I managed to see the Craft Roulette show live yesterday ...
Great parameters this week! So much so I made two cards!
Here's the one I made yesterday and submitted to the challenge
I started by making my background. I was inspired by a video from Natasha Foote - making a background with just one ink.... mine was a very old Hero Arts ink called Cup o' Joe. I've had it for around 10 years.., and it still going well. I smooshed it onto my craft mat and spritzed with water and dipped my Fabriano 160gms paper. Dried and dipped again. Then using a couple of lids to stamp circles and used a Catherine Pooler stamp set - Birds of a Feather to added some script and the Love postage stamp. Vintage colours ✓ I added a lace border using a Hero Arts wooden stamp called Lace Flower Cluster embossed with Ranger Vintage Pearl powder. - Lace on the Base ✓ It wasn't showing up so well... I added some extra ink blending to make it stand out. Gave the background a bit of an ombre look. I die cut a leaf cluster from the Fabriano paper with a Pinkfresh Curvy Leaves die. I added a little bit of ink blending to the leaves. That is my plant element.✓ My sentiment is from a Lawn Fawn stamp and die set - Magic Messages. Again cut with the Fabriano paper and ink blended.
Finally added a some little Hero Arts gems hearts to the centre flowers of my lace - Heart element ✓
And today - I made this one...
I've been seeing lots of cards using a birdcage and flowers... so that was my inspiration. My patterned paper gave me a vintage vibe. It was an A4 size so I cut it down into a 4" x 5.25" panel. ✓ Used the same lace stamp and embossed it with the Vintage Pearl powder, ✓I have a very old Tim Holtz/Sizzix Bigz Die of a birdcage and bird. I used some of the Fabriano paper ( it's a lovely light cream colour) to cut the die. Added some gold gems along the bottom of the birdcage and a little bow from a bit of burlap. My little grey heart from Altenew is added just under the bow ✓ And finally my plant element is the flowers and leaves.✓ The big green leaves are the Pinkfresh Curvy Leaves and the flowers are from the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms. I had them cut from some water colour paper and used Jasart Voyager Metallic paints to colour them. I added a pre-printed sentiment from Creative Expressions - Everyday Wordies.
It was such a fun card to make. I did some earlier in the day and the hubby and I meet up with our son and Grace at our local pub - The British Isles Inn just up the hill from us. The boys had their glass of Guiness - to celebrate St Patrick's Day! The pub was quite full of people dressed in green. And there was a bank singing Irish songs. Grace loved the music. Florence didn't come with them as she is - unwell... ear infection and chest infection - poor wee mite.
Happy St Patrick Day
