Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Nature circle card

Today I have a card featuring a piece of mini-scenic stamping. It is for the Craft a Scene April challenge to use silhouette stamps and for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge to create a project with a favourite word (I used one of my favourite words, 'nature').


The deer and the tree trunks were stamped on white cardstock with Archival Ink Sepia. A bit of texture was added with a bush stamp and then the scene was sponged with Distress Inks (Antique Linen and Vintage Photo). The background is kraft core cardstock which was cut into a circle, embossed and sanded.

To add to the nature feeling of the card, I die cut two leaves from a sheet of mica. I also found a home for one of the quilled fringed flowers I made for my tutorial in February. The sentiment was stamped with Archival ink Coffee on a tattered banner, which was first inked.

A close-up of the flower and mica leaves:


Thank you so much for looking!

Anna-Karin

Supplies: Stampscapes: Tree Trunk Trio 088F, Doe 229A, Bush 191A; Sizzix: Framelits Die Set Circles, Mini Tattered Leaves Movers & Shapers, Tattered Banners Sizzlits, Gridlock texture fade; Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Antique Linen; Archival Ink: Sepia, Coffee; Core’dinations Tim Holtz kraft core cardstock; 3 mm and 6 mm Lake City Crafts quilling paper; October Afternoon patterned paper; Ranger manila cardstock; US ArtQuest mica; twine.

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful artwork, such wonderful textures!
    Alison x

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  2. Pure and simple this is a winner hands down.!!!!
    Myrna

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  3. Wow, this is very beautiful. A great idea working round

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  4. Den här var jätte fin tyckte jag förstår inte hur du kommer på allt! Kram mamma

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  5. Love those leaves and your favorite word!

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  6. Anna, this is a fabulous card. I love that the leaf is also silhouetted! Wonderful work as usual. NancyD

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  7. What a beauty, Anna-Karin! Love all the elements you pulled together for your card!

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  8. Very nice!
    Love the shape, and colors!

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  9. Love your Stampscapes card, and your blog header is STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS! Thanks for sharing your art with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show! Ellen :)

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  10. Lovely, Anna-Karin...the scene is wonderful and the flower

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Thank you so much for leaving a comment! Happy Crafting!