The Frilly and Funkie BlogChallenge for August 15 is "Back to Nature:
"...include a natural element in your vintage or shabby chic project. Think real twigs, leaves, shells, pebbles. Or ... include a die cut or a stamped or stenciled image representing a natural object."
I was going for clean and simple yesterday so I elected to use a stamped image of a "natural" object... or in this case, objects: butterflies, dragonflies and bees! I stamped them in Archival Ink and colored them with InkTense Pencils and Wink of Stella pens:
"...include a natural element in your vintage or shabby chic project. Think real twigs, leaves, shells, pebbles. Or ... include a die cut or a stamped or stenciled image representing a natural object."
I was going for clean and simple yesterday so I elected to use a stamped image of a "natural" object... or in this case, objects: butterflies, dragonflies and bees! I stamped them in Archival Ink and colored them with InkTense Pencils and Wink of Stella pens:
After mounting on a pale green mat and a white card base, I added a sentiment stamped in Archival Ink on more pale green card:
The banner covered one of teh bees but since it was one that hadn't stamped clearly, I wasn't too awfully concerned. If I did this again, I would plan my layout better...
Products used in the making of this card were:
- Stamps: Inkadinkado stamp # 8791-X and a!stamps "Butterfly Wishes" (0700301-H)
- Iks: Archival Inks "Watering Can" and "Library Green"; Intense Pencils "Sun Yellow" (0200), :Tangerine" (103), "Ink Black" (2200), "Baked Earth" (1800), "Madder Brown" (1920), "Teal Green" (1300) and "Sea Blue" (1200); Wink of Stella "Clear" (999) and "Silver" (102)
- Papers: Paper Studio notecard "white" (225359); scraps of pale green card; Neena "Solar White"
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