Good morning everyone. It’s Nadia here with you today.
Today I used the beautiful Ska Vi Ta En Fika collection to create a set of cards in a bit of a neutral tone just for a bit of a break from all the colour I have been experimenting with lately.
Here are my 2 cards.
I picked the darkest colour of the collection, which is almost a dark purple but appears even close to a grey in real life too. The dark base paper of my first card is the “Våffla m björnbärssylt” paper while the lighter heart paper of my second card is the “Plommonkaka” paper.
To start with I applied CLEAR gesso on both my cards because I wanted a non porous surface that still showed the background paper clearly.
Now I will show you some close ups of both the cards as I applied the same techniques to both…
I applied THICK white gesso down the center of both the cards in a T design. Once that dried up, I applied a few strips of contrasting paper in a + design together with some tissue paper.
I then stamped a number stamp on the background and I also stamped a circle stamp which I coloured in with Gelatos and Faber Castell Big Brush pens.
Then, as you can see in the image above, I layers some chipboard, mesh tape and die cuts on top of that.
I then added some Manor House Creations flowers on top and softened their look a bit by applying some silver ink on top of the black ones.
Lastly, I applied a a silver mist and a silver ink directly on the background to create some colour.
Materials List
Paper: Maja Design – Ska Vi Ta En Fika?“Våffla m björnbärssylt” , “Plommonkaka”
Flowers: Manor House Creations- Tea Roses Black , Apple Blossoms
Chipboard: Wycinanka
Die Cuts: Heidi Swapp
Stamp: Prima Marketing Stitch stamp – Circles , PaperArtsy Mini Stamp- Numbers
Tissue Paper: Tim Holtz
Ink: Ecoline – Black, Izink – Silver
Mist: Heidi Swapp – Tinsel
Other: Faber Castell Gelatos , Faber Castell Big Brush Pens
8 Comments
totally loving these, rich and vibrant x
Very, very beautiful creations!!!!!!
Gorgeous media cards!
Amazing cards Nadia! Love your work!
outstanding work on these! love the mixed media industrial look of both cards! awesome details and texture!
Just love the dark background with light embellishements on. So inspiring. The other one is gorgeous too.
dramatic and stunning
Lovely cards Nadia! Loving the textures!! amazing! xo