This card has been a total indulgence for me today. I have had great fun creating it using a number of my favourite techniques.
The card is for Anita's Teapot Tuesday challenge to make a sunny card that could be sent to one of our members to cheer her up and I have also used this weeks sketch challenge again as it was perfect for what I wanted.
For the focal panel I took an old Magenta flower stamp and coloured it with SU Stamp'n Write markers. I then spritzed some 300 gm watercolour paper with a mini mister and again spritzed the stamp with the marker ink on it with a fine spray of water again using the mini mister.
I had unmounted the stamp so that I could use it in my Misti just in case I needed to re-stamp but only needed to do it once in the end.
The blue panel is more watercolour effect, this time I spread some baking paper on my craft mat, slapped Ranger Distress ink; Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans & Salty Ocean on to it then spritzed the ink with water and laid the x-press It blending paper panel into the wet ink and wriggled it around until I was happy with the coverage. I dried this then added more Chipped Sapphire ink into the corners with a blending sponge and spritzed it again, I then dried this and added some Distress Oxide ink; Salty Ocean & Faded Jeans randomly over the panel. Finally I spritzed the dried panel with home made glitter mist made with Perfect Pearls powder Gold and water in a mini mister.
Panel two on the sketch was created by using two strips of washi tape. The greeting has been done in fine gold embossing powder.
I have more photos over on my blog if you need more detail.
Cheers
Marg
Date: Saturday, January 13, 2018 GMT Views: 1252
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Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Alumni Creative Crew SU Design Team Alumni
Registered: October 5, 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 15790
Sat, Jan 13, 2018 @ 11:18 PM
Wow, this card just glows!! Gorgeous floral image, love your technique and I am sure that this card will cheer up anyone who sees it!! Thanks for sharing this wonderful creation with all of us- hugs!
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Registered: February 23, 2007 Location: Brooksville FL Posts: 19774
Sun, Jan 14, 2018 @ 8:38 AM
Oh, my dear "sis", this makes my heart and soul happy. First, I love seeing your work again and I knew it would be the boost you needed. Secondly, this is incredible. I was talking to casep this morning and she said I had to see your masterpiece in the teapot gallery. Boy, was she right. This oozes your wonderful style, techniques and attention to artistry and detail. Good on ya.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132004
Sun, Jan 14, 2018 @ 12:34 PM
Those sunshine flowers are just beautiful. What really caught my eye, though, was that amazing blue panel with the tape borders and their hint of texture.