Rainbow Window Easel Card (Craft My Stash #13)

Hello! I created this card for my cousin's daughter, my niece. She saw the card I created for my son's birthday. She thought the image is a red panda because she loves red pandas. So I told her mom that I can make a card for her with a red panda on it. 

I don't have a red panda stamp. I created a card with a red raccoon (All Kraft Sparkly Christmas Card) before. Doing some research, the red panda resembles a raccoon because of the similarity in their faces and their fluffy striped tail. I was going to use my raccoon stamp again for this project but I decided to upload a red panda image to Cricut Design Space for printing and cutting.

Working on the card base, I am using a top folding white note card with the size of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I scored the front in half, at 2 3/4". 

I partially die cut the rainbow on the top front fold. The die is from Paper Smooches, which is what I am featuring in my Craft My Stash series. Using a craft knife, I cut off the portion below the bottom ring to create a window. I die cut various pink patterned papers for the rings of the rainbow since pink is her favorite color. I adhered this to the rainbow. I added shimmer to the rainbow rings using Nuvo Shimmer pen.

I blended ink on this top front fold to add sun and rays to it. I covered the rainbow by inserting a piece of paper on top of the rainbow. I am using the Newton's Nook Sunscape Stencil. I added Hero Arts Soft Vanilla, then Jenny Bowlin Lemon Drops, and Ranger Monarch Orange Archival Ink. I used a Picket Fence blending brush for the inking. After removing the stencil, I blended more HA Soft Vanilla ink to the area to mute down the stark bright color of the cardstock.

For the bottom front fold, I paper pieced the clouds by die cutting different shades of blue cardstock using the Taylored Expression Rolling Clouds die. I trimmed a piece of typing paper at 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". I applied adhesive to this typing paper then adhered the clouds to it. This technique will create a single layer of clouds. I spritz this with some W Plus 9 Shimmer Spray then set this aside to dry. Once it has dried, I adhered this to the bottom front fold, overlapping the rainbow. I added Pretty Pink Posh sequins to the clouds.

I printed the red panda on Neenah Solar white cardstock. The image was cut by the Cricut machine. I also created a filled in image of the red panda. This will create an extra solid cut that I used to layer under the printed image. I adhered this at the center of the rainbow. 

For the sentiment, I stamped a speech bubble from the Mama Elephant Everyday Greetings stamp set on white cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I set this aside to dry. I fussy cut this leaving a white border around it. I adhered this to the rainbow with a bit of an overhang. 

I created a stopper for the easel. I cut strips of pink cardstock at 4 1/4" x 3/4". I heat embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder on one of the strips. The stamp is from Paper Smooches. I adhered the strip on top of the other stacking it. I adhered this to the inner fold of the card, right around the center, which will keep the front panel upright. I stamped hearts using Delicata Rose Gold ink. The heart stamp is from Paper Smooches. 

To personalize this card, I die cut the letters in her name using Lawn Fawn Cole's ABC. I die cut varioud pink patterned papers for the letters. I also die cut these letters on a pink cardstock which I adhered to the back of the corresponding letter for extra dimension. I adhered this below the sentiment strip stopper. 

I trimmed a pink cardstock into 4 1/4" x 1 1/2". I embossed this with the Ellen Hutson Stitching Lines die. I adhered this below the letters. 

I added shimmer to the letters with Nuvo shimmer pen. I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the letters and set this aside to dry. Once dried, I added Glossy Accents to the speech bubble in the front of the card. I set this aside to dry.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #186~Anything Goes (78)

Stamp Tracing on Kraft Cardstock

This is my second card for today's Incy Wincy Designs Challenge using a digi stamp from one of our sponsors. I got my inspiration from Jennifer McGuire. Do check out her blog post on stamp tracing which includes a video on the technique.

I printed the image on kraft cardstock. The cardstock I am using is from Papelmeroti, a gift shop in the Philippines. This is one of the treasures I brought back to my craft stash during my visit to my parents & sister in the Philippines. Papelmeroti's kraft cardstock is thinner, darker and about half an inch longer than the cardstock bought here in the US. Fuzzy cutting the image is actually easy because of how thin the cardstock is.

I colored the image with Pentel Juice pastel gel pens which has 6 colors only. I used Prismacolor pencils to add accents to the images. I fuzzy cut the heart wreath image leaving a thin border around it. I cut a pink vellum big enough to cover the opening of the heart wreath. I embossed the vellum using Ellen Hutson Stitching Dies. I adhered the vellum to the back of the digital die cut. I adhered foam adhesive to the back for dimension.

For the card base, I am using a Bazzil cardstock, I partially embossed the front of the card using Li'l Inker Designs Quilted Swirl Stitch Pattern die. To the area not embossed, I heat embossed the sentiment from Honey Bee Bless Your Heart stamp set.

