Monday 6 May 2019

Harmony

Good Morning 
Here is a card I made a few days ago.  Just having some fun playing with my Distress Oxide inks.
My card was inspired by a previously inked piece that I made using Alcohol inks on Yupo.

So onto my card details.
I got a piece of white cardstock and positioned my acrylic rectangle mask over my paper.  I took my colour cues from the Alcohol inked piece and got out some Peacock Feather, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks and proceeded to apply it to the background with a makeup blending brush.  To add interest, I stenciled along the side and bottom with the Grains stencil from A Colorful Life Designs using some more Faded Jeans DI ink.  I splattered with water to lift some of the colour, love how it looks like raindrops, then I added a bit of stamping using stamps from the same VI set.
Next, I removed the acrylic mask and stamped in the flower from Visible Image using my Misti and some black Memento ink.  I stamped the flower head again onto my piece of inked Yupo and heat embossed it with some Ranger Black EB powder.  I fussy cut it out and pop dotted it over my inked rectangle.  Lastly, I doodled in a line to pull the whole design together.



Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

Adding my card to these challenges:
CAS Stencil Challenge- STENCIL OVER COLORED BKG
Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES


Supplies
Stamps- Creative Chaos (Visible Image)
Inks- Distress Oxide; Tuxedo Black Memento, Alcohol inks (Ranger)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); Yupo
Accessories and Tools- Grains stencil, Rectangle Acrylic Mask (A Colorful Life Designs);
 Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Ranger Black EB powder; Makeup brush (Dollarama); 
Micron Fineline Marker

23 comments:

Viv said...

Simply fab Karen!

Christine Alexander said...

beautiful Karen, love the simplicity and that great frame you drew :)

Mac Mable said...

Such a striking card with wonderful vibrant colours and the little rectangle sure does pack a punch.....Stunning card x.

Bonnie said...

There's that gorgeous poppy again! I love how you've done these colors, Karen. I thought it was done with Alcohol inks until I read your description! Another amazing technique!

nancy littrell said...

Wow..Absolutely Gorgeous inked, stenciled and stamped background, Karen. Your colors are Stunning. Love your water drops and doodling. Beautifully stamped on an alcohol ink background and heat embossed and fussy cut flower, my friend. Thank you so much for sharing your beauty with us at CAS Stencil Card Challenge. Your artsy creations and techniques are always so inspiring my friend. Hugs..Nancy

Nancy Soetaert said...

this is awesome, I love your card!
Nancy

Anne said...

Simply stunning! :)

Susan said...

Fabulous - love the colours, the blending and textures on the background, your great doodled frame, and that gorgeous AI flower!

Verna Angerhofer said...

So very gorgeous and awesome colors.

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely gorgeous Karen, I love the bright colours, Kate x

Glennis F said...

Fabulous card Karen

Pat said...

This is so bright and pretty and love the flower and the masked rectangle with the added doodling round the edges and with the wonderful blended inks too Karen. x

Robyn Oliver said...

Fabulous card Karen, love the colours, and the fussy cut flower - the black with the blues looks really cool and the penned frame finishes it off.. thanks for sharing with CAS Stencil

kiwimeskreations said...

What a stunning card Karen - I think I like it more that the last one you made using these elements. Love your background square and all the subtle texture.
Blessings
Maxine

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

How VERY beautiufl, love the background, the stamp and the doodling frame.
Faith x

cotnob said...

A gorgeous card Karen, beautiful colours.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Brenda in IN said...

Wow, a lot of great color and design on your card. I love the flower too.

Sylvia said...

A stunning card, love the colour palette and the inked Yupo flower looks amazing against the distress oxide background.

Sylv xx

Loll said...

AMAZNG!! LOVE this image with the AI colours. Beautiful background to match with DI's Fantastic design as always Karen. Need to go shopping and get that gorgeous flower stamp!! xx

Cathy said...

Wow, stunning card Karen, love your background and that flower is the perfect topping. Thankyou for playing along with CAS Stencil, Cathy x

Julia Aston said...

This is so beautiful Karen! Love the watery look you achieved on that gorgeous flower - and what a wonderful background you created with inks and stencil to layer the bloom over! thanks for sharing with us at CAS Stencil! xx

Ina G said...

Simply stunning Karen. I so love that stamp and is on a notify me when it is back in stock at a local craft supplier here in Oz. Love the muted coloured stenciling here and the touch of mauve to the cut out stamped head adds so much interest. Love the doodled frame which really does pull this beauty together perfectly.

Linda said...

Simply stunning. I do love this stamp and it looks fab with the alcohol inks. Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx