Monday 18 March 2013

Come On Spring!

I hope everyone is having a good start to their week and hopefully had their chance for a green beer or two over the weekend!  I wanted to share with you an Easter card idea I had a lot of fun making.  I have always been an 'add color' kind of stamper so this one made me happy. 


Using the Mini Blueprints 2 from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous I stamped with black archival ink on watercolor paper.  With the distress markers and water brush I had some coloring fun.


Next I took a piece of the natural sticky back canvas and sewed around the edges to make a seam and added some colorful felt squares. 


Using pop dots and multi medium the stamped pieces were arranged to resemble a sampler quilt.  The canvas piece was layered on the final card base with a little more color.  Each stamped piece got gilded with rock candy stickles and glossy accents. I also should add that at every step vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink was used to achieve the look I was going for; an aged treasure you might find in an attic trunk. 


items used: mini blueprints 2, black archival ink, natural sticky back canvas, walnut stain and vintage photo distress inks, distress markers, waterbrush, rock candy stickles, glossy accents, pop dots, multi medium, scissors, cardstock and sewing machine.
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With Spring only a few days away on the calendar, I sure hope our weather follows suit. I am so ready for this maritime winter weather to be OVER! Bring on Spring! Thanks for stopping by. h

11 comments:

  1. Super cute! I love all the fabulous texture and the sewing is perfect. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  2. Awesome Job H....You are so talented!

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  3. Great job. love the bunnies.. Mom

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  4. It's fabulous Heather!I love all of the detail.

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  5. What a great card!!! Love your coloring, layering, and use of texture...it surely does look like a well loved treasure!!!

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  6. very cool Heather!!
    aren't those markers the bestest!!
    and i too am SO DONE with this Maritime weather!!! please just let it be warm and no snow!

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  7. OMG, Heather, this is sensational!!! What a clever and creative way to construct a card!

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  8. So awesome , love those Blueprint stamps !!

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  9. Love love love the quilt! The card is gorgeous and to combine, quilting, blueprints to make it is fab!

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  10. absolutely brilliant and sooooo creative! Love the stitching and the coloring!

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  11. ps-had to pin to my Pinterest wall

    Kate BLue aka Queenkat on {Pinterest}

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