Woodland Anemones Thank You - Fantasy Stampers #62 Guest Design Team

It's time for the midway motivation for the Fantasy Stampers #62: Flower Power challenge,

and I am thrilled to be a Guest Designer for them this month!

Here is my Woodland Anemone card:



For the background of the card base, I inked the courier alphabet folder
and then de-bossed it, just for a little change.  I didn't want to have the light
spring moss green overpower, which I was concerned would happen if I embossed
with this inking technique.
I like the set-in texture it gives--something a little different,
sort of reminiscent of letterpress, but less crisp.

 

I colored the anemones with a combination of Copics and watercolor pencils.

 I took some risks with the details of this card.

In the case of the chicken wire, it was rather literal.
Hence I finished the inside heavily to protect the
future recipient from anything unfortunate! :O




I used some handmade paper that I made myself--
something I used to do fairly regularly back when I ran
my Etsy store, and had so many wonderful paper scraps of high-quality
cardstock that I just hated to waste.
Usually those ended up either as handmade paper (using a dip mold)
or they went out to my compost pile to break down, feed vegetable plants and,
in time, feed us!  Paper to produce, you say?
Yes, please! :)

Here are a few more challenges:

Delicious Doodles May Challenge: April Showers Bring May Flowers
 

The Corrosive Challenge May #5: Spring

Stamping Sensations May: ATG

OE6

The Crazy Challenge #222: 3+ Layers

Simply Create Too #109: Thank You
 

 

Materials Used on this Card:
Cardstock {Rustic white, Smoke - Papertrey Ink}
Embossing folder {The Paper Studio}
Dye ink (for debossing) {Spring Moss - Papertrey Ink}
Stamp {Nature's Blessings}
*Anne, the owner of Nature's Blessings, is a delightful lady and can make
all kinds of unique antiquarian stamps by request.  Do check out their Etsy shop!

Brads, sentiment sticker {The Paper Studio}
Chicken wire, burlap {stash}
Handmade dip-molded 100% recycled paper {yours truly}

 

 

Thank you for visiting today and I hope you will

enter for my Spring Giveaway before you go!

Inlinkz is so quick and I've opened the giveaway to both US and

International crafters as well.

Picture and link are on my right-hand sidebar. :)

Take care,

Be well,

and enjoy the sunshine,

--Kathryn