I'm so happy with how pretty this card turned out! It started with me finding two old Distress ink pads in my ink drawer: Tattered Rose and Antique Linen. Those were bought over a decade ago when I was still new to stamping. Back then, I liked the vintage shades and added them to my collection to stamp and ink edges with. I knew they were water-reactive, but I had no clue what I was supposed to make with that. Back then, shabby chic was in and everyone was inking the edges of everything on their scrapbook projects, so that's the use I made of them. That was also way before YouTube made all kinds of tutorials available. Once I was over my edge inking kick, those were put away and forgotten. Now that I've discovered the joys of the Distress Oxide inks and spritzing, I was really happy to stumble unto those inks. I decided I wanted to ink a background with the pink. The ink pad was initially quite dry, but thankfully I had some Distress Refresh on hand, which did the trick quite well. As I was inking my paper, I decided it would make a gorgeous pink sky, so I tore a piece of copy paper to mask the bottom and make a snow bank. Then I looked at my stamps to decided what I could make a little scene with and spotted the Winter in the Park set. It was the starting point. Then, I decided to sit a little Frosty Fairy Friends fairy on the bench, and add a sparrow on the back, then birch trees around to fill in the landscape. The color combo was inspired by Color Throwdown #473.
Because the sparrow had little notes with him in the set, I thought he could be singing and remembered the TGIF challenge #138 (Christmas Carols). I was looking for an appropriate sentiment and remembered the Fa La La La La border die from Lawn Fawn. Initially, I wanted to do a split border, where you insert the wording in between the patterned paper at the bottom and the actual scene cardstock at the top, but I changed my design while the card was evolving. I did inser the green fa la la in the patterned paper, though. It takes a little while to put those holes back in, but I had backed everything with a piece of Big Shot adhesive sheet, which helped glue everything in place quickly.
Lawn Fawnatics #18 called for Emboss Resist, so I embossed snowflakes from Winter in the Park and Frosty Fairy Friends with Opalescent embossing powder on my pink background, before spritzing it with water to get the distress effect. A bit of Stickles was added to the snow and the fairy wings, and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Bubblegum Blush was added in a heart shape by the sentiment. The whole panel was die-cut with a Dotted Scallop Rectangles die. A piece of shimmery needlepoint floss was tied between the two portions of the image.
Supplies
Stamps: Winter in the Park, Frosty Fairy Friends, Winter Sparrows (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Whisper White, Shimmery White
Patterned Papers: Knock on Wood, Perfectly Plaid Winter (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!), Tattered Rose (Distress Ink from Ranger), VersaMark
Dies: Winter in the Park, Frosty Fairy Friends, Winter Sparrows, Fa La La La La, Birch Trees (Lawn Fawn),
Dotted Scallop Rectangles (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Accessories: Opalescent Embossing Powder (Top Boss), White Medium Envelope, Stickles,
Nuvo Crystal Drops (Bubblegum Blush), Metallic Needlepoint floss (DMC), Washi Tape
Stunning card!
Posted by: Amy C | December 17, 2017 at 16:47
This turned out splendidly! I love the shimmer of the snowflakes! And I love that you found these ink pads! It's so fun when that happens! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at the Color Throwdown!
Posted by: Broni | December 17, 2017 at 19:19
Your card is absolutely gorgeous! I love how you combined so many sets and dies so beautifully! Thank you for sharing with us at Lawn Fawnatics!
Posted by: nancy | December 18, 2017 at 12:24
awwww this is just the sweetest! Thank you for playing along with us in the Lawn Fawnatics challenge!
Posted by: jenn shurkus | December 19, 2017 at 09:57
FABULOUS card! I love it! Every element is just perfect! Thank you for playing along with TGIF Challenges! http://tgifchallenges.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Stesha Bloodhart | December 21, 2017 at 09:49