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Archives for August 2016

Happy Everything

This month we are lucky enough to be collaborating with The Ton Stamps. Such beautiful stamps, especially the florals. I used the Fresh Cut Tulips, and just one color of ink, to make this card. Now, clearly, I was channeling my inner Laura Bassen. But Laura does a much better Laura than I do. 🙂
This month’s challenge is Pop of Color, and I think I lived up to it. Make sure to join us this month, you could win a prize from The Ton! 
This is a glamour shot of all the shimmer that the wink of stella marker adds to that image.
I used some sequins from The Ton to finish off the card, and then used my pearl pen to finish off the sequins. Lots of finishing on this card. 

Color Layering with The Ton Stamps

 

Hey Everyone! Kristina here with another fun collaboration!

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A big thank you to The Ton Stamps for partnering up with us this month, I had so much fun with their gorgeous color layering dahlias, such crisp detail! 

 
I started by stamping a few flowers and leave from the set onto white card stock, and once dry, cut them out with the brother scan-n-cut.  Next I assembled a shaker by cutting a window out of white card stock and covering it with acetate. Used foam tape for my border and before adhering to the main card panel I stuck in a little piece of vellum for a softer background. Lastly I arrange my flowers onto the front of the card and stamped my sentiment!
If you love color layering as much as I do be sure to check out The Ton Stamps site for a bunch of great layering stamp sets + a bunch of other great craft stuff! I’ll see you later this month with some “Pop of Color” fun for this months challenge!

 

Pop of Color – Dahlias

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Hi friends – welcome back for another fun pop of color inspiration piece. This month we are partnering with The Ton – WOW, WOW, WOW – such gorgeous stamps, matching dies and gorgeous sequins/beads – be sure to check them out!

I knew I wanted to go graphic as well as clean and simple (CAS); so I stamped what would be the third stamp in the layering flower down the left hand side of the card; I then added some graphic black and white paper from my hoard stash. I stamped all 3 images from one of the floral layering sets on Hero Arts white layering paper with Worn Lipstick and Barn Door distress inks. That in itself is pretty, but look what happens when I added some shadows with a Barn Door distress marker – now the depth really pops! I stamped several leaves but only used two; sometimes I stamped 2nd generation, sometimes I stamped full strength on full strength of the same color for a deeper/richer color.

I don’t have the matching dies so just cut each piece out and colored the edges with a black marker for a defined edge. I die cut the ‘thanks’ from pink and black card stock and layered them up – I added some sponging to the pink layer for a fun ombre look, finished it off with glossy accents, clear wink of stella and layered all the pieces on to the main panel which was adhered to a Hero Arts black note card (white on the inside).

Thanks for stopping by; hope you take some time to play along with our pop of color challenge this month, another great prize up for grabs!
Hugs,

Cherry Blossom Time

This month our fabulous sponsor is

and our fun challenge theme is

My card today uses Always Cherry Blossoms from The Ton.  This is such a beautiful set and I so enjoyed designing with it.

The flowers and leaves are colored with Perfect Pearls and a little water – they have a lovely shine in real life! Also added a bit of Copic gray to the branches for a little definition.  The background was done by cutting white cs diagonally and then trimming off about 1/8″ on either side of the diagonal cut.  Next the sentiment was stamped in black ink and clear embossed.  The two diagonal pieces were popped up with some foam tape on a soft grey card base.  Lastly I adhered my fussy cut cherry blossoms.

The design team will have lots of fun examples of our “pop of color” theme this month – create a card with a pop of your favorite color and add it to our challenge link here.

Crane on kraft

Hi there!

I’m here with a card today that really highlights this month’s challenge of

I stamped the lovely crane from Hero Arts Origami Animal  and then added colour with Prismacolour pencils.

We hope you’ll join our challenge for your chance to win a prize!! Let us see your Pops of Colour!

See you again soon!