Inspired by the amazing K Werner (YouTube) to do these krafty backgrounds!
(greeting inside: love you muchly)
(greeting inside: miss you)
(greeting inside: your friendship warms my heart)
Stamps - TAC The Angel Company animals, hearts and friendship sentiment (purchased pre-2012 but possibly still available in the pre-owned market), My Favorite Things muchly sentiment, miss you sentiment Stampin' Up!
Inks - Distress Inks
Other - Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen, fine point black marker, small paintbrush, Wink of Stella sparkle pen, blending brushes
Stencil - Taylored Expressions brick, bubbles and Folk Art New Backgrounds #31602E dots
Die Cut - quote from Cuttlebug Planner Embellishments set #2003992
Paper - vellum
Cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb. kraft
TECHNIQUE:
1. Blend lightest ink onto kraft cs part way up, and then darker color not quite as far up.
2. Place stencil and blend darkest ink over background partially, fading out at edges.
3. Stamp animal on white cs scrap with black ink.
4. Color image with paintbrush direct from inkpad, using two colors.
5. Accent with white gel pen and black fine point marker.
6. Fussy cut around image, leaving a narrow white halo.
7. Stamp heart on white cs scrap or vellum and color. (Cat heart was stamped and colored on the reverse side and run thru a Zyron sticker maker for full coverage. Rabbit heart was brushed over with sparkle pen, and bordered with a hand drawn stitched line. Teddy bear heart was pop-dotted.)
8. Adhere componants to background, and adhere panel to white card base.
Playing along with:
Thanks for stopping by!
May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing...
Nancy
13 comments:
Love your colouring of your animals, and beautiful job on the subtle kraft backgrounds. Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!
Love all three of your cards and those backgrounds are amazing, I'm going to have to try that technique. Thanks for sharing at SOSS
Such sweet card, lovely colouring.
Such a sweet collection of critter cards. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.
Such a sweet collection of critter cards. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.
Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, your cards are lovely and you are right to be proud of the beautiful backgrounds you've created, Jo x
What a sweet collection of cards - love all the colours you chose! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!
Fab krafty backgrounds!
Thanks for joining Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers for C is for Cat!
Those backgrounds ARE great! I love card sets too. Love how you made this into a set!
These are so fun! I love the non-conventional colouring of the animals. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT
Nancy, could you tell us how old your stamps are? Part of the Retro Rubber fun ;) And to be eligible for a pick x
Lovely collection of animals! I like the stencilled backgrounds and the cute animal stamps - isn't it great when your old stamps come out to play? Thanks for joining in with us at Retro Rubber Challenge.
Ah, such sweet cards for Valentines! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Retro Rubber!
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