Curiosity Artist Trading Card

Hello crafters! I hope your weekend was good and that you got some crafty time. We did an outing and manage to avoid rain. 

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This week we have a Grunge It Up theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific company/designer and this week it is Carabelle Studio. You can find their range of stamps and stencils here. You don't have to use their products to join, but it is fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and during November Anita Rao is joining us. Visit her blog Beads, Charms and Wire to see what she has created for the challenge.

I started out making an Artist Trading Card, but then I didn't want to add too much grunge to the card, since I wanted the look of still water, so instead I made a grungy embossed background and used the ATC as a part of a card. The cute Carabelle Studio stamp that I used is called Raton Laveur. The racoon made me think of curiosity and how important it is to be curious and that became the theme of my card.

Cut heavystock paper into an ATC (2.5 x 3.5 in) and stamp the Carabelle Studios Raton Laveur with black ink.

Color with colored pencils. I used Prismacolors. Use a gold metallic pen for the crown.

Stamp on Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper and cut a mask. Ink the water with Salvaged Patina.

Next, ink with Peacock Feathers.

Ink with Mermaid Lagoon.

Apply Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink with an ink-blending tool through Simon Says Stamp Snowfall & Banks stencil. Remove the stencil and place it back, but not in the same position. Ink with Peacock Feathers Oxide ink. Spray lightly with water.

When dry, repeat the process with Sparkle Texture Paste.

Remove the mask and make a new mask.

Place the new mask like this, masking out the water. Ink with shades of beige and brown.

Stamp with the Curiosity definition stamp from Tim Holtz Curiosities set. Remove the mask.

Apply embossing ink to Tim Holtz 3-D Mosaic folder and emboss watercolor paper. Sprinkle white embossing powder on top and emboss. 

Mist the paper with Distress Spray Stains and homemade Perfect Pearls mist. Mix a little Perfect Pearls into a Mini Mister and fill with water.

I added Glossy Accents to the eyes and the jewels on the crown.

The main sentiment was stamped with Tim Holtz Tiny Text on a Journal Card and cut into a strip.

The mix of oxide ink dots and Sparkle Texture Paste dots adds interest to the water without making the water appear wild.

The dry and heat embossed background gives a grungy and textured look very quickly and easily. Mount the ATC on black cardstock and the dry embossed background on kraft cardstock.

The Perfect Pearls mist adds sparkle to the background. The two sentiment stickers come from Tim's Small Talk.

I hope you will join us this week in our Grunge It Up challenge. You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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