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

2/22/2024 Friends Card

 2/22/2024

I have the goal in mind to make and post one card a day. I know I won't be successful at it especially when it gets time for the garden.

Today I have a card dedicated to friendship. I left the inside blank for a personal message and allows the card to be used for any occasion or situation. 

The flowers are from Diamond Press and is their Sending Sunshine Die Set. I love Diamond Press. They  sell their products primarily on HSN but some products are available on their own website.

Their products have beautiful results and generally cost less which is a great option for beginners. 

I cut the flowers out using my ** Sizzix Big Shot Foldaway Compact Foldable Manual Die Cutting & Embossing Machine . 

The phrase is Enjoy Life from Darkroom Door. It might be an older stamp. I picked it up because I often say "Enjoy Life" and don't see it as a stamp often. I stamped it using **Memento Fade Resistant Dye Ink in Tuxedo Black. This stamp set has a distressed style so the letters are never going to be super crisp like I think I want for it so I color in each letter a little better using ** Sakura Pigma Micron 03 Black Pen and to make the letter pop a little bit more I heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. I used Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink and **Wow! Embossing Power Clear Gloss Super Fine. 

I mounted all on cardstock from my collection using liquid glue and foam strips and dots to add dimension. 

 

I sprinkled with Spellbinders Sparkle and Gold Silk found here ===> Spellbinders 

 

That's all for today!

This card is available for purchase  here at Paula's Studio.

~Paula 

 

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.