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Faux Watercolor Stamping | Pretty Pink Posh Wild Rose

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I love the look of watercolor and I decided to use my stamps to create a very loose and hand-painted floral cluster. I have two cards to
share featuring a faux watercolor stamping technique using Pretty Pink Posh Wild Rose stamp.

Pretty Pink Posh Wild Rose

For my first card, I arranged all of the images in a cluster as close as I possibly can and used Distress Ink to ink up the stamps.
Before stamping it on a piece of watercolor cardstock, I misted the stamp several times with water and then transferred the watered
ink onto my panel.

As the water moves and colors mix, the end result is a loose watercolor hand-painted image with very little effort.

Pretty Pink Posh Wild Rose

For the second card, I left the image in place and inked the stamps with a different set of Distress Inks. This time, I added much
more water to the stamps and I added a few sprays of water to the watercolor panel before stamping. Adding more water resulted
in the ink moving and mix much more than the first panel.

After drying the panel, I stamped the outline of the stamps with black ink and heat set it in place and decided to die cut the
images. To complete this card, I added an oval frame and arranged my floral images at the bottom.

I have a video tutorial on my channel,  where I share the faux water-coloring and how I created these two cards. Watch the video
below or follow the link to my YouTube Channel!

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!


Newton’s Nook Designs Birdbath Newton | Stenciled Background | Copic Coloring

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Good morning crafty friends, I made a fun scene card to share with you today featuring Newton’s Nook Designs’ sweet little Newton
playing in the birdbath.

Newtons-Nook-Designs-Birdbath-Newton

To begin my card, I stamped all of the images onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink,
colored them in with Copic markers and used my ScanNCut to cut the images out.

Copic Markers Combination

Cat: YR21, YR04, Y17, E99, R32, R30, W7, W5, W3
Birdbath: C5, C3, C1, C0
Water: BG13, BG11, BG10
Birds: Y17, Y08, Y02, Y00
Butterflies: R85, R81, R00

Newtons-Nook-Designs-Birdbath-Newton

For the background, I first ink blended an A2 sized panel with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink then I added the Sky Stencil.
Using a palette knife I applied a matte metallic texture paste. As a result, it created a ton of contrast in the background.

I made a grassy hill panel by die-cutting a panel and ink blending it with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink
then I splattered the panel with water and blotted it dry with a clean paper towel.

Newton's Nook Designs Birdbath Newton

To finish, I adhered the background panel to a white card base and also added all of the images with foam squares for some added dimension.

I hope you enjoyed this card and as always thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Newton’s Inky Paws Challenge 

Craft Rocket Challenge | Corrosive Challenge Blog | 

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!


Fabrika Fantasy Flower Elf | Lil Patch of Crafty Friends | Design Team Project

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Good morning everyone and welcome to a new challenge on the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog. Our exclusive sponsor for this month is Fabrika Fantasy and for my card today, I created a fun summer scene card using the Flower Elf.

Fabrika Fantasy Flower Elf

To start the card, I printed the digital image at 4 ¼ by 5 ½ onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb. cardstock and then colored my image using the Copic Markers.

Copic Coloring Combination

Skin: E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20, R22
Hair: E49, E47, E43, E42
Outfit: V09, V06, V04, V000
Tree: E79, E74, E44, E43, E41
Leaves: YG01, YG25, G94, G99, YG63, YG67
Background grass: YG00, YG01, YG03, YG23
Foreground grass: G99, G94, YG23
Sky: B0000, BG000, B00, B01
Bee: Y19, Y13
Wings: B00, B0000, YG00, YG01
Flower: Y38, Y35, Y11, YG67, YG63, YG03, YG11

Fabrika Fantasy Flower Elf

It took some time to finish coloring in this scene, but I am so happy with the outcome and it was definitely worth the time.

To finish this card, I stamped out a sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock, white heat embossed the sentiment and adhered it using foam tape to the bottom left corner.

Fabrika Fantasy Flower Elf

Be sure to visit our sponsor, Fabrika Fantasy, to see all of the gorgeous designs and join us by entering our challenge on Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

A Gem of a Challenge | Word Art Wednesday Challenge | Creatalicious Challenge | Creative Moments | Time Out Challenge Blog | Get Creative Challenges | Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

 

 

Lawn Fawn Summer Scene | Birthday Stamps | Copic Coloring

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Hello everyone, I’m sharing a fun summer scene card featuring a ton of Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. This card was inspired by
the current LawnFawnatics Challenge to create a scene card.

Lawn Fawn Party Kangaroo

I began the card by die cutting several Lawn Fawn backdrops and ink blending them that I will incorporate in my scene. I
used Wild Honey and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink on the Sunrise Backdrop, Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink on the
Stitched Cloud Backdrop, Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink on the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders
and finally, I colored the tree from the Leafy Tree Backdrop using Copic Markers.

