All About Layering - Painted Poppy

Hello Crafty Friends!

Welcome back to my blog! Again I hope you are doing well and staying safe.

Today I am sharing the second card I created All About Layering for class. This one was the one that was a doozy which made me woozy! 😵

I used Altenew's Painted Poppy and Painted Butterflies for this card. The Painted Poppy was very challenging! Not the stamp set itself but user struggles. LOL! The previous card, Painted Flowers, I had no issues, but this one, whew! I attempted this card four times! Yes 4 times! See, when the audience views a crafters work, it seems so easy and effortless only because you see the finished product. But let me tell you, these little beauties can be challenging at times. 

So on my first attempt of this card, there was ghosting. This means that when I stamped the outline image in black ink, there was a shadow around it. This happened 2 times so I decided to push them aside and start over. No I didn't trash them and no, I do not have a true reason why, except I'm a crafter. We never throw anything away because in our crafty minds, we think we can salvage mess-ups some kind of way. Don't judge me...😑

Then on my second attempt, which was the sentiment (that I ended up NOT using, go figure) 😏 (no there was no salvaging that one). I stamped it and it wasn't clear so I tried to re-stamp it and I did not line it up properly so I ended up with a double stamped image which was then unusable with no way to salvage it...bummer.

Then here comes the third try. EVERYTHING was PERFECT! Well, I thought it was until I stamped perfect images and was getting ready to stamp the layer to fill in the leaves only to drop the entire ink pad onto my project making it useless. Shoot!!! Yeah, I was pretty bummed about that...😞

Well, I took a break after these three attempts. For me, this is a sign that I was growing tired and weary and needed to just step away, regroup and start fresh the next day, and that's what I did.

On the next day, I started fresh on my fourth attempt and I was successful! Finally, I was able to finish the card with no hiccups. 

Now, after my little saga, let's get into how I created this very pretty card. I did not have a specific inspiration but I put colors together on scrap paper that I thought might look nice and stamped the images make sure they'd look nice together.

(Painted Poppy Stamp Set)

I chose the following colors and supplies:

• Altenew Painted Poppy Stamp Set for image
• Altenew Painted Butterflies for butterfly image
• Altenew Calming Reverie for sentiment
• Altenew Inks: Jet black, Midnight Violet, Lavender Fields, Teal Cave, and Just Green
• Other Inks used: Memento Tangelo and Dandelion; Versafine Onyz Black; Color Box Coral, and Stampin Up Regal Rose
• Sizzix Foam Adhesive Sheets to adhere base to card giving it dimension
• Sequins
• Wink of Stella for glitter on flowers - though the photos do not pick up the beautiful shine
• Black card stock

Alright ladies and gentlemen, that for you time! Though I messed up a few times it's just part of the process in crafting and creating but the final result will be very rewarding.

So until my next post, be blessed and take care of yourself!

💓

Creatively Yours,

 

Linda 

All About Layering - Painted Flowers

Hello Crafty Friends!

Welcome back to my blog! I hope you are doing well and staying safe in these yet uncertain times we are living in. My prayer is that you and your loved ones are doing well.

So, today I am coming back to the scene with a card I created for class. This class is All About Layering! I created two cards but I will show you the second card in the next post.

The stamp set I used is Altenew's Painted Flowers. The cards are both simply beautiful! In creating this card I had no issues, unlike the Painted Poppy stamp which I will show in my next post.  

In creating this card my colors were inspired by the bird image below that came through my email from ZGallery. When I saw this image, I knew I had to create a card using these colors together.

FIRST CARD INSPIRED BY BIRD PHOTO BELOW:

(Painted Flowers Stamp Set)

CARD COLOR INSPIRATION:

You must admit she's a beauty! Inspired by the blues, greens and "yellow/beige" (made up color), I created this card! I never would have thought of combining these colors but I think it turned out just marvelous daaawlin (darling). 😘

So let's get to what I used to create this beauty:

Supplies: 

• Altenew Painted Flowers Stamp Set for image
• Altenew Climbing Clematis Stamp Set for sentiment (You are my Sunshine)
• Altenew Inks: Jet Black, Carribean Sky, Parrot, Just Green, Rocky Shore
• Scor Tape (2") for mounting card front to base
• Rose Gold Glitter Card Base (Hobby Lobby, Paper Studio)
• Sequins

Well, ladies and gentlemen, that wraps it up for this post and I hope you are inspired try creating greeting cards for yourself. It's truly therapeutic and relaxing (except when you mess up) 😄. 

Until my next post, be blessed and take care of yourself!

💓

Creatively Yours,

 

Linda