This card was harder to do than I thought it would be but I got there in the end. First I stamped the butterfly using Versamark ink and added green perfect pearls powder over it. I then masked it and using a circle stencil and more Versamark I made the circle and added bronze perfect pearl powder to that. I added some glitter to the wings using a Sakura pen but the photo doesn’t quite pick that up well although the shine of the perfect pearls comes through nicely. I also added a bit more green and some silver to the butterfly with different Sakura pens. Stamp for the sentiment is from a GKD set called Birds and Blossoms and the butterfly is from an old set for which I don’t have the name.
The colour challenge/photo at Sunday Stamps made me nostalgic for boating. The hope is that as rules are relaxed a bit more the marine parks will reopen so we can go here and there through the summer. In the meantime making a card using these colours has to suffice. The challenge at The Card Concept is similar in theme and I was inspired by the lake image behind the camping gear. It is hard for me to define exactly the style I used but I lean more to the Clean and Layered style although it might fit the Freestyle collage style better.
The idea for the striped background came from this weeks Splitcoast Stampers tutorial by Becky Roberts. She did 2 cards from 1 panel so I have another circle I can use later. The stamps used are from a GKD set called My Anchor, tiny birds from an Inspired by stamping set and another Inspired by Stamping set called Seaside Sentiments. Die cutting was done with GKD dies. How I did the actual stamping was due to a Stamping buddy Lisa B who recommended a video found HERE. Eventually I will use this tutorial to make a watercolour card, but for this one I just used my Tombow markers to colour the stamp and huffed on it prior to stamping. Before actually stamping anything I did the clouds and sea background using a stencil and brushes. Added a few gems to the sentiment panel and a hint of sparkle in other places. My hubby loves this card and I have to say I’m pretty pleased with it myself.
A week or so ago, I pulled out some of my really old foils just to see what was there. Because they are so old these particular sheets don’t work on transferring anymore and I was going to throw them away when I had an idea. I took some card stock and ran it through my zyron so it was sticky and then placed the foil on top. Some of it worked really well but a silver piece ended up looking very distressed. I was going to toss it but didn’t figuring that sometimes distressed can work for certain things. I’ve used some of it here on the silver hearts.
To make this card I used a left over panel that was on my desk and I added some additional cs to the back to pop it up a bit from the kraft card front. (Thanks Gayle for the idea of using kraft). I wrapped some elastic twine around it and tied a small bow. Then I took another small piece of kraft cs and stamped, using versamark, the sentiment (from GKD – Up and Away set), heat embossed this in gold and added the piece to some gold metallic sticky back paper gifted to me. After adding it to the card front I took a Memory Box homespun heart die and die cut several pieces in both silver and gold. I attached them as shown and added a few of the tiny ones as well. The background piece has silver in the pattern but it looks a bit different in the photo. I’m pleased with the results and think this card can be used for other occasions besides a wedding.
The colour challenge at Paper Players uses basic gray, real red and tranquil tide and JUG’s requires a frame so I made the above card to fit both challenges. The gray frame is a die I received as a gift and cannot remember the brand of and the Christmas bauble is a 2 die set that I think is by Sissix but am not 100% sure. Stamped sentiment is from a set from Hot off the Press. After die cutting and gluing the bauble together I found a small piece of green ribbon, tied a small bow and added it to the top of ornament. Kept one strip to add from top of frame to look as if it is hanging. I added foam to back to pop it up a bit and I went around the frame with Sakura Gelly roll pens for some sparkle and shine. A few gems here and there to add more sparkle on the ornament and I called it finished.
This is my very last piece of water coloured card created a while ago. I cut out a frame and the leaf using a Stitched frame by PaperRose and a SSS set that came with stamps. I had used some splatter on top of this piece but felt it needed a bit more on the leaf so I added a few tiny gems here and there. The sentiment is from another set which I’ve temporarily misplaced in my craft room and cannot remember which it comes from. Probably GKD as I have most of my sets from this company. I love the softness of this water colouring and I added the whole thing to a white card front.
