Floral Queen Card

Today I have a floral watercolor card that uses the Miss Ink Stamps Queen of Hearts stamp set and the Gardenia stamp set.  I do love watercolor and felt that the loose color would pair well with a copic colored image that is clean and neat.

First I took a panel of Tim Holtz 4×6 watercolor paper panel and using my Misti, I stamped floral images from the Gardenia stamp set in Versamark Ink and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then loosely watercolored the flowers with the peeled paint Distress crayon and the festive berries Distress ink. The white spaces were colored with some tattered rose Distress Ink.  I then sprayed it with water containing pearlized powder to create an even more loose and flowing background.  I then sprayed dots of gold Peerless watercolor all over.

I then colored the Queen from the Queen of Hearts stamp set primarily with R22, R35 and R46. I adhered her in place, heat embossed a sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments stamp set and added some sequins.

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Flower Garden Card

Hello there- happy first day of summer!  I hope that your flowers are blooming where ever you are.  Today I’m sharing a card in which I envisioned Alice arriving in the Flower Garden.  In the book, she is much smaller than the flowers and then grows quite taller.  I love the Leafy Green stencil and decided to pair it with the Alice and Springtime Banners stamp sets.

I used the new distress oxide ink color speckled egg with the Leafy Green stencil by intensely blending the color with a Trinity Stamps Blending buddy through the stencil onto 110 lb cardstock.  I left the stencil on, wiped off the excess ink and then put glitter paste on with a palette knife.  Be sure to clean your stencil right away after using any glitter paste!  I knew that I didn’t have to be perfect, as I had planned to use the banners, flowers & green stems from the Springtime Banners that would cover up any errors. I then let the panel dry for most of the day.

I die cut all the images with my Brother Scan n Cut2, copic colored them with various shades of blue & green: G43, G46, G85, B63, B91, B97 & B99.  I copic colored Alice with YR21, Y21, B63 and E00.  The hardest part was placing all the flowers and stems- I have a tip for you that I found from Jennifer McGuire- use Cling plastic wrap once you have achieved the placement you like.  This will pick up all the images at once, so that you can flip over all the loose images, apply glue and get it glued down.  I have had shaky hands at the moment and this helps me tremendously so that I don’t mess anything up!

As a final touch, I decided to add yellow sequins that ties together Alice’s hair with the entire color palette of blues and greens.  I hope I have inspired you to pull out your stencils!  Thank you for stopping by!

You Rock Birthday Card

Today I have another birthday card for you since it is Trinity’s birthday month! This is a more masculine card, but I had to put some sparkle (or maybe too much?) in it!  I’m using the Marshmallow alpha & Slimline Card Series Scalloped Card Panels die sets paired with the You Rock stamp set.

To make the card, I die cut several heavy weight cardstock panels with the Slimline Card Series Scalloped Card Panels die sets, and added glitter paste onto it to be more visually interesting.  I let the panel dry before adhering it to a 3.5 inch by 8.5 inch card base.  I also used the same glitter paste on cardstock that I had die cut with the Marshmallow alpha dies as I don’t have many colors of glitter cardstock.

I die cut the You Rock images and sentiments with my Brother Scan n Cut2 and then did some simple copic coloring with C5, C2 and B63, B97 & YR21.  Thank you so much for stopping by- I hope that you will use the versatile Marshmallow Alpha dies for a project!

Pinata Birthday Card

Today I have a watercolor background that I paired with the Streamers stamp & die and Pinata Party stamp. With a few quick die cuts, you can make a festive birthday card!

I made a quick watercolor background using several Zig Clean Color markers and lots of water onto distress watercolor paper, and then took a brush and tapped a few drops of wilted violet distress oxide ink on top.

I die cut images with some dies and the rest with my Brother Scan n Cut2. I colored the images with copics and then adhered everything into place.  The panel was then adhered to an A2 card base.

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Sympathy Magnolia Card

Today I have a sympathy card to share with you.  Sympathy cards are so difficult to make, so I have a simple one that really allows the sentiment to pop. I’ve used the Magnolia Sympathy stamp set which has the perfect sentiments to use on your card.

The most labor intensive part of the card is stamping all the images from the Magnolia Sympathy stamp set perfectly with Versamark ink so that the heat embossing displays the entire image.  I’ve stamped the floral images with Versamark ink onto Bazzill heavy weight vellum; the only vellum that I have found to be able to stand up to heat embossing without warping.  I used Brutus Monroe Gilded embossing powder, which has gold sparkle within the gold embossing powder.  I stamped a few more images, which I then fussy cut. Here is a closeup of the shine:

I did a little bit of copic coloring at the center of the flowers with G24.  A couple of sequins added a bit more color to a card that I thought should have a lot of white space so that the sentiment (stamped in Hero Arts Black ink) would pop (banner is cut in vellum using Trinity Stamps Banner die).  A sympathy card is all about the sentiment and sending condolences.   I hope that you enjoyed this simple card; it is an easy one to make when your heart is heavy with sadness.

Happy Birthday Card

I have a slimline shaker floral card for you today that uses the Marshmallow Alphabet die set, the Slimline Series: Envelope Builder Die Set and the Sunflower Bouquet Builder stamp & die set.

The slimline card base has the dimensions 8.5 inches by 3.5 inches, and to it I adhered an 8.5 inch by 3.5 inch panel from Lawn Fawn Dandy Day cardstock in yellow.  I die cut a frame out of solar white Neenah 110lb cardstock and white foam with the Slimline Series: Envelope Builder Die Set.  I enclosed some Fish Flakes confetti to create the shaker component as seen below.

To make the sentiment I die cut moss cardstock (no specific brand, I just had it in my stash) with the Marshmallow Alphabet die set.  I stamped all the images from the Sunflower Bouquet Builder stamp with Lawn Fawn crunchy leaf ink (it is copic marker friendly) & cut out the images with the Sunflower Bouquet Builder die set.  I colored the sunflowers with copics Y21, YR21, YR15 and YR27 and added black and white gel pen marks to create some dimension.

I adhered everything in place, and then added a few extra yellow sequins in the middle of the flowers and on the sides.  A bow made of twine finished off the bouquet.

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