I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they’re either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live. —  Frank Bruni

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, bingeing on Netflix what’s your favorite snack? Mine is guacamole and tortilla chips – avocados are good for you right? At least that’s what I’m sticking with! What better inspiration for today’s card than the beloved avocado. Hmm – my mouth is watering.

Altenew: Farmer’s Market

We always need cards for the men and boy’s in our lives and florals generally don’t work – better to keep it simple and bright and throw in a bit of humor. For this birthday card I paired the graphic veggie images from Altenew’s Farmer’s Market  with a silly pun sure to amuse. Because I was using my Misti for the stamping technique “rock ‘n roll” I’m making 2 cards, one to give now and another to add to my card stash.

The simple vegetable images were stamped using the rock ‘n roll method where a 2nd (or more!) ink color is added to edges a stamped image  to create depth and interest. I usually struggle with this method getting extra ink in places I don’t want but this time I used one of the small tipped blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios to clean away unwanted ink, soften transitions between ink colors. and even add hint of accent colors in specific areas to really customize the image. Here’s a quick peek at a before and after view of the onion stamp inked and cleaned up with the blending brush. I love the stamped result.

The custom sentiment was created using Altenew’s Filled Alphabet and paired with an additional sentiment from Happy Dreams. I used Altenew’s Artist Markers to create an ombre gradient to fill in the letters, added clear Wink of Stella for sparkle and then accented each letter in gray marker to create a drop shadow effect.

The background was created again using the Picket Fence blending brushes and then adding black spatters. The speckles along with the ‘cutting board’ creates the feel of chopping happening right before our eyes. Bon Appétit!

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