Breathe

I'm back again with another card for three different card challenges!

I'm adding this card to the No Patterned Paper challenge for Dragonfly Dreams, the Anything Goes challenge for Dare 2B Artzy and I'm going to add a second card to The Flower Challenge. 

For my background I used four distress oxide inks. I used evergreen bough, hickory smoke, mermaid lagoon and blueprint sketch. I added the ink to my Tim Holtz glass mat and spritzed water over the ink. I took my alcohol ink cardstock and kept swiping into the ink. I used my heat tool to dry in between layers and proceeded until I was happy with the background. 

After the background was dry, I used the Wacky Boxes stencil from Dare 2B Artzy randomly on the background with hickory smoke distress ink. I splattered evergreen bough and blueprint sketch inks over the background with a paint brush. Once I made sure the ink was dry, I went over the background with Distress Micro Glaze. Because I had used oxide inks on alcohol ink cardstock the background looked a little milky. Using the Distress Micro Glaze makes the color more vibrant. It also seals the background. 

The flower is from the Sizzix Tim Holtz Wildflowers dies. To color the flower I used distress ink in these colors: crushed olive, peeled paint, mustard seed, worn lipstick and barn door. 

The sentiment is from Picket Fence called It's Going To Be Okay. I stamped it using my MISTI with Ranger archival ink in black soot. Instead of using a white card base like I normally do, I used a base from Papertrey Ink called new leaf. 

The Flower Challenge

Dragonfly Dreams: No Patterned Paper

Dare 2B Artzy: Anything Goes

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A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #74 - "Anything Goes"

I'm linking this card to the challenge below. 

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #74 - "Anything Goes"

 

I used The Crafters Workshop (TCW) light and fluffy modeling paste over a Dare To Be Artsy mixed  media stencil called Wacky Boxes. I understand that there is now a Wacky Boxes die! I may have to buy it! 

This is the third card I've made with the same color combination. I swear it's my last one using these colors, for now anyway! You can see those cards here and here. I just can't stand to waste ink. I put too much down on my mat. For this card I spritzed more water on the ink and flicked it over the wet modeling paste. I love the dimension.

The Distress Oxide ink colors used were carved pumpkin, fossilized amber and salty ocean.

The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti called Sentiment Essentials. There is also a die to match. 

I stamp the sentiment using VersaFine black onyx ink.

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New Ending

Here's another one of the backgrounds that I've been creating and setting aside waiting to find a sentiment that I want to use. I'm not sure why I'm so poky deciding on sentiments. It could very well be that I am overwhelmed with the amount of stamp sets I own. I like to have choices and I have many! One can never have enough craft supplies, right?! I love collecting inspirational and humorous sentiments for cards. 

 

This is a very cool background die. I die cut it in white card stock and then adhered over a water color panel I made using distress oxide inks. I also added a little sheer shimmer spray by Imagine Crafts over the panel.

 

These are the products I used. 

Trellis Background by Dare 2B Artsy

Tulips Stamp Set by Sparkle N Sprinkle

Sheer Shimmer Spray by Imagine Crafts 

Onyx Black Versafine Ink

Distress Oxide Inks - various

Misc bling by My Mind's Eye

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Two Cards Using A Stencil & Leftover Ink

 

For this card I used a stencil from Dare 2B Artsy that I picked up at the Rubber Stamp Show I recently attended. I thought I knew about this company, but it appears that they are new to me. When I saw this stencil I fell in love with it! One can never have too many stencils.....right?!

I used five different distress oxide colors. The colors I used are: wilted violet, picked raspberry, twisted citron, candied apple and carved pumpkin. 

This past weekend I got a great deal on a stamp set from Hampton Arts at Hobby Lobby. It was on sale for $2.49. There isn't a name on the set, just a number: SC0749. There are a few sentiments but what caught my eye was the flowers. They are the kind that look like someone was doodling. I like the look of them. 

I stamped three of the flowers onto some Inkadinkado masking paper. I fussy cut them and then used them over each flower as a mask to make them look like they are behind each other. 

I finished the card off with a sentiment from a Gina K Designs stamp set and some miscellaneous bling in my stash. 

For this card I used the leftover ink that was on left on the stencil after creating the card above.

I can't bear to waste ink!

I love how the color is very muted. It helped to make this a very clean and simple card.

I watercolored some ink onto water color cardstock and then die cut the sentiment using a die from Simon Says Stamp. I then finished off the card with some bling. 

Products Used:

Dare 2B Artzy Stencil - Wacky Boxes

Simon Says Stamp Die - Script Hello SSSD111752

Gina K Stamps - All About You

Hampton Arts Stamps
Distress Oxide Inks - colors listed above

Misc Bling

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