Oh I have some pretty things to show you today! A Birthday Ensemble and a Color Challenge Card! Lotsa great pics today.
Today is my MIL's birthday. And YES this will be late, but I made a whole ensemble of things for her. I really hope she likes it.
I started with some pretty colors and sketches, Taylor's TECC55, and Jen's SFYTT.
Here is the whole ensemble, then I'll show you the different pieces: Sorry for the weird light - there was so much sunlight today that I had to close the blinds...and despite using my OTT light - you can see the little holes in the blinds peeking through!
I included a Birthday card, and three gift cards a box and envelopes so that she'll be able to give away some pretty spring cards for Birthday's.
Here is the card we'll give her.
I love this technique and have used it a number of times before. You stamp your flowers with Stazon on cardstock vellum and let dry (because it's vellum drying time is longer), then you sponge color in layers onto the vellum. It takes probably at least 3 coats here and you need to leave it dry about 45 minutes in between layers. So it's often something I do at night and then use it in the morning. It gives you beautiful shaded but transparent color. I added white gel pen accents on the flowers (wow does that make it pop!) and attached them with glue dots (which don't show because of the white gel pen). Smart hey??? :)
See the transparent feel to the flowers? This sketch (Taylor's), gave me SUCH trouble. I spent so much time on it getting it to work. It was the two squares that I must have cut 4 times getting to the right perportion!
Alright here are the gift cards. All are done with the same techniques, watercolor with SW markers this time and then each is sponged. I wanted a very monochromatic feel to each. These use Jen's SFYTT this week, though the Amethyst Delphinium card had to be flipped so it's not quite the sketch. I dyed the ribbons to match the cards with my SW Markers as well.
And look at the pretty texture too...new Texturz plates. :)
And here's the box that will hold it all together. Beate's A2 tutorial over at SCS. I like the eyelet trim on the box too.
ALRIGHT...here's my color challenge card. Sorry, the sunlight was almost too bright today and this one was without the blinds closed.
ALRIGHT...here's my color challenge card. Sorry, the sunlight was almost too bright today and this one was without the blinds closed.
The colors today were More Mustard, Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss. Really rich colors that have the feel of warmth, so I pulled out my new Le Jardin Botanique and stamped it with brown Stazon on watercolor paper and colored in with reinkers, sort of with a dotted technique to give it the feel of leaves. I added the HPH accent of leaves to give the layout some pop and then can you see the *bark* texture on the Rose Red layer? Texturz plate again :)
Ok...I'm off to my son's field trip this afternoon, he's running with his team of gr 4/5/6's in a city wide event called The Journal Games, he was the only grade 4 boy picked to be on the team, I'm very proud of him. God made that boy to run!
Recipes: Happy Birthday Ensemble: Stamps: 5th Avenue Floral, Beautiful Borders, Echos of Kindness; Ink: Black Stazon, Almost Amethyst, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink; Paper: Cardstock Vellum, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, BB Prints, PP Prints, AA Prints DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Texturz Templates, Scalloped Circle Bigz Die, White Taffeta Ribbon Stampin' Write Markers, Aqua Painter, Sponge, Corner Rounder, Piercer, White Gel Pen, Brads, Eyelet Border Punch, Dimensionals.
Beautiful Tree: Stamps: Le Jardin Botanique, Three Little Words; Ink: Brown Stazon, More Mustard; Paper: More Mustard, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss Patterns DSP, Watercolor; Accessories: Coluzzle Cutter, Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Reinkers, SW Markers, Aqua Painter, Piercer Texturz Plate, Big Shot
