Flower Thank you Card

hi everyone!  I am starting to do more stamping of late.  Good thing!  I have so many rubber stamps and many are just beautiful. So, I want to start using them again.

Today's card is using a really pretty flower stamp that I colored with Spectrum Noir colored pencils. (Yes,  couldn't help myself. I bought a set.  I do love colored ANYTHING.  The more colors, the better. I love new tools, new colors, LOL....yikes!)

I used a pink for the overall color of the flowers and then colored the base with a darker red and blended them.  I used a single green for all the leaves. I didn't color the vines.

I used Distress Inks in Tea Dye and Old Paper to color/edge the paper of my stamped piece (which was on ivory card stock).  The THANK YOU is a separate stamp that I got for a dollar at Michaels.

I used a gold pen to add gold splatter to the image once I was done.  I distressed the edges and then mounted to my card base which was also ivory.  You will note that I curled two of the corners (see upper left).

I covered my card base with two papers: red foil and at the bottom a foiled cheetah pattern.  Yes, I sure did go out on a limb with these choices, didn't I?  But I thought they were lovely together.

I added a red/pink striped ribbon/organza as a final touch.  If you look at the right side I cut out two short lengths of the ribbon and cut a "v" in them and added them on top of the ribbon strip as a layer.

 

This stamp would look good as a circular pattern because of the way the stem is designed.

Take care, Lis

Imagination, a collage card

Hi! C'est moi!  I'm back again to share another card with you!  Todays card is one that I've made for my sister (I owe her money so I figured I'd send it in a nice card).

 

This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch card.  I normally stick to A2 but I need to break out of my rut, don't you think?  I love collage cards. I like all the clustering of objects and the orderly disorder of it all.

There is a set of dies that I bought on sale at Frantic Stamper.  It was a great deal because they are all swirly dies!  I used one to die cut the gold glossy swirl on my card. You can see them HERE (Couture Creations) if you're interested.  I had a leftover metal word that I used on the side.  I also cut out a castle in gold glitter.

I used tarnished brass to color the key which is out of chipboard.

Finally I used some gold embellishment ink to dab on my card. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis