Purple Flowers on Sponged Rectangle

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Purple Flowers on Sponged Rectangle

This card was fun to create - a technique I will use again! First I die cut a rectangle to make a mask for my white panel and sponged inside it with teal and green inks. Then I finished the panel with flowers and sentiment stamped in dark green and purple, accented my flowers with dots of white, and mounted it on a striped purple card front. I love how the colors glow.

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) stamper's select white.
Patterned paper is from PTI plum pudding (medium purple) pattern pack (tone-on-tone prints - retired).
The rectangle mask is cut from Yupo translucent 5 x 7" paper, easy to die cut and very durable. I added color with PTI new leaf (green) and tropical teal ink cubes, using an e.l.f total face brush and a round Ranger ink blending tool to apply the ink.
The sentiment "just a note" is from PTI keep it simple: just a note, and the images are from PTI botanical silhouettes, stamped with PTI pinefeather (dark green) and royal velvet (dark purple) ink cubes.
The white dots in the flower centers are added with Dr. Ph. Martin's bleedproof white opaque watercolor.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

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Sunday, September 2, 2018