Hey Everyone

Welcome to the first challenge for Just Add Ink for 2023. We are starting off the year with a blog hop. We have given ourselves the challenge of creating a project using our “favourite”. A favourite can be a technique, stamp set, colour combination or products.

Of course adding flowers to my card is my favourite thing to do. You’ve probably seen that flowers are my go-to for my projects. I love all types of blooms and enjoy colouring them and layering them with leaves.

The card I created features a new-to-me stamp set called Two-Toned Flora Stamp Set. This set has a two-step stamping for the flowers. So no actual colouring of the flowers for me for once. The flowers were first stamped with Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo Inks. The second part of the stamping gives the flower definition. These were stamped in Flirty Flamingo and Real Red Inks. Once the flowers were stamped, I fussy cut each of them out.

The leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green Ink. They were then also fussy cut out.

To create the diecut square and banners beneath the flowers, I used my new favourite technique of Watercolor Pencil to Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and a Water Painter to move the ink around. The pencils I used were Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo. I used quite a lot of water to dilute the colours. Once the cardstock dried, I diecut them out with my Stylish Shapes Dies.

To create the embossed background, I took Basic White Cardstock and the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. The sentiment I used is one full sentiment. Once I stamped the sentiment, I trimmed it in half and layered it over both flower arrangements. Three Champagne Basic Rhinestones finished my card off with the bling that I love.

The next hop along the way is the wonderfull talented Jo Stubbings. Click here to take you to her blog or on the next button below.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle