Friday, December 1, 2017

Little Tangles Challenge #86 Coloring

Hello again! Here is my second post for today. I made this card for Little Tangles challenge #86: Coloring.

I stamped the floral cluster from Bloom stamp set using light ink and colored the base layer of the image with COPIC markers. Then I've added the details using my polychromos pencils. After my coloring was done, I've stamped the sentiment with clear embossing ink and gold heat embossed.

Next, I blended some light peachy and green inks in the corners of my panel and sprinkled with the same inks. To finished my card I've added a few clear sequins and foam mounted my card into kraft card base.

Thank you for stopping by!

The Ton November Challenge: HOLIDAY

Hello everyone! Today I'd like to share with you a card that I made for The Ton November challenge: HOLIDAY.

Actually, I don't have The Ton stamps suitable for the holidays, and I have only the Fresh Cut Anemones stamp set, so I decided to change this flowers using watercolors to make them look like Christmas poinsettias.

First, I stamped the flowers and leaves with light ink on watercolor paper. Then I took my wet paintbrush and went over them with water to blend them and give them a watercolored look. After that I've added the detail with Gansai Tambi watercolors.

Then I watercolored the background with more of the same colors. I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink onto a stripe of green cardstock and white heat embossed and adheared onto my watercolor panel. To finished my card I've added a few sequins.

Thank you for stopping by!

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Studio Katia Soft Floral Shaker Card

Hello everyone! Today I want to show you my shaker card with gorgeous Together We Bloom stamp set from Studio Katia.

First I’ve stamped all the images with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.
Then I toned the flowers with pink and green distress ink using a mini ink blending tool, and die cut the images with their coordinating dies.
I blended some light green distress inks onto my background and sprinkled with water. After my background was dry I stampted the Happy Wedding sentiment from Happy Stamp Set in VersaFine Onyx Black black ink.

Next I die cut a window on my shaker panel using largest oval die from Dotted Ovals Creative Dies set.

I put the shaker together adding Sparkling Crystals and adheired all the ellements together using foam tape.
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:

Together We Bloom | Clear Stamp Set

Together We Bloom | Die Set

Happy Clear | Stamp Set

Dotted Ovals | Creative Dies

Sparkling Crystals | Mix

Clear Iridescent | Seed Beads

Monday, November 20, 2017

Altenew Markers Release Blog Hop + Giveaway + VIDEO

Hello and Welcome to the Altenew November 2017 Marker Release Blog Hop! I'm so excited to join this hop!!! I hope you came from amazingly talented Yoonsun's blog but if not, please check the full blog hop list in the bottom of this post.

Altenew just released a new sets of Artist Markers! They are so much fun to work with and very easy to use with your favorite stamps. I absolutly adore their markers!!!

Altenew Artist Markers are alcohol-based, allowing you to beautifully blend colors onto any stamped images. Our diverse range of stamps is perfect for these markers. You can also easily pair them with Crisp Dye Inks to take your coloring to the next level! The colors in this set are designed to complement ink colors, so you can take the guessing game out of the way when coloring. The markers each have a brush tip and a fine tip. They are ergonomically designed for easy gripping, as they have slightly flattened edges which will not roll off your desk.

I made three cards using these markers for today’s Blog

Hop.

For my first card I stamped the flower images from Spring Daisy stamp set with masking technique using Sand Dunes Altenew Crisp Die Ink and colored the images using yellow shades as a sunflowers.

I used C001, Y205, Y612, Y823 from Set B and Y024 and R056 from set C for the flovers. I also used the green markers from set A for the leaves.

Then I've added some details with my polychromos pencils and heat embossed the sentiment from Enchanted Iris stamp set on a piece of light grey cardstock and trimmed to a banner.

I made my first video tutorial to show how I used these markers. You can see my video here or wath it in HD at YouTube.

If you are interested in the second part of my tutorial, where I used colored pencils, please subscribe to my channel and leave me a comment. I will share the second part of this video as soon as I'll have 500 subscribers. I appreciate your support! Thank you for watching!

For my second card I did a really basic coloring with new markers.

I stamped two floral clusters from Just Because stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the images from dark to light using some purple, blue, yellow and green shades of markers.

I used R902, B002, R926, B016, Y024 from set C and C002, R702, R823, R705 from set B for the flowers and some greens from set A for the leaves.

Then I blended some light geen and yellow inks around the flowers and added highlights with white jel pen.

For my last card I used the same technique as in the first. I've started by stamping the roses and leaves from Winter Rose stamp set using Sand Dunes inks.

Then I colored the images with Altenew Markers. I used R400, R301, R101, R206, R217 from set C for the roses and WG01, WG03, WG05, WG07 for the leaves.

Then I added some very light details using my polychromos pencils, to make the images more contrast and volume.

After that I blended some Blush Altenew Crisp Die Inks ink in the corner and then heat embossed the sentiment from Forever and a Day stamp set.

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Monday, November 27th for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Wednesday, November 29th.

Giveaway: I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. One lucky winner will be announced on November 28th on this post.

Next up in the hop is amazing Therese Calvird. Don't forget to leave a comment for prizes and a giveaway. Thank you so much for stopping by!

The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is Debra!!!

DEBRA RUMPZA21 NOVEMBER, 2017Oh my your cards are divine... You are so good at coloring!

Congratulations!!! Please write at winner@altenew.com by 12/15/2017 with the subject line Altenew 11/20/2017 Release Blog Hop winner from Kristina's blog.

