JUST SKATIN' BY... (1)

Sometimes a crafty idea comes to me at night, when I’m supposed to be sleeping. I recently bought this pretty Ice Skate stamp from Hot off the Press and I decided to do something different than just simply stamping and coloring it.

 

 

I stamped the ice skate on some Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock. I used Versamark Ink. I heat embossed the stamped ice skates with Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder from Wow. I didn’t have a plan here, I just eyeballed it. I did sprinkle embossing powder over each image after stamping it, because else it’s really hard to see where you stamped, because Versamark Ink is a clear ink.

 

 

After I heat embossed the embossing powder, I decided to watercolor the entire panel with Distress Inks. I wetted the paper before applying Distress Inks to it. From top to bottom I used Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar. These four colors are actually some of my favorites, they go well together and they have such a soft look. 

 

I put the panel aside to let it dry. I then cut a piece of vellum and stamped the sentiment on it, with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I used the Lawn Fawn letter stamp set, Violet’s ABC’s. I trimmed an aqua card base and stamped a sentiment on the inside of the card.  

 

 

When the panel was dry, I adhered the vellum. I made sure the banner was a little longer than the card, so that I could adhere the vellum on the back. This way you can’t see that it’s taped down. I adhered the entire panel to the aqua card base and rounded to bottom two corners with the We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. As a finishing touch I added some dots of Ranger Glossy Accents.

 

 

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ENJOY THE SEASON (1)

I saw an old video by Kristina Werner, from last year’s Holiday Card Series, on youtube. I wanted to try something similar and decided to use the Critters in the Arctic stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

 

 

I wanted to do some watercoloring and used the Tim Holtz Distress Inks for that. First I drew four little squares on some Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock, with a pencil. I put some post its around each square and stamped the moose, bunny, walrus and narwhal. This way it looks like a bunch of little pictures. I stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, because this is perfect for watercoloring. The square with the bunny had a lot of empty space, so I decide to stamp a snowflake with some Versamark Ink and then heat embossed it with Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder from Wow.

I started to watercolor the images. Here are the colors I used:

Moose: Brushed Corduroy

Antlers: Spiced Marmalade and Chipped Sapphire

Bunny: Weathered Wood

Scarf: Aged Magogany

Walrus: Brushed Corduroy, Aged Mahogany and Chipped Sapphire

Narwhal: Weathered Wood and Peacock Feathers

Background squares: Peacock Feathers

 

 

It looks like I used some weird colors, but I mixed some of them to get the color I wanted. For example Spiced Marmalade and Chipped Sapphire make a great brown color.

After watercoloring all the critters, I erased the pencil lines. I stamped the sentiment towards the bottom of the panel. This is from the Penguin Greetings stamp set from Avery Elle. I added some dots with my Uni-ball white gel pen to the faces of the bunny, moose and walrus and to the back of the narwhal. I also added glitter with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to all the animals.

 

 

Finally I add the panel a dark red card base and that’s the Christmas card for today. I will definitely make more of these, because I love the look of it.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS (3)

I found a real cute Christmas elf stamp on sale. It’s this Happy Elf Stamp from Hot off the Press. It also comes with a little candy cane, so I decided to make a Christmas card with those two images.

 

 

I first stamped the background. I used the candy cane from the stamp set and stamped it several times with Lobster Ink from Lawn Fawn. This way I created my own background.

I then stamped the elf with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with my Copic Markers.

Here are the colors I used:

Face + hands: E00 – E31

Cheeks: R22

Sweater + pants: YG03 – YG11 – G14

Rim of the hat + collar + candy cane: R22 – R35 – R46

Bells: Y17

 

 

I used my Uni-ball white gel pen for details on the eyes, the belt,  hat and the stripes on the candy cane. I added some clear glitter to the hat, belt, collar and shoes with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen.

I trimmed a piece of red cardstock to create a banner. I stamped the sentiment on it with Versamark Ink and heat embossed it with Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder from Wow. This way the sentiment really stands out. I attached the elf to the banner with some foam tape.

 

 

To make the elf not get lost in the background, I decided to add some vellum to the background., so the stamped background fades a bit. I adhered the banner to the vellum. The stamped background I adhered to some red cardstock. I put the vellum on the card, only putting adhesive where you can’t see it. So behind the banner and elf. I added some small dots of liquid glue to the edges, so the vellum is more adhered.

I really like this Christmas card, it’s truly a happy elf!

 

 

WARM HOLIDAY WISHES (1)

I fell in love with this cute mini stamp set from Avery Elle. It’s the Penguin Greetings set and it was really inexpensive. It has several little penguins and greetings. I decided to use the entire family!

 

 

I started with stamping the penguins. I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, because it’s a Copic friendly ink. I laid them down first, so I knew where to stamp them. I made little pencil lines as a guide for myself. I started with the two penguins on the outside, masked them off with some post its and stamped the penguin that is second from the right and second from the left. I masked them off as well and stamped the middle one. I took the post its off.

