Dimension

Hello,

Today I am sharing my card at:

 Less is More #383 Dimension.

Here is my card:

To make this card I masked off a panel and inked it with distress oxide wilted violet and spritzed it with water, I then die cut the flowers (Tutti Designs Rosy Corner), cut them out and stuck them to a sheet of card. After colouring them with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, I die cut several more flowers and stacked them on top of each other. Once they were dry I filled the spaces with glossy accents to create the shine effect. I positioned the flowers on the inked panel, and aded the sentiment panel and a few enamel dots. 

I think this technique is so effective and I really like the way it adds dimension to a simple card.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
xx

Flowers and Eyelets

Hello,
Today I am sharing a card at:
 Freshly Made Sketches #360

Here is my card:

The background is embossed, the sentiment is written on velum with my Scan n Cut, the wreath is die cut and the die cut flowers are attached with eyelets. I am quite pleased with the overall effect of this card. It looks quite detailed but is actually quite simple although fixing the layered flowers with the eyelets was a bit of a fiddle.



Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
xx

Vellum

Hello,
Today I am sharing a card at Just Add Ink Challenge #429 vellum, I was making a card for my sister's 60 birthday, but I thought it was lacking something. When I saw this weeks challenge at Just Add Ink I thought some vellum might do the trick. Here is my card:

The background is alcohol ink on yupo paper, which I quite liked but it was a bit intense. I didn't want to cover it up completely though, so I cut some vellum on my scan n cut to create the frame. I used the alcohol lift technique to stamp the flower and foliage at the base of the card. Here is a close up:

To make it special I cross stitched a butterfly on paper and attached it with foam pads:

The picture doesn't show it very well, but I stitched a few gold seed beads to the butterfly to create a link with the gold lettering. The cross stitch pattern came from the March 2015 edition of CrossStitcher magazine.

I hope you like it, but more importantly I hope my sister likes it. She will celebrate her birthday next week.

                                 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.

Hilary xx