I wanted to play along with Allsorts latest challenge "April Showers bring May Flowers" and decided this sounded like it was time to dust off my Flowering Rain Boots set from SU! One of the cool things about this set is that everything has a co-ordinating die and even though it's photopolymer it is one of the new types of stamps that SU! create and they are distINKtive and when they stamp the ink is graduated. So it is very easy to create a realistic image with light and dark shades. It was easy to stamp and die cut it all out and then I used my scalpel to make slits at the top of the boot for the tulip stems to fit. But I still at this stage had no real idea on how to make a card with my stamped and die-cut image image; so I took all the guess work out of how to KReate the card by combining with a fab sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and it all come together in less than 30 minutes!
Supply List (all Stampin' Up! unless indicated differently):
Stamps: Flowering Rain Boots
Ink: Sahara Sand, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Balmy Blue
Paper: Whisper White (yes it really is), Mango Melody, Balmy Blue, Pleased as Punch DSP
Paper: Whisper White (yes it really is), Mango Melody, Balmy Blue, Pleased as Punch DSP
Dies: Flowering Rain Boots, Slim Stripes - 1/2" used (PFS), A2 Layers (WF), A2 Additional Layers (WF)
Other: Medium foam squares (SP), Copic marker Y38
Challenges: Allsorts #727, FMS #585
Well that was another example of how 2 challenges are better than one and do check out all the fab cards on display at both sites. Thanks for popping in.
EDITED 16/5/23: My card was noticed by Jacquie from the FMS DT and I'm a princess! How exciting is that!!! "Jacquie’s Choice: The rainy stripes are a perfect background for Karen’s sweet tulip filled boots! Congratulations!"
✿ Karen ✿
That's quite a lot of rain in a short period Karen, at least your wellie boots fit our season and your own! It's a super card and perfect for our optional theme at Allsorts, many thanks for joining in.
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Thanks Brenda
DeleteThis is so pretty. I like how you did the rain in stripes. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteyes the stripes is a great option - definitely going to use this idea/sketch again
DeleteLove this rain inspired card...great boots too!! Thak you for sharing at Allsorts. Sarah DT
ReplyDeletethanks Sarah
DeleteBeautiful card, Karen. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week and choosing to use the optional theme.
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Thank you Liz
DeleteLove the way you used the stripes to add the rain into your design! Beautiful card. Thanks for playing along with us at FMS this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jacquie your "sketch" at FMS made my card so I should be thanking all of you.
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