Showing posts with label Card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Card. Show all posts

Friday, September 19, 2014

Globecraft & Piccolo - Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful Mixed Media Card


 Welcome to the weekend! Are you looking forward to getting your crafty on?!


Today I have a mixed media card using embossing enamels and inks that results in fun and color!

To make this card, you will need a few items from the G&P shop:
Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Embossing Enamel Powders: Girls Night OutMicro GoldVintage Silver
Art Stencil Fancy Flowers AS46003
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Picked RaspberrySalty OceanSeedless PreservesShabby ShuttersSpiced MarmaladeSqueezed Lemonade

favorite stencil
spray bottle with water
stamps: Stampin' Up! Four Feathers and dies
sentiment stamp: 7Gypsies by Hampton Arts
watercolor paper
scraps of white cardstock and vellum cardstock
Tim Holtz Tiny Stapler

Let's get started!

If your stencil has a backside, flip it so the backside is facing up. (This is really important if you have numbers or letters that need to go a certain way.)

Dab the Distress Inks directly onto the stencil. I find it's better to start with the light colors, moving up to the darker ones. No rush here.

When you like the distribution of color, spritz with water, flip over onto the watercolor paper. Use a couple of napkins or a papertowel to press and dab the stencil. This prevents the water from pooling into open areas of your stencil.


This technique has varying results depending upon the amount of water you use. Do you want muted or defined?

I am so in love with feathers on cards!


Stamp your sentiment on the vellum and use the top photo for placement. That's it!

What will you make this weekend?

Inky hugs,
Angi

Monday, July 14, 2014

House of Cards - Add a Bow (or Bows!)

I'm a work at night person (who enjoys sleeping), but I love mornings. There's so much promise at the beginning of the day...and I want to start the week with a high five...so...

Happy Monday!

Today I'm happy to share with you some good news - Mynn of the House of Cards challenge invited me to join their Classic Design Team! It's a great, easy going challenge with lots of inspiration. A monthly challenge with a new style represented each week. Something for everyone! Check out the DT's blogs in the right left column...so fab!

This month's challenge is ADD A BOW (OR BOWS!). Here's my card...

We've got dry embossing on the background, out of the box stamped & Copic colored image (colors coming soon!), thermal embossing on a tiny punched tab and, of course, bows - 2 of them!

Link up to our challenge HERE. Be sure to visit the HOC blog each week to enjoy the different styles.

Hope you don't mind the short post. I've had a busy weekend and I've got an even busier week coming up (more details and crafty posts coming soon!). So glad I was able to work a little coloring in!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Playing along with these challenges: