This week's challenge is to create stamped art representing something we treasure.
After 20 years of living in Alaska I truly treasure nature's colors...particuliarly as we are quickly moving to those 8 months of solid white. So I spend the 3 beautiful months of summer gathering lots of natural materials to enjoy using in my crafting throughout the year. Here the raven (which are plentiful here all year round) keeps a watchful eye over all of nature's beauty. I started with a cream tag and used lumiere as a resist. The wrought iron flourish on the tag and the ironwork border image are Stampinton stamps.
In this second card I used probably the last of the leaves and ferns I will be able to obtain this fall. The background is made by sponging luminere onto the center panel and stamped the background. A transparency covers the entire card...and while that maybe hard to see the distress edges appear far more intense in color than IRL. Sorry I just could capture the halo effect. So while I really like this card and made it first I really wanted to do another that would show better on the blog. So Saturday Stampers your challenge inspired 2 cards this week!...thanks for the fun!
Happy stamping!
This are both so beautiful! lovely pieces :o)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! I agree the nature's treasures are most precious.
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Fabulous card, love the pressed flowers
ReplyDeleteI love your incorporation of nature's beauty. Your projects are so unique.
ReplyDeleteGlad we inspired two beautiful cards, and treasures indeed, I love nature, the flowers and ferns are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteKaz :o) (Saturday Stampers)
Two very beautiful pieces, nature is one of the best treasures :o)
ReplyDeleteSO beautiful Jan!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. As a nature lover, I can fully understand how much these mean to you. Pansies are one of my fav flowers & I love how you have used them.
ReplyDeleteJan, these are beautiful! You've picked a "treasure" of a theme for sure. Your cards are amazing! Beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI love how you encorporate the natural beauty of the flowers into your designs.
ReplyDeletenature indeed is one of life's treasures, love how you incorporated this into your cards:)
ReplyDeleteThese are both great. I love organic materials and colours so these fit the bill perfectly for a definition of treasure.
ReplyDeleteNature is most definitely a treasure. Love what you have done.
ReplyDeleteBoth lovely pieces!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you incorporate so many gorgeous flowers in your art!
ReplyDeleteJan, it took me sometime to answer the Thinking Blogger award... it's up now :)
Both these cards are so stunning! I love how you use pressed flowers on your cards! I just love nature too!
ReplyDeleteFantastic cards, Jan. I love hearing the story behind the elements you chose.
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