I made these awhile ago, and posted them on my blog, but forgot to put them in my gallery. I recently had a rash of friends who were either pregnant or just had a baby.
I could not settle on one layout to mass produce cards for everyone, which would have been the obviously easy choice. I did do all of the images the same, and used the same color scheme (to make it slightly easier for myself). I started with a piece of Confetti Cream cardstock, and stamped the image with Timber Brown Stazon. I masked it and stamped the French Script background in Creamy Caramel. Next I used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons to color the image, and my aquapainter to blend it. To finish off the image, I sponged the edges with more Creamy Caramel ink.
My mat for the image is Sage Shadow cardstock, paired with Basic Grey dp, from the Periphery line. I adhered them together and ran them through my Cuttlebug (using the French Script folder). It is hard to tell in the picture, but I sanded the dp to highlight the raised letters. I also ran my Creamy Caramel inkpad over both pieces, which showed up really well on the Sage piece.
To finish off the card I added some hand-stitching. I combined a dark brown thread with a light cream, and just did some quick stitches on two sides.
Registered: July 16, 2004 Location: in a virtual revolving door Posts: 79186
Sun, Mar 16, 2008 @ 11:50 AM
Your other Mother and Child card is very nice, but I think the double mats and the stitching really set off the image here. This is gorgeous... very serene and lovely.