Monday, March 28, 2016

Wallpaper and Flowers

Last week I was challenged to make a card using a technique my fellow coach called "wallpaper".  I'm not sure if that's the correct terminology but it sounded good.  We were to make our own background pattern for our card.  I had quick thoughts on this!


I used a variety of stamp sets but only 1 ink color.  I love monochromatic cards and this works great!  I started by spritzing the card base with Watermelon Fusion Splash.


I stamped my Whip Cream card stock with this flower image from the Lead Me set and did 2nd generation stamping with the Ink Splat stamp.  I ran this piece through my crimper 4 different directions twice each.  I then used my creaser to flatten it as much as possible. This really added a linen-like feel and gives a bit of a vintage look.  After mounting the "wallpaper" on Watermelon Fusion card stock I tied the Watermelon Fusion Ribbon around it, I pop dotted it to the card base. I stamped the text from the set Little BIG Greetings, layered it and used the heart element from the Fun Day Elements.  I love how this turned out!

Stamps:
Lead Me
Ink Splat
Little BIG Greetings

Paper:
Watermelon Fusion
Whip Cream

Inks, etc:
Watermelon Fusion Ink
Watermelon Fusion Splash

Other:
Crease Tool
Watermelon Fusion Ribbon (available with the June catalog)
Fun Day Elements
Foam Squares Small (used on little banner)
Foam Squares Med.

This was a fun card to make and was relatively fast for me.  I'll probably give it to a sweet lady at church who is the facilitator of the local Grief Share group.

2 comments:

Wilma said...

Very pretty! I like your idea about running it through the crimper several times in different directions. I'm going to give that a try.

Cara said...

Oh wow, what a stunning card. Love that technique. Cara x