This card uses papers and cut-aparts from the kit. I added three flower sequins to finish off the card and like the way it looks. Clean and "professional!"
I'll be sad to see this kit go and look forward to "going back for seconds" in the future!
This is the last of the "Cherry Blossom" cards for this go around. I have lots of paper left to make more, though, so there will be more in the future! This card uses papers and cut-aparts from the kit. I added three flower sequins to finish off the card and like the way it looks. Clean and "professional!" Here is another of those cards that you can't get a feel for the nuanced elements. Both the kimono and the jacket have been "painted" with Pearl Ex. I also added white gel pen to the flowers. You can see how the Pearl Ex looks from the second photo, where the kanji glows.
I'll be sad to see this kit go and look forward to "going back for seconds" in the future!
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You have most likely just hopped from Karen's post to get here. If at any point, you wander astray, her post is where it all begins! The challenge this month was to make beautiful things with this stamp set. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I am not a flower person, so this truly was a challenge for me! This was also my first chance to play with the Distress Oxides that recently came out. So, I'm not sure these cards qualify as beautiful, but they are darned unique and whoever ends up with one of them better appreciate that I like them enough to send them a dang card I made by hand. That is all. I was thinking summer for these flowers, but they kind of got a little closer to Fall with the colors I started with. My process, which was more or less what better qualified stampers have shown in numerous videos, was to smoosh the ink pads onto a piece of acetate or other plastic surface, spray it and the surface of the paper with water and then pick color up from the acetate by laying the paper across the surface and picking it back up. Then, where you have empty spots, you can dip the paper into the ink again until you like the way it looks.
Adding water to the ink as it is on the paper will make the colors morph a little bit. The water "stains" the existing ink. After I had the Distress Oxides inks down the way I wanted them, I added a few patches of dark ink on a piece of bubble wrap to add a different texture to the paper. I did a little free-hand painting on the gatefold card images using the ink left on the acetate after making the background paper. I added in some loops of the orangey fibers from the Boardwalk kit and popped in a sentiment. Which I cut apart to make it smaller for the card. I stamped one of the tall flowery images on the background with black ink, waited for it to dry, then ran it through my Big Shot to create the small window in the card. H mounted it onto a black piece of cardstock slightly smaller than the card base. I stamped the birthday sentiment from the kit onto a piece of cardstock, mounted it onto a scrap piece of coordinating paper, and added the whole schmear into the opening. After it was all said and done, I added some white gel pen to the flowers/weeds. Kind of like that background! FInally, I free-hand painted the daisy looking flowers onto some linen watercolor paper I picked up someplace. Stamping the image on was tough because of the uneven texture, so some flowers look more, uh, flowery, than others. The Distress Oxide inks layer on each other instead of becoming a big smear, I double mated the image and attached it to a card base. I stamped the sentiment on a piece of coordinating cardstock and stuck it behind part of the pop-out from the thank you card. And because I just couldn't leave it alone, I added Sakura glaze ink to the inside of the flowers. Ta-dum! Thanks so much for coming by.. Just click on the arrow below to get to your next stop, Donna's "Hawthorn Hill" blog! Yeah, I'm kind of infatuated with round cards. I'm also really infatuated with the "Cherry Blossoms" kit from Club Scrap! I guess that makes this card a win-win!
This is not a simple card to make, but I think it's worth the effort. Here's what I did: 1. Use a large circle die to cut out a folded card base out of acetate. (I folded mine "hamburger" style for all you teachers out there!) Leave a section at the top of the card inside the die; this will make the hinge for the card. Watch this video, if my instructions don't make sense!) Crease the section of the circle you left uncut with a bone folder to help the acetate lay down. 2. Using the same size die, create a circle for the inside of the card and the back of the card. (This is where your message for the recipient will go.) 3. Use the same size die and the one nested just smaller than it. If you don't have a set, find one that will leave you with a 1/4" ring when you cut them out one inside the other. 4. Stamp, color, and fussy cut a kimono. 5. Attach the large circle pieces inside and on the back of the acetate card. Be as accurate as possible because misalignment will show. 6. Attach the ring to the front of the acetate card, I used four drops of Glossy Accents at 12, 3, 6, and 9. Again, try to be precise. 7. Attach the kimono to the front of the card. 8. Stamp the sentiment inside the card. 9. Add detailing to ring and the stamen of the flowers and allow to dry. 10. Congratulate yourself for an awesome card. You're a pro! If you've been hopping along following the most direct route, you have arrived here from Donna's blog. If you ended up taking a wrong turn, want to avoid cows in the road, or just start over from the beginning, you can head back to Club Scrap for the exact hop order. But while you're here... Isn't this paper the greatest you've seen since Club Scrap's kit last month? The card above is business-sized, and the only elements that aren't from Club Scrap's "Cherry Blossoms" are the rhinestones, which I had in my stash and colored purple with Copic markers. I love the parasol graphic and will probably invest in more of the papers for bridal shower cards.
And last, but absolutely NOT least, is the terrific fun-fold card above. I followed Lyssa Zwolanek's instructions to make it and added a few of my own touches. The white card base - it's a single layer - is some paper I picked up somewhere along my tragic, ill-advised, do-you-really-need-that-paper-Kelly-Anne? life, and it has embossed flowers that look a lot like the cherry blossoms in the papers. I added a little pink from the centers of those flowers and then dots that look like the stamens. (I used a Glaze pen by Sakura on all the stamen, so they have a bit of shine.) I entered this card in The Crafty Addict's "Anything Goes" challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by. I suggest heading to the Club Scrap store and picking up some more of this amazing kit before I buy it all up!, Just click the arrow below and you're there! (Not quite as fun as the ruby slippers, but it'll work just the same!) And have a good day!
I simply l o v e Mo Manning's images! This card features "Jasmine," which I had to get since I added two gorgeous Siamese girls to my already very furry home.
This card is very straight forward: Jasmine is colored with Copics. I fussy cut her and added the image to a black card with circles to complement the ball of yarn she's sitting on. I added faux stitching on the circles and at the top and bottom of the card, and voila! She is finished! This card is made with a sentiment from The Project Bin's "Wise Men" stamp set, and it is such a good one. When a Herculean effort comes to fruition, it's finally time to breathe and congratulate oneself for a job well done and to look back at those times with humor.
The card is straight forward in construction: an A2 card that opens on the right; a checkered base layer, a two-layered fish-tailed flag, and multi-layered sentiment. I added dots on the yellow layer to resemble the dots on the flag and added rhinestones - colored with Copics - and popped up the sentiment. Yay for a yay card!
IThis is from the gorgeous Cherry Blossoms" kit by Club Scrap. There's nothing that isn't just completely beautiful.
For this card, I inked up the kimono with a couple Copic markers and tried to create an ombre effect. I think it worked out pretty well. But then, I touched the card with some black ink on my finger and had to come up with a way to disguise the hideous black blotch on my pristine kimono. Enter white gel pen and one of the Copics! The white dots and pink center actually mimic the flowers in the kimono. Happy accident! I finished the card with one of the sentiments and a couple of the flower stickers from the kit. I am entering this card in the "April 2017" challenge at Paper Sweeties! I was feeling a little nostalgic today and these papers helped take me back. I decided to pair the papers with a sentiment that also takes me back. Must be that I turned 55 not long ago.
I used The Project Bin's "Fun is Good" set for this card. I sponged the edges, added stitching, and threw on some ribbon just for the heck of it. I decided that just one more heart was in order and cut it out with the die from the "In My Heart" set. And on that note, I need to go change my Depends and find a pair of readers just a bit stronger than these. Ay-yi-yi....old age ain't for sissies! |
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