Monday 4 May 2015

Tulip Cards

I needed a birthday card for a friend, it turned out really lovely so thought I would show you. 

I began with a card blank and added a small square of kraft card to the centre. 


I then coloured some more card using Brusho pigments. Find out about them HERE. This was added over the kraft card, leaving a small border. 


I had been having a tidy up in my chaotic art room, and came across some collage sheets that i had made ages ago. They were heavily textured, with bits stuck on them and layers of paint, stenciling and stamping. but I was stuck as to what I could do with them. Literally to get them out of the way I die cut them all up into birds,flowers,leaves and hearts. All dies from paperArtsy. 


I also cut some skinny strips from the edges of the papers. 


and began to build up the flowers. 


adding a leaf at the bottom. 



I had enough to make 5 cards..


I sprayed Adirondack ink onto some envelopes and added some text stamping. 


Using colours to match the cards.. 



I put them aside, and when I looked at them again I decided them needed a little sentiment, so added a different one to each card. 


I really like these cards, pretty much made from leftovers. I almost threw out the collaged papers, they look so much better at die cuts. 

Darcy x

12 comments:

  1. these are the most awesome cards ever.. i need to go back and read again to see if you mentioned any tuts on creating that color and textures papers with

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  2. Fabulous cards Darcy, great way to use up your scraps. Sue C x

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  3. Fabulous Darcy! Great idea to die cut the "scraps" x

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  4. Really like the clean look of these. Off to check your brusho link cos I need some tips. Hugz

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  5. These are really lovely...great use of the scrappy bits!!!👍🏼TFS😊

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  6. They look fab! I love your envelopes too! x

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  7. Beautiful cards Darcy - it's amazing what you can make with scraps!

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  8. I didn't know PaperArtsy did dies?...gorgeous cards yet again(I still has my nutty squirrel) :D XXX

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  9. Fantastic cards Darcy, must get that die! :-) xxx

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  10. lovely card Darcy, I love how you did the background!

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