My post today is perfect for the newest Ai challenge - I See Right Through You! Making this card was super fun. The cute flower shop image is a new set called 6194 - Flower Shop. I love the cottage feel of the shop.
As with many watercolor sets, the stamp leaves ample room for stamping or painting in the flowers. After I stamped the image on 4" x 5.25" alcohol friendly paper. I set about coloring the shop, the pots, the door, the sign, and lantern. Then I used two sets to stamp in the flowers: 4868 - WC Flower Set 2 and Foliage Set - 4051. I colored them with markers and dabbed white gel pen highlights in them. I also added a light blue sky background and grounded the bottom with a puddle of warm grey and blueish green.
I secured the white panel to a blue cardstock mat. Then came the clear acetate card cover which holds in a mix of several sets of sequins in complementary colors. The final touch is a lavender, green, and blue double organza bow. Pairing this image with a sequin shaker is clearly a great combination!
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Tasha here sharing a new shaker card inspired by the current “I See Right Through You” challenge. This one was really fun to put together with all the soft, magical touches.
I started by stamping one of the sweet fairies from the 5915 Woodland Fairy Set. I used the coordinating dies to cut her out before coloring. I colored everything with Copic markers, keeping the colors light and whimsical.
For the shaker, I used circle dies to cut out the center window, then used two different circle dies to create the frame. I love the sparkly paper for this part since it adds just the right amount of shine.
For the greeting, I stamped “Hope Your Day is Magical” onto white cardstock and added two butterflies from the 5728 Mushroom Cubbies Set. I lightly ink blended around the sentiment with yellow ink to add a soft glow.
Inside the shaker, I used a mix of pastel hearts, stars, and sequins. The mix works really well with the fairy theme and adds a fun, playful look.
To finish the card, I used scalloped rectangle dies to cut layers of pastel purple cardstock and floral patterned paper. I also added layers of white, blue, and pink cardstock to complete the design.
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed the card and will join in the challenge!
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I chose to use two of the freebie bears along with the fence and daisies from the #5935 - Fairytale houses. I made an acetate window with raindrops for the front with the umbrella freebie bear and then a sunshine scene on the inside with the freebie holding a daisy.
I stamped the bears and daisies with memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below. I then fussy cut the bears and used the coordinating dies with the daisies.
To create the raindrop window, I inked blended two panels the same. I used the MFT Falling From the Clouds die set. I then cut a piece of acetate large enough to fit the opening. I made some score marks diagonally and then dropped some glossy accents onto the acetate along the score marks to resemble rain. Let the glossy accents dry and then glue to the back side of the opening. I cut another window frame to cover the acetate edges on the inside.
I decorated the inside with the daisies, fence, sun and bear. I shut the front of the card and adhered the rain bear to cover the daisy bear from the front. I also placed clouds over the front to cover the sun on the inside. The daisies will be seen through the window. I added a few little white hearts to the corners and grass to the bottom of the fence posts. The front sentiment is from the #5797 - Little Things Sentiments and the inside sentiment was just made up to fit the scene.
That's it for me today! Hope you enjoyed!
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Today's card was inspired by the current Ai "I see right through you" Blog Challenge. This challenge is to create something that you can see through, so I thought this fun new window design would be perfect for this challenge!
Today we will be using the brand-new Ai Floral Shop Die Set (6159), which is a wonderful add-on die set that was designed to expand the options for your Ai Box Village Die Set. This new set is designed to help you create a sweet flower shop structure! This set has 28 new dies which include a few new windows, a larger door, a longer fence, new scalloped roof dies, and several mini floral dies and so much more! It even includes a "blooms" sentiment die to help you create an adorable flower shop box for your journals.
Let's get started by creating the card base using the Ai Box Village Template Die Set (6114). We will be using a part of this die to create a tag style card base. I'll show you how to do this in today's video!
We will then add some wood grain patterned paper from the Ai Winter Woodland PP (5963) to the card front. Now we can die cut the opening for the window and add the windowpanes on both the front and inside of the card.
Let's now die cut all of the pieces we will need to create the florals, fence, window box, and awning using the Ai Floral Shop Die Set (6159). We will use the pattern papers from the Ai Mini Birthday PP (5873) and some solid cardstock in Cilantro. We will also die cut a grassy border from that same Cilantro cardstock.
