Now that is one easy challenge. I use those tabs all the time!!!
After reading your comments on favorite stamp sets, I was in the mood for using the Doodle this set. My blogging friend Ally doesn’t like the roundish flower in this set, so I decided to use it and hopefully show her that this flower can be pretty too.
I started with stamping three flowers in black on Cool Caribbean cardstock. I sprayed over the images with water and sloppily colored it with Cool Caribbean reinker and aqua painter. I then cut them out and added white highlights with the white gel pen.
Next I took a 2 1/4″ x 5″ strip of white cardstock and stamped the swirl stamp all over in black. I then colored those in with Celery reinker. The white paper was still a bit too white for me so I made my aqua painter really wet, added more celery reinker and flicked it’s brush over my finger to add speckles to the cardstock. I repeated the same with black ink. Yes…..my finger looks nasty now. But I was too lazy to get my Spritzer tool. I layered the stamped cardstock on a 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ piece of black cardstock.
I still had a cool caribbean trifold card base in my scrap pile. The cardstock for this measures 6 ” x 9 1/2″. It’s scored at 3″ and 6″. I stamped Paisley in Caribbean on the front panel. It still seemed like something was missing. I don’t know if you know that, but I am not really confident in my doodling. But I thought some black doodles around the main image would look good. The doodles from the set wouldn’t work because I wanted it to look like a border. So I took a DEEP breath and doodled away with my Pigma Mircon pen. I like how it came out.
The flowers are attached with dimensionals. Before taping the main image on to the front panel, I added celery cardstock on the bottom panel and stamped happy birthday on it from the Amazing To Zany set. I use that set all the time! LOVE it! To add just a little more black to the bottom piece, I used the dotted strip from All in a Row. Another set that is absolutely wonderful!
I stamped Congrats from the same set on a small piece of certainly celery cardstock and stamped the swirl stamp over both celery cardstock pieces. I taped the tab under the main image. A piece of white organdy ribbon ties the card shut. I placed the bow on the left hand side next to my Happy Birthday and then secured the ribbon by taping the main image over it.
I hope you like it. Ally? How about it? You still dislike this flower?
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.24 Responses to “Technique Challenge: Levy Tabs”
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I LOVE it! I’m with Alli, that round flower is not a favorite of mine. In fact, I’ve never used it because I just can’t figure out where it fits with any of my designs. Now, I’ll just have to break it out! The doodles around the edges are great too. I need to work on “doodle bravery” 😀
Susanna
Hee hee! I bow to your awesome talent, go read the comment I left on your Splitcoast gallery upload of this card. You’re right, you made the flower look really pretty, I think you got a different flower to me, bwahahahahahahahahaha!
My favorite bit, the row of dots and the happy birthday. I think the layout is fab too. But then you are my stamping hero, so I’m not surprised, you can make anything look amazing!
Love it! I’ve always liked the whole set. Love the colours and the card size!
Eye-popping gorgeous!! Love it!
I like this flower and what you did with it! Thanks for the inspirations!
i love love love this card! the color combo is great! you can make any “ugly” stamp look awesome~!!
I like this flower! It is sort of “whimsical!”
Oh my gosh! It is my birthday on the 28th! Can I have it! LOL! You are the best!!!!! Ausgezeichnet!
Becky
This is my fave set and I love the flower! You did an amazing card (as usual)! Thanks for sharing! Alex
Super gorgeous Beate! How could your friend not love the round flower after seeing this card. Your card rocks in Carribean!
TFS!
Linda
very pretty Beate! I just had to tell you, thanks to your enabling, I just purchased the pollen dust set by Fancy Pants! Oh I have been drooling ever since you posted a few with it! Thanks!
This is gorgeous, I love all the detail.
BEAUTIFUL card! Love the colors you chose and well, just everything!
This is so pretty! I’ve been wondering what to do with the small flower as well – it’s just not my favorite. I love the accents with the white gel pen. I forget how cool it is!!!
Honestly, I think you could make dirt look awesome by putting it on a card!!!! Your eye for color and design are amazing!
HUGS
Love the Doodles! Cute card design!
How fab! You are awesome!
Oh, this is fabulous Beate!!!!! I love these long cards and you handdrawn doodles are divine!!!!! 😉
A Beauty of a card, The doodles are great! I too am afraid to hand doodle but, it looks like you should have no fears this is really cute!
Very pretty! I am soooo gonna miss that color.
This is such a pretty Card Beate! I just love it! TFS
SPLENDID, as is everything you do!!!!! Your doodling is fab also, TFS.
Oh I love this card. Great colors and the lay-out is just super. I might just have to CASE it… :o)TFS!
I love this card, the layout is gorgeous and you’ve picked fabulous colours.