July 2020 Jan's Digistamps Challenges

Hello everyone!  A new month has started and it's time for a new challenge at

Jan's Digistamp Challenges!

Today I'm using:

Wild Flower Blossoms #3310J

This is a beautiful stamp set with various Wild Flower Blossoms and sentiments.

Let me show you how I created my card.

This truly ended up being a literal cut and paste project for me!  One thing after

another kept altering my original plan!  But, I just had to roll with it!  Forgive

the process pictures that don't match the finished project.

First, I printed out my image and sentiment onto parchment card stock that

I purchased at a local office supply store.  

Next I colored my image with Copic markers.

Note in this picture the centers are yellow.  In my finished project they are a

warm gray.  I'll give you the colors for both ways.

I kept the coloring to a minimum as I wanted to keep the look simple.

Colors used the first time:

Flowers:  R11, R81, R85

Centers: W2, W3, W5, W7

Leaves/Stems: YG03, YG17, YG63, YG67, Y28

Second time coloring:

Flowers: R00, R81, R85

Centers:  Y02, Y21, Y28

Leaves/Stems: Same

I finished coloring my image and I was going to use it on a narrow card - sort

of the idea of a slimline but a bit smaller.  I ended up cutting it too close to the

edge...and I couldn't save it.  I didn't throw it away, but started the process again.

I decided to amend my color palette a bit and I liked the outcome much better.

I cut it so I could have a panel that was 3 1/2" wide and I could mount that on

an A2 size top folding card, which I did.  I added thin black peel-offs to either

side for a bit of definition.  It still needed "something".  

Then I thought that ifI added some Perfect Pearls in Blush on the ends of the flower 

petals, it would be subtle but pretty.  I had a Perfect Medium pen and I used it on the top 

most flower. The way the paper is made, to get that parchment look, I think that there are

perhaps thicker and thinner parts in the paper.  The Perfect Medium pen turned

the paper kind of gray and the Perfect Pearls didn't hide it.  You could see it

no matter what kind of lighting.  I was not going to start all over again!  What

a frustrating day.  Then I remembered I still had the first version with the bad cutting

job.  I simply fussy cut the flowers and foam taped them over the existing ones.

I added a bit of shimmer pen to the centers, and added a few gold glitter enamel

dots and called this card done!

I was ok with the final version and Jan's images are so spectacular that it's hard

not to have a great result!

Have you entered our challenges before?  They are so fun!  There are 2 ways 

to win and the theme is always anything goes!!!!!

You can find this lovely Wild Flower Blossoms Digistamp Set and many more

at Jan's Digi Stamp Shop!

And right now Jan's having a sale!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I value your time,

support and interest!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Jan’s Digi Stamps, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.