Woodware Countryside Stems Birthday

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Sharing another card made with some more of my new purchases, another set of Woodware stamps by Jane Gill, this has five single countryside stems plus a sentiment.  It's great the stylised stems are all separate, makes layout placement totally your choice and the open outlines ideal for extra doodling or zentangle ... one day I'll try that.


I started with a Distress Oxide background using picked raspberry, cracked pistacio & spiced marmalade inks added direct to watercolour card with a blending tool before spritzing with water and leaving to dry naturally.  Once the stems were stamped & embossed I've added more colour direct from the ink pads with a water brush to highlight some of the open outlines.

A pretty stitched scalloped aperture was die cut from plain card and mounted over the top.  Added three thin strips of leftover background to the top corner and a hand cut sentiment white embossed on black card with three little coloured dots to add to the flow of the layout.

I've used - 5x7 tent fold card base
Distress Oxide Inks on Watercolour Card
Woodware JGS559 Countryside Stems stamp set
Creative Expressions Coconut White Foundations Card
Unbranded aperture die

Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x

Comments

  1. ClurTuesday, 22 January, 2019

    Gorgeous card Steph! Clur x

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    1. StephWTuesday, 22 January, 2019

      Hi Clur, thank you so much for popping by, lovely to see you ... Steph x

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  2. Chantell RandallWednesday, 23 January, 2019

    I really love the colours is you circle panel. The colours are really pretty and delicate. Chantell Just Add Ink

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  3. Nikki SpencerThursday, 24 January, 2019

    That background is stunning! Beautiful card, love the white space and pop of colour. Thanks for sharing at Just Add Ink.

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  4. My Kraftie HavenTuesday, 29 January, 2019

    Wow! love this card
    Florence.,x

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  5. EmmaTThursday, 31 January, 2019

    Gorgeous card, love the layout. Emmax

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