Snowflake Greetings

Welcome

Today's card was simple and fun.

Another card to add to my holiday collection of cards to send.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I got out a piece of bubble wrap and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.  I gave it a slight spray of water and pressed it well onto my white cardstock.  It left a very fun impression.
• While that dried, I stamped and clear embossed the sentiment and cut it out.
• Next, I stamped the snowflake over the bubble wrap impression with more of the Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then some green and then onto a white A2 card base.
• To finish my card off, I added a black gem to the center of my snowflake and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up under it.

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

The Holly and Ivy Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

Use Your Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Greetings (retired- Paper Smooches); Large Snowflake (SU)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- bubble wrap; clear eb powder; black gem; foam tape, 

white Posca pen

Delicate Flowers

 

Welcome

Meet today's card.

It has such a textural, unique look and was all done with the help of a piece of bubble wrap.  I watched a video by Tracy Evans and I was off to try it out.  I will be doing it again for sure.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I took out some Dina Wakely acrylic paint and squeezed a small blob onto my TH Glass mat.  Using a small piece of bubble wrap, I picked up some of the paint and dabbed it onto my cardstock.
• I continued that process, changing colours until the whole panel was painted up.  I set that aside to dry completely.
• When it was totally dry, I rubbed the whole panel with an anti-static bag, then I pulled out this beautiful set called Fragile Foliage from Altenew.  I placed the painted panel into my Misti and stamped the flowers with some Versamark ink.  
• I white heat embossed the flowers.  (Be sure to use the anti-static bag or you will have white embossing powder stuck all over the front of your card panel.)
• Using a small leftover piece, I stamped the sentiment from the same set with some black and clear heat embossed that.
• I glued the main panel onto a heavy white card base, then pop dotted the sentiment into the corner. 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamp- Fragile Foliage (Altenew)

Inks- Dina Wakely paint, Versamark, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- bubble wrap, Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Wow eb powder; 

anti-static bag, TH Glass Mat

Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!

Meet today's card using some pieces of inky goodness I had in my stash.  

One of the things I love to recycle and use on my cards is bubble wrap.  It gives such fun circle patterns when all inked up and easy to get with all the deliveries we have had of late!

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by looking through my stash of inky backgrounds.  I tried to choose some that were similar in colour to create a more cohesive looking card.  After I found a few that I thought would work together, I cut them into strips.
• Strips- The circle one is the bubble wrap that I inked up using some Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my cardstock.  One of the strips is ink that I dragged with an old gift card.  The other one is a resist I did using a stamp from Penny Black. 
• I took a good look at the strips and figured out how I wanted to weave them together.  I found this sketch online and decided to use that as my inspiration.

• Next I needed to make a base for it all, so using a piece of white cardstock, I embossed it using a folder from Carabelle in my Cuttlebug.  I arranged the strips, then glued them in place.  I did pop dot some of the edges for interest.
• I die cut a circle and placed that into my Misti.  I stamped the sentiment from the Avery Elle set and coloured in the little heart with my Copic markers.
• I glued the panel onto a heavy white card base, then pop dotted the sentiment over that in the corner. I added some green Nuvo drops for interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Distress Oxides, Versafine

Paper- heavy white (Scribe's Nook Waterloo, Ont. Canada

Accessories and Tools- Letters EB Folder (Carabelle); bubble wrap; old gift card; pop dots;

clear eb powder; Copic marker; Nuvo drops; Cuttlebug

Bubble Wrap Resist

Hello and Welcome

I hope you are all keeping well and safe.

Here in Ontario, Canada, we are into our THIRD wave.  It is such a scary time and the vaccines are rolling out very slowly.  I'm glad for the rollout to be happening, but it is so frustrating that it is taking so long.  I'm generally a patient person but I want to get on with it!  I guess understanding the overwhelming numbers in the system have to appreciated though.

I also want to say a BIG THANKS to all of you that are visiting my blog and always leaving me such encouraging comments.  I do have to apologize for my late responses or visits returned to your blogs.  I am so busy with my 5 little daycare kids (one being  baby) that it keeps me jumping.  By the end of the day, I am tired out and don't usually have time to spend on the computer.  

I promise I will do my best to answer or get back to you as soon as I can!!

Anyways...I made this fun card.  I have to say, having a creative outlets has really helped in these times.

So meet today's card.  A simple mixed media one inspired by Vicki Boutin.  She has FB and YouTube lives every Friday night and has done for a very long time.  Her approach to mixed media is 'try the things'.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of mixed media paper.  Using a piece of bubble wrap, I rubbed some Versamark ink over it and pressed it onto the paper.  I took some white embossing powder and heat embossed it as I wanted to create a resist.  
• Next, I got out the Warm set of Vicki Boutin's Art Crayons and a piece of acetate.  I rubbed the crayons directly onto the acetate and diluted with some water using a paintbrush.  I pressed the acetate onto the panel and dragged it down to cover the paper. 
• I continued that process until the whole panel was filled with colour.  I set that aside to dry and repeated that process on another white scrap of paper.  I used the leftover wet ink to add some splatters with my paintbrush.
• I carefully wiped away the colour from the white embossed areas using a baby wipe.  It left a distressed background that I loved.
• I stamped the Daisy Stem flower from Rubber Stampede onto the small paper panel with some Versafine Clair Noir and clear heat embossed it.  I then glued that over another small piece of white cardstock to give it a bit of a border.  
• I mounted the dots inked piece onto some white, then onto a heavy white card base.  I pop dotted the flower to the side,

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Stinkin' Inkers- RECYCLE/ REUSE

Creative Artiste Mixed Media- ANYTHING GOES MIXED MEDIA

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Daisy Stem (Rubber Stampede)

Inks- Vicki Boutin Art Crayons; Versamark; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- bubble wrap; Wow white and clear eb powder; heat tool; piece of acetate