My sister’s birthday is coming up and I’ve challenged myself to mail overseas cards at least seven days in advance from now on (since none of my Easter cards arrived there on time). To keep the card nice and flat (in other words: extremely mailable), I only embellished with glitter pens. The sketch I used is Mojo Monday 235‘s layout.
In order to make the ivory tag less stark, I first stamped the Linen background with a light pink ink and stamped the Dutch sentiment “It is your birthday” on top. The flower from One Person was stamped with brown Memento ink and colored in with Copic markers. I thought this particular flower matched the ones in the Sweet Threads patterned paper quite nicely.
Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: One Person, Sunny Days (Verve Stamps); Linen (SU!); EC0096 Eline’s Vintage (Marianne Design)
Paper: Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, Green Apple, Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Sweet Threads (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Angel Pink, Bamboo Leaves, Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko); Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Accessories: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Leafy Sprigs Die Set (Verve Stamps); Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circles Large, and Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Copic Markers (RV52, RV55); Atyou Spica Pens (Clear, Pink)
Paper: Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, Green Apple, Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Sweet Threads (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Angel Pink, Bamboo Leaves, Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko); Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Accessories: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Leafy Sprigs Die Set (Verve Stamps); Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circles Large, and Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Copic Markers (RV52, RV55); Atyou Spica Pens (Clear, Pink)
3 responses so far ↓
1 Mary G. // Apr 8, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Vera, this is beautiful! I love the colors and the papers you’ve used! I know your sister will love it!
2 Jane Harrah // Apr 9, 2012 at 7:32 am
Vera, so lovely. I love the idea of stampng the pink to soften the color. I will definitely be using that idea in the future! Thanks for sharing.
3 Teresa Zuehls // Apr 9, 2012 at 10:47 am
Vera, your card is so pretty and a great take on the sketch. You colored the flower so beautifully. TFS.