Happy Mother's Day Poppy Background

Hi Everybody,

I wanted to share my second Mother's Day card with you.  I made a card a few days ago using a Penny Black stamp called Poppy Pattern where I sponged oxide inks on the stamp, spritzed with water and stamped using MISTI stamping tool.  I made two backgrounds that day and I'm using the other one for this card today. HERE is the link to the post with the first card I made. 

I used Bristol Smooth paper for this technique.  I chose a few oxide ink colors I liked and sponged them on randomly all over the stamp with sponge daubers.  I spritzed with water and stamped.  It was a little lighter in some places than I liked, so I sponged more ink on in the lighter places and stamped again.  That's the advantage of using the MISTI, you can re-stamp if you need to.  I used Diamond Stickles in the centers of the flowers to add some sparkle and put it aside to dry.

I cut the word Mother out with a word die from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps but unfortunately they no longer sell this die.  I cut it out with a piece of cardstock, foam and Stick It.  The foam gives it dimension and I used Nuvo Crystal Drops in Glitter Honey Gold and went over the die to give it sparkle and a little more dimension.  You can't go wrong with sparkle and dimension right??

I picked up a magazine at Michaels before my surgery and it included a free embossing folder and butterfly and flower dies so I used both dies in this card.  I filled in the butterfly cut out parts with the Diamond Stickles as well to pull it all together.  This card looks so pretty in person.  

I used Gina K Designs Mango Orange cardstock for bottom layer and cut out with a Large Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die.  I think stitching around the edges adds a little more interest. 

I wish you could see all of this shine and sparkle!!!

For the inside I used the Gina K Mango Orange cardstock again.  I had also cut out another smaller rectangle with the Lawn Fawn Rectangle Stitched Dies but thought it needed something so I decided to use a die by Taylored Expressions called Quatrefoil Cutting Plate and I love the way it turned out.  I stamped the rectangle die with sentiments from the The Ton stamp called Dahlia Bouquet.  I stamped the sentiments using Versafine Onyx Black Ink and embossed with Brutus Monroe Embossing Powder in Icicle.  Then I adhered the rectangle to the cut out cutting plate and then dotted Gina K Designs Connect Glue on the back of the cutting plate and around the edges. I like this glue in a pen form where I can put little dots of glue where I want them. It also dried clear.  Finally, I cut out a flower using the free flower die from my magazine.  

I met my deadline, whew!  I made two very different Mother's Day cards this year and I'm happy with both.  I hope I inspired you to try the Vellum Overlay card from yesterday's post or this technique from today's card sponging oxide inks on a stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

Poppy Pattern

Hi Everybody,

I love how this card turned out and it was so easy!  When you start with an awesome stamp, your card will usually look fantastic no matter what you do.  I used a stamp called Poppy Pattern from Penny Black.  


This is what the stamp looks like after you sponge the Oxide Inks on it. 

I was curious what this technique would look like on colored cardstock.  I like the white better.  Do you? 

I used a sponge dauber and sponged a few different colors of Oxide Inks onto the stamp.  Then I spritzed the stamp with water and stamped the cardstock.  If you want it darker, add more ink to the stamp in the places you want darker and stamp again.  You can do this if you are using the MISTI stamping tool, like I was.  You can leave it as is or you can take a paint brush and move the colors around or add more color.  I cut this panel out with a large, rectangle stitched die from Lawn Fawn. 

Next I used Diamond Stickles in the centers of the flowers for some sparkle.  I used quite a bit to get dimension and then let it dry.  

I used a Thank You die from Concord & 9th that I actually got free with an order I placed recently.  This die is a really good size.  I decided to use a green glitter paper with the die and I cut four black ones to add some dimension and to act as a shadow to make it stand out a little better.  

On the inside I used a sentiment from the Hero Arts Thanks Stamp and Cut Stamp Set. I used a flower die to try to coordinate with the front of the card.  I actually got that die free in a magazine that I picked up at Michaels about a month ago. 

I hope you'll try this technique. It's so easy and a lot of fun to experiment with different inks. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina