Blossom Index Card

Hi there,

Our Mixed Media Moods is celebrating its one year Moodaversary and I created this Index Card inspired bei Jenn's and Dee Dee's Mood Board:

• glue together two 3'' x 5'' index cards for an extra sturdy base
• cover the whole card with white gesso
• add an extra layer with heavy gesso and carve some leaf shapes into it with the back of your paintbrush
• add some color with watered-down Dylusions Paint (Funky Fuchsia, Calypso Teal)
• use a black Dina Wakley Scribble Stick to add some shadows around the leaves
• add some texture to the background by stamping the Rubber Dance Vintage Hotel Receipt with Archival Ink (Watering Can)
• add faux stitching all around the card with the help of one of the stamps from the Darkroom Door Stitched Borders set and Archival Ink (Black Soot)
• add a sentiment sticker on top of a piece of matching used underpaper and corrugated cardboard

Have a wonderful day.

Yours,

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl

Hi there,

today, I would like to show you this sweet birthday card that I created for the new Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge:

• create that striped background on a stitched panel of watercolor paper using watercolors (Prima Marketing, Winsor & Newton), a flat brush and your MISTI Creative Corners
• stamp the adorable little girl from the Neat & Tangled Better together set with Memento (Tuxedo Black) and color the image with Copic, Touch Twin Brush and Delta Markers
• wrap a strip of torn vellum around the panel before adhering the girl on top
• cut the sentiment with the help of the Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Border and kraft cardstock
• for the cardbase I used kraft cardstock as well

Thanks for stopping by.

Yours,

Summer Fun

Hi there,

I created this Summer Fun project using images created by the wonderful Gerda Steiner. You can find them over at Gerda Steiner Designs:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Watermelon Kid and the Gerda Steiner Designs Bear with Watermelon with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and Zest-it
• cut put some Polaroids using patterned paper from the Echo Park Summer Bliss 6x6 paper pad and one of the My Favorite Things Polaroids dies
• dry emboss a stitched piece of Neenah Desert Storm kraft cardstock with the Tim Holtz Ringer embossing folder for extra dimension
• add another strip of patterned paper underneath the pictures and adhere all the layers to a cardbase
• add the sentiment created with a Dymo Label Maker

Have a sunny day.

Yours,

Thank you Caruso

Hi there,

I would like to share another Caruso Creation over on the Karten-Kunst Blog:

• stamp Caruso from the Karten-Kunst Caruso bringt ein Ständchen set once onto smooth white cardstock with Memento (Tuxedo Black) and once onto watercolor paper with Versafine (Onyx Black)
• cut out a stitched rectangle around the image
• cut out the other image and color it with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos
• create a ground for Caruso to stand on with Distress Ink (Pumice Stone) and a wet watercolor brush
• stamp some flowers from the Karten-Kunst Blümchen-Meer with watered-down Distress Inks (Shaded Lilac, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry)
• add some splatters with watered-down Distress Ink (Black Soot)
• stamp the Karten-Kunst Danke schön with Versafine (Onyx Black)
• mount the watercolor panel onto a piece of pink cardstock before adhering it to a white cardbase

I hope that you like my creation.

Yours,

Aloha Badge

Hi there,

 I would like to show you this fun summer project over on the Stamping-Fairies Blog:

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,