I intended to create some totally different card today with my brandnew stamp sets I got for my birthday...
Okay, it was my fault that I checked the Inspiration Challenge first... Out came an Asian stamp (as old as the hills, dating back into times when I didn't catalog my stamps, so I don't know the manufacturer) I already used for about 273 cards before, LOL! My new stamps will have to wait...
The branches were stamped with red pigment ink onto turquoise cardstock and embossed with red sparkling embossing powder. The flowers were colored with white Stargazers, and I added some highlight with a gold jelly pen to the branches. I stamped the Maze background with Versamark onto red cardstock, then brushed with Pearl Pigments. Then I sponged a cuttlebug embossing folder with Brilliance Galaxy Gold and embossed it onto some turquoise cardstock. Borders of the red panel and the card were edged with a Krylon pen, and finally I added a Chinese bookmark (which drowsed in my stash for ages) and some Chinese script peel-offs (I didn't expect to use them at all any longer...).
What can you learn from this card?
First: Don't check any inspiration challenges when you've got a card in mind already - could happen you'll never stamp it but something totally different!
Second: There's no embellishment you could not use some time - maybe it just takes ten years or so...
Third: Sometimes those unexpected cards are the ones you create in a minimum time - this one took only fifteen minutes, and I like how it turned out!
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008 GMT Views: 902
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Stamps: Maze Background: Hero Arts. Asian Branch: sorry, don't know!
Paper: red and turquoise cardstock
Ink: Versamark, red pigment ink, Brilliance Galaxy Gold
Accessories: Blonde Moments Spring Orange Lustre Pearl Pigments, red twinkling embossing powder, Chinese bookmark, Asian peel-offs, Stargazers Palette, golden jelly pen, golden Krylon leafing pen, cuttlebug embossing folder
Registered: October 29, 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 4100
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 @ 8:52 PM
Beautiful! Don't you just love when things work out just right and you end up with something you actually like?
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Registered: November 3, 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 10333
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 @ 4:08 AM
I LOVE it! This has so many cool elements! The image, the embellishments, the cb, the design....FAB challenge card! Your new stamps just HAD to wait, th
Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55667
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 @ 3:43 PM
You have to be kidding!!! You did this in 15 minutes??!!!! With all that you said you did, I thought it took way longer. Very nice!! Lots of texture and interest.