Friday, May 14, 2010

Lime green, Leaf green, very pale blue!! PDCC 29


Its time for another Play date cafe challenge, and its a super fab mix of colours:-) If you have never played along then now's the time!

I am super excited to share this card with you 'cos this is the very first time I am using this stamp, it's absolutely gorgeous! Love everything about it really, the fact its so large is even better:-)

This card was meant to be a uni-sex birthday card since the colours were rather gender neutral, but before we get going let me warn you it's not as simple as it looks, takes quite a bit of masking and colouring to get this one done, but what's the point if it's not a challenge huh?


Ok now for the details,
I first masked about a .5cm around the card with my masking tape, yes, I found a new use for it, better than using removable adhesive and masking! then I stamped the flower heavy to the left side of the card, inked it several times and stamped on the the plain white area around the flower to fill gaps.

Then I stamped another flower on a scrap of Card stock and cut out a circle with my circle cutter. Then I used the scrap to mask around the circle where it would be on the card and lightly drew around it so that I knew where the coloured parts would be.

Coloured the flowers with my Copics, I used leaf green for the centre of the flower and lime green for the lines that run through the petals. The circled area I left blank. Then I coloured the other circle piece of the flower which would later be mounted on the colourful flower with grey inks. I used several shades to give it depth. Masked the outer circle again and smudged it with Black Soot distress ink ( I wanted to create a halo effect), then cut out the grey portion of the flower and adhered it with dimensional adhesive.
To get the outer blue border, I masked it again this time creating an unmasked border around the card and filled it in with my blue Copic marker. Lastly I gave a little outline around the card with a black fine nib felt tip pen, Viola!



Supplies list:

Large flower stamp by Hero Arts
Copics
Masking tape
Martha Stewart circle cutting system

And if you have any questions about making this card, please drop a comment:-)

Have a fab weekend guys!

13 comments:

  1. So fabulous, Michelle! Love the way you created this! Amazing results!! I love this stamp too!! So many different ways to play with it!! Can't wait to see more!! :)

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  2. Oh my! I LOVE the stamp, anyway, but you have used it in a totally ingenious and wonderfully creative way.

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  3. Very pretty, love your image and coloring! Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

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  4. This is absolutely beautiful Michelle. So striking and well, just beautiful. I'm awe-struck. Very nice technique.

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  5. This is fabulous, Michelle! I just love the uniquely artistic way you've done this wonderful flower. What creativity, and so inspiring!
    bless you,
    nancy

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  6. You do amazing work!!! I love it! the colors are so soft...great job with the copics!!!

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  7. This is gorgeous Michelle- love all the masking job you did and congrats on inking up the new stamp!

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  8. Wow, this is gorgeous! Very well done :-)

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  9. What a clever card, I've yet to learn masking properly! Great image too! Thanks for playing along with us at the PDCC!

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  10. Lovely card.. cool technique and wonderful effect! Thanks for playing along with the Play Date Cafe!!

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  11. love your technique so adorable and so effective in the middle....love love Michelle...GREAT IDEA...

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