My card today is a pretty floral inside an oval with a stenciled background. The stencil makes it easy to match your colors to any image you want to use. This would be great as a spring or Easter card for a dear friend, It’s not at all hard to make and the colors can be customized to your own liking.
For the Featured Stamper Challenge FS947, we are having a special remembrance of a dear member of Splitcoast who recently passed on. Polly was FS431 back in 2015 so today we are honoring her by selecting once again, from her gallery. I chose THIS card to case. I kept the floral theme & stenciled background, but I used different images, dies, colors & stencil.
After coloring & die cutting the lovely Iris image & greeting, I die cut a large white oval, then used a smaller to cut out the inside to make a frame. I made a similar frame out of lavender & attached the white frame on top of it. Then both were attached to the inside portion of the oval. I popped up the iris just a bit in order to make it level w/ the part that hangs over the frame. I did the same for the greeting, For the background, I used a 2 part stencil w/ lg & sm circles & 3 colors of ink. I also cut a rectangular frame & popped it up before adding it on top of the background.
These are the Copics I used on the iris: (here’s a coloring tip for you. I used the G21 & G99 for the leaves & since they’re on the cooler side of green & I already had the Y02 out, I used it in areas of the lighter G21 on the leaves to bring them forward & add a little warmth to them. It’s also handy if you don’t have a lot of lighter YG colors.)
If you’d like to watch me color this image the video is here: https://youtu.be/2AdZMdd4VxA
(the video is X4 speed so use the settings to slow it down if you prefer)
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)
| Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Iris Floral set |
| Paper: Staples 110# white, lavender |
| Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #5, set #6, set #7 |
| Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Iris Floral, Rectangles, Sm. Stitch Ovals dies, Lg Blending Brushes, Sm & Lg Circles stencil, Misti |
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HI Julie, I like your ” Iris for a Friend” card, are there any measurements for it please? Cheers and Thankyou, Marilyn.
Hi Marilyn,
Here are the measurements.
The card itself, is A2 (4.25” x 5.5”). The stenciled layer & outer white frame measure 41/4 x 5 3.8
The inside of the white frame is 3 5/8 x 4 3/8
The largest oval measures 3 7/8 x 4 3/8 on the outside & 3 x 4 on the inside.
The lavender oval measures 2 1/16 x 3 5/8 on the inside.
The Iris image measures 2 1/2 x 4.