Shaped Easel Card

Good morning. Here is a card for the Sentimental Sundays #68 - Shaped Cards challenge.

The car blank was made from green card using a grand Nestability die. Various layers, cut using the same series of scalloped dies were cut from the yellow card and also a designer paper for the top mat. The main image is hand painted with acrylic paint using the One Stoke Method on mount board which was first painted yellow and green paint and blended well.

The sentiment, by Chocolate Baroque, was stamped in Green Stazon onto canvas which has been painted yellow. I love this sentiment which says " No matter how long the winter, Spring is sure to follow. The sentiment was cut out with a circular Nestie and mounted onto a green scalloped circle. This was used as the element against which to prop the main part of the easel card. It was bonded in place with foam pads to make sure it was tall enough to act as an effective step.

Summer Flowers

A card for 3 challenges:
The Stamp Man #29 - Anything Goes with Summer Colours
Crafty Catz #95 Embossing
The Paper Shelter #26 Stitching (Real or Faux)

I have created faux gold embossed stitching around the image and the pale pink mat.

The main background is hand marbled card in yellows and greens (with a hint of red) to give summer colours along with the pink of the flowers and card. This was then embossed through a cuttle bug so there are two types of embossing on the card. The sentiment is also embossed with the same gold Cosmic Shimmer Embossing powder.

The sentiment was cut out with the Shapeability and the same die was drawn around to give the slightly larger mat as well. The sentiment was edged with Worn Lipstick distress ink before being mounted onto the larger mat with two gold brads.

The main image is hand painted in acrylics on mount board which was first colour washed with emulsion paint.

Flower Card

A card for the Sentimental Sundays Challenge #'67 - Flowers

The flowers are hand painted using acrylic paint, without the use of stamps, onto the blue card which has been matted onto pink card to match the flowers and then onto an A5 card blank.The ribbon and bow ere bonded in place for a touch of opulence. The sentiment is from a Chocolate Baroque stamp -"They are the charming gardeners who make out souls blossom." I kept this card very simple so that the flowers took centre stage.

Butterfly and Flowers

Good morning.

A card for 2 challenges:
Sketch and Stash #67
Sentimental Sundays #66 Garden Party

Here we have an A5 pale blue blank card. The two backing cards are two different hand marbled cards which have been put through a Cuttlebug and two different embossing folders to give lots of texture, The top one is a fancy flourish, the bottom one vertical foliage. These were matted onto silver mirror card.

A Martha Stewart punch was used to make the lattice border in silver mirror card, which was threaded through with pale blue organza and satin ribbon to cover the join between the backing cards.

The main image of butterflies and flowers was created using Sheena Douglass' Paint Fusion Stamps and techniques. This was created on a circular piece of crackled mount board. Stickles glitter glue was used as an edging n the flowers and on the butterfly for a bit of bling. The plaque was edged with platinum embossing powder as was the body of the butterfly.

The stash element was the sentiment stamp from Chocolate Baroque which was stamped on another piece of hand marbled paper. The stamp had a different type of flower so to keep the same theme I covered this over with three hand painted flowers which I cut out, glitter glued and bonded in place with Pinflair Gel glue. I have had this stamp for about 4 years but this is the first time I have used it. The sentiment reads:
Kind hearts are the garden, Kind thoughts are the root, Kind words are the blossom, Kind deeds are the fruit. This is a quote from John Ruskin.