Thursday, January 20, 2011

Love Song



I couldn't wait to ink up this new Penny Black Love Song stamp that I received from Stamper's Dream. I just love the sweet, whimsical style! And this image couldn't be any easier to work with. I just stamped in black, colored in the trunk and birds with Copics, then used dark and light green Copics to trace along the foliage swirls. Last, I sponged on some Tumbled Glass ink around the birds and around the perimeter of the image for a subtle sky feel. It was so easy to color, I almost feel like I cheated! Just for fun, I added some crystal  ultrafine glitter, and two sizes of crystal rhinestones, randomly placed around the branches.

To finish off the card, I added some green felt grass (die-cut with the Fresh Cut Grass Die-Namics by My Favorite Things), velvet ricrac, a button topped with red baker's twine, and a scalloped cork border (die-cut with MFT's Jumbo Scallop Die-Namics). The sentiment is from JustRite's Happy Everything Mini Tag Kit.

The bling shows up a little better in this detail shot:



Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you're having a great day!!




Stamps: Love Song (Penny Black), Happy Everything Mini Tag Making Kit (JustRite Stamps)
Paper: Prism Simply Smooth White, Stampin' Up Real Red and Basic Black, and Papertrey Hawaiian Shores card stock
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Accessories: Copic markers, Sakura quickie glue pen, Art Institute crystal ultrafine glitter, MFT green felt, Jumbo Scallop Die-namics, and Fresh Cut Grass Die-namics, black velvet ricrac (source unknown), The Twinery baker's twine, clear rhinestones (various sources), Papertrey ribbon and buttons, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder
Size 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

15 comments:

Lori Craig said...

Gorgeous...

Chriss Blagrave said...

Love this sweet image Amy! As always, your details are stunning!

Bastelfrosch's Kreativseite said...

This card is a dream.
Annette

Marisa said...

Love the sparkles in the trees :) Darling card.

Barbara said...

This is so gorgeous! I love the stamp and all the sparkly.

g said...

so so pretty & fun Amy- i love the glitter & bling and all the dies- it's all super cute!

Michelle Woerner said...

DUDE! What up with that fabulous tree and birds? AMAZING! GREAT card!! Hugs to you!

Unknown said...

LOVE everything about this card, Amy! Special in every detail. And I love hearing that image was so easy to color! Fabulous job!

Darlene said...

Ohhhhhh I love your cheating coloring! It looks so fun! Cork? I simply MUST try that, what a great idea.
Thanks for the inspiration and what a beautiful card!

Anonymous said...

So pretty, love the Tumbled Glass sponging.

Dawn Easton said...

Beautiful, Amy! Love the glitter and the fun addition of the felt and cork!

Conniecrafter said...

Oh my is that ever cute, love all the textures and such pretty coloring!!

dpkennedy said...

This is adorable! Love the texture form the cork border!

Leslie Miller said...

OMG, love this stamp! Your card is fabulous!

perelka111 said...

lovely stamp..and cute a card:)