Pretty Perennials - GDP 284

 Hi friends! Today I had the chance to play with my Pretty Perennials bundle, and was inspired by the Global Design Project challenge of the week. This week's project was to CASE a card, so I tweaked my design to 'follow' Krista's beautiful card design. 

And here's what I came up with...

To make my card I started with a white cardstock and blended some Mango Melody ink using my ink blending brush. Then I splattered some water onto my cardstock for an additional subtle effect. To add more dimension to my background I sponged my stencil from the Basic Pattern stencil set with some Gray Granite ink. I then trimmed this piece down to 3 3/4" by 5" and adhered it to a mat piece of Gray Granite cardstock.

Next for my flowers, I mounted my flowers from the Pretty Perennials stamp set onto my Stamparatus and inked them up with Magenta Madness. After stamping my images I then used my sponge dauber to add some Rich Razzleberry to the edges of the stamps to add some depth to my flowers. I then die cut these flowers using the coordinating Perennial Petals dies, and also some leaves in Gray Granite cardstock and the center of the flower in Mango Melody cardstock.

For the rest of my pieces I used some strips of Basic Gray and Rich Razzleberry cardstock and also a piece of vellum that I cut using the Everyday Label Punch. My sentiment from the Friends are Like Seashells set was stamped on a strip of white cardstock and added onto my card with a foam adhesive strip. Finally for embellishment I added some Gold Glitter Dots and the gold trim from the Forever Greenery pack for my ribbon. And of course I can't forget to add some shimmer, so I used my Wink of Stella on the flowers.

And that is my take on Krista's card, doesn't that just look so summery?! I'm so glad for the weekly challenges at GDP as it inspires me to create something totally out of my comfort zone and flex that creativity! Hopefully it inspires you as well to go create something beautiful! Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to see you next time. Happy crafting!

Stencil Ink Blending Highlight Effect

 Hello and welcome! For today’s project I am playing with stencils and some ink blending techniques in participation with this month’s Global Stampin’ Video Hop. Here are the cards I created...

In this month’s video, I show how I created a stencilled background with highlight effect, plus the smooshing technique as well. So simply click on my video below to see how I created these cards, and follow along on our hop to learn numerous other blending techniques from my fellow demonstrators. And hey, maybe you’ll discover a new fave along the way! 

Thank you for stopping by today, and I hope to see you next time! Happy crafting!

A Touch of Ink (GDP 281)

 I needed to make a card for a friend, and I took inspiration from this week's Global Design Project challenge for my creation. Now this ended up to be quite a challenge for me indeed as it was a color challenge, and the colors were not ones that I would have used together normally. So I had to think and re-think my card design to fulfill this challenge. Here's what I came up with...

And these were the colors for this week's challenge:

I decided to use the Bermuda Bay sheet of Oh So Ombre DSP for my mat. Then I stamped the flowers & leaves outline from A Touch of Ink stamp set in Memento ink on a 2 3/4" x 4" piece of white cardstock. The insides of the images were then stamped in Blushing Bride and Bermuda Bay ink. This piece was then backed onto another piece of white cardstock 3" x 4 1/4", and then adhered to the ombre mat piece. I then adhered this whole piece onto my white A4 size card base.

For my sentiment I used my Well Written dies and die cut 'friend' out in both Blushing Bride and Real Red cardstock, then glued them together at an offset. Then I stamped 'Hello' in Real Red ink from the coordinating stamp set Well Said. 

Lastly for embellishment, I added some of the Real Red gems from the retired From my Heart faceted gems collection. Since my card was pretty simple, I decided to add some more bling by adding some Wink of Stella on my stamped images and Crystal Effects on my die-cut sentiment. 

And that is my finished card...I hope you like it! This week's challenge really pushed me to be creative with this color combination. It took a while but I finally came up with something in the end. Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you again next time! Happy crafting!