Hello my stamping friends. Today is Makery Challenge No. 4!
I can not believe it has been four months since Barbara and I started the Makery Challenge. It is so much fun creating with friends, Barbara and I have loved that even though we are a state apart we have this fun challenge each month to bring us together. I'm so blessed to have Barbara on my team. Below you will find the challenge for this month followed by the card I made for this challenge and then the card that Barbara made.
I was so excited to use the Lots of Dots die, I've had it for a few months and had not even opened it. Shame on me! I love polka dots so much I knew it was a die I wanted to have on hand, as it could be used for so many things.
I used the die to create the background for my card, die cutting a piece of Electric Lime card stock.
I stamped and cut out the images from the Bloom For You stamp. To color the flower image I used two techniques.
- I stamped the flower image on Cosmic Grape and on Electric Lime card stock. I cut out the flower from the Cosmic Grape and the two leaves from the Electric Lime.
- I colored in the bulb like part of the flower using a Blending Brush and Sour Lemon Silk. I did the same for the branch like pieces, but with Electric Lime Silk.
To add a bit of the same shimmer I got on these small parts of the image, I painted on the paper pieced parts of the flower with the coordinating silk, just accenting the flower and leaves. It's really easy to use your silks to stamped images. Just shake up the bottle of Silk, use the brush to add some to a nonporous surface, like an acrylic block. Use a Blending Brush to pick up the color and paint with it. It adds color and shimmer, you will love it!
For my ribbon I chose Special Day Organza ribbon, which just so happens to be the same ribbon that Barbara chose for her card! To finish off my card I covered the saying with Journey glaze and filled each hole on the background with it as well. I love the element of shine this gives, it just a little something special for this card.
Now let's check out Barbara's creation.
I really love to see how different our two cards are using the same guidelines. I love her flowing ribbon and how the flowers wrap around the sentiment. You can find Barbara's blog HERE.
Barbara and I do this challenge every month on the last Monday of the month. If you have any ideas for us, things you'd like for us to use in an upcoming challenge please leave a comment and let me know.
Below are all the supplies I used to make my card.
The Bloom For You stamp set is a Bloom Benefit, which means that you can pick it as a free gift with a $75 order at my online store.
Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope you are inspired and excited to create. Please let me know if you have any questions about todays projects. Visit my Facebook page to play along with this challenge and win some Happy Mail!
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