CAS & ATC

Hello! Welcome to my blog. I am back after a much needed month long break from blogging. We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. I am this month's challenge author, too. Thank you to co-DT Karen for suggesting this month's theme/s of ATC (Artist Trading Card) and CAS (Clean and Simple).

I stamped the dog on a white cardstock using a black dye ink. The stamp is from the Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park stamp set. I also stamped this image on a Post-It note to create a mask. I fussy cut the stamped dog right on the stamped line. I applied the mask over the stamped dog image on the panel.

I stamped the letters for the sentiment. The sentiment was inspired by one of the sentiments on the LF stamp set. The alphabet stamp set I used is from Heidi Swapp. 

I colored the dog and the letters with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencil. I added details with a white Sakura gel pen.

I die cut the panel using a 3x4 stitched die from the Mama Elephant Peek a Frame Creative Cuts. 

ATC cards are easy to pull off especially if you make it a CAS one. With this card, the small size of the ATC and the white space of a CAS made this project easy to create. The most that took my time on this card is the fussy cutting and the coloring. 

I hope you like today's project and that it inspired you enough to join this month's challenge at Incy Wincy. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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#239-Anything Goes with a stamp

Challenge #323

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge

 

Plaid Background Birthday Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. The inspiration for this card is my youngest son who celebrated his birthday last week. It is on My To Do List but never got to creating it but the idea is there. Belated Happy 10th Birthday, Ryan!

I got the idea of the background from Channin, who used the same background stamp from Honey Bee.

I stamped the image on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. The stamp is from the Your Next Stamp Silly Fun Birthday stamp set. I fussy cut the image leaving a white border around it.

I added details to the image as you can see on the photo above.

I created a sentiment strip using one of the sentiments on the stamp set.

I die cut a yellow glittered star. I die cut several more stars and adhered this to the back of the glittered star. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Your Next Stamp~Challenge #177 Plaid

Simon Says Monday Challenge Blog: Food/Drink

Watercolored Enchanted Garden Card

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme is on Enchanted Garden And/Or Christmas In July. We have two sponsors for this challenge. I am using an image from one of our sponsors.

I printed the image on watercolor paper. I sized the image to print on a 4" x 6" paper. I colored the image using the retired Marvy Uchida Color In Watercolor Twist which works like a color pencil. Although you can color with this medium direct to paper, I chose to pick the pigment from the tip of the color pencil with a water brush and apply it to the image. 

I had a hard time using this medium in coloring the background so I switched to Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor. I added splatters of paint to the blue background. 

I traced the outline of the image with a black gel ink but then I realized that I wanted a bit of glow surrounding the image. I did not use watercolor for it might make the gel ink bleed so I used Faber Castell Polychromos to color around the image. 

I added a grass die cut which was cut using the Lawn Fawn Grassy Hills Border die. I ended up covering most of this grassy hill with various flower sequins. I did get crazy over the sequins. I added Nuvo Crystal drops to the flower centers. 

I added Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust to the butterfly and the white accents of the mushroom. It was a challenge to use this since I re-activated the gel ink making it bleed. I need more planning next time. I added pigment again over those areas where the ink bled. 

I die cut a patterned paper using the largest die from the Lawn Fawn Outside-In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set. I die cut a rectangle window to create a frame using the Hero Arts Infinity Rectangle Die. I adhered this to the watercolored panel making sure the image is centered.

For the sentiment, I am using the Little B Handwritten dies set. I die cut the hello twice on cardstock and once on white glitter cardstock. I adhered these die cuts on top of each other with the glittered die cut on top.

For the supplemental sentiment, I stamped this on white cardstock using Navy Blue ink. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Circular Sayings stamp set. I masked the rest of the sentiment so I can stamp the word there only. I die cut this into a strip using Avery Elle Simple Sentiments die set. I die cut an extra strip so I can adhere it to the back of the stamped sentiment strip. I punched one end to create a fishtail banner. I adhered the sentiment to the right top side of the panel, flushed to the scallop frame. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your creations on the challenge blog.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #54~Anything Goes #5

Two For One Card

Hello! Have you had those days when you just want to create something but you don't know what to create? These cards are the outcomes of that kind of struggle. So what did I do to overcome that struggle? I look at blog challenges and find my motivation there.

I heat embossed the sentiment stamp from the Trinity Stamps So Appreciative Stamp set on both blue and kraft cardstocks. I used the  Ranger Copper embossing powder on the sentiment stamped on the blue cardstock. I used a concocted embossing powder for the blue on kraft version in which I mixed Wow! Primary Blue Topaz, Wow! Changers Glisten and Paper Source Navy embossing powders.

