Hi Friends!
Isn’t this photo
gorgeous? I love the colors of the
flowers, the distressed wood as well as the wonderful foliage and decided to
create a Shabby Chic Mixed Media card!
This month has been a
month of saying “good-bye” to two of our friends as they went home to be with
the Lord. I served with both of them on Sunday
mornings on our finance committee and this verse was one of their favorites.
Both men were wonderful examples of serving the Lord with all of their heart and will be greatly missed. It is such a comfort though to know that they had accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior and we will see them again one day in heaven.
I am confident that they both received a "Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant" from the Lord and I can only pray that I will be as faithful as they were in serving Him with all of my heart all of the days of my life here on earth.
I am also linking
this card to Retro
Rubber #107 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge- middle row down (Sparkle- Leaves- Heat
Embossing), the Work It Wednesday March 2019 “Spring Flowers” Challenge and the
Word Art Wednesday #380-#381 “Anything Goes” Challenge.
For the Retro Rubber
Challenge, you need to use older stamps.
The Serve the Lord stamp set (retired Our Daily Bread Designs) is from
2011 and Choose Happiness (retired Stampin’ Up!) from 2014. Also, it is difficult to see the shimmer on the flower
petals, but trust me, they are sparkling :-)
If you have not had a
chance to visit us at The Card Concept or the other challenge sites yet, I
hope you will find time to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!
To
create this card:
1).
De-static two pieces of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool. Using Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, stamp three
of the floral image from Choose Happiness (retired Stampin’ Up!) along with multiples
of the branch image onto the panel, apply clear embossing powder and heat set
with the heat tool.
2).
Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the images using water-based markers (the
colors I used are listed below). Fussy cut
the images and set aside.
3).
On a piece of woodgrain designer paper (from the retired Adventure Abounds
designer series Stack), use a stencil with a putty knife to apply crackle texture
paste. Once the paste has dried, apply
distress stain to color the designer paper and create the background. Distress the edges and mount onto a piece of
black cardstock.
4).
Ink the sentiment from Serve the Lord (retired Our Daily Bread Designs) using
Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock, dilute a few
of the colors of the distress stain and apply to the sentiment. Trim the panel, distress the edges and mount
onto a piece of black cardstock (I used a scrap piece of chipboard).
5).
Add a piece of white crocheted lace along with a piece of black seam binding to
the card front (wrap the ends of the seam binding behind the panel). Mount the entire panel onto a white card
base.
6). Cut one of the fussy cut flowers in half. Adhere the sentiment using dimensional foam
and adhere the fussy-cut stems and flowers around the sentiment.
7). Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the
flower petals and an extra fine white paint pen to add a few white highlights
to the floral centers.
8).
Add pearls to the sentiment to finish off the card.
Stamp
Sets: Choose Happiness (retired Stampin’
Up!), Serve the Lord (retired Our Daily Bread Designs)
Ink/Mediums:
Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write
Markers-Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry, Calypso Coral, retired Gable Green, Lucky
Limeade, Yo-Yo Yellow; Tim Holtz® Distress Stain- Black Soot, Frayed Burlap,
Stormy Sky; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint
Pen
Cardstock/Paper:
Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Stampin’ Up! Adventure Abounds Designer
Series Stack
Tools/Accessories: Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder,
Heat Tool, Chipboard, Distressing Tool, Wendy Vecchi™ Crackle Texture Paste, The
Crafters Workshop™ Well Rounded Stencil, Palette Knife, White Crochet Lace, ½”
Black Seam Binding, Pearls
Thank you for taking
the time to visit! 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).
I
hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Cottage
Florals} photo and link up to our gallery at The Card
Concept- we would love to see
your interpretation!! The challenge is open until Monday, April 15th at noon
(EST).
