Heartfelt Thanks
Hi readers! Happy Sunday! Please join me in welcoming first time guest designer Heather Telford! I hope you will join me in giving her a BIG & warm Simon welcome, by commenting on this post and thanking her for this fabulous inspiration today!
I’m so fortunate to have such wonderful people in my life that I find myself frequently needing a thank you card. I love this design and technique by Heather and might just have to give it a go!
Read on to learn the technique & enjoy!
I started by inking the “Fronds” background stamp with distress stains, spritzed it lightly with water then lay my white panel on top of the stamp. Once the panel was dry I added some text using a stamp from the “Love Chapter” set. I sponged some soft color onto the panel with distress ink. Finally I flicked some distress stains over the panel for a splatter effect.
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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Heather for being our guest!
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This is very nice. I like the use of both the positive and negative of the die.
Great card love the background.
Awesome! I love the colors you picked, this background turned out perfect!
Love this idea and the card!
Have followed Heather’s blog and Pinterest board for quite a while. Love her work with watercolors and distress inks. The colors, movement on this card and unique treatment of the bird die are so different! So glad that Heather’s work is being shared on the SSS blog so others can enjoy it also.
WOW – what an exciting technique – BEAUTIFUL and no two cards would ever be the same!!! THANK YOU for sharing your creative inspiration Heather!!!
… I am feeling so happy and lucky today – my WONDERFUL husband surprised me with a gratitude card today, OK, it was store bought but it was so thoughtful and FILLED with LOVE!!!
=> you have BOTH inspired me to make more thank you cards because now I know just how much they are appreciated :)
I absolutely love Heather’s creations. I have followed her for a while and think you should have her back regularly. I especially love her watercolor cards. I will have to try this one out.
I like techniques like this, thanks for posting this. Wonder if it would work as well with Distress inks instead of Distress stains.
This is a cards that I want to create. The results were so unique and beautiful.
Fabulous card! I visit Heather’s blog to see what she is creating and enjoy it.
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This is gorgeous. I really love the negative/positive die-cutting technique and will be trying that.
Love the beautiful background, and the clever use of positive and negative die cut shapes!
Love how she did the card. The negative and positive works well. She makes wonderful cards.
Thanks for the instructions on making two different versions of the bird. the card is so pretty.
Really love how the negative bird just pops off the multi-colored background. Lovely card.
Super card with this technique! Stunning effect!
Oh I love that die cut! Fun background too!
Heather’s work is stunning, each project is an art piece to admire. Thanks for showcasing her amazing ability to transform stamps and ink into fabulous inspiration for all to enjoy:-)
Love the background you created!
Beautiful card and beautiful technique! Thanks for the inspiration!
beautiful love the technique and the results are awesome love greenish/teal/blue mixed congrats
Nice Heather! Love your color scheme and the elegance of this card.
Heather, what a gorgeous card! Love the colors you used!
I love the background, and the stark white through the negative die space is great. I’ve never though to put the positive on the same card though… It looks awesome!
love this card, very tropical
Gorgeous card, just love these colors, Great technique.
Great Technique !!! I like the use of both the positive and negative of the die.
It´s time to say Thank you …. for your Inspiration
CU hellerlittle
what a beautiful card and lovely technique! thanks for sharing-must try now…
So gorgeous and inspiring. Thanks for sharing!!!
This is really beautiful! I love the watercolored fronds and that sweet bird.
Lovely card! The background is so pretty!
I love the background with all those gorgeous fronds. Fabulous color. So neat how you split the panel and used both neg and pos. Thanks so much for sharing with us!!!
Beautiful card made with an uber cool technique!! Awesome!!
Oh my goodness – this is gorgeous! I am a huge Heather fan and subscribe to her blog and so came from there to see and pin and drool over this awesome card.
Wow! This is so lovely. I love the water color look of it. Clever use of the die, too!
Wow Heather I love everything about your card – the colors, the techniques the choice of stamps and die, and esp. use the positive & negative of the bird! I have some distress stains, but rarely use them, thanks for the inspiration.
Lovely background, great technique. Thanks for sharing.!
Wow, this looks gorgeous!!
Beautiful card, that background is really gorgeous!
I had to do a double take, this card is definitely different – I love it!
Heather Telford cannot be beat as an artist, designer, and teacher. Her techniques always result in beautiful cards. I’m glad to see her on this blog! This is a great use of distress inks.
what a really neat look to this card! will have to give this technique a try. it might just be something I can pull off. ;)
Such a pretty card, Heather! I love how you’ve used the die here, both for the negative space and the embellishment. Lovely!
What an interesting technique… quite easy and unexpected.
Great background
Love the idea of using the positive and negative of the die on the same card!
It is so helpful to see something done with Distress Stains. I have a large number of them but never know what exactly to do with them. Now I am inspired! THANKS!! What a beautiful card!
Great card and great techniques! TFS ;-)
Fab technique! Must give this a try. Thanks for inspiring!
Beautiful card.