CLEAN & SIMPLE VALENTINE

Hi!

This CAS card went together very quickly, as in, under 15 minutes.

First, I cut out a heart mask- remember from school? Folding the paper in half, cutting the half heart shape, opening the paper to reveal the whole heart.

I laid this over the card base, then sponged Spun Sugar Distress Ink all over, but more heavily around the edges. Then, I stamped the hearts and Love You Forever with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, \purposely leaving space at the bottom of the heart. I removed the heart mask.

Using black archival ink, I stamped HVD, off-centre but overlapping the edge of the heart.

Followed up with one rhinestone, and called it done!

 

These beautiful stamps are from Quietfire Design

 

 

I am sharing this card at KEEP IT SIMPLE

 

 

 

I hope you like this CAS card, and I appreciate you stopping by!

DABBER SMOOSH

I've recently pulled out the paint dabbers I bought last year in Vernon. A couple had started to dry out but I added water and stirred it up. They work great.

First, spray white card stock with water, then dab the paints randomly. Spray again if needed to keep the paint wet. Once the surface is painted how you want it, lay another piece of card stock over it and press it down so all  the surfaces touch eachother. This is why it's important to keep the paint quite wet, so it will  transfer to the second sheet of card stock. Peel apart and leave both pieces to dry.

Once dry, stamp, cut out or punch and assemble card.

Summer is here!

May you all have a safe, happy and creative day.

Thanks for stopping by.

BACK IN ACTION

Yes, that's right!We got my new camera yesterday and I'm still learning but did get a couple photos to share with you.  There are a couple techniques here so I'll just start at the beginning. I began with white glossy card stock to do Glossy Watercolour for the background. On a plastic or glass surface (waxed paper works too) place a few drops of dye re-inker. Spritz with water, move the inks around just a bit then lay the glossy card stock face down onto the wet ink. Lift and dry, then if you want you can lay it on the remaining ink. Repeat this as much as you like but remember to allow the ink on the card stock to dry to prevent muddy-ing up what you have. You can also add more ink to your work surface between layers to change up the look. Experimental- you betcha! Fun- oh yeah!

Then I decided to do another technique with it. I put it through the embossing folder then swiped dye inks over the raised card stock. The rest is assembling and embellishing.

I had a piece of the glossy watercolour left so I played some more. I added embossing and inking over it as before, then went one more step. Embossing and inking and painting.

Now I just have to decide if it's going to be a bookmark or applied to a card.

Have a great day and I hope you get a chance to let out some creativity- lots of it!

Thanks for looking- I appreciate it.

DOTTY EDGES

A sampler card for you showing Dotty Edges. No rules for this other than placing dots around the edge of a design. I chose to extend the colour to the edge of the cut out and then to match the dots to the colour. Had I coloured just to the frame and left the border white, it would have a different look. That's the beauty of techniques with more than one method.

The colour for the image began with chalking and then I watercoloured ink into areas I wanted darker. This shows the card against a light background and this one.....

is against a dark background with the flash. The first photo shows truer colour.

This is another version using Dotty Edges. I used Spotlighting and then the dots to cover the circle edges. Another fun technique and I'm sure you could find many more samples online.

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a spectacular day!

WHERESOEVER YOU GO....

I have always loved this quote- I even have it in Spanish! It was by accident that I bought it in Spanish but anyway......

I used the distressed spritz technique again with a dollar store stencil. In real life, this card has more green and less brown.  This technique is a little like heat embossing as it's fun to watch it happen.

It's raining and the birds in the neighbourhood are going crazy, chasing each other around. There's quite a racket going on out there. Maybe they're singing in the shower  :)

Enjoy this day, with all your heart.

Thanks for stopping by.

DISTRESSED SPRITZ & GARDEN DELIGHTS

This what happens when you combine a Quietfire Design stamp set with a Stampin' Up stamp set and Ranger Distress inks and a new Technique Junkies technique. Distress inks react to water a little differently than regular dye inks so when you spritz water on the ink, through a stencil, you get a bleached look. Cool huh?

I love the bees in this stamp set from Quietfire Design. You can almost hear them buzzing!

Thanks for stopping by!