This card was to show that you can get inspiration for card in all sorts of places.
My daughter recently bought this water bottle and I looked at the flower design on it and the ombre effect and thought I could make a card like this!
So I got a piece of Strathmore Smooth water colour paper a bit bigger than my card base, and I stamped some flowers and leaves all over it with versamark ink and white embossing powder. I then did some 'filler' lines and small 'daisy' flowers with an embossing pen, so that I got an all over stamped effect, like the bottle has. Once I had heat set all of the embossing, I used some Aquatini ink to ink blend from the bottom and fade it out towards the top, to give the ombre effect.
I then stamped a sentiment onto a scrap of white card, cut a strip of silver card to use as a banner for a sentiment. The final touch was another single flower stamped out, and then coloured in with alcohol markers. I also stuck a pretty pink posh clear droplet into the centre of the flower.
For a simpler version of this card, I stamped a strip rather than doing the whole card front. I stuck that down onto my card base and then stuck a sentiment I had stamped and embossed then fussy cut out, onto the card part way across the panel with foam tape. Three clear droplets arranged above the sentiment finished it off.
So I guess what I am trying to show here, is there is inspiration to be found in all sorts of places. In nature, in other products such as the water bottle. I have a coffee mug with a lovely oriental look to it, that I have been wanting to do in a card at some stage, so just keep your eyes and imagination open to possibilities.
I have a video of making the card.
If you would prefer to see it in full HD then hop over to my You Tube channel here.
The materials I used to make the card and affiliate links of same or similar are:
Card base 5“ x 7”
Two pieces of Bristol Strathmore smooth water colour card
Strathmore
Bristol smooth card
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Altenew Perfectly
Perfect stamp
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Altenew
Peony Scrolls
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Altenew Birthday greeting stamp
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Cart NZ}
----- http://shrsl.com/260py
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Catherine
Pooler ink pads,
Minis –
Life of the party - Aquatini
----- https://krafterscart.co.nz/product/catherine-pooler-cp-minis-life-of-the-party/?ref=93
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Catherine
Pooler Ink pad – Aquatini
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Versafine Onyx black ink
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Momento
Tuxedo Black Ink
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Ranger
white embossing powder
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NZ}
Ranger
clear fine embossing powder
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WOW Heat
tool
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Couture
creations Goodbye static pad
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Cutter Bee Scissors
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Gina K
foam tape
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NZ}
Double
sided tape
----- https://krafterscart.co.nz/product/scor-tape-125x27yd/?ref=93
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Pretty Pink Posh 6mm clear droplets
----- https://krafterscart.co.nz/product/6mm-clear-droplets/?ref=93 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}
Pretty Pink Posh 4mm clear droplets
----- https://krafterscart.co.nz/product/4mm-clear-droplets/?ref=93 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}
Simon says stamp sending and wishing stamp set
Ruler
Craft knife
Acrylic block
Acrylic block
Scissors
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