I made this card for this week's featured stamper who is Jeanette (Forest Ranger). I have been a big fan of Jeanette's for some time now so it was a real pleasure going through her gorgeous gallery. This card on the first page of her gallery grabbed my attention immediately because I love daisies and because it was done on Kraft cs. I kept looking through her gallery, but I simply had to come back to this gorgeous card: Faith in You by Forest Ranger at Splitcoaststampers. I changed the colors and I changed the layout, but I kept the Kraft cardstock and the flower theme. I absolutely love the story that Jeanette shares with this card she made. It got me to thinking how special my friends are to me and how they have seen me through cancer and are now helping me to deal with my aging parents who are rapidly failing. There are no words to describe how important my friends are (and this includes my scs friends!) to me. Reading the story that goes with Jeanette's card made me a little teary, but it almost made me smile and it is a story that I will always remember. It took me a bit to figure out how to do the stamp layering on kraft cs because it simply does not show up. Then I remembered an old technique I used to do where I painted white kraft ink first onto the cs before stamping. So, I took the base layer of each stamp and inked it in white craft ink first, dried it with a heat gun, inked it in white craft ink again, dried it again, then stamped the flowers and leaves in the colors I intended for each layer. The white ink partially sits on top of the Kraft cardstock, so then that allows the colors to show up better. This card involved a lot of stamping and a lot of masking, but it was a lot of fun to make too. This sentiment from Penny Black says it all for me and I simply had to use it. If I had to make this card again, I think I would heat emboss the sentiement in white. Thanks for looking today. ~Karen.
Date: Sunday, October 22, 2017 GMT Views: 1153
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This is a gorgeous card. I love your flowers on the Kraft cardstock. Thanks for mentioning the wonderful story Jeannette mentioned on your inspiration card. I enjoyed reading it.
Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 31062
Mon, Oct 23, 2017 @ 4:24 AM
Oh Karen, you know how to work these two-step stamps so well! You always amaze me with what you come up with-the placement, the colors, the theme. I'm so in agreement with your sentiment; it is such a treasure to have good friends! You did a Beautiful job with the kraft cs! Lovely creation~
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�Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.�
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Mon, Oct 23, 2017 @ 4:46 AM
Wow Karen...you took on one that most of us would shy away from for the degree of difficulty! I can certainly tell it was a labor of love for you and it turned out so pretty!! Thanks for sharing your beautiful friend story with us!
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Mon, Oct 23, 2017 @ 6:19 AM
Beautifully done!
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Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28801
Mon, Oct 23, 2017 @ 7:59 AM
Beautiful!!! Masterpiece beautiful!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: March 13, 2011 Location: Langley, B.C. Canada Posts: 32096
Mon, Oct 23, 2017 @ 9:04 PM
Well, this is truly spectacular, Karen. Again, thank you so much for being a wonderful teacher and passing on to those of us who do not know how to do things, your knowledge. Love the kraft, black and watermelon wonder. Into my faves. And yes, Life is Good! Wonderful card!
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Tue, Oct 24, 2017 @ 3:07 AM
Karen, I am popping back in this morning. I was going through the FS thread to make sure I hadn't missed anyone... and this card popped up in my sight again. I am in awe of your talent, my dear! The labor of love to stamp and stamp and stamp again to get this look! WOW! And what a fabulous look it is!
I also loved reading your words... how special it is to have friends to walk this journey we call life with us.
Thank you again for honoring me by CASE'ing my card this week!
Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Wed, Oct 25, 2017 @ 8:37 PM
Oh my...so pretty and such a GREAT sentiment. Love your sharing that technique...will keep it in my technique stash. BEAUTIFUL outcome on your flowers...so pretty!
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