I colored the sentiments with Faber Castell Polychoromos colored pencils following the color of the embossing. The inks I used for each card is detailed below. I colored the hearts with Spectrum Noir Red Solar Sparkle Glitter pen.

I die cut the embossed panel using a stitched die from the Trinity Stamps Frame And Fold die set. I added Making Memories Snaps to the each corner.

I die cut a wide strip of cardstock. I embossed these wide strips using the Li'l Inker Designs Quilted Stitched Pattern die. 

I trimmed 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cardstocks. I stamped the Hero Arts Novel Prose Bold Prints using the same color dye ink for a tone on tone look. 

I adhered the wide strip of cardstock to the stamped cardstock panel. I adhered the sentiment panel on top using foam adhesive. 

Here are close-up photos of each card and the inks I used for each card.

I added Copper Wink Of Luna to the sentiment, coloring over the brown colored pencil. I used bronze snaps. 

I added White Wink Of Stella to the sentiment, coloring over the blue colored pencil. I blended some Spectrum Noir Blue Topaz Sparkle Glitter. For the snaps, I added the same embossing powder mix I used on the sentiment. I pounced the silver metal snap onto the Versamark pad. I dipped the snap in the embossing powder mix, then heat set it. I am using a tweezer to hold the snap on each step. I repeated the process two more times for a more raised embossing.

Which of the two versions do you like? My 14 year old son loves the blue sentiment on kraft version. I like the brown sentiment on blue version but I also like the bleached look of the sentiment on the blue sentiment on kraft version. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Color Hues Challenge Blog #21

June 2021-Challenge #6~Anything Goes #71

 

Father's Day Card

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme is For Men / Kraft Card Or Paper. We have two sponsors for this challenge. I am using a stamp from one of these sponsors.

I printed the image on kraft cardstock. I colored the image using Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencil. 

For the background, I stamped the Honey Bee Buffalo Plaid 6x6 stamp set using a navy blue ink onto a green cardstock. I stamped a solid line using Simon Says Stamp Basic Stripes Clear stamp set. I used Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Oxide to stamp the line. I set this aside to dry.

I die cut the image using a rectangle die from Hero Arts Nested Rectangles die. I also die cut the plaid panel using the next to the largest rectangle die from the set.

For the sentiment, since this is a customized one, I used the Martha Stewart Rubber stamp set. I heat embossed the sentiment on brown cardstock using white embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment into strips using Avery Elle-ments Simple Sentiments die set. 

I adhered the printed panel to the plaid cardstock panel. I adhered the strips after. 

I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the eyeglasses. I set this aside to dry.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your creations on the challenge blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog~Masculine #141

Challenge 689~Anything Goes #141

Wk 22~Anything Goes #73

Christmas Gift Card Holder Tag

 

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Blog. The theme for this challenge is Pockets Or Tags. I created a two in one for this challenge, a pocket and tag in one. 

My patterned paper is from Pebbles Merry, Merry collection. I die cut a tag using solid green and dotted green patterned papers from the collection. The tag die is from Avery Elle A Tag For All Elle-ments die. I partially die cut the green paper which will serve as the pocket. Since I cut off the top portion of the tag, I lost the stitching detail on that end of the rectangle. To add stitching to this end, I positioned this end on the rectangle edge of the die then ran it again through the die cut machine. 

I embellished this panel first before assembling it into a pocket. I heat embossed the sentiments using Simon Says Stamp Believe stamp set. I have not used these stamp sentiments before. I did not notice that these two sentiment stamps have a defect on it. The 'e' on the believe and the 'h' on the small 'the' and 'Christmas' are not the same height as the rest of the letters. So no matter how much re-stamping I did using the Misti, these parts of the sentiment won't leave an inked impression. To connect the letters, I used a Versamark pen on the bold sentiment. I am not good at lettering so my first try in fixing this letterdid not turn out well. For the thin lettered sentiments, the Versamark pen will not work due to its broad tip. So I used a .5 gold gel pen to write the missing parts of the letter h, then poured the same embossing powder to it. The embossing powder I am using is Wow! Metallic Gold Rich Embossing Powder.

I spritz this panel and also added splatters of gold using Prima Color Bloom Tea Stain Spray Mist. I used the corner of a paper tower to pick up the excess ink and set this aside to dry. 

The image I used is from SheepSki Designs. I printed this on kraft cardstock and colored it with Faber-Castell Polychromos. I fussy cut the image leaving a small border around it. I added details to the snow hat with a red Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen, clear Spetrum Noir Sparkle pen and Wow! White Puff Powder embossing powder. For the eyes, I added white Sakura gel pen and black Sakura Glaze pen. For the nose, I added white Sakura gel pen to the two reindeers on the side, and black Sakura Glaze pen with red Stickles to the dog at the middle. I adhered this to the panel with foam adhesive. 

