Fern frond wedding card

After being a little experimental the other day I returned to the safety and comfort of masking and sponging. Sigh…that’s more like it.

We went to a beautiful wedding on Saturday where the bridesmaids wore purple and carried green and red flowers.  I went with purple and green colour scheme for my card.  I masked so I could sponged about a third of the card.  I sponged with sage shadow, almost amethyst and elegant eggplant.  Before removing the mask I stamped the fern a few times.  With the mask off I stamped the fern again and added the sentiment.

Thank you for all the encouraging comments about my “experiment”.  I appreciate you taking the time to write me a note.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wilderness Vol.2 (Darkroom Door), Teeny Tiny wishes(SU)
Inks: Sage Shadow, Almost Amethyst, Elegant Eggplant
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory

Sponged wooded path

This stamp is so lovely that it doesn’t really need me to add anything.  I have used it once before with embossing and autumn colours so this time I tried the colours I see around at present and a little sponging outside the lines.

I spent most of the weekend at the National Youth Track & Field Championships volunteering and watching my daughter compete so I am now catching up on the inspiring cards that were posted over the weekend.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wilderness Vol.2 (Darkroom Door), Hugs & Wishes(SU)
Inks: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White

Fern frond fragments

This is the last of my fern frond cards for now.  The next stamping task I have is some simple garden wedding invitations.

I did not set out to create three squares for this card; it just happened.  I stamped the ferns across a piece of cardstock but there was nothing special about the arrangement.  After punching out three fragments and adding the green and blue sponging I was much happier.  Dividing the squares with the sentiment was also experimental but I like the way it turned out.  As the sponging was applied after the squares were punched each one has a slightly dark border.  Although I started out with a white card base, artichoke turned out to be the best choice as it created a border which highlighted the ferns and words.

I think this one might be my favourite out of the three fern cards I created recently.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wilderness Vol.2 (Darkroom Door), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Always Artichoke

Fern fronds

Here is another take on the fern frond.  I have seen several lovely fern cards lately. Take a look at one by Godelieve here and one by Ali here.

I pulled out the old olive stamp pad for this one and used post-its to mask my rectangle.  I embossed one fern in clear in the centre of my panel and then sponged all around it before adding few more ferns in old olive and artichoke.  The “thankyou” was hand written.

Thanks for dropping by; I know my posts are a little sparse at present but I really appreciate your visits and your encouraging comments.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wilderness Vol.2 (Darkroom Door)
Inks: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Versamark
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White

A fern frond

Sorry about the false start yesterday, I guess I hit publish instead of save!?

I am enjoying working my way through my new stamps from Darkroom Door.  Most recently I played around with the fern stamp from Wilderness Vol 2.

To create the stamped panel I applied ink to the stamp with markers, both wild wasabi and garden green.  I stamped the fern three times, misting both the stamp and the stamped panel.  After sponging around the edges I added the sentiment.  I tried various options for mounting the panel on the card before settling on a green mat, a large white mat  and a green card base.  Although I often make one or two layer cards an extra layer can sometimes complete the card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wilderness Vol.2 (Darkroom Door), Teeny Tiny Messages(SU)
Inks: Wild Wasabi, Garden Green
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Wild Wasabi