Hi
Friends!
Welcome to The Card Concept #155 {Garden Pleasures} Challenge!
For those of you who are not familiar with The Card Concept Challenge, we are a bi-weekly challenge that uses an inspiration photo for you to create a card.
You
can choose one style and/or a combination of card making styles, the choice is
yours! Plus, our Design Team of ten
ladies create a card to inspire you.
I
love the overall feel of this photo- the bright window with the beautiful Black-eyed
Susans as well as the gorgeous birdhouses (especially the one in the same of a beehive)
and the gold curtain and black accents, all inspired my Shabby and Vintage Mixed
Media card!
I
have mentioned in the past that my husband and I collect antique honey dishes
and I love vintage images of bees, so I had to pull out this bee image from the
French Country Collection by
Graphic 45.
I am still working my way through the Splitcoaststampers Sketches and was able to incorporate the SCS #SC276 Sketch into the layout (moved panel #4 up a bit). I am also participating in the A Place to Start May #5- “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Watercooler Wednesday #315 Marsha’s Challenge: All Things Feminine.
If you have not had a chance to visit The Card Concept, or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!
To
create this card:
Ink
the inside of a 3D Honeycomb Embossing Folder with Ground Espresso Distress Ink,
insert a piece of mustard cardstock, and run through an embossing machine. Repeat the process so you have two embossed panels.
Spritz the panels lightly with water to dilute the
espresso ink a bit. Stamp various splatter images using Wild Honey
distress ink and allow the panels to dry.
Trim one of the panels to approx. 3 ¾” x 3 ¼”. Distress the edges, mount onto a piece of black cardstock, distress the edge and use a straight stitch on a sewing machine with white thread.
Distress the edges of the other panel, mount onto black cardstock, distress the edges again.
Mount the smaller panel onto the larger background panel, add the strip of lace and stitch around the edges with a zigzag stitch.
Trim
the Graphic 45 French Country image, mount onto mustard cardstock. Distress and
mount again onto black cardstock, distressing the edges before adhering to the
card front using dimensional foam (or chipboard).
Stamp
the sentiment onto mustard cardstock with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear
embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.
Once the embossing has cooled, trim to a
rectangle, distress the edges, mount onto black cardstock, and distress the
edges again before mounting onto the panel with dimensional foam (or, as I
prefer, chipboard).
Mount
the entire layered background panel onto a white card base.
Add the bulb pin with the key charm plus a few pearls to the outside corners.
To
finish off the card, apply a few drops of Morning Dew Nuvo™
Jewel Drops as well as "smoosh" a bit in the upper left hand corner to mimic dripping honey.
Stamp Sets: Faith Medley (retired Verve Stamps), Grunge Elements,
Timeless Textures (both retired Stampin’ Up!)
Ink/Mediums:
Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, Tim Holtz™ Early Espresso, Wild Honey Distress Ink, Nuvo™
Morning Dew Jewel Drops
Paper/Cardstock:
More Mustard, Basic Black; French Country 12 x 12 (Graphic 45)
Tools/Accessories: Texture Boutique™ (Sizzix™), 3D Honeycomb Embossing Folder (Stampin’ Up!), Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Clear Embossing Powder, Water Spritzer Bottle, Distressing Tool, Sewing Machine, White Thread, Lace (retired Stampin’ Up!), Pearls, Antique Brass Bulb Pin and Key Charm
Thanks again for taking the time to visit! We hope you will have the time to create a card based on our inspiration photo and join us at The Card Concept! The challenge is open until May 24th at noon EDT.
