DCM - In the garden

Good morning!

My card for this week's Daring Cardmakers challenge set by Shabneez takes a teeny bit of artistic licence on the whole garden them.

There are flowers, but they're in the Wycinanki style!

I needed to make a card for an upcoming big celebration for a relative in Poland - we can't make it to the party for obvious reasons, so some colourful birthday wishes with a Polish theme will have to do in the meantime:

Stamps: Agateria - Napisy na każdą okazję, Altenew - Wonderful Wycinanki
Dies: Altenew - Wonderful Wycinanki, PTI - Angled Labels (r), PTI - By the Numbers, Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Mats: Circles (r)

 

I had initially wanted to create a card that emulated the lovely floral style of the original invitation, but it wasn't working. So I had a brainwave to do florals in another way with the Wonderful Wycinanki stamps from Altenew and the matching dies for that stamp set. I've previously used the Polish Papercuts stand-alone dies to create this look with different colours of cardstock. This was the first time using the stamps to combine colours.

It was also a good excuse to use my The Stamp Market inks in some of the newly released colours.

For the leaves though I switched to the lighter Lawn Fawn green inks in my ink arsenal.

I also now have a couple of sentiment sets in Polish - perfect for this occasion.

I kept the other colours neutral with some grey ones but needed a pop of colour for the numbers.

Hopefully the card will reach the birthday boy in good time. :D

Make sure you check out the wonderful garden-related cards from the rest of the Design Team here, and play along if you can. :)

Happy crafting!

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Agateria - Napisy na każdą okazję stamps Shop at: MISC	Altenew - Wonderful Wycinanki stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC	Altenew - Wonderful Wycinanki dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC	PTI - Angled Labels dies (r) Shop at: MISC
PTI - By the Numbers dies Shop at: MISC	Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Mats: Circles dies (r) Shop at: MISC	Lawn Fawn - Celery stick ink pad Shop at: EH | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Freshly Cut Grass ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC
Lawn Fawn - Jalapeño ink pad Shop at: EH | SHC	The Stamp Market - Cherry Kisses ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Citrine ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Cobalt ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Melon Orange ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Party Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Woodgrain cardstock - Neutrals Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	The Stamp Market - Gravel cardstock Shop at: MISC
Ranger - Glossy Accents Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Dawn Barwick]

Very bright and colourful. The stamped images are just amazing. x

[Shabneez]

Artistic licence approved Nat! Love your take on the challenge. Shabneez x