Painted Snowdrops

Hi everybody.  Unfortunately I have been quite busy with other things recently and have been remiss in not getting to comment or put anything up, but I am back showing this card with snowdrops using a Chocolate Baroque Stamp from way back and which I haven't used at all before I think as when I was a guest designer I was sent quite a few stamps each month and didn't always get around to using them all.  I also used a NBUS Spellbinders Embossing Folder called Autumn Chevron, and I cut the frame around the flowers using a stitched die I got a few years ago from The Works.

I started with the snowdrops and stamped them with Versafine Smokey Gray Ink onto grey card, and I decided to use the acrylic paint technique I used for this card here, and also this card here.  I coloured the snowdrops with a couple of greens and then white on the flowers.  I did use a very small amount of water as the lines were rather thin on the foliage and it was easier to spread the paint.  I then shaded the little centres of two of the flowers.  With this technique you paint over the lines and when the paint is dry you restamp..obviously you do need a stamp positioner as you leave the stamp in it so that you can place the card back into a corner and get it to match exactly.  I decided with the restamping to use Versafine Clair Nocturne ink to get a nice strong outline.  I then used the shaped die to cut it out to make it more interesting.  I finished the card by cutting the Chevron EF from white card and cut it to fit this 5" x 7" card and I took the whiteness off it with a little added Tumbled Glass Distress Ink applied with a brush, and I also added the birthday sentiment again using the Nocturne Ink and heat embossed with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder and cut it into a fishtail banner shape.  

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I'll see you again soon.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

We Love Stamping Challenge - Feb. '26 Hearts/Anything Goes.

Stamping Sensations Challenge - Feb. '26 Favourite Stamps/Anything Goes.

Allsorts Challenge - No. 843 Embossing/Anything Goes.

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge - No. 511 Make Your Mark.

Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge - Anything Using Embossing Goes/With Die Cuts.

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Floral Goes/Mood Board No. 38.

Triple B Challenge - Feb. 26 Using Birds, Butterflies and Blooms (one, two or all three).