The Card Concept Challenge Signs of Spring or Butterfly Blues

 

As March rolls along, we're all anxiously awaiting spring. The Card Concept

has a new challenge for you, and you get to choose what to play with,

Signs of Spring or Butterfly Blues.

The inspiration for my Mixed Media card comes from the Butterfly Blues photo,

and the color swatches given.

My C9 die was cut from a panel I did with Magicals. In powder form, you sprinkle

the colors on your paper, in my case watercolor cardstock, and spray with water.

The result is 'magical'. The colors come to vibrant life, and achieved just the look

I wanted.

The die cut is popped up onto a panel sprayed with Lindys Stamp Gang.

Sentiment: Simply Stamp Blessings/Beatitudes 1

Pick a favorite style and play along! 

The Card Concept #191 {Signs of Spring} or {Blue Butterfly}

The Flower Challenge: Monochrome

Hi! How are you faring with being sheltered? Confession time... I actually made a trip

to my local nursery and almost went bizerk in their floral wonderland! I really needed 

that outing!

Surrounding myself with flowering plants is as essential as breathing.

My house's front and back, each patio, inside and outside are plants.

I love them all! 

I also love flower stamps and dies. And oh, how I love any challenge

that is flower related! The Flower Challenge is at the top of my list.

Their latest challenge is to use one color... a monochrome card.

The Greetery's Fresh Floral Background stamp was my starting point.

Together with Blueprint Sketch Distress ink, (Ranger), and a few more

of the Greetery's stamps and dies, I created my monochrome floral card.

I clear embossed my background panel, before inking it, lighter on top,

progressively darker on the bottom.

The light was just perfect outside... couldn't resist shooting the card in the fairy garden.

I used the background stamp again for 2 more cards, not monochrome.

For this one, the background is inked first, blending the Sunray to Snapdragon

(Altenew), with the panel in my Misti. Stamped again over the inking with

embossing ink, and clear powder. That seals the color while I Inked over the

stamped flowers.

the sentiment medallion is PTI's Tagsale 12. Alphabuds Slim and 

Sentiment Starters, with a fussy cut flower from Print Shop: Fresh Floral.

(The Greetery) I didn't have the matching die set at the time. But it came

the other day, in time to make my monochrome card.

My last card was my first made, a simple stamped background, with gradient inking.

Nordic Frames and Budding Beauties Spring (the Greetery).

I'm not ready to put the Fresh Floral Background stamp away just yet...

I have a few more ideas for colors...

Take care my friends, and keep creating! It's a great way to stay safe... and sane!