Challenge blogs are supposed to do just that - challenge us and I found the challenge at My Time to Craft really made me think outside the box. When I spotted their challenge this week of a 1, 2, 3 recipe I really fancied having a go - after all I love mixed media and throwing everything but the kitchen sink at my cards. I went with 3 inks - Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio and Dusty Concord. These are not my usual colours so that was also a challenge for me to see if they went together.
I started the card by smooshing Cracked Pistachio and Dusty Concord - drying in between each colour until I was happy with what I got. I used the stamp/stencil set by Tim Holtz called Botanic Collage. It comes with a rose stamp and a butterfly stamp. They were my 2 things - I used the rose stamp once completely then stamped off the word part of it as background stamping. I stamped the butterfly in Cracked Pistachio and cut it out. I edged the butterfly in Peacock Feathers and added some extra around the outside of the card.
The word sentiment is also Tim Holtz - another small stamp set with a stencil called Phrases and Sayings and I thought it went well with what I was trying to do. That was my no 1.
I found this a very hard challenge.
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5 comments:
Such a striking card. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at We Love Stamping.
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Cathy
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Brilliant make, great take on the challenge and so much detail to see and enjoy. Thank you for joining us at We Love Stamping:-) Emmax
A lovely inky blend for your background with the added script topped with the bloom and Butterfly, many thanks for sharing with us at We Love Stamping challenge.
B x
What a gorgeous card! Love your background design and your gorgeous butterfly! Thanks so much for sharing your inspiration with us at the Alphabet Challenge!
Very pretty. great background design and love the pretty butterfly. Thanks for sharing over at Alphabet challenge, Crafty Catz
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