3D Balloons with lots of Bits and Baubles

Hey friends - how are you doing? We are having some beautiful weather of late, mid-high 80's, low 90's; I'll take that over the 100+ days ANY TIME!!

Friday and Saturday, I judged at our County 4H Fair - always fun, and long! 😊 Friday was Food and Nutrition (definitely out of my league, but I try my absolute best); Saturday was Visual Arts and that is much more in my wheelhouse. The kids are always fun and the learning experience is probably unmatched in the real world. They need to speak up, make eye contact, be able to explain what they made, HOW they made it, etc. I saw some incredible creations!

Anywho, onward we go to this card. I took all my inspiration from Lilybean Paperie; I absolutely love everything Melissa creates! This was so much fun and a whole lotta work. lol

I die cut the balloons from Tim Holtz watercolor paper and heavily shaded with Distress inks, then splattered with water, dried those drops and splattered some watered down white gouache and distress spray strains to each balloon. I cut the strings from mirror cardstock and set everything aside. 

I then die cut lots of little bits and baubles from the Hey Honeycomb Flower Power dies and Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Mug Additions. Some of the pieces I had cut previously and was able to use - can't beat that.

The sentiment is from the Four Square Birthday Tags stamp set, it's ombre - which I love. I assembled all the pieces; the balloons were mounted with foam squares, most of the bits and baubles were adhered directly to the balloons. Then I got out my white gel pen and added ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS, love me some white gel pen! 

The background is two different Bitty Bit Raspberry Fizz papers from Papertreyink. I added some shading to the top layer, and in between those papers, I added a scalloped layer of vellum, all these were cut with The Ton Nested Slimline dies (stitched and scalloped).

I sent this card to someone I love dearly for their birthday; I hope it touched their heart!

And thank YOU for stopping by, I appreciate your visit and hope this spurs you to create and mail your cards!

Have a great day!

Love to Scrap - Anyting Goes

Hi there and WELCOME! I'm glad you stopped by. I have two posts today, hope you'll check them both out.

As always at the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog, it's anything goes and I have a set of cards for you. I used the MASSIVE stamp set Peony Memories by The Ton. I stamped the florals in quads using inks from The Stamp Market and Taylored Expressions. 

I used removable tape and covered a section where I could stamp the greeting from Concord and 9th, embossing the word 'kind'. While the tape was down, I inked around the edges and stamped dots using multiple stamp sets, sorry, I don't remember which sets I used. There is one that gives an overall small pattern from Unity Stamps. I'm on the road right now, but when I get home I'll update this information. 😊

I layered all the main panels with THIS paper, the champagne is to die for; I love it so much!

And you KNOW when stamping, flowers can be any color we want, so venture out and make you some green flowers! 😁 

Thanks for stopping by; hope you'll join us at Love to Scrap Challenge Blog, we enjoy seeing your creations!

Thanks for popping in; hope to see you again soon!

Color Throwdown 683 - flowers

I love the Color Throwdown blog, the colors can be so inspiring and this week was a great example. I made a slimline card using a, new to me, stamp set from Reverse Confetti, Poppies. I chose several distress oxide inks as well as a few TE inks. I die cut 7 flower combos and then stamped in assembly line style mixing and matching inks. Once dry, I spritzed with water, then added white splatters and when those were dry. a couple coats of Nuvo shimmer.

 

I layered the flowers onto TE Sea Salt and blended some leftover broken china oxide ink. I splattered on TE Earl Grey ink (same color used for the outline of the flowers). This was layered onto a TE Cupcake panel, a white panel and finally the card base, also from Earl Grey. I added some Twisted Citron oxide ink to a few areas of the white panel. One flower in the lower right-hand corner is mounted with foam squares, the rest are adhered flat to the panel; the Sea Salt layer was mounted with foam tape. I finished it off with an embossed sentiment from the same set and some Bits and Pieces dew drops.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great weekend!

WHAT'S IT TAKE:

Stamps: Reverse Confetti Poppies

Inks: TE Inks, Distress Oxide Inks, Versamark

Papers: TE Cupcake, Earl Grey, Sea Salt, SSS white

Accessories: TE white embossing powder, Nuvo clear glitter, Bits and Pieces dew drops, white gouache, The Ton slimline dies (pierced and scalloped)

CHALLENGES: 

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Hey, Gorgeous - Take II

Hi friends! I'm back with another fun Hey, Gorgeous card! This one I'm using for the Mix It Up Challenge (Anything Goes or Mixed Media) for May - YES MAY; how did we get here!! :D

This card is for an older lady who recently had to relocate to an assisted living facility; she is quite spunky and loves red, so my friend wanted to send a card to let her know she was thinking of her. I did some water color ink smooshing (my favorite way to water color - HA); embossed some heart shaped sunglasses (The Ton Sunnies); I wish I would have 'colored' the lenses with a gray, but alas, I did not - but I did add glossy accents, and that looks cool.

