Flamingo Summer Days

Good Morning and Happy Monday!

Today I am sharing a simple card using the August 2015 card kit from Simon Says Stamp. I knew right away from seeing the mix of Martha Stewart Iridescent Hearts & Stars that I would be making a shaker card. 

To begin, I cut the storage pocket that came in the kit and poured a little of the mix inside and sealed the pocket. I'm not going to stop making regular shakers but I love how easy it was to make the shaker without the foam tape!

I cut a piece of the shimmer cardstock, Tropical Bay, to match the width of the storage pocket and adhered the shaker to the panel. As a result, I needed to make the card base longer. I wanted to trim down the patterned paper so it was the same length as the panel so I used a die from the Stitched Borders 3 die set from Pretty Pink Posh. I also thought it would be fun to use one of the Fireworks Bursts dies from Simon Says Stamp. 

After I put together the card, I wanted to add a splash of color so I pulled out the My Favorite Things flamingos dies. I die cut out one of the flamingos and colored it using various Copic Markers. I adhered the flamingo to the card using Multi Medium Matte and popped up the flamingos wing with foam tape.

The only thing left to do was add the adorable Pretty Pink Posh flower sequins and the card was done!

Thank you for visiting and have a beautiful day!

Kristin

Let's Party & Celebrate You!

Hello and happy weekend!

Today I am sharing another birthday card for a wonderful woman and friend who helped me set up this blog! Patricia, I hope you've had the best day!

I have been playing with watercolor backgrounds a lot lately. One of the things I wanted to try was the emboss resist technique with gold embossing powder. I thought the Dotted Argyle background stamp from Impression Obsession would be great to try with this technique. 

To begin the background, I heat embossed Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder on a sheet of watercolor card stock. Distress Ink colors used: Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord and Mowed Lawn. In order to get the purples and green to blend, I added peacock feathers between them and it made a lovely, soft transition.

Next, I used the largest stitched die from the Mama Elephant Peek-A-Frame die set to cut an A2 size panel from the background. Patricia loves dots so I thought it would be fun to add some white dots over the background. I used the smallest dots stencil from the Bokeh Lights stencils from Simon Says Stamp and Unicorn Pigment Ink from Hero Arts. 

For the sentiment, I wanted to come up with something that wouldn't distract too much from the background. I decided to die cut a banner out of vellum with the Stitched Banner Duo die from Pretty Pink Posh and stamp the sentiment with StazOn Opaque White ink. The sentiment comes from the Big Birthday Wishes stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I think it turned out well. You can still see the Bokeh Lights, the embossing and the color through the vellum. 

I knew I wanted to use the Bird Crazy stamp set from Tim Holtz but I'm more comfortable with my Copics when it comes to coloring. I stamped the bird on my normal Neenah Solar White 80 lb and colored with various copic markers. Fussy cutting this bird wasn't exactly easy so I see purchasing the dies for this stamp set in my future! I couldn't resist coloring the bird to match the background and I definitely couldn't resist giving her eyelids. Channeling Kathy Racoosin! haha For added interest, I added lines and dots of Uni-ball Signo broad gel pen in white and gold. On her eyelids and back, I brushed on Clear Wink of Stella. These birds have so much personality! 

The only thing left to do was put the card together and scatter sequins! Normally, I wouldn't have put this bird with this background but I thought that this bird needed to be on this card and after working on it for so many hours, the bird won! haha 

Other Supplies used:

Copic Multiliner 0.3

Versamark

Pretty Pink Posh sequins

Multi Medium Matte

3D Foam Tape Circles

I hope you like this card. I will add more photos below and I will return with another card on Monday. 

Have a beautiful day!

Kristin

Enjoy your day!

Good Morning and Happy Friday! 

Today I am sharing a card I made for a friend's birthday. My inspiration was originally to make it look like soccer balls were raining down on a very happy dog. Then I had a suggestion to make it look like the dog was standing on soccer balls, making it look like he's throwing them in the air like Scrooge McDuck in his money vault. Naturally, that sounded much more amusing! 

I began the card by stamping multiple soccer balls on Neenah Solar White 80 lb card stock, using the Summer Days stamp set from Penny Black. After I had stamped and colored the soccer balls and the dog, I realized that I made an error in the way I stacked the balls in the scene. 

As you can see, the way I stamped the soccer balls made it look like they were floating, not stacked. Instead of re-stamping the panel again, I stamped, colored and cut out more soccer balls and adhered them with clear foam tape to look like they were properly stacked. 

Next, I colored the whole scene with various Copic markers. This card didn't take a long time to color but I did enjoy watching it all come together. Using Versafine Onyx Black ink, I stamped the sentiment, "Enjoy your day!"

To add a little more interest, I applied Gold Wink of Stella to the dog's collar and Clear Wink of Stella to a few of the soccer balls. 

I wanted to keep the card base simple since the scene is quite busy, so I matted the panel with silver cardstock and popped it up onto a black card base with 3M foam tape. 

Below I have attached more photos of the card. Thank you for visiting and I will return tomorrow with another card.

Have a beautiful day! 

Kristin