Color Inspired Greeting Card (New To My Stash #20)

Hello! Welcome back to my blog, and to another post for my New To My Stash Blog Series. It has been months since my last post on this series. I am glad to continue on.

I am using the Newton's Nook Designs Flower Garden stamp set. I got my card inspiration from the latest Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Color Challenge. 

I stamped the image on watercolor paper using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I heat set this to speed up the drying time. I colored the image using Karin markers. I applied the pigment on a palette and picked it up with a wet brush. I fussy cut the image leaving a white border around it. I colored the image following the color inspiration of the challenge.

For the background, I blended Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn Distress ink on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Neenah Solar White cardstock. I heat set this to dry. I stamped the flower from the stamp set on this panel using Versamark ink. I heat embossed this using Wow! Jealous Guy embossing powder. 

Using an oval die as a guide, I curved the sentiment stamp so I can create a frame for the image. The sentiment is from NND Birthday Roundabout stamp set. I heat embossed this using Ranger Copper embossing powder. 

I bleached the petals of the flowers on the background by applying water to the petals then picking it up with dry paper towel. I applied a light wash of red to these petals. For the flower centers, I applied a dot of a light green Sakura Souffle pen. 

I die cut oval shapes on a brown metallic vellum and a red cardstock. I embossed this with dots using the Simon Says Stamp Tiny Dots stencil. Yes, you can emboss with a stencil as long as you use an embossing mat. Depending on your machine, just build enough shims to achieve the right pressure to create the embossed impression. 

I adhered these inside the oval frame, centering it. I adhered the image using foam tape. 

I trimmed a sliver off the edges. I matted this colored panel on a light green cardstock measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Newton's Nook Blog Challenge #22

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog #65

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