Welcome to Sunday quarantined blog post! Actually I try to post once a week - at least that is my goal. With working from home for the time being, I have a couple of extra hours a day to be productive. Today's post is for Freshly Made Sketches weekly challenge. They have the best sketches to start inspiration working:
I have had this Wendy Vecchi set for about a month now and have stamped and colored all the images. I almost always start with Scrapbook.com's Black Hybrid Ink for stamping. I am not always sure what medium I am going to use to color and this way I am covered no matter what I choose for it won't bleed.
This set is at a amazing price point. A little over $14.00 from Scrapbook.com. It is not just a stamp set, but includes a stencil and the matching dies. Just think of all the creative possibilities just with this one set!
I taped off the rows of dots on the stencil so that I could create a gold embossed background. I covered them with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Nuvo Glitter Embossing Gold Enchantment Powder and heat set. I repeated the process about 4 times until I knew it would cover a circle for the background. I used Jillian Vance's Polka Dot Circle Backdrop die to cut the circle.
The rest was pretty simple. I am using some Papertrey Ink White card stock I have had in my stash. It is a really beautiful white color and I used it for the base and the layered piece die cut with Spellbinder's Hemstitch Rectangles. I popped it up with fun foam using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.
The polka dot circle was adhered flat to the cover after slicing a bit off the side. The butterflies were colored by some alcohol markers from my stash (Stampin' Up!'s Stamp 'n Blends) and I traced all the lines with a Stardust Clear Glittering Gelly Roll pen. It leaves such a nice subtle gleam to the image. The sentiment is from My Favorite Thing's LJD Spring Tulips set. I thought for this time in our lives it was perfect. Lastly, a few Studio Katia Gold Foil Pearls finished it off.
Thanks for visiting with me today and my sincere wish for each of you is the "Each New Day brings hope."
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Love the pops of butterfly color and your sparkly dot background! Thank you for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful, bright and cheerful card and the sentiment is fabulous! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Karren! I did think that sentiment was perfect for this time in our lives.
DeleteThis is so pretty. Love it Anita. Perfect timing for what is going on in the world. Take Care. I hope you share it again next week at Love Your Creativity. I will feature it. Stay safe. Hugs
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card! Pinned.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet of you, Mother of 3! Very much appreciated. Stay well.
DeleteWhat a lovely card!
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Thank you, Amalia! I appreciate your kind comment!
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