The stamp and stencil are from Stampers Anonymous-Perfect Peony. I love peonies they are just so lush and gorgeous. I first stamped it in Soft Vanilla ink on white card, and then placed the matching stencil over it. I decided to color with distress inks, and used a combination of tattered rose, and worn lipstick for the flower and peeled paint and mowed lawn for the leaves. I decided that I wanted more definition to the flower so I stamped it again through the stencil with fired brick. I then needed to soften those lines just a bit, so I went over it with some more tattered rose. Then stem was stamped again with pine needles.
Over the weekend I had out my Silhouette Portrait, and I cut out loads of words for cards on white cardstock. I thought smile would be appropriate to the contents of the card. The Smile cut was stacked 3 deep and then colored by using versamark and rangers liquid platinum embossing powder. I also used the frames die cut from Simon Says stamp to put a very thin pink border around the flower panel. Of course I had to add some wink of stella to the blossom.
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5 comments:
This is lovely cat and made me smile :)
Have a lovely day
Hugs
Vic x
This is absolutely gorgeous, Cat! I love how you alternated between stamping and stenciling to get it "just right"! The colors have blended so beautifully, too! This card will definitely make someone smile :)
I've never used a stamp/stencil combo--sounds neat & I love how this came out! What a neat thing to send to your friend, Cat. Us dog people always appreciate such things. PS--I had the SSS Flickr challenge in mind, but forgot to use the right shade of green. Hopefully I'll get another one made in time. Thanks for always being a friend & letting me know about challenges!
I've not tried the stamp + stencil thing either. Now I might need them.
Cat, this is simply beautiful! Your friend will love it.
Pretty colors & fabulous die-cut sentiment.
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