Spring is in the Air for AVJ

Hello everyone, happy April with Spring well and truly in the air here in the Northern Hemisphere, and yes, that is the theme that we are having this month at A Vintage Journey, chosen by the lovely Sandy

I created a card for someone who has a Spring birthday and decided to take out my Tim Holtz Lady Rose stamp set for a play. I am sorry to say that I totally forgot to take step by step photos, so all I can do is show you a few close ups and explain more or less what I did.

I used a piece of Rangel speciality stamping paper and stamped one of the roses in Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and heat set it. I stamped it in several corners of my card and then inked around it with Tattered Rose and Bundled Sage Distress inks. I also did some further background text stamping in Hickory Smoke.

Next I did some crackle stamping in Library Green Archival Ink and then darkened the edges of my card with Peeled Paint DI.

The main rose stamp was stamped in Black Archival. I wished now I had chosen a lighter colour like Watering Can as it is too dark really, but hey ho, too late now. I coloured it with Inktense pencils and Distress Inks using a water brush to blend.

I found this little dove in my stash, I think it is a Kaiser Craft sticker, it seemed just the right size to fill in an empty space on the card and then I did some very subtle blending around it to add a bit of depth.

A couple of little punched butterflies, some twine and a little label, cut with the Sizzix/Tim Holtz tiny tabs and labels die and the word wish finishes it all off.

I matted it first of Kraft and then a white 7 x 7 card blank and it was done.

Well that's it from me for just now, I'll be back a bit later today with a project for Mixed Media Monthly, but meanwhile please do hop over to A Vintage Journey to see what my teamies have created, I promise you will not be disappointed!!