Create A Border Using a Digital Stamp

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme is Borders And/Or Bright Colours. A big thanks to Sheepski Designs for sponsoring our challenge. 

I edited the image using Microsoft Word so I can overlap the flowers to create a rectangular border. It took me a couple of printing trials on scrap paper to come up with this final design. 

I printed the image on Canson watercolor paper. I colored the image with Zig Clean Color Brush markers. 

I fussy cut the inner border to create a window. I also fussy cut the outer border. 

I adhered a gray cardstock behind which got its embossed impression using the Waffle Flower A2 Piercing Panel die.

For the hello sentiment, I am using a Cricut holographic vinyl adhered to a scrap cardstock. The die I used is Pretty Pink Posh Hello Friend Script die. I wanted to add a sentiment strip with the same color as the flowers. To create this, I heat embossed the sentiment first on the excess watercolor paper using a white embossing powder. I colored over this using the same pink Zig Clean Color Brush marker I used for the flowers. I set this aside to dry. I wiped the ink off the embossed sentiment using a baby wipe. I die cut this into a strip using an Avery Elle Simple Sentiments Elle-ments die. The sentiment is from Your Next Stamp Silly Fun Birthday stamp set. 

I die cut an extra script sentiment and a sentiment strip and adhered this to the back of each die cut for a raised look. 

I adhered this to a top folding horizontal note card.

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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Felt on Digital Image

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme is on Footwear. Our challenge sponsor is SheepSki Designs. The image I am using is a scene image that I cropped to focus on the high heeled shoes the lady is wearing. She was laying on her belly with her feet up. After I cropped the shoes, I rotated the image to make the shoes upright. I printed the image on Canson water color paper. I also printed the image on scrap typing paper and fussy cut the shoes. I adhered this to the back of a blue felt with the right side adhered to the felt. I fussy cut the felt using the paper as a guide. I had to cut through the straps so I can get to the the small openings which I cannot cut off using a craft blade. 

I colored the image with Karin markers. The regular colors is not as highly pigmented as the metallic ones. I acquired the metallic markers first. I figured out that I have to scribble on a pallet, then pick up the pigment with a brush to paint on an image. Coloring straight on the image makes you lose the details. It is hard to fix this despite the amount of water you put on the area. The regular markers, on the other hand, can be used to color the image. I used a water brush to distribute the color. I totally forgot the blender marker. Next time, I will try using it. Also, I will not advise using Canson water color paper with Karin. There was some degree of warping as I applied more pigment to the image. I will also try this marker on other water color paper brand.

Back to the project, I am using the same water color paper for the card base. I treated the area with an anit-static pouch. I stamped the front of the card with a My Favorite Things Rose All Over Background stamp. I used Delicata Golden Glitz pigment ink for stamping. I also used the Misti Stamping Tool which was really helpful in re-stamping this large stamp. I think I stamped this repeatedly about five times. I poured clear embossing powder to the area. I heat set this making sure the heat gun is nice and hot before zapping the stamped image.

I adhered the felt cut shoes to the image, lining the cut-out with the printed image. The shoes to the right was raised with Gina K. black adhesive foam. Despite the dimension, I felt I am not getting the right depth between the two shoes. To create this, I colored the shoe on the left with a Copic marker. Now, that made a difference but it was a big difference that it looks like it is not the same pair of shoes. So, I colored the shoe on the right with the next lighter blue shade of Copic marker. Much better! I ran this through a die cut machine to flatten the felt a little bit. 

I created a frame for the image using a blue card stock. I adhered this to the image with foam tape. I cut off the excess. 

I don't have a shoe related sentiment stamp in my stash. Looking through the web, I came across this sentiment. I don't feel like using my alphabet stamps for this so I used my typewriter and We R Memory Keepers blue typewriter ribbon. I first had to do a bit of practice before coming up with the final piece. I am using the same water color paper. I matted this on the same blue card stock which I die cut with an Avery Elle Custom Panels Elle-ments. I had to partially die cut this label to make it shorter, perfect for the sentiment strip. 

