Painted Poppy Textures - A 90th Birthday Card

A bright card with textures for someone with little sight

This card is for my mother-in-law's 90th birthday.  She has very little sight now and so I've tried to incorporate textures and bright colours.

I watercoloured the poppy using the same method as outlined here.

I resorted to my retired little numbers dies for the age statement.

Sadly, it won't be the celebratory occasion that we had hoped for but as she often says "this too shall pass".

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Painted Poppies Cling Stamp Set

$40.00

To A Wild Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$63.00

Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$17.00

Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder

$17.00

Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder

$16.00

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

$56.00

Layering Circles Dies

$58.00

Noble Peacock Rhinestones

$9.50

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

$15.25

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Magnolia Blooms on Country Floral

I was so inspired by the sketch for yesterday's Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop that I made another, feminine, version.

Magnolia Blooms stamp set and Country Floral 3D embossing folder

This card features the Magnolia Blooms stamp set and Country Floral 3D embossing folder.

Having embossed the Basic Gray card, I gently swiped over it with my Versamark pad which created the deeper shade on the raised embossing.  I then cut it diagonally (in keeping with the sketch) and arranged it onto a piece of Petal Pink card.  The base card is Petal Pink with a layer of Gray Granite.

The banners are off-cuts of Gray Granite cardstock.  The ends were trimmed with the help of the Banner Triple Punch.

Using Petal Pink ink, I stamped the image onto a small leftover square of Petal Pink cardstock.  To make things a little easier for my ageing eyes, I used Blackberry Bliss and Pretty Peacock Stampin' Write markers to reinforce the lines on the leaves and the flower centre.  Then I used Stampin' Blends alcohol markers to colour the image (Rococo Rose, Petal Pink, Mint Macaron, Pretty Peacock, Rich Razzleberry and Blackberry Bliss).

Ready for colouring - Magnolia Blooms stamped image

The greeting is included in the Magnolia Blooms stamp set but I rearranged it into a linear formation.  To do this, I used a Basic Gray Stampin' Write Marker to ink only the word "Thank" and stamped it.  Having cleaned and dried the stamp, I used the same marker to ink the word "you" and stamped it next to the first word.  Easy!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products used in this project are available for purchase in my online store

Noble Peacock Rhinestones

$9.50

Banner Triple Punch

$38.00

Magnolia Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set

$24.00

Petal Pink A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$0.00

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Country Floral Gold on Black Duo

These cards form the other half of the Country Floral Black & Gold Quartet that I introduced in Wednesday's post.  

The Country Floral embossed Gold on Black Duet of cards

They use the same process but with different materials.  This time around I used the Black Foil Sheet and gold heat embossing

Gold heat embossing on Black Foil Sheet.  You could also use plain Basic Black cardstock 

Tip:  The shine on the black foil comes from a sort of plastic coating which has a tendency to blister under the heat gun.  Keep the heat a bit further away than usual and keep it moving .

You could also use Basic Black cardstock, gold heat emboss in the same way and then (if you're after shine) finish with a layer of clear heat embossing.  I haven't tried it myself but it feels like it should work.

This card has a shortened version of one of the Stitched Label dies

The card above features a very small label made with one of the Stitched Label dies.   This is how I made it.

The first step in the process of reducing the length of the die cut

For the first pass through the Big Shot, position the top cutting plate over only the first small part of the die.  This will be the result

The result after the first run through the Big Shot

For the second pass through the Big Shot, place the die according to the size you require and ensure it lines up with the first cut.   If you gently wiggle the die, you'll feel when it has settled itself into position.

Place the top cutting plate only over the part of the die you wish to cut - avoiding the part that was cut in the first pass.

Positioning the top cutting plate for the second run through the Big Shot

And you'll end up with a shorter version of the die cut.

The finished result - a perfect but shorter version of the die cut

So here's the full Quartet of black and gold embossed cards.

The full Quartet of Black & Gold cards

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All products are available for purchase in my online store

Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$0.00

Black Foil Sheets

$7.00

Gold Foil Sheets

$7.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Basic Black 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon

$12.25

Gold 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Cord

$10.50

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$56.00

1/2" Circle Punch

$10.00

Banners For You Photopolymer Stamp Set

$47.00

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

$45.00

Versamark Pad

$15.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Embossing Buddy

$10.00

Heat Tool

$50.00

Stitched Labels Framelits Dies

$57.00