I poured some flower sequins behind the vellum to create a muted shaker card. The vellum somehow conceals the shaker elements. I used flower sequins from Simon Says Stamp and flower sequins from the Philippines. Using an acetate can be another option instead of using vellum if you want to showcase your shaker elements. I adhered this digital die cut to the card front. There is a bit of overhang on the design so this card will need a bigger sized envelope.

I added sparkle to some of the images using Wink of Stella. I adhered butterfly sequins (another treasure from the Philippines). I applied Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops on top of the butterflies, and near the sentiment. As last step, I rounded the corners using We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

Thanks for viewing my blog. Have a blessed & brilliant day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Watercolor Smooshed Embellishment Encouragement Card

I am addicted to the watercolor smooshing technique these days. After the last card I created, I can't stop creating more with this technique in mind. For this card, I applied Tim Holtz Distress inks on a palate, spritz it with water and picked up the color using an acetate. I smooshed this to a watercolor paper until I got the right shades and blending. I adhered a Stick-It adhesive sheet to this where I will die cut the flowers. I die cut the smooshed watercolor paper using Bold Blossom by Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies. I strategically chose the area where I will die cut the flowers and leaves. I needed some stems for the flowers. I used the stems from Fresh Cut Flowers by My Favorite Things to cut stems. I removed the release paper from the die cut flowers and poured some Elizabeth Crafts Silk Microfine glitter to this.

For the background panel, I used a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" navy cardstock. I embossed this using Li'l Inker Quilted Swirl Stitched Pattern die. I partially embossed the cardstock, leaving an area without embossing. This is where I will stamp the sentiment. I also did not emboss the left side of the cardstock. I traced the flower onto this and cut this area making sure I cut on the traced line. The navy panel now is about 5 1/2" x 4" in size.

I adhered the flowers to this panel. Then adhered the stems and leaves. I tied the stems with a silver thread. I looped the thread several times on my fingers then tied it on the middle to create a bow. I adhered this on top of the knotted thread.

For the sentiment, I used a stamp from Mama Elephant In My Heart stamp set. I embossed this using white powder. I stamped the white note card with MFT Diagonal Stripes background using Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass dye ink pad. I adhered the navy panel to the note card with fun foam for dimension. I rounded the left lower corner of the note card. I added clear sequins for additional embellishment.

Thanks for viewing my blog.

Maria Giselle B.

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http://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/11/virginias-view-challenge-20.html

Autumn Colors Inspired Anniversary Card

It's me & my husband's 15th wedding anniversary yesterday. I finished creating this card only today so I was a bit late to hand the card to him. 

I took the leaf stamps from Essentials by Ellen Bold Blooms stamp set and from the Essentials by Ellen Bold Blossoms stand alone die set. I created by own stamps by die cutting fun foam using the dies. This is a technique I learned from Jennifer McGuire (http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2015/10/video-stretching-holiday-supplies-blog-hop-giveaway.html. ) I also gave my fun foam stamps a 'hair-cut' based from Jennifer's tutorial. Although mine didn't come out perfect since the some part of the leaf spine was left uncut on the fun foam.

I chose the colors from my variety of ink pads, ranging from Hero Arts, Close To My Heart and Altenew. I randomly stamped the leaves on watercolor paper with the intent of making the leaves come from a center point of the panel. Aside from the various ink colors and various shades of colors, I also double stamped some images and used second generation stamping on some. This created more color shades as if I have a wider variety of ink pads. 

I applied watercolor to the leaves. Hero Arts does not react to water compared to the other two brands of ink that I used. I watercolored the background with a wash of gray, being careful not to reactivate the inked stamped leaves so no bleeding will occur. 

I die cut a circle on the watercolored panel. I traced this circle with a pencil onto a dark brown cardstock. This is where the sentiment will peek through the watercolored panel. I treated the area with a powder tool. I did some masking on the sentiment stamp in the Bold Blooms stamp set. I stamped the word 'happy' using Versamark ink and embossed it using white powder. Using an MFT stamp set, I stamped '15th' with Versamark and embossed it with Wow! Rich Gold powder. The word 'anniversary' came from a Technique Tuesday stamp set. After stamping this with Versamark ink, I embossed this in white powder. I treated the cardstock with the powder tool in between stamping. 

I sprayed the brown cardstock with mixed water and Ranger Pearl powder. I dried this with the the heat gun. I adhered the watercolored panel to the brown cardstock making sure the sentiment is showing thru the circle window. I in-laid a gold circle die cut to accent the circle. I adhered some Doodlebug sequins for added embellishment. I adhered this panel to a white note card. 

Thanks for viewing my blog. 

Maria Giselle B.

Stamp: Essentials by Ellen Bold Blooms, MFT First Place Award, Technique Tuesday Say-It Happy

Die: Essentials by Ellen Bold Blossom, MFT Circle Stax

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CHALLENGE: Wonderful Watercolor

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