Anemones

Hi everyone, wow it's the last day of June already and 2023 is half over … time is flying by!! Today’s card is a birthday card and is the first one I have made with one of the 2 stamps I treated myself to from Tracy Evans’ AALL & Create June release. My original intention was to buy one of the floral stamps from the May release but it sold out immediately on Create and Craft, so I ended up buying this one instead and I am very pleased with it. I also had another little try out with my new Inktense pencils .. I really love their vibrancy and would certainly like some more colours over and above the 12 I have right now!! Finally I brought into play my new set of A&C sentiments - I just love the vintage typewriter font!

I stamped my smaller flower circle, then masked it and stamped the larger flower. I coloured both with Inktense pencils, then masked both flowers and created a smoosh background with lilac Distress Oxide ink dabbed on using acetate. I added some subtle harlequin stencilling in the corners and some DOX colour to the circle, then a little background vintage script stamping in grey. The script is not an A&C stamp (it is by Lost Coast Designs) but I used Tracy’s technique of not mounting on an acrylic block but inking parts of the stamp and then stamping and “flexing” the stamp to lift it. I stamped my sentiments in Versamark, heat embossed in white then cut out and attached, then stamped a bird and a teeny heart onto separate card, coloured and fussy cut then attached. Finally I matted the finished panel onto co-ordinating card stock and added some white gel pen highlights to the flowers.

I was loving the stamps and Inktense pencils so much that I got a bit carried away, and also decorated the front and back of the envelope, and inside the card. 

I don’t normally use colour on the envelope but I understand that Inktense is permanent once dry, so fingers crossed!!

Stamps: AALL & Create #980 Anemone, #908 Quill Ends, #453 Heart Grunge, #533 Bring On the Sentiments; Lost Coast Designs ATC Misc Set 6 (background script); Visible Image Birthday Wishes (sentiment inside card);

Media: Derwent Inktense pencils; Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink ( Shaded Lilac); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Morning Mist); Versamark; detail white embossing powder; gel pen (white);

Tools: Darkroom Door stencil - Diamonds.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More! #449 - Any Occasion

Allsorts #734 - Anything Goes with option Bunch of Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms #6 - Anything Floral Goes with optional Moodboard (3rd entry)

(I was inspired by the lilacy-pink colours)

Country View Challenge (June) - Vintage (4th entry)

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (June) - Use a Stencil (3rd entry)

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity #169 - Use Some Words (4th entry) 

Triple B (June) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms (3rd entry)

Try It On Tuesday - Summer Blooms

Use Your Stuff #487 - Hearts - FEATURED 

I am also entering this card into Tracy Evans' FB Challenge "Heartfelt".

While I was in the swing I also made a pair of ATC’s with the smaller flower from the same stamp set.

I created a smoosh background on a snippet of white stamping card using Distress Oxides to resemble aged paper, then stamped the background script in sepia and cut the piece into 2 each 3.25” x 2.25”. I stamped the single flower on top, then stamped the single flower head and the flower circle again onto separate snippets of card, coloured with Inktense pencils then fussy cut and attached. I stamped the word “Dream” directly onto the ATC panel then added  the word “Love” cut out from washi tape. I matted each ATC onto standard ATC size black card cut from another snippet, and finished with white gel pen highlights and Posca pen spatters.

Here's a closeup of one of them.

Stamps: AALL & Create #980 Anemone, #533 Bring On the Sentiments; Lost Coast Designs ATC Misc Set 6 (background script);

Media: Derwent Inktense pencils; Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Antique Linen, Old Paper, Salvaged Patina); Versafine Clair (Nocturne); Versafine (Vintage Sepia); gel pen (white); Posca pen (white);

Other: AALL & Create washi tape #44 Around.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Ally’s Angels #71 - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #3 - Anything Goes (no cards)

Kraftin’ Kimmie Skrappy Challenge (June) - Anything But a Card (2nd entry)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2325 - Anything Goes

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground #457 - Use Snippets

Through the Purple Haze #205 - Buttons and/or Flowers (2nd entry)

We Love 2 Create #5 - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Word Art Wednesday #601/602 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Wishing everyone a happy weekend - take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,