Hello
my lovely friends and visitors, I hope your weekend
is going well.
Whilst we were at the hotel and spa ready and waiting for the wedding
day I took my Distress Oxide re-inkers and A4 watercolour paper. I
am a card making, mixed media making, wannabee artist nerd lol! And
finally I’m able to start using them on my projects.
For
my first A4 sheet I opted to cut it in half and use it as what would
normally be called the background. However I wanted my background to
be as much of a star as the stamped element and not be totally
covered. Once I had stamped the flower image I used the Doxides to
colour it and the background around it and here is my card …
I created a 148mm square card
It has some depth
The inside is where the image is
All that lovely inkyness!
Such a pretty stamp!
A final look
Created for me and especially
for these Challenges
Craft
Stamper Magazine Challenge TIMI Anything Goes
June I used a Die-Namics die
there
is texture from the watercolour paper and all of the die cuts
I
used one of the beautiful stamps that I was lucky enough to win from
our lovely Brenda. In fact I have used a couple of those stamps
recently so I will be sharing more cards created with more of these
stamps soon. Can I just say once again how much I love the Doxides?
Lol! I have several pieces of coloured Doxide card that I have added
sand texture paste to drying right now and I am itching to play with
them, more mixed media projects will be coming soon.
As
for my card I added a layer of clean water to the watercolour paper
and added some drops of re-inker to my paint palette. I then added
layers of ink onto the watercolour paper, blending when necessary
with a bit more water or ink. I then left it to dry. I stamped the
flower twice onto white stamping card using a Versafine IP. I then
coloured both the flowers with the re-inkers. When dry I die cut one
using the nested banner die and fussy cut the other one out. I
lightly splattered Broken China Doxide mixed with water over to the
die cut panel. I used my heat tool to finish drying the panel and
then adhered the fussy cut flower on top – that way the blue
splatters on the flower were no longer a problem.
I
used a smaller nested banner to die cut the aperture and the original
one to cut the card base. I applied double sided adhesive around the
four edges of the aperture and cut up some product packaging
to use as an acetate. I cut lengths of fun foam and framed around
the aperture and created the gap for the sequins as my shaker
element. A sprinkle of sequins were added, next time I need to
remember to add much more, it’s a learning experience as it’s
been a long time since I created a shaker card and the last time I
did I wasn’t happy with the end result, too untidy, so I know what
not to do these days lol!
I
went into my box of coloured snippets card and die cut several
elements to embellish the front and to add a sentiment too. Simples,
if time consuming, and yes I will be creating another shaker card
soon, as I loved doing so here. Thank you so much for taking the
time to visit and comment. I really do appreciate it and I hope you
get some time to do what you love to do soon ttfn Karen x
Tools
Stamp:
Hero Arts H5577 Classic Tea
Flower wood mounted stamp
Die
Cutting Machine & Dies:
Cuttlebug
die cutting machine
Tutti
Designs #214 Nesting Stitched Banners dies
My
Favourite Things Dienamics Hello There die set
Funkie
Junkie Boutique: Sizzix Thinlits Small Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz
Crafters
Companion Crafters Inspiration Magazine Issue 10 heart dies
Miscellaneous
Tools:
MISTI;
heat tool; paintbrushes; water pot; paint palette
Supplies
Card
Paper:
300
gsm card
Prima
A4 watercolour paper pad
Snippets:
Sheena Douglass white stamping card
EP
Ink/Paint/Pen Colours:
Distress
Oxide re-inkers: Cracked Pistachio; Faded Jeans; Fired Brick;
Fossilised Amber
Jet
Black Versafine IP
Spectrum
Aqua pens )
Spectrum
Noir AquaTints ) were used to colour the die cuts
Embellishments:
Sequins
from my stash
Adhesives/Mediums:
Collall
all purpose glue
Double
sided tape
Fun
foam
5 comments:
I love how you created the shaker element on this card, just fabulous x
Of course I HAD to comment on this! It is brilliant! I've never seen a shaker card open up like that to reveal a scene underneath! MIND. BLOWN. I also love the soft pastels you used and how this is totally unique and out-of-the-box. Thank you yet again for sharing your amazing skills with us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
Lovely! Thank you for joining us at the Seven Hills Crafts Challenge this month.
such a lovely card Karen - great use of the hearts .... apologies for my lack of visits ....I feel very much like I have no time of late!!!! Thankyou for joining us at Countryview Challenges and Goodluck! Hugs rachel x
Such a fun card.. Thank you so much for joining us at A Blog Named Hero this month..
Swapna DT
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