Poppies Card

For this card, I waned to ink up the poppies stamp from Unity’s Poppies and Love kit and see if I could channel the pretty paper from Prima’s, Pretty Pale, collection. I started by inking up the stamp and printing it on waterpaper (I actually trashed my first attempt at this). For the background, I then pulled stamps from the Bitty Backgrounds Kit, the 12/15 and the 2/13 KOTM’s. I stamped those and then colored all in using pencils. This is the paper and pad, I was channeling:

I decided to veer a little away from the original colors and used gray, tan, brown and black raspberry pencils. Once I was done, I ended up tearing the paper to give it a Vintage feel and inked up the sides. I then found odds and ends paper, (including a piece from the pad), to use as collage bits. I also unearthed a 30 year old paper, I don’t know what kind of paper, with fiber threads in it and tore some of that up to back the watercolor paper. I found a butterfly and cut out more butterflies with a punch to surround the flowers. I used the sentiment from the Hello It’s Me kit, which I must admit, I identify with. I first used the mini background stamp and then stamped the sentiment and inked the sides.

Hope you enjoy the vintage feel of this one. Till next time, happy crafting!