I am excited to be bringing you another fun idea with the Glimmer Hot Foil system. For today's cards I made tone on tone backgrounds with the Art Deco Border Hot Foil Plates. That mean, I used red foil on red card stock. The results are stunning and elegant. Make sure to check out the video on the making of these cards, linked here and at the bottom of this post.
Here you can see the three cards I made using Red, Green and Black foils and card stocks.
I used the same stamps and dies to turn each of the backgrounds into cards. With these shiny, eye catching backgrounds not a lot is needed to create a stunning card. In the video I will show you my tips and trick for getting these borders dies lined up to make quick backgrounds.
Which one is your favorite?
For the green card I added some ink to the edges of the holly leaves so that they would stand out against the green background.
The black card is a smaller square card. Made to this size because of a booboo that happened when making it. A good lesson in make it work, even when something goes wrong.
I love how these backgrounds and cards turned out. It is so satisfying to hold these cards and turn them in the light to get the full effect of the shine from the foiling.
See the Hot Foil machine in action and the making of these cards in this video.
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This is the last one, the last episode featuring the Cocoa Stand stamp and die set by Avery Elle.
This is the card I have been waiting to make! I combined all three kinds of stands, Cocoa Stand, Tree Farm, Sledding Stand into one card. One long card. The finished card is 4" x 9-1/2" and fits in a legal size envelope.
I just adore this stamp set and had to much fun making this card. One of the reasons I love it is because I had so much fun coloring in the images. Every week I have shown you a different medium to color these images in with . This week I used Watercolor pencils. And I AM IN LOVE with watercolor pencils now. I have used them in the past but this time something clicked and I was lost in coloring. I think it is because I have been watching Sandy Allnock, the colorist extordinare, color with watercolor pencils and not only was I inspired but I learned a few things.
So what did I learn about coloring with watercolor pencils?
1.Coloring with watercolor pencils is not like coloring with colored pencils. Think of watercolor pencils as a way of laying down paint. You do not need to worry about blending, about it being neat and smooth. Use the watercolor pencils as a tool to put color in an area. The blending and magic happen when you wet this color and paint with it.
2. Paper matters. I had been using my watercolor pencils on white card stock. And the results were fine. But nothing to get excited about. So I did what seems obvious now and used watercolor paper. The difference was big enough that I started to love watercolor pencils. It was a way for me to get a watercolor look with more control than using straight up watercolor paints.
3. Light to Dark. When I paint out watercolor pencil I want to start with the darkest color I have laid down, but I found the opposite to be best. The reason I start with the light is so that the dark does not over take the light color. When you wet watercolor pencil coloring you are able to pick up that color and move it. I dont want to darken my lightest areas. So, I start with the light and work my way into the dark.
4. Go towards the line. I also found that when I paint I need to paint going towards the outline of the image. Otherwise I am removing the paint at the line. But when I paint moving towards the line I a moving color in that direction and am able to blend the lighter color with the dark.
5. Clean your brush often. Went painting over watercolor pencils the water with the pencil makes paint and your brush is picking up that paint. You can easily transfer that to another section of one image. Now an area that you want to be light could be contaminated with the paint on your brush. So, I clean my brush off even when painting one image that is the same color, so I can maintain the light areas. For example, the strings of lights I painted for this card, each light bulb has a lighter area at the bottom, I was able to maintain that by cleaning off my brush in between each light bulb.
Be sure to watch the video below to see the making of this card so you can see the things I learned about watercolor pencils in action. I will be using Arteza Expert Watercolor Pencils, set of 72. I love how nicely these pencils blend out with water and the price for 72 pencils is perfect for a novice watercolor pencils user.
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Today I am sharing the card I made for my Dad's birthday. For as long as I can remember my Dad as had a thing with Yeti's. So, I knew when I got the Yeti or Not stamp set I would be making some cards for him with the set.
It's a fun set for Christmas but also an easy set to make a masculine card with.
It's a pretty easy card. The background was a quick application of Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. Applied in a circular motion and then sprayed with water for the look of snow.
The Stitched Mountain Border dies by Lawn Fawn are a perfect match for this set. And this Yeti is now, over the hill!
And the images in this set make for very quick and easy coloring. I used Copic markers to color in my Yeti.
You can watch the making of this card in the video below.
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Hello there and welcome to Episode 3 of my Cocoa Stand series. Every week I am bringing you a new idea with the Avery Elle stamp set, Cocoa Stand. And today I am actually making a Cocoa Stand. In the past two Episodes I have made a Tree Farm Stand and and Sledding Stand.
I knew that I wanted to do a pink, red and brown card for this hot cocoa theme. It is my current fave for Christmas cards. So I started with an ink blended background. Using ink blending brushes that my daughter spotted in the dollar store!
And I have to say, I was very impressed with how well the dollar store blending brushes worked!
These are the three brushes that my Dollar Tree store had. A dollar a piece. I would like it if they had a bigger size. However, these worked great for the background I made that was a full card front size.
For the background I ink blended Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks. Which I then splattered with water and Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray. Can you see why I love pink for Christmas? This background just makes me happy.
Then I set out stamping and coloring all my images from the Cocoa Stand stamp set and Polar Peek-a-Boo Pals stamp set. It was a lot of images, but I kept the coloring simple with a small selection of Copic Markers for the coloring.
I love that the moose looks like he just busted into the stand and got the lights all tangled up in his antlers. My other favorite thing about this card, is how I made gave the sides of the stand candy cane stripes.
The creating did not end with this card, as with all the other cards in this series, I made a matching gift tag!
The little bear is popping up out of his pink hot cocoa cup! On both of these cards I used Nuvo Jewel Drops in Cocoa Blush to make it look like there is cocoa spilling out. These drops dry translucent with a tint of brown. Perfect for my creations!
