but this Art Journey stamp is a favourite of mine, she is such a sweet little girl and I felt that it suited my chosen colour scheme. I used a mixture of patterned and stamped paper for my background, but I think I was a little bit heavy handed with the guesso so I hope you can still see the torn strips in the photo. Once the paint was dry I cut the card to size and stamped parts of a swirly stamp around the edges with Black Soot and then Victorian Velvet Distress inks stamping some of the ink off onto spare paper first, and then inked the edge with the Victorian Velvet. I coloured the girl image with Coloursoft pencils before creating the shadow effect, and fixing it to the card. I stamped the sentiment on an offcut of the paper blended card with Brilliance Lightning Black and edged with Victorian Velvet ink. I punched a small hole in each end and tied a tiny piece of ribbon through, and fixed a piece of lace along the bottom edge. I stamped two little butterflies with the same distress ink onto a scrap of pink paper and cut them out. In my stash I had some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Foliage pieces languishing in a box because I like having them, (and am too mean to part with them) I also have two distress embossing powders that haven't been used much. I didn't get on very well with them when I first tried them so they stayed in the drawer.The colours are Milled Lavender and Old Paper which probably matched the first Distress Inks I had.! Anyway I decided to put them together to make an embellishment. I used three different flowers and a leaf. I painted the flowers with white acrylic paint first and then sanded some of it off again, before dabbing with ink and adding the embossing powder and heating it, and then sanding lightly again.
The Stamp Man Fortnightly Challenge: Anything by Tim
Make My Monday: Vintage-Torn or Crumpled.(my background)
Sir Stampalot: Anything Goes
Oldie But A Goodie: Use lace and Ribbon.
The torn paper technique is certainly effective, Jean, and I love your card! The flower is gorgeous. I think the distress EPs are an acquired taste, but they've worked well here. A lovely project. Thanks for sharing it with us at Sir Stampalot this month and good luck.
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That's a lot of work for one card Jean but you're right, it is 'pretty in pink'. The background is an interesting technique. One for a rainy day, but we don't get many of them!I like the shadow effect too. Kate x
ReplyDeleteThis is so delicate and pretty! Well worth effort you put in to it! Love that little girl stamp!
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS, such an adorable image and you have worked so well with it. Perfect for the Make My Monday challenge - great to see you entering. Suzanne B
ReplyDeleteGreat technique Jean and such a gorgeous card and lovely colours. Dianne.
ReplyDeleteFabulous card! That is a gorgeous flower! Thanks for joining us at Sir stampalot this month and good luck!
ReplyDeletewow such lovely work.
ReplyDeleteso very special.
Thanks for joining us in the Sir Stampalot Challenge.
Hugs Chris xx
That's a great background technique - lovely card
ReplyDeleteIts a beautiful creation, just love how you achieved it. Thanks for joining us at Sir Stampalot this month.
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Fabulous piece and a brilliant technique - thank you so much for joining in with us over at Make My Monday this week - Jacqueline xx
ReplyDeleteIts realy beautiful, a super image. Yvonne x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful technique and the end result is amazing. Love that stamp is suits the vintage theme so well.
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A lot of work has produced an adorable card. Many thanks for entering it into Make My Monday vintage challenge. Caz
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty , wonderful vintage image
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Lisa x
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous creation, thanks for joining Sir Stampalot’s and Oldie But A goodie challenge, good luck.
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Tracy x
This is wonderful Jean the layers and work you have put in work really well together x thanks for joining the Stamp Man challenge
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, love the delicate colours and the little handmade flowers...a lovely stamp too.
ReplyDeleteAli x
This is beautiful. A wonderful technique, the torn layers look great.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at the Sir Stampalot challenge this month.
Clare x
Gorgeous card I love everything about it. Thanks for stamping with me this week
ReplyDeleteLove Cynthia x
Great card, Jean. Thanks for joining us at Rainbow Lady.
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