I hope your weekend was fabulous. Mine was, I spent the day yesterday with loved ones, eating, playing, etc. To me that is the best way to spend time. In a close second place is stamping, lol. I’m a bit addicted to ink, stamps and card stock, Dah!
I found something else to be addicted to also, Scentsy Wickless Candle Warmers, love them! I had an unfortunate event recently with a candle and my dining room table, which long story short, my table is ruined and now needs refinished.
But I found a wonderful safe, beautiful and totally fragrant solution to my candle delema and I became a consultant in a blink of an eye. Here is a link to my Scentsy web site if you want to check out their great products: https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home . This link will be at the left side of my blog permanently, you can order from my Scentsy Site 24/7 and your order will be shipped direct to you from Scentsy. No sales pressure here folks, I just love their products.
Now, a bit about today’s tutorial. I created the background using ink spots to create a faux texture.
Let’s get started. . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin Up! Upsy Daisy and Dreams du Jour
Card stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Early Espresso, River Rock and Not Quite Navy
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Marina Mist and River Rock
Accessories: Stampin’ Up sponge, White Gel Pen, Gold Brads, Markers – Baja Breeze, Marina Mist & Certainly Celery, Curly Label Punch, piercing tools and mat pack.
My Stampin’ Up customers that order $50 in Stampin’ Up merchandise will receive this handmade card though March 31, 2011.
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I started with a 4 3/8″ Square piece of Whisper White card stock. Using the edge of a River Rock ink spot, smeared in a square of color.
Dabbed the corner of the ink spot all over the square of color to create a bit of texture.
Using a Baja Breeze ink spot created another textured spot.
Repeated creating another spot using Marina Mist ink.
The last spot of color was created with Marina Mist ink for the square and then the texture was put in with a Not Quite Navy ink spot.
Using the edge of a Soft Suede ink spot, smeared in strips of color in between the color spots.
Distressed the edges using the same Soft Suede ink spot.
Stamped the Flowers using Soft Suede first and them stamped the same image, only lower, using Early Espresso ink.
On a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock, smeared River Rock ink.
Stamped the Butterfly image using Soft Suede ink.
Lined the butterfly up in the center of the Curly Label Punch and punched it out.
Added Certainly Celery Marker to the body of the butterfly and Baja Breeze ink to it’s wings.
Added White Gel Pen to the center of the wings and Marina Mist marker to outside edges of the wings.
Sponged Early Espresso ink to the edges of the card stock and the Curly Label Punches.
Aded White gel pen highlights to the flowers.
Added 2 Early Espress, 1 Not Quite Navy and 1 River Rock panels of card stock and 5 Gold Brads.
Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.
May your day be one of pure delight!
Until my next post… . . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
22.1 lbs down, 44.2 to go!
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