Lawn Fawn Party Koala

While I had the markers out, I colored the Party Kangaroo and Party Koala after stamping them out using Memento Tuxedo
ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb. cardstock.

Copic Color Combination

Koala: W7, W5, W3, W1, W0, Blender, R22, R20
Kangaroo: E44, E43, E42, E41, R22, R20
Tree: E79, E74, E44, E43
Leaves: YG01, YG07
Hats: R85, R81, V17, BG49

Lawn Fawn Party Kangaroo

After coloring and die cutting the images, it was time to arrange my little scene. I adhered the Sunrise die-cut to the front of
the cloud backdrop with liquid adhesive. I added the hillside border and arranged the tree, the adorable Kangaroo and Koala,
and a sentiment strip that I white heat embossed onto a piece of black cardstock.

I have a video tutorial of this card where I share how I created this card and how I colored the images with Copic Markers.
Watch the video below or follow the link to my YouTube Channel!

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #78

Lemon Shortbread Challenge | 2 Crafty Critter Crazies | Crafts Galore Encore | LeAnns World 101 | Die Cut Diva’s Challenge | Crafty Animals Challenge | Digi Doodle Challenge Blog | Classic Design Challenge 

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!

The Party Kangaroo stamp is part of the birthday freebie from LawnFawn.com for this year. The Party Koala stamp was part of the birthday freebie from LawnFawn.com for last year.


Spotlight Ink-Blended Die-cutting | Two-For-One Cards | MFT Mermazing

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Hi crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a fun project featuring spotlight ink blended die-cutting that results in two cards for one! I
created the two cards using MFT Mermaid Tail Background and Mermazing Stamp sets.

MFT Mermazing

To begin, I stamped the background stamp onto a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock using Versamark ink and heat embossed
one background with white embossing powder and black embossing powder on the other panel. I reached for my Misti to help
me stamp the background in the same spot on both of my panels.

MFT-Mermazing

MFT Background

Next, I ink blended the white embossed background using Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac, Broken China, and Cracked Pistachio
Distress Ink and left the black embossed panel plain.

MFT Background

In order to achieve the spotlight of the stamped background, I arranged both of the panels one on top of the other and die cut a
heart out of the center of both panels. While the second panel did not cut all the way through, by placing it under the panel
previously, the die left an indentation to place the die and cut it through.

Copic Markers Combination

Mermaid Tail: V09, V06, V04, V01, V000
Hair: YR15, YR18, R29, R59, E47
Dark Turtle: E30, E23, E25, E29, G28, YG17, YG13, YG01
Mermaid tail: BG49, BG45, BG53
Hair: E50, E53, E55, E57
Light Turtle: E40, E42, E43, E40, G28, YG17, YG13, YG00
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20

MFT-Mermazing

After coloring and die cutting the images, I added the background panels to a white card base and added the opposite heart die
cut with dimension to highlight the spotlight die-cut. I was able to create two cards at once by using one
background stamp and one die-cut.

I love how the ink blended background perfectly lines up with the black embossed one. I added the stamped sentiment stirps
and added the images to the heart die-cuts and I have two very stunning cards with the effort of one.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!


Picket Fence Love of Coffee | Coffee Lovers Blog Hop | Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

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Good morning everyone, it’s the biggest coffee themed blog hop over on Coffee Lover’s Blog and I’m sharing another coffee
inspired card featuring a background coffee stamp by Picket Fence.

Picket Fence Love of Coffee

Using my Misti, I stamped out the large background stamp onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock using a tucked away,
way in the back of my ink drawer an old pigment ink that was in the perfect shade of brown. I added clear embossing powder
and heat set it with my heating tool and reached for my Zig Markers to color in the images. Since these are tiny images, I used
a single shade on each image and blended it out using a water brush pen.

Zig Marker Color Combination

031 Cobalt Blue
041 Light Green
021 Light Carmine
025 Pink
027 Dark Pink
230 Pale Rose
082 Purple
072 Beige

Picket Fence Love of Coffee

Once the background panel was completely dry, I used a large stitched rectangle die to cut it down to an A2 sized panel and
finished the card by white heat embossing the sentiment stirp then popping it up on foam squares and adding it across
the center of my panel.

Picket Fence Love of Coffee

This was an easy-peasy card to make that is full of vibrant color and can be quickly mass-produced if you need to.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!


Your Next Stamp Need Coffee Owl | Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop 2020

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Good morning everyone, I am sharing another coffee inspired card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop of 2020,
this time featuring this grumpy owl by Your Next Stamp.

Your Next Stamp Need Coffee Owl

To begin this card, I stamped out the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar While 80 lb. cardstock.
I used my Copic Markers to color in the image and then I used my ScanNCut to cut it out.

Copic Color Combination

Owl: E47, E74, E71, E70
Belly: E43, E50, E41
Stick: E47, E43, E41
Leaves: YG09, YG05, YG00
Coffee Cup: BG49, BG45, BG53
Coffee: E25

Your Next Stamp Need Coffee Owl

For the background, I started by die cutting a piece of patterned paper using a stitched rectangle die and then using the ripped
circle die set, I die cut a center out of the panel.

