back to the drawing board

a new paper crafts magazine special issue - card design handbook - will be hitting the newsstands soon.

and i am lucky enough to have a few cards in this issue - this one being my favorite. i went with a 'unique' paper for the tree to mirror the sentiment. the card appears in the clean & graphic section and instructions/supplies for it can be found on page 125 of the handbook.

 

when i made this card the plan was to use it for one of my monthly purple onion designs projects, then send it off in an operation write home box. but before the card made it to the pod blog, or into the owh box, it ended up in the latest volume of stamp it! cards from paper crafts magazine.

when creating the card i stuck with shades of gray for the post office so that the flag would stand out - i also stamped the flag on a scrap of cardstock then attached the flag to the card base with a tiny glue dot so it would pop off the card base a bit. and lastly i added a bit more color to the card with some quick machine stitching.

instructions and supplies for the card can be found on pg 111 of stamp it! vol9.

i pulled out my copic airbrush and a couple of taylored expressions stamps and dies for this card  - to create the background i die cut a couple of clouds to use as masks, then airbrushed the sky with two shades of blue copics. the flag and flower were stamped onto a scrap of cardstock, colored and cut out. and i'm thinking i might cut this down and put it in one of my project life pockets for this week.


supplies
cardstock: [kraft] bazzill basics
patterned paper: bright side petite paper pack] lawn fawn
rubber stamps: [flower/garden party critters, flag & sentiment/yankee doodle homestead] taylored expressions
ink: [black tuxedo memento, onyx black versafine] tsukineko
markers: [r29, y15, b01, b02, b18, n5] copic
accent: [star jewel] a muse studio
liquid accent: [glossy accents] ranger
fiber: [black thread] ikea
steel dies: [cloud/cloud duo die, grass border die] taylored expressions
finished size: 3.75"x4.5"