I adhered the digital image, then the sentiment strip. I added some Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold gems to the ends of the sentiment strip. I punched the corners of the card with We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Fall Themed Background Using the We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Blog. The challenge theme is Autumn (Fall) Colours. Very timely, right! After having a hot October start, we are finally starting to have cool temperatures here in St. Louis. It is about time, I should say. I am using an image from one of our sponsors, Elsa image no. 184. I printed the image on kraft cardstock and colored the image using Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils. I added hightlights to the eyes and whiskers using gel pens. I fussy cut the image, leaving a small border around it. I ended up adhering this image on white cardstock, then fussy cutting it leaving a thin white border around the image to make the image pop out against the busy background.

For the background, I used the Cricut Design Space to edit the leaf images called Fall Leaves. This is a print, score and cut image. I edited it to draw so I can use the We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill. I cut the foil to the size I need. I taped this over the area of the cardstock where I want the leaves to be drawn.

Removing the foil off the cardstock is like removing a mask after ink blending. The reveal of the outcome is amazing!

Working on the sentiment, I adhered a double sided adhesive tape over a yellow cardstock. I die cut the Lawn Fawn Scripty Thanks on this but with the adhesive part on top. I removed the release paper and poured Inkadinkado Yellow Flocking Powder. I covered this with a parchment paper so I can burnish the flocking powder to the adhesive. The word sending is from Lawn Fawn Love Letters stamp set. I stamped it using a Altenew Paper Bag dye ink and stamped it on a yellow cardstock strip. 

 To create a scene for the fox, I stamped the tree stump on white colored cardstock using a brown dye ink. I fussy cut this stamped image and colored the the top area with a Copic marker. This tree stump is from LF Mom + Me stamp set. I die cut an orange felt heart using the heart die from LF Happy Mail die set. I adhered this to the center of the tree stump.

I trimmed the foiled panel making it into a 5 1/4" x 4" panel. I adhered this to a 5 1/4" x 4 1/4" kraft cardstock. I then adhered the images and the sentiments. I ahdered this to a top folding wide A2 white notecard.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you join us in today's Incy Wincy Challenge. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Foiled Digital Image using Foil Quill by We R Memory Keepers

Hello! Foiling is still on trend these days. One of the products that caught my eye on the Creativation 2019 is the We R Memory Keepers Foiling Quill. I got more excited when I saw that JoAnn sells this product. Being a new product, unfortunately, a discount coupon cannot be used on its purchase. Sigh! I will patiently wait...until I saw someone selling this at OfferUp at a discounted price. Sweet! What a perfect chance to try this product. Using this product for the first time did not come out as a breeze. The manual included was not helpful at all. I had to watch videos, and still I had to discover things on my own to be able to make it work. It is a great product! The result is great but it needs more detailed tutorial to make this product really worth its price.

This card was created for our new Incy Wincy Designs Challenge featuring the Kona Colour of the Year. The image I am using is from one of our sponsors, Sheepski Designs. I uploaded the digital image to Cricut Design Space. This is the most tedious step in creating this card, to convert the image so that the machine will draw the image. I had to block out the empty spaces in between the lined images. With how detailed this image is, this step took most of my time in creating this card.

After the image has been drawn and foiled on a cardstock from My Favorite Things, I colored the image with Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils. I trimmed the edges to center the drawn image, then adhered it on a top folding gray notecard with a fun foam in between.

For the sentiment, I put together a phrase from Honey Bee Bless Your Heart Stamp set. I stamped this on a strip of grey cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I adhered this to the center of the floral heart. I added Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Confetti.

The unique thing about using the Foil Quill over foiling with a laminator is that the Foil Quill creates a letter press look. I hope you can see it on the photo above. Very pretty!

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #32~Anything Goes

Stencil Digital Image and Spinner Surprise Card

We have a brand new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. We are featuring the Pantone Color of the Year, Living Coral. I am using an image from one of our challenge sponsors, SheepSkiDesigns. 

I created a stencil using the Cricut Design Space and the ballerina image. I heat embossed a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Day stamp set and Altenew Golden Peach embossing powder. I adhered the negative cut stencil. I ink blended three shades of coral toned dye inks to the open space to create the ballerina silhouette. I then adhered the positive stencil cut to cover the inked area. I blended Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Abandoned Coral to the bottom left of the panel to make the embossed sentiment pop up. I splattered Prima Color Blooms Tea Stain to the panel. I set this to dry.

