Thursday, May 21, 2015

Inspirational #221 ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     It's time to shape up, with Inspirational #221, at Red Rubber Inspirationals! I'm hosting this week and would love to see any type of stamped shape. I used circles for both of my examples, starting with this card that I made for a few other challenges as well.




     This sketch at Viva La Verve was perfect to try the Bokeh effect for the first time for the May challenge at House of Cards!


     I started with some white cardstock, and inked the background with yellow, black, and grey Distress Inks. Then I used a circle stencil with some white ink, and stamped the smaller circles using the Background Soup stamp. I used Circles of Love to emboss the silver dots, and for the buttons, which I popped up and added some brads to. The circles overlapping the image in the middle are cut from white and silver vellum. I used some grey ink to create the road, and stamped Tree Silhouettes along the sides, taking inspiration from this photo used for the May Stamping Challenge @ Scrapbook. com



     For my next card I also used the Background Soup stamp, but with yellow paint, to create the small circles. All of the papers are from an older Bo Bunny (Flower Child) collection. I used Butterfly Flourish to stamp the butterfly and flourish. The butterfly was colored with Distress Inks and a coat of Yellow Stickles, which gave the wings a natural curl. Unfortunately, my sentiment got a little smudged, but it kinda goes with the distressed, shabby look I was going for, so I just left it alone. I stamped "Happy" using Sophisticated Sentiments, and "Mother's Day" using Contemporary Greetings



      I finished it up with some more Stickles to the flower stickers, and flowers on the stamped flourish. 



Thanks for your visit, and have a great day!



4 comments:

  1. These are GORGEOUS, Drea! LOVE the beautiful colors you used, and your bokeh rocks! Thanks for joining us at House of Cards! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

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  2. Beautiful cards! Love your bokeh creation! Thanks for joining us at House of Cards!

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  3. Such lovely cards! Thanks for joining in the fun at Viva la Verve!

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  4. Wow! Both cards are stunning! I love the Bokeh card! What a great take on the inspiration photo. And I love how the middle piece matches the bokeh circles. Very nice! :) Thank you so much for joining us at House of Cards!

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