Getting Big

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About a year and a half ago I got the chance to go to one of Michelle Zindorf's workshops and I jumped at the chance. Boy am I glad I did. Her brayering technique is unique and that day I felt like I was breaking all the rules about brayering that I had learned from years of experience and other people's instruction. Since then I have made many cards with this technique and they have all turned out to be stunning little art projects. Today I needed a bigger gift. My SIL and I talked about this a year ago and she wants something to hang on her wall and had told me she likes blue and flowers so this has been rattling around in my brain for all that time. I tried it on a full sheet of beautiful Whisper White card stock and it turned out great. I brayered Bashful Blue, then Marina Mist then Pacific Point to the top. For the green I used Pear Pizzaz and Wild Wasabi (one of my favorites of all time) then sponged with WW. I used a combination of WW and Garden Green for the stamping. The white flowers from Fifth Ave Floral were stamped in Basic Black and slightly colored with Bashful Blue and Daffodil Delight then cut out. I free handed some leaves out of Garden Green. Then I took the "branch" from Thoughts and Prayers and did some coloring on the rubber. I used Early Espresso, Always Artichoke and Riding Hood Red. I did that five times to give the illusion that there is a tree just out of sight and the branches are overhanging into the picture. I think it worked.

I am going to her house next week and get to give this to her in person. That doesn't happen to me very often because I have family all over the country. Thank goodness for the U.S. Postal service. But I'm very excited to give this to her. I hope she likes it.

Here it is all framed and ready. Let me know what you think too

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Supplies

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Just Believe, Thoughts and Prayers

Paper: Whisper White Card Stock

Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzaz, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight

Tools: Paper Snips, Brayer, sponges

Frame: $3 Made is USA. Email me and I'll tell you where I got it. It measures 8 1/2" x 11"

A Card for a Friend and a Challenge

I am so happy to be back posting a challenge card from Stamping 411. I had started by stamping this flower from Fifth Ave floral stamp set and coloring it by outlining with Elegant Eggplant marker and filling in with blender pen, then I cut them out. My friend, Kye Ann, yes pronounced like the pepper, asked me what I was going to do with those flowers and I said I have no idea. But when I started putting them on background paper they looked best on white and I wanted black and I matted it with black and it just came together easily. I ran the "vase" through the Big Shot inside the Elegant Lines embossing folder to get texture onto the vase.

The recipient of this card loves purple and loves pansies so I hope this card makes her very happy.

Supplies:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Ink: Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Pear Pazzaz

Paper: Pear Pazzaz, Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Tools: Paper Snips, 2-step Bird punch, Ornament Punch, Scallop Trim border punch, Elegant Lines ef, Big Shot, sponge, corner rounder, dimensionals

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Fifth Avenue Floral

Today I decided to case a card right out of the Idea Book & Catalog. It really does have great ideas and suggestions. This one is found on page 122. I changed it up a bit. I think that stamping the rose onto colored card stock gives the flower a much richer look.

What I did was this:

Supplies:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Paper: Perfect plum cs, Crumb Cake cs, So Saffron cs.

Ink: Basic black, Perfect plum marker

Tools: paper snips, dotted scallop ribbon punch, scallop trim border punch

I used a piece measuring 8 1/2" x 4 1/4" of perfect plum cs for the card. Fold in half.

Crumb Cake cs measures 4 1/4" x4 1/4"

So Saffron is 4 1/4" x 3/4"

Perfect Plum 4 1/4" wide and at least 3/4" high to run through the ribbon border punch. I love this punch, it allows you to make ribbon out of any color card stock that you have.

Then on scraps of both Crumb Cake and Perfect Plum I stamped all three flowers in Basic Black ink and then cut them out. I stamped the message at the top of the crumb cake cs. and adhered the smallest flower in the center and put the other two flowers on with dimensionals. I also shaded the rose with the perfect plum marker along the lines of the rose. It really gives it depth and makes it pop out like 3-D. Assemble the rest and send this to someone you care about.
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