violet reinker; Distress inks:  Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Stripes stencil (Tim Holtz), sponge, water brush, White Posca acrylic paint pen

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #54 - Shades of Purple

Penny Black Saturday March Challenge - Anything Goes optional Flowers

Sponged Edging through Stencil

Hi everyone.  This is a new-to-me technique that our Zoom group tried out last month.

The card above uses Gerda Steiner's Vrooming By! stamp set, stamped in black ink, clear heat embossed and watercoloured with DOX inks.  This is a technique from Nina-Marie (video tutorial HERE).  Sponged the colours lightly across the top of the page using Distress Oxides (Candied Apple, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers).  Used a circle punch (1 1/4") to punch two circles from a piece of acetate and sponged through my homemade stencil to add more depth of colour.  Finished by adding a stitched line to represent a road. :)

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This is a new-to-me stamp and my first time using it, so heading over to add it to the NBUS #24 Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Products

Vrooming By! (Gerda Steiner Stamps)

Stamps:  Vrooming By! (Gerda Steiner)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Black (Memento); Distress Oxides:  Candied Apple, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Brushed Corduroy, Black Soot (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder (Ranger), water brush, black fine marker, circle stencil (made with circle punches and acetate)

Challenges:

NBUS #24 Challenge - Never-before-used-schtuff

Twofer #36 Challenges

Hi everyone.  It's the start of a new Twofer Challenge.  This month Darnell has added a new type of challenge - Your Choice.  It's the same as Anything Goes ... just make sure to mention what your choice is in your post in case it's not obvious.  I used Ornate Background (Simon Says Stamp) for both cards.

As always, please follow the prompt below ...

For my first card I stamped the image in black and heat embossed in clear.  Then I fussy cut around some of the images to create a large border for my card.  I watercoloured with distress inks and then added the border to my card front.  Finished by stamping the sentiment (Happy Messages - Stampendous) in black and clear heat embossing to match the image.  This is an encouragement card to hopefully brighten a friend's day.

For the second card I used the same background, this time stamping in Smoky Slate ink.  I added the sentiment (Brushed Words - Stampendous - retired) in black and clear heat embossed to make it stand out.  I added a thin black strip of card stock to finish.  This is a sympathy card I'm sending to my brother-in-law who recently lost his uncle.

I hope you'll come play along with this fun challenge.  Make sure to follow the prompts above and include a photo of both cards in your post in order to follow the rules.

Hope to see you in the Twofer gallery!

Products

Ornate Background - Simon Says Stamp

Happy Messages - Stampendous

Card #1 - friend

Stamps:  Ornate Background (Simon Says Stamp); Happy Messages (Stampendous)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:   Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:  Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, waterbrush

Card #2 - Thinking of You

Stamps:  Ornate Background (Simon Says Stamp); Brushed Words - retired (Stampendous)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); Black card stock (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:   Smoky Slate (Stampin' Up!); Black (Memento)
Accessories:  Clear embossing Powder (Ranger), heat tool

Challenges:

Twofer Challenge #36 - Your Choice

Penny Black - Enliven

Hi everyone.  Today's card uses another stamp set from the new release, Daydream.  Enliven 30-705 (Penny Black) includes the sweet posies and also the sentiment.

I started by masking the card front to create a border.  Placed a leaf stencil over top that I die-cut from acetate using the Leaf Pattern (51-432) die from Penny Black.  Uses my blending brushes to blend over top of the stencil with a light touch using Shabby Shutters distress ink.  I blended at the bottom and left side, fading out towards the center.

Removed stencil and used my heat gun to made sure the ink was dry before stamping the image in black and heat embossing in clear.  Watercoloured using Distress Inks, Kitsch Flamingo and Peeled Paint.  Stamped the sentiment in black and clear heat embossed to match the image.

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Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Entering the above card at CAS on Friday #200 -  Spring.

Product Links

Leaf Pattern die (51-432)

Enliven (30-705)

Stamps:  Enliven (Penny Black)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Kitsch Flamingo (Tim Holtz); Black (Memento)
Accessories:   Leaf Pattern die (Penny Black), blending brushes, clear heat embossing, heat tool, water brush

Challenges:

CAS on Friday #200 - Spring