Hi All, I have made a a wedding card today for my post.

There are lots of layers with today's card starting off with a neutral card base "Naturals Ivory" along with Spring Lilacs Paper Collection.

I have lightly stamped with the script stamp from the Background Basics III repetitively on the striped background paper then lightly sponged the outter edges with a light brown ink.

I have stamped the sentiment from Heartfelt Greetings with Vintage sepia.

For the next layer I have added a delicate lace and plum ribbon on the Designer Series Paper and lightly sponging with a plum ink to add depth to the papers edges.

For the top layer I have used a lacey scallop oval die cut and heat embossed with white embossing powder the Eiffel tower from the Paris stampset.  I have placed a little heart die cut to symbolize a wedding card.

Heartfelt Greetings

Background Basics III

Paris

For the Inside of the card I have used the same technique and stamps from the front of the card on the inside such as light sponging and repetitive stamping on the paper collection. 

Spring Lilacs

Hi Everyone, today's card is all about "Favourite IBS stampet ". 

I decided to use the March release stampset "Tulip Bouquet".  To colour this stamped image in I have played with my water colours. Keeping it light and simple for the centre piece I have used just a bright blue and black paint and for the tones to gray and black.

I repetitively stamped the Floral image in gray on the white card stock base to create my own monochromatic designer paper.

To embellish the card I have used a 1 inch satin ribbon. 

I have added some gray sponging around the base white card stock to dull down the stark white of the card base.

To help highlight the centre cardstock I have used a black pen marker around the edges to make the it pop from the card base.

Hi all, today's card I played with blue flowers, something I don't do very often as I struggle to play with this colour combo. But I think I was able to pull this off.

I kept it neutral by using kraft cardstock amd some fine lace to add the touch of class to the wedding card.

I have added some gold sequins to add that little touch of bling.

The sentiment has been gold heat embossed to not to take-a-way focus of the flowers.

Vintage Roses

Heartfelt Greetings

I played along at Just Add Ink Blog Challenge this week.

Today's card set is all about "Thinking About You" for the males. I don't know about you but I find Masculine Cards are the most challenging to make. I have to plan and play with inks, cards and paper to co-ordinate with the stamps for just one card. 

To help define the paper and the inks I used strips of Black card stock.  All card bases are white for a clean and simple look.

The stampset used for this set is " Masculine Tags". You can see that you can make this stampset your own. 

Hi lovely crafting peeps and welcome to today's blog post. Today I will be using some masking fluid that I found at my local art and craft store. 

I first stamped the floral image from the "Tulip Bouquet " stampset with Jet Black Staz On ink. 

I then used an old brush and painted with Masking Fluid over the image with the masking liquid conscious of staying within the stamped image. 

I chose 3 Distress Ink colours to use for the base to apply a wash colour over the image. To spread the ink over I used a flat brush. I made sure I first brushed the water colour cardstock with water so the distress inks can spread over the card stock without streaking. I used my craft mat to pick up the distress inks.

Once the ink has dried I used my rubber cement eraser to pick up the masking fluid leaving the white cardstock appear through the colour wash.

I then matted on black cardstock then placed on a white card base. 

 For the sentiment I have used the Big Hello stampset and heat embossed on vellum cardstock. 

To help embellish I have used heart die cuts with red glittered cardstock  and placed them over the card.

I hope today's card inspired you to used other masking mediums other than post it notes or masking paper. I have found this method rather quick and easy.