Stamping on Dark Cardstock

We had more snow today but so far the temperature is just above freezing so it is pretty much melting as it hits the earth. My daffodils have been blooming for about 3 weeks and the hyacinths this last week…. But they seem to be surviving the blanket of snow so far. Last fall I bought a bag of hyacinths bulbs that was marked ‘mixed colours’….I got one white and the rest are pink….this explains why I seldom bother to buy a lotto ticket!

        Today’s card is another new-to-me technique. I’m not sure where I saw this done on YouTube but it may have been Jennifer McGuire…she does a lot of different techniques. 

The first thing I did was to take a piece of 8 ½” x 11” piece of dark cardstock and made one card base from one side and cut the other to, two 4 ¼” x 5 ½” pieces. Then the flowers were stamped…first with white ink and then dark blue ink on one of the dark blue cardstock pieces – I definitely got this hint from Jennifer McGuire….did the same for the stems and leaves on green cardstock. Then I hand cut the flowers; leaves and stems. Then I took the left over piece of the dark blue cardstock and sliced about a 2” piece down the centre and added the white strips along the sides. Before gluing it down I set it where it would be to get an idea where to stamp the small flower branches on the card base. They were stamped in white and then the centre piece was glued to the matching dark blue card base. The sentiment was stamped on a piece of white cardstock and then glued at an angle across the card. It’s okay but I do believe it can be improved so I will try this technique again.

        That’s all for a cold and snowy Friday, April 17, 2020.  Wishing you all a happy and safe weekend and I’ll be back on Monday with another card. Stay home and stay safe please.

 Cheers

Violet

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