Für Dich - For You

Hi,

I have another card that I would like to show you. As you certainly have noticed, watercolors are a huge trend in cardmaking at the moment. And not only for the creation of backgrounds but also for coloring. I took out my Art Impressions stamps from the special watercolor line today and created this pretty card.

These stamps are made to create the whole scene out of little elements. If you don't know them, you should really check them out. You can find all the details in my supply list below. I use them in combination with the Distress products since they are water-based and with a damp brush you can achieve great watercolor effects.

Here is a closeup:

 

Here is my list of supplies:

Art Impressions - Rose Buds

Art Impressions - Small Pot
Art Impressions - Teeny Tiny Grass
Art Impressions - Leaves
Art Impressions - Small Vine
Art Impressions - Daisy Bunch
Art Impressions - Salvia
Mias Stempelküche - Alles zum Geburtstag
Maja Design - Vintage Summer Basics 6x6 Paper Pad
Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean, Bundled Sage)
Distress Marker (Gathered Twigs, Worn Lipstick)
kraft cardstock

I am going to combine the following three challenges:

retrosketches #114

Keep it Simple! #39: Watercolor

 Virginia's View Challenge #3 - Stitching

I hope you like the card.

Yours,
Tanja

Happy Birthday

Good Morning,

today, I would like to show you the card that I created for the Lawnscaping Challenge No. 81: Create your own Background.

I stamped the mushrooms from the Critters in the Forest set on sand cardstock and colored them in with Derwent Graphitint and Distress Paint to create my background for this shaker-card. The mushrooms looked so cute. For this reason, I didn't want to cover them with the shaker - I wanted them to have the chance to peek through. To achieve this, my shaker has acetate on the back, too. As shaking elements I didn't use sequins but stamped leaves from the same set. In the sentiment I replaced the "A" in "Happy" with the cute little party hat - just to make it extra special. Making this card took quite a while ... but it was worth it - don't you think?

Here is my list of supplies:
Lawn Fawn - Critters in the Forest
Lawn Fawn - Year Two
Distress Paint (Picket Fence)
sand cardstock
Distress Ink (Vintage Photo)
acetate
twine

And since there is an owl among the congratulators, I am also going to link up this card to the Creative Friday Challenge #102: Eulen/Owls.

See you again soon.

Yours,
Tanja