Happy Birthday for Dad (DSC05858) 5-11-10

I am having fun playing with my new silhouette grass stamp...I made this card for my DH's birthday.

 

I was inspired by Jacqueline's beautiful card seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/25616484@N08/4431335183/in/faves-25...

 

I first masked the edges of the card to make a "frame." I inked the grass with walnut stain distress ink and misted it with water before stamping. Then I stamped the native grass using cotton candy rainbow ink, sometimes without reinking. I also stamped the real wild poppy twice using shadow inks (leaf, vanilla). I stamped the sentiment with walnut stain ink, used black and peach blo-pens round the edges, and attached the butterfly (stamped on pp and Stickled around the edges), adding black pearls to the body.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Materials Used:

S5316 Silhouette Grass

C3648 Native Grass

F2897 A Real Wild Poppy

E5388 Traditional Butterfly

CL139 Birthday Messages

HA Shadow Inks: vanilla, leaf

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink

Cotton candy rainbow ink pad

water mister

Icicle Stickles

black pearl gems

Blo-pens

 

Done