Thank you so much for playing the Kraftgali Card Challenge #2. So much creativity! We were blown away!!
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Hello crafty friends! Buckle in for a super fun card where we get to be artists of sorts. We are going to be playing with this incredible sun die, and these two amazing sets from Hero Arts:
This card came together so easily. I used a few different pieces of watercolor paper and started first by taking Distress Oxide colors in Wild Honey and Squeezed Lemonade. I smooshed them on my craft mat, spritzed with water and then dipped my watercolor paper in them. I thought that they may have blended too much (I know...how dare I say that...) so I added a bit of Fired Brick to them. That was just the trick, since I was using this panel for the Hero Arts Sun Die. Once that was done, I started working on the other watercolor paper. Pulling out some good old Distress Inks in Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean, and Candied Apple, I did some light watercoloring. It was absolutely therapeutic; I love watercoloring simple things like this background.
I then stamped out the grass line, followed by a little bit of ink blending to make the sand color at the bottom of the panel. Lastly, I stamped out my tree, the sentiment, and the birds in Versafine Onyx black ink and the elephants in gray. I assembled the card using Nuvo Glue. (love that stuff).
That will do it for the card. Thank you so much for stopping by and crafting with us today! We had some much fun and hope you got inspired to take out any medium you have and get to painting!
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Hello everyone!! Today we are making some elegant Mother's Day cards with Altenew's Sewn with Love. This set is just magical and comes together easily and beautifully! When setting yourself up to use this stamp set, all you have to do is get your colors prepared and ready. If you are staying monochromatic, you will need 2 sets of colors; one for the flower bud and one for the stem. A stamping tool really does help for this type of set because you can fiddle with it to get it lined up perfectly before committing. One thing I noticed was that you really have to get directly over the image as you are laying it down so that the pieces are lined up exactly.
I decided to do multiple cards because I had all of the supplies out and it would save time in the end. Once I stamped out all of my beautiful flowers, I cut them each down a little differently so that I could have some fun with variation. One of the buds I cut out with a heart die and gave that dimension by putting some fun foam behind it. Another I cut down with a labeling die I had in my stash and the last one I just used a Lawn Fawn Rectangle Stitched die to cut down and mat on some gorgeous mauve cardstock. I put my cards together using Nuvo Glue and Ad Tech tape runner and then finished them off with a silver bow and some embellishments to make them pop!
Thank you so much for joining us today! Have a wonderful, crafty, day!!
Hello everyone! Today's cards feature Bold Balloons from Sunny Studios. I have loved these stamps from the first time I saw them. They look so realistic and bring such a great dimension to your cards. Sometimes layered stamping can seem intimidating but I think we can all agree once we see the end result, it's magical. And these stamps from Sunny Studio are some of the easiest muli-layering stamps I've ever used. They are amazing! I started by using three colors of Distress Oxide Inks which, because of their pigmented property, stamped really well.
After stamping the star balloons, I ink blended some Tattered Rose around the edge of the card but happened to drag some of the red from the stars and it smudged a bit. I then used a Tombow Mono Sand Eraser to pick up some of the ink; works like a charm. I finished off the first card by filling the balloons with Glossy Accents and Nuvo Glitter Drops. The second card was similar with a little more focus on the background. I was able to use quite a few of the stamps in this set which is always awesome!!
Hello everyone! I'm so glad you are crafting with us as we have a blast with this super easy, but WOW card! Today's card features Lawn Fawn's Slow Down and Enjoy Stamps. I started off the card by stamping and coloring the elephant from the Lawn Fawn Slow Down and Enjoy stamp set. I used my Spectrum Noir Markers to color them in both warm greys and cool greys. (I'm saving the warm grey elephant for a future project).
Once my coloring was complete, I worked on the background and made it as simple as I could. First I ink blended Distress Oxide in Worn Lipstick to get an ombre look. Then I put a Hero Arts Stencil over it to get a tone on tone look. Lastly, I spritzed the panel with water to get a more distressed look. Once complete I used a circle die to cut through the inked up panel as well as the Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock.
I placed the front and back of my elephant together using foam dots and nestled him into the circle. I finished off the card by tying some grey and white baker's twine around the card and tied a small bow with long strings to cascade down the front of the card. To secure the bow, I placed a small glue dot behind it!
That will do it for this super fun and fast card. Thanks so much for joining us today! We'll see you for the next card!
