Carved Leaves....

 Today I am dropping in to share some inspiration and have chosen to use Distress oxides and a stencil from Darkroom Door to create my background for my masculine card. 

Firstly I applied in patches Dried Marigold, Wild Honey, Rustic Wilderness & Salvaged Patina, then smooshed Walnut Stain and Salvaged Patina.  When my background was completely dry I sponged Clear Versamark through the stencil and applied Clear Embossing Powder.  After embossing I then inked the entire background with Archival Black Soot and then wiped over the embossed areas to remove the ink.  To seal my background I then applied Distress Glaze.

The birthday words were applied with clear embossing powder then reinked and lightly sprinkled with a gold embossing powder.

Lots of inky fun, I was inspired by a Simon Hurley video recently viewed, Josephs Coat colouring technique and you can find the link to youtube here.

Supplies used:

Lawn Fawn Die - Large Stitched Rectangles

Paper Rose Die - Stitched Rectangles

Darkroom Door Stencil -  Carved Leaves DDSS0026

Darkroom Door Stamp - Happy Birthday DDSE001 

Distress Oxides 

Wild Honey, Dried Marigold, Rustic Wilderness, Savaged Patina & Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Glaze

Clear & Ancient Gold Embossing Powder

Thanks so much for looking

Until next time - Happy Crafting

Lovely Roses....

Hello again.

Today is the start of our new Challenge Month over at Bizzy Becs and am sharing my card I created for this new challenge month.

When I created this card  I wanted it have a masculine slant, however upon completion I am not convinced it is suitable for a male.  However I still very much love how my card turned out, it looks very elegant.

I have used another Digital Stamp exclusive to Bizzy Becs as my feature for my card and have sat it onto a gold frame which compliments the very Dark Green embossed background which I have wiped with Lunar Paste in Gold Rush, so easy to use. 

I coloured the roses with Karin Brush Markers and applied a wash over the monstera leaves behind. I then texturised the leaves by colouring with Prisma Coloured pencils and love how even though I worked with a Blue and Green theme, love how the Prisma Colour Pencils on the leaves make the roses pop.

Supplies used:

Bizzy Becs Digital Stamp - Lovely Roses

Altenew 3D Botanical Embossing Folder - Curling Leaves

Lawn Fawn Die - Stitched Retangle Frames

Simon Hurley Lunar Paste - Gold Rush

Paper Roses Die - Stitched Rectangles

Paper Roses Sentitment sheets

Karin Brush Markers

colours used:

Sapphire Blue, Olive Green, Apple

Prisma Coloured Pencils - 150 set

colours used:

Indigo Blue, Sienna Brown, Apple Green, Dark Green & White

Thanks so much for looking - and if you leave a comment it is really appreciated

Until next time - Happy Crafting