This is another of the projects I made for the Stampin' Up! corporate blog post as one of my duties as a member of the 2017 Artisan Design Team. I thought I would split these projects into three posts on my blog so I can go into greater detail with them.
I had to play with some watercoloring. I wanted something a little artsy, edgy, and feminine. Do you think I achieved that?
Put down some water on a
Watercolor paper panel, then drop some Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink,
and Fresh Fig ink in the wet area with an Aqua-painter. The Heat Tool
makes quick work of drying it. Add some clean water spatters and dab them off with a clean-ish cloth, and then add some more Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig
spatters.
After that is dry, stamp the motorcycle image in Archival Black ink on the watercolored panel.
The sentiment is stamped in Archival Black on Vellum, then Clear heat embossed. And trimmed off to size.
More stitching before adhering the panel to a Thick Whisper White card base using Fast Fuse.
While you are spattering, you may want to spatter the inside of the card. And finish the sentiment with Archival Black ink.
And I must have been on a roll with the videos, because I have another one here for you!
One more shot, just for fun! Sometimes I get more good photos than I need, and it feels like such a waste if I don't use them ;)
All right, time to go shopping!
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Hey friends! I have one of the four projects I made for the Stampin' Up! blog post that went live on May 18th. I thought I would go a little more in depth here than I could on that post. 😁
This card uses the Cable Knit embossing folder to create tire tracks
diagonally across part of the card. Crumb Cake, Basic Black, and Vellum
card stocks make this a rather masculine looking card. I was thrilled
with how crisp the motorcycle image stamped in Archival Black ink on the
oval Stitched Shapes framelit die cut. The motorcycle image just fits
in the largest oval.
The distressed stamp helped add some interest to the Crumb Cake panel stamped in Crumb Cake with the "route 66" image.
I
almost have a compulsion when it comes to stitching on my cards, and
this card was no exception! I think this card needed it though. It
really ties everything together. However, I think this card would look
fine without the stitching, if that is not how you roll, lol.
I made a video of the making of this card. I hope you enjoy it!
Inside
the card, I stamped the greeting in Archival Black ink, and the tire
tread in Crumb Cake ink. And I added a little stamped-off Crumb Cake
distressed image.
One more shot! Hopefully it really highlights the texture from the embossing folder. Love that thing.
What uses have you found for the Cable Knit embossing folder? Be sure to come back and get the extra details on the other projects I made with this set!
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Welcome to another Artisan Design Team blog hop! This time the team is featuring two different stamps sets, with some of us using Cool Treats, and some of us using Happy Celebrations. Both of these suites are quite wonderful, and I have enjoyed playing with them both. But this time I am using Happy Celebrations 😁
If you are following along in order, you just arrived from the delightful Sylwia Schreck's blog. Lovely, right?!
I have created three projects for this hop, and the first project is full of happy! The "happy" panels on these cards were watercolored in two different ways. The one on the left was watercolored with an Aqua-painter. The one on the right was sponged and then spritzed with water. I may have gotten a little carried away with the dimensionals on the card on the right also....
Here is a video showing how I made this card.
This card has one layer of dimensionals. It will mail nicely without extra postage. The Aqua-painter created smooth and vibrant color.
This on has 2 layers of domensionals. Definitely more pop! And the colors are more intense with more texture.
The sentiment on the inside is from Glamper Greetings. I am sooo excited that it is carrying over into the Annual Catalog! Love it!! 💓
My next project uses a watercolor wash of Pool Party with some clear water and Pool party spatters. Then Gold heat embossing the "Celebrate", and Archival Black stamping the rest of the sentiment. And stitching, of course. 😊
I adore the fonts in this set!! And see how well they stamped on watercolor paper? No, I do not have a MISTI, this is one impression of each image with no touch ups. 😍😎
That swoosh is so handy to add a quick touch. Yup, gonna use that a lot. Just sayin'.
My last project does a little ombre effect using Tranquil Tide and Pool Party using one of the smaller swoosh images from the set. I did a full strength row, and a stamped off row of each color, getting a lighter gradation up the card. So I would stamp once, then stamp right above it, overlapping a bit, before inking the stamp up again.
And you can see that I used Copper embossing powder for the happy. I did not use Copper Foil paper for the mat though. I inked about ½" around a mat of Thick Whisper White with Versamark, then Copper heat embossed that also. I like the way it matches the happy. (And I may be hoarding the copper foil....)
The inside got the ombre effect, on its side. I was just playing around. I like it. Do you?
This card ended up being for a coworker of mine who is retiring. He is retiring early, and in good health. And he planned it that way!! I am a bit envious, and very happy for him! He says he has no idea what he and his wife are going to do, but they are going to enjoy whatever it is they will be doing. 😉 When I grow up, I wanna be like him!
That's the collection from me! I hope you enjoyed them. Come back again soon for more fun and games, and videos!
If you are following along in order, I am the last stop on the hop. If you started somewhere in teh middle, be sure to keep going! Allison Okamitsu is the next stop, and you do not want to miss her creations, I promise 😍
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