Greetings friends. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Today I wanted to share a card that was inspired by this month’s “clean and simple” challenge.
Memory Box has a lot of new circle dies, but that doesn’t mean that you have to use the entire die. When you cut the new Springtime Tulips die, this is what you get:
As you can see from the picture, I used just the tulips without the circle and then cut everything out of white cardstock. You could cut it using different pieces of cardstock, but I found it easier to use white paper and then color the pieces with Copic markers. That way I only had to run the die through once and I could have white outlines for the petals and color the stems and leaves green.
To give a light shading to the background, I used my Copic airbrush. However, you could just as easily use Distress inks and sponge on your color. The first step was to mask the left side and bottom of the card:
Next, I airbrushed a little green and blue onto the card for the ground and sky. I started on top of the mask and then moved the color onto the paper so that I wouldn’t get splotches of color onto my cardstock. If you were using ink and a sponge, you would want to do the same thing. Start by putting your brush onto the mask and then sponge onto the cardstock. Go lightly with your color. You can always add more color, but you can’t take it away:
I removed the masks and was left with a crisp edge on the left side and bottom of my card. As a finishing touch, I added my tulips, sentiment and a few rhinestones:
When I colored the tulips, I colored the smaller petals a shade lighter to add a little bit of interest.
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Very Lovely~ TFS
Love this die and your card is beautifully made.