TCC61 A Woman Who Fears The Lord

Hi Friends!!

Woohoo!  It’s time for the #61 “Pretty In  Pink” Challenge at The Card Concept!  Our inspiration photo has so many gorgeous elements that can be interpreted in different ways- the soft colors, the flowers, the typewriter, etc.  

Remember, do not be intimidated by an inspiration photo- there is no right or wrong way when it comes to interpretation and we hope to see your card in our gallery!!

I was inspired by the colors as well as the flowers- so feminine and gorgeous!  I thought that the Splitcoaststampers’ CC599 "It's A Wild, Wild Blushing Day" Color Challenge (from 09/05) would be perfect in conjunction with our inspiration photo for a feminine birthday card :-)

I am also linking to the Word Art Wednesday #254-#255 “Anything Goes” Challenge :-)

If you have not had a chance to visit any of the challenge sites yet, I hope you will find the time to visit us at The Card Concept as well as the Splitcoaststampers and Word Art Wednesday challenge sites- fabulous inspiration from all!!

Since I already had the rolled flowers created and in my “stash”, this card was fairly easy to create:

Cut the pieces of retired Graphic45 Botanical Tea designer paper to approx. 4” x 2.5”, distress the edges with a distressing tool, mount onto vanilla cardstock, distress the edges again and add the ivory crochet lace with the wasabi die cut rectangle (to hide the edges).

Mount the panel onto a piece of wasabi cardstock, distress the edges and mount onto the vanilla card base.

Ink the Our Daily Bread Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 4 verse with black archival ink and stamp onto the retired Graphic45 Botanical Tea cut apart.

Distress the edges, mount onto a piece of vanilla cardstock, distress again and add to the card front with dimensional foam.

Create the rolled flowers from blushing bride cardstock (I had these already in my stash and had used the retired MFT Large Royal Rose and Royal Rose dies).

Add the flowers with leaves (punched with the MS Leaf Punch from wasabi cardstock) to the card front (I used hot glue to adhere) and add the pearls to the upper left hand corner of the card front and the lower right hand corner of the sentiment.

To finish off the card, use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the roses and hummingbird.

This card has quite a bit of dimension and I decided to hand-deliver to the wonderful lady who leads our Monday eve, Bible Study- she is definitely a woman who fears the Lord and a sweet sister in Christ!

Stamp Sets: Scripture Collection 4 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Archival Black; Clear Glitter Pen

Paper: Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi; retired Graphic45 Botanical Tea

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT™ Royal Rose Dies, Ivory Crochet Lace, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope all of you have a fabulous week and hope you can join us for the #61 Pretty In Pink Challenge at The Card Concept!

Celebrate- A No Layer Vintage Card

Hi Friends!

I wanted to share another One Layer/No Layer card that I designed using a masking and a modified version of the Smakin' Acetate technique :-)

I incorporated the Splitcoaststampers CC584 "Wondering Who Crushed My Pumpkin Pie"  Color Challenge along with the CAS378“Let’s Get Fruity” Challenge and the F4A326 “It’s About Time” Challenge.

Also , since this will be a birthday card, I am also linking to the Seize the Birthday Challenge and the Simon Says Monday “Make A Wish” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge galleries yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous cards and so much inspiration!!

To create this One Layer/No Layer Card:

Score and fold a piece of Extra Thick Whisper White cardstock in half (4.25” x 11”) to create the A2 card base.

Ink the Graphic 45 (G45)  Botanical Tea Stamp Set 3 fruit image using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto the front of the card base, create a mask with sticky note paper to cover the image and another mask to cover the strip for the sentiment, ink and stamp the clock image from Secret Garden 2 (G45) using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, mask the clock and stamp the Carte Postale image from French County 3 (G45) several times (again with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink ) to create the upper background.

Continue layering stamps and masking for the lower portion with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, remove the center strip mask and stamp the sentiment from Botanical Tea Stamp Set  and the bee from French Country Stamp Set 3 with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink.

Use a Sponge Applicator to apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper to the card edges and part of the center of the card to age the paper and color the fruit images with Stampin’ Write Markers- Crushed Curry for the lemons, Pumpkin Pie and Watermelon Wonder for the citrus and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.

Cut a clear envelope to create a “book” (see this post for a more detailed explanation on using a clear envelope for this technique :-)), open the envelope and add a bit of Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the center, spritz lightly with water, close the envelope and “squish” the ink around with your finger between the acetate, re-open the envelope and press onto the card front to distress the paper.

Use an AquaPainter™ with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink to watercolor some  of the areas, add shadows with the Stampin’ Write Sahara Sand marker and a Speedball Elegant Writer® Black Pen (adding water to soften and allow the color to run).

Add additional texture using the small splatter and dotted rectangle stamps from Stampin’ Up! Timeless Textures and Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink.

So hard to capture the Clear Wink of Stella
in a photo :-)

Color the sentiment with the Pumpkin Pie and Watermelon Wonder Stampin’ Write marker and color the bee with the Crushed Curry marker.

Keep adding shadows, etc. until you are satisfied with the results and finish the card off with adding Clear Wink of Stella® to the fruit and bee.

The dessert option for the Seize the Birthday challenge was dimension and while this card is technically no layers, hopefully I have achieved dimension with the shadowing :-)  

Stamp Sets: Timeless Textures (Stampin’ Up!), Botanical Tea 3, Secret Garden 2, French Country 3 (Graphic 45)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet, Stampin’ Write Markers- Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Watermelon Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo Distress Ink; Speedball Elegant Writer®,  Clear Wink of Stella®

Paper: Extra Thick Whisper White

Accessories: AquaPainter™, Paper for masking, Clear Envelope, Water Spritzer Bottle

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope you have a relaxing weekend and find time to be creative.