Art-Without-Anxiety

Sunday, April 30, 2017

All My Love

This is one of those very rare cards (at least for me!) that comes together just as I envisioned it. Although it isn't a true birthday card, this is what I am giving my mom for her 84th birthday this June. Grab a cup and have a seat - this post is a bit photo heavy.

What I Used to Make my Card:
Lilac Card Base
Watercolor Paper
Memory Box Fairytale Border, #98473
Die-Versions Whispers Fence Background #DVW-314
Sentiment from SemSee's Designs for Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine (Jan 2017)
Hero Arts Bubble Gum Ink
Craft Mat
Zig Clean Color Markers in Light Green, May Green, Carmine Red, Light Carmine, Cobalt Blue, Light Violet & Yellow
Detail Tip Watercolor Brush
White Cardstock

I knew I wanted to watercolor the flowers on the Fairytale Border so I used watercolor paper for the die cut. I have found that for vibrant watercolor nothing beats Zig Clean Color Markers, and if you like to watercolor, I strongly suggest you grab a set. Since there is more green than any other color, that is what I used first. I just sort of scribbled the light green and may green markers around where I wanted the green to go.

Then, as I blended the greens together, I added more where I felt there may be a bit of color lacking. The process is very forgiving, as long as you dry your cardstock in between adding colors.

Then it was time to play with the flowers. Most of them are colored with just one color, but I wanted the largest blooms to stand out a bit more so I used two reds to color them; carmine red and light carmine. The picture on the left shows how I colored the flowers with the light carmine, pulling the color from the tip of the flower to the inside. The picture on the right shows where I colored the inside of the blooms with the darker carmine red. All I did was just keep blending with the detail water brush,

drying the flowers and stems in between the blending, and adding more color as needed to achieve the look I wanted. Once I finished with the border, I die cut the fence background and wove the flowers throughout.

I chose the sentiment from a set of free stamps I had gotten and stamped it onto white card using bubble gum pink ink. Lastly, I attached the fence and flowers to the card base, then I attached the sentiment, gently placing it under the flowers and lining it up with the fence.

Another Look

All of the dies I used here are brand new and I can see many more uses for both of them. In fact, I am putting more "background" dies on my wish list!

Thank you so much for reading my post and I do hope you will come back to the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog to see what my talented teammates have created. There is a NEW project every day! Also, don't forget to sign up for the Dies R Us email updates; you never know what goodies are in stock or going to be on sale.

Have a GREAT week! Christi

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I am entering my All My Love card in the following challenges:

Marker Pop - #118, Watercolor (product they carry Zig Markers)

Kitty Bee Designs - #93, In the Garden

CEEE Stampers - #1717, National Garden Month

Aud Sentiment - #178, Use a Stamp for Your Sentiment

ModSquad - Love Theme

Scrapy Land - #64, Spring Blooms

Sunday, April 23, 2017

You're a Hoot!

Hi everyone! This is my very first post as a part of the Dies R Us Design Team and I want to thank you for stopping by! I hope you will join me and my teamies daily here at the Inspiration Blog; be sure to join in with your own creation on the Challenge Blog!

Since meeting my new next door neighbor, I've adopted her obsession with owls. I just think they are so cool and SO cute! Since I just got some new dies, I thought I'd make this to have on hand just in case I needed an all occasion card in a pinch (and, honestly, I was dying to use my new Lawn Fawn set!)

What I Used to Make my Card: (A2 size unless stated)
White Card Base
Black Card Panel
Circle Punch
Impression Obsession, Owl, #DIE283-O
Lawn Fawn "You're a Hoot" Stamp Set, #LF605
Die-Versions Whisper Stitched Nesting Squares, #DV-572
White, Yellow, Black and Orange Cardstock
Googly Eyes
Black Ink
Branch (I used my Silhouette CAMEO)

The first thing I did was die cut my owl out of white cardstock. He's a studious, snowy barn owl so he had to be white; and he needs his glasses to watch for mice! I cut the body and wings out of white card, his nose and feet out of orange card, his glasses out of black card. I then punched a yellow moon out using a very old circle punch. I don't have a branch die (yet), so I used my Silhouette machine to cut out a simple branch using brown cardstock. I adhered my owl, moon and branch to the black card base panel, then stamped my sentiment onto a piece of white card and then die cut out using the stitched square die.

I smile every time I look at this owl and I am hoping this cute little card will give you a smile, too! Thank you SO much for stopping by, and if you have some time I encourage you to click on the links below and check out all the fabulous creations that can be made with products at Dies R Us. Fondly, Christi

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