Design Team Call-Life in Details Challenge Blog

Have you heard?  The Life in Details Challenge Blog  is having a design team call. We are looking for Pocket Pages, Layouts and Smash pages based on this sketch.

Details can be found here.

Hurry the deadline is August 28th.

Thanks for stopping by!
Marisol

Watercoloring with distress markers

Hello there!
Watercoloring is so popular in the card making world right now. There are so many products and techniques one can use to create the watercolor look.  Today I used one of my favorite background stamps and distress markers to create a watercolor card.

I heat embossed the image and then added a clear water wash to the watercolor paper before adding the color with a brush.  I scribbled the marker on my craft mat and picked it up with a brush before adding it to the card base.  The water does all the work for you and the embossing 'traps' the color creating pools of different shades.

I'm entering this card into the Mama Elephant and ME August Challenge. The challenge is watercolors and birthdays. The sentiment is from the Mama Elephant Make a Wish stamp set.

I'm also entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. The challenge is to create a project that reminds me of summer.  To me the color blue and flowers does nothing but remind me of summer.

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol

Some bunny is on the way

Hello there!
I have another card to share with you.  The card is for a couple who is expecting a baby.

A couple of months ago I challenged myself to go out of my comfort zone and create 'cute' cards. I have been enjoying the cute images found in stamp sets from Lawn Fawn and  Mama Elephant.  I used to shy away from them because I didn't know how to color them without making the image look flat and because I thought the 'cute' cards were only for kids.  Well now I can color with some basic shading and realized that many adults like 'cute'. Ha.  

No cool techniques here but I did double up on the grass to give it more dimension, used glitter paper for the yellow flowers and added white enamel to the bunnies tails to give it a shiny look.

Products:

Lawn Fawn: Hello Baby stamps

Avery Elle: Ink and heart paper

Mama Elephant: Index card frames 

Cloud Paper: Super old from my stash and I have no idea who makes it. 

My Favorite Things: Grass die cut 

I'm entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Shake it baby!

Hello!
Shaker cards are all the rage right now in the crafting world!
Believe it or not I don't own a lot of sequins and have never made a shaker card.

I used 2 different techniques to create the shaker cards.  

 The one on the left uses foam squares to create the 'pocket' for the sequins. The card on the right uses a different technique that is a bit difficult to explain. Instead of foam I used several layers of cardstock to create the pocket for the sequins.  I learned this technique from Lucy Abrams (she has a picture tutorial to follow).

While a little more challenging I prefer the second technique because it gives you a polished look when viewing the card from an angle.

My dad REALLY liked his card. 

I'm playing along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Sentiment: Stampendous and Lawn Fawn

Ballon Die Cut: Simon Says Stamp

Sequin: Unknown

Pattern Paper: DCWV (super old paper stack)

A 10 minute card

I was cleaning up and found the scalloped vellum piece, the blue background and the balloon die cut on my desk and decided to make a card.  The card literally took me 10 minutes to complete.  

I used the gold embossing powder for the first time and I think I over heated it because it started to bubble.  The balloon die is from Simon Says Stamp, the sentiment from WPlus9 and the scalloped frame from Mama Elephant.

I'm entering this card in the Addicted to CAS Code word GOLDchallenge.  I recently discovered this blog and have a feeling I'll be a frequent visitor.
Thanks for stopping by.
Marisol