Happy weekend!
Last weekend while it was raining non-stop in this part of the world, I sat down to make the card I posted yesterday for this week’s Daring Cardmakers challenge, and promptly fell down the rabbit hole.
The challenge was all about creating cards where the focus was on the background.
It’s almost to the day, around this time last year, that I spent some time playing with ink colour combos with a floral set and mason jar set so that I’d have elements at the ready when I needed to make a card.
Well, that embarrassingly large stack of elements (including some DIY backgrounds) have sat in a storage pocket waiting to be used until now…
Here’s the first of those cards from my rainy weekend craft session:
Stamps: Pinkfresh Studio – Modern Layered Floral, The Greetery – Just Mason Around, The Stamp Market – Floral Diamond
Dies: Pinkfresh Studio – Modern Layered Floral, The Greetery – Just Mason Around, Mama Elephant – Sew Fancy (r)
The background for this card uses an ink smooshing technique which, if you’re lucky, ends up looking like a watercolour wash.
It was created with a mix of yellow, pink, and orange dye inks.
One of the floral arrangements in my collection mirrored that colour combo nicely so I just picked out the aqua jar for a little contrast and finished off the card with a sentiment from The Stamp Market.
More cards to share soon! 🙂
 Pinkfresh Studio – Modern Layered Floral stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC |
 The Greetery – Just Mason Around stamps Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Floral Diamond stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC |
 Pinkfresh Studio – Modern Layered Floral die Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC |
 The Greetery – Just Mason Around dies Shop at: MISC |
 Mama Elephant – Sew Fancy dies (r) Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 Altenew – Coral Berry dye ink Shop at: MISC |
 Altenew – Frosty Pink dye ink Shop at: MISC |
 Altenew – Warm Sunshine dye ink Shop at: MISC |
 Lawn Fawn – Fake Tan ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC |
 Lawn Fawn – Minty Fresh ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC |
 PTI – Raspberry Fizz ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 PTI – Summer Sunrise ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Altenew – Red Cosmos ink cube set Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC |
 Altenew – Summer Afternoon ink cube set Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS |
 Tombow – Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Sizzix – Sidekick 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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