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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

TCC93 Happy Mother's Day

Hi Friends!


I love this beautiful bouquet of flowers and was inspired by the different color blossoms as well as the gorgeous green in the background to create a Shabby Chic Mixed Media card.

I decided to use the digital Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher from Power Poppy and the soon-to-be retired sentiment from SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes. 

I love to participate in online challenges and will also be linking this card to the Simon Says Work It Wednesday April 2018 “Mother’s Day” Challenge, the Retro Rubber #86 “Beautiful Flowers” Challenge (this digital image is several years old and I believe this is the first card I have actually created with it) and the Word Art Wednesday #334-#335 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

Just a reminder that The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a suggestion of design styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and Elegant and Mixed Media (or you can combine several styles for your own style).

If you have not had a chance to visit us at The Card Concept or visit the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will find time to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!
To create this card:
1). Using a design software (I used the retired Stampin’ Up! My Digital Studio™), position the Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher digital image onto your screen, enlarge if desired and print out onto a piece of vanilla cardstock. Watercolor the image with distress inks and markers.  Create a line area for the table using a Pigma Micron™ 005 Black Pen. 

2). Die cut the image with a stitched circle die, mount onto another circle of brown cardstock (also die cut with the same stitched circle die). 

3). Use a stencil brush with peeled paint distress ink to stencil the background around the flowers.

4). Die cut a piece of patterned paper with a stitched rectangle die, mount onto another rectangle die cut from espresso cardstock. Mount onto the white card front, add the ivory crochet lace and green grosgrain ribbon (wrapping the ribbon ends around to the inside of the card).  Cover the ends of the ribbon on the back of the card front with a piece of soft yellow cardstock.

5). Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to all of the tulips and an extra fine white paint pen to add a few dots to the flower stamens.

6). Stamp the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes with archival black ink onto a piece of vanilla cardstock, heat set with a heat tool and stencil a bit of the peeled paint distress ink over the sentiment.  Create the banner points, mount onto espresso cardstock and add to the card front with dimensional foam.

7). Add a few pearls to the sentiment as well as the top left-hand corner to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher (Digital image from Power Poppy), Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin' Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Printer Ink- Black, Versafine™ Onyx Black, Tim Holtz® Distress Ink- Fossilized Amber, Shaded Lilac, Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Hickory Smoke; Distress Markers- Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn; Spectrum Noir™Clear Glitter Pen, Pigma Micron™ 005 Black Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, retired Designer Series Paper (all Stampin’ Up!)

Tools/Accessories:  Big Shot™, My Favorite Things™ Dies- A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX Set 1 & 2, Stitched Circle STAX; Clarity™ Stencil Brush, Heat Tool, 5/8” Moss Grosgrain Ribbon, Ivory Crochet Lace, retired My Digital Studio™, Pearls

I am so thankful that you took the time to visit me today! I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our Floral Centerpiece photo and share with us at The Card Concept- we would love to see your artwork in our gallery!!

7 comments:

  1. Julie, this is SO pretty! I love the colors of the bouquet, and the fun look of your design! Beautiful!
    Take Care!
    Michele

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  2. Lovely vase of tulips, Julie. And beautifully colored! Love your addition of vintage lace too!

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  3. What a beautiful creation! That vase of tulips looks so real, I can almost smell them! The small additions you make, such as the white dots in the stamens, make all the difference to the finish. Love all your other details too such as the luscious lace. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber Challenge.

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  4. This is one of my favorite images from Power Poppy, love the beautiful pattern paper and that gorgeous lace that fits just perfectly on this panel.
    Thank you for playing with us at RETRO RUBBER, hope you play again soon.
    Hugs.

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  5. Absolutely stunning card, Julie! I love your digi image, which has been done to perfection! Thank you for playing with us at Retro Rubber and hope you will join us again soon.

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  6. Julie, I saw your amazing card as a winner over at Retro Rubber, and had to stop by to mention how gorgeous it is! Congratulations on your well-deserved win! hugs, de

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  7. Julie, this is GORGEOUS! I love this Power Poppy digi (definitely one of my favorites), and what a gorgeous card you've made with it. Your coloring is so beautiful, and what a great layout and fabulous stenciling that you've added. I love how you've finished it with the lace especially. So feminine and beautiful! Thanks for sharing your step-by-step instructions. I love it and have pinned it!! Hugs, precious friend! xoxo

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