Let There Be Light

Happy Friday and good Morning.

I don't know about you, but I need more sunshine in my life!

It is so cold, damp, dark and snowy where I live right now.

So I thought I would make a warm, sunny feeling card.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I pulled out this scrap of white cardstock that was cut off the bottom of a larger sheet I had applied Gesso over the top of with a palette knife.  It was for another card I was working on.  I thought the Gesso would add such great texture and it did.
• I got out my Gel Plate and rubbed my Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink pad right in the middle of my plate.  I then rubbed some Mustard Seed DOX ink on either side of that, then using my brayer, blended it all smooth and took the print.
• When it was dry, I placed it into my Misti and rubbed it with my anti-static bag as I wanted to clear emboss it.  The bag helps the embossing powder stick just to the freshly inked area and not the whole card front.
• I stamped the flowers to one side, the sentiment along the other side and clear heat embossed them.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen.  When dry, I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then black and finally onto a white card base.
• I added some black gems for interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- FRIEND QUOTE

Paper Craft Crew- FLORAL LOVE

Beyond the Blue- GEL PLATE

Supplies

Stamps- Wildflowers (Purple Onion); See the Light (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Hero Arts eb powder;

Anti-static bag; Gesso, Gel Plate, brayer; white Posca pen

More Favourite Flowers- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning

Here is another card I made for 

The Flower Challenge

Our theme this month is to stamp with your favourite flower.

We are also welcoming our talented Guest Designer 

Therese Calvird from Lost in Paper.

We have another PRIZE to give away to our lucky winner again this month. The lovely Michelle from Clearly Besotted is sponsoring us and giving away an e-gift card worth £20.

Michelle has some gorgeous stamps/die/stencils, do check out her website/blog if you haven't already.

It is really hard for me to pick the flowers that are my favourite as I have so many!

I decided to make a little garden scene using some daisy silhouettes.  I do love seeing the white heads of my daisies in the early summer.  They seem to come and go too quickly for my liking.

So onto my card details.

I began with a stenciled background.  I laid my Groovy Flower stencil over a piece of heavy white cardstock and rubbed over it with some shaving cream that I had tinted with my Distress Re-inkers.  Using an old credit card, I spread the inky shaving cream over this  stencil in a thin layer.  I set that aside to dry before scrapping off the excess cream to reveal this lovely pattern.

I placed the dried bkg. into my Misti then stamped over it with the Grid Background to add more interest.

Using more of the black ink, I stamped the daisies and the sentiment.

I simply mounted it onto another piece of white cardstock then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by to take a look.

I hope you come and play along with us.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- Wild Garden (Purple Onion); Scripted Bold Sentiment 2 (Pinkfresh Studio); 

Grid Background (SSS)

Ink- Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers Distress Re-inkers (TH); Memento Black

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Groovy Flower Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); shaving cream; 

old credit card

Silhouette-Collage

Meet today's card.

I went for a very simple design, trying my hand at a square card again.

I wanted to create a collage-style bkg to help feature my silhouette flowers.

I masked off my card front and first stenciled in the top left hand corner then stamped the rest with Peacock Feathers Distress ink.  I also sponged the edges with more DI to help define the stamped area.  I removed the masks then stamped the sentiment from Daisy Bucket and the silhouette flowers.

Simple and I get to use more of my stamps.

*tip- by using just one colour, you can create your own background using the stamps you already 

have in your stash*

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- CAS

Dragonfly Dreams- FLOWERS

Stamping Sensations- ANYTHING WITH FLOWERS

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Wildflowers (Purple Onion); Graffiti (Kaisercraft); Measuring Tape (Darkroom Door); 

Enjoy the Moment (Daisy Bucket)

Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Peacock Feathers Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- post it tape; Specimens Stencil (TCW); sponging tool (TH); Misti