Thistle (?) Botanical Card

 Hey, all!  Finished a few more cards that I’ll be posting over the next day or so.  This one was created for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Beautiful Botanicals. I can’t decide if this stamp is thistles or clover of some type, but I really love the design and thought it would be perfect for this challenge. Here’s the finished card:


After stamping the image, I used some metallic markers to add the color, making short little strokes to keep a textured look.  I went back over some parts of the stamped portion with a black jelly pen because the markers covered the black ink. 

Next, I added some splatters using a black watercolor pen.  This didn’t work so well. Once dry the splatters looked pretty weak, so to jazz it up a bit I added some clear glitter.  I used a Zig glue pen to make some sweeping lines that went along side the curvy leaf things and then sprinkled on the glitter.  

After the glue was dry, I added some lavender gems and the sentiment, then attached it to a black card blank.

This card is so much prettier in person! The metallic sheen of the lavender and green, & the sparkle of the glitter, don’t show up that well.  I think some photography classes may be in order, lol. Oh, well. I’m really happy with it. 


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