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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