Ohhhhhhhh . . . I'm behind in my posting, again . . . here's one of my favorite cards from waaaaaay back . . . the image is from The Stampsmith owned by a fine and sweet lady, Estelle Lander Smith, who makes AWESOME images . . . when you look up her website . . . be sure to email her and ask her to email you her movie star images . . . Eeeeeeeeee-YAOW!!!! They are incredibly WONDERFUL!!!Directions . . . the main image was stamped in Ranger Adirondack Denim ink . . . the other images were stamped in Colorbox Chalk Inks in Olive Pastel . . . Prussian Blue . . . Pink Pastel . . . Using a speckle stamp, Printworks, stamp texture on background with chalk inks . . .
Using a 6" square quilters ruler . . . pencil a rectangle around the main image . . . using a metal ruler and craft knife . . . cut out the rectangle . . . line rectangle with gold leafing pen . . . mount on navy blue cardstock . . . mount onto background . . . line background with gold leafing pen . . . mount on folded navy cardstock . . .
Using craft tweezers . . . arrange the pressed flowers until you are happy with the design . . . use a very small flat angled brush to apply PVA glue and adhere to the card . . . let dry . . .
Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
18 comments:
This is awesome, Michi. So elegant & I love the floral touch. A true beauty!
Just gorgeous Michi! Your instructions make it sound so simple!
Vicki
This is beautiful Michi! Thank you for the instructions as well! Estelle's stamps are the BEST!!!
I adore this collage!
Very nice! Is that the voice of a teacher I hear explaining it? LOL!
I love Audrey Hepburn and I also just remembered I have metallic leafing pens! woohoo!
I love your Audrey! She's so pretty! Are you going to teach this?
This is very beautiful. I totally love the leaves and flowers. Great job.
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Michi, I remember this card!!! I thought it was wonderful back then and I still think it is wonderful!!! I remember being in awe about all the pressed flowers you used, fabulous!!
Gorgeous card, Michi!!!! It's been ages since I used my photostamps. Time to get them out again!
Dianne K.
oooooohhh, I love this image of Audrey Hepburn. Of course I love what you DID with it as well! *smiles*.
that's gorgeous--the flowers are fantastic!
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I know that I was here before on this post, but I just purchased a collection of magazines from the 60's and the lovely AH is a feature in one of them....SO nice!
wow, this is just gorgeous!
Clairex
Oh, you have given this wonderful woman such a lovely tribute. She was always so elegant and your card just captures this elegance. I love that you added dried flowers.
Michi, this is quite an interesting piece. There is so much going on. The image is terrific! I like the color combinations you used as well.
Thanks for your lovely comment and your work is beautiful also. I will visit again;o)
This is a lovely piece.
Michi ~ this is stunning, I've always been an Audrey fan! Everything about it is special, and the pressed flowers add wonderful detail to this piece! I am already wishing I'd filled up my flower press more this summer. Thank you also for sharing how you created it!!!
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