Shadow Blooms

Hi everyone, last week I made a couple of Christmas cards to try out the “shadow stamping” technique, and I enjoyed it so much I just kept going and made a set of 3 ATC’s as well. I had hoped to have something different to show you before posting these, but somehow the last week has just run away from me, so here they are!

Unsurprisingly I have called this series “Shadow Blooms”.

I cut 3 pieces of kraft card each 3.25” x 2.25” and stencilled the background with Lavinia “Red Brick” stencil and Distress Ink. I shadow stamped a flower onto each card using first Versafine Clair in Portobello followed by Brilliance Moonlight White, then added a stamped dragonfly or butterfly (coloured with Sakura Stardust pen) and some mini red stamped hearts. I blended darker Distress Oxide round the edges to add depth, and added silver Posca spatters. I stamped the sentiments onto separate card, cut out and blended with DOX to remove the stark whiteness before attaching, and finally edged each card in silver and matted onto dark brown card stock.

Here are some closeups.

ATC1

ATC2

ATC3

Here is an angled pic to show the gleam of the Moonlight white ink and silver spatters.

Stamps: Unity Stamps Insightful Meadows; Lavinia Fairy Bugs; AALL & Create #533 Bring On the Sentiments; Tracy Evans Boutique Deigns TE10 Quirky Birds (sentiment);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain); Versafine Clair (Portobello, Tulip Red); Sakura Stardust pen (pink); Posca pens (silver, white);

Tools: Lavinia stencil - Red Brick.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms #17 - Anything Floral Goes (4th entry)

Krafty Chicks #718 - Anything Goes

Make My Monday #227 - B is for Blooms

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2422 - Anything Goes

{PIN}spirational #314 - Flowers

Sheepski #87 - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash #522 - How Does Your Garden Grow?

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

We Love Stamping (June) - Fabulous Florals

Word Art Wednesday #649/650 - Anything Goes (4th entry)

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,