One of my favorite shopping scores during my Sisters' Weekend in Kansas City was finding several deeply discounted packages of Tim Holtz Grungeboard at the Tuesday Morning store … which were so timely for this week's Compendium of Curiosities Challenge … Grungepaper Flowers.
I also found a very inexpensive French Dictionary at the used book store on our trip, so I started by adhering a page from the dictionary to the grungeboard using gel medium. Next I used the Tattered Florals die cut to cut out my texty blooms.
I inked the flowers with a variety of inks including Chipped Saphhire, Scattered Straw, and Dried Marigold Distress inks. After several failed attempts at adhering my curled floral layers together (it probably would have worked better if I'd waited until tomorrow when everything was completely dry), I finally resorted to E6000 Industrial Strength adhesive, which worked like a charm.
The sketch is this week's 2 Sketches 4 You. Papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle Autumn Bliss & 7 Gypsies Avignon (love how well they work together) and sentiment is an SRM Sticker. I embossed the navy cardstock with part of a flourish from the Love is in the Air embossing folder set.
This is one technique I'll definitely be revisiting … so many possibilities and I love the dimension.
What a great card! I love the flower you created! Sounds like a great score you made, so jealous! Thanks for playing along with us this week at 2S4Y!!
so vibrant and colorful! don’t you just love finding sales on Tims goodoes!!!
Love the card, had some trouble getting my paper to stick too….
Beautiful, I love the rich colors 🙂
Thanks for playing at 2S4Y!
Laura
GORGEOUS work, Steph! That flower couldn’t be prettier if it tried, and the French dictionary made for a really cool way to decorate it. Gorgeous colors, too, and the sketch you used is great– it’s a lovely, beautifully laid-out design.
Isn’t that Grungeboard deal at Tuesday Morning AWESOME! They have a store just a few blocks from my house, and I’ve enjoyed scoring those fab deals on Tim stuff there!
Love the color and patterns on this – very pretty!
love love this card…. the colors compliment so well… wonderful 🙂
Such a wonderful card! Love your grungeflower and the color combinations are fabulous!
GORGEOUS! Love those colors!
What a beautiful card! I love the bold colors and the flower is so pretty! With your talent you really should consider entering the challenges over at Papercraft Star http://www.papercraftstar.blogspot.com they are offering a lot of prizes right now too! Oh and they post all of their challenges weeks in advance to give crafters a head start!
Regan