Rose Garden- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Time for another card for 

The Flower Challenge

Our theme this month is to create a flower stamped background card.

We also have a wonderful floral stamp PRIZE worth $15 this time.
Deepti Malik is our Guest Designer this month. She has her own stamp designs and is giving us a PRIZE for our winner so come and play along with us!

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed that inside my Misti.

I positioned the first rose over the corner and stamped with some black Memento ink.  I did clear heat emboss it as I knew I wanted to add watercolouring to my flowers and I didn't want the black ink to smear.  I masked the first rose and stamped again in the other corner, then one more time using that same process.

Next, I rubbed some Worn Lipstick and some Spun Sugar DOX inks onto my non-stick craft mat and painted in the flowers with the diluted inks and a paintbrush.

I rubbed on some Spun Sugar along the edges, then splattered the leftover inks on my mat onto the background with my paintbrush.  I did add some water splatters as well, it lifts the ink and adds such great interest.

While that dried, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink onto a strip of black cardstock, then white heat embossed it.

I used some foam adhesive to adhere my sentiment over the flowers, added some shiny Nuvo Drops (almost impossible to see from the pictures), then mounted the piece onto some pink cardstock and then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Wed.- WEDDING/ANNIVERSARY

Alphabet Challenge- 'F' FOR FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamps- Tag Banner Sentiments (Your Next Stamp); Painted Rose (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; DOX (TH); Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); pink cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white eb powder; clear eb powder; paintbrush;

non-stick craft mat (Ranger); paintbrush; heat tool; foam adhesive, Cl Nuvo Drops

Pink for Spring- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning

Meet today's card.  Another one for our fun theme at 

The Flower Challenge

I'm playing with this fun Together flower stamp from Penny Black again and doing some more Alcohol Ink lifting.  The lifting is such a fun and easy technique to play with.

(To see the other card I made using this technique, go HERE)

I began with a discarded piece of Yupo paper that I had inked using Rangers Alcohol inks and blending solution.  A lot of times, I will do some inking then set it aside until I figure out what I will use it for.  The piece I had done used shades of reds and pinks so I thought it would be great to use with this stamp.

So, I placed the AI inked piece inside my Misti, positioned my flowers over it, then inked with Rangers Alcohol Lifting Ink and stamped.  This ink lifts the AI so you are able to transfer it to a piece of plain cardstock.  I took out the piece of Yupo then stamped the flowers onto a piece of plain white cardstock.  I cleaned off the stamp, put the pieces back into my Misti and repeated that process to get a good solid image transfer.  I was left with these pretty pink blossoms.  Having a stamp positioning tool makes this process the easiest but you don't have to stamp twice, I just like a darker finished image.

Next, I took my Simple Grid stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and added some pattern to the background using Spun Sugar Distress ink and a small sponge dabber.  I like that it added some interest and complimented the look of the flowers. 

 I placed the piece back into my Misti and stamped the PB Grateful sentiments then glued it onto a plain white card base.  I also added 2 pink pearls to the flower centers.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

As You Like It- DIES or STENCILS and WHY?

(stencils because it's so easy to add interest and texture)

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- CELEBRATING FRIENDSHIP

Supplies

Stamps- Together (Penny Black); Grateful Sentiment (Penny Black)

Inks- Ranger Alcohol Lifting; Distress- Spun Sugar (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tool- previously Alcohol inked piece; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); sponge dabber; 

Simple Grid stencil (A Colorful Life Designs)

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Baby Hugs

Hello and Welcome.

Meet today's card...a simple one for a new arrival and such an exciting time.

I wanted to 'pink' up my card as much as possible, so I began with stamping the pink plaid background. Very easy to do with the help of my Misti and this great stamp from Concord & 9th.

I used some Colorbox pink pigment ink which stamped beautifully.

For the main panel, I first stamped the bubbles with more of the pink then stamped the sentiment and the onsie.  I stamped the onesie again on Designer Paper then fussy cut it out and glued it over the image. After colouring in the heart with my Copics, I mounted that panel over the plaid.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look and sincere and heartfelt thanks for all your most kind, generous comments.  I am so behind in visiting so many of you but will do my best to get there soon.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Crafty Calendar- Dots and or Stripes
Create and Inspire- ANYTHING GOES
Aud Sentiments- FOR THE GIRLS

Supplies
Stamps- Baby Fills our Hearts (Studio G)= Onsie (Studio G)= Plaid bkg (Concord & 9th)=
So 80's (Wplus 9)
Inks- Colorbox Pink pigment= Tuxedo black Memento
Paper- heavy white
Accessories and Tools- Misti= Copic markers= DP

Rose Garden

Hello and Welcome.

Meet today's card inspired by a lovely Victorian Rose Garden I visited on the weekend.

This stamp is actually called Marigolds but they really reminded me of an open rose so I went with that plus I love the open area for watercolouring.

I began by masking the edges of my card front then placing the stamp inside my Misti, inked with Versamark then stamped and white heat embossed onto watercolour paper.  I masked the first flower and repeated that process.

I coloured in just the base of the flowers using my Zigs then using a wet paintbrush, I pulled the colour into the rest of the flower petals.

I stamped the sentiment from Daisy Bucket then sponged in the background using Peeled Paint Distress ink and a sponge applicator.

I think the pink makes for a bright summertime card.

Thanks so very much for all your sweet, kind comments and for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

STAMPlorations- ANYTHING GOES/NEVER ENDING

Make My Monday- SUMMER BRIGHTS

Fashionable Stamping- MAKE IT FEMININE

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

My Time to Craft- SUMMERTIME

 

Supplies

Stamps- Marigold (STAMPlorations); Enjoy the Moment 

(Daisy Bucket...no longer in business but you can sometimes find them on Ebay)

Inks- Versamark; Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress (TH)

Paper- Canson Watercolour paper 140lb

Accessories and Tools- MISTI; white eb powder; Zig markers; paintbrush; sponge applicator;

 heat tool; painter's tape