You can check out the making of these projects in the YouTube video below. You also have a chance to win today's card, just by leaving a comment on the video over on my YouTube channel. Winner will be announced on next week's video.
Have you made any pink Christmas cards? Or is pink too much for you on a Christmas card? I'd love to know you thoughts. Feel free to leave a comment below.
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I wanted to share with you the card I made using my goodies from Penguin Palace. I won a giveaway and got their newest release of stencils and got to pick out a stamp set. I picked Penguin Agenda.
It's not necessarily a Christmas stamp set, but I wanted to use it to make a Christmas card along with the Crystal Snowflake Stencil.
See how cute these penguins are! They are excited and ready for some snow! Unlike me! I am enjoying this beautiful fall weather we are having in Idaho! But I adore how the snowflake background turned out!
I started with an ink blended background using Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks. I used a light hand so that the background would not be too dark. Then I laid the Crystal Snowflake stencil over the background and stenciled on the same colors of ink, for a subtle snowflake background. After cleaning off the stencil I rotated it and positioned it so that the snowflakes did not overlap too much. Then I stenciled with the new NUVO Glacier Paste in Sea Sprite. It is SO YUMMY! This paste is like a mix between Foil and Shimmer! I love the look I got with it.
The sentiment was stamped with the Peacock Feathers Distress ink and embossed with clear powder so that it would match the background.
You can watch the making of this card in the video below. You have to see the Glacier Paste in action!
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Hello there my stamping friends. Today's post is Episode 2 of my November Stamp Set of the Month series, featuring the Avery Elle stamp set, Cocoa Stand. For this card I am using the stand to make a sledding stand. And because it is more fun to go sledding with friends I am also using the Polar Peek-a-Boo Pals stamp set from Avery Elle to add some friends to the scene.
It wouldn't be a stamp set of the month series with out a shaker card!
I am in love with the Winter Kiss clay snowflakes from HoneyBee Stamps! They are the perfect winter shaker card element!
This week I did all the coloring with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. They are the easiest markers to color with. They are water based and blend with each other! I'm a big fan! My number one tip for using these markers is to use them on Bristol Smooth card stock, otherwise you will not be able to blend them out. In this photo you can see the coloring on the sledding stand really well. I was going for a white washed look. I used the 901 Gray Tint marker to add the lines to the boards and do shading around them, I love how this turned out. I also love all the peek-a-boo pals that Avery Elle has, the little paws popping up in the snow, it's just adorable!
This month I will be making gift tags to go with each of the cards. Today's gift tag features the Special Day tag die set by Fun Stampers Journey, it's a die set I use all the time.
Also, on this tag you can see that I did not do ink blending on the polar bear. That is because I used white card stock that is not Bristol Smooth. I was able to color, but not blend. Also, the ink saturation is much darker than on Bristol Smooth card stock. So, the lesson learned here is that you can use the Zig Clean Color Markers on card stocks other than Bristol Smooth, but they will not blend and the color will be much darker.
Now, let's watch the video, the making of these two projects. Make sure to click over to my YouTube channel and comment on this video. Every one who comments will be entered to win the this card!
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It's a brand new month and that means its time for a new stamp set of the month! This month my daughter Hannah picked my stamp set! She chose the Avery Elle stamp set, Cocoa Stand. It is a super cute stamp set that you can make a Hot Cocoa Stand, Tree Stand and Sledding Stand. Hannah also gave me some rules for this week's card. She challenged me to use Colored Pencils to color with, and to use only one color of card stock beside white and I was only allowed to use one pen.
I love challenges like this, it helps me make something I might not think of on my own. If you have an idea to challenge me with for next week's card leave a comment below.
All the coloring was done with colored pencils! And the only pen I used was a white gel pen for some hightlights. I am very happy with the texture I was able to get with the colored pencils on the wood of the tree stand and on the trees themselves. You can see how I did this in the video below. But it is just a matter of adding in lines with a heavy hand and then coloring over them with a light hand and a few shades of your choice of colors.
I really had fun with the colored pencils, it had been a while since I colored with them. I was very happy that I was able to get texture for the wood planks, it turned out better than I thought.
And here are the cute gift tags to go with today's card. I kept them simple because gift tags are usually tossed but you still want them to make a package super cute!
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Today's card was inspired by a challenge I had with @madewithlovebyterri over on Instagram. If you do not follow me on Instagram and would like to you can find me under my user name, @carrierhoades.
On one of her posts, Terri asked, which do you like best; ink blended cards, shaker cards, stamping on card or coloring on cards. I replied, "why not all four?". She said she would take that challenge and so I had to as well. So today's card has ink blending, is a shaker card, has stamping and coloring. It was so much fun, and I used this opportunity to use a new stamp set from Dare2BArtzy, Christmoose.
I have to say Thank you to Dare2BArtzy for the stamps and die sets I am using in today's cards and video. I won a recent contest they had and got to pick these stamps and die sets! And I think they are so cute!
The four elements on this card from the challenge are:
Ink Blending - I used ink blending on the background of this card along with emboss resist.
Shaker Card - I used the Winter Kiss Clay Snowflakes for this shaker card.
Stamping - I stamped the moose image as my focal image as well as a sentiment and snowflakes to accent this card. I also stamped snowflakes on the background of this card as part of the emboss resist technique.
Coloring - As a novice copic colorist I enjoy every chance I get to practice my coloring skills. So, I used copics to color this image. I love how the vest turned out with the highlight in the center of each section.
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I love how this card turned out and plan on sending to my sister for Christmas this year as she has always loved moose.
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