This week's Featured Stamper is Sandy (stampingwriter) and she has a wonderfully Gallery. I have been on a bird binge lately, so I was naturally attracted to several of her cards with birds. I chose this one because of the sentiment which inspired me to use blue on my card: Impossibly musical by stampingwriter at Splitcoaststampers
While I was constructing the card in my head, the Teapot Tuesday challenge was posted: Black and white with a pop of color. Perfect as I was headed in the direction and that clarified my final design, which is the top card.
I dry embossed a white panel and because I wanted something to ground the flower images, I cut a narrow channel for the black matting to show through. It mostly got covered, but it peeks through here and there. The flowers are a layered stamp and I so so wanted to color the centers, but left them white as I did the leaves to go with the theme. I had intended to color in the birds with black so they would be a silhouette like Sandy's card, but I really love the details on these stamps so I went with the black and white instead. This card will be going to one of our Tea Party celebrants, Carol, who is being treated for pancreatic cancer. So far, the news is good and the treatments are working. Yay! A wonderful milestone to celebrate.
But the Tea Party is also for her mother, who recently turned 99! Another great reason to celebrate. Since it's a mother/daughter team, I thought I would make similar cards. Because of COVID restrictions, Dee was unable to create her annual window decorations. If you haven't seen them, check them out (there's a link on the forum page), they are fabulous. Since Carol loves green and her window paintings were mostly winter scenes, I pulled out my favorite tree stamps for the background. I had an Alcohol Ink bg in my stash, which I stamped and embossed with the birds. I realized as I was finishing this that it reminded me of Polly's (Peeps321) card for Dee which is probably what gave me the idea to do the green birds. Here's the link to Polly's fabulous card: MMTPT661, CAS For Dee by peeps321 at Splitcoaststampers
For once I had been prescient enough to cut the the birds from the center of the AI panel, so I was able to use the same AI panel for the framing which finished it off nicely.
Congratulations Sandy on being this week's Featured Stamper. You have a wonderful and fun Gallery. I hope the cards you inspired me to make will bring some joy to Carol and Dee. And, everyone else, if you haven't seen Sandy's card, Miss W Competition go check it out and read the story. It's sure to leave you with a smile. Here's the link: MMTPT540 Miss W competition by stampingwriter at Splitcoaststampers
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 GMT Views: 988
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Fri, Mar 26, 2021 @ 3:35 AM
What a lovely duo of cards for Dee and Carol! I love the embossed background, the blossoms and your clever thin strip of black to ground the flowers! Love the alcohol ink background idea for stamping your pretty birds ... and then saving the remainder of the alcohol panel for the background.
------------------------------ Rita
God demonstrated His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us ... being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Romans 5:8 & 9
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Mon, Mar 29, 2021 @ 12:43 PM
Debbie, I love both the cards that mine "inspired". The different ways you incorporated the pop of color is fun and resulted in two totally distinct-looking cards. Thanks for playing along with my Featured Stamper week.
Registered: October 23, 2011 Location: Western, NY Posts: 7517
Thu, Apr 01, 2021 @ 7:49 PM
Both beautiful. Especially attracted to top in black and white with pop of color! Stunning. Embossing beautiful. Card with shadow stamping is excellent as well as inked blue toned BG. Both amazing.
Betty