Saturday 9 March 2013

Garden Cards by Craftytrog

Hello Stampers! I have a couple of inky cards to share with you today...one for each of the Mums for Mothering Sunday tomorrow ;o)


For this first card, I randomly inked an acrylic stamp block with Picked Raspberry & Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink, spritzed lightly with water, then stamped onto watercolour paper.
I stamped the text from Katy Fox's new Encyclopaedia Botanica plate in Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, then stamped the flowers over the top in Jet Black Archival Ink.
I tore around the image & glued it to the left of a square kraft card.
I stamped the phrase onto watercolour card, cut it out, inked the edges with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink, then attached it to the card with foam squares.


For my second card, I used Broken China & Dusty Concord Distress Inks, but this time I inked the edges of the image before mounting it on the card.

So, two simple cards that didn't take very long to make. I hope they inspire you.

Thanks for looking,
Alison xxx
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14 comments:

  1. Helen9 March 2013 at 07:22

    Great cards, lovely way to colour the paper before stamping.

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  2. Angie9 March 2013 at 08:16

    Love your cards ...not sure which is my favourite?? ....I love the method ...the background works so well ...always different yet controlled. xx

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  3. Astrid Maclean9 March 2013 at 08:26

    Great cards both of them and such a clever way of doing the backgrounds! LOVE those new stamps too!

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  4. Words and Pictures9 March 2013 at 09:17

    These are lovely, Alison - I love the krafty backgrounds, so simple, yet so effective. And the stamping against those beautiful colours is gorgeous!
    Alison x

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  5. Paper Profusion9 March 2013 at 10:41

    Fabulous cards both Alison. Beautiful backgrounds - great idea and fabulous shades. Have a lovely weekend. Nicola x

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  6. Artyjen9 March 2013 at 11:32

    Two lovley inky cards ;)
    xoxo Sioux

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  7. Anonymous9 March 2013 at 12:43

    I like the Kraft style background you have choosen and also the use of the acrylic block is so clever for the lovely diffused background.
    Gorgeous cards Alison.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  8. Anonymous9 March 2013 at 17:35

    Beatiful cards Alison, the stamping over the multicolour backgrounds looks stunning ! Sue C x

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  9. Zuzu's Blog9 March 2013 at 17:44

    i love these cards. Always found the watercolour effect to be very effective and you have matched it beautifully with the bolder stamping n top.
    great result.

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  10. Sid9 March 2013 at 17:57

    Two gorgeous cards Alison !

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  11. Anonymous9 March 2013 at 18:04

    Lovely cards, the colours look great against the kraft card.

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  12. Janny Jager 9 March 2013 at 21:04

    Beautiful cards Alison.
    Love them both.
    Greetings Janny

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  13. Julia S-W10 March 2013 at 18:42

    I love your use of the acrylic block Alison - so clever. The colours are gorgeous and the stamps have already caught my eye but not my purse yet!
    Juliaxx

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  14. hazel11 March 2013 at 14:12

    A couple of beautiful cards, I love the colours of them both.
    xxx Hazel.

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