Wednesday's With Nature's Blessings Stamps - Dog's Tooth Violet

I wanted this week's card to be more rustic and work with mixed media.  I love the way this card turned out.  It is different than what I've been creating lately.  

This card uses some old patterned paper scraps.  I tore the top and side of the paper to reveal another patterned paper underneath that matches closely with the card base color.   I used my Simon Says Stamp dies to cut the greeting banner, and a Papertrey Ink die for the flower background piece.  

To create the flower, I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then used my Faber Castell watercolor crayons to color in the image.  I needed to add a couple of layers to deepen the color and give it the shaded effect.  I topped the image with Glossy Accents to deepen the colors and their shading.

I added some splotches of Mister Huey's (custard I believe), and some copper Stickles glitter glue here and there for little accents.  I stamped the greeting with a Studio Calico stamp (I think) and finished with a gorgeous olive colored silky ribbon.

 

Links:
Dog's Tooth Violet Stamp ($10.00)
Nature's Blessings Fine Rubber Art Stamps on Etsy