Hello Crafty Peeps!
Last weekend I played a lot with my Distress Inks and Stains trying out new techniques and color combinations. One paper evolved into a multi layer technique card. It is amazing what you can create starting with white paper! On the white base I applied Distress Stains in Picket Fence, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn. Faded Text Background Stamp (Stampabilities) was applied using Picket Fence Stain and dried with my heat gun.
Next CM Purple Metallic Paste (Imagine Crafts) was applied on Tim Holtz' Blossom Stencil. The dried medium is a beautiful iridescent purple...love it! I used my Distress Ink in Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn on some areas to highlight the flowers and leaves. I used my Distress Marker Spritzer with Picked Raspberry marker randomly on the background.
On the left side of the card and the bottom right corner I used the oh-so-fun hearts from Brett Weldele's Zombie Casanova set with black Archival Ink (Ranger). The hearts were colored in using Picked Raspberry ink and my water brush (Tim Holtz). The entire card had Brushed Corduroy applied on the edge.
The butterfly and quote from Sizzix/Tim Holtz Framelits with stamps set (Limitations) was stamped with Archival Ink and colored using Distress Inks and my water color brush. Enamel accents in white (Ranger) were applied to the butterfly and quote as shown.
The quote was glue dotted into place as an arc.
Seam binding soaked up all of the remaining ink on my craft sheet. I really like the result...such bright and happy colors on the seam binding!
Hope you enjoyed the project! Thanks so much for stopping by.
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo
This card is entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, Favorite technique (die cutting!) or product (Ranger Distress)
Scrapyland, Favorite color combo (Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, White)
Inky Chicks, Butterflies
Craft Your Passion, AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
Crafting by Design, June AG
613 Avenue Create, AG
Butterfly Challenge, Butterfly + flowers (flower stencil)
Crafty Sentiments, AG
Hello Crafters!
I started to tidy my craft room and put away stamps I recently used. The Quietfire butterfly stamp which had been on my desk for a couple of weeks was about to be put away when I decided to make just one more card using it. :)
Distress Marker in Shaded Lilac was applied directly to the butterfly stamp. It was stamped on watercolor paper. After it dried I outlined it in Black Soot Distress Marker. Quietfire's Serenity was stamped using Ranger's Jet Black Adirondack Ink. It was die cut using Spellbinders' Labels 40. Next, Shaded Lilac Distress Cardstock was die cut using Spellbinders Labels 40 Decorative Accents. The die cuts were mounted on patterned paper from Basic Grey's Little Black Dress. Finally, it was all mounted on a Shaded Lilac tent fold card base. I kept the inside simple with watercolor paper cut to size.
Love the soft colors- it makes me want to use Shaded Lilac more often. A nondescript card...this will be a good anytime card to send to someone sweet. :)
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
