Monochromatic Card

Hello! We have a new at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Blog. The theme of our last challenge for this year is Person/People And Choose Another Option (Sketch and/or Color). I am the author of the blog challenge. I created a sketch for the challenge and added a color challenge option. When I was looking for the color of the year, I did not pay attention to the year. Instead of next year's color, I submitted this year's color to our moderator for approval of the challenge theme last November. I am not sure if 2021's color of the year was already chosen last month but since my other co-DT members have their creations submitted using this year's color of the year, we will keep it this way.

I am using an image from one of our sponsors. I chose this image, a nurse, as tribute to the millions of heroic front liners taking care of patients during this pandemic. Now that the vaccines are finally being administered here in the US, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I printed the image on Neenah Solar White cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers. I added a few details on the hair using a black color pencil. I also used gel pens to add accents to the clipboard. 

I die cut this with a rectangle die from Waffle Flower A7 Nesting dies. Using the next larger sized rectangle, I die cut a blue glitter paper to matte the panel with the image. I adhered the image panel to this with foam adhesive.

I trimmed a 4 1/4" x 5 1/4" blue diagonal striped patterned paper. Following the diagonal lines, I adhered blue die cuts of Sugar Pea Designs Heart Beat SugarCut for a tone on tone effect. 

I added strips of light blue dotted washi tape which I ran thru a paper crimper. I heat embossed the sentiment on a light blue cardstock strip using Paper Source Navy Blue embossing powder. I adhered this sentiment strip with foam adhesive. The sentiment is from The Stamping Village Thinking Of You Stamp Set. I rounded the corners with We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. I added navy blue sequins for some embellishment.

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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Color Inspired One Layer Card

Hello! This is the second of a series featuring products from my newly acquired craft items. I am using a stamp from The Stamping Village Thinking of You clear stamp set. This is an amazing stamp set which consists of different stamps from different companies. Best of all, a part of the sale goes to Save The Children Organization. I am using the stamp by Hero Arts.

I created this card to meet three challenge blogs requirements:

• For the A Blog Named Hero, the challenge is Combine Old & New. I am using an old HA stamp Tiny Flags with the TSV Thinking of You HA stamp. 
• For the Hero Arts Stay Crafty With Hero Challenges, the challenge is One Layer Card.
• For the IG Karin Markers #KarinColors featuring the colors Egyptian Blue 305, Red 209 and Cool Grey1 160

I trimmed a Canson watercolor paper to 4 1/4" x 11", scoring it in half at 5 1/5". I stamped the image on the card front using Versafine Onyx Black ink, heat setting it to dry the ink. I masked the area using a full adhesive Post-it Note. 

I applied the color to the rubber stamp by rubbing the Karin Marker nib on the stamp. I lightly spritz this with water then placed the card front on top of the stamp. I gently rub the paper with my fingers then lift the paper off the stamp. I heat set this to dry. I rotated the stamp and repeated the process.

I removed the masking paper and sadly, the colors bled under the masking paper. I had a hard time lifting off the color from the paper so I just let this be for now.

Moving on, I colored the images with Karin Markers. I used paints from Finetec Coliro Watercolor Pearl Gold and Silver Set to color the stars and add shimmer to the bold hero sentiment. 

I drew a line to create a border around the stamped image. To hide the color bleed, I painted the background of the stamped image with the KM Cool Grey1 which turned out too dark. Since I am having difficulties lifting off the color, I painted white over this background using Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor. 

My 15 year old said this card looks like a flag. Very timely since I created this card during 4th of July. Just late in posting since I work the weekends. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Hero Arts Challenge Blog~June to July 2020

Hero Arts Blog Challenge #11

 IG #KarinColors