Rainbow Celebrate

Welcome

Meet today's card.

Just a fun one I created using lots of rainbow colours of Distress Oxide inks and one stamp from Stamplorations with a repeated pattern.

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

• I cut my card panel from a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I looked through my Distress Oxide inks and settled on these colours in order.... Picked Raspberry, Barn Door, Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and finally some Blueprint Sketch.
• Next, I positioned my card panel into my Misti with one of the stamps from the Mixed Media set from Stamplorations, inked it up with some Picked Raspberry and stamped it to the far left.  The great thing about using the Misti stamping tool is that it has a grid to help guide your stamping.
• I continued to repeat stamping the pattern by moving my panel in my Misti and using the above mentioned colours.
• When I was happy with the stamping, I splattered using a wet paint brush with all the colours by diluting them on my TH Glass Mat.  I also used my Posca black pen for a bit more drama.
• When the panel was totally dry, I placed the 'celebrate' die carefully over the stamped area and secured it with a piece of low tack tape.  I ran it through my Spellbinder Platinum to die cut it out.  Be sure to keep all the pieces intact...I use a little tray to contain it all...you will need all those little cut away pieces!
• I stamped the small sentiment under the die-cut area with some black Versafine Clair in my Misti.
• I die-cut the sentiment 3 more times from some white cardstock and then glued all the 4 pieces together.  
• I glued the panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then fit the 'celebrate' back into the cut away area.  I fit and glued all the small pieces back into place to create an embedded or otherwise called an eclipse sentiment.  
• I glued it all to a white card base, then added 3 black gems to pull it all together.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

STAMPlorations- NEVERENDING CHALLENGE

Simon Says Wed.- USE DIES or PUNCHES

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIES AND/or STENCILS

Supplies

Stamps- Mixed Media (STAMPlorations); Tiny Words (SSS)

Inks- DOX (all mentioned above); Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Posca Pen; paintbrush;

Celebrate die (MFT); Spellbinder Platinum die cutting machine; Nuvo glue

Rainbow in the Clouds

Welcome!

Meet today's card.

I was asked to create some cards for New Grandparents so I was up to the challenge.

It also gave me a chance to play with this wonderful Cloud Edger stencil and mask from A Colorful Life Designs....so fun to play with!

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

• I started by cutting my card front panel with some heavy white cardstock.  I got out the Cloud Edger stencil and my Distress Oxide inks.  (Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Candied Apple, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord)
• Beginning at the top of the panel, I applied ink using my blender brushes inking heavy in some areas and lighter in others along the edges of the mask.  I kept moving the mask down my panel using the above mentioned colours until I reached the bottom.
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered the whole panel and set aside to dry.
• I die cut from the center of the panel with this Spellbinders die (I'm sorry I have no idea what it is called).  
• The sentiment was computer generated, then die cut with the same die I used to cut from the panel.  
• I fitted and glued the die cut piece back into place using pop dots and then pop dotted the sentiment over that.
• It was all glued onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the Cloud Edger mask I used.

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- FAV. TECHNIQUE

(Love to stencil)

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- RAINBOW COLORS

Supplies

Stamp- none

Inks- Distress Oxides listed above

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

Accessories and Tools- Cloud Edger stencil (ACLD); blending brushes (TE); 

white Posca pen; Spellbinder die

Thoughts of You

Good Morning.

I found a flourish mask that I have had in my stash for years.  I don't know who made it or where I got it but it was the starting point for my card.

 I applied the mask to my white cardstock, then using different colours of Distress inks I watercoloured bands of colour onto my card front.  Just press the ink pads directly onto a non-stick pad, add some water and use a paint brush to paint with.  I used a wide bristle brush and kept adding colour until I was happy with the tones.  When I removed the mask, the white area of the card was left behind.

  Next, using the flourish from Technique Tuesday I stamped that over the white masked area and to the left for interest.  It created kind of a shadow effect.

I stamped the sentiment from an old Hero Arts set then splattered with white acrylic paint to help brighten up the whole card.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.
Have a great Friday!


Supplies
Stamps- Flourishes (TT); Write Your Message (HA)
Ink- Distress:  Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio (TH); 
Tuxedo Black Memento
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti; white acrylic paint; paintbrush; mask ?