Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Create Along With Us: August 2015

Hello friends.  Playing along with PTI's Create Along With Us this week, where we take a card that really inspires us from one of the design team members, and try to re-create it with stamps we have on hand. Nichole's Fall leaf card really blew me away this week, and here's what I came up with:

  
I did the same as Nichole by creating a leaf stencil to use first, and then I went a "slightly" different route than Nichole.  I used Versamark and the small flower center from Funky Florals, and stamped all along the insides of my stencil.  Next I used some sponge daubers and Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Canyon Clay, Harvest Gold, & Summer Sunrise inks, and rubbed on the color until you could see the design come through.   If you click to enlarge the photo, you can see it even better.  Here's a closer up shot too:

 

I hadn't used the resist technique in quite awhile, so it was fun to see the "magic" appear!  I finished my card with a sentiment from Mum's The Word and some baker's twine.  And here's Nichole's card that inspired me:

Grateful That You're Mine Card

Isn't Nichole's a beauty with just the simple stamping inside the stencil of the leaves?  Love it!! :0)

If you'd like to learn more about this challenge and play along, you can find all the information right HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do! :0)

14 comments:

Marybeth said...

Amazing look with the versamark , Marcia! Love the bright fall colors you used .

Linda said...

Beautiful fall colors, Marcia. Such a great take on Nicole's card.

Birgit said...

Marcia, this is just beautiful with the embossing resist technique! I love how the pattern shines through your blended colors. A perfect start to fall card making!

The Paper Toile said...

Gorgeous colors! I love the little burst of pattern throughout!

Diana K said...

Love this gorgeous card, Marcia, and such a cool technique. So you just stamp with Versamark ink and then sponge on colours? You don't first have to heat set the Versamark? The Versamark glue doesn't get smudged? Can you tell I've never done this technique :)

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Simply gorgeous Marcia! The results are amazing. I've never tried this technique either...

Colleen said...

Fantastic card, Marcia!! Great take on Nichole's card!!

Joyously Noelle said...

Oh my what a beautiful card! It's so fun to see how you used the inspiration card =) Did you have to emboss the versamark? or just left it plain and added color on top? I'll have to try this out =)

Nancy Penir said...

Just look at that glow! Wow and wow, Marcia! Great minds thinking alike look mighty good at your end! And this is a technique I have to attempt. Gorgeous texture!

Kara Lynne said...

What a gorgeous pattern you created! Just gorgeous!

Kathryn A said...

Oh, Marcia! Love those brightly coloured leaves! Wonderful fall card! Looks like we got inspiration from the same card(s) ;)

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Gorgeous leaves in such lovely colors and design!

Diana K said...

Marcia, I'm leaving another comment because I really am curious about this technique. I think you'll need to do a Make It Monday tutorial for us :)

Sue said...

How cool this turned out! I love it! Great fall card!