A New Discovery...My Besties!

Recently I came upon a called Grandma Bonnie's Place and I fell in love with the My Besties from Sherri Baldy's Etsy Shop!  Wow, these Besties are so stinkin' cute and are available both as traditional stamps or digital, I went for the digital version!  So what I decided to do is take one of my stock Birthday Cards and bump it up a knotch with one of Sherri's Besties.

So I removed the sentiment which had been mounted with dimensional tape and repositioned it.  I then changed out the deep pink flower with two yellow and one light pink on the lower tab.  Lastly, but most definitely not least, I added this adorable Bestie named Ginger.

I colored Ginger with Copics after allowing the ink from my printer to dry.  I think I need to practice a bit more, especially on the hair, but all in all, I am very satisfied with this girl.

I would love to hear from you. Tell me what you think.
Have a wonderful 4th of July!

How to Use Emboss-Resist Technique with Watercolors

So here is a trending technique that I wanted to share with you. Emboss-Resist with Watercolor. Have you tried it yet? I am loving this technique as a way to create some beautiful backgrounds for my cards. 

By using white embossing powder on my watercolor paper I create a 'resist' to the ink used for watercoloring. I really saturate the paper so that the colors that I use will blend well as you can see in the pictures.

 

 

For the watercolor I simply used my Exclusive Inks and a brush and applied the ink directly to the watercolor paper. If you would like to see a video tutorial on how I created the card on the left, click on the card above.

I also did a slight treatment to the inside of each card as you can see here.

I hope you enjoy the video and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! I love helping. 

In the meantime, Happy Paper Crafting! ~Angelina

Cotton Candy Stamp Pad	Desert Sand Stamp Pad	Lagoon Stamp Pad	Pear Stamp Pad
Sweet Leaf Stamp Pad	Buttercup Stamp Pad	Pear Cardstock	Sweet Leaf Cardstock
White Daisy Cardstock	Skylark Paper Packet	Baker's Twine Paradise Assortment	Paisley Perfect Stamp Set
Artiste Cricut Cartridge Set	3-D Foam Tape

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Simply Beautiful Card Set

I recently had a request for a set of note cards from a dear friend of mine. I have been wanting to make some note cards with the Hostess Set "A Mother's Love" and this was the perfect opportunity! 

 

Each 2-3/4" x 4" card is created with a flower that is slightly different, whether it be the colors or how they were stamped. I used Cotton Candy and Sorbet stamp pads for the flowers and Pear for the leaves. I also used my Pear and New England Ivy alcohol markers for the stems. I double stamped the sentiment to create a shadow. 

If you noticed the sparkle on all of the flowers, well I used the Wink of Stella Brush in Clear from Simon Says Stamps! I love this tool for adding subtle sparkle to my projects.

For the box, which holds all four cards and their matching envelopes, I used the Cricut Craft Room along with the Artiste cartridge. The box is found on page 57 and basically I enlarged it until I could see that a 2-3/4" x 4" card would fit (10.944 x 5.667). I then cut it out of a piece of B&T paper from the Lollydoodle Paper Packet. I used a border strip from that paper packet as well and wrapped that around the box. I then stamped the flowers twice on a 2" x 3-1/4" piece of Daisy White cardstock in Sorbet for the background and Cotton Candy for the outline (darker part). I then stamped four leaves in Pear. The center flower was stamped on Cotton Candy cardstock with Cotton Candy ink and then attached with 3-D Foam tape. I wrapped a piece of baker's twine around this panel three times and then tied it in a bow. I then attached that piece of cardstock to a 2-1/4" x 3-1/2" piece from the paper packet with 3-D Foam tape and attached that to the box with adhesive.

My envelopes were created with a piece of heavy-weight copy paper cut to 6" x 6". I then used an envelope punch board at 2-5/8" for the first punch. After assembling the envelopes I stamped them with the same stamps used on the cards using all three colors.


I also did a short video going over how I put this project together. You can watch it below.

Here is just one more variation of this card. On this one I mounted it on a piece of Cocoa cardstock which really frames the focal image. I am submitting this to The Card Concept challenge for this week. I made the following substitutions to their colors: Lime = Pear and Espresso = Cocoa. White is White! I consider this to follow along with their Clean and Layered style.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. 
Happy Paper Crafting!
~Angelina

Cotton Candy Stamp Pad	Sorbet Stamp Pad	Pear Stamp Pad	Pear Marker Set
Lollydoodle Paper Packet	Cotton Candy Cardstock	White Daisy Cardstock	Baker's Twine Paradise Assortment
Artiste Cricut Cartridge Set	Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer	Tombow Adhesive	3-D Foam Tape

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A Family Bloosoms With a Mother's Love

This is the first card for this year's Mother's Day series. The sentiment says it all! What would a family be without the love of the Mama that brought each of us into the world?

The sketch for this card comes from Mojo Monday's Sketch 336. I plan on doing a few different cards using this sketch. I used the Ivy Lane Paper Packet, along with my Artiste and Art Philosophy Cricut cartridges and the sentiment is from a Hostess set "A Mother's Love", all from Close to My Heart.

On the next card, I think I will change out some of the papers to create a better contrast. I do love how the flowers and leaves came out, don't you? Both are cut with the Artiste cartridge and then I scored the veins on the leaves to create a more realistic effect.

Here are a few other projects that you can make with this lovely Ivy Lane Paper Packet.

Ivy Lane Cardmaking Kit

Ivy Lane Scrapbooking Kit

Mojo Monday Sketch 336

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to reading any comments.
In the meantime, Happy Paper Crafting!
~Angelina

White Daisy Cardstock	Ivy Lane Paper Packet	Artiste Cricut Cartridge Set	Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Set
108 adhesive-backed gems, round, in 4 sizes: 7mm, 5mm, 4mm, and 2mm.	Olive Stamp Pad	Smokey Plum Stamp Pad	Hollyhock Stamp Pad
Tombow Adhesive	Sponge Daubers	Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer	Bone Folder

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