Saturday, 8 March 2025

Ferns and mushrooms

 


Hi everyone,
it's hubby's birthday today and this is the card I whipped up for him!

He's a gardener and loves mushrooms, so these new to me dies from Hero Arts seemed perfect.

I started by spritzing some distress spray stain in bundled sage, iced spruce and antique linen on some card.
Next I embossed it with a 3D fern folder, realized I had debossed instead of embossed so put it through again! Then I highlighted the texture with a white pigment ink pad and added some evergreen bough distress ink around the edges.

It looked a bit murky so I sprayed on some gold shimmer spray to lighten things up!
The ferns and shrooms are diecut from some scraps leftover from a Lindy's magical background.

I'm linking up to some challenges:


Dragonfly Dreams, gardening

Mix it Up Challenge, playing along with the optional layers theme

Simon Says Stamp Monday, favourite technique
dry embossing again.

Unicorn Challenge, Boys / Men

Supplies:
Dies: Hero Arts mushroom and ferns fancy dies: Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle; Memory Box parker numbers; Creative Expressions stacked happy birthday
Other: distress spray stains and ink; white pigment ink; 3D fern embossing folder; black glossy card stock; Lindys magicals; gold shimmer spray.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

2 comments:

Cardsbymaaike said...

Very cool, love the ferns, thank you for playing at the AAA Birthday Card Challenges

corysnana said...

Love the way you have combined the challenges for your gardener's birthday! Love the ferns and mushrooms. Thanks for sharing your card in our "Gardening" Theme challnege at Dragonfly Dreams! Cathy