After Rain, Quotation Card no. #1 (Fairy Tale Challenge #142)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today a new challenge started at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

The theme for this fortnight is #142, Foto Bingo / Photo Bingo.

This time our lucky winner will win this adorable mini stamp set.

For this challenge I made this After Rain, Quotation Card. It's a decoration with a magnetic sheet on back.  I like this so much, I'll definitely make more of them. :o)

First idea was to make a greeting card. More I worked on it, less I wanted it to be the greeting card. :o)

I cut a white watercolor paper panel and typed quotation on a typewriter.

Images are layered. I stamped boots from Jane's Doodles 'Rain or Shine' stamp set and a bird from Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set directly on the panel and once more on a piece of watercolor paper. Then I colored images in watercolor technique using Distress Inks.

While images were drying, I colored a background in watercolor technique using Distress Ink. I added several layers of color and dried them between. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered whole panel (with water, distress ink and white acrylic paint). 

Then I drew double line frame with fine black pen (0.4 mm), fussy cut colored images, colored edges with a black marker and glued them over stamped images on the panel. I added white highlights and the panel was finished.

At this point, my honey and I together decided we want to keep this for ourselves. :o)

I cut a rectangle cardstock base. This a recycled item. I cut it out from s watercolor paper pad package. I rarely throw away cardstock and try to reuse it for new projects or as a crafting mat. :o)

I colored the cardstock base with white acrylic paint and after it was dry I glued the panel on it. At the end I glued whole card on a magnetic sheet, cut it out and my quotation card /magnet was finished.

Dimensions:  88 mm x 126 mm (3 1/2" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Rain or Shine' Stamp Set
• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' Stamp Set
• white watercolor paper
• cardstock (recycled item: I used a back side of watercolor paper pad)
• magnetic sheet
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Blueprint Sketch
• Stabilo Pen (Marker) Black 68/46
• Stabilo Pen Black 88/46, fine 0.4 mm
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• UNIS tbm de Luxe Typewriter
• MS scoring board
• Sigma Rotary Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine brush no. 0
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #6
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #10
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• water
• paper towels

I hope you liked my project for this fortnight and got inspired. Stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous creations my Design Team Mates and our Guest Designers made for this challenge. Do join us, we can't wait to see your projects. :o)

I am entering my project to: 
Noor! Design U.K., April Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Crafty Milka