I resisted the postage collage trend, although I love it. Finally I used a WF gc to get a few of the products and made my first card.
My sister loves blue and her hubby is a fan of green, so I often use that combo for their cards. Thought they'd love a Valentine made with the Rose Stencil, as they grow roses, too. The inks I used are Altenew Arctic, Caribbean Sky, Persian Blue and Just Green. I used Heidi Swapp screen ink for the little accents on the last stencil. It's like a paste, so gives texture and shimmer. You can see it in
my IG post video. The little stamped images are from an old PB stamp set. Now I'm anxious to make some more postage collage cards! I'm entering
JUGS.
Love that the
Pinkfresh Challenge is Anything Goes using mainly their products. I pulled out three of my favorites: Small Butterflies, Lush Vines and Perfect Sentiments. Decided to use the
Color Hues challenge of Peach and Teal with MFT Peach Bellini and PTI Tropical Teal ink cubes.
After gold embossing the one piece stamp containing 9 butterflies, I used the matching stencils to add the color. I just used the 2 ink cubes varying the amount of ink to get some lighter areas and some darker. The teal shows more contrast. I used the one piece die and then picked out 3 butterflies for my card. Couldn't resist brushing them with a shimmer pen--so beautiful in the light. You can see it in
my IG video. Glad I remembered seeing cards I liked that had black and white backgrounds with colored focal points. I stamped Lush Vines in Versafine Nocturne and die cut the old PTI dotted rectangle from the panel. Gotta say, I love the look! You may see more black and white backgrounds! I triple layered the sentiment, glued the butterflies only in the centers and added 3 black enamel dots around the sentiment. Now to make another card with the leftover butterflies. There may be too much black and white for Color Hues, but I'll leave that up to them.
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What beautiful cards. Love them both xx
ReplyDeleteTwo lovely cards, Greta! I've resisted the postage craze too, hope I can hold out LOL!
ReplyDeleteLove them both, Greta! The black and white background (one of my favorite PFS stamps) sets off the beautiful peach and teal butterflies! Thanks for sharing with us at Color Hues! It's always great to see your cards in the gallery.
ReplyDeleteHard choices here Greta an d both lovely, blue and green always works so well together and those three Butterflies sit so nicely on the mono background.
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I really like the stamp cutting die; it's so versatile. You've made a beautiful first card.
ReplyDeleteI chuckled a bit at the second card because I made an almost identical one for the current CCC.
Greta, these are beautiful! You will not regret jumping on the postcard bandwagon. I resisted for awhile too but they are just so fun! And your card for my challenge is fabulous. I really love your black/white details here, especially with the cut out frame. Perfect for my challenge! Thanks so much for playing with Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteTwo gorgeous cards, Greta. I especially love the first one, such beautiful colours. I have a postage collage die, but haven't used it yet.... thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteLiz xx
Beautiful blue postage collage with the butterflies, Greta and I love your butterflies too!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Greta. Love your blue roses and the sweet butterflies. You'll love the Postage Collage products.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great post, Greta and filled with beautiful cards. You are the second person I read this week that finally jumped on the WF postage wagon. Aren't they fun? Your butterfly card for Color Hues is a stunner. The butterflies pop against the white and black background. Thanks for joining us.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty set of cards, Greta. The card for your sister is so sweet. I know she loved it!
ReplyDeleteGreta, two fabulous cards! I was the same as you, trying to resist the Postage Collage trend but about a year ago, fell all in. I hope you love it, there's many ways to use that die, along with the stamps and stencil.
ReplyDeleteAs to your card for CH, it is simply stunning! The butterflies are beautifully stenciled and utterly delightful flitting up the b&w background. Wonderful design! Thank you so much for joining us for Jule's challenge!
Yes, I love the postage craze, lol! I just made one for Easter recently! I do love blue and your card for your sister is so pretty! Lovely rose images! Second card is so interesting with the wonderful background! And, those butterflies in the teal and peach colors are beautiful!
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