Todays card is for all the crafters! I fell in love with this stamp set and decided to buy it on a Wednesday - well, let me tell you, on Wednesday Lara at Ink Road Stamps has a gift with purchase and that's how my order grew....sound familiar? So take a visit to Ink Road Stamps on Wednesdays to get your shop on!
Holly Pixels Art Supplies Background stamp his stamped on Bristol paper and watercolored with Altenews Water Colors. Details were added with a white gel pen, sparkle pen and glossy accents. I backed this piece with blue card stock and attached to my card base.
That's' when I decided it needed more. Using Concord & 9th craft dies I die cut the scissors and layered them. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Monthly Kit and is heat embossed with white embossing powder. Both the scissors and sentiment is raised with foam tape. I made two of these and they are going out to two special friends!
Have a great day and keep on crafting!
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How many of you have a man in your house who falls asleep while watching tv? Does this card look familiar...I know it is in my house. That's why I bought this stamp set - it made me giggle when I saw it. I'm all about the happy moments!
This card with the Lazy Boy stamp, stamped with onyx ink on watercolor paper. Altenew watercolor paints were used to color and after it was dry, glossy accents were added to the chip bag and remote. Stitched rectangles with the gemini jr die cut the image and a pen knife cut the black matting piece, this was backed with fun foam for dimension. Shoppe on the Square by Paper Studio is the patterned paper I used. Some gems, inking and pen work finishes this card.
This card was made the same way, only the pattern paper is Garment District by Paper Studio.
Have a great day and keep on crafting.
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On Instagram I enter quite a few Giveaways. If I like what the creator posts, I am happy to follow them and share with like minded buddies. Much to my surprise, I won a Giveaway and it had an item that I've had on my wish list. Actually, I've put it I'm my cart many times, only to remove it because I couldn't justify another watercolor set on my budget. Loraleeferguson offered this fabulous giveaway and I won! Lora makes beautiful cards, click on the link above and check her out! Here's a picture of what I won. Check out her homemade card!
With this great giveaway, I made four cards and had a blast playing with the Altenew Water Color Set. It's small and oh so fun to use! The Floral Spring Stamp and Die Bundle was used with Onyx ink on Tim Holtz Water color paper. After the image was painted and dried, I used stitched rectangles to die cut with my Gemini Jr. Finally, I used that same ink and sprinkled clear embossing powder and heat set the sentiment. Fun Foam is added to the back for dimension before adhering to my top folding card base. Some of the cards have different ribbons and sequin embellishments.
Have a great day and keep on crafting!
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When I saw this background stamp from Simon Says Stamps, I fell in love! And then I saw Jennifer McGuire's Video and hands down, it became my new favorite, thank you for your inspiration! Once I got my hot little hands on the Center Cut Heart Background Stamp I knew it was time to watercolor.
First I stamped my image with Versamark Ink on Distress Water Color Paper (Tim Holtz) and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder (Ranger). When I'm using these large background stamps, I often do several at a time. Next I started watercoloring with Gansai Tambi and Water Brush Pen both from (Kuretake). First try I found I had a heavy hand with color so the next few I tried using more of a wash look. After those dried, it was time to make cards.
Out came my trusty Big Shot (Sizzix) and Bold Alphabet Dies (Altenew) to die cut the word You. Using painters tape to line up the dies made it easier to repeat die cutting and keep letters properly aligned. For the sentiments I used You Matter Stamp Set (SSS) and again stamped and heat embossed with white. Cupids Kiss Gems (Studio Katia) add some sparkle.
This card has three layers of Die Cuts stacked and glued with Multi Matte Medium (Ranger)
Hope you have a great day and keep on crafting!
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Hero Arts is one of my favorite companies, I love their products so much, I subscribe to My Monthly Hero Kits. Todays card uses the February 2018 Kit. To change it up a bit, I decided to use my Tombow Markers as watercolors.
First up, you need to use watercolor paper, otherwise, you'll have a muddled mess with paper pilling up, that's been the case for me. Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock is great and resists buckling when wet. The February Kit has lots of birds and feathers, I chose feathers for the background. Orange, gold, light brown and a bit of green color markers were scribbled directly onto the stamp. Then I houghed (blew moistened breath on to the stamp) and stamped. Not enough moisture, so I used my Water Brush Pen (Kuretake) to blend water on the cardstock and mix those colors around. After that dried I scribbled a light blue marker on a palette and again used that water brush pen and lightly colored the rest of the background sky blue. Following the same process as the leaves, I stamped a leafy branch and bird from the kit. Using coordinating dies, I ran those through my Big Shot. I used a stitched rectangle die from The Stamps of Life. To get that 1/16 border of Kraft cardstock I used mini paper layer tool and my PenBlade. Finally, I stamped the sentiment in Versa Mark ink and heat embossed Zing Glitter Gold embossing powder.
Have a great day and keep crafting!
Todays cards challenged me a bit. I stepped outside my comfort zone to try something new. We all fall into that "do what I do best" or "I've got a formula that I like". This stamp set from Concord & 9th was a gift with purchase.
First I stamped the mug from Cup of Cozy with versafine ink on to Bristol Smooth cardstock. Some time ago, I bit the bullet and bought the whole 96 set of Tombow Markers-time to color! I watered those down by using a palette and water brush.
This one has a background stamped with the coffee beans in AI's Hot Java Momma in Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. Then I used Stitched Rectangles from Stamps of Life for the dark brown and stamped the sentiment with Versa Mark ink and covered with Ranger Seafoam White embossing powder and heated. Then I stamped the steam with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and swiped Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen for shine. Finally I wrapped some crochet thread around the side and attached a button and tied a bow and added Glossy Accents to the liquid in the mug.
For this card I ran my Kraft paper through the Sizzix Big Shot in an Alterations embossing folder. This time I inked the edges with the vintage photo distress oxide ink. Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the cup with Ranger Gold Embossing Powder and added the tea bag.
The next two cards is when my comfort zone was challenged. I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors on Strathmore Mixed Media, for the background. I only used one color but I did add several coats after drying. The steam was stamped with Fog ink from Stamps of Life and swiped with sparkle pen. One has ribbon from Recollections Sheer Creations.
Have a great day and keep on crafting!
Playing with Art Impressions Water color Stamps are a lot of fun. The best part is there is loads of video's on You Tube showing just how easy it is! The skinny on doing these super easy watercolors is using waterbased markers to color the stamp and beautifying it with a damp paint brush. They recommend Marvy Markers but I have a rather large collection of Tombow Markers so I used those. This is one of the stamp sets I used along with this flower set and this foliage set. Now I'm not going to tell you that this start up was cheap, but I definitely think it was worth the $$. Watch the videos, scroll down on each product page. You can also follow them on You Tube, and they have loads of samples on Pinterest.
I've been using The Stamps of Life Stitched Rectangle Dies on most of my cards these days. Looooove them!
The inside was made using this 3D Drop In with Scallop and this 3D Drop In Thinking of You. Doodling around the scallop with my Gelly Roll sparkle pen.
Hope you have a great day!
