Beautiful Day Gold & White Flower

A painted flower on Basic Gray cardstock makes this Beautiful Day flower pop!

Time for a little break from Christmas cards to make a birthday card for a very special friend who is also a card-maker!  This is one of those cards that's much nicer in person - it was VERY difficult to photograph as it has subtle colouring and hints of sparkly gold.

Painting light colours onto dark cardstock takes some patience but is very rewarding

It did take a lot of patience to get the look I was after.

I white heat embossed the flower onto Basic Gray cardstock and then gave it a base coat of Whisper White Craft ink.

Once that layer was dry, I mixed some Crushed Curry ink (from a refill bottle) into my palette of white craft ink to give myself a variety of shades (which don't show up in the photo!) and painted the petals one by one.

When I'd finished painting yellow, I added a touch of blue ink into the mix and painted the leaf.

Then I left it to dry for 24 hours!  Since it still felt slightly tacky, I used the heat tool on low setting to give it a final dry.

I was quite happy at that stage but the thought crossed my mind that I could bling it up a bit with some Golden Glitz ink (again from the refill bottle) and I dry-brushed some into the areas of deepest shadow.

To "ground" the flower, I used Basic Gray Stampin' Blend alcohol markers to add some shadow.

The greeting is white heat embossed.

Then I added a So Saffron layer and adhered it to the Basic Gray base card.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Beautiful Day Cling-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Versamark Pad

$16.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Heat Tool

$50.00

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$15.25

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

$8.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Refill

$15.75

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Beautiful Day For A Golden Butterfly

This birthday card features the butterfly from the Beautiful Day stamp set, Golden Glitz metallic ink
and a gold-infused watercolour background

This card uses another of the Golden Glitz infused watercolour backgrounds that I made a little while ago.  This one has a base of Gray Granite cardstock.

I've also used the same methodology as I did for this card but using the butterfly image instead of the flower.  The little gold butterflies in the background are stamped with the Butterfly Gala stamp set.

To my Blackberry Bliss base card, I added a layer of So Saffron cardstock followed by the decorative panel.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

$15.75

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Refill

$15.75

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Stampin' Spritzer

$5.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Embossing Buddy

$10.00

Beautiful Day in Garden Lane

Making "thank you" cards is serving a dual purpose for me at the moment.  As well as creating cards to thank my friends and family for their support, I'm creating an "attitude of gratitude" around myself which I'm finding very helpful.

The Beautiful Day flower was coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and then fussy cut

I coloured the Beautiful Day flower with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and cut it out.  The greeting is stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink and cut out with one of the Merry Christmas dies before edging with a bit more of the Gorgeous Grape ink.  The tag was too long for the greeting, so I made it a bit shorter by using this method.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Magnolia Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set

$24.00

Garden Lane Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Merry Christmas Dies

$49.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Stamparatus

$85.00

Old Olive/Pretty Peacock 3/8" (1 Cm) Reversible Ribbon

$13.00

Gorgeous Grape 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Mini Striped Ribbon

$14.00

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Blackberry Bliss Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50