Hello!
Well, I seem to have found myself back at my craft desk and in the mood to play…
So I thought I’d start off by creating a card for the May card challenge prompt here.
Stamp: Mama Elephant – Mini Everyday Messages
Dies: The Greetery – Fit to Be Tied, The Stamp Market – Poppy Silhouette, The Stamp Market – Postage Stamp, The Stamp Market – Tiny Tags
So my focus was on featuring a colour palette with blush pink tones as the main pop of colour and the other elements in the image, which included some florals.
And that reminded me that I still needed to use the Poppy Silhouette die from The Stamp Market, which is made up of lots of cut elements that form the final poppy.
I cut the dies from watercolour cardstock so that I could use the inks below from The Stamp Market to ink blend and also watercolour the petals, going back in to add more detail as the layers of colour dried.
The stem and leaves weren’t blended, just straight in with the watercolour effect.
I also wanted to combine the blush with a warm neutral (Rustic Cream cardstock from Papertrey Ink, which has speckles in the natural paper fibres) and navy blue C&9the cardstock as the background that essentially frames the main panel.
The circle in the prompt image kind of reminded me of a tag, so I added my sentiment (in a clean print font also inspired by the prompt image) on a tiny tag and attached it to the flower with embroidery thread, using The Greetery twine die cut from kraft as an added detail.
I definitely need to replenish my card basket with some birthday cards.
Roll on the next project!
 Mama Elephant – Mini Everyday Messages stamps Shop at: EH | SHC |
 The Greetery – Fit to Be Tied dies Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Poppy Silhouette dies Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Postage Stamp dies Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Tiny Tags dies Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Bubble Gum ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Leafy ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Concord & 9th – Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS |
 The Stamp Market – Kraft cardstock Shop at: MISC |
 Tim Holtz – 4.25 x 5.5 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Ranger – Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ |
 Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC |
 Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 Royal Langnickel – Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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