I die cut three panels of coral cardstock using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles. I heat embossed a sentiment on one of these panels using a sentiment stamp from Hero Arts All Occasion Messages. I also used the same Altenew powder for this. I adhered this panel to a top folding white A2 note card. I also adhered one of the panels to the inner top fold of the note card. I poked a hole on the center of both top and bottom folds. I pass a thread through these holes, securing it with a double adhesive tape on the opposite side. 

I printed the digital image using the CDS as well although I had troubles cutting the file this time. My needle got blunt too quick. I guess I have been using it a lot lately and/or I bought the lesser priced needle which does not guarantee many cuts as the Premium one. So I fussy cut the image leaving a small white border around it. The mirror images matched closed enough after cutting it. The white border also masked areas that not match.

I applied liquid glue and positioned this to the thread, adhering the mirror image to the back. Practice closing the card while the glue is still wet to see if there are any problems with the mechanism. 

Now, adhere the front and back panels of the card to cover the end of the thread. I also used the left over negative die cut rectangle as a frame to the front panel. 

Here is a video showing the spinning mechanism of the digital image. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your own version of today's challenge. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #22~Something New/Old

Prisma Colored Snowmen

Hello! It is time for a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. We are paying tribute to our friends at the southern hemisphere with a Winter In August Challenge as they end their winter season this month.

I am using an image from one of our lovely sponsors for this challenge, SheepSkiDesigns. The image is called Snowmen Selfie. This image is so cute! At first, I am intimated to color images like this which is a full-panel image. I actually enjoyed coloring it so now I am not intimidated at all.

I printed the image on Neenah Solar white cardstock. I resized the image to 2"x2" to make it proportional to the Polaroid frame die from Lawn Fawn Selfie die. I colored the snowmen with Prismacolor color pencils. I added black Sakura Glaze to the eyes and mouth. I also added orange Sakura Souffle to some of the noses of the snowmen for added detail.

I die cut the Lawn Fawn Polaroid frame on Neenah Desert Storm cardstock. I adhered the polaroid frame, centering the snowmen in the window. I cut off the excess with scissors. I also die cut the sentiment using this cardstock. The sentiment did not pop-out after die cutting which made coloring and adhering very easy. I colored the die cut sentiment with Uni-ball Signo white pen. After this has dried, I added Sakura Stardust pen. I added liquid adhesive to the back of the word die cut and firmly pressed it to the area where I want it adhered. I used a poking tool to keep the sentiment in place while I carefully pull up the negative die cut. I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the sentiment and set this to dry.

I die cut a patterned paper using Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames. This die cut measures 4 1/4"x5 1/2". I did not want my note card to show in between the scallops so I trimmed a kraft notecard to 3 15/16"x5 2/16" to match the size of the stitched rectangle within the die cut.  I adhered this to the back of the patterned paper, positioning the card within the stitched rectangle. 

I adhered the polaroid with the snowmen to the center of the patterned paper. I added Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix as last detail.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #44~Anything Goes

Black and White Spinner Slider Birthday Card

New challenge time @ Incy Wincy Designs Blog with the theme being Black & White & Another Color. I am using an image from one of the sponsors for this challenge, SheepSki Designs.

I colored the image using Copic markers and color pencils. For accents, I used a metallic pen for the screws, a black glaze pen for the eyes and a red marker for the hearts, which is the other color in this card. I fuzzy cut the image leaving a white border around it.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Sentimental Circles set. I heat embossed the sentiment on white cardstock using a Recollections Charcoal embossing powder. I die cut two circles on black cardstock to reveal the sentiment. Using a Heidi Swapp Polka Dot stencil, I applied clear embossing paste by Wendi Vecchi mixed with Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress ink. I set this aside to dry.

Instead of using a penny, I die cut a circle from a leftover chipboard. I adhered foam adhesive to the back of the black cardstock. I adhered double layered square foam adhesive to the back of the image, then adhered this to the circle chipboard. I adhered this panel to a top folding white note card.

The robot now spins and slides at the bottom part of the circle which you can view on the video.

I made this card for my husband who celebrated is 'ty-6th birthday last Monday. Happy Birthday, Daddy!

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

Maria Giselle B.

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