Floral Thinking of You

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you are having a great day.

It has been a super busy week for me here, not only has my creative energy been through the roof, I've also been making multiple cards at the same time. I have been trying very hard to do more than one card at a time; I mean, why wouldn't I? All the stuff is already out on my desk and I can always use an extra card.

To create today's card, I began by masking off a stripe about an inch and a half from the top of the panel, on Copic friendly paper.

I then stamped the open flowers using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Leaving the mask in place, I stamped the foliage with the new Color Splash ombre ink.

I coloured the flowers using copics, then removed the mask and stamped the greeting in the same ink. I prefer to use Lawn Fawn Black Licorice ink for greetings and sentiments, but I wanted the blacks to match.

Finally, I adhered the panel onto the front of an A2 card base.

I hope you like today's card and are inspired to create something of your own.

This card is for:

Muse Challenge #157

Inspired by Anita Bowden's Card

Update:
This card was selected for Honorable Mention!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for my card! I can't even begin to tell you how much it means to me.

Sympathy Silhouette

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you are all having a great day.

This card, and this post, are dedicated to my wonderful friend, Kathi. I found out the other day that Kathi had passed away in her sleep, and once again I'm at a loss. The world is darker for her passing and I think about her every day.

Kathi was one of the first friends to support and encourage my card making when I decided to move past creating cards for family. She was the first to like my facebook page, and one of the first to place an order. She was a constant source of support and "picker-upper-ness", especially when I felt things were bleak.

To create this card, I used an ink blending tool to sponge on Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire distress inks. I then used the water droplet technique to pull away splotches of colour and pressed with a clean paper towel. The droplets were much larger than I had originally planned, but as I waited for it to dry they looked more and more like tears. And that was fitting.

Once the panel (140lb coldpress watercolour paper) was fully dry, I used my MISTI to ink (and re-ink) the silhouette stamp and the greeting. If you are going to do this technique I highly recommend that you use a waterproof ink for the black. If your background is even a tiny little bit damp any ink that is not waterproof may bleed and ruin your project.

I then mounted the watercolour panel on a piece of layering weight black cardstock with super strong adhesive. I mounted that onto a white card base and added the micro gems. 

I hope you all liked the card for today, and are inspired to create something of your own.

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