Thinking of You Butterflies

 Hi there,

Today's card is brought to you by, a happy accident!!  You see, I was working on a watercolor background like the picture below.

But I am not very happy how it turned out.  I lift it to see what could be done, and when I flipped it over, I saw this.

I like the areas of white and I thought it has movement.  So I used this side of the panel instead. I turned it around so the yellow spot is on top, and added a tiny bit more ink before stamping on it.

I coated the largest butterfly with Nuvo Glitter, added sentiment strips.

I am playing along these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #201 - Pretty In Pink

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Butterflies Clear Stamp Set

Sunny Studio Slimline Scalloped Frame

Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set

Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)

Ranger Distress Ink (Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flammingo)

Nuvo Glitter Drops (Flammingo Parade)

It is so nice of you to stop by, have a lovely day!!

New Year, New Me

Hi,

I think I got the mixed media bug!!  Yup made another mixed media project, a card panel that would go into my art journal. 

I started with a layer of stamping (of script) in Acorn archival ink, then applied media gloss spray.  This however covered the stamping.  After the panel dried, I did some partial stenciling with embossing paste.  Next I applied more media gloss spray, and stamped 'new year, new me', adhere butterfly which was stamped in black and hand cut.  Lastly I added sticker quotation.

Challenges:

Simon Monday Challenge: Use a New/Unused Product
(my new/unused product is Black Soot archival ink, and Ocean media gloss spray)

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Something New
(new craft products: ink and media gloss spray)

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #166 -  All Things New

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Butterfly Stamp Set

Simon Says Stamp Harvest Stencil

Range Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray (Chedder, Fusia, Ocean)

StudioLight Art By Marlene Sticker Sheets

Altenew New Me Stamp Set

Ranger Archival Ink (Acorn, Black Soot)

Golden Gel Medium Embossing Paste

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a sweet day!

Christmas Cards 2020-Nov-24

Hi and welcome back!

I finally finished the cards created using the last two colorings for the 11 Day Coloring Challenge.

This simple watercolored moose now lives in a faux shaker card.  Yes you heard me right!  LOL  For my international cards, I'd like to minimize the bulkiness and thickness so I avoid anything that have too many layers.  But I do want some fun in these cards too.  Hence my faux shaker card.

Remember this moose?  From my day 10 coloring.

Now it is here.

The snowflakes are glue down on the bottom layer of my snowglobe which is vellum, sealed on top is thin acetate.  I modified the Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Snowglobe add-on die to make my snowglobe.  Since I didn't need foam adhesive, the card is relatively flat for mailing.

Challenges for this card:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Christmas

Virginia's 2020 November Show & Share

A Blog Named Hero Glitter & Sparkle

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Snow Globe add-on Die

Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles Die

Hero Arts Wooland Set by Lia Stamp & Cut

Hero Arts Winter Cheer Tag by Lis Stamp & Cut

Carta Bella Snowflake Swirls Stencil

Nuvo Sea Sprite Glacier Paste

Ranger Acorn Archival Ink

Versamark Watermark Ink

Ranger Super Fine Detail White Emobssing Powder

Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set

The watercolored panel I did on day 11 of the challenge, I cut up and made two cards.

From this:

to these:

I think both are quickly self explanetory.

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #163 - Holidays Cards

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamps Pretty Peonies Background

Poppystamps Fancy Happy Holidays Die

MFT Die-namics Stitched Sq Scallope Die

Hero Arts Vintage Christmas Post Stamp Set

Versamark Watermark Ink

Wow Metallic Gold Rich Super Fine Embossing Powder

Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set

Thanks so much for visiting, and reading all the way thru.  Have a wonderful day!!

Tags or Bookmark

 Hello, and welcome back!

I was so inspired by Anna-Karin's slimline tags that I've made a couple myself.  

They measure 2 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches.  I gold heat embossed the image on white mix media paper panel and watercolored.  I partial die cut the top of the panel to create the tag shape.  To finished I splattered some metallic gold ink all over. While I was photographing, a thought came to mind, these slimline tags could double up as bookmarks!  I wanted to link up to the Simon Monday Challenge - Christmas Tags, but sadly I missed the boat! 😞

Challenges:

Tracey McNeeley's 25 Days of Christmas Tags  

(inspired by Anna-Karin's slimline tags shown on Day 2 of the event)

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group Challenge #162 - Happy Holidays

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamps Center Cut Holiday Florals

Versamark Watermark Ink

Wow Metallic Gold Rich Super Fine Embossing Powder

Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set

Altenew Tabbed Die

Hero Art Glimmer Metallic Gold Ink

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a wonderful day!

Hello Beautiful Friend

 Hi everyone,

Hope you're having a crafty weekend!!  I have just received a new stencil - Simon Says Stamp Geo Leaves so I went to play.

