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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Showing posts with label cone flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cone flower. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 June 2020

Nice Colours

Sneaking in at the last minute to enter the Color Throwdown challenge.

 
 
I really like the blues and purple together, and came up with this card:
 
 
First I made a smooshed background on watercolour paper with various Distress Oxide inks to get the shades of blue. Then stamped the grass, smaller flowers, and butterfly. I then sponged the purple and green (and brown for the flower centre) through a cone flower stencil, cleaned the stencil, and went over it again with clear embossing paste.

I added a narrow black border, a sentiment, and a TH clipping sticker.
 
I hope everyone had a good weekend!
 








Supplies:
Stamps - various small wildflower and grass stamps, TH thank you
Ink - Archival Jet Black, various Distress Oxide inks
Paper - white and black cs, watercolour paper
Size - A2
Accessories - clear embossing paste, cone flower stencil, TH clipping sticker