Live life to the fullest.

Hello lovely people.

 I'm back with another card. This time I'm playing with Flora & Fauna Live Life Wildflowers stamp set.

My first step was to stamp almost all the images from the set on to my watercolour panel with waterproof black ink.
I chose to colour them all with watercolour markers and shimmer pen to add a little bit of interest to this almost one-layer card.

After the colouring was done, I've used Altenew Halftone Circles Nesting Dies to cut out the centre of my card panel. I decided to stamp the sentiment on to my card base.
 Before adhering notecard in place, I went and gold heat embossed along the edges and added shadows behind the flowers.

I decided to use foam tape to adhere my card panel to the card base. I also did make sure that my already stamped greeting was in perfect place inside the circle.
My last step was to add a few Nuvo drops.

Thank you for stopping by.
 Please leave a comment to let us know if you like my card.

See you soon!
Anna

Altenew Happy Bloom and watercolouring

Hello there, It's Anna here. 

 I'm covering for Anika today, and she is going to take over for me next Thursday. After that, we are sure to be posting on our regular days.
Today's card is full of florals from Altenew Happy Bloom stamp set, accompanied by Hello Friend script creative cuts from Mama Elephant.

 My first step was to stamp this huge floral arrangement twice on to watercolour paper and colour it with Zig markers. 

 I chose bright colours and scribbled with my marker where I wanted the shadows to appear the darkest. Then pulled it out with the water brush. ( You can also use a paintbrush ).

I decided to add a border around the edges. For this, I simply masked off the small area, using masking tape and coloured it with a dark marker. You can see the uneven edge here and there, but I like that it is imperfect. ( You can also use dark cardstock if you prefer more graphic look )

My next step was to die cut the Hello Friend sentiment die from Mama Elephant. I cut it three times from Lawn Fawn Kraft Cardstock and stacked together, using liquid glue for a dimensional look.
I also added a strip of vellum from Lawn Fawn to drawn attention to the greeting.
To finish off this card, I chose sequins and glossy accents over the die-cut.

That's all! This card was super fun to make.
Thank you for stopping by. 

I will be back soon with another card. 

 Anna 

Neat & Tangled Later Alligator set and simple watercolouring.

Hello everyone!

 I'm back with another card. Today's project features Neat & Tangled Later Alligator stamp set along with simple watercolouring and ink blending.

I started with stamping all chosen images on to piece of watercolour paper with waterproof black ink. After watercolouring, I fussy cut everything out and left on the side, while working on the background.

I decided to do simple ink blending on my background, using distress oxide ink and a blending tool. I masked off the top part of card panel with a piece of masking paper as I didn't want any unnecessary ink going there. I chose to leave the top portion of my card white, to give watercoloured images more attention. I also added water splatters.

 

Before attaching anything, I arranged my little scene to make sure that I was happy with the results.  

I used foam squares to adhere all the images ( except the banner, where I used liquid glue ).
My last step was to stamps the sentiment from the same Later Alligator set with black ink and add a few blue and gold sequins.
I adhered the whole card panel to the slightly larger card base with crafts foam and double-sided tape.

That's all for this project! Thank you for stopping by.
Leave the comment below to let me know if you like this card.


 

See you soon! Anna 

Dimensional heat embossing over die-cuts.

Hello everyone.

 I'm back with a very fun technique today - dimensional stamping. 

I used Christmas Rose Bouquet and No One Else stamp sets from Wplus9, along with Hero Arts Pebble cardstock. 

My first step was to stamp and colour the main image from the Christmas Rose Bouquet set with alcohol markers. After that, I fussy cut it out using scissors.
I chose to use Hero Arts Hero Hues cardstock in Pebble as my card panel.

After deciding where to position my florals, I used repositionable adhesive to temporarily adhere them in place. It is a very important step, as you got to be able to peel it off later.

