Lilac Card by Young Guest Designer Brennan Keane

Today we a special guest post to share. We featuring the work of the young Brennan Keane! Brennan is a big fan of creating cards featuring flowers and we are enjoying all his lovely floral cards over on instagram at bkd_creations! Today we are excited to share a card he created especially for our blog! Keep reading on to view his lovely project today!

Hello everyone!
My name is Brennan Keane and I am a fifteen year old crafter from Boston. I have been a paper crafter for three years now and stamping for two! I first got into this craft obsession when I discovered the electronic die cutting machine. Then I got into stamping and one of the first companies I discovered Newton’s Nook Designs! One of my favorite stamps has been their Lilac Stamp Set and for my first guest design ever, I think it is only fitting that I use it!

First up, when making any creation with a stamp, is to stamp out the image. I stamped the lilac image with Tim Holtz’s distress ink in the color Black Soot. I allowed the image to dry for a couple of seconds, then I went in with my copic markers in the colors V22, V25, Y19, and G07. I wanted the card to be a little more interesting so I paired the lilac flower with a blue sprayed background which I made with Tim Holtz spray stain in the color Tumbled Glass. I also decided to cut out the background with a die cut.

To complete the card, I added the sentiment from the same Lilac Stamp Set and stamped it in Tim Holtz distress ink in the color black soot. I added a few purple embellishments, then finally I added a blue border around the card front out of some cardstock to complete the card!

I would like to thank you all so much for taking the time out of your day to read this post!
As I said before, this is my first guest design ever and I’m so happy and thankful for this opportunity! I’ll be back next month for a second guest design!

Have a good rest of your day and happy crafting!

- Brennan Keane

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