sequins

RAINBOWS AND FLAT BOTTOM CLOUDS

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When I used the oval frames for this project, I had all the solid shapes leftover, providing the perfect opportunity for this design!

I cut all the ovals in half, white embossed the sentiment, then stamped the heart over top. Buffed off the residual ink sitting on top of the embossing from the heart. Then I stacked all the ovals together, slightly imperfectly, as is my usual custom.

BTW, I highly recommend using a DETAIL embossing powder for these types of sentiments for crisp results—the image lines are finer and regular grind powders can obliterate/blur the lines.

Inks, whether dye or pigment, have a tendency to “sit” on the surface of Card Shoppe card stocks (they’re a deliciously heavier weight than most, at 100#) so I decided to heat emboss the sentiment, and stamp the heart AFTERWARDS so that I wouldn’t have powder sticking to the heart. If you have extra time, you could do it in reverse, heat set the heart, then pounce it with anti-static powder to make sure it’s thoroughly dry before stamping and embossing the sentiment. I figured I’d rather save time, since the end results would be pretty much the same anyway.

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I love how the Essentials Squares enabled me to create a gold foil frame that gives the illusion of an additional layer, but no bulk. Clouds were popped up with foam tape to match the height of the rainbow itself—when you stack that many layers, it does get a bit thick/chunky, but IMHO, totally worth the end result and it’s actually still mailable!

I’m totally making another rainbow card with the other half of these ovals . . . EEP!!!

Have a fab day!

HAPPY HELLO, TAKE 2

So.  This started out as a fail; I die cut the words upside down from each other on some Cotton Candy Bazzill (pink) card stock.  I had to die cut again to make the card I had actually PLANNED on making.  LOL!  (see Happy Hello)

 

But, I saved the pink letters. Cuz that's what we do, right?! 

And, I stamped over them using the Plaid Maker set (the large textured squares) and Coral ink, set 'em aside, and got busy on this project's top panel, stamping a mix of fruits, flowers and greenery with Catherine Pooler Dye inks (I love these water-based dye inks; they have become my go-to colored inks!)

 

I like using second generation impressions, mixed in with first--it's like having two colors of ink for the price of one and it adds an element of depth! *fist pump* Initially I was going to pop up those skinny li'l letters (insert look of horror), and then it occurred to me that it would be a lot faster and far less tedious to just inset them into the top panel.  *smacks forehead*.  This time, however, I was extra careful that I had BOTH my word dies placed in the right direction before I cut through that purdy stamped panel... 

Goofing up isn't a bad thing; it sometimes leads to an idea you hadn't thought of before. *WINNING*

I can't remember where I picked up these particular HAI Supply rainbow flower sequins, but I've listed some similar shaped ones down below in the supplies--they're an opaque iridescent.  I love all the rainbow iridescent sequins from HAI--if I need to, there's always colors in them that I can cherry pick from to coordinate with my projects.  YASSS!!!

START WITH A SONG

I just love the watercolor look on this rainbow-esque washi tape.  The little cupped flower sequins remind me of blown glass . . . *swoon*

It didn't take much to pull this all together--just a little colored pencil shading on the stamped images!

 

I put a little puddle of Multi-Medium on scrap paper and grasped the sequins with my tweezers (super easy when they are cupped like these) and swiped them through the glue and plunked 'em onto the card.

Everyone needs a 5MQ like this in their card-makin' aresenal.

Side note:  5MQ stands for five minute (card-makin') quickie.