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Kathy Racoosin
Laura Bassen
Mindy Baxter
May Sukyong Park
Agnieszka Malyszek
Lydia Evans
Tammy Tutterow
Lilith Eeckels
Suzy Plantamura
Nicole Picadura
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Enza Gudor
Sveta Fotinia
Erum Tasneem
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Kelly Latevola
TaeEun Yoo
Kymona Tracey
Yoonsun Hur
Kristina Pokazanieva
Therese Calvird
Erica A-B
Vicky Papaioannou
Svitlana Shayevich
Nina-Marie Trapani
Virginia Lu

SUPPLIES:
If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you).

Saturday, November 11, 2017

25 Days of Christmas Tags with Studio Katia

Hello everyone and Welcome to Day 11 of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags!!! I'm so excited to join this great event! Tracey McNeely has a wonderful event called The 25 Days of Christmas Tags in which for 25 days she features Christmas tags. There are lots of guests and giveaways along the way!
All the details and the linkup can be found HERE!
And of course prizes! Here is a peek at some of the awesome sponsors for this event!

Today I created some tags to inspire you!
For my first tag I used Merry Poinsettia stamp set and Dotted Shaker Tag 1 die from Studio Katia.

I started by stamping poinsettias on a kraft cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat that using white embossing powder. Then I slightly colored the images with white paint and diecutting with they coordinating dies. Then I cut the tag panel out of kraft cardstock. I also cut out the words "merry" and "joy" from gold glittery cardstock. Finally, I glued all of the flowers on my panel and added some gold ribbons to make them extra festive. Perfect for all my Christmas
gifts!

For my second tag I stamped the kitty from Meowy Halloween stamp set on white paper and colored with COPICKS and diecutting with coordinating die. Then I blended some pink distress ink on white paper and sprinkled with water. Next, I cutinng the tag frame out of white cardstok and adhered everything together.

For my next tag I diecutting the scallop panel using Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frame Creative Dies of white cardstock and blended it with some yellow distress ink and sprinkled with water. Then I stamped cute gingerbread house image from Sweet Holiday stamp set and colored it with COPIC markers. Next I used coordinating dies to die cut the house and adhered it to my panel using foam squares.

For my last tag I stamped the sentiment on my panel with clear embossing ink and heat that with clear embossing powder. Next, I blended some blue distress Inks for the background and stamped some snowflakes with blue dye ink.

Next, I stamped the images from Winter Kobi stamp set, colored them with COPIC markers and die cut using coordinating dies and adhered onto my tag.

Thanks so much for joining us! :)

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Altenew November 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello and Welcome to the Altenew November 2017 Release Blog Hop! I'm so excited to join this hop!!! I hope you came from Terhi's blog but if not, please check the full blog hop list in the bottom of this post.

When I first saw this gorgeous stamp set, I wanted to combine it with a floral stamps to create a wreath. I started by stamping the berries image from Golden Garden set on watercolor paper using Sand Dunes Altenew ink and coloring the images with Gansai Tambi watercolors and die cutting with their coordinating dies.

For my background I stamped the heat embossed sentiment from Forever And a Day stamp set with clear embossing powder and blended some light green ink onto the center of a piece of paper and sprinkled this with water.

I cut the branches from the set out of white card stock a few times, to create more dimension and to make it stand out on a light green background and adhered it to my blended panel to create a wreath for my flowers.

I slightly colored the branches with light brown paint and adhered all the elements onto the card and attached it to the light green card base.

For my next card, I made a pattern with feathers from Golden Feather set. This is such a beautiful stamp set!

I stamped the feathers in two shades of pink and turquoise Altenew inks using the MISTI, then I stamped details on the feather and the sentiment from Story of Us stamp set and heat embossed it with my favorite gold embossing powder.

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I made a lot of cards with Story of Us stamp set in different variations, because I just adore this stamp set!

For my first card, I stamped rose and leaves from the Story of Us set with Coral Berry and Forest Glades Altenew inks on watercolor paper. Then I took my wet paintbrush and went over them with just water to blend them and give them a watercolored look.

Then I watercolored the background with more of the same colors. After it was dry I speckled it with more of the same inks. Then I stamped the sentiment with black ink and added a few sequins.

For my second card, I stamped the layered rose and the leaves a few times with masking technique using Altenew inks. I stamped the images in two shades of pink and green, applied ink to the stamps from light to dark using the MISTI.

I also added the heat embossed sentiment and few clear sequins and droplets.

Here, I did something similar, but I used my favorite color combination.

For my last card, I stamped the layered roses and leaves using Altenew inks, and added details with Copic markers, polychromos pencils and white gel pen.

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, November 16th for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Saturday, November 18th.

Don't forget to leave a comment for prizes and a giveaway. Thank you so much for stopping by!

WINNER:
The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is Angela!!!

ANGELA WALTERS09 NOVEMBER, 2017

Wow! All of your cards are amazing! I love how you created a wreath by combining an older stamp set and dies with a new stamp set and dies! It is so pretty! The feather card shows off this new, detailed feather stamp in this set. I love the colors you chose for it. All of your Story of Us cards are gorgeous! I love that rose stamp! Your last card doesn't even look like the same stamp set to me with the beautiful details you added. Wonderful job on everything you created!

Congratulations!!! Please write at winner@altenew.com by 11/30/2017 with the subject line Altenew 11/8/2017 Release Blog Hop winner from Kristina's blog.

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