Merry and Bright With a Little Foil! {Maker Forte}

Hello crafty friends! Kimberly here and I am sharing with you how I made this card using the Yeti or Not stamp set and the Modern Christmas Trees stencil. I am also going to share how a simple little addition of foil can make a big difference.

I just love this Yeti or Not set so much! The images are adorable. To begin, I first directly smooshed the Clear Embossing Color Hive ink pad over the Modern Christmas Tree stencilon watercolor paper. Then, I heat embossed Rustic Wilderness Embossing Glaze. 

I gave the trees a second to cool off so I didn’t smudge them. Next, I ink smooshed Tumbled glass and Salvaged Patina Distress ink over the trees.

I heated it with a heat gun to make sure the ink was dry. Then, I put a little white paint on a piece of acetate and mixed it with water. I flicked the paint splatters on the background using a paint brush. I put the background to the side to dry. Then, I stamped the images from Yeti or Not stamp set using Eclipse Black ink. I colored the images in with my copics and fussy cut them out. When I stamped the trees, the star on the top was solid black and I wanted it to be yellow or gold. So, I colored over the stars with the Deco Foil Adhesive Pen and let it dry. 

Once the glue dried, I rubbed some Wild Dandelion Gina K. Foil over the stars.

Then, I gently peeled it off. I loved how the gold foil makes the stars shine.

Then, I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and began to assemble the card. I added foam tape to the back of the Yeti and the one Christmas tree. I glued one tree to the background and added the other two images with the foam tape. Next, I lined up the sentiment under the Yeti and the tree. I finished the card by adding Solar Flair Crown Jewel Gems and some white accent lines using my Gel Roll pen. 

Copics:

Yeti: W00, W0, W1, W2, W5, R20, R30 Scarf: R24, R27, R29 Star: Y11, Y13, Y18 

Tree: G20, G24, G28 E31, E25, E29

Thank you for stopping by!

Kimberly

Growing in Unity {Day 4}

I  cannot believe how fast this week is going. I am having so much fun sharing my Unity Stamp Company creations with all of you. For day 4, I would like to share these two cards featuring the "Spark" stamp set and a sentiment from the "Timing is Perfect"stamp set. 

Generally when I make ink smooshed backgrounds, I do not photograph them. I sometimes make them to use up ink on my glass mat. Sometimes, I am just playing and save them for a later time. I made these backgrounds specifically for these cards, but unfortunately, I did not take a picture of the process and it is real hard to replicate an ink smooshed background. 

If you have not tried ink smooshing, it is really fun, but it is really important to heat set the ink before switching to another color. Otherwise, you will just get mud. Once my backgrounds were dry, I added more ink with stencils. 

These were both made on watercolor paper. For the teal card, I used Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, and Mustard Seed distress ink. I also used the Mini Microbial stencil and Mini Moving Vines stencil from The Crafters Workshop. I blended Pumice Stone distress ink over the Mini Microbial stencil in various places on the background.

For the pink card, I used Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Twisted Citron distress ink. I blended Ground Espresso distress ink over the Mini Specimens stencil and Pumice Stone distress oxide over the Mini Microbial stencil. 

To finish the background panel, I stamped the sentiments on them and die cut them using the Gina Marie Designs Labels 6 Cloud Like Edge Nested Die Set. I had some grey white core cardstock in my stash that I distressed with a sanding block and added the ink panel to. 

I stamped and fussy cut the images from the Spark set. Then, I colored them with Copic Markers. I popped them up on foam tape and adhered them to the cards. I hope you like these cards as much as I enjoyed making them! 

Thank you for stopping by! Do you have a favorite technique to use when making cards? 

Copics:

Teal Butterfly

BG10, BG11, BG13, BG23, YG01, YG21

Pink Butterfly

R20, R30, Y00, YR31

Caterpillar

Y00, YG01, YG21, R20, R30

Branch/leaves

E34, E35, E37, G20, YG01, YG21

Kimberly

You are the Unicorn of Friends {Brutus Monroe}

 Hello crafty friends! I am back to share a couple more cards using the Brutus Monroe Unique Unicorn Inspiration Box! I love the pre printed toner sheets in the kit. You can leave them black and white and go simple, you can foil them, or you can get as fancy as you want! Today, I went all out on two of them and love the results! 

