Rainbow Pattern Play

Time for another couple of cards using the Pattern Play dies from Concord & 9th.  This was an idea that I got from Maggie Haas, who did a similar card with this set.

I die cut enough bits and pieces to get four of these made!  Once that was done, the assembly went pretty quickly.

The sentiments are from the Dashing Sentiments stamps and dies from Pigment Craft Co.

I think these would look equally stunning on a black background!  But it's summer... and I wanted some light and happy cards.

Rainbow Pride Card

It's Pride weekend in Toronto, and I like to get at least one or two Pride cards made each year.  When I saw Andy Granick's rainbow leaf card, I knew that I had the perfect stamp to do my own version.

This is the Long Line Leaves background stamp by Kristina Werner, coloured rainbow style with Copic markers.  I used two shades of each colour to add a little depth, and it actually came together fairly quickly.

Sentiment is Dashing Sentiments by Pigment Craft Co., stamped in Onyx Black Versamark ink, and layered several times.  A few black gems finished it off.

Happy Pride everyone!

Long Line Leaves

I absolutely love the Long Line Leaves background stamp from Kristina Werner... and patiently waited two weeks to create with it after getting it into my hands!

I stamped in Versafine Onyx Black onto regular white cardstock, then pulled out my Pinkfresh Studio inks and tried a couple of different blending combos with the matching stencils - and love both of them!

This is going to be a well loved stamp... so many possibilities.  Looking forward to trying a watercolour version, some monochromatic ones, using coloured cardstock, etc.

I used the Dashing Sentiments stamps and dies from Pigment Craft Co., layered twice for some added depth.  A few black jewels and a black cardstock base finished them off.

Cosmos Background

This was one of the first Betterpress plates that I purchased!  And I still adore it.  I had a few panels pressed and ready to go, so wanted to play with colour a little bit.  This is the Cosmos Background.

My first one was just pressed onto regular white cardstock.  I pulled out two Pinkfresh coral inks for the flowers, intending for it to be very soft - but after I inked them with the matching stencils, they were darker than I'd planned.  I switched gears, and used Stormy Sky and Hickory Smoke distress inks to stencil the leaves - and ended up REALLY loving the colour combo.

I matted it onto coordinating cardstock, then inked up the Dashing Sentiment set from Pigment Craft Co in Hickory Smoke, layering it three times for some dimension.  I may add a few gems to this depending on who I send it to?

Card number two was pressed onto a Porcelain Cotton Card Panel.  I wanted something pretty but a bit subdued (not sure if I nailed the subdued part...)

The flowers were inked with Spun Sugar/Picked Raspberry/Milled Lavendar/Seedless Preserves, with Antique Linen in the centers.

For the leaves, I didn't want regular green, so I used Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers - loved the result for this one, too!  For the card design, I die cut a large Essential Arches shape, and glued it down to my black background.  I popped up the outer portion with 3D foam adhesive, and added a black embossed Betterpress sentiment, and added a few black jewels.

Hello Again...

Before the day was done, I used the extra pieces that were on my craft desk, to create a landscape version of my previous card.  Why reinvent the wheel?  I was happy with my colour combo, and loved them on the pierced background... so here is version two:

Hello.

I am using a new-to-me set from Pigment Craft Co. that I recently purchased.  This is the Spring Floral stamp set along with the Dashing Sentiments.  The base is an Altenew piercing plate.  I don't own the matching dies, so yes - this was a lot of fussy cutting!

I have been using a lot of navy in my projects over the past while!  It still seems to be something I gravitate to - even on my fall projects.  I used Distress Oxide inks for my stamping, and then added some shading with Copic markers.

A few of the flowers were mounted partially/totally with 3D foam adhesive, and a few brown jewels were sprinkled around.  The Hello sentiment was doubled up before being adhered to my base.