Friday, August 24, 2012

God is Love Card

Stamps used: SU "Trust God", Hero Arts "Ascent", Penny Black "Three Ferns"
Happy Weekend Everyone!

Tonight I'm hosting the Inspiration Challenge on SCS.  The site I chose is "Wind & Weather" and I can't remember at all how I came across this web store!  Anyhow, there were lots of objects that set off creative sparks so I chose it for the challenge.




The item that I chose as my inspiration piece was a set of framed art called "Floralscale".  I'm a sucker for neutrals so once I saw it, I had to try to capture it.








I created the background by sponging several different TH distress inks (ala Darlene Devries -- I love her videos!) onto a white CS panel. I used a SU wheel (sorry, don't know the name - boo) to get the dark splotches across the top and bottom. Next I stamped a fern image in Versamark and used white embossing powder, then stamped my floral image with black ink.



To create the blue flowers scattered across the bottom, I decided to use some dimensional ink to ensure it stayed on top of the layers of ink that were already laid down. I found a stamp that had a branch of small blossoms on it and squeezed a little bit of Viva Pearl Pen in "Bronze" and Adirondack Dimensional Pearls in "Stream" directly onto the stamp.




Then I just stamped it gently onto the panel, over all my inking, and lifted straight up to get a little dimension with the paints. 







I waited until the dimensional paint was dried, then went ahead and layered my panels.  Finally, I attached an acetate piece over the top of the inked panel, stamped my sentiment with StazOn onto the acetate and added a little butterfly.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

 

Thursday, August 2, 2012

More of My Favorite Things!

Hi Friends,

I have a couple more cards to share with you that I submitted to the "My Favorite Things" Guest Designer contest.  The prize is $200 in MFT product and a month as guest designer for the company!  That would be such a blast!  (Do people use that word anymore?)



This card features the "My Favorite Sentiments" set that I used in the post prior to this.  The sentiments are large, bold and worthy of being the focal point, I love that!!  Kills two birds with one stone LOL!!







I stamped the sentiment twice, once with TH Worn Lipstick and once onto black cs with Versafine so that I could emboss it.  I cut away the word "Heart" from the embossed piece and layered it over the sentiment.




To keep true to the required sketch, I made a couple of fans and adhered them behind the main panel to create a horizontal piece.  I added a fun fairy charm and a TH mini pin as embellishments.

This next card uses MFT "Girls Rule" stamp set.  I ordered this set when I was asked to make a collection of cards for my hair stylist.  She wants to be able to send "reminder" cards to her clients and this set includes 8 sentiments that would be perfect for what she wants!  Some examples of the sentiments are "Its a Girl Thing", "Be Good to Yourself" and "I'm here if You Need Me".  I can't wait to finish her card set, I think she'll be happy with them.



For this card, I created a pleated skirt by scoring a 1" piece of coordinating DP and folding it back and forth to create the pleats. 






TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!