Blooming boots!
Posted: February 20, 2019 Filed under: blooming boots, square frames | Tags: Penny Black creative dies, Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress stains 6 CommentsPenny Black has a new release; you probably saw some sneak peeks on the PB social media or maybe you saw this card as a peek on my instagram. The new release is called ‘Timeless‘ and it is full of spring and summer loveliness. To celebrate Penny Black is hosting a giveaway.
Isn’t this a cute stamp? Blooming boots! I guess boots could work as a vase if they were waterproof. I used distress stains to stamp this happy colour scheme but you could use any water soluble ink that blends well after stamping. I inked the tulips with mustard seed and spiced marmalade distress stains. Now that the daubers are discontinued I paint stain onto the stamp with a brush. After stamping the tulips I wiped the stamp and inked the leaves with mowed lawn stain. While the stamped stain was still damp I blended it with a brush and water then dried the panel.
I painted black soot stain onto the boot part of the stamp then stamped and blended to fill the boots. By drying the rest of the stamping first I prevented the black stain from bleeding into the flowers and leaves. I used the new die set ‘square frames’ to cut a green frame. As my dies are not divided up they cut not only the decorative frames but also plain rectangles and that is what I used here. I finished the card with a sentiment from the super-useful new set ‘grateful sentiments’ in black versafine ink.
I am currently enjoying not tulips but a giant amaryllis; it is 80cm tall and each one of the five flowers measures 20cm across. It is huge and beautiful!
This card shouts Spring Heather, from the pretty colours to the beautifully watercoloured tulips in the boots, and I love the green mat too, giving a layered effect to the whole image. x
So cheerful, brightens this snowy day!
Lovely coloring, lovely card!
What a cheerful bouquet, Heather! All those yellow tulips make me feel happy on a dreary day!
Boots for a vase – why not?! They look lovely – your colouring is beautiful.
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