All Over Floral

I love the floral images in these Flora & Fauna stamp sets--it's fun to pile on as many as I can onto the lid of my MISTI and create an all-over floral pattern.  These were stamped in a deep, almost cranberry red.

The black spatters are from Distress Paint that I daubed onto an acrylic block and then flicked off onto the card with a paint brush.  It adds a nice bit of texture--the paint is fluid, but thicker than ink so it has really nice opacity when you need/want it.

 

The sentiment looks like my DYMO label maker, but it's actually from a great stamp set by Altenew!  And, all I needed to set off this card was to die cut a few of the sweet leafy branch from a Flora & Fauna die set out of glitter card stock and pop them up along with the sentiment.

I kinda really, really love this birthday design--so simple but that touch of glitter and the paint spatters give it such an elegant look!  

PARTY ROCK

So.  I've had this idea in my head for the.longest.time.  The most challenging part was getting a "granite"-like texture on that solid blob.  I tried a LOT of different things, but in the end, I found just wadding up a paper napkin and dabbing it lightly against the inked up stamp was all I needed to create the effect.  *BOOYAH!*

Hand drew the facial features and used a fresh new pencil eraser to make the cheeks (2nd generation impression ). 

 

The little paint stroke "flicks" in the Abstract Paint Strokes set reminded me of tufts of grass so I went with it.  Borrowed the hat and cupcake from the Bear Ware set.  Sentiment was computer generated, trimmed out and popped up.

Tropical Tangerine Stickles are apparently headed for retirement, which is a crying shame, IMHO... It really helps set off the whole thing--it actually appears more neon in real life than is showing on screen here, which I happen to LOVE about that particular color of Stickles. 

I don't always think out-of-the-box, but when I do...

I drink Dos Equis.

KIDDING.  I AM KIDDING YOU.

I hate beer.

P.S.  If you enjoy my blog posts and weren't already aware, I'm starting to offer online workshops here on my website and the first one is listed HERE in my shop.  I'm looking forward to producing more! :)

PURE MAGIC

Is there a way to measure magic?  I don't know, really.  But the concept of a magic-ometer was something that came to me when I was developing this set and one of the first ideas I *had* to execute once I got the prototype into my hands.

I love it.  LOVE it.  LOVE IT!!!

 

The images were all stamped with black pigment ink onto watercolor paper and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

After watercoloring the images, I die cut them all out, and die cut more of the same shapes from 110# Neenah to stack and glue them together, turning them into thick,  "faux chipboard" embellishments.   

It's hard to tell in the pic, but I applied Stickles Glitter Glue kinda heavily on the right side of the rainbow, and then spread it out towards the left using a piece of scrap card stock as kind of a squeegee; it became thinner on the left as I did that, which I actually really liked so I didn't mess with it afterwards.

Glued on some micro clear white (they're iridescent so they reflect rainbow-ish) star sequins by HAI Supply and then sat on my hands; I think it was a good call. LOL!

SHELL-A-BRATE YOUR INNER MERMAID

Hope your day is going swimmingly! *wink*

All the images for this design were heat embossed with clear embossing powder over black pigment ink (my favorite method for avoiding stray embossing speckles) onto watercolor paper and then colored with the Gansai Tambi watercolors.

 

This is a super simple window card; the opening is 2" in diameter, so if you have a punch that size, you could use that instead of a die.

Die cut the window, and stamp the inside of the card to peek through; die cut the mermaid and shells and pop those onto the card base with foam tape.

Accent with Stickles Glitter Glues and make some 3D glittery bubbles with the NUVO glitter drops (that stuff rocks!!!)

The end.

Totally random tidbit:  My Gram turns 100 this weekend.  How crazy cool is that???!!!  If my 5 yr. old granddaughter will hold still (kid moves at the speed of light, I tell ya'!), we're goin' for a 5 generation photo!  

UNICORN SCRATCH-OFF

Soooooo, I bet you thought those stripey looking things in the Unicorns & Rainbows Stamp Set were clouds.  They can be.  But, in my head, they were groovy hills of grass. 😆

Does that surprise you?

And, I just had to use some Scratch-off stickers I've been hoarding.  Love.those.things.  They come in a lot of different sizes (I listed them in the supplies if you're looking for one in particular); the 1 x 2"* was perfect for this project.

 

This rainbow washi tape by HAI Supply makes me giddy because of its gorgeous watercolor look!  Makes it so easy to secure a shiny new penny inside the card and it totally coordinates with the card! *fist pump*

 

I know a penny is just a penny, but there is something about a shiny copper penny that looks so much more special than any other coin to me...

Raise your hand if you shine up your pennies with a baking soda and vinegar bath like me... LOL!