Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Day 178: Bonjour Card

Sometimes you start out with an idea, and then as you are working the art just takes a turn on you. That happened to me tonight, though I hope you are as pleased with the result as I was.
I wanted to make a card for the MUSE card challenge. I tried a few card bases, embossing and masking to no avail. Then I had the bright idea to paint my ink directly onto this quatrefoil embossing folder. I was using watered down Lagoon ink, and it just kept beading up on the folder. So I decided to go with it and embossed the inked folder anyways. I kind of liked the scattered lagoon droplets look, so I watered my ink down even more and washed some light lagoon color over the dotted embossed surface. 
I embossed an Artiste Butterfly diecut with gold embossing powder. Then I dipped the edges of the wings back into Versamark ink and embossed them again with some Zing! Gold Glitter finish embossing powder. Finally I colored a Heidi Swapp watercolor words piece I just picked up last weekend with a Wink of Stella in Glitter Black brush pen. I dabbed on some gold stickles and topped my butterfly with a couple Bitty Sparkles to finish up my card. 

This wasn't where I meant to go when I set out this evening...but sometimes you end up just where you need to be. Au revoir, Stampin' Friends!

10 comments:

NJ Stamping Queen said...

Love your card, Wendy! Thanks for explaining how it "happened".
:) Marie

Krista said...

I love the way it looks. I never think about inking the folder.

Casandra Bennett said...

Very pretty. Interesting story behind your stunning card....

sandie said...

I think it is great when an idea takes a turn on you and you end up with something different and you still love it-this sure looks amazing to me!

Morgan Vogt said...

Gorgeous card! I love how you used the watercolors, and what fun to come up with your own technique while playing around!

Jenni's Jems said...

You had a very inky play :) and it turned out great! Love the inky embossing x

Ardyth said...

Love this - very artistic in feeling! Love the french die cut and the butterfly, too! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!

Neets B said...

I love your version of my card, I must try inking embossing folders and seeing what happens, I love how your card evolved.
Thanks for playing along at Muse this week, Anita x

Jen W. said...

Your card is a stunner and caught my eye in the Muse gallery right away! The embossing, the droplets, the gold splatter - all perfect!

Marilyn said...

Wendy, congratulations!

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