Hi!! I’m Leslie from http://scrapnlifeaway.blogspot.com/
! I am brand new to blogging, but I have
been a die-hard scrapbooker for about 6
years now! This is my very first post
here at She’s A Sassy Lady! Thank you to
Sheila for giving me the opportunity to be part of your Design Team family!! I hope that I can encourage others to be
creative! I am not gonna lie, I’m rather
nervous, but onward and upward!! Let’s
make a card!!
I started out with a basic 8 ½ x 11 piece of ivory card stock and cut it in
half to create my 5 ½ x 4 ¼ card base.
I then cut one 5 ½ x 4 ¼ patterned paper from my DCWV Stack 7 pad. Chalk the edges of the patterned paper with
my Prima Branch Bark chalk. Then adhere
it to the front of the ivory base. Cut
two 5 x 3 ¾ mats using dark tan paper
from my DCWV Mariposa Stack. I trimmed
the bottom of each mat using one of my EK punches.
Using my VersaMark watermark stamp pad, I randomly stamped
three different flowers (from Scrappy Cat) on the mat that will go on the front
of the card. I stamped my “thank you”
sentiment from the CTMH Casual Expressions stamp set in the lower corner of the
mat. I then covered my stamped images
with Rangers Copper embossing powder and then hit them with my heat gun. I also stamped and embossed a flower on the
mat that will go inside my card.
I wanted to add color to my flowers, but I don’t own any Copic
Markers, and I didn’t like the look when I tried my water color pencils. BUT, I do own some Perfect Pearls by
Ranger!! I used Blush, Forever Violet,
Blue Smoke and Forever Green. Using a
paint brush with a very thin tip, I painted each flower. I allowed about ½ an hour for my painted mats
to dry.
After my flowers were dry, I chalked the edges of the mats
with my branch bark chalk. On the mat
that goes inside the card, I stuck a ½ in. strip of the patterned paper on to
the top of the mat. I thought it would
add some nice contrast and tie it into the front of the card. After looking at the mats, I decided they
still needed a little “something”, so I glued some small gems onto the centers
of the purple flowers.
And here it is!! A
hand made, hand painted card!! You can
make this card so versatile by simply switching out the sentiment!! I hope that you enjoyed my very first
tutorial! Please feel free to stop by my
blog! I am starting on a wonderfully
creative journey and I would love for you to follow along! Who knows where we will end up! A huge thank you to Sheila for having me
visit today! I’ve had a creative blast!
7 comments:
I never thought of painting the flowers on a card but you have inspired me to try. Really love the look of it. Have a fun day and I will be stopping by your blog.
Wow this is beautiful I love the painting I'm gonna have to give that a try thanks for sharing today!
Your flowers are beautiful. Welcome to Sheila's blog.
thank you so much ladies!!!
the neat thing about painting with the perfect pearls, is that when it dries, it shimmers!! The shimmer was hard to catch in the photograph!!
What a wonderful card - I love the flowers! TFS
Thanks for the tutorial and welcome to the DT at She's a Sassy Lady blog, Leslie! You'll love it here ;). Can't wait to see more from you.
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