I don't know why this was difficutl for me, I do hope I followed the directions, Jen. I picked the Su set, Neverending JOY. I have used the sentiment stamps in it quite a bit, but never the flowers...until today that is.
I approached this challenge for several angles and even packed the stamps and multiple images away in frustration! After some hours gardening instead, I came back at it refreshed! My Bunch of Tulips was stamped three times and colored with Marvy pigment markers. I fussy cut and popped on foam. I tied cotton thread around the bunches. I love how the pigment took to the stamps with different shades of red...My paper is MME Bohemia Bliss "Love of my Life" tiny dots and blue on the reverse. I used the nestabilities to make my rectangle mats...both embossed and scalloped. It is mounted on white cs which has been stamped with the SU Linen bg stamp inked in VersaMagic sea breeze...I purposely had an uneven hand on the stamping. My Happy Easter is stamped in a Matisse font with marker. I love this font. My second card is more serene in its' feel. I used the iris petal stamp along with the leaves/stem from the set. I inked them with shades of orchid. I stamped this several times and cut out extras for dimension. The Asian vase is a ToyBox image which was inked in Versacolor black and embossed in clear. I used Prisma color pencils and gamasol to add a hue to the fish and the water. I popped the vase and slid the flowers into the top of the vase. I used the fiskars eyelet punch to add interest to the same paper as before. I also stamped the white bg in the same linen stamp, this time with more of a firm hand, The Easter, from Paper Inspirations is inked with VersaMagic spring pansy.
So which one do you like the best...let me have it!
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Sat, Mar 22, 2008 @ 11:07 AM
Wow, both of these are gorgeous!
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Wed, Mar 26, 2008 @ 3:54 PM
YIKES . . . and you expect me to choose?????? Absolutely packed with WOW! There you go again . . . Queen of Unique!!! Both are stunning, Susan. So glad you got refreshed and came back to finish these works of art! You are AMAZING girl!