I die cut another patterned paper from the paper pack using Avery Elle Pierced Mat Elle-ments die. I also die cut a white cardstock using this die. I used the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Notch punch to add slots to insert a gift card. On the white cardstock, I stamped the 'to' and 'from' using Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz pigment ink. These stamps are from Paper Smooches Merry Motifs stamp set. I set this aside to dry before adhering it to the back of the red striped patterned paper making sure I avoid putting adhesive on the slots. 

I die cut an extra tag using a green cardstock. I adhered this to the back of the dotted patterned paper to make the tag sturdy. I adhered the panel for the pocket to the front of the tag. I placed extra adhesive to the bottom of this pocket to act as a stopper and allow the gift card holder to show on the front.

I added a kraft hole reinforcer on the tag using a die from Paper Smooches Toppers die set then added a ribbon from my stash. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your creations at the challenge blog. Have a blessed brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge~Happy Holidays

Challenge #11~15th November 2020

Summer Themed Greeting Card

Hello! I created this card for the latest Incy Wincy Designs Challenge on Girls, Girls, Girls. We have two sponsors for this challenge. This is my second card for the said challenge featuring one of the sponsors, All Dressed Up. I can't believe I was able to pull another card for the challenge. I usually create one card only.

I printed the image on Neenah Solar White cardstock. I colored the image using Faber Castell Polychromos. I added details to the girl's bathing suit using Sakura White Gelly Roll pen. I used a gold gel pen for the sunglasses frame. I fussy cut the image leaving a white border around it. 

For the background, I pounced Versamark ink to a kraft colored cardstock. I embossed this using Hero Arts Sand embossing powder. I die cut this using a die from the Avery Elle Cutsom Panel Elle-ments. 

For the blue part of the scene, which can be the sky or the ocean, I watercolored this using different blue shades of Karin marker. I heat set this to dry.

For the sentiment, I am using stamps from Lawn Fawn Violet's ABCs for the word 'Hello' and a freebie stamp from Ellen Hutson. I heat embossed this using Paper Source Navy embossing powder.

I adhered the sand embossed cardstock to the blue watercolored cardstock with foam adhesive. I also adhered the image with foam adhesive.

A lot of us may have missed summer due to the pandemic. We are one of those families who decided to skip summer this year, stay home and make the best of being together during our staycation. We will be hopeful for next year. Although beach is not a part of our supposed summer plan but just thinking of the beach will make us look forward to next year's summer. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your creation on the challenge blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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August Challenge #108~Anything Goes With An ADU Image

September~Just Because

September 2020~Anything Goes

Digital Image on Postcard

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme is on Summer Colours. Our sponsor is Fabrika Fantasy. I am using the Traveling Bird digital image. 

My family and I decided to stay at home during the summer. We have something planned to do for summer this year but we have to delay our plans for next year because of COVID. We can only wish for the best right now.

Back to the project, I printed the image on Strathmore Watercolor paper sizing it at 4" x 6". I set this aside to dry but I still have a bit bleeding when I started watercoloring the image. I am using Karin Decobrush on the image. I colored straight to paper then used a water brush to spread the color. I noticed some bleeding and I think it is because my water brush is too wet despite wiping off the brush tip on a rag before blending the color out. I also noticed that I was not able to blend some of the colors out. To fix this, I used Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils. There are plenty of detailing done on this image. I just looked at my stash and added whatever I think will bring life to the image.

For the clouds and background, I blended Tim Holtz Salty Ocean and  Broken China Distress Inks using Picket Fence Life Changing Brush. I splattered water on the sky background then picked this up with a paper towel. I added silver pigment on the clouds using Finetec Pearl watercolor. 

For the sentiment,  I stamped this using Versafine Onyx Black ink with the help of the Misti Stamping Tool. Because of the textured watercolor paper, I stamped this repeatedly before I got a good impression.

To make this into a postcard, I die cut the panel using Waffle Flowers A7 Layers die. I like stacking dies. It helps me know where to die cut my panel without the risk of coming off short of the size or having an off centered image which might happen if I use a paper trimmer. 

Using the Misti Stamping Tool, I positioned the American Crafts Postcard stamp. I stamped this using Hero Arts Pool To Navy Ombre ink pad. 

I set this aside to dry before applying Tim Holtz Distress Glaze on the printed image side to protect this from possible water damage once I send this through the mail. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your creations in the challenge blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #217~Painting or Colouring

Challenge #15~Anything Goes

Polychromos Colored Digital Image

Hello! I am late in posting at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge blog. The theme again is Anything Goes. 

