Saturday 25 June 2016

Beautiful Day



Okay, you survived the peonies, now prepare to be bombarded with Altenew Beautiful Day cards!
I stamped the main flower using the Altenew set of 4 cube inks in shades of purple. As the stamps were new and I couldn't be bothered to "condition" them, i.e. remove the manufacturing residue off the stamp by rubbing them with a pencil rubber or similar the ink pooled a little on the surface but I quite liked that effect. I don't know if it's just because a lot of the Altenew stamps have large flat areas, but I find the pooling more noticeable on their stamps than other brands. 
After stamping the main flower I then added some little flowers and the leaves using memento new sport and pistachio inks and archival ink in olive. I didn't bother masking when adding the other bits as I didn't mind if they overlapped a little. I smooshed the second darkest purple and memento green ink pads on some plastic packaging and used a brush to colour in the sprigs. I added the sentiment in Versafine onyx black. I added a bee from the Inkylicious Winged Things set and used a little cosmic shimmer Mango Blaze pixie powder mixed with water to paint him and a tiny bit of blue ink watered down for his wings. Hopefully you can see in the second picture the mica shimmer on him.
Having managed to not get any inky marks on the card, a couple of marks appeared when I die cut the panel with the largest tattered lace pin dot die. Time to clean my plates! 
I added a narrow mat of coordinating purple card and mounted it on a cream A5 card blank that I trimmed down to fit. A scattering of white iridescent sequins hid the marks that had appeared.

15 comments:

  1. FAB-u-LOUS .. I don't have any Altenew images .. yet! But I do admire the work everyone else is producing with their lovely images

    Kathyk

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  2. I think you are liking these stamps and I must say the card looks great. The sequins and the little bee just finish it of perfectly. Happy crafting, Angela x

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  3. Beautiful card and happy weekend. Judy x

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  4. Beautiful card and happy weekend. Judy x

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  5. This is fabulous. Love the stamp, love the colour and love those stragically placed sequins. I must get some of these Altnew stamps.
    Hugs Mrs A.

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  6. Beautiful card, Cara. I love the shading on the flower and leaves - so pretty. xx

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  7. Wow this card is so beautiful. Lots to see and yet you've kept it clean and beautiful x Very eye catching card x

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  8. Stunning stamping, loving your colouring a beautiful card.
    Thanks For joining us over at Penny's Paper Craft Challenge. Jean DT xxx

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  9. Beautiful card Cara, gorgeous shades of lilac too. I've treated myself to the lotus stamp, I hope I can do as well as this. Wonderful layers too, Kate x

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  10. Stunning card Cara....love the Cas look....The pretty sequins set the image off so well....Joolsx

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  11. Stunning card Cara....love the Cas look....The pretty sequins set the image off so well....Joolsx

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  12. This card is absolutely exquisite Cara. You really are rocking these stamps. Both your stamping and colouring are just perfect and this is definitely one of my favourite cards. Crafty hugs, Sandra X

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  13. Cara, this is absolutely stunning, I am loving how you are using these stamps, your colouring is totally perfect and I love all the little sequins scattered around..I love sequins and you use them so well. Cx

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  14. Cara another beautifully stamped cards, loving your flowers just now. The added sequins really just finish off the card too.

    Hugs Erika. x

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  15. What a beautiful card Cars, I like both versions of it, the colros are spot on!

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