Next, we can go ahead and add all of the die cuts to the card. We will also stamp the "Live life in full..." sentiment on a little banner die and attach to the bottom of the grass. And for the inside of the card, we will use the "Blooms" die from this new set and cut off the letter "s". So, the inside will complete the sentiment from the front of the card.
We will add some patterned paper to the inside of our tag card in a sweet gingham plaid and then add the sentiment.
For a few finishing touches, let's add a few pretty butterflies using the Ai Birds & Bugs Set (5561). We can scatter a few on the front of the card and one on the inside of the card. We can also add a pastel heart on the bottom of the window box!
Please join us in this fun new Blog Challenge....we would love to see what you create!
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I had fun with the "I See Right Through You" challenge. For this card, I used an acetate panel combined with the new Margin Dies to create a see through card front.
I added some tiny gems that look like they're floating which is a cool effect.
The flowers are trimmed out from the larger stamp. I thought they went well with the beautiful paper.
I hope you're inspired to try the challenge. Your card doesn't have to be see through.
You just need to have something see through on your card, even a window or a clear vase.
I have a card to show you today that I made for Challenge #425 I See Right Through You. What a fun challenge!!! I want to apologize for the glare on the pictures from the acetate I used. I tried everything and just couldn't remove them. I am NOT very proficient with the tech side of things. LOL! But the card looks pretty cool in person. To make the front, I actually just used one of my cover plates that has a thin frame around it. I cut two of them and sandwiched a piece of acetate between the two pieces. I mean...could it get any easier than that?? I then cut the back of the card making it just 1/4" wider and scoring it at 1/4" to glue to the inside of the front. For the fun Rockin' Granny from #5422 Rock On Laugh Lines, I started by stamping her in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloring her with Copic markers which are listed below. I then fussy cut around her so I could place her onto a mini wobble. I mean...a Rockin' Granny needs to be on a wobble, don't ya think? LOL! In order to place her onto the card, I needed a base panel, so I used #5726 Nested Circle Dies and #6045 Scalloped Circle Dies. I cut a set in the same size for the front as well as the inside.
After adhering the mat to the front of the card, I die cut another white scalloped circle mat and glued it to the inside to hide the adhesive you could see through the acetate. This just gives a cleaner look. I then took the purple scalloped circle and lined it up with the inside white scalloped circle. I added adhesive to the back of it, then just closed the back of the card on top of the purple mat. That assured it would be aligned perfectly with the front and not show through when the card is closed.
After adding a cute bow to the front and stamping the sentiment on the inside panel, this one was done. So that is it for me today! Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit, and until next time - stay crafty!!
Good morning, Watercolor friends! Spring has finally arrived here in Ohio! The new Spring Foundations stamp sets are perfect for creating spring-themed cards. Six new foundation sets are available, and they are fantastic because they provide a complete scene for you. Just add a few flower and foliage sets to craft a beautiful scene. For my first card, I used 6197-Flower Delivery, and for the second, 6195-Love Blooms. I used the same flowers and foliage on both cards, which are listed in the Linkdeli listing below. I began by coloring the stamps for the cards with Tombow 969 and 565, stamping off once.
Now, for the fun part! I painted both images with the following Tombow markers: 228, 679, 757, 177, 817, 925, 312, 947, 192, 993, 969, N65, N75, 528, 977, 606, 837, 565, 228, and 772.
After completing the painting, I used Dr. Ph. Martin's to add white details to both images. The picture of the flower cart is deceiving because the color is actually purple, and the papers used came from the 5955-Encouragement Paper Pack.
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The teal paper for the background came from the 6011-Basic Teal Paper Pack.
I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful weekend and finding some time for creativity! Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Guest Designer Kristen Brown. She's filling in for Diane Mason who needed the day off.
She created two GORGEOUS Spring cards to inspire you.
Please enjoy...
I love using the front porch sets, they are so easy to use. I just stamp, color, die cut, arrange and then attach with any adhesive handy. The stamp sets I used are 5486 and 5512 and the sentiment is from 6062. The Tombow pen colors I used are 177, 977, 969, 526, 703, 025 and 933. The brick paper is from the 6072 Father’s Day paper pack.
Very quick project using the mini scalloped frame die set #5902 and the hydrangea floral set #6062 for the daisies and sentiment. I used only three Tombow pen colors #177, #565 and #933 and the paper is from the Yellow paper pack #6012. Butterfly is from #6008.
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