Kool Kitty Musings: 2021 Card Challenge

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Thursday, 10 June 2021

2021 Card Challenge - May Card

Hello!

Well, I seem to have found myself back at my craft desk and in the mood to play...

So I thought I'd start off by creating a card for the May card challenge prompt here.

Stamp: Mama Elephant - Mini Everyday Messages
Dies: The Greetery - Fit to Be Tied, The Stamp Market - Poppy Silhouette, The Stamp Market - Postage Stamp, The Stamp Market - Tiny Tags

So my focus was on featuring a colour palette with blush pink tones as the main pop of colour and the other elements in the image, which included some florals.

And that reminded me that I still needed to use the Poppy Silhouette die from The Stamp Market, which is made up of lots of cut elements that form the final poppy.

I cut the dies from watercolour cardstock so that I could use the inks below from The Stamp Market to ink blend and also watercolour the petals, going back in to add more detail as the layers of colour dried.

The stem and leaves weren't blended, just straight in with the watercolour effect.

I also wanted to combine the blush with a warm neutral (Rustic Cream cardstock from Papertrey Ink, which has speckles in the natural paper fibres) and navy blue C&9the cardstock as the background that essentially frames the main panel.

The circle in the prompt image kind of reminded me of a tag, so I added my sentiment (in a clean print font also inspired by the prompt image) on a tiny tag and attached it to the flower with embroidery thread, using The Greetery twine die cut from kraft as an added detail.

I definitely need to replenish my card basket with some birthday cards.

Roll on the next project!

Mama Elephant - Mini Everyday Messages stamps Shop at: EH \| SHC	The Greetery - Fit to Be Tied dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Poppy Silhouette dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Postage Stamp dies Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Tiny Tags dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Bubble Gum ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Leafy ink pad Shop at: MISC
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: EH \| MISC \| SHC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SSS	The Stamp Market - Kraft cardstock Shop at: MISC
Tim Holtz - 4.25 x 5.5 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ \| EH	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ
Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Royal Langnickel - Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

Posted by Handmade by Natty at 10:15 AM in 2021 card challenge, Cards, Made in 2021, Pinspiration | Permalink

Tags: Mama Elephant - Mini Everyday Messages, The Greetery - Fit to Be Tied, The Stamp Market - Poppy Silhouette, The Stamp Market - Postage Stamp, The Stamp Market - Tiny Tags

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