Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is back this week with a new Blues Challenge! This can mean post holiday blues, hues of blues, or blues music. You pick the inspiration!
I knew I wanted to play with glimmer mists, chalkboard inks and Dylusion sprays to create some inky blue backgrounds. After I created the backgrounds I was inspired to create a masculine and feminine version of a blue card. My first card is the more feminine version of the cards:
I sprayed the inks onto the craft mat and mixed them together and dragged my white cardstock into the inks. After they had dried I cut them up and used them for the various parts of my cards.
For the first card I stamped the damask using blue ink over the background. I then stamped the postcard image onto tissue paper using black ink. I colored the image with watercolor pencils and blended them with a waterbrush. After the image dried I used decoupage to attach the tissue paper image to the background. I sprayed a flower and ribbon to match the background. The sentiment was stamped using blue ink on another piece of the background. I cut it into a tag shape and distressed the edges.
For the masculine card I decided to use the traveling man as my focal point.
I stamped the traveller using blue ink on the background and cut a circle around him. I added shading and highlighting with watercolor pencils and gel pens. I then stamped the background with a map image in blue ink. I added the car and the banners. The sentiment was stamped and cut up.
Products:
Stampers Anonymous
Traveler ,
Visual Artistry - The Journey,
Stampers Anonymous - Warehouse District,
Blue Ink,
DarkRoom Door - Welcome Home,
Signo Uni-Ball White Gel Pen,
Distressing Tool,
Hero Arts - Silver Metallic Decor,
Screw Tops,
Stampendous - Postcard Bird,
Impression Obsession - Garden,
Ivory Flower,
Burlap,
Pearls, Decoupage, Tissue Paper,
Hero Arts Antique Flower Background,
Ranger Archival Ink - Black
The ever generous
Simon Says Stamp.
is offering a $50 Gift Voucher for one randomly selected participant in
the challenge. Come join in the fun!
Suzz
