Maybe Daisy

My makes this week are the card and ATC I made for my swap partner in this month’s Visible Image ATC swap.  The theme is “Summer Love” so it can be anything you love about summer.  Being solar powered as I am, I love the sun and the warmth that the British summer sometimes brings.  What I also love is the massive array of flowers so I test drove my latest purchase, Daisy Grunge.

To begin I stamped the large daisy in Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat-set with clear embossing powder.  I planned to use the metallic watercolours and the embossing resists the lines, making them remain visible.  The ATC was straight forward but I hadn’t quite decided on the size of card so I just stamped the daisy on a half A4 piece of card, to be trimmed down later.

For the colour of my background, I opted for some ink smooshing using Salty Ocean Distress Ink and Weathered Wood Distress Spritz and some water on my glass mat, repeatedly pressing the card into the inks until I was happy with the result.

To colour the daisies, I used the grey, gold and white from my VI Large Metallic Watercolour set.

For more interest in the background, I blended Salty Ocean through the Orbs stencil.  This stencil is really useful as the centre acts as a built-in mask to protect the flower.

To decide on the shape of card, I used two L-shaped cards and determined that a DL card would suit the panel.  After trimming to fit the card blank, I gold heat-embossed the sentiment at the bottom.

To finish off the panel and the ATC, I used more of the gold metallic paint to add a border and then put them both in my spray box to add some gold splatters.

I used a bit of one of the offcuts to make the pocket to hold the ATC and also stamped the small daisies inside.

The card blank was coloured using Salty Ocean ink to match the panel, which was adhered to a white mount.