I made a...card?

well...

sort of...

here's the deal...

I got an email that said...

" I bought your stencils with the hope of making some simple cards. I'm just a beginner & trying to find my way. Now what? Where to start?"...

I can't remember the last time I made a card...

so this was a fun challenge for me...

***warning***

no brown distress ink was used for this project...

I know...

it's SHOCKING...

even to me!

I thought it was wise to warn you...

I cut a piece of watercolor paper to 4 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches...

I filled in the never enough hearts stencil with tumbled glass, 

using the blending tool...

with the stencil still in place, 

I used my honeycomb background stamp, 

inked it with tumbled glass & lightly pressed 

the UN-MOUNTED stamp over the stencil...

next, I removed the stencil & 

used jet black archival to stamp this flower...

here's what it looks like so far...

to color in the flower, I used these distress markers...

wild honey, rusty hinge, bundled sage & peeled paint...

I used the detailer water brush to move the color...

this works great on water color paper...

now it looks like this...

I decided to add a border with my stripes border stencil...

I used scattered straw & the blending tool...

remove the stencil & this is the result...

next I stamped my saying with jet black archival...

I traced around the heart with the bundled sage marker & spread the ink with the detailer water brush...

then used a waterproof pen to loosely doodle around the heart...

 to add more detail...

I put a small amount of peeled paint stain on my craft sheet...

picked it up the stain with the water brush, then tapped the brush against my finger to add these cute tiny inky dots...

it unifies the piece...

I also added some doodle lines around the perimeter,

with a fine waterproof pen...

I almost quit there...

and you sure could...

but I decided to add some tumbled glass around the edges, 

to create a frame effect...

I  accented the flower with a 

gold Blossom Bucket berry center 

& added my favorite little crow too...

this took a total of less then 15 minutes, 

so this is a very simple design that 

you can quickly & easily create...

but it still get a great result...

I was going to mount this on a card base...

but I just might put it in a frame instead...

here's a fun idea for a Mother's Day gift...

or just a gift for a friend...

you could make several cards...

change up the color & the sentiments...

and tie them together with a pretty ribbon for  presentation...

now about that winner...

CONGRATS to...

 Dawn Edwards said...

Fabulous journal page. I love the idea of using distress paints on clear objects! Thanks for the inspiration and Pick me I love me some art parts!

April 16, 2013 at 9:31 AM

 

please send me your shipping info & we'll get a package out to you...

wbv1213@me.com

I hope you enjoyed this little card tutorial...

and another way to use distress...

I had fun...

be watching my FACEBOOK PAGE...

I *think * I'll go make another one

with a different color combo & another saying...

and I'm betting this next one will have some brown!

I'll post it there later today...

ready set...

GO...

make art!

wendy