Golden tones
Posted: February 19, 2015 Filed under: CAS, Flower sparks | Tags: Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress inks 16 Comments
Perhaps the extremely cold weather we’re having at present is making me reach for warmer colours. The last three cards I’ve posted have featured warm golden tones. This card was stamped with two stamps from the new transparent set ‘flower sparks’. It is the first time I have used the set and I discovered it’s a clever little set. There are ten flowers in the set and each one is on a long thin stem which you can bend this way or that before you stick it on your acrylic block. With that kind of flexibility you end up with way more than ten stamps! Cool huh?
I used the same two stamps over and over but bent the stems different ways each time. I began with a piece of white cardstock flecked with masking fluid. Over that I stamped several flowers in antique linen distress ink. I chose a position for my light source and sponged antique linen, wild honey and vintage photo distress inks over the panel. When the sponging was done I added more flowers with the two darker inks. I grabbed a couple of watercolour pencils to flick spots of brown and honey colour in a few places before removing the masking fluid. It is matted in a textured brown cardstock then popped up on a natural card base.
Hope you’re staying warm.
Supplies:
Stamps: Flower Sparks, Heartfelt, Footnotes (PB)
Inks: Antique Linen, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo distress inks(Ranger)
Cardstock: Neenah Natural White 110lb cardstock, Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock, Brown textured cardstock
Also: Winsor & Newton masking fluid
Heather Telford 
Adorable! Love it!
beautiful!
Heather, I absolutely love this card. I love all of them, but this is special.
I love the golden tones Heather and the little white flecks with the masking fluid really add interest to the background. The layering of the colours is just perfect! x
You make it look/sound so simple, Heather, but the results are stunning.
Beautiful card Heather, gorgeous colours togerher
Gorgeous. Love your cards. I always learn something new from your blog. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs
Beautiful!!!
Amazing designed card.
HUgs Anja
What a lovely, serene-looking sympathy card.
Beautiful card. It’s amazing what you can do with just one stamp.
What a clever way to make a card that really pops!
You are just amazing, Heather. I wish you made video’s of your beautiful work!!!
So pretty! Thanks for the tip about bending the stems. I was drawn to the set, but thought it looked a bit to “stalky” to be useful. I now see just how wrong I was. I see this set in my collection in the near future. Thanks for the inspiration.
Heather, c’est une merveille, tu me donnes del ‘inspiration, biz
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