Today I am sharing a couple of cards that I made inspired by the Altenew February Challenge
Both my cards are inspired by the lovely bougainvillea flowers. For the first card I have tried to recreate the scene in the picture and for the second just used the flowers and their beautiful pink color.
Card 1
As I wanted to recreate the scene, I went thru my stash of Altenew stamps to find the stamp closest to the flowers. I chose the bud from the Peony Bouquet stamp set. To get a more solid look I took the solid stamp from the layering options and stamped the flowers randomly with Picked Raspberry &Worn Lipstick Distress Inks and also stamped small leaves from the same set in between the flowers to give the effect of leaves peeping thru the flowers. I also stamped few big leaves with Lucky Clover & Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. I added some shine using the Wink of Stella Glitter brush and fussy cut all of it and my foreground was ready.
For the background I wanted to create a cream wall. So I used Ranger's Texture Paste along with Tim Holtz's Tiles Layering stencil to give the textured look of a wall as can be seen in the picture. I blended some Antique Linen Distress Ink once the paste had dried. I adhered the fussy cut elements on top of this wall background. For the black gate in the picture I went with a black strip for the sentiment and gold heat embossed the sentiment.
To finish the card off, I tied silver thread around several times and mounted the whole set on a card base.
Card 2
For this card I stuck to the bud from the Peony Bouquet set but this time used the outline. I cut out a small piece of white watercolor paper and white heat embossed the buds along the corners. Painted them with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and a waterbrush for a watercolored effect. I stamped the sentiment also in the same color in the center of this piece.
I liked how Cracked Pistachio Distress ink was going with the flowers so I colored a small piece of cardstock with Pistachio Marker along the borders and mounted my flower panel at an angle on the now Pista cardstock.
For the background I stamped leaves from the Dahlia Blossoms stamp set again in Cracked Pistachio and watercolored it using the Marker of the same color. I added a few berries in between the leaves as well. I mounted the flower piece on this background again at an angle.
I wanted more of the pink so on the front panel of my card base I blended in some Picked Raspberry along the borders and mounted the background with the flower centerpiece at an angle. To finish of the card I added some Silver Pearls using Liquid Pearls around the sentiment and the four edges of the Pista Panel.
I really enjoyed making these cards as they are a little different from what I have been making earlier. Encourages me to try different media and layers to add lovely dimensions and create beautiful effects!
Both my cards are inspired by the lovely bougainvillea flowers. For the first card I have tried to recreate the scene in the picture and for the second just used the flowers and their beautiful pink color.
Card 1
As I wanted to recreate the scene, I went thru my stash of Altenew stamps to find the stamp closest to the flowers. I chose the bud from the Peony Bouquet stamp set. To get a more solid look I took the solid stamp from the layering options and stamped the flowers randomly with Picked Raspberry &Worn Lipstick Distress Inks and also stamped small leaves from the same set in between the flowers to give the effect of leaves peeping thru the flowers. I also stamped few big leaves with Lucky Clover & Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. I added some shine using the Wink of Stella Glitter brush and fussy cut all of it and my foreground was ready.
For the background I wanted to create a cream wall. So I used Ranger's Texture Paste along with Tim Holtz's Tiles Layering stencil to give the textured look of a wall as can be seen in the picture. I blended some Antique Linen Distress Ink once the paste had dried. I adhered the fussy cut elements on top of this wall background. For the black gate in the picture I went with a black strip for the sentiment and gold heat embossed the sentiment.
To finish the card off, I tied silver thread around several times and mounted the whole set on a card base.
For this card I stuck to the bud from the Peony Bouquet set but this time used the outline. I cut out a small piece of white watercolor paper and white heat embossed the buds along the corners. Painted them with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and a waterbrush for a watercolored effect. I stamped the sentiment also in the same color in the center of this piece.
I liked how Cracked Pistachio Distress ink was going with the flowers so I colored a small piece of cardstock with Pistachio Marker along the borders and mounted my flower panel at an angle on the now Pista cardstock.
For the background I stamped leaves from the Dahlia Blossoms stamp set again in Cracked Pistachio and watercolored it using the Marker of the same color. I added a few berries in between the leaves as well. I mounted the flower piece on this background again at an angle.
I wanted more of the pink so on the front panel of my card base I blended in some Picked Raspberry along the borders and mounted the background with the flower centerpiece at an angle. To finish of the card I added some Silver Pearls using Liquid Pearls around the sentiment and the four edges of the Pista Panel.
I really enjoyed making these cards as they are a little different from what I have been making earlier. Encourages me to try different media and layers to add lovely dimensions and create beautiful effects!
