Hi Friends!!
It’s time for new The Card Concept #TCC50 "Shamrocks, Patterns and Greens" Challenge!
March signals the start of spring along with the celebration of Easter and Saint Patrick’s Day so I decided to use the colors in the inspiration photo for my Mixed Media card.
Just a reminder that
the Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along
with a number 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.
I have also linked
this card to the Just Us Girls JUGS339 “Happy Leap Year” Challenge as well as
the Splitcoaststampers’ WT549 What’s Your Birthstone Challenge (Green for Peridot) and the Stampin' Royalty SR319 "Going Green" Challenge :-)
I hope you have a
chance to visit us at The Card Concept and check out the rest of our Design
Team samples as well as the other challenge sites- fabulous inspiration from
all!!
To create this card:
Apply Gesso® to a piece of Whisper
White cardstock, allow the Gesso® to dry (or use the Heat Tool to speed up the process), add Gelatos®- Aqua Dolce,
Green Tea and Metallic Mint, spritz the background with water to allow the
colors to run and merge together, dry with a Heat Tool, apply additional Gelatos®
along with Leaf Green Brusho®, spritz and dry again with the Heat Tool.
Once
the background color has dried, place the Memory Box™ (MB) Stencil over the
background and use a dampened cloth to remove some of the color.
Trim
the panel and mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim again and
mount onto a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.
Add
the crocheted lace trim and mount the panel onto the Cucumber Crush card base.
Ink
the sentiment from the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Boho Love stamp set using
Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.
Trim
the sentiment, mount onto a piece of Cucumber Crush cardstock and adhere
directly to the card front.
Ink
the floral image from Flower Shop and the butterfly from Papillon Potpourri (both
Stampin’ Up!) with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp three of the flowers and
two butterflies onto a piece of Whisper
White cardstock.
Use
the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker to add color to the butterflies and
flowers, fussy cut the flowers and use the Elegant Butterfly Punch to punch out
the butterflies.
Use
the Martha Stewart (MS) Leaf Punch to punch leaves from Cucumber Crush cardstock,
adhere the leaves to the back of the flowers and add the flowers along with the
butterflies to the card front.
Add
the white highlights to the center of the flowers with the Faber-Castell® Pitt
Penn White Marker and once dried, darken the centers with the Faber-Castell®
Bold Black Pitt Pen Marker.
Add
Pearls to the centers of the butterflies to finish off the card.
Stamp
Sets: Flower Shop, Papillon Potpourri (Stampin’ Up!), Boho Love (ODBD)
Ink:
Stāz-On® Jet Black; Stampin Write
Marker- Sahara Sand; Gelatos®- Aqua Dolce, Metallic Mint, Green Tea, Brusho® Leaf
Green; Faber-Castell® Pitt Penn White & Black Markers
Paper:
Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Cucumber
Crush
Accessories: Gesso®, Heat Tool, MB Pattern Heartwood Stencil, Water Spritzer, Elegant Butterfly Punch (SU!), Leaf Punch (MS), Crochet Lace,
Pearls
Thanks again for
taking the time to visit- I
hope you can gather your supplies and pick a style to create your own card for
our gallery at The Card Concept!
