Razzleberry Medallion Birthday

I had a go at vintagey stamping a few weeks ago for my mum's birthday. I decided to sponge the colour on the medallion stamp rather than inking it up with markers or inkpads, I think it gives a nice soft edge to the colour transitions.
I used En Francais for the background, but what I did before stamping was rub some scrap paper over some of the stamp to remove the ink. Then I stamped half the card and without reinking stamped the other half, that way it seems to fade as it goes across the page. Then I added some sponging since a vintage card isn't complete without sponging...
The butterfly is stamped twice in elegant eggplant, once on the card and once on elegant eggplant which I cut out added some dazzling diamonds and crystal effects to make the butterfly nice and blingy. The sentiment is silver embossed using Teeny Tiny Sentiments.
Stamps: Medallion, En Francais, All a Flutter
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Elegant Eggplant, Versamark
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Accessories:Silver EDP, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Silver Brads, Spong Daubers.

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Let's Celebrate!

This is another card from our little "minicon" and the card I made for my mum's birthday. I have watercoloured the flowers using Markers & Aquapainters, which I really do think is my favourite watercolouring method. I actually coloured the image twice and cut the flowers out to pop them up against the pot.
Stamps: On Your Birthday, Bloomin' With Happiness, En Francais
Ink: Stazon, Versamark
Watercolouring: Markers with Aquapainters; Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Lavender Lace, Pale Plum, Elegant Eggplant
Cardstock: Pale Plum, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Styled Silver Hodgepodge, Elegant Eggplant 1/4" Grosgrain, White EDP

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould