The Card Concept Challenge #195

As usual with every second challenge, this week The Card Concept offers two inspiration pics for you to choose from as a jump start for creativity. Here are Floral Spring and Garden Birds.

  

As I adore having birds in my garden, it wasn't difficult to chose that option as the inspiration for my mixed media card.

Once I'd chosen all the bits and pieces I was planning to use, I began with blending some oxide inks on my background and added a few water splatters. Next I applied the rub on flowers, die cut birdhouse and fence before adding the quote chip, small bird and extra flowers. Lastly came the bird in flight and some white paint splatters before everything was mounted on my card base.

Materials used:

• card - basic white, boho blue (Stampin' Up)
• Tim Holtz products - oxide inks in shabby shutters, bundled sage, speckled egg; Quote Chips - Labels; picket fence distress paint
• Stamperia Welcome Home collection - rub ons, ephemera
• other - blending brushes, rub on tool, paint brush, craft foam, Dimensionals, water spritzer

I hope you'll be inspired to create with our mood boards and share in our gallery. Do visit The Card Concept blog to see more samples made by my team mates, and thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

The Card Concept - Make It Masculine

Welcome to another inspiration challenge with The Card Concept. We've a great pic for our Make it Masculine challenge:

I used the great outdoors theme as inspiration for my 3D mixed media card.

The green area underneath is just for props, it's not part of the card. For delivering this I would make a box to fit. I did think about just making a 2D cabin but once I'd made this one up it was way too cute not to use! Lol. 

There are a few layers of trees to get that real 'in the middle of the forest' feel. The back of the card is plain for writing the greeting. 

Materials used:

• card - watercolour, crumb cake, balmy blue, vellum, mossy meadow
• distress inks/oxides - hickory smoke, frayed burlap, walnut stain, peeled paint, rustic wilderness, iced spruce
• Tim Holtz products - Mountain top dies, Tall Pines dies, Paper Village 1&2  dies, mini lumber 3D embossing folder, Quote chips
• other - Dimensionals, Card Stacks Base (Concord & 9th), sponge dauber, heat tool, water spritzer, splat box, wooden accessories, crumb cake ink, linen thread

There's plenty more to see over on The Card Concept blog to help get your creative juices flowing and as always, we'd love to see your make in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry