This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge site was suggested by Jenna Barber who thought Wild Wings was filled with inspiration possibilities. I fell in love with this Cosmopolitan Area Rug ... the pattern reminded me of some new Basic Grey Hero Arts Sweet Threads stamps that had arrived in the mail this week, so I was happy to ink them up.
I also loved the color palette, so I tried to stay true. I started with a brown cardstock background that I stamped multiple times with Hero Arts Envelope Pattern in Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink to add a bit of interest.
I stamped the open flower multiple times in Versamark on a dark ivory cardstock & clear embossed. I cut the flowers into the shapes on the rug, and added distress ink (Brushed Corduroy, Rusty Hinge & Spiced Marmalade) to create a resist on all but the ivory, which I left plain. This makes this card perfect for The Stamp Man Challenge to use a resist technique in your design.
After assembling my card, I stamped the Hero Arts Today & Always birthday sentiment in dark brown and attached the sentiment piece with foam tape for a little dimension. Even though the underlying design is a flower, I think this card would work great for a masculine birthday.
I hope you find Inspiration.
Wow, what a gorgeous card!! TFS ;-)
Posted by: diana | April 30, 2011 at 10:55 AM
Great card! I like that rug, too. :)
Posted by: Miss Iowa | April 30, 2011 at 01:02 PM
I LOVE this! Wish I had this rug, too :))
Posted by: Lin | April 30, 2011 at 02:04 PM
A very clever card, love it
hUgS MiNxY
Posted by: Minxy | May 03, 2011 at 12:48 PM
Lovely! Fabulous colour combination. Thanks for joining us at The Stamp Man challenge.
Posted by: Lisa Sparkle | May 04, 2011 at 06:52 AM