Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Stars

I was inspired today by a card I saw on Christina of Flowers, Ribbons and Pearls blog. Her tutorial today was about how to use small dies on cards. Here's my take on her tutorial.


I water colored two sheets of water color paper with the same colors of distress ink: abandoned coral, fossilized amber, peacock feathers and salty ocean. I used the block method where you added the ink to the block and then spritz it with water and stamped the block to the water color paper. It was interesting that I used the same colors on each paper but the papers turned out very different. I used the MFT Pierced Stars that I bought a while ago for the first time. The sentiment is the same one I used on last night's card that I won as a blog candy. I tried to match the color in the stars with the background card stock. I embossed the white background with the Flourishes embossing folder. I used the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch for inspiration.


I'm going to send this card to the Lasting Hearts Card Drive that Jennifer McGuire is having to support those families who lose a child from miscarriage. Losing a child can be devastating and since we lost our grandson last year this was a great opportunity to give back. I hope you'll check it out.
I am entering these challenges:
Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate your support. Make it an awesome Wednesday.

Donna

8 comments:

Shelly Schmidt said...

This is a great card- love how it fits into that sketch too- you are very creative! This is a great way to use up those technique craps too : ) Hope your week is going well. I have a cold which is flaring up the asthma- Oh winter! I love the cause you are sending your card into- have a nephew that lost a baby stillborn last year.... : (

barb hendrickson said...

This is a very pretty card. I love your stars and your use of the sketch. Very creative!

stampingvickisvisions said...

This is a great card for the sketch!! I am always amazed at how different each page looks when the inked acrylic blocks method is used, haven't done it for a bit this is a good inspiration. Thanks for joining us at Try Stampin' on Tuesday. Vicki DT

laurigami said...

Your card is pretty, Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments Designs
hugs
laurigami

Crystal Komara said...

The coloring of these stars looks so cool! Thanks for joining us at Try Stampin' on Tuesday this week, this is a great interpretation of our sketch! Crystal

Patricia St Martin said...

Great choice on your colors and they turned out really nice. Like that you used stars instead of ovals, the swirls for the embossing folder look wonderful and the teal for the layers picks up the color nicely.
Hugs Pat

LeAnne said...

This is fabulous! What a cool technique and I love the color palette you chose! Thanks for sharing this at Try Stampin' On Tuesday!

Lori said...

Beautiful card! Love the colors and I will have to give that technique a try! Thanks for playing along with us at Try Stampin' On Tuesday!

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