A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Monday, 1 February 2016

Purple Lavender for Libbie

Today's CAS Challenge over on Splitcoast is "A Purple Birthday Celebration".  This was a good opportunity to get a birthday card made ahead of time for a friend who loves purple.


I started by sponging through a stencil with two shades of pale purple ink. Then inked up the lavender stamp with a dark purple and a green ink. I sponged a bit of blue around the top and edges, and went over the stamped flowers with clear Wink of Stella.

I had no cs that matched the purple ink so rubbed the dark purple ink over a scrap of cs and die cut my sentiment.

I used a Nesties rectangle to emboss a rectangle on the bordering white cs to frame the image.







Supplies:
Stamps: Impression Obsession Lavender stamp
Paper: white cs
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Distress Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage, Shaded Lilac
Accessories: Memory Box stencil, Nesties rectangle die, Dee's Distincively birthday die, clear Wink of Stella, foam tape




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3 comments:

  1. Bonnie1 February 2016 at 16:49

    I love lavender and this card is so pretty! Love the frame too!

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  2. gail2 February 2016 at 07:39

    Love the lavender stamp, such a pretty card xx

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  3. Loll3 February 2016 at 23:30

    So pretty! Great job with creating depth with your faded blooms in the background. Such a beautiful image. Your friend is going to love this! :) xx

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