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Hope everyone is having a great evening!!
Hi Everyone. . .just working on a few projects right now. If I finish it today, I'll post it this evening.
In the meantime. . .here's a song you can listen to. Check it out. . .
Yo! Everyone!! Check out this stamp. It's pretty funky. I had bought it on Ebay long, long ago and I initially thought wow, what a weird group of snowmen. . .especially, the first one. . .her hair looks rather "fried". . .she needs to see her hairdresser.
It's a stamp from some obscure company. I initially thought to myself . . ."why did I buy this stamp?" but it's grown on me. . .I actually think the snowmen are cute now and really glad I bought the stamp.
I colored the images using the Prismacolor markers then applied SU Crystal Effects. Do anybody still use dimensional glazes on their cards like Crystal Effects? I love the stuff. I like how it makes the images 3D looking and shiny. It's also a good way to cover ugly coloring. Haha! If your coloring turned out a little messy, just add a dimensional glaze over it and it actually looks okay after you apply it. To create the 3D snow, I used Liquid Applique and puffed it up using a heating tool. Before heating it, I added glitter to it while it was still wet. It's amazing that the little things you do to a card can add "excitement" to what would have been otherwise a drab looking card.
Good Evening Everyone. . .today's Daily Special is Featured Stamp. The featured stamp is Heidi Grace stamps. I believe Heidi Grace is a brand of clear stamps by Fiskar. Heidi Grace also has scrapbook products which are pretty nice. The products are sold at JoAnns.
Anyway, the stamps are really nice but I think they are coordinates for primarily scrapbooking. I notice that a lot of the stamps that are clear stamps are made for scrapbooking and not necessarily for card making. Why do I think this . . .well, because the sentiments seem to be more of what you would use as titles for photos or themes for scrapbooking such as "explore", "adventure", "friends". . .you know, one word titles rather than verses.
I've had a cold for the past few days and funny because I've been stamping and making cards more so than I've had for quite some time now. I think because it keeps me from focusing on my cold. When I'm crafting, I sort of forget that I'm not feeling well. Hopefully, my cold symptoms go away soon. I don't like feeling sick, well. . .who does, right? Today my cold symptoms have lessened quite a bit from yesterday. Thank goodness. I think the zinc lozenges are working. I've also been taking "Airborne" and in combination I think they've helped to minimize the cold symptoms that could have been worse.
Good Morning Everyone! I started off early today! AWESOME. The first thing I did today, besides dropping my kids off to school, was to sit down and make a card and actually finish it before doing something else. I always do everything else first and before I know it, it's 10:00 at night and I haven't sat down to make a single card. Sometimes throughout the day, I'm able squeeze in time to start on a card then finish it up at night.
Anyway, enough about my life. . .the background of this card was created using the "Polished Stone" technique. I've been having fun using this technique. It's a great way to make a beautiful, elegant background. Here is a tutorial I did on the "Polished Stone": Click here for the tutorial. The tutorial is also on SCS.
I stamped the image on to a white glossy cardsotck and with a sponge dauber I filled in the color of the flowers. It was a quick and easy way to color in the flowers. I then took a marker and colored in the leaves. After everything dried, I went back and sponged in a subtle color to the background so it won't look so "white".
I'll try to sit down later today and make another card or maybe start on a project. I'm sorry I haven't been creating any new tutorials but I just can't find the time right now.
Until later. . .
Good Evening Everyone! This will be my last Christmas card for a few days. I'm just trying to stock up on my Christmas cards before it gets too busy and I won't have time to make them.
I wanted to create a simple design because I really like the designer paper and didn't want to cover it up with too many layering. The stamp image again is by TAC. . .check out Jen's "Pieces of Me" if interested in TAC stamps.
I colored the image with Prismacolor Markers and applied SU Crystal Effects to give a 3D appearance. That's about it. I rarely make simple cards because I'm so accustomed to layering and adding all sort of stuff to them. I kinda like the simple look and it's much faster to make. It's also nice to show off the paper rather than covering it up all the time.
Hope y'all are having a nice evening.
Good Evening Everyone! Here's a card I made this afternoon using "The Angel Company" stamp set called "Gift Tags". I bought the stamps from Jen at "Pieces of Me" who is a consultant for TAC. The sentiment is by Inkadinkado.
I colored the Santa image using Prismacolor Pencils with Gamsol and colored the frame with Prismacolor Markers and applied Liquid Applique on to Santa hat. I also applied Crystal Effects by SU on to the candy stripe framing around the Santa. The rest of the card are basically layering and adding a few design elements.
I removed the two previous commentaries I posted because I was concerned that I may offend people. People sometimes are sensitive to controversial subjectsand are easily offended. I've seen a bunch of blogs that discuss sensitive subjects and people become really passionate about it.
I recently visited a blog site and the owner basically dissed Stampin Up. Interestingly, the person began to receive "hate" comments which I found to be quite ridiculous. . .sheesh, it's about rubber stamps. There's no need to hate. Anyway, I'd hate to receive hate mails.
Card Details:
Stamps: The Angel Company Stamp, Inkadinkado
Ink: Prismacolor Pencils with Gamsol and Prismacolor Markers
Paper: Provocraft Designer Paper, SU Garden Green, Real Red
Accessories: Box of ribbons (Christmas), Fiskar "Scallop" Scissors, Liquid Applique, SU Crystal Effects, SU Round Tag Punch
