It's already the last Thursday in September (where does time go), so it's the last of my challenges for the CCEE Stampers. My challenge this week was for the team to create their own designer paper using any techniques. I love using background stamps for creating my own paper, but for this card I re-visited a card I made for a colour challenge during the HYCCT challenges last year. (The fun starts again for HYCCT 2012 next Monday 1st October)
I stamped various stamps from Playful Petals on an A2 piece of watercolour paper with Versafine Black and coloured it with distress reinkers: spun sugar, worn lipstick victorian velvet, tattered rose, old paper, antique linen, broken china, bundled sage. Long phone-calls to my dad are a great opportunity for colouring in detailed images ;-) Then I over-stamped the whole panel with Linen in Tea Dye.The extra flower and leaves are the same, but I didn't stamp them with Linen. I added a verse from ODBD on more watercolour paper sponged with Old Paper and stamped with Linen in Tattered Rose. I cut it out with Lacy Circles and layered it up on a circle sponged with Bundled Sage, with Bisque Liquid Pearls. I trimmed a little off the main panel, distressed the edges and put it on a base sponged with Bundled Sage. Flowers and sentiment panel popped up on foam.
This has gone to an SCS friend who has terminal cancer and an amazing faith in God.
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Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 GMT Views: 2122
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Registered: August 18, 2008 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Posts: 31972
Thu, Sep 27, 2012 @ 12:54 AM
I thought for sure that was dp - what a fantastic job of creating your own matching paper! Soft, dreamy colors...the verse is so powerful, and the whole thing very pretty!
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74936
Thu, Sep 27, 2012 @ 4:14 AM
What an amazing job you did with the background, Sabrina. The card is beautiful. I really like your staging, too.
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Thu, Sep 27, 2012 @ 4:23 AM
Your card is so fantastic, I really thought this was dp until I read your comments. You have done a wonderful job, your colouring, stamping, layout and the sentiment is framed so beautifully!!
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Thu, Sep 27, 2012 @ 7:03 AM
What a beautiful and thoughtful card for your friend, Sabrina. The bg stamping is so lovely!! Great choice of soft colors!
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Thu, Sep 27, 2012 @ 12:05 PM
Sabrina,
Your card is most beautiful and elegant! Your BG is so lovely and the colors wonderful and warm. The verse is so very pretty. I'm sorry to hear about your friend with cancer.
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