Tulips

Hello to all!  I hope that those of you reading this are ready for a wonderful and relaxing Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!  I know our family is really enjoying this time of year in our new location.  Just a quick update on our family.  We are settled in our new home and are adjusting as best as possible to the new weather conditions!  :>  For those of you unaware, we moved from the warm sunny state of Florida to the cold state of North West Ohio!  I have been able to do a little stamping using  Sparkle N Sprinkle's fairly new stamp set out.  So for the next couple of weeks I will be posting two new cards to my blog using their Tulips Stamp Set. 

This first card is an experiment.  A friend of mine has been playing with mixed media and I love the idea of mixed media so I wanted to play with it.   As you can see this card is very simply yet I think it turned out fairly well.  I love the splash of color with the monochromatic color scheme.  

The following items are used to make this card:

Black 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card stock

White 1 3/4 x 4 1/4 card stock

Ribbon

Book page

Hello Spring stamp

Tulips Stamp Set

Black stamp pad

Aqua stamp pad

VersaMark pad

Clear embossing powder

Dauber

Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder

Spellbinders label 14 

adhesive

dimensional tape

I embossed my black piece of card stock using Cuttlebug D'vine swirls folder.  Stamp your sentiment on your white piece of card stock using your black ink.  I then daubed the edge of my white card stock with the color that matched my ribbon the best.  Tie your ribbon around the white piece of card stock and then adhere the ribbon to the card stock.  Then add the white card stock that has been prepared to the from bottom of your black card stock.  Now, using the Tulips Stamp Set and the VersaMark ink pad stamp your tulip image to the book page *note- scan your page for inappropriate words* and then emboss with your clear powder and heat.  You will not be able to see your image all that well. 

Take your dauber and black ink pad and smearing in circles expose your embossed image.  You can play with this and make certain areas darker than other.  Then take a dry wipe and wipe off the ink on the embossed image and your image should look sharper now.  I then took my Spellbinders and cut the image out, notice I cut off some of the picture, mainly the stems and leaves, for it to fit on my card front.    I took my dauber and black ink again and softened the edges of the cut image.   Then, you adhere that to the front of your card using dimensional tape.

As you can see I used the sentiment of Hello Spring but I think with this layout and color scheme it could also be used as a sympathy card. I like the texture of the embossing folder and even though it is subtle I think it gives it a little something more.

This card is extremely easy to achieve and allows for mixed media to be played with a little.  I don't know if anybody else does this but after I made this card and finished it I was thinking that I should have used a little glitter in the flowers for some subtle sparkle.   

I hope this card has inspired you to try mixed media and/or to use this Tulips Stamp Set as part of a mixed media creation.