Hi there
It's time for another Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop and Giveaway at Uniko. On non-release months the team revisit previously released products and give them some well-deserved love. For this month, we are revisiting the gorgeous stamp sets in the Spring Botanicals series.
I have two cards for you today, both were made for Mother's Day, which was yesterday in the UK. They are both very similar in design but I've used different techniques on each.
First up I've used the beautiful Spring Botanicals Daffodil stamp set...
I stamped the daffodil directly on the card base and then stamped and cut out a mask. As well as covering up the daffodil, I also masked off the bottom right corner with low tack tape. I then ink blended the background in three shades of Distress Oxide Ink and then sprinkled some water drops and blotted to remove the colour. The sentiments were heat embossed in white on some black cardstock and these were adhered on 3D foam. To finish I added some scattered clear gems.
Materials used:
- Stamps: Uniko - Spring Botanicals Daffodil
- Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Distress Oxide - Rustic Wilderness, Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold; VersaMark
- Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opague Bright White
- Clear gems from stash
For my second card I used emboss resist with Spring Botanicals Snowdrop and the sentiment is from the Simply Said stamp set...
On a die cut panel I stamped the snowdrops in VersaMark ink and heat embossed in white. I then blended up from the bottom corner using two shades of Distress Oxide. I then "painted" the snowdrops with water and blotted with kitchen paper to remove the ink. I stamped the sentiment in black and adhered the panel flat to the card base.
Materials used:
- Stamps: Uniko - Spring Botanicals Snowdrop, Simply Said
- Ink: VersaMark; Distress Oxide - Speckled Egg, Shabby Shutters; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
- Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opague Bright White
- Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles
Here are all the Spring Botanicals stamp sets in their entirety...
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Anita (that's me!)
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Gorgeous cards Anita. I love your ink blending and how you left the florals white(ish!). X
ReplyDeleteWow 2 beautiful cards. I love them both equally. Could you explain the 'painted' on look, I've tried to work it out but can not lol. Thank you. X X
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are just gorgeous! Love your ink blending and choice of colors!
ReplyDeletewow. Both cards look great. My favourite one is the second card with the embossed snowdrops and the ink blended background.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ink blended backgrounds for the daffodil and snowdrop flowers! Love the cards you created with these pretty stamp designs!
ReplyDeleteTwo fab Mother's Day cards, your blending is ace. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the effect of faux bleaching on the snowdrops such a subtle look against your b/g x
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards, Neet, and I love the way you have used the ink blending for both backgrounds with stunning results - I think the snowdrops is my favourite card
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Maxine
Two beautiful cards, Neet, and I love the way you have used the ink blending for both backgrounds with stunning results - I think the snowdrops is my favourite card
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Maxine