Whispers of Comfort

Hi there,

Glad you stopped by today! I'd like to share a card I made using the Whispers of Comfort - Hydrangea Set 883, the little flower from the Happiness Greetings Set 886, both sets from the Sparkle N Sprinkle February Reveal. I also used a sentiment from an older Sympathy Set 382.

To begin with I stamped white card with the Nuvo Clear Mark ink and heat embossed with White Detail. Then I took the Distress Oxide Faded Jeans ink pad and swiped the pad over the entire image. The white embossing powder resists the blue ink.

I then took the Nuvo Water Brush and removed the ink from the image, it didn't take out all of the ink, but it took out the majority of the color. I also sprayed water, using the Nuvo Light Mist Sprayer, over the entire image, which gave the background a lovely mottled look.

Then I made my palette of water colors on my acrylic block. I used Aqua flow Pens Spiced Ginger, Lilac Blossom, Indigo Dawn and Fresh green.

The image was colored in - mixing water from the Nuvo Water Brush with the ink from the palette.

After the image was colored I made the frame using the three outside dies of the Tonic Topnote Trellis Layering Die. I cut this in my Tangerine out of the Craft Perfect Ivory Bouquet paper. Look at the detail of this gorgeous paper!

I then used the same two outline dies to cut out a piece of white card, layered with Super Adhesive Sheet.

The protective layer was removed and then the Ivory Bouquet die cut was placed on top, and the new Microfine Ocean Breeze Glitter was applied to the sticky surface.

When I put the colored image behind the frame, I didn't like the way the white lines showed at some spots, so I applied some Ocean Breeze glitter over the white line using the Nuvo Medium tip pen to give a glitter distressed look. Bubblegum glitter was also added to the flowers using the finer tipped Sakura Quickie Glue Pen.

Lemonade glitter was then applied to the butterfly using the Quickie Glue Pen.

The sentiment was stamped in Nuvo Clear Mark and heat embossed with Cerulean. This was then edged with some of the Distress Oxide Ink, Faded Jeans.

The white flowers were sprayed with water using the Nuvo Light Mist Sprayer then I touched the petals with the purple ink from my palette and allowed the ink to bleed into the petals.

When they were dry, I applied Bubblegum Glitter using the Nuvo Medium Glue Pen.

The easel card base was cut using the outside of the Tonic Topnote Trellis Layering Die.

The base was applied with the Oxide Distress Faded Jeans ink. Then the sentiment and flower were stamped in Clear Mark ink on to a piece of pink cardstock, that matched the outside sentiment. I used the Tonic Stamp Platform for this, swiping first with the Anti-Static Bag, to avoid any stray specks of the Cerulean embossing powder.

After assembling the card, I decided to add a few little Wedgewood Blue Nuvo Crystal Drops.

... and those drops finished off my card for today.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today. Below is a list of the materials that I used in my project today, most of which can be found on the Sparkle N Sprinkle Website.

Whispers of Comfort - Hydrangea Set 883

Happiness Greetings Set 886

Sympathy Set 382

White Detail (EP298), Cerulean (EP421)

Nuvo Clear Mark, Distress Oxide Faded Jeans

Aqua Flow Pens: Spiced Ginger, Lilac Blossom,

Indigo Dawn, Fresh Green

Nuvo Water Brush

Nuvo Light Mist Sprayer

Tonic Craft Perfect Embossed Paper: Ivory Bouquet

Super Adhesive Sheet

Ocean Breeze (GM2039), Bubblegum (G1088),

Lemonade (G1091)

Nuvo Medium Glue Pen

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Tonic Topnote Trellis Layering Die Set

Tonic Stamp Platform

Tonic Tangerine

Nuvo Crystal Drops: Wedgewood Blue

3 white flowers

Mounting Tape

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenge #360: Anything Goes
Frilly and Funkie: Dare to Resist
Scrapy Land Challenge #84: Anything Goes
Cards 4 Galz Challenge #65: Stamping
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #2: Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge #22: Anything Goes

Hope to see you back again soon!

Shona