I applied Seedless Preserve, Abandoned Coral, and Worn Lipstick thru the stencil and created a "frame" for the sentiment.  I stamped the butterflies with shadow ink so they won't overpower the stenciling, but I heat embossed the butterflies with clear powder to add interest and shine.  The sentiments are stamped in black and clear heat embossed.  Lastly, for a tiny bit more shine I lay the stencil over the stenciled image and applied glitter gel in some random areas.

 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamps Flickr Challenge #156 - Playing with Stencils

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Geo Leaves Stencil

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Butterfly Clear Stamp Set

Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flowers Clear Stamp Set

Ranger Distress Inks (Seedless Preserve, Abandoned Coral, Worn Lipstick)

Hero Arts Soft Granite Shadow Ink

Gina K. Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Clear Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy a sweet day.

30 Day Coloring (Jul12)

Day 12 of Kathy's 17th 30 Day Coloring Challenge

I finished page I started on Day 11 yesterday, took photos, but didn't have a chance to post.  Got tied up by other stuff.  So at long last here it is:

Although it may be difficult to see but there is a light Pink Diamond watercolor wash in the background.  I distress the edges with Chipped Sapphire, add the sentiment sticker and outline it with a gold gel pen.  I am loving this stickers from Art By Marlene!!

Other challenges:

Virginia's July's Show & Share

Simon Says Stamps Flickr Challenge - Crazy For Coloring

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Pretty Peonies Background Cling Stamp

Altenew Watercolors 36 Pan Set

Gold Pearl Heat Embossing Powder

Gold Gel Pen

Ranger Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink

StudioLight Art By Marlene Sticker Book

Thank for visiting.  See you again soon!

Glittered Harvest Stenciling

Hi,

Welcome back to my blog.  Today's project is inspired by Jennifer McGuire's Glittered Stenciling video, and I used Simon Says Stamp Harvest stencil.

After I did the Glittered Stencilling I cut up the panel into stripes with various height and adhere back onto a white card base.  The sentiment is heat embossed with Rose Quartz embossed powder.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #134 - Let Your Stencils Shine

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamps Harvest Stencil

Simon Says Stamps Inside Holiday Greetings Clear Stamp

Sookwang Double sided adhersive

Glitter Ritz Merlot Opaque Micro Fine Glitter

Elizabeth Craft Designs Cool Diamond Mircofine Glitter

Stampendous Rose Quartz embossing powder

Versamark Watermark ink pad

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a lovely day!!

Peonies Background Hidden Greetings

Hi,

I got some time to play with some new stamp and die I bought using the gift card I received from Simon Says Stamp for being their Guest Designer for the SSS Flickr Challenge in August.  

Thank you so much Simon Says Stamp!!

Let's take a look.

The 6x6 Peonies Backgroup Cling Stamp is gorgeous!!  I heat embossed it in Brass on a multi media paper panel, and watercolored.

After eveything is dried I trimmed it into two panels, one standard A2 size panel for the front of my card and another 1 3/8 by 4 1/4 inch panel to decorate the flap of the envelope.

Then I used Simon Says Stamp Perforated Flaps Wafer Dies to die cut the flap on the watercolored panel.  Since the watercolored panel is quite thick I used an exacto knife to cut along the perforated line to facilitate the opening of the flap.  

The Peonies Background image is a little busy, and the area where the flap isn't obvious.  So I applied another layer of watercolor over the flap area to make it darker and I also colored in the background of the image in blue.

I white heat embossed some sentiments on a standard A2 size hot pink card panel, and glue the died watercolor panel on top after I rounded the corners.    

Here's a little video showing how it works.

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Interactive

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #132 - Anything Goes

Work It Wednesday August/September Challenge - Celebration

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Peonies Background Cling Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday Clear Stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Perforated Flap Waffer Dies

Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set

Versamark Watermark Ink

Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder

Brass Embossing Powder

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a sweet day!!

A Different Fall Color Palette

Hi, welcome back!

 Whenever we talk about Fall Colors I usually automatically think of the falling leaves and their tremendous colors, the yellows, the oranges, and the reds.  But this year I am also quite intrigued by the purple and green combination from this Fall harvest vegetable.

Here's my project inspired by the colors.

For embossed background, I took some white embossing paste and added a few drops of Glimmer Metallic Gold Ink and some Perfect Pearl powder and mix together to create a unique color embossing paste.  I stencilled using Simon Says Stamp Mesh Stencil.

While that dries, I stamped the largest image from the Simon Says Stamp Earth Has Music with Jet Black Archival Ink on multi media paper, and watercolored.  I coated the green flower portion with some twinkling watercolor for some shine.

"HBD" is stamped using Seedless Preserves and hand cut along with the feather image.  Once my background panel is completely dry I adhered it to a purple card base, then used foam adhesive to glue the handcut pieces on top.

