This card is for the todays Sketch Challenge SC166 found here:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=330124

Supplies:

 Stamp vine by loading stamp with Versamark and then Lettuce ink and stamping on Whisper White card stock.

Heat emboss image using clear embossing powder.  Note:  I keep my embossing powder in a sandwich sized plastic container so I don’t have to try to put the embossing powder back into the tiny container it came in.

Stamp bird by first loading stamp with Versamark and then Cranberry ink.   Heat emboss it using clear embossing powder.

Stamp flowers from Stampin’ Up Trees Three set by first loading stamp with Versamark and then Mountain Rose ink.  Heat emboss using clear embossing powder.

Crop image and sponge on Stream ink using a circular motion with the sponge.  It is ok to go over the embossed images with the sponge.  The ink will not stick to the embossed images.

Give dimension to the vines by highlighting the under sides of the vine with an Always Artichoke marker.

Sponged additional Stream ink on bottom corners of card stock.

Used a Sharpie Silver Paint Pen and run it around the edges of my main image card stock and the layering card stock pieces.  This is very easy to do and gives a look of additional layers without the weight and bulkiness.   

Used a small Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss top and bottom of Cool Caribbean card stock layer.

Sponged Stream ink on bottom of Taken with Teal card stock layer.

Used the Sharpie Silver paint pen again to go around the the very outside of the assembled card.

Added some flower punches and brads. 

 Finished card!

Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.  If you did, check out my other tutorials on this blog.

If you don’t participate in the Splitcoast Stampers Challenges, you don’t know what you are missing.  They really have kept me stamping and growing in my creativity.

Have a super wonderful day!

I created this card using Beate’s weekend sketch challenge layout found here:  http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/weekend-sketch-challenge/

If you haven’t visited Beate’s blog, you may just want to.  It’s one I visit all the time.  She posts a new sketch every weekend and they are always so original.  Thanks Beate!

Recipe:  Started out with two pieces of Whisper White card stock (top main panel & 3rd from the top) sponged them with Adirondack Aqua ink around the out side edges working towards the middle in a circular motion.  I left the middles of the card stock white for highlight.  Stamped vines from Basic Grey set Winterland in Aqua ink on both pieces of Whisper White.  Stamped Stem Silhouette on top panel using Distress Ink Aged Mahogany.  Assembled card , except for bottom layer and stamped Winterland vines again, this time in Stampin Up Bayou Blue.  I highlighted the Bayou Blue vines with a Not Quite Navy Marker and White Gel Pen.  Extended the Stem Silhouette’s stems onto bottom layers with a Bravo Burgundy marker.  Stamped Bird with Aged Mahogany and highlighted with a white gel pen.  Added bottom layer and brads.

Note:  You can get so much dimension in your pieces by stamping in layers, to bring things forward in your scene, stamp them in a darker color.  To push images back, as if in the distance, stamp them in lighter, cooler colors.

Enjoy your day!