May Flowers Liquid Pearls Card

Hello Crafty Peeps! April showers bring May flowers...right?!! So today, I'm giving you much more detail on a card I made for the Ranger Ink booth at CHA this year that you may remember, using lots of Liquid Pearls and Specialty Stamping Paper...my fav! Enjoy the Purple Flower Garden Card.

 

 

I almost always use a reference photo when I'm painting or drawing. I didn't have any photos of this type of flower that I had taken sadly, so I found this photo on the internet, and I'll show you below how I painted them with Liquid Pearls...yes, you can use it other than just making dots or lines!

I stamped the images with Wendy's Archival Ink, and then heat embossed them with Seafoam Powder. It doesn't matter what color ink you use as the powder covers it up, but I just choose the colors I was going to use. Then I cut them out.

To do the flowers, I used the Liquid Pearls straight from the tube, adding lots of purple tones to really give them depth. Not watering down the LP really gives them depth as well. On the leaves though, I added the LP to the craft sheet and watered it down to paint consistency, because I wanted them to be flat so that the flowers popped more. The shimmer is still there.

I also used Specialty Stamping Paper for the background card. It really is my favorite paper. I squirted the LP out on the craft sheet, and used my finger to apply the paint, making lots of streaks to mimic other stems and leaves in the background.

I also used my finger to make flower petals, just barely dabbing, and using several tones. The shimmer is outstanding!

Everywhere I had purple flower blobs, I stamped a flower in Violet Archival. Then, I stamped lots of stems with Leaf Green Archival. I stitched around the card as well. This was beautiful as is, but of course I had to add more.

I inked the edges of the flowers with Violet, and the stems with Potting Soil, and then I adhered the stems to the card, and foam dotted the flowers. The sentiment was inked in Violet as well. Then I added this to a cardstock card base.

 

 

This card turned out to be my favorite of the ones I did for the show. I love the artsy look of it, and all that shimmer really amplified it. Thanks for looking everyone. Until next time!!!

Supplies:

Inkssentials Specialty Stamping Paper	Brand New Release! Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Pad - Violet	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Leaf Green	Ranger Seafoam White Embossing Powder	Ranger Liquid Pearls in Buttercup
Ranger Liquid Pearls in Lavender Lace	Ranger Liquid Pearls in Hydrangea	Ranger Liquid Pearls in Blackberry	Ranger Liquid Pearls in Orchid	Liquid Pearls In White Opal
Ranger Liquid Pearls In Key Lime	Ranger Liquid Pearls in Avocado	Ranger Liquid Pearls in Ivy Green	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Potting Soil	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Flower Garden Stamp Set	Ranger Glossy Accents	Idea-ology Small Talk Stickers	Tim Holtz Core′dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC Colorcore 4.25 X 5.5 Cardstock	Ranger Adhesive Sheets

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

12 Tags of 2016 Remix - May

Hello All! Thanks for all the comments on my last post. Today, I have my May tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2016 Remix. I have really enjoyed seeing all the takes you all have done as well. It's always so inspiring to me. I love that he combined the August, 2014 tag with the May, 2015 tag. Those were my favorites from those years, and it was hard for me to decide were to start to create a remix from those. I had to really think about were I wanted to go with this. That is the beauty of doing the tags, it challenges you and keeps the techniques fresh in your mind so you will use them more often. Plus, it helps you to revisit the stash, and play with it again, as well as mix it up with new goods. I love that!

I love the Winged Things stamp duo sets from Tim and Stamper's Anonymous. I don't get to use them often enough, and I thought the girl would be great on this tag. I used the mini Honeycomb stencil too, since there were so many roses, and bees might be around! I also rubbed Wendy's Sunflower Archival over the honeycomb so it wouldn't get lost in all the Distress Spray Stain.

I wanted a few parts of the girl to really stand out, so I stamped her on some woodgrain thin paper from my stash, and cut out the images I wanted to layer on my tag. I stamped a few more for future use as well. After I made the flowers with Distress Core'dinations, I stamped on those with the new Newsprint, and then made lots and lots of roses. They are addicting. I needed a few more before all was said and done, and so I made more in a darker red, but no stamping that time. I had the bee charm in my stash. When it came time for the lace, I thought a piece would look good as an apron for her. The stitching on top is my favorite part. Oh how my sewing machine could use a good cleaning!

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry there were so many photos. I couldn't get the detail I wanted, and now I shake so much. What's up with that?!! 

I'm off today to The Crafty Scrapper for classes this weekend. If you are in the area, we have a few spots left. Until next time!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials #10 Jumbo Manila Tags	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Winged Things I Stamp Set	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Lady Rose CMS255 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Dina Wakley Palette Knife
Ranger Texture Paste	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils - Set 8 THMST008 (March Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Candied Apple	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Spiced Marmalade	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Mustard Seed
Ranger Distress Spray Stain in Twisted Citron	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Peacock Feathers	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Pad - Sunflower AID49005 (February Pre-Order)	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Tarnished Brass
Sizzix Tim Holtz 4x6 Distress Cardstock	Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits in Tiny Tattered Florals	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Newsprint and Type CMS266 (April Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Twisted Citron	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool
Ranger Multi Matte Medium	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings, Lace	Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Antique Linen	Heart Charms
Idea-ology Loop Pins	Idea-ology Vial Labels	Idea-ology Remnant Rubs in Special Delivery

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!