Eryngium

Hi everyone, and happy May Day!! Today I would like to share the first card I made with my latest purchase of AALL & Create stamps. I absolutely love the new set “Flower Journey” and was eager to have a play, but strangely the first card I made wasn’t with my “favourite” flower from the set (the helenium) but with this eryngium … somehow it just called to me!!

I created a background by daubing Distress Oxide inks onto a large acrylic block, spritzing with water and then “stamping” onto a piece of stamping card. The block I used is wasn’t quite the right shape so I taped down one side when I inked it up. When I stamped the ink spread a little down the right hand side of the rectangle .. I rather like that! I stamped my flower and coloured the leaves with Distress watercolor pencils, then did a little second generation background stamping. I stamped my bird and quills onto separate card, coloured with DOX, fussy cut and attached, then stamped my sentiment. After matting I finished the card by applying  sparkle pen to the flower heads and Glossy Accents to the pen nibs, and spattering with white Posca pen.

Stamps: AALL & Create #904 Flower Journey, #908 Quill Ends, #906 Art Notes, #340 Paint Your Dreams (sentiment);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks ( Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron, Broken China, Antique Linen); Distress Watercolor Pencils Set 1 (Peeled Paint); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Warm Breeze); Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white); Ranger Glossy Accents.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafting Happiness #142 - Flowers

Crafts Galore Encore #111 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #635 - Anything Goes with option Things With Wings

Get Creative #121 - Flower Frenzy

Make My Monday #199 - Flowers

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2317 - Anything Goes

Simon Says (Monday) - Make Your Mark (3rd entry)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

We Love Stamping (April) - Anything Stamped with option Real Birds or Animals (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #593/594 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Hope you are enjoying the Bank Holiday if you are in the UK whatever you’re doing … take care and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,