Earth Laughs in Flowers Card

A birthday card that I made for a friend that loves pink and flowers.

The theme for this week’s Simon Says Stamp Challenge (Mon) is ‘Flower Power’ – so I have entered this one.

Materials:

• Big Bold Backgrounds – Belle Flower, Harlequin Rose and Rose Stem Script stamps (Chocolate Baroque); Flowering Dogwood Branches and Flowering Dogwood stamp sets(Heartfelt Creations)
• 6 X 6 inch card blank, white stamping card
• Versamark Inkpad, Versafine (Vintage Sepia)
• Embossing powders: Pale green with mica (Lindy’ Stamp Gang) and bright pink with glitter (WOW)
• Watercolour pens and water based sparkle pens (Spectrum Noir – yellow, greens and pinks)
• Fine tipped glitter pen (pink) and alcohol markers (deep pink and pale grey)
• Glossy Accents and Stickles glitter glue (Crystal)
• Large floral shaped die or template (I used Essential Flowers from Tattered Lace), Flowering Dogwood Branches and Flowering Dogwood Dies (Heartfelt Creations)

How it was done:

1. I stamped the background with Versamark ink and heat embossed with green powder.
2. The sentiment and border were stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with the pink powder.
3. I used a large floral die as a template to draw around using a fine tipped glitter pen. The background image was coloured with watercolour and glitter pens, using a damp brush to blend out colours.
4. Grey alcohol marker was used to add a little shading under the sentiment plate to make it appear more 3D.
5. Pink alcohol pen was used to edge the card blank and background panel before gluing down.
6. Next I stamped the flowers and leaves with Versafine Ink. These were cut out with dies and coloured with watercolour pens. I used balls tools and a spongy mat to shape and add dimension to the embellishments.
7. I finished by applying Glossy Accents over the sentiment plate plus extra sparkle with clear glitter glue.

Artistic Love card created for Chocolate Baroque

Here is another romantic themed card using the Harlequin Rose stamp set and the Belle Flowers background from Chocolate Baroque. The flowers were cut using Tattered Lace dies.

In my last post I used friendly plastic to create a textured heart. Here I have used texture paste.

 

Materials:

• Big Bold Backgrounds Belle Flowers, Harlequin Rose, Words of Love stamp sets
• A5 card blank, Kraft card, stamping card (Sheena Douglass), light teal and beige card
• Inkpads: Versafine (Onyx Black and Vintage Sepia), Distress Ink (Victorian Velvet)
• Spectrum Aqua pen (light teal)
• Lindy’s Stamp Gang ink sprays (Cocklebells Coral, Azure Sea Asters, Opal Sea Oats)
• Imagination Crafts Starlight Paints (Hot Pink and Hibiscus)
• Soft Form Relief Paste (Gold)
• Tattered Lace dies: butterfly (Trio of Butterflies), flowers (Zig Zag Cascade)
• Glitter (cerise pink)
• Organza ribbons (teal and pink)
• Heart doily and sticky pearl borders (Woodware)

 

How to make it:

1. Trim Kraft card and glue to the card front. Add ribbons to lower section.
2. Spray stamping card with ink sprays to create background. Stamp the Belle Flowers background with black ink and colour with aqua pen and a water brush.
3. Stamp the sentiment with sepia ink.
4. Trim out the background and sentiment panel. Add Distress Ink to the edges and roughen up (using the edge of your scissors). Glue to the card front.
5. Spread the texture gel over the stamp and leave to fully dry (overnight). Peel paste from stamp and trim around the heart with scissors. Brush over with starlight paints and then quickly wipe over with a damp cloth to remove paint on the upper surface levels (reveal the gold paste and leave the paint in the crevices). Leave to dry.
6. Glue a doily and the heart to the card front. Add sticky pearl borders.
7. Die cut the butterfly and flowers from coloured and waste background (ink spritzed) card. Touch up with inks to add some shading and texture.
8. Shape flowers using a ball tool and foam mat. Glue to the card with 3D glue gel. Use 3D glue gel to add flower centres and sprinkle with glitter.

Belle Flower Card created for Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge 31

 

I love this gorgeous background stamp (Big Bold Backgrounds – Belle Flower). I stamped it with Versamark onto white card and heat embossed the image with pearl green embossing powder. I then over stamped the border (from Harlequin Rose) and sentiment (from Rose Stem Script) and embossed with glittery pink powder. I drew around a large flower die with pink glitter pen to create the sentiment plate. Then coloured the image with watercolour and glitter pens.

Materials:

• Big Bold Backgrounds – Belle Flower, Harlequin Rose and Rose Stem Script stamps
• 6 X 6 inch card blank, white stamping card
• Versamark Inkpad
• Embossing powders: Pale green with mica and bright pink with glitter
• Watercolour pens and water based glitter pens (greens and pinks)
• Fine tipped glitter pen (pink) and alcohol markers (deep pink and pale grey)
• Large floral shaped die (or template)

Step By Step:

1. Stamp the background with Versamark ink and heat emboss with green powder.
2. Over stamp the sentiment and border with Versamark and heat emboss with the pink powder.
3. Draw around the floral template with the fine tipped glitter pen. Colour the background image with watercolour and glitter pens using a water brush to blend out colours.
4. Use the grey alcohol marker to add a little shading under the sentiment plate to make it appear 3D.
5. Trim the stamped image. Edge the card blank and topper with alcohol marker to frame and glue down.