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Before my father passed away, he took a keen interest in botany. I'm not saying he went all out and had a green house or anything like that. But he did like to try growing things from seeds. Apple seeds, orange pips, a little maple, those sorts of things. I think he liked the feeling you get when you see something you have nurtured take form.
His favourite, though, were Amaryllis. He would get the package of bulbs and take such care in removing that dead skin that forms, and planting it, and watering it and watching it grow.
I got this stamp right before he passed away, and afterwards I could never really bring myself to use it. It hurt too much. Even now, as I'm writing the screen blurs from tears. I can't even explain how much I miss him. How much I hate that my girls probably won't remember him. Too much of a downer today? I'd apologize, but today it's about expressing the emotion behind the art.
To begin, I prepped to pieces of Bristol smooth cardstock with my powder tool and stamped the Amaryllis from Wplus9 in VersaMark ink on the smaller piece. I heat embossed with white powder and then stamped the Amaryllis greeting below and repeated the embossing.
I took the floral blossom and stamped that with VersaMark randomly on the larger piece to create my own patterned paper and heat embossed that with white powder as well.
I then used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to add a bit of colour and pulled it out with my size 4 Prisma waterbrush.
Once those were both dry, I popped the smaller panel up on foam tape and adhered it to the larger piece. Then I added a piece of green patterned paper behind that for a nice border and to tie the green from the leaves into the rest of the card.
Finally I mounted it all on to a standard A2 sized card base.
I hope you like today's card and are inspired to create something of your own. If you haven't already, please follow me over on the right side bar. You can also follow me over on Facebook. Toss me a line in the comments section below and let me know what you think.
This card if for:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
I truly love this card. The colours are soft and the background is just perfect.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, Trina! The flowers in the background are a nice touch with your main panel - thanks for playing along with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
ReplyDeleteLovely card, Trina! It caught my eye right away. I had forgotten what a lovely effect can be created with white heat embossing and coloring. Well done! My Grandfather loved Amaryllis as well. Every Christmas he took great pride in coaching the bulb to life. Thanks for sharing with us at Try Stampin' on Tuesday!!!
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