I just love this wonderful background stamp (Penny Black Poppy Pattern) and the pretty detail in it! When I made my card last week for a challenge on my Facebook stamping group, I created several panels using this stamp and just finished them up! This card features a brand new set by Simon Says Stamp called Mom Flowers in their Fluttering By series. After stamping a script stamp over the background panel in brown, I mounted it onto a layer of brown card stock, then onto a white base card. I stamped out MOM and the sentiment in brown ink onto a strip of vellum, then attached it with two jeweled brads in green. For this panel, I taped the four edges of my Bristol Smooth paper then smudged distress oxide inks (Carved Pumpkin/Picked Raspberry/Peeled Paint) directly on the Poppy Pattern stamp! It was a little tricky but I love the velvety look of the oxides! I spritzed the stamp with water then stamped it onto my card stock. I dried with a heat tool, then used a black Sharpie to enhance the centers. An interesting twist re: my sentiments! I received Big Word Thanks from Stampendous recently and just LOVE the big words! But there are no dies so with the help of my friend, Lynne Bunn, I used my Scan N’ Cut machine to create the YOU image, cut out several of them from black card stock and layered them for added dimension! Voila!! 😀 Finally, I removed the tape which leaves a satisfyingly crisp border, and completed my card! I like this one best of all the versions I made!
Poppies are my favorite flower and these in Penny Black’s Poppy Pattern background stamp are GORGEOUS! I made this card today for a Faux Watercolor challenge in my Facebook stamping group! To create this look, I pretty much just scribbled with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers markers onto the stamp itself, starting with my lightest shades (yellows) then adding the darker ones (orange and red). I tried to color “strategically” by using darker colors where I thought the shady parts of the blossoms would be but really, I just ended up putting color everywhere! 😀After my stamp was colored in, I spritzed with a mist of water and stamped it onto a piece of Bristol Smooth watercolor paper. The water moves and blends the ink to mimic the look of “real” water-coloring!I’ve had this lovely verse sentiment for ten years or more, and thought it would be the perfect addition as I yearn for springtime and flowers and birds! I don’t recall where I got the stamp or who makes it, unfortunately. Lastly, I attached the vellum with two green brads, layered the watercolor panel onto a piece of light green card stock and then onto a white base card. I hope you enjoy the bright colors and hopeful sentiment! 🙂
