I've already mailed the card I made yesterday to Cammie. This is the one I had been working on and gave up - but in the end, I did use a stencil to finish it off.
Sponged the background with a ton of DOX inks.
Stamped and embossed the corner garden image. Used bleach to remove the colour from all the flowers. (For Cammie, I had been going to colour them back in with purple, but I like the bleached look and it plays well with the verse I chose to use). Added Stickles to the centres, and coloured the leaves with a green pencil. Used the sunray stencil and a baby-wipe to lift colour. Stamped the Scripture, matted it onto yellow and blue and then a white base.
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 GMT Views: 1568
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Registered: March 13, 2011 Location: Langley, B.C. Canada Posts: 36132
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 11:53 AM
Wowsers, I am scared to use bleach, lol.....But I sure love the look! I had to laugh at you saying you used a ton of DOX's. It all looks fabulous, Sabrina!
Registered: October 18, 2015 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 19903
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 12:12 PM
I love this card, Sabrina! The bleach really worked well making the card very soft.
Realized when tossing pine straw this morning around that I used PPA on the vellum. Perfect Paper Adhesive matte from Art Quest. It dries very fast and don’t need much. I got it online and not from Amazon.....
Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 7072
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 1:22 PM
came out so very pretty and the flowers look great white and the sun rays turned out so pretty with bleach technique---came out neat with all that went into making your card.
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16609
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 2:14 PM
This is such a gorgeous card Sabrina - so uplifting and encouraging. I cannot take my eyes off from it because I am trying to take it all in. I adore how you bleached the flowers, but kept the leaves green- that is brilliant. The golden sun with the filtered sun rays is just stunning how it highlights these wonderful flowers. This is such a show stopper of a card that whom ever receives it will be gobsmacked by how gorgeous it is and by this wonderful verse too! ~Karen.
Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 18483
Thu, Apr 09, 2020 @ 3:38 PM
I agree with you, the bleached flowers work perfectly with the verse. And the muted sunrays (love how you used the wipes) on the flowers look like the sun is showering rays of hope and life into the flowers. Really gorgeous.
Registered: November 7, 2006 Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Posts: 34614
Thu, Apr 09, 2020 @ 7:10 PM
It's your background that is mesmerizing. So much depth.
Tim's stencil is quite a 'heavy' presence, but you have soften those rays in a lovely way. A great card.
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Registered: February 22, 2007 Location: L’etoile du Nord Posts: 11353
Sat, Apr 11, 2020 @ 5:52 PM
Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous card! I love the way those white flowers stand out from your wonderful, colorful background! And the verse is so perfect for this card.
------------------------------ -----LizBeth"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)
