Blooming - Avery Elle

Hello everybody, I have a pretty floral card for you today.  'Blooming' is part of the new summer release by Avery Elle and it is so useful as it is, or to pair with your other sentiments or little characters you might own.  It would work great as the basis of a shaker card too!  It comes with coordinating dies.



My card started with a panel of smooth watercolour cardstock that I ink blended with distress inks in Worn Lipstick and Squeezed Lemonade and then splattered on a little pink paint.  I adhered this panel to the card base.  Next I stamped and die cut the floral hexagon.

 

I watercolour painted it then die cut and adhered it to the card using dimensional foam tape.  The sentiments were stamped in the centre and a few assorted toning sequins were glued into place to add a little twinkle for the finish.



I thank you for stopping by the blog today.  I do hope you like the card and feel inspired.

Nicky x

Sea Prise!

Hello this is Nicky with you today to share a card using Sea Prise.  This is such a fun stamp set to help let your underwater creative dreams take shape!  There are coordinating dies also!



On smooth watercolour cardstock I stamped my puffer fish using Archival Ink and I then watercolour painted and die cut them.  Next, I created a watery background on a cardstock panel using Distress Inks that I blended using oversized stencil brushes.  I applied this to the base and then created a frame with grey cardstock using the larger plain rectangular die from Large Pierced Scallops Elle-ments.  



This frame was applied to the background with dimensional foam tape behind it to lift it up.  The puffer fish were applied with more foam tape and then the sentiment and shoals of fish were stamped using Archival Ink.



The finishing touch was the application of 'water droplets' which I applied using a special glass effect product to make dimensional bubbles.

I hope you find this card inspiring, until the next time, thanks for stopping by to read.

Nicky x

Floating Wishes

Hi, this is Nicky back with you today, this time I'm sharing a card using Floating Wishes from the new summer release together with a coordinating die set.



I created a card panel of smooth watercolour cardstock, ink blended it with distress ink and then distressed it with water and paint splashes.   I stamped the thank you sentiment from the set 4 times to create the illusion of ribbons that spell out words.  The panel was then die cut using Postage Stamp Elle-ments and the two cuts were reassembled, adhered together on the reverse side then applied to the card base with a layer of craft foam sandwiched in between.



The four heart balloons were stamped with archival ink onto more smooth watercolour cardstock and watercolour painted then applied with dimensional foam tape.  The whole scene was finished out with a selection of toning sequins.



Thanks for stopping by to read, see you next time!

Nicky x

Animal Parade - Background Card

Hi to you all, thank you for stopping by to read.  Today I'm sharing my final card for this May release by Mama Elephant.  This card once again features 'Animal Parade'.



I die cut a panel of Strathmore Bristol Smooth using the Cloud Nine Creative Cuts which gives the cute wonky stitched edge.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre and then stamped the imagines of the animals I wanted using black archival ink.  I delicately watercolour painted them.



I applied this panel to the card base with a layer of craft foam sandwiched in between which makes the card feel really substantial and in fact cards using craft foam survive the rigours of the mail system so much better!



I then lay the card flat and using different coloured Nuvo Drops I applied dimensional dots for juggling balls over the sweet penguin and set it aside to dry for a couple of hours.



I'm a big fan of these background cards, I love the wallpaper affect and I hope you enjoyed it too.  Thanks for stopping by to read.  Until the next time .....

Nicky x

Party Animals Shaker Card

Hi everybody, thank you for stopping by today to read about my latest card featuring Party Animals by Mama Elephant, one of my all time favourite stamp sets.  This time I've created a fun filled shaker card.



The card started with an ink blended background where one colour seamlessly blends into the next.  It was then distressed with splatters of white acrylic paint that I loosened up with just a little water so that it splattered more easily.



I used my Misti stamping tool to stamp the sentiment several times over so that I got a really strong black image.  (The card is stamped Happy Birthday on the inside).  I applied the blended panel to the card base and turned my attention towards making the shaker portion of the card.  I die cut the frames from coloured cardstock and lined the back with acetate, foam tape was applied around the outside.  I used my powder tool to make the sides of the foam tape non-stick.  I filled the shaker window with a mix of chunky glitter and lilac coloured hearts and then sealed the back of the shaker window with a second piece of acetate to seal it all in tightly.  This shaker panel was then adhered to the base.



The last step was to stamp all the images of the Party Animals onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth using Ranger Archival Ink.   They were than watercolour painted and die cut and adhered to the card front with Scotch foam tape and I did a little highlighting using my Uniball Signo white.



In this last photo you can clearly see the shaker contents.  I recommend chunky glitter or micro beads being used as part of your mix when creating a shaker because the contents don't get wedged and they freely move around and I think it sounds better when shaken.  This card feels very substantial and heavy and I love to bring that sort of quality to my cards.

I do thank you for reading here today!  See you next time!

Nicky x

Birthday Cuteness Care Of Mama Elephant

My card today starts just as 99% of my cards start, with a strong card base of 110lb solar white cardstock from Neenah.  It is a remarkable day indeed if I use anything other than this, you might say I'm stuck in my ways, but you know what .... it just works, at least it does for me in more ways than one!  I then die cut a panel of Strathmore Bristol Smooth which is my go-to watercolour cardstock and also my favourite for ink blending.  The die cut uses Cloud Nine by Mama Elephant and it was then ink blended to a soft ombré finish then distressed with water splashes that I let sit a minute then blotted dry and then added paint splatters in a shade darker than the blended base colour.



The sweet cloud is from Cloud Nine also and I added the cheerful rosy cheeks using watercolour paint in the form of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  I then stamped the Page Huggers from Mama Elephant onto yet more Strathmore Bristol Smooth, I then watercolour painted them and highlighted portions and then die cut and adhered each into position with Scotch dimensional foam tape and later added their party hats.  Each animal holds an ice cream cone and I adorned their hats with mini pompoms to add some fun dimension.  The sentiment was stamped and there's a further one inside wishing a happy birthday.  What would I do without my crystal clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to add that final and very necessary twinkle?  If I could only have one style/colour of sequin this would be IT!



This was a relatively quick card to create and I hope you enjoy it.  Until the next time, have a wonderful day and happy crafting!

Nicky x