Wintry Snowflake

Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with Hand Stamped Sentiments, Shopping Our Stash, and Color My Heart Color Dare, Crafty Gals Corner. This card is full of sparkle, shine, and splatter paint with glitter. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

This is the card facing away from the light. It is very pretty with its offset base and beautiful sentiment. However, take a look at the following pictures and you will see it come alive with color, sparkle, and glitter.

The shine on the snowflake is so pretty. It is full of iridescent color and shine.
The sequins add a nice sparkle to the card.
It also highlights the beautiful foiled snowflake.

You can see in this photo some sparkle on the upper corner of the card. That is the glitter that I infused into the paint. The acrylic paint acted like glue so the glitter stayed put. It is present throughout the base.

Challenges Entered:

Color My Heart Color Dare: #378 

I chose Sapphire, Pewter, and Carolina

Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge #203- Winter Fun

Hand Stamped Sentiments: Inspiration Challenge- #331

Shopping Our Stash: #412- Winter Blues

 

 

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way.

All the best,

Retro Dotty Christmas

Hello Everyone,

For today I will be playing along with AAA Cards, Hand Stamped Sentiments, INKspirational, and CAS on Fridays. Simple and sweet but more importantly, it is a clean CAS look with a touch of Retro. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

This card was amazingly quick to make. The dots are one stamp; I masked, stamped, and placed the image exactly where I needed it with my MISTI. 

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Challenges Entered:

AAA Cards: CAS Game #152- Maxi White Space + geometric

CAS on Friday: #167- One Layer

Hand Stamped Sentiments: Color Challenge #327

INKspirational: challenge 199- One Layer Card

 
Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way.

Horses, Roses, and No Hats

Hello All,

For today I am playing along with Hand Stamped Sentiments and Double D Challenges. Here is my card today, enjoy!!

I have a card ready for its sentiment, right? Well not really... How do I put a sentiment that is based on the Kentucky Derby? I looked at everything I owned for a long time. Good luck, no, not right. Thanks, a complete no! Congratulations, um, it would work but for some reason, it just didn't work. Then I stumbled upon 'Best Wishes'! Perfect.  It would be perfect for all sorts of occasions!

The horses are a combination of stamped and digital images. The largest horse was stamped, scanned and printed. The stamps I owned weren't big enough to get the effect I wanted. Scanning it allowed me to enlarge the horse to the desired size.

The roses were stamped on red CS and then colored using Prismacolor pencils. I tried to create depth and realism with the roses. I used roses because the derby is nickname is 'the running of the roses'. 

Challenges Entered:

Double D Challenges: Off to the Races with the Kentucky Derby

Hand Stamped Sentiments: Sketch Challenge #314

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way.

Down at the Farm

Hello Y'all,

Yes, it's still October! Today I will be playing along with Shopping your Stash, Hand Stamped Sentiments and The Card Concept. This card surprised even me! So here we are, my card for today, enjoy!

The image on this card was created using two stamps. The sunflower stamp is from Stampendous and the barn is from Inkadinkado (see below). Both stamps worked beautifully to create this peaceful scene.

The card was colored using Distress Oxide and traditional Distress Ink pad with an aqua pen.
I took color directly from the ink pad to the aqua pen and then to the 140lb watercolor paper.
This medium was easy to control and just downright fun!

A detailed shot featuring the sunflower and its visitor, the ladybug is a perfect companion to the old barn set. These two images by two different companies work together seamlessly to create a wonderful rural scene.

 Challenges Entered:
The Card Concept: #99- Sunflower Serenade
Hand Stamped Sentiments: Challenge #300- Inspiration Photo
Shopping our Stash: #375- Giving Thanks


Okay, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way.

Pearl Jellyfish

Hello All,

For today I am playing along with CAS Watercolour Card Challenge, Hand Stamped Sentiments, and CASology. Jennifer McGuire's video on Perfect Pearls was absolutely inspiring. So I decided to dust off my Perfect Pearls. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

This background started black, white and gray.I had made it over a year ago and thought it would look nice on a future card. ( why would throw anything away.)  I used Distress Ink to sponge on blue and green throughout creating the watercolor. Quickly I added iridescent purple Perfect Pearls before the ink and water had time to dry. The ocean needed movement and thought this cover panel would be perfect.

