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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Friday 6 March 2020

Wildflowers with a Large Sentiment

Seize the Birthday wants to see the sentiment as the focal image.


I'm not sure I quite got it right with this card but it is a much larger sentiment than I normally use.


 I found a very pale image of wildflowers (inked up with Tombow markers, spritzed, and stamped while in my MISTI) in my box of unused pieces and thought it would be good for layering a bold sentiment on top.  The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed in platinum.  

I didn't have any card stock that matched the platinum embossing so ran my embossing dauber along the edges of a square of cs and heat embossed with the same platinum.

I embellished with a few tiny iridescent stars and sequins.

I'm also linking up with Krafty Chicks Challenge "Stamp Act" (make sure there is stamping on the card).

That's it for today.  The sun is shining so I'm heading out to do a bit of spring garden clean up.







Supplies:
Stamps - Magenta wildflowers, unknown sentiment
Ink - Versamark for the sentiment
Paper - watercolour paper, cream cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Tombow markers, platinum embossing powder, fun foam, tiny sequins and stars

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8 comments:

  1. Loll6 March 2020 at 22:57

    Your wildflowers card is beautiful and artsy with the large embossed sentiment. Great idea to make your own frame with embossing the same colour. It's really pretty! xx

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  2. nancy littrell7 March 2020 at 07:34

    Gorgeous wildflowers and yes, definitely a Large beautiful sentiment. Love how you embossed your narrow border to match the platinum sentiment. TFS my friend. Hugs..Nancy

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  3. Papercraft Boutique7 March 2020 at 12:42

    Your wildflowers are so beautiful, Susan! I love the colors. Layering the sentiment on the flower image looks wonderful and the sentiment looks like it's part of the image. The matching trim is a nice touch too!
    Hideko xx

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  4. Mac Mable7 March 2020 at 14:00

    What a beautiful water coloured card and love the oversized sentiment. The heat embossing around the edges looks so pretty too x.

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  5. Leanne8 March 2020 at 11:00

    So pretty, and I like the water color flowers so wonderful. Thanks for playing our challenge at Krafty Chicks.

    Leanne DT/KC

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  6. TaeEun9 March 2020 at 16:18

    I would say the sentiment is big enough to get the main position in your card, Susan :)! The soft background is so lovely and works perfectly for the bold sentiment! Thank you so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

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  7. Julia Aston10 March 2020 at 06:32

    Love the watery colors on your pretty stamping Susan!

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  8. Trina P.11 March 2020 at 18:31

    What a pretty watercolour background piece to find in your bits box. It looks fabulous behind your large sentiment.

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