Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge #2

Here is Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge #2 on the Facebook - teal, yellow, and grey color palette, below is the challenge photo:


And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:


I white embossed the stamped image from Zen Bouquet on the grey cardstock. Then I colored some of the flowers with Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils in teal and yellow colors. I white embossed "just smile" on the left corner of the card. Finish the card by attaching some teal and yellow enamel dots on the card. Below is another look of the card:


Supplies:
Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp
Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps
Ink Pads: Versamark
Others: white embossing powder, Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils, enamel dots

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Distress Oxide Water Painting Technique

After viewing Jennifer McGuire's Distress Oxide Water Painting Technique video, I would like to try this technique. Below is the card I made with Concord & 9th stamps:


I white embossed the flowers on the white cardstock. Then I applied Distress Oxide inks on the cardstock heavily to create the resist effect. I used the water brush to brush off the colors from the flowers. Then brushed again with the clear Wink of Stella pen to make flowers shiny. Finish the card by die cut "thanks" (from Mama Elephant) four times and glued them together and put in the center of the card. I also attached some white Nuvo crystal drops as accents. Below is another look of the card:


I would like to have this card to attend the following two challenges:

1) Simon Wednesday Challenge - Floral Frenzy, below is the challenge photo:

2) Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge #326 - #327, below is the word art of the challenge:


Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT
Stamps: Concord & 9th
Ink Pads: Versamark, Distress Oxide inks
Die: Mama Elephant
Others: white embossing powder, clear Wink of the Stella pen, Nuvo crystal drops

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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Paper Smooches March Sketch Challenge & Simon Monday Challenge

Here is Paper Smooches March Challenge - Sketch, below is the challenge photo:



And here is Simon Monday Challenge - Easter/Spring Inspiration, below is the challenge photo:


Below is the card I made to attend the above two challenges:


I brushed Ranger's alcohol inks on a piece of acetate, let it dry. Then I stamped flowers from Paper Smooches' Blooming Buds set with green Archival ink pad on the acetate. I wiped a dry cloth on the acetate, then the stamped flowers will change the colors from green to white. I learned this technique from Jennifer McGuire's "alcohol ink ghost stamping" technique. I cut out the acetate into a wide and a narrow stripe and attached them on the card. I stamped two butterflies - from Paper Smooches' Pretty Mamma set on the white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers, then brushed the clear Wink of Stella pen on top of the colors. I cut out two butterflies and attached them with foam tapes on the card. Finish the card by stamping "You are all kinds of wonderful" (from Paper Smooches' Fun & Flirty set) at the bottom of the card and dropped some Nuvo crystal drops. Below is another look of the card:


Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Ink Pads: MFT, Archival ink pad
Others: acetate, alcohol inks, Nuvo crystal drops, Copic markers, foam tapes

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Poppystamps Challenge PSC#42 - Clean And Simple

Here is Poppystamps Challenge PSC#42 - Clean and Simple, below is the challenge photo:


And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:


I used Heartwood stencil from Memory Box to make the background with Distress ink and rotate the stencil and brushed with white ink to make a shadow effect. Then I cut out the Winterberry Sprig die four times on blue glitter paper and attached them on four corners. I use the thanks die from Simon Says Stamp to cut out from glitter paper and glue it on the vellum stripe. Finish the card by attaching the vellum stripe in the middle of the card. Below is another look of the card:


Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, vellum, glitter paper
Dies: Memory Box, Simon Says Stamp
Ink Pads: Distress ink, Stampin' Up (white ink pad)
Others: stencil

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Sunday, March 11, 2018

The Ton March Challenge - Spring

Here is The Ton March Challenge - Spring, below is the challenge photo:




And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:



I stamped the peony with Versamark ink and embossed with rose gold embossing powder on a piece of watercolor paper. Then I colored the peony with Inktense watercolor pencils. I run the watercolor paper with the large rectangle die to make stitched border. Finish the card by embossing the greeting on a stripe of vellum with rose gold embossing powder. Below is another look of the card:



Supplies:
Cardstock: watercolor paper, PTI
Stamps: The Ton Stamps (Dearest Peony, Loose Tulips)
Ink Pads: Versamark
Others: Inktense watercolor pencils, rose gold embossing powder

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge #1 - All About The Honey Bees

Here is the first Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge #1 - All about the Honey Bees. Below is the challenge photo:

And below is the card I made to attend this challenge:


I stamped the flower wreath with the stamps from Zen Floral and Zen Bouquet stamp sets. Then I colored the flowers and leaves with Copic markers. I stamped two bees (freebies from Honey Bee Stamps) on white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers and brushed with the clear Wink of the Stella pen, and cut them out. Finish the card by stamping "hang in there, stay strong" (from Blah Blah Blah set) in the middle of the wreath and attaching two bees with foam tapes. Below is another look of the card:

  
Cardstock: MFT, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps
Ink Pads: MFT, Versafine
Others: Copic markers, clear embossing powder, the Wink of Stella pen, foam tapes

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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Simon Wednesday & Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenges

Here are two "anything goes" challenges:

1) Simon Wednesday Challenge: below is the challenge photo:

2) Word Art Wednesday Challenge #324-#325: below is the word art:


And here is the card I made to attend these two challenges:


The card background was made by alcohol inks on the glossy cardstock. Mermaid, fish, shells, and rock were colored with Inktense watercolor pencils, then cut them out. The greeting was silver embossed on the background. The seaweeds were stamped with black Versafine ink and the school of little fish was stamped with gray Versafine ink, then clear embossed all of them. Below is another look of the card:


Cardstock: Ranger glossy cardstock, Bristol paper
Stamps: MFT, Impression Obsession
Ink Pads: Versafine, Versamark
Others: Inktense watercolor pencils, silver & clear embossing powder, clear Wink of the Stella pen, foam tapes, alcohol inks

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

MFT Sketch Challenge 374

Here is MFT Sketch Challenge 374, below are the challenge photos:



And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:


The background ocean was made by Distress inks and embossing folder. The mermaid stamped and embossed with black ink and colored with Inktense watercolor pencils. I stacked the ocean theme die cuts with different blue cardstock and attached foam tapes on top of the Distress background. I attached the cutout mermaid with foam tapes on the background as well. I white embossed the greeting "sending you oceans of love" on the navy cardstock and cut the stripe out. Attach the stripe at the bottom of the card. Finish the card by dropped some blue glitter Nuvo drops around the die cuts. Below is another look of the card:


Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up, Bristol paper
Ink Pads: Versafine, Distress inks, Versamark
Stamps: MFT
Dies: Memory Box
Others: Inktense watercolor pencils, white embossing powder, embossing folder, Nuvo glitter drops, foam tapes

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Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 23 - Try A New Technique

Here is Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 23 - Try a new technique, below is the challenge photo:


And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:


I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's Creative Masked Backgrounds technique, and would like to give it a try. I masked the white cardstock in the middle and blend Distress inks to make ocean and sky. Then, I stamped the whales and birds on another piece of white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers and brushed the clear Wink of Stella pen on them. Cut them out. I stamped some sea life animals and shells with dark blue ink in the ocean portion and stamped seagulls and water spouts with light blue ink. I also stamped "big hugs" with Versafine black ink in a curvy way and clear embossed it. Finish the card by attaching two birds with foam tapes to the two ends of "big hugs" and two whales under the water spouts. Below is another look of the card:


Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, Neenah 
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink Pads: MFT, Versafine, Archival inks, Distress inks
Others: the clear Wink of Stella pen, Copic markers, clear embossing powder, foam tapes

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