TRIO OF GLITZY TREES

   Welcome to this 29 day series of Christmas cards for the 2021 holiday season - so glad you're here with me! Hope you get lots of inspiration and entertainment right up to Christmas day...

The golden sparkle on this one is so gorgeous in real life!

TECHNIQUES

heat embossing (trees)

ink smooshing "watercolor" (background - I smooshed my ink pads onto a large acrylic block, spritzed with water, laid a transparency sheet over this, then dabbed the cardstock into the wet ink)

SUPPLIES

pines stamp - Stampin' Up! Patterned Pines set

sentiment stamp - Anna Griffin for All Night Media #580G06

inks - Stampin' Up! Lucky Limeade and Wild Wasabi, Versamark  clear

embossing powder - Embossing Arts Co. Gold Fire Opal

Another version below (sentiment - Paper Inspirations #E9400)

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you tomorrow!

 

Beach Joy

Entering this card into the following CHALLENGES:

Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes 

Lemon Shortbread #106 Anything Goes

STAMPS: children - unmarked, joy - A Muse "Joy hand" (#6-8167B), poem - Inky Antics (M1-1809-2K)

INKS: Distress Scattered Straw and Weathered Wood, Stampin' Up! Bordering Blue, VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black

OTHER: Recollections Snow detail embossing powder, Recollections bling stickers, Martha Stewart "Mermaid" stencil 

1. Smoosh Distress inks onto craft mat and spritz with water. Lay white cardstock face down and press to absorb inks.  Let dry.

2. Stamp poem on white cardstock repeatedly in Bordering Blue ink. Trim to fit black card and affix.

3. Use stencil to apply Scattered Straw ink to poem area. 

4. Stamp poem on black cardstock using Versamark and white embossing powder. Trim out desired words into rectangles.

5. Stamp children on multicolor panel, and tear along bottom edge. Affix to cardfront.

6. Punch a circle from scrap yellow distressed panel and sponge around edge with yellow ink.

7. Stamp Joy on circle with black ink and pop-dot to panel. 

8. Affix gems to cardfront as desired.

Thanks for stopping by!

May you be blessed, and may you be a blessing... :o)

Circles and Silhouettes Challenges

I have always loved this image of these birds hanging out together.  When I saw it last night at Joann's and I had a good coupon I could not resist. Very happy with it!

Stamps:  Hampton Art phrase (#PS1103), Inkadinkado birds (97855 DD)

Inks: Distress Ink - Weathered Wood, Scattered Straw, Versafine Onyx Black

Copic Marker: Black

Other: Waverly white chalk acrylic, Sakura Gelly Roll white pen

1. Smooshed blue and yellow Distress Inks on an oven liner mat and misted with water.  Rested white cardstock on inks, pressing down, then allowed to air-dry.

2. Stamped birds and phrase in black ink, and also on a large post-it to use as a mask (I used Versafine but it was not fine - it smeared LOL). I used a Copic black marker to color the birds in thouroughly.

3. Used white chalk paint and a foam brush through a section of the metal ribbon shown.

4. Smooshed the yellow ink into white cardstock and punched a circle.

5. Sponged blue ink around top edges.

6. Added the ribbon (easiest to apply it flat and tie a separate knot on).

Challenges: Moo-Mania Challenge #203 Circles , Double D Silhouettes Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!  

May you be blessed and may you be a blessing... :o)

Inkwash Wildflowers

This is a quick easy technique for adding color to a large background stamp. The colors didn't scan exactly true, and the antiqued silver accent scanned dark. But here it is!

Card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

I started with a Stampers Anonymous word background stamp and stamped it on watercolor paper using Staz-On black ink. I waited about a minute for it to dry (here's the perfect time to clean the stamp LOL), then spritzed it with water using a fine mist. I inked the stamp up again with a Cappucino Delight Kaleidacolor pad, spritzed it with water, and stamped over the first image freehand.

*tip*

I was hoping for a more abstract color on the background so I probably should use more water on the stamp next time. And all watercolor paper reacts differently - I think mine really sucked up the water quickly.

I set this panel aside to dry while I used the K pad colors to stamp the wildflowers (Stampin' Up! - More Petal Prints set) and SU!'s True Thyme to stamp the stems, on matching watercolor paper. I trimmed these out and pop-dotted them over the background panel. I added an antiqued silver label that says Smile (Karen Foster - Emotions set), with yellow brads attached. I used slightly thicker foam tape so it would clear the flower arrangement.

I mounted the background panel to a SU True Thyme green panel and then to a mustard panel edged with the green ink, using a sponge.

Thanks for looking!