Jen is our hostess for Teapot Tuesday this week and her fun challenge is HERE.
I used pink and flowers, and I started out with the traced doodling that Jen suggested, and then kind of added some stamp etching with a pink Papermate Flair pen. The violet (I was relieved to look them up and find African Violets come in pink too, although all the doodling has taken away much resemblance) and leaves were stamped in pale colours of DOX. Then I coloured with Polychromos pencils. The leaves have doodling with a Papermate Flair pen, and some white gel pen dotting. The centre of the flower has some Stickles. I contoured the leaves slightly. It was originally intended to be a one-layer card so it was stamped on my best base-weight card, but I ended up cutting it out.
The background was a piece from my background box. Goodness knows what I had intended originally, it was sponged in pale purples and had some dots stencilled in darker purple. I added the basketweave stencilling with paint in the centre. When dry, I added the script stamp and some gold spatter. I tried to make a tag work and it wouldn't, so I settled for a snippet of lace. The ladybirds are cut from pink shimmer paper. The sentiment is a two-parter, the inside one uses an ODBD decorative label with more of the pink shimmer paper.
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 GMT Views: 317
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Stamps: PTI: Garden of Faith, violet, HA script stamp
Paper: white card
Ink: DOX victorian velvet, shaded lilac, twisted citron, versafine Black
Accessories: lace, Stickles, gold Twinkling H2Os, Elizabeth Crafts ladybird, TCW basketweave, white acrylic, Polycrhomos pencils, gel and plain markers
Techniques: sort of traced doodling and stamp etching, stencilling
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Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 5:21 AM
Gorgeous card Sabrina. TFs. Happy day
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Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 5:58 AM
Your pink violet (yes ,they do come in pink!!) is stunning! The added doodling and etching on the petals and leaves is so pretty! Amazing bg as usual even if it was a leftover...quite worthy of saving ;)
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Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 7:34 AM
I love your envelope!! That was a really cool one! Your card is beautiful and I am sure Barbara will love it!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
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Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 12:40 PM
Yes indeed - these cards do tend to morph throughout the creative process often resulting in a 180 degree departure from the original idea. It's part of what makes handmade cards so very special and unique. Love the pinky / purple collage type bg I see something different every time I take a peek. Pretty veining in your leaves & violet.
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Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 5:01 PM
great background for your violet---and they do come in so many colors--I have blue one and pink with deep purple. Love your lady bugs and they do sparkle
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Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 11:35 PM
A beauty in pink. Such a vintage look to this card. The background is something - I specially like the script. The little ladybirds are the perfect finishing touch to your African Violet garden.