Mar 07 2008
Saturday’s Inspiration Challenge Goes Green
St. Patrick’s Day is just over a week away. So what fun that the inspiration piece this week at Splitcoaststampers is a beautiful green quilt. Here it is.
And here is the card I made that was inspired by this quilt.
To start I stamped the flourish and shamrocks on Whisper White card stock with Versamark. Using clear embossing powder I then heat embossed them. Brayering was next with Certainly Celery and Garden Green. The Print Pattern backgrounder is also stamped on Whisper White with Certainly Celery.
I had never tried brayering until I saw Michelle Zindorf’s wonderful creations. She is so sweet and generous to have some great tutorials on her blog that show how she achieves her fabulous brayered backgrounds. And even though my attempts do not come close to her works of art, it has become one of my favorite techniques to play with.
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Print Pattern, Sentiment is Rubber Soul, Shamrock is unknown
Paper: Garden Green, Whisper White
Ink: Garden Green, Certainly Celery, Versamark
Accessories: GG Ribbon, Gingham Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Clear EP, Brayer
Gorgeous! I love that brayered panel with the clear embossed swirls and clover!
Wow, this is so pretty!! Love the brayering and the swirls are so beautiful! I love your sketch below too, may have to try it out later!!
Oh very pretty… The brayering is very nicely done!!
Oh…I LOVE it! I love Baroque Motifs and I love how you used it!
This is gorgeous, Susan — I love the brayered look over that beautiful fourish!
How pretty!!! What a lovely reminder of how much I like resist techniques! Thanks for the inspiration, Susan! Linda
Beautiful card!!! Perfect for todays challenge!!! I drew a complete blank on this one…-LOL!!!
This is beautiful! Love the flourish!!
wonderful card. I love those images you used to make a st paddys day card. Fantastic!
This is soooooo pretty, I love the little bit of bling!
Your resist looks stunning!! I love this card!!