I splattered on some black and white paint and once dry began assembly. I die cut the word HEY (The Stamp Market) 3 times and layered together; I added 2 layers of clear wink of stella and then situated the sunglasses within the word adding the white heat embossed hey gorgeous banner to the tail of the Y.

Once I put the card together, I wanted something to tie in the liquid platinum sunglasses, so I coated a piece of white card stock with VersaMark and embossed two coats of the liquid platinum; goodness,  love that color! Hopefully she will get a kick out of the card and it will bring a smile to her face.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you will join us at the Mix It Up Challenge this month; we love seeing your creations!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: The Ton Sunnies
Ink: VersaMark, SSS Fog (lines in glasses)

Papers: The Stamp Market Color Crush Pattern (side), Neenah 110 lb. white and 80 lb. white

Accessories: The Stamp Market Hey Die, glossy accents, clear wink of stella, liquid platinum embossing powder, MFT Blueprints, white embossing powder

Challenges:
  Mix It Up Challenge

Hey, Gorgeous!

Hi friends - hope you had a great weekend! I have a couple 'new to me' things that I was able to combine and use on this card; The Ton Sunnies, matching die and the mini minc machine; the polka dot background is one of the pieces that came with the machine and I used the black piece of foil that was also included.

I stamped the glasses in red and used a black spica glitter pen to fill in the design - so cute; once dry, I used a clear wink of stella to coat the frames. I added some gray to the lenses and also faintly stamped the lines then coated with clear glossy accents. It needed a bit more punch, so I added some embossed lines using my Scor-Pal and that 1/2 inch spacing was the perfect spot for the embossed sentiment. Quick, cute and fun! 

We're also tossing this in for the Mix It Up Challenge - black, white + one other color!!

Thanks for stopping by; here's hoping you have a GREAT week!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: The Ton Sunnies
Ink: MFT Wild Cherry, VersaMark 

Papers: MFT Wild Cherry, PTI True Black

Accessories: Mini Minc Machine and Accessories, Scor-Pal, glossy accents, black spica glitter pen, clear wink of stella, various washi tape, princess gold embossing powder

Challenges:
  Mix It Up Challenge - Black, White + 1

Happy Birthday - lots of dimension

Oh friends...I had so much fun making these cards then a total disaster occurred! :(

It probably took me 2 weeks to make these cards; I have a full-time job and with workouts after work, I have very limited time but goodness, they were lots of fun! I am determined to use up my pattern paper (hoard much - HA), so these was the very last of this particular paper pad used to make 3 cards. The flowers were made MONTHS ago - as in 2018 before my medical condition occurred.

Anywho, I cut the frames and used a stencil on the largest frame to sponge on color, darker in one corner and lighter as I moved to the other corner. The outside frame was mounted with dimensional foam. On the inside piece, I used a stencil and modeling paste; once dry, I also sponged on color and adhered it flat to the card. I die cut the 'birthday' 4 times per card and adhered together; the 'happy' was cut from silver sparkle paper. Pulled out some seam binding I've also had for quite some time and tied it on where the two papers meet. Layered on the flowers, added Nuvo drops, rounded some corners and that's it.

And then it went all wrong...
I brought the cards to work to photograph and give away...put them in my sack, I tend to throw everything that needs to go to work in one bag...including my lunch... Any guesses? Yes, my lunch leaked; one card was 100% damaged, the other two I was able to salvage with minimal damage/discoloration, but goodness, I was kinda heartbroken! So much work! Oh well; at least I was able to save two of them; there's joy in that!

Hope you have a great weekend ahead; thanks for popping in!!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: PTI Floral Sketches
Ink: Altenew Inks but made so long ago, I don't know *gasp*, sorry!, Abandoned Coral Distress oxide Ink

Papers: SSS Fog, Neenah 110 lb. white, Echo Park DP (had forever), PTI Smokey Shadow, Silver Glitter Foil

Accessories: WPlus9 Happy Birthday Die, Penny Black Antique Frame, Nuvo Crystal Drops, misc. seam binding, SSS Square Dance stencil

Challenges:

Hello - I Appreciate You

Hi friends!

I'm up over at A Blog Named Hero with a 'thankful' card; hope you'll check it out!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

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Hero Arts + The Ton + Pop of Color

Hi friends - I'm up over at A Blog Named Hero with a pop of color card; hope you'll stop by and check it out!

Hugs,



What's it take:

Fresh Cut Dahlias	DC152 Thanks Stamp & Cut	Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Adhesive .5oz	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad BARN DOOR Ranger	AF345 Intense Black	Tim Holtz Distress Markers BARN DOOR	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD
PW110 White Embossing Powder	Tim Holtz Distress Markers FOREST MOSS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BUNDLED SAGE	Core'Dinations GLITTER SILK 4.25 x 5.5" Cardstock	PS688 Black Folded Cards	Tim Holtz 4.25 X 5.5 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink	PS620 Blush Mix Layering Papers
Hero Arts Mix Layering Papers MIDNIGHT Hues PS697

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