Saturday, January 21, 2017

Inspired By All The Little Things




Hello everyone and welcome to another Inspired By...All The Little Things challenge #40!  We have a lovely, muted floral inspiration photo which prompted me to dust off an oldie but goody chrysanthemum die by Hero Arts.  I combined it with Layered Leaves and Leafy Flourish dies by My Favorite Things and added a sentiment by Papertrey Ink from their Wet Paint set with coordinating dies.  I originally planned to do a bokeh effect background, but in the end...a clean white card base won out.  :-)

I used distress ink markers for the mum (Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet, Milled Lavender, Worn Lipstick) and leaves (Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron, Forest Moss).  I scribbled the colors on Master's Touch watercolor paper then spritzed the paper with water and used a brush to lightly blend the colors.  I found these small inexpensive 4" x 6" pads at Hobby Lobby - 12 sheets for $1.99.  This compares to the Tim Holtz distress WC cardstock that I normally buy - twenty 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" sheets for $5.99.  I layered the mum die over some Blushing Bride CS (SU) and hand trimmed around the edges.  Part of the sentiment is gold embossed on vellum and adhered with Elmer's Craft Bond spray adhesive. 

We're happy to have Donna Rudy from Kards By Krash Scrapper joining us as guest designer.  Be sure to stop by the challenge blog HERE to get to know Donna better!

8 comments:

Karen Day said...

Looks like you & I had a similar thought process on this one! And still they turned out so different. I love your gold sentiment & details - really makes the card shine :o)

Lisa Lara said...

WOW, so gorgeous Wanda. I sure love the overlay that adds texture.

Donna Rudy said...

So pretty!! Love the overlay - just gorgeous!

Sheri Gilson said...

Beautiful take on this weeks inspiration, Wanda!

KimCreate said...

Beautiful large die! Love your card and the lovely gold word!

Leigh Penner said...

Beautiful take on the inspiration photo, Wanda!

Petra Swart said...

That is such a beautiful flower and so perfect for the inspiration photo, Wanda!!!! The pinks are really lovely!!!!
Hugz

Silke Ledlow said...

Bold and beautiful take on the inspiration...love it!