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Hello friends! Let’s check out this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge!
For my card, I stayed pretty true to the layout except, I used a tag in place of the oval.
Black and white with a pop of bright pink is definitely on of my favorites! (check out my previous post!) I added some ink blending on the tag for an extra wow. Finish off with a few ribbons and rhinestones for added texture.
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Hello friends! I am excited to be hopping once again with the One Stamp At A Time team! The theme for this month is Say What? We will be letting sentiments take center stage.
I made this card and standing art for a young gal I wanted to encourage. I thought the “Make Today Ridiculously Awesome” saying from the Ridiculously Awesome set was perfect for her.
I paired bright rainbow backgrounds with the bold black and white True Love DSP. I created the backgrounds with two different techniques. For the card I used Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, and Gorgeous Grape ink pads and Blender Brushes for a nice smooth gradient.
For the art piece, I used the same colors ink refills, water color paper, paint brush and water.
You definitely get a brighter color with the watercolor. I could have built a deeper color on the card if I had kept blending more layers of ink. Here is a closer look at the two techniques side by side – card on the left, art on the right.
I like the texture from the water color paper. I think it adds more dimensional interest. Both techniques are fun. You should give them a try! Time for you to move on to the next stop on the blog hop for some more fun inspiration featuring sentiments.
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Hello crafty friends! I’m here with the Stamp Review Crew for a fun blog hop featuring the Tasteful Touches stamp set. This is a fun and versatile set. At first glance, it looks like it is only for vintage-y type projects, but let you creativity loose and see it can be so much more.
I am getting desperate for spring, unfortunately I’m in MN and that is still a ways off. My projects this time of year seem to work to bring spring into my house as much as I can. I went with a bright springtime color combo of Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, and Coastal Cabana.
For my first card, embossed the flower image with white embossing powder on white card stock. Then, I did some ink blending with Stampin’ Up!’s new blending brushes.
I took the Opal Rounds embellishments and colored them with the coordinating Stampin’ Blends. A fun springtime Hello.
My next card has a similar blended background, but this time I achieved it with water coloring.
I did a light watercolor wash of the three colors. Once dry, I stamped the lace like image in each color. Then I took a watercolor brush over the stamped images to blur them out some.
A fun springtime duo to showcase a great stamp set! Now, it is time for you to continue through the blog hop. You can move on to Charlet by clicking the NEXt button below. Or, if you are doing the hop in reverse, you can head over to Cindy by clicking the PREVIOUS button below.
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Welcome crafty friends! Time to play along with another great challenge from the Paper Craft Crew. This week we have a fun color challenge.
This color combo puts me in the mood for spring. But, it is 12 degrees out and snow everywhere. sigh. Well, I’ll let my cards bring in the spring!
I used some inks from Taylored Expressions for today’s card: Guava, Pineapple and Confetti Cake. I also used the TE set Gus and Gertie. Love that pooch and birdie.
I have been having a lot of fun blending inks and using stencils. For this card, I lightly blended the inks on white card stock. Then, I added the stencil and blended the same inks to get a darker pattern. What a fun background for the dynamic duo.
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