2012-01-24 One Layer Love Birds
A quick one layer Valentine card for today.
Here are the supplies; 3 distress ink colors; a Nestability oval and 2 rubber stamps. The larger love bird image is by Hero Arts and is from my September 2011 rummage sale finds. The other, a verse is by Studio G and is from last years $1 bin at Michael’s.
I started with butter cream card stock and embossed the Nestability oval onto the base. I cut some scrap paper to make a template and masked the oval. The bird image was stamped in Memento brown. Leaving the mask in place I sponged on the 3 colors of distress ink. Lastly, I center the sentiment and stamped in Memento brown.
I would have liked if the image would have been sharper but I do like how it turned out. This view shows the embossed oval and some of the sponged colors.
Hope you have a great day…I’m off to work so that I can buy more craft supplies LOL~
What a great idea to emboss with the nestability and then mask it so you can blend some colors into the oval!!!
chrissy
Love this card – may have to give this a try!
What a lovely card!
It’s amazing that this is a one-layer card! It has such depth and texture…LOVE the muted aspect to the image. Using a buttercream cardstock also helps to warm the aura of this card. LOVE it!!!
Your card is beautiful Bonnie, love the inked oval. The colors chosen are gorgeous. Great technique that I will have to try to do. Beautiful image too. Beautiful work. TFS!!!
Very Pretty Bonnie!