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You Are Crazy Beautiful

April 2, 2018April 1, 2018 SkyPaperScissors

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

I just received my first order from The Ink Road Stamps and I couldn’t wait to use this sentiment from the Compliments Volume I stamp set. I just love the expression and the simple, open font. Because the font is so uniform, I wanted to pair it with a softer image so I chose this large spray of flowers from Concord and 9th’s Hello Lovely stamp set.

Because this flower stamp is so large, I used my Misti stamping tool so that I would be able to re-stamp the image in the exact same place if I didn’t get a perfect impression the first time. I used Hero Arts Extreme Black ink, which is Copic-friendly, and Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock.

I chose colors and a coloring technique inspired by (copied from, really) this post by Kay Miller. I’m not great at coloring so I liked that her coloring has distinct strokes and doesn’t require perfect blending. I used three colors from three color group (I don’t own much more than that) but I think I could have gotten away with using just two colors from each group. I started with the lightest colors, then added the middle and then darker colors, and then returned to add more of the lightest colors to do a bit, but not much, blending. The colors I used were YG17, YG25, YG67, RV29, R22, R24, Y11, Y15, and Y19.

I then stamped the sentiment with VersaMark ink onto a strip of vellum. I poured Ranger Super Fine Gold embossing powder over it, tapped of the excess, and hit with a heat gun to melt the embossing powder. Since you can see a lot of the flower image through the vellum, I felt that the sentiment was a bit hard to read so I flipped it over and colored in the letters with R29, another red Copic marker. I colored on the back of the vellum because I’ve read that using Copics directly on heat embossing can damage the markers. I’ve also seen some crafters not heed that warning with no ill effect on their markers. I just prefer to not to risk damaging my markers since they’re already a bit of a splurge.

I finished by laying the vellum strip over the card front and folding the ends of the strip over the back where I adhered them with a bit of tape runner adhesive. Then I glued the entire card front to an A2-sized card base.

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Encouragement Cards

You’ve Got This

March 30, 2018March 29, 2018 SkyPaperScissors

Happy Friday, I hope you had a good week!

Today I have a quick card to share using one of my favorite standalone dies. The You’ve Got This die from Concord and 9th is big and bold and the sentiment is a good reminder when I’m feeling challenged.

I started by taping down a panel of Canson XL watercolor paper to my work surface with painter’s tape. This helps prevent warping. Using an inexpensive 3/4″ wash brush, I wet the paper with clean clear water. Then I dropped three colors of Dr. Ph. Martin’s Hydrus watercolors (9H Cobalt Violet, 8H Ultramarine, and 7H Phthalo Blue) onto the panel and brushed left to right and back to blend the colors into each other for an ombre effect.

Once the panel was dry, I trimmed it to about 3.75″ x 4.75″ and then die cut the sentiment out, saving the fallout pieces for a future card. Then I added foam tape all over the back of the panel to add dimension and adhered it to an A2-sized card to finish.

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Thank You Cards

You’re So Sweet

March 24, 2018March 28, 2018 SkyPaperScissors

I love this big Sweet stamp from Concord & 9th’s Orange You Sweet set and it gave me a reason to pull out one of my favorite Hero Arts ink colors.

I started by putting together the two watermelon pieces which consists of separate stamps that create the outline, circle, and seeds. I used Hero Arts Fresh Lawn for the rind, Hero Arts Pale Tomato (my favorite!) for the flesh, and Versafine Onyx Black for the seeds. I die cut the two pieces as well as a few extra plain white circles out of heavier and inexpensive 110# cardstock. I cut one of the watermelon pieces in half and layered it with the extra pieces of white cardstock, cut in half, to give it some dimension.

For the card front, I cut down a piece of Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock with a Wonky Stitched Rectangle die from My Favorite Things. Then I stamped the sentiments using the same Pale Tomato and Onyx Black inks.

I adhered the watermelon pieces in place, and then stamped the juice drops and added some Ranger Glossy Accents to give them a truly juicy look.

To finish, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized piece of gray cardstock and then glued it to an A2-sized white card base.

I know it’s only spring, but I’m already looking forward to watermelon season!