 For my first card, I ink blended Tumbled Glass distress oxide over the cloud stencil from the clouds and grass stencil set that I had purchased separately. Then, I foiled it with Gina K marigold foil. I used my Sizzix Rainbow Magic die and paper scraps I had in my stash to make the clouds and rainbow. Next, I stamped and die cut the Unicorn from the Unique Unicorn stamp set in the kit. Then, I colored it with Copic markers. I trimmed a sentiment from the conversation clippings in the kit. Next, I assembled the card. I adhered the toner panel to a piece of the beautiful glitter paper in the kit. Then, I glued the rainbow and unicorn to the panel. To finish, I added foam tape to one of the clouds and the sentiment and attached them to the card. 

My second card features some ink smooshing. I started out smooshing, Picked Raspberry distress ink and heat set it so the colors wouldn't turn to mud. I repeated the process with: Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet distress ink. It is very important to heat set between each color. 

After I finished smooshing the ink and everything was completely dry, I foiled the panel with Gina K Marigold foil. Next, I stamped and die cut three stars and the pegasus using the Unique Unicorn stamp and matching die set in the kit. Then, I colored them in with Copic markers. I cut the sentiment from the conversation clippings in the kit and started to assemble the card. 

I adhered the toner panel to a piece of the glitter cardstock from the kit. Then, I added two stars and the sentiment. To finish the card, I added foam tape to the back of the pegasus and one star to pop them up for dimension. 

I love how fun and colorful this is! Thank you so much for stoping by and get the Unique Unicorn Inspiration box before they are all gone!!!

Copics used: 

Stars: Y00, Y11, YR31

Unicorn and Pegasus: R20, Y11, G20, B0000, V01, W00, E40 and T3

Unicorn/Pegasus Horn: Y11., Y15, YR23 Cheeks: R30

Kimberly

Falling for You Using Emboss Resist Technique {Maker Forte}

 Hello! I am going to share how I used an old technique called Emboss Resist to make the background of this card!

I love the emboss resist technique because you can make such fun backgrounds with it. For this card, I stamped the newly released Eileen Hull Vintage Damask background stamp on white cardstock using Clear Color Hive embossing ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. This is a time when using the Perfect First Impression tool is really important. Background stamps can be tricky to get complete coverage and it is hard to see with clear embossing ink. This came out perfect the first time I inked it and stamped it using that tool. 

This embossed background looks so pretty just by itself!

Next. I ink blended Yellowstone Color Hive ink over the image.

Then, I blended English Mustard Color Hive ink around the outside border of the card.

Once I was happy with the ink blending, I took a cloth and whipped the ink off of the embossed image. 

This is definitely one of my favorite background stamps right now! It is so pretty! Next, I glued a piece of Yellowstone cardstock to a card base made with Telephone Box cardstock. Then, I added this background panel to the card base using foam tape and set this to the side. 

I made the leaves by ink smooshing English mustard, Telephone Box, and Grand CanyonColor Hive Inks on watercolor paper.

I heat set it between each color to make sure the inks didn’t mush together and turn muddy. Then, I stamped the leaf from Falling For You stamp set using clear Embossing Color Hive ink over the ink smooshed cardstock a few times. I embossed it with gold embossing powder and fussy cut the leaves.

Then, I adhered two of the leaves directly to the embossed background and added foam tape to the middle leaf. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment on a strip of white cardstock and added color by ink blending over it with the ink that was left in my blender brushes so it wouldn’t be too dark. 

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you try this emboss resist technique!

Kimberly

Hop along Day 2 with The Rabbit Hole Designs- Hoppy Holidays!

Day 2 of the Christmas in July release from The Rabbit Hole Designs!!!! I made this card using the new Hoppy Holidays stamp set, illustrated by Tatsiana Zayats, and an older stencil Splish Splash.

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This little bunny is so adorable!!! I colored in this image from the Hoppy Holidays stamp set with Copics and cut it out. To make the background, I ink smooshed Mowed Grass and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks on watercolor paper. Then, I took the Splish Splash stencil and spritzed water through it. Using a paper towel, I lifted off some ink through the stencil. Once the water dried, I lined the stencil up with the lifted ink and spread texture paste through it so I would have a little texture and the glossy finish over the stenciled image. 

Next, I popped the stenciled panel up on a red card base using foam tape. I attached the adorable bunny image using foam tape also. To finish the card, I colored and cut out the holly image and stamped the sentiment on a strip of white cardstock. 

Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to check out some more awesome inspiration by hopping along!

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