Above: So I watched a card video with Jennifer McGuire (My husband called it card porn. 😂) She demonstrated lifted the powder with VersaMark ink on the stamp. It left an amazing negative space! Click here to see her video.  One little detail I forgot, not set it first. So it kind of worked.  I had to clear heat emboss them because it needed a bit more definition. Left/Below: This shot is taken in the light. It changed the entire ocean scene to a shimmery water scene. Right/Bottom: After clear embossing the little creatures I thought it needed a bit more glow. So, I sponged over the embossed images with white pigment ink. The effect is amazing!

Challenges Entered:

CASology: Week 304- Pearl

Hand Stamped Sentiments: Inspiration- #291

CAS Watercolour: June 2018

Well, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. We will see you soon. Take care and happy stamping.

Merry Snowflakes

Hello Friends,

Wow, that was a close one... I almost didn't make the deadline for some challenges. Today I am playing with Hand Stamped Sentiments and Stampin' Royalty.

This snowflake set from Stampin' Up' is one of my favorites.
I enjoy its intricate detail and variety of design.

The light gray border suits the color palette from
Stampin' Royalty so nicely. Plus, you will see in the following photos
a silver sheen is also used for a border.

Below/Left: You can see the silver sheen border with a snowflake to match. The silver is the perfect touch. Bottom/Right: A detail of the banner and snowflake. I tried to keep the same colors that were found in the background. 

Hand Stamped Sentiments: Challenge #259
Stampin' Royalty: #SR360

I really like the all-over-stamping technique. It provides a randomness and it is just down right fun. However, I do have a method to my madness. When I do this technique, I like to stamp a much bigger section of the paper and then crop the area that I like best. It seems to work well for me and maybe it will for you too.

So once again thank you for stopping by my corner of the internet. We will see you soon. Until then, take care and happy stamping.

All the best,
Shawna 

White with Stripes

Hello All,

For today I am playing along with Hand Stamped Sentiments. Their sketch was so interesting that I had to give it a try. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

Using vellum allows some of the color to show through. It seemed a bit too transparent
so I flipped it over and inked on some white and wiped some of it off.
It turned out very well.

The ombre background really surprised me. I shifted the strips from my die cut stencil
and came up with this! Look closely and you see the border is only one line. The second line fills in the center to create a very unique background.

Detail showing the embossed vellum and inlaid ornament. It is hard to see but the ornament sparkles while the inlay is white CS. 

Challenges Entered:
Hand Stamped Sentiments: HSS Challenge #251

Well thank you so much for dropping in to spend time with me. I really enjoyed this project and I hope you did too. So until next time, take care, and happy stamping everyone!!

All the best,
Shawna

Voices of the Sea

Hello All,

For today I am entering a few challenges Freshly Made Sketches, Hand Stamped Sentiments, and Addicted to CAS. This card was a breeze to make.. More about that later, but for now here is my card for today, enjoy. 

Ombre effect was created using watercolor paper, water, and Brushos.
The more water I added to the color the lighter it became. 

I wrapped the panel with simple jute twine. It adds a lot of
texture and also grows on the sea theme.

A simple sentiment can speak volumes. This could be a card of encouragement, get well, or
just because. Either way that card has turned out beautifully. 

Challenges Entered:

Hand Stamped Sentiments: HSS- Color Challenge #250

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #101- Ombre

Freshly Made Sketches: FMS262

  

Like I mentioned above this card was a cinch to make. First, I die-cut a wave cover plate and then spray mounted it on watercolor paper. I think this is essential because it seems to lock out any water from seeping in between the lines. I chose my colors and through blending and adding water I achieved the ombre effect. Lastly, remove the mask. And there is you panel. 

Thank you so much for stopping by my little byte of the internet. I feel refreshed from vacation and happy to be back in Blogland. If you are so inclined, please feel free to leave a comment. Until next time take care and happy crafting.

All the best,
Shawna