I also ink blended a piece of smooth cardstock with Mowed Lawn Distress ink and added Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone
over a Heffy Doodle Fancy Foliage Stencil.

Your Next Stamp Need Coffee Owl

Once the panel was dry, I adhered all of the pieces to a black card base, added a white embossed sentiment, and added black
enamel dots to finish this card.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!

Sadly, the Your Next Stamp Need Coffee Owl is discontinued but I’ve linked a similar option below.

 


Sugar Pea Later Gator | Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop

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Good morning everyone, today’s fun coffee card features the Sugar Pea Design’s Later Gator who is ready to celebrate with a
frozen mocha! Of course, this sweet card is inspired by the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop of 2020.

Sugar Pea Designs Later Gator

To begin this card, I stamped out the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar While 80 lb. cardstock.
I used my Copic Markers to color in the image and then I used my ScanNCut to cut it out.

Copic Color Combination

Alligator: YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11, YG01
Belly: YG23, YG21
Balloon: YG17, YG13, YG11, YG01
Hat: C5, C3, C1
Coffee: B29, B26, B21, C5, C3, C1

Sugar Pea Designs Later Gator

For the background, I started by ink blending a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock using Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink and
added water splatters for a little texture.

I cut the ink blended panel to about half the size and combined it with a yellow striped piece of pattern paper
(which is sadly discontinued).

Sugar Pea Designs Later Gator

I arranged the elements of my card following a sketch on the Sugar Pea Designs Blog for their current May Mix it up Challenge.
My card follows the colors and the sketch provided.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop

Sugar Pea May Mix it Up Challenge

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!


Gerda Steiner Coffeesaurus | Instagram Giveaway | Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop

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Good morning everyone, today begins the first of seven fun-filled days of the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop 2020. I
am starting my entry with the adorable Coffeesaurus by Gerda Steiner Designs.

Gerda-Steiner-Designs-Coffeesaurus

To begin this card, I stamped out the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar While 80 lb. cardstock.
I used my Copic Markers to color in the image and then I used my ScanNCut to cut it out.

Copic Color Combination

Dinosaur G28, YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11, YG01
Coffee E29, E25, E23, E21
Cup C5, C3, C1, R27

Gerda-Steiner-Designs-Coffeesaurus

For the background, I started by ink blending a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock using Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac, and Spun
Sugar Distress Oxide inks. I added water splatters, diluted white paint, and diluted black paint splatters.

Once dry, I die cut the panel slightly smaller than an A2 sized panel, created a black frame using a frame die, and added the
sentiment strip to complete this card.

Gerda-Steiner-Designs-Coffeesaurus

In the spirit of this blog hop, I am doing my own giveaway over on my Instagram. Click on the link below to be taken to my Instagram page for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Scrapbook.com.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop  

Gerda Steiner Share Your Designs

Lemon Shortbread Challenge | Creative Fingers Challenge | Tuesday Throwdown | Word Art Wednesday |

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!


Galaxy Rainbow Background | Newton’s Nook Designs Cosmic Newton + Christine’s 500 YT Subscribers Hop

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Good morning everyone, I’m participating with a handful of crafty friends celebrating Christine reaching 500 subscribers on YouTube
with a Christine Patterson’s 500 YT Subscribers Hop.

Newton's Nook Designs Cosmic Newton and Mama Elephant Star Grid Die

The “You’re Out of This World” card features Newton’s Nook Cosmic Newton images combined with a Mama Elephant Star Grid
Window Creative Cuts Die, in a rainbow-colored background with Newton floating on by.

To begin this card, I die cut the Star Grid Window from Bristol smooth cardstock and used several shades of Distress Ink to ink
blended the stars in a rainbow pattern. To create some contrast, I die cut the same Star Grid from black cardstock and adhered
it to the rainbow background with foam tape.

Newton's Nook Designs Cosmic Newton and Mama Elephant Star Grid Die

I used Copic markers to color in the images and then my ScanNCut to cut them out.

Copic Markers Combination

Spacesuit: N9, N7, N5, N3, N1, N0, Blender
Newton: Y21, Y17, YR04, E74, R32, R30
Planets: YG09, YG05, YG01, V09, V17, V15, V12, RV06, RV55, RV52
Stars: Y19

Newton's Nook Designs Cosmic Newton and Mama Elephant Star Grid Die

To complete this card, I added a sentiment and added star-shaped vellum die-cuts to help the image stand out from the bright
and bold background.

I have a video tutorial of this card where I share how I created this card and how I colored the images with Copic Markers.
Watch the video below or follow the link to my YouTube Channel!

This is a celebratory hop for a fellow crafty YouTuber so be sure to watch the video and get all of the details on this hop and
a chance to win a $50 gift code to Scrapping For Less.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!