Our sponsor is Dr. Digi's. The image I am using is called Recuperating Rita. I printed the image on Neenah Desert Storm card stock. I colored the images using Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils. I created a plaid pattern on the blanket and pillowcase using a brown colored pencil and a red Sakura Gel pen. I also added dots to the shirt of Rita with a pastel blue Pentel gel pen. I darkened the eyes of Rita with a black Sakura Glaze pen. 

I blended Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Tattered Rose for the wall, and Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Vintage Photo for the floor. I used several circle stamps to stamp on the wall using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tattered Rose. The effect is so faint that it is hardly noticeable in the photo. For the flooring, I stamped a wood grain background stamp using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo. 

I did easy masking to apply the colors and the flooring accent. I used a Post it note to cover the part I don't want inked. I used the Picket Fence Lifesaving Brush to apply the color. I used a medium brush first for the larger areas, transitioning to a small brush to apply color near the printed image. I used this same masking technique to stamp the woodgrain pattern. Since it was not a customized mask, I missed areas close to the image. I drew the lines using a Tim Holtz Distress Marker Vintage Photo. But my marker is dried up. I didn't want to take a risk of switching to a different brown marker. Too much at stake having colored the image this far. So I picked the color pigment from the ink pad using the small tip end of the marker, then drew the lines.

I stamped the sentiment using the THDI Vintage Photo. Good thing I used the Misti to stamp this sentiment since I needed to re-stamp the sentiment two more times for a crisp impression. 

I cut the image at 4" x 3 1/4". I matted the image with a brown colored card stock. I adhered this to a plaid Simple Stories patterned paper but before I did that, using the yellow lines on the patterned paper as a guide, I drew gold lines on it for an extra pop of color. I used a gold Pentel gel pen for this and a ruler. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you join us in our latest challenge at Incy Wincy. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle 

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Week 2~Anything Goes Card Making & Craft Challenge

Rainbow Background Window Card

Hello! I am late in posting for our new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Blog. Nothing new for those who follow me and read my blog. I lost track of time. I did not realize it is already July. The good thing is I have the lay-out of this card sketched so I was quick in creating it.

Our challenge theme is Rainbows Galore. Our sponsor is Li'l Blue Button Stamps. I printed the image on kraft cardstock. I colored the image with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.

For the card panel, I am using a Neenah Dessert Storm cardstock cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". I scored it at the middle to create a side-folding A2 note card. I created a heart window using a Hero Arts Cut-Outs Floral Heart die. I am not using the intricate heart die cut for this card but I saved it for a future project.

I needed another heart to create a rainbow background for the heart window. I don't have a heart nesting die so I traced the heart on the same dark kraft cardstock using the die I used to create the window. I fussy cut the heart and I did not like how I cut it. Instead of cutting another one again with my scissors, I went to my reliable Cricut to cut the heart out.

I blended inks to this heart using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks in Candied Apple, Abandoned Coral, Wild Honey, Cracked Pistachio and Broken China. I used a small Picket Fence Life Changing Brush to apply and blend the inks. I cleaned the brush in between colors by brushing the color off a baby wipe, then brushing it on paper to make sure I removed the color before using the brush on another color. I adhered this to the inside of the card by lining the heart to the window on the front of the card, applied liquid glue to its back, and closed the card onto it.

For the front of the card, I embossed it using Li'l Inker Designs Quilted Stitched Pattern die. I fussy cut the image leaving a small border around the image. I wanted to back this up with another kraft cardstock to make it sturdy. This would have been easy if I cut the image using the Cricut. Since I did not, I traced the fussy cut image on a kraft cardstock, then fussy cut this using the lines as a guide. It is not a perfect match but it is good enough. I added liquid adhesive to the back of the digital die cut, to the areas that will adhere to the front of the card. I added liquid adhesive to other fussy cut kraft cardstock, then adhered this to the back of the window.

For the sentiment, I embossed this on the dark kraft cardstock using white embossing powder. The sentiment is from Mama Elephant Sunday Sentiments stamp set. I die cut this using Avery Elle Simple Sentiments Elle-ments. I die cut two more strips to adhere to the back of the embossed sentiment to create some dimension.

For the inside of the card, I strategically stamped the sentiment so it is covered by the digital image. I stamped this using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I used the Misti Stamping Tool just in case I need to re-stamp, which I did. I end up re-stamping the sentiment since I did not have a good impression the first time.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Hope to see your rainbow creations in the challenge blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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July 2019 Linky Challenge~Anything Goes