Where Flowers Bloom~ Beauty in Botanicals

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter on the blog with you today.  This month's theme for design team projects is Beauty in Botanicals and it got me thinking about the different ways to interpret it.  I decided to go with a more abstract interpretation and design for my first project this month.  I had an idea as soon as I saw the Classic Face Stamp by Terri Sproul: blooms of flowers coming up from the face in place of hair and symbolizing thoughts of hope and change.  I then saw the sentiment stamp, "Where flowers bloom, so does hope," and it sealed the deal for me!  What is more beautiful than hope - for change, for happiness, for peace, and more?

Here's what I used to make it:

• Classic Face 3/4 View Line Art Rubber Stamp by Terri Sproul
• Fairies & Blossoms 2 Rubber Stamp Set
  
• Where flowers bloom so does Hope Sentiment Art Rubber Stamp
  
• Distress Oxide Inks: Victorian Velvet, Salvaged Patina, Tumbled Glass
• Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, and Scorched Timber
• Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves Pigment Ink
• Alcohol Markers
• Cream A2 card base
• 4"x5.25" white card panel with a deckled edge (edge is optional)
• Piece of white cardstock for stamping images

Here's how I made it:

I started by smooshing my three Distress Oxide ink pads onto my glass work surface, spritzed it with water, and misted my card panel with water.  I then pressed the card panel down onto the ink to color it.  I used a dryer to speed up drying the card panel and help it flatten out.

I lightly blended some Tea Dye and Antique Linen Distress Ink onto the card panel to give it a vintage look and ran the Scorched Timber ink pad around the edges of the panel.

Vintage Photo Distress was lightly blended around the edges of the card base before I adhered the panel down with double sided tape.  I then stamped the sentiment to the bottom of the card using the Fallen Leaves ink.

I next stamped each of the images onto white cardstock with the Fallen Leaves ink, colored them with alcohol markers, and cut them out.  When coloring the flowers, I started with a darker shade of each color in the center and shaded areas and blended them with a lighter shade.  The final coloring step was to take the lightest color shade and go over the entire flower to ensure a smooth blend.  

The face was adhered down with craft glue, and the flowers were arranged and adhered down with double sided foam tape.  Just like that . . . the card was completed!

I am very happy with the end result!  I find it to be an inspiring design that uses flowers to both meet this month's theme while also symbolizing hope.

Thanks for spending some time with me on the blog today.  I'll see you again soon.  Until then . . . be well!

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Stand for Something Art Journal Page

Hello, hello! Samantha here to share my newest project with you all.
When I was growing up I was fascinated by birds. I loved being able to identify them and was proud to share my knowledge with friends and family.
Those memories were the inspiration behind this art journal page.
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For this art journal page you will need the following:

• A mixed media art journal
• Watercolors or distress ink pads
• Versamark Watermark ink pad
• Clear embossing powder
• Black pigment ink pad
• White embossing powder
• Green cardstock die cut shape
• Gems
• Dimensional foam adhesive
• Orange marker
• Glossy Accents
• The bird, large feather, medium feather, and "stand for something" stamps from the  Flower & Bird Sketches Art Rubber Stamp Sheet set.

First stamp the feathers all over your art journal page with Versamark Watermark ink. Heat emboss using white embossing powder.

Stamp the bird onto white cardstock. Color the beak and legs with your orange marker and fussy cut it out. 

I chose to leave the rest of the bird uncolored because it's such a beautiful, detailed stamp and I didn't want to risk hiding that. Add Glossy Accents to the eye. Optional but it's something I feel adds a bit of a finishing touch is to take a black marker and run it along the edges of the image you've cut out.

Set it aside to let the Glossy Accents dry.

Press one color of your ink pads or watercolors onto the sandwich bag. Spritz with water.

Next, slip your hand into the bag and "smoosh" it onto your page.

You'll have something like this. Repeat using your other colors until you achieve your desired look.

Stamp the "stand for something" sentiment onto your die cut with black pigment ink and heat set with clear embossing powder.

When your journal page is fully dry attach the die cut to the center of it. Place dimensional foam adhesive on the back of the bird and secure at the top of the die cut.

Add a few gems if you'd like.

I hope that you'll try this technique with your Blank Page Muse stamps. Be sure to tag BPM on social media so that we can see what you were inspired to create!

Until next time,

Samantha

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