Blossom Avenue Newsprint Florals

I like to make lots of Mother's Day cards to send to all of the amazing mothers in my life (and non-mothers who stepped into mother-like roles), so I usually look for an idea that I can mass produce, but still have enough variance to keep me interested.  I found it by combining Unity Stamp Company Newsprint Floral Greetings with Unity Stamp Company gorgeous Blossom Avenue Papers.

I stamped the Newsprint Floral image in Versafine Claire Nocturne ink on five different Blossom Avenue Papers and clear embossed.  Next I smooshed several colors of ink onto my glass matt, sprayed with water, picked-up the ink with a transparency and used ink-smooshing to color in the stamped flowers.

For the first one I used two different shades of yellow Distress Ink, which I thought worked well with the green in the paper.

 

Since I don't have a Unity Stamp Company Mother's Day sentiment, I used the You Are Amazing Sentiment from the Newsprint Floral Greetings stamped on light ivory cardstock.

 

 

I added a thin black mat before positioning the panel on a sweet corn cardstock card base.  I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says: Make Your Own Background Challenge.

 

 

I did the same technique using Catherine Pooler inks as well.

 

 

I just love the messy painted look from ink smooshing.  I'm linking this up at A Place to Start Challenge to Add one or more Flowers.

 

 

The technique even worked on the heavy floral paper.

 

For one of the more neutral papers, I used two shades of orange.

 

 

I really like the combination of colors.

 

 

I did one more on a heavier floral paper.

 

 

This one took some inspiration from the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.

 

 

I really love how they all turned out.  Can't wait to get them in the mail.