Another card that I managed to fit into 2 challenges today. It is always fun when I can do that. As well it is another cheerful card for a gloomy wet day. The GDP CASE example shows that the card front was cut and some pp was added to the back part of the card. The images were inspired by the Paper Player theme.
I used a strip of pp that was gifted to me by a friend, added another strip of a different pp to the card front and used a left over die cut circle to stamp the images. Images and sentiment came from 3 different sets, a GKD set called Sophie Pig, the same SSS set from previous post and another SSS set for the balloons. Images all done with Inktense pencils and a bit of sparkle was added. I added some clouds using Speckled Egg distress ink and a stencil. The die cut piece was popped up with foam tape along one edge.
This doesn’t often happen but I managed to get one card to work for 3 challenges, one uses sunshine, one lots of yellow and one a sketch. This card qualifies for all three criteria.
Stamp set used is by SSS called showers and flowers. I like this cute set and enjoy pulling it out once in a while. In all my stamps I didn’t have a single one that had the word sunshine in it so I made my own sentiment using my computer. Used a black background with a white font but found the actual sentiment on the Internet. I thought it a perfect choice for that happy little duck. DSP is an old 12×12″ pack bought long ago in Costco and I used a double stitched frame by GKD to cut out the focal image. Image coloured with Inktense pencils and I added the partial sun in the corner from another SSS set.
With one of my stamping buddies being a guest designer for CAS Mix up I just had to participate with a creation to support her. And this card also works for the challenge at Just Add Ink with my F being the word friend and/or foliage, so I’m linking it there as well.
Mixed media isn’t something I am good at, but I do like vellum so I decided on this design. My first attempt at putting the vellum and the die cut layer together didn’t go well, so I restamped it all and heat embossed carefully. I used the Be Kind stamp set and dies from SSS and a GKD die for the layer opening. Used 2 different EB powders one by Ranger and the other Cosmic Shimmer. And I clear embossed the sentiment after stamping it in Mowed Lawn ink. The embossed pieces of vellum were done using a technique from one of the links shown in the challenge. Using a scrap piece of green cs I glued it flat to the card front ensuring it would be hidden by layer panel. With another scrap of the same colour I stamped the leaf again, heat embossed and die cut it. Die cut the same leaf in the vellum. The vellum for the window was also heat embossed and I glued this flat to the back of the window and then added foam tape so it would pop up from card front. Once it was adhered I added the die cut leaves as shown. The dimension on this card is really nice. It is a bit different to what I had in mind but I am happy with the results nonetheless.
Except for the card base and the vellum, this is completely from scraps left on my desk from recent projects. What is new is the opal blaze and the gems along with the small strips of washi tape used for the flowers.
I had the frames and hadn’t decided what to do with them but like the idea of putting them together in some fashion. I played around a bit and glued the 3 bigger ones first and added the strip of glitter card stock through so it looked like ribbon threaded. Then I did the same with the smaller ones using another tiny strip of glitter paper. My new opal blaze pots arrived after I had done this and I had the idea of adding of it around the edges. The shine is amazing. Then I cut a piece of vellum for the CAS Mix up challenge and dry embossed it with the diamond pattern after which I added some of the other opal blaze with my finger. I had some white squares on my desk to which I added a strip of washi tape and then using a GKD die set I cut out the flowers and added them as shown. The sentiment was stamped from the Enchanted Forest GKD set using Stazon ink onto another white Yupo paper square and when dry I cut it and threaded it into the frame. The iridescence on this card is surprising and it shows well in the photo too. The opal blaze changes colour as the card is moved. A friend told me about the challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it fits that one perfectly so I have entered it there as well.
I had quite a few of these small squares leftover from a previous project as well as some thin strips of cs, tiny hearts etc. and the image of the pig. I just fooled around with the pieces gluing them to some scrap cs initially until I was pleased with the shape. After adding the silver strip I glued the rest on top as shown with the little pig taking center stage. Added the leftover hearts and stamped the Hello. Added a bit of sparkle to the pig, the star and the hearts and considered it finished. I still have some small frames leftover so I shall use those on another card tomorrow.
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