This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge comes from the amazing store of Stiletto Heights. I seriously got lost for a long time just admiring all of the fabulous art she has created.
Artist Jennifer Gordon describes herself as a mixed media collage artist who is far more Kate Hepburn than Audrey Hepburn. Stiletto Heights is offering a 20% discount to any participants/readers/lurkers. Use Inspired20 in the "Note to Seller" box and wait for your new invoice to pay.
I chose this stunning piece called Perhaps to inspire my design.
I started with a piece of plain newsprint as my palette. I inked Hero Arts Old French Writing (H2365) and part of Postage Background (S5061) with Art Print Brown ink, stamping off once before stamping several times on the newsprint background.
Next I inked the Hero Arts Dogwood with Art Print Brown Ink, stamped off once & then re-inked with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink to get the shade I wanted. I inked a small sponge with Worn Lipstick and sponged more color onto the flower petals.
I folded the newsprint several times & inked the creases while it was folded. I also sponged more ink around the edges to frame the design.
I finished with a sentiment from Hero Arts Card Messages stamped in Art Print Brown & mounted the image on a square of brown cardstock.
This card also works for the Give Thanks challenge at Simon Says Stamps & the Stamp Simply Challenge to Count Your Blessings (I think single layer cards with lots of messy over stamping are some of the most simple to make … the inking and distressing hides a magnitude of errors). This card was send to my brother & his family who are one of the biggest blessings in my life.
The sponsor of this week's Challenge is Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. One lucky winner will get a $15 store credit to do some fun stamp shopping.
Another lucky winner will get 2 prints of their choice from Stiletto Heights.
Make sure you stop by the other Design Team Member blogs to check out their inspired creations & use keyword EIC111 if you upload to a gallery:
Rebecca (October Guest Designer)
STUNNING card, Stephanie! I love the mix of stamps and colors! I think this is my absolute favorite!
Just the most beautiful take on the inspirational piece Steff. I really was taken with your rendering.
GORGEOUS Stephanie! Love the collage design and the colors are just gorgeous!
Your card is just stunning and so inspiring. WOW!
This is so so pretty! I love the colors and the repeated use of the dogwood flowers! I love all the inking and the collage stamping! Really pretty, Stephanie!
Wow…a perfect translation of the inspiration piece! Beautiful job with the inking and stamping!
OOOohhh—thank you sooo much for sharing pics of all those fabulous stamping and scrapping stores!! They’re so HUGE and amazing!!
Your card is a BEAUTIFUL take on the inspiration piece! Your layout and perfect inking are superb. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your stamping technique with the background stamp! GORGEOUS GORGEOUS card
Your interpretation of the inspiration piece is nothing short of fabulous! Love that you used newsprint — it was perfect for this design!
Stef, this is a FABULOUS interpretation of that neat piece of art. I just love it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE your card! Its absolutely inspiring 🙂 I need to try my hand at using newsprint! And I love the red flowers, its visually stunning against your background!
this is gorgeous!
Gorgeous!! Love all the stamped layers.
OH MY GOOOOODENSS! Get out–this is the most beautiful card EVER! I loooooove the layers and the colors! You rocked this challenge, Steph! And congrats on being mentioned over on the HA twitter:) LOVE IT!!
So beautiful! I love the colors and the vintage look!!
Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!
-Sarah