I'd just like to start by letting you all know that posts may not be as frequent as they usually are over the next week. Shaelea is home with the chicken pox, and as cool as it is that she can give a running commentary as I create a word document, I'm certainly not getting as much done each day as I normally do.Long time readers of my blog will know I love my markers, and my favourite thing to do with them is to use them direct to rubber to ink up a stamp. Last night I needed a purple fix and to pull out my markers, and this is the card I created. It is based on Julee's Mojo Monday sketch for last week which I had been hankering to play and just didn't get a chance until then. The little flowers above the sentiment were punched out using the Boho Blossoms punch. Even though the punch was made to coordinate with the One of a Kind set, I love the shape of this flower and will use it on any 6-petal flower if I can! I had intended this card to just be Lavender Lace, Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive, but somehow my Almost Amethyst inkpad found it's way out onto my desk and so the small flowers were inked with that before going over the center with my Elegant Eggplant marker. I'm actually glad of that little "mistake" because I think the card would look a little bland without that added contrast. The sentiment was first stamped with VersaMark and embossed in white, then punched out with the small oval punch (which fits perfectly with this frame - gosh I love all the coordination, it makes everything so much easier!) and framed with some Styled Silver hodgepodge.
All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Whisper White, Lavender Lace
Stamp Sets: True Friend, Occasional Greetings
Inks: versaMark, Almost Amethyst
Accessories: Lavender Lace marker, Old Olive marker, Styled Silver hodgepodge, Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon, 1/8" circle punch, Boho Blossoms punch, dimensionals
Show watched while creating: Bones
. The central motif, from the upcoming Spring Mini set True Friend, was stamped in VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder. Then I coloured the Rose areas with markers, wetting each of the larger sections with the aquapainter before colouring to minimise any lines from where the colour overlapped. I then masked this inner section of the motif and sponged Sage Shadow around the outside - I loved the soft outline this provides! With my original card I had this area frames and this soft edge was lost, but I am hoping to go back to it and finish it off when I have distanced myself from the need to be light and airy with it. It's a rather grey and wet day outside, so I'm hoping to play with these pretty colours a bit more and perk myself up.