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It

Simon Monday Challenge - Stamp It

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #131 - Falling For Fall

Work It Wednesday August/September - Celebrate

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Earth Has Music clear stamp

Simon Says Stamp Mesh Stencil

Simon Says Stamp Game Tile Letters clear stamp

Ranger Perfect Pearl Powder 

Ranger Seedless Preserves Distress Ink

Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink

Golden Gel Mediums Light Molding Paste

Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Gold Ink

Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set

LuminArte Twinkling H20s Shimmering Watercolors (Pear Blossom, Rain Forest)

Thanks for visiting,  I wish you a lovely day.

Simon Says Stamp Flickr One Layer Challenge

Hello everybody,

I am so excited about today's post, I am invited to be a Guest Designer for the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #129, the theme is: One Layer.  This challenge starts Friday August 2nd and ends Thursday August 15th, 9:00am EDT.  Check details here.

Birthday and Christmas are two occasions I make most cards for, and I send them often via snail mail. So one layer cards are best to avoid bulkiness.  Now having that said, one does not need to sacrifice style to have a one layer card.  With some careful planning, a one layer card can be as pretty as a layered card.

I created two cards today.  The first one is a birthday card.

I masked the center and lower half of the card, stamped Simon Says Stamp Center Cut Flower in Archival Jet Black ink using my MISTI.  Then turn the card around, masked the center and the other

half of card and repeat the stamping.

Then I drew the lines in the center of the card to make it looks like a banner.  I stamped the sentifment in black and then the thick dotted lines in soft grey.

The flowers are watercolored, the centers are dotted with Onyx Pearl Liquid Pearl, the decorative dots along the leaves are dotted with White Opal Liquid Pearl.

I also stamped a matching envelope in Soft Grey.

For the my second card I made a Christmas card but in a less traditional color scheme.

To make this card, I started by making a dry impression using Simon Says Stamp Wavy Scallop Stitched Die on a white card base with silicone mat underneath the card base.  But I placed a light weight card stock on top of the card (but under the cutting die) when I pass it thru the die cut machine.  This way the light weight card stock is cut thru at the same position and I used it to doing masking.

Next I stamped the flower and leaves and colored with pencils.  Then I masked the lower part of the card starting at the stitch line, and stamped the plaid pattern in Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint, and Picked Raspberry.  

Then I masked the scallop area and used an ink applying tool to apply Peeled Paint (this step I didn't take photo).

The sentiment is stamped in black.  And for I splattered some Perfect Pearl solution all over.

I hope you enjoy my cards.  Come on over to flickr and play along with us.  Link here.

Supplies

Simon Says Stamp Center Cut Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Crafty Friends

Simon Says Stamp Kind Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Inside Holiday Greetings

Simon Says Stamp Sending Flowers

Alternew Watercolors 36 Pan Set

Primsacolor Coloring Pencils

Ranger Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry)

Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)

Ranger Perfect Pearl (White Opal, Onyx Pearl)

Ranger Perfect Pearl Powder

Memories Shadow Ink (Soft Grey)

Memento Dye Ink (Tuxedo Black)

Thanks for visiting me.  I wish you a lovely day!

Faux stitched rainbow background

Hi everyone, hope you're enjoying the weekend!

I've got a colorful card to share today.

To create the background I masked and inked each color onto a white card panel, then splashed some water drops onto the panel before the distress inks dry.  Next I stamped the stitches in black, and then splattered some white acrylic paint. Then adhered my die cut pieces, black ones on white ones in an off set fashion.  Lastly I stamp the 'hi' in black.  And the whole panel goes onto a white card base.

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group Challenge #128 - Anything Goes

Die Cut Diva's July Challenge - Anything Goes

Supplies

Simon Says Stamp Single Roses Die

Simon Says Stamp Crafty Friends Clear Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flowers Clear Stamp

Ranger Distress Ink (Barn Door, Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass)

Memento Dye Ink (Tuxedo Black)

White Acrylic Paint

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a rainbow color kinda day!! 

Wedding Floral

Hi,

I've got a Floral Wedding card to share.  I have been practicing on how to loosely water color floral images.  But before I could master the technique, I found another way to create the look.   

I thought the flowers on this card turned out very nicely.  

To create my card, I first watercolor a whole card panel and then I stamped the flower images.

As you can see the flower has some basic loose water colors on them,  but they need some more colors.   

Could see the subtle difference?  Next I hand cut them all out.

Then I layered them onto my card base on which I'd already glued a minty green Woodland Rectangular Frame die cut with matching white heat embossed the sentiment banner.  And I add a bit of Diamond Stickle in the center of the flowers.

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #126 - Crazy For Coloring

30 Day Coloring Challenge June 2019

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #347 - Make Your Mark

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Woodland Rectangular Frame Die

Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flower Clear Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Floral Bliss Clear Stamp

Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)

Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set

Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder

Ranger Stickles (Diamond)

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a lovely day!