Sunday, September 20, 2015

Wetlands Birthday

Hello.  I'm winding up the weekend and have one more card to share with you.  A friend at work is celebrating his birthday, so both challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and ColourQ provided inspiration for a masculine card.



The blues and sand were perfect for use with the Wetlands Stamp, but I wasn't sure where to incorporate Kiwi Kiss, but a look through my box of designer series paper scraps yielded the final piece of Kiwi Kiss that I own - just meant to be!


Starting with a rectangle of watercolor paper, the bottom half was made wet then Sahara Sand ink was randomly inked across the entire piece.  I did the same with the top half, using Soft Sky and Not Quite Navy.  After the color was satisfactory, I dried the piece with my heat tool then stamped the greeting and the birds.  The final touch was adding a Vintage brad to the corner.


As always, your visit and comments are so appreciated.  Do use the links above to check out all the wonderful design team inspiration.

I hope you have a great week ahead!

Hugs,

Stef


Product details:
Stamps:  Wetlands
Paper:  Whisper White (interior), Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy, retired Kiwi Kiss dsp
Ink:  Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy, Archival Basic Gray
Other:  Antique Brad, Aqua Painter

3 comments:

Jen Mitchell said...

This is a great man card! Thanks for joining us at colourQ!

Cindy Hall said...

I love this stamp set and I love how you've used this image. The antique brad is perfect with your design. Thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Sylvia said...

So very pretty, Stef, I love that stamp set! Thanks for joining in the fun at the colourQ.