Hi Friends
Whew! I have been submerged in my gardening for the passed 2 months and I can say now my garden front and back are blooming like crazy! I love the look of it, it feels like we are enjoying ourselves in a Resort type relaxing environment, I love it, my oasis. This is why we loved this house because it made us feel like we didn't want to leave it, the serenity feel makes us just relax and enjoy the feeling and the fruit of our labor as well.
Today I have a card to share with you. Yes I am back into making some cards in between dead heading flowers and water again and again. I will share more photos this week of what we have added to our environment as well as some newer blooms I have had the pleasure to sit and drink my first coffee of the day while admiring the colors all around me.
So for today, here is my card with the recipe.
This is my first card out of another bunch I will share with you. I am into inking into Spellbinders shapes these days I can't seem to get outside of that but it is fun and it allows me to play with my paper punches and dies of all brands I have on hand. So playing with textured papers and rubber stamp stems allows me to make interesting cards. Inking edges with Tim Holtz inks and sponge daubers is making a simple card look elegant. In my eyes that is.
So here we go, I went outside today to take my picture so you get to see some of my rocks around the yard. So for this card, I used white whisper from SU cardstock for the card. Some Bazzill textured white paper for the inked image. Then I used some of my stash CS. Thank you stamp from my stash. Stamp stems from Gina K Designs stamp set, Tim Holtz ink purple and green, sorry no specific color I just played it by color appeals. Some half pearls. I used some of my shimmering purple paper scraps I had for the blooms. A foam pad to cup and shape the flowers and a stylus. With a touch pen I added some veining into the leaves at the bottom of the stems.
I stamped the stems after using a long rectangle from Spellbinders. I made sure the edges were darker than the interior. I punched some flowers I have from Kwick Kuts (spelling) and added pearls. With my foam pad and stylus I cupped the petals so it would look dimentional then secured them with some Eileen's all purpose glue and a white pearl in each flower. I hope you enjoyed the simplicity of this card.
Please feel free to leave a comment I sure apreciate them all. Thanks for looking!
Have a wonderful day!