Because I wanted to use some Distress Inks for the background, I decided to use masking fluid to mask off the penguins. When the fluid dried I started blending the background with my ink blending tool. For the top I used Evergreen Bough and for the bottom Weathered Wood. I started from the middle, with a very light hand and worked my way to the top. I let the colors fade out to white. I drew some shadows around the penguin’s feet with a W5 and W2 Copic Marker

After I blended the background, I rubbed off the masking fluid so I could start coloring the penguins with my Copic Markers.

 

 

Here are the colors I used:

Penguins: W0 – W2 – W5

Beaks + feet: YR15

Sweaters + earmuffs: R22 – R35 – R46

Hat + scarf: YG03 – G05 – G14

I also added some Clear Glitter with my Wink of Stella Brush Pen to the sweaters, earmuffs, hat and scarf. Last, but not least, I stamped the sentiment to the bottom of the card with Versafiny Onyx Black Ink.

I adhered the panel to a red card base with some foam tape and my Christmas card is done. I just love this fun penguin family and I will be making more cards with these cute stamps. It’s a really cool set, for little money.

 

 

WARM WISHES (1)

I wanted to do some spotlight coloring on today’s card. I saw it in some youtube videos and I really liked the look of it. So I thought I could give it a go myself.

 

 

So, I started off with my background. I love stamping my own background and I used the little bunny and hat from the Critters in the Arctic stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I drew a circle, in the middle and a little to the top, with a pencil. That’s where my spotlight is going to be. I then colored the images inside and on the outside of the circle everything is going to be in grey shades.

Here are the colors I used:

Bunny: E71 – W7

Scarf: R22 – R35 – R46

Hat: BG49 – BG72/ BG13 – BG23

Spotlight: BG000 – BG01

Rest of the background: W0 – W2 – W5

 

 

After I colored the entire background, I erased the pencil lines. I added some Wink of Stella to my spotlight circle.

I cut a strip of pattern paper from Jen Hadfield’s 6x6 Cottage Living paper pad by Pebbles. I stamped the sentiment with Lawn Fawn Lobster Ink and adhered it to the strip. I adhered the strip with foam tape. The completed panel was also adhered with foam tape, to a white card base.

 

 

I think my first take on spotlight coloring went okay. I’m definitely going to try this another time.

 

 

LET IT SNOW (2)

Another stamp I found is this cute snow dog from Marianne Design. I made a fun card with this stamp.

 

 

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Copic markers.

Here are the colors I used:

Dog: E15 – E35 – E77/ E00 – E31

Scarf, earmuffs and skates: V04 – V06 – BV02

Nose: W2 – W5 – W7

 

I covered the nose with Glossy Accents from Ranger, added some dots to the cheeks with a Uni-ball white gel pen and added some glitter to the earmuffs and scarf with a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen.

 

 

I put the dog aside so it can properly dry and started on my background. I used some Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock and decided to use Distress Inks with my mini ink blending tool. But first I stamped some snowflakes with Versamark Ink and heat set it with some Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder from Wow. I then started to blend some colors for the sky. I chose Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar. For the bottom part of the card, which I wanted to look like ice where the dog is skating on, I used Salty Ocean and Evergreen Bough. I’m really happy with this background.

 

 

When the stamped image was completely dry, I cut it out with my scissors. Before I adhered it to the panel, I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I then adhered the dog with foam tape. I adhered the panel to a purple card base and made sure the sides where still visible. I added some stitched lines to the sides and also a white skate line on the ice, with my Uni-Ball white gel pen. As a finishing touch I added some Wink of Stella to the ice and rounded off the bottom two corners with my We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

I didn’t have a clear idea of what I wanted to do, but I’m happy with how this card turned out.

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS (2)

Sometimes if you clean up your craft room, you find old stuff you can still use. I found three cute Christmas themed stamps by Marianne Design (a Dutch company). Like this Snow Man stamp I used for this card.

 

 

I stamped the sentiment first with some Versmark Ink on some Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock and then heat set it with some Opaque Bright White Embossing powder from Wow. I then used Distress Inks for the background. I used Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac and Chipped Sapphire. I cut two hills from some white cardstock and blended the edges with some Weathered Wood Distress Ink.

 

 

I stamped the snow man with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Copic Markers.

Here are the colors I used:

Snow man: W0 – W2

Scarf and hat: BV000 – BV02/ YR15 – Y21 – Y38

Nose: YR68

Buttons: W7

Broom: E71 – E77

 

 

I adhered the snowy hills, where I used foam tape for the front hill. I cut the snow man with my scissors and adhered it as well. I added some glitter to the scarf and hat with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen and added some white dots to the sky with a Uni-ball white gel pen. It now looks like snow is falling. I adhered the panel to some light purple cardstock and rounded off the two bottom corners with my We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

 

 

With an old stamp I created a very pretty Christmas card!