Craft Challenge Blog #757

 Hi friends!

I am here with this week's card for CRAFT Challenge Blog.

The theme is Cute or Anything Goes.

The sponsor is: The Paper Shelter and the design I am using is: Gnome with a Daisy

 When you download the file, they provide a design already colored and one that you can color yourself. Normally, I color myself but I really loved the colors they chose and used that.

I used Silhouette's Print and Cut feature to print the gnome out and the Cameo cut it out for me. I cut out a hexagon for the background. I stenciled cute shaped on to the background using a metallic ink to give it a little shimmer. I used gold splatter paint over the whole panel. I attached the gnome with adhesive foam for dimension. The sentiment is stamped and set with white embossing powder.

Supplies used pictured and linked in supplies below:

 

 

~Paula

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Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio.

Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!

Sentiment: Pink Fresh Studio - Simply Sentiments 

Stencil: Brutus Monroe - Caring Mixed Media 

 

Watercolor Autumn leaves card

 Hi friends! I decided to get some fall cards made before I dive into holiday cards. I have a friend that had major surgery this week and I made her this card for well wishes. I love to use the seasons as the theme for cards for any occasion. Let's face it, who sends a card to someone simply because it's fall? Not likely, so let's use that to combine them with life's events. 

I was in the mood for a little watercoloring. I chose this stamp.

I picked a white scrap from the bin I keep the scraps in and figured out that I could stamp this image 3 times on that scrap. I know that I only want one today but I can prepare more for a future use. It's just how I do things. 

I stamped with clear embossing ink because I am going to emboss them in gold. 

I embossed in gold. I love gold in the fall and for Christmas too. Here are two images embossed in gold. You can see the top image isn't perfect. There are bits and pieces of gold that don't really belong. I knew this would happen and I'm okay with it for this design but I wanted to show you the difference between using anti-static powder and not using it. The bottom image had the paper treated with anti-static powder prior to stamping the clear embossing powder. It is nearly perfect. This very important when stamping and embossing sentiments. Sometimes I actually like it a little messy and sometimes it just isn't at all what I want. 

The gold embossing resists the colors. I am watercoloring so I don't need any of it to be perfect. 

Once all painted, I let dry for a bit. 

I choose a black card base and cut the water color design out with a square die. 

I added a sentiment. The inside sentiment will be specific to the purpose of the card but the front doesn't actually need to be. I added some pre-cut leaves that were in my box of extras. I sprinkle some black splatter ink. 

I originally thought the painted square would be a background but it is cheery and bright and I decided not to cover it up to much and let it shine.

~Paula

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Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an Amazon Associate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my link. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with those companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible.

Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from.

 

CRAFT Challenge #710

  Hello there!

This week's CRAFT challenge theme is: Female

This week's sponsor is Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  You can follow them on Facebook too. 

The design I chose is called Bunny Joy. I'm a sucker for bunnies. They are so cute and add a teacup? Perfection. 

The theme is female and I chose a pretty in pink color palette and added on a bow to the sweet bunny's head to help signify it is a girl. Hair bow, flowers, hearts, pastels, teacups == female to me! Inside message included with the design= "You fill my cup with joy" which goes great for so many occasions or none at all.

I started off using the print and cut feature in Silhouette Studio to cut the design out with my **Silhouette Cameo. I didn't get a very smooth edge on my first try but I liked how it made the bunny ears look furry so I left it and didn't edit it anymore. I left the white paper around the flower stems because otherwise the stems would disappear. I drew, cut, and colored a little bow so we all know the bunny is female for this week's theme.

I colored the design with my **Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. I glued it to scrapbook paper from my large stack that I cut using a scalloped oval die by Dress My Craft. I colored the inside of the oval with an alcohol marker and also colored the area around the flower stems to hide that white background that I didn't have the Cameo cut out. 

Here is a pic of my large stack of scrapbook paper. I have purchased very little of this. I keep inheriting some from people who no longer want to scrapbook. I don't normally scrapbook but rather I make cards. I have a 2024 goal this year to actively use this stack. It's hard to use because of the size of it. The other night I pulled it all out of a box it was in and separated it into to color groups and is now stored in a shelving unit in batches by color. Time and activity will only tell if this is helping.

Back to Bunny Joy --

I heat embossed the background with dark pink embossing powder by Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine with ** Hero Arts Floral Mandala Stamp Set and added some sparkly gems that I bought at Hobby Lobby.

This design is so super cute and versatile as I can use it for Easter, birthdays, Valentine's Day, even a get well card or just because.

Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. Any product denoted with a ** is a link on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my link. However, no additional cost is extended to you.

The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with those companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. 

Just for fun, I like to know more about the products and companies I choose. These products and companies are based in these countries:

Hero Arts stamp set: USA

Spectrum Noir markers: England

Dress My Craft dies: India

Scrapbook & Cards Today embossing powder: Canada 

~Paula