In the Garden

Welcome to this weeks challenge at

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

This weeks theme chosen by fellow teamy and very talented Helen is

In The Garden

This weeks sponsor is The Stamping Boutique

and the prize is 5 Digi's of your choice.

I've done two simple cards for the challenge this week.

I've been playing with Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks.

I've made the backgrounds by swirling the inks and blending solution on to the coated card stock. Then I have just stamped an image using Stazon black ink into the bac ground. The same image has been stamped onto the corner of the base card in Distress ink Pumice stone and the sentiment has been done in the same colour.Then it's all layered up onto a complimentary cardstock.

This has been done the same way as the previous card except that instead of stamping on the base card I have added a punched border using a Marcha Stewart border punch. Because this stamped image is more of a reverse image, (the ink sticks to the background and the flowers are clear) the background looks black and the alcohol ink colours the flowers. Same technique but two differnt looks.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Peachy Keen Stamps - Anything Goes

Rainbow Lady - Let's Get Inky

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenge - Distressing
Paper Take Weekly - In the Garden
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Creations - In the Garden
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes