To create this card I first made the background panel. I ink blended some smooth cardstock with Tumbled Glass and Ice Spruce Distress Inks and splashed it all over with Tumbled Glass, Seedless Preserves and a beautiful white metallic paint from Kuretake's Starry Colors watercolour paints. I set this panel to one side to dry and then ink blended a piece of cardstock with more Seedless Preserves and die cut with the Grassy Knoll die. Finally, I splashed it with a little water to distress it and blotted it up right away. This piece was backed with foam tape and applied to the panel.
A piece of white cardstock was die cut with the Gallery Frame #4 Die. This was also backed with foam tape and applied to the background panel.
On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the images from Garden Friends using Memento Ink in Rich Chocolate. Images were coloured using a large variety of Copic markers, they were die cut and applied to the scene backed with either a single or double layer of foam tape to build depth.
Finishing touches time! The bird's rosy cheek was highlighted with a white gel pen. The insect top right was given a little Wink of Stella on its wings and the sentiment was stamped to a little strip of cardstock and applied. Finally and to add to the the dewy look of the card I used some water droplet style embellishments.
Hope you're inspired to create your own fantasy garden scene, it's fun to push the colours a little beyond reality!
Happy crafting!
Nicky x
Love the colors, beautiful card!
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