 As you can see the sentiment is overlapping with the adhered image and still lines up. To achieve that look, I did make sure that my stamping on the card panel ( grey ) was lining up with stamping on my florals.  I used clear embossing ink to stamp it. I then removed die-cut and restamped it in the same position on the cardstock with the same ink.  I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. 

My next step was to adhere the bouquet to the base. I decided to use liquid glue instead of foam tape because I wanted the focus to be on the overlapping sentiment, but you can definitely use dimensional adhesive here.

 I chose to add a few sequins and sparkle to the florals with a shimmer pen.
My last step was to glue the whole card panel to the slightly larger, white card base with foam tape.
This card is all done! 

 

Thank you for stopping by today! See you soon. Anna 

African sunset with ink blending.

Hello everyone!

 It's Thursday and I'm back with another project. 

Today's card is clean and simple, made with Hero Arts " Wild about you " stamp set and ink blending technique along with a little bit of masking.  

My first step was to create a mask. I used masking paper and my largest roll of tape ( eg. double-sided tape ) to trace a half-circle. After cutting it out, I adhered the negative part to my card front.
I also made sure that the bottom edge of the card is covered, so I wouldn't get any unwanted ink there.

For ink blending, I have chosen Distress oxides in warm yellows. I wanted to achieve the look of an African sunset.
 I decided to use "Wild about you" set from Hero Arts because of its silhouette images. They seemed perfect for what I wanted my card to look like. 

This set is packed with lots of different animals and a few great sentiments ( I'm planning to use them again soon, for simple backgrounds, stamped in different colour inks).  I stamped a few images in to piece of white paper with black ink and cut them out. 

My next step was to adhere all the images on to the background with foam squares. I definitely wanted to add some dimension here, but this would be a great design for one layer card too.
I also added a few birds - I stamped them directly on to card panel and sentiment from the same set.
 

That's it! This card was so easy and quick to make, but I love the final result! Sometimes the simple, the better. 

See you soon! Anna 

Mama Elephant Big News stamp set - birthday card

Hello there! Hope, that you're having a great day. 

 I'm back to show you this girly birthday card, made with Mama Elephant Big News stamps set. 

Let's start with the main images - I decided to use all three critters from this set. I just couldn't decide which one to chose, they're all soo cute! 

 After stamping them on a piece of watercolour paper with waterproof ink, I coloured everything with Distress Inks and added a little sentiment to each of the wooden signs. I chose greetings from the same set because they're so little and fit perfectly into small spaces.

My next step was to fussy cut all of my coloured animals and move to the background.

For this, I decided to do ink blending with Distress Oxides in lovely pinks. I also added water splatters and few metallic splatters for much-needed interest behind the focal images.

 

After my blended background was ready, I adhered all the critters with foam squares and stamped an additional sentiment from Avery Elle Simple Sentiments stamp set.

To tie everything together I added few sequins and glossy accents to the boards.

This card turned out so cute! I'm definitely going to do similar - boy version of it with blues and maybe greens too! 

Thank you all for stopping by today! I will be back with another card next Thursday.
See you soon!
Anna 

Mama Elephant - Shall We Dance

Hello everyone!

 I'm back with another card - this time I used Shall We Dance stamp set from Mama Elephant and ink blending technique with Distress Oxides to create the background. 

My first step was to stamp those cute critters on to piece of watercolour paper with Versafine Onyx Black. I also added clear embossing powder while the ink was still wet, and then heat set it. ( I took advantage of the fact that Versafine staying wet longer, but you can also add embossing ink and different colour of embossing powder to change the look of this card ).
For watercolouring today I chose Arteza markers in greys and pinks. 

To create the background, I did ink blending with Distress Inks. I also added splatters using clean water.
After fussy cutting ( coordinating dies are also available here ) and adhering everything in place, I stamped sentiments from the same set with black ink and added Nuvo glitter drops. 

 My last step was to add my card panel to a white card base with double-sided adhesive. 

That's it! Thank you for stopping by! 

Have a great day! See you soon!
Anna