My Favorite Things - April Release Countdown Day 2

 

We're inching closer to the Tuesday March 13th My Favorite Things and my slimline card today reveals something from THREE brand new stamp sets, namely, Spring Wreath, Spring Songbird and Tweet Memories.   Read on for how I made this card.

First of all I used the brand new Watercolor Wash Stencil and Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers to create the background panel.   I used the Slimline Starter Die-namics to die cut the panel which I backed with foam tape and applied to a slimline card base.  I set this to one side.

I stamped the images I chose from the 3 stamp sets and used Copic markers to colour them all in vivid and happy hues.   I used a white gel pen to highlight one or two spots and then used the coordinating die-namics for each stamp set to die cut the images.

Images were backed with foam tape and applied to the scene.

There are some lovely sentiments included with these three stamp sets but I chose the one I did from Spring Songbird and I stamped them in two parts on to die cuts from the Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics.   These sentiments were backed with more foam tape and applied in the spaces I'd left for them.

All that was left was to apply a few sparkling clear sequins which I tucked into discrete areas of the card for some subtle interest.

I hope you'll come back for the final day of the Countdown tomorrow, I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog today and hope you're excited for the release.

Peacock Friends & Spring Wreath - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello!  On March 4th the latest Pretty Pink Posh release goes live and today I'm sharing a card made using the new Peacock Friends stamp set together with the new Spring Wreath stamp set.



This card began by ink blending a panel with Distress Inks in Wilted Violet and Fossilized Amber.  This background was splashed with water and blotted up to distress it a little and it was die cut to emboss the edge and make it look finished. 

I placed the panel in my Misti, I positioned the sentiment and stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed in gold, replacing it back in the Misti I repeated this process in order to make the sentiment more bold.  This panel was then adhered to a 110lb cardstock base and set to one side.



On Bristol Smooth cardstock the image of the Peacock and the Spring Wreath were stamped.  They were die cut and watercolour painted in vivid shades.  Here's the list of colours:-

Arteza in Light Magenta and Kuretake Zigs in Violet 080, Light Violet 081, Mid Green 046, Yellow 050 and Orange 070.

These painted components were backed with foam tape and applied to the scene and a few flat cup gold sequins by Pretty Pink Posh finished it out!

I appreciate you coming to read on my blog today, I'll be back very soon with a new project.

Nicky x