Monday, June 8, 2009

Streams of Living Water



Here's another look at Quiet Waters by Our Daily Bread Designs. The inspiration for this came from three places. First was THIS BEAUTY (breathtaking!) by Sandee Shanabrough, one of ODBD's current guest designers. Second, ANOTHER BEAUTY by fellow ODBD DT sister Angella Crockett. And third, my blog friend Silke Ledlow, who turns white space into art like nobody else. So thanks, ladies, for the inspiration - I love how this one came out!

I stamped on watercolor paper with a freshly re-inked Jet Black Staz-On inkpad (nice and juicy), then watercolored with a water brush and Stampin' Up re-inkers. The image panel is die-cut with one of the Labels 4 Nestabilities by Spellbinders. The scripture panel is die-cut with one of the Mega Curved Rectangles Nestabilities, also by Spellbinders. I created the scored pattern with my Scor-Pal (you can find a basic how-to HERE), and finished off with some edge distressing, ribbon, a hat pin, and pearls. The card base and layered panels are all watercolor paper (a type that I don't care for for watercoloring, but it makes wonderful, thick, textured card bases).

Have a blessed day!



Stamps: Quiet Waters (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Canson watercolor paper
Ink: Jet Black Staz-On; various Stampin' Up re-inkers
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 4 and Mega Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, water brush, SU Pretties kit; ribbon (source unknown), distressing tool, foam adhesive, Scor-Pal
Size: 5 1/2" square

24 comments:

America said...

OOh, I love the BG scored, the nestie colored so beautifully, the combo of shapes, the pearl corners, the pretty pin, the ribbon on side that matches the colors of your image so perfectly , the square shaped card....LOL! Guess I love it all! :) GORGEOUS WORK AMY!!! But then again, I dont expect anything less than perfection from you! :)

Michelle Woerner said...

Just stunning! I just noticed you commented on my blog -how funny, we are both admiring each others blogs at the same time!!

This is so precious. Wonderful watercoloring and love the scoring. Hugs,

Emily said...

Fantastic Amy! Love that background you scored and the coloring is just beautiful!

Dawn Easton said...

Amy, this is BREATHTAKING! Your white on white is gorgeous with the scored background! The image is perfectly watercoloured....wowzers girl!

Judy Rozema said...

What a magnificent card, Amy! Your inspired creation is one of a kind gorgeous!

Angela said...

Wow, what a fantastic card. I love the scored bg and the distressed look. Beautiful!

Niki Estes said...

Amy, this is beautiful!!

Jackie Pedro said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Amy!!

Barbara said...

The card is exquisite!! The white background sets of the image so beautifully. Such a lovely verse, too.

Denise Marzec said...

{{whistling!!}} Wit whewwwwwwwwww, this is GORGEOUS, Amy! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!!

Linda Carson said...

I'd give it your usual 10...PERFECT!

Tosha Leyendekker said...

Stunning as always Amy! Love the white on white and the scoring!! So striking!

Dawn B. said...

This is incredible Amy. I love the background scored like that and your coloring is really beautiful. Super layers. Great job.

Christyne said...

Oh my word! This is just STUNNING! You did a wonderful job on this.

Silke Ledlow said...

OMG - Amy - this card is drop dead gorgeous!!!! Truly amazing!!!

Kelley said...

Amy, a little different for you but so incredibly beautiful!! You sure can work wonders!

Lorelie Kim said...

All kinds of pretty going on here!!

Desire Fourie said...

Just stunning Amy. I love the scene by the river and the sentiment is truly inspiring. Hugs from Desire

ChristineCreations said...

Girl, you do such beautiful work with this set. Fantastic details, love the scoring, gorgeous coloring!

Lori said...

Your card is BEAUTIFUL! Every one of your cards should be framed! Your work is flawless :-)

Laurie said...

Such a gorgeous card, Amy. It's like I'm looking out a window and actually seeing the scene. Wow!

Conniecrafter said...

So Awesome, amazing coloring and so love your background and frames!

AlienAnessa said...

Talk about woweeee Amy!!! This is stinking amazing. I just can't believe how you can pop out such works of art on such a consistent basis! =)

Sherrill Graff owner said...

Every time I saw art I loved on Our Daily Bread, you have created it. Your art is wonderful and very inspirational! May God bless you for all you do, Sherrill Graff istmpnv@aol.com