Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #436

Hi Crafty Friends! It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! For the next fortnight, our challenge will be

Make Your Mark challenges mean using paint, ink, markers, colored pencils, pastels - anything that makes a mark! Here's my card

I started this card by inking up some 140 lb Strathmore watercolour paper with Zig Clean Color Real Markers - Orange, Pink, Red. I scribbled the colours randomly on the watercolour paper and then spritzed generously with water so that the colours blended. I let the watercolour paper dry naturally. It ended up a bit warped so I placed it under some heavy books and that flattened it out quite nicely. I then die cut the watercolour paper with Simon Says STAMP's Butterfly Tendrils die. I felt that the colours would pop best o a black background. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Furry Cat and Box stamp set and WOW's Rose Gold embossing powder on black cardstock. I used a Sizzix circle die to die cut the sentiment. To make the sentiment circle pop against the black background, I die cut a scrap of white cardstock with a Spellbinders Scalloped Circle Small Die as used it as a thin white scalloped background for the sentiment circle. I liked the way the thin scalloped circle looked behind the sentiment circle so I decided to trim down the panel that the die cuts were going to be attached to and cut a white rectangle, to create a thin white border. I adhered the elements to the central black panel, which was glued to the white rectangle, which in turn was adhered to a black A2 card panel. As a final step, the black A2 card panel was glued to a white A2 card base. 

We'd love to see how you make your mark this fortnight. Please add your creations to our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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