Happy Wednesday! Today I am featuring Lawn Fawn’s Magic Iris Snow Globe, as well as Christmas Fishes. To make this card unique, I made it into a shaker card by using Little Things from Lucy’s Cards Splash embellishment.
Inspired by Lawn Fawn card challenge. This week’s theme is color inspiration, Lawn Fawn gives you a set of colors and you try to make a card using those colors.
Some products have been difficult to link. For example, Splash embellishment from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards, has been discontinued but you can find a ton of cute embellishments at her website. To make it easier I have included the link for you. Also, Heidi Swapp glittered and foil paper, I purchased Heidi’s paper back in 2015. I can not find a proper link, I can’t even find something similar to show you. However, I have included Heidi Swapp link to her website anyway. The paper is beautiful and deserves a proper credit when using.
Furthermore, the iridescent speckles that you see on the globe is from Hydra Colour. Elena is the owner of Hydra Colour and has been making handmade watercolors since 2017. Her handmade watercolors are creamy and vibrant. I used the watercolor called Neptune. Fair warning, if you are interested in purchasing this color, now would be the time to get it because her watercolors sell fast.
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I started this project on Tuesday and I kept trying different ideas until one idea came together exactly how I imagined it. The garland came out cute and I am super happy with it. Its simple but made a nice statement on my fireplace mantel.
After cutting several snowflakes, I decided to use Ranger’s Medium Matte to glue on white foam to add a thickness to the snowflake, as well as shimmery paper. In addition, I used Stickles Distress Dry Clear Dry Glitter by Ranger to make it look like crystals. There are two links, one link will take you to Ranger’s website. However, I also found a link on Amazon selling multiple products from Tim Holtz which I have. Worth checking out both if you are interested Tim Holtz’s products. Last but not least, I used DMC metallic thread to string them.
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Simon Says Stamp Kit , We Believe, has a lot of creativity and options. Today I am showing you three simple tags that I made using Prismacolor Premier Color Pencils and Kraft paper. To spruce up the tags I also used Gelly Roll pens.
At the age of ten I was fortunate that Mr Bob Friedman took me in as art student. Mr Friedman was an artist from New York. He showed me how to use oils, pencil, charcoal, pastel, and other mediums. Back then, I used to like to do portraits of people. My major in college however was Polticial Science and I minored in Visual Arts. Faith Ringold was one my instructors at the University California, San Diego. We had this conversation about going to graduate school for art. I remember her saying, you don’t need a masters in art to be successful, you just need to do it. I totally got what she meant , I just needed to do art. Which was, and still is one of the things that I love. I am making cards and enjoying the creativity and especially the community of cardmakers.
This is my second set of 150 color pencils. But you don’t really need that many pencils to start. The basic set of 12 primary color pencils can do the tags. Also you don’t need the whole set of Gelly Roll pens just a few will do. However if art is your passion, like mine is, the whole set provides colors and options to add interest to your cards.
One more thing: I used Zing embossing powder in Rouge to stamp the phrase Just for You. I have looked for a link but I can not find it, as it was something I had for a while. I stamped the images with Ink On 3 Fadeout No line coloring from Simon Says Stamp. The link is included for you to make it easier to find.
Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you. Happy Thursday! My final project for We Believe Kit will be posted on Friday.
Simon Says Stamp has created a stamp kit in a limited edition for the holiday season. The kit includes two die cuts, one stencil, two brushes from Gina K Designs, stickers from Doodle Bug Design, card stock, envelops, and We Believe stamp. I have created two cards, three tags and one banner with it. My only regret was not ordering the die cut to go with the stamp, We Believe.
Once the images were stamped on the card, I masked the image with it with Post It Note . Be sure to cut right on the line. Reason being, once you color the the back ground its extremely difficult to go back and color close to the image. I find that cutting right on the line or slightly inside the line works best for masking. You can also use stamping mask paper from Inkadinkado. Unfortunately, I ran out of Inkadindado masking paper so I used a Post It Note instead. I also used Tombow Dot Adhesive to make the rest of the Post It Note stick. This was tricky because when I pulled off the Post It Note, I could see some of the adhesive dots. I have a rubber cement eraser and used that to remove the adhesive dot.
The background is a blend of several Distress Oxide colors, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Shabby Shutters. I used brushes from Taylor Expressions and blending brushes from Amazon. Taylor Expressions brushes are color coded while the brushes from Amazon are a generic black. Blending brushes from Amazon come in different sizes so I like to have a variety of sizes depending on the area I want to cover. To maintain my blending brushes, I wash them with soap and water after making a card to keep them clean.
Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you. With four projects to post I am doing the first two for now and will post the last two for tomorrow. Happy Wednesday!
