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Friday, May 20, 2016

Pure Iris.....

Hello dear friends: I recently purchased two Penny Black stamps after seeing THIS VIDEO by Virginia Lu, one was the "Gentle Whisper" that I used to make THIS CARD  and the other one is called "Pure Iris" which I bought because it's just so beautiful. I follow Virginia's technique just like with my first card, I was totally blown away by how easy this was. Here is my card.


Now, I saw THIS OTHER VIDEO by The Frugal Crafter in which she uses, of all things, Crayola markers to color her cards.  When I first saw this video I thought this was not possible, after all, Crayola stuff is for, ehmm, kids.....but, having the inquiring mind that I have, always trying stuff at least once to see if it works,  I said, what the heck, right? I need to see if this is for real so, I went into the kitchen to the drawer where I keep paper and pencils, crayons, markers, scissors, etc. for my youngest grandchildren when they are here and found a plastic bag with about 20 markers still in ok condition so, I took it to my craft room and well.....the result really surprised me. The markers were a bit dry but, since you have to spray the stamp with water, it really didn't matter to much, I did have to stamp the image 2 or 3 times, specially the leaves but, all things considered, this came out really nice.
Ok, the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Simply Camelias, here is a look at the inside of my card.

The sentiment is from a retired Flourishes set called "Tulips for Friends" and the bunch of Irises from another retired Flourishes set called "A Year of Flowers 2". I inked up this stamps with the same markers.
I'm submitting this card to the following challenges.
Time Out Challenge, CAS with the optional twist of PURPLE to wish Sandy a Happy Birthday.
Addicted to Stamps and More CAS challenge #194.
And the Freshly Made Sketches #273

Freshly Made Sketches 237
Thank you for stopping by today, until next time, happy stamping.
Hugs from Maria.
This are the retired stamps I used.




15 comments:

sandie said...

I love this arty look, really stunning. Thanks for joining my party x

Patti Willey said...

Beautiful Iris! I look forward to seeing it inked in all sorts of mediums! Gorgeous purple from the Crayola Marker!

Jill V said...

Such a pretty iris - I can't believe you created that with Crayolas! Beautiful! Thanks so much for playing along with Sandie's birthday party at Time Out! Jill

A splash of color said...

Beautiful job and I enjoyed watching the video thanks for including it..

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Sandy and again, Happy Birthday to you!!
Love this stamps, they really have a very artsy look.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Patti, the markers are kind of old but I was surprised they still worked well, I was very happy to see this gorgeous purple color on this flower.
Crayola markers, who would've thought!!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Jill, I was so happily surprised to see this happening before my very eyes. Great idea from the Frugal Crafter.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you for stopping by, the video is really so helpful.

Linda Callahan said...

That iris is lovely! Beautiful spring card! So glad you shared it at FMS!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Linda, it was fun to make and the sketch was perfect for it.

TaeEun said...

Beautiful iris! I love this kind of stamps from Penny Black too! I should try crayola markers on my cards, I have tons of them all around the house :)!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you for stopping by TaeEun, I was so surprised this very economical markers worked so well.

Amy O said...

How beautiful! I love irises, and this one is beautifully colored. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Jen Timko said...

Elegant and oh so lovely! What a soft and delicate look! Glad you joined us this week at FMS!

Unknown said...

Such a gorgeous card and colouring on your purple flower! Thank you for joining us at ATSM!
Kamila DT