I worked on this card last weekend and just never quite managed to get it uploaded. I struggled with getting a decent photograph of it, but this will have to do. It all started on Saturday when I saw the Inspiration Challenge that Stacy hosted. Thank you, Stacy for a beautiful site for this week's challenge! I love the Vera Bradley site and found this this lovely piece inspired me. As to how close it fits, that's up to you. But it's what inspired me - what can I say other than I love fabric!
The background is a piece that I was playing with weeks ago with Oxide inks - sloshing the mixed media paper around in some of the smooshed and sprayed ink (not remembering at all what colors I used). I actually had fun, but I didn't really know what to do with it after that. Haha! So that's how my card started. I decided to use one of my new stamp sets. I colored the one of the flowers, some leaves, along with the sweet little branch of berries, and then I fussy cut them and shaped them with my Empressor tool. I die cut the background with wonky stitched dies and matted it with black. I arranged the flowers as I wanted them, allowing for the sentiment. I used my Mini MISTI (which surprisingly stamped beautifully on the first impression), and then I started adding the leaves and finally the flower (using various dimensional/adhesive products for different elevations). Once the berries were down, I colored the white area (that I couldn't totally fussy cut) with Copic markers to match the background as closely as possible. I used some Wink of Stella on the petals, which you can see on the top of the flower. I was going to do some white splatter, but I forgot. I'm still pretty new to this whole mixed media thing, but I'm working on it! Ha!
In the end, it was great fun - and this card will hopefully encourage a friend. Thanks for taking a closer look at my card. I've been MIA once again and hope to get back into the swing of things, but life is never predictable. Have a wonderful weekend, sweet friends!! Hugs! xoxo
Date: Friday, June 22, 2018 GMT Views: 1659
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Paper: X-Press It Blending Card, True Black (PTI), mixed media, textured white (Bazzill)
Paper Size: 4 1/2" square
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine), Oxide inks (colors??)
Accessories: Copic markers, Wonky Stitched Squares dies (Gina Marie Designs), Mini MISTI, Mini Perfect Layer tool, Empressor tool, Kool Tak clear foam pads, 3M dimensional tape, Tombow Mono Adhesive glue, red tape, scissors
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82257
Mon, Jun 25, 2018 @ 4:58 AM
Cheryl, this is so beautiful. I love the bg colors and splashes and that flower is so gorgeous. Just a dreamy I am praying for you card - one that will make someone feel totally loved and prayed for. Hugz
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Mon, Jun 25, 2018 @ 5:34 PM
Cheryl,
That poor, old piece of sloshed, distress oxide ink paper that had been sitting on your desk for weeks sure became a thing of beauty. Every piece of paper that I have ever seen you work with looks great to me.
Love the background and love the way you colored the peony. Beautiful card my friend.
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Mon, Jun 25, 2018 @ 7:34 PM
This is simply wonderful Cheryl. Your sloshing and smooshing and spraying have resulted in a pretty amazing background. And, as always, you've coloured up a simply gorgeous image. I have hot pink peonies blooming in my back yard right now. I love that 'wonky stitched die' too.
Thanks for the mention in the faves gallery for my dinosaur creation. Such a nice surprise to come home and find happy news in my gallery. The twins loved their cards and are so excited about our future trip to the dinosaur museum. So much fun to look forward to. Hugs to you!
------------------------------ Heather ...... My Gallery You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." Ralph Waldo Emerson Founding Member of the Punchkateerz - "You don't have to be crazy to be one of us, but it sure helps."