I made this card for 2 challenges: Today's Free For All Challenge is to make a Valentine using at least one heart and to honor the Queen for the Day-Beate. I didn't have to go far in her incredible gallery to find a card that I wanted to CASE. I loved her Blue Paris card demonstrating the Triple Stamping Technique. I had a similar style collage stamp that I thought would work great. I cut my Whisper White pieces, layered them and stamped the image in Versafine Onyx. I then used my aqua pen and ink pads to add some color to the flower. I used my white crayon over the coloring and around the "3" which ended up covered in the final card. I then sponged with Baja Breeze and Island Indigo. I buffed off my crayon then layered my triple stamped pieces onto black pieces 1/8" larger than the image pieces. I decided not to pop my layers on dimensionals. I loved Beate's die cut bg, but didn't have any similar dies so my background piece is a piece of watercolor paper that I used an Impressabilities template on. I spritzed the paper, with the template in place, with some blue reinkers & water in a spritzer before embossing. I'm using the debossed side here. What would a Beate card be without a flourish (though I didn't have any gem flourishes on hand)? I diecut my flourish from a coffee sleeve. I added a black organdy bow with a heart button and white string. I added a layered sentiment in the corner.
Date: Friday, February 1, 2013 GMT Views: 5509
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Paper: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Watercolor Paper, Black
Ink: Versafine Onyx, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie, blue reinkers
Accessories: Impressabilites Paisley, Aqua Pen, Sizzix Flourish #10, Black Organdy Ribbon, Button, kite string, sponge, white crayon, Scallop, medium and small oval punches, button, spritzer
Techniques: Crayon Resist, Triple Stamping, Letterpress, Die cutting, Sponging
Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Fri, Feb 01, 2013 @ 3:59 PM
Gail, a lovely card and technique to honor Queen Beate this week!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Sun, Feb 03, 2013 @ 5:00 AM
Oh my gosh, Gail! Another fantastic card for BOTH challenges! Love ALL of it!
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