Peace. Joy. Love. -A Shaker Card
My second card is made with Tim Holtz’s Fanciful Snowflakes and Simon Says Stamp Neighorhood Wafer. Its more of a mix media card, with texture, and jewels! I got a different look using the same kit. Even if the kit is sold out, Simon Says Stamp sells these products individually.
There are a couple of items that need to be mention, besides selling stamps, Honey Bee Stamps also sells embellishments. The colors in Spring Fling Mint Julep matched Rustic Wilderness Oxide and Shabby Shutters Oxide perfectly. You can get them here as I have linked it for you. These embellishments are not apart of the SSS Kit. Rather than color the neighborhood, I thought of what it is like inside each home. During the holidays you see merriment, and color. The embellishment has small white butterflies, and beautiful green seed beads. Its that spark that reminded me of joy.
In case you are wondering how I got the light green dots, I mixed Rustic Wilderness and modeling paste together. Using a pallet knife, and SSS Large Dots Stencil from the kit, smear the paste over the stencil. Remove the stencil as gently as possible and wash your stencil before the modeling paste hardens.
Affiliated links when possible at no cost to you. I will continue with the last two projects tomorrow. Happy Wednesday!
After five years of following the stamp industry you accumulate a lot of rubber stamps. This card features several rubber stamp sets from the same company, Lawn Fawn. I try to group the stamps from the same company because its easier to follow in case you might want to reproduce the card or do something similar. This is how I learned how to use alcohol markers, and card making techniques. I would purchase the same items that the artist was featuring and tried to reproduced the same card. I also took many online classes and watched YouTube videos. I feel compelled to list what I have used. Its almost like writing a school paper. Cite your sources! In case you are doing the same thing, trying to learn how to make a card, I have linked the items I could not find on Amazon. The link to Christmas Dreams stamp set by Lawn Fawn is linked here. The mountains and snow have dry glitter. I used multi medium matte to adhere Ranger’s Pour Style Antique Stickles dry clear glitter. You can find the dry glitter at Ranger’s website. I also linked it so it would be easier for you to find.
Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you. Happy Tuesday!
Christmas is just around the corner. It is never too early to start prepping for gift wrapping. Each year, I give my three daughters a handmade gift. Even though they see me working on the gift, I want them to learn to value of hand made. It isn’t the item itself but the thought, love and time that went behind making something for them. One year it was a paper ornament, another year it was a small watercolor painting. Something small to say, I love you.
Gift tags with a small charm!
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Gina K. Design Sparkle and Shine Card Kit is pretty impressive. It not only comes with paper, stencil, die cuts but three stamp sets. Sometimes, you get a kit and think, “oh no- what do I do with it”. But Gina’s kit was well designed, it flowed.
At Gina K. Design Blog, they have a monthly challenge. November’s theme is to use a tag and a card. The challenge is to use two colors red and white. This is my entry. Wish me luck.
I do not have a lot of products from Gina K. Design. Hence the need to use a border from a different company. To create a shaker card with an interesting border, I used the Lawn Fawn’s Outside In Stitched Scalloped Square Stackables, and Stitched Scalloped Square Frames. I liked the shape of the border.
One more thing, the snow flakes and dots in the shaker card are from Joann’s. But I am guessing, they were in my drawer and I have had them for years.
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This card was inspired by Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. The general theme of Wednesday challenge is Thanks/Thanksgiving. The challenge is to feature any of Pink Fresh Studio products. Today’s card features Unicorn Dreams . The link that is attached is to Pink Fresh Studio home page. Unicorn Dreams is from the year 2017, since then it has been discontinued. It is still my favorite stamp because there are endless possibilities of making cards. I did not feature the unicorn itself but the flowers instead to show how beautiful the flowers are drawn. Less is more when you are making a statement.
To stamp the flowers I used Tsukineko Inks. I got them from the website called Cute Things From Japan. One of these days I would like to visit Japan. In the meantime, my internet browser takes me there instead. 🙂
The word, ‘Thanks’ is from Simon Says Stamp called Big Thanks. The small sentiment is also from Simon Says Stamp called Big Thanks Words. I have three daughters and I am eternally grateful for all the teachers, coaches, family and friends that are apart of our lives. Needless to say this stamp set has been used again and again.
Last but not least, the watercolors used to splatter the card are from Hydra Color. Half pan watercolors handmade! I love how vibrant the colors are. Link is included.
This is my entry for Monday’s challenge on Simon Says Stamp. The theme ‘s challenge is Remembrance/Thinking of You. I had recently purchased a Stampers Anonymous stamp set called Dearly Departed. The flower portion of the stamp set caught my attention and I wanted to incorporate it into a card.
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