Hi Everyone. Happy Monday.
I saw this great sketch across at Retrosketches this weekend and decided to play along.
I loved the diagonal element behind the focal layer and decided that it would work really well for my leaves stencil die.
I began by adding some green distress ink to my craft sheet and then added some white embossing paste and mixed the ink with the paste. I then added the paste to the base layer quite thickly, and then left it to dry. Whilst it was drying, I die-cut the tag and stamped two flowers from the Enchanted Garden set on opposite corners and colored them lightly with my Copic Markers. I love this sentiment from the Enchanted Garden set and know that I will use this often. It works for general cards, birthday cards, hello cards, friendship cards… Can you tell I just like it 🙂
Here's my assembled card:
For the tag …. there are two sides – one is the front side, which produces a smooth tag – the backside of it shows more distressing and stress from when the die is run through the Big Shot. I decided to use the backside of it because I liked the distressed feel of it – I thought it worked well with the other textures on the card.
I needed to add a little more interest to the flowers, so used by Irresistibles white for one flower and clear for the other. I also used some new ink colors from Fun Stampers Journey for the flowers – they are really bright, neon colors and I think are perfect for summer.
On a personal note:
So… many of you enjoyed my emu card – you can see her again here. Well, Jeanette decided to share another photograph with us from Down Under – and show us what a real Emu looks like! This delightful photo was taken at a Koala Sanctuary a few years ago. Full disclosure – more photos coming from that trip later this week :-) So, thanks Jeanette for sending this photo.
SO much prettier than my stamp…. but still as cute. :-)
I'll leave you with that shot for tonight. I'll be back tomorrow with another card. In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.
Hugs
Jaydee
Card recipe:
- Stamps: Enchanted Garden (Sugar Pea Designs – Stamp of Approval)
- Stencil: Leaves – Simon Says Stamp
- Inks: Outrageous Pink, Orange Rave, Black Licorice – Fun Stampers Journey
- Cardstock: Sweet Pear (Fun Stampers Journey), Recollections 110# white
- Die: notebook die – Papertrey Ink
One Response
What a lovely card and such a great sentiment that can be used for number variety of cards.
Oh, that Emu is darling; absolutely adorable.
Jeanette and Jaydee, thank you for sharing such a cute Emu photo
Well, yesterday was damp chilly and bit windy with temperatures in the 50’s and received an inch of rain.
Have a great day and an enjoyable weekend.