Painting Penny Black

I was asked to fulfill a very tall order in making a special card. Trust me, when I was informed of the recipient, I scratched my entire creative brain to come up with a card worthy of giving to her. All I knew was that I was using:

1- something floral from Penny Black

2- purple and red to color the flowers

3- something with shimmer/sparkle

Here's the end product and I am totally pleased with this card :)

What made this card so special in the end:

1. Ink smooshing for the win! I love this technique for backgrounds :) I used Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays in Luminous Lemon (no shimmer) and Bling-y Blonde (shimmer).
2. The Izink pigment inks- they provide great coverage (colored over the yellow) and they have a beautiful shimmer.
3. I created dimension by stamping and coloring a few extra blossoms and leaves to pop up with foam tape.
4. The added touches of white gel pen to the blossoms and leaves, the splatters (of course I couldn't resist), and the text stamping in the background (added it at the end actually).

I can't wait to hear how it went over! Thanks for stopping by and looking in on this card :)

xoxo Deidre

Flower Power

I'm back at it again with a specially requested card!

You have to love a request from a guy to make a card for

a special young lady :) Here were his responses to my 

normal Q&A when I'm asked to make a card:

Her favorite color? I have no idea

Girly girl, tomboy, good mix? Ummm, not really girly girl.

Symbols of love on the card? Not too many, but some hearts.

Anything special you want? Nope, just whatever you come up with.

Look at these images and point out what strikes you the most: All of them.

How old is she turning? 21 {yes a real answer lol}

So here was my final mixed media birthday card :)