Card Patterns sketch #158

I hope you had a great weekend! Sorry for posting my Card Patterns card a day late. This week we are sponsored by My Favorite Things. Here’s the fun sketch by Michelle:

And here’s my card:

I stamped the sweet girl on the swing on watercolour paper and stamped the one part of the tree twice to make the tree part bigger. It was coloured with watercolours. The sentiment panel was coloured with the same red as the dress and then misted with Perfect Pearls. I really like the tiny patterns stamps on the By the Numbers set and used the woodgrain stamp repeatedly on the mat behind the focal image (inking it first), the tiny music notes on the cardstock base, and the tiny dots on the watercoloured and misted doily.

Thank you for visiting! Don't forget to check the Card Patterns blog for the cards or the rest of the DT. I hope you can play along with us!

Supplies: My Favorite Things: Start the Day with Whee!, By the Numbers, Mini rolled rose; Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap; Perfect Pearls; Daler & Rowney watercolours; Barn Door Distress Stickles; pearls; doily; organza ribbon; watercolour paper.

CSI Case File #11 – Dandelions

Happy Saturday! You just have to see the gorgeous inspiration panel for this week’s CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration challenge. Check the site out to see the work of the rest of the DT. This is case file #11:

And here's my layout:

I loved the sweet inspiration photo and the idea of sprinkling letters over the background. Of the evidence items I used: sprinkle letters over your page, butterflies, paint and string. Of the testimony: this is partly a story about my own childhood memories of blowing dandelions, I also sprinkled the journaling across the page.  Close-ups of each page:

These photos of my son blowing dandelions were just perfect for the colour palette. As you can see I was very inspired by the inspiration photo. The background paper is BasicGrey Basics ledger paper (one of my all time favorite collections). First, the dandelions were white embossed. Then I stamped letters (I used the letters from my son’s name and from the word ‘maskros’=dandelion) using Ranger Archival Vermillion ink, which is waterproof (a necessity for the following steps). The circles were stamped with Archival ink Chrome Yellow. Next step was to apply gesso on top of the background using an old plastic card, and then green paint as grass. I ‘hacked’ the page a bit with the plastic card to create grass texture. When this was dry, I misted the bottom of the pages and a bit here and there with a mixture of Weathered Wood and Tumbled Glass reinker, mixed with water and Perfect Pearls. When that had dried, more circles were stamped using Archival French Ultramarine ink, and some meaningful text stamps, with both the blue ink and with black ink. Yellow splotches were stamped here and there to add a bit more of the yellow.

I just loved the butterflies with the strings on the inspiration photo. Different butterflies were stamped with Stazon on modeling film, and then coloured on the other side with alcohol inks (Sailboat Blue, Stonewashed, Sunshine Yellow, Citrus, Raisin). I love modeling film, it is so cool. Each butterfly was heated and then molded to look like they are fluttering across the page. I glued a piece of string to each one and attached some with staples and the rest with Glossy Accents.

Some more close-ups:

 

Journaling: ‘When I was little, I used to love to blow dandelions, and we often made a wish too. There were tons of them in the park close to our house. We also used to make necklaces from the ‘stems’ which are hollow and can be threaded together. However, they gave off a brown liquid that had a tendency to stain clothing. There are a lot of dandelions on the grass where we live and I taught you how to blow away the seeds. You think its lots of fun and we do it almost daily at the moment. A little bit of everyday magic.’

Thank you for looking and have a fabulous weekend!

Anna-Karin

Supplies: Hero Arts: Silhouette Burst H5312, Silhouette Spray G5311, Dandelion G4917, Sketch Circle B4343, Be Happy Every Day C2707, Three Artistic Butterflies LP215, Earth Flowers CL428, Antique Engravings CL383; Darkroom Door Essentials 1 Collection; Crafty Individuals dandelions; Reprint splatter stamps; My Favorite Things Where Flowers Bloom, Pearls of Wisdom; Artistic Outpost Playtime; Ranger Archival ink: French Ultramarine, Vermillion, Chrome Yellow; Distress Ink reinker Weathered Wood, Tumbled Glass; Perfect Pearls, Stazon Jet Black; Ranger Seafoam White embossing powder; Alcohol inks: Sailboat Blue, Stonewashed, Sunshine Yellow, Citrus, Raisin, Red Pepper; Stamper’s Anonymous clear modeling film; string; MME patterned paper; baker’s twine; Authentique stickers; October Afternoon letter stickers.

Card Patterns #154

A second post for today, my card for this week’s Card Patterns sketch. This week we are sponsored by My Favorite Things, and I played around with several fun stamps and dies. Here’s the fabulous sketch designed by Michelle:

And here’s my card:

The adorable sheep was stamped with Versafine on watercolour paper and clear embossed. Then I painted it with watercolours. To get the texture on the pants, I dotted a piece of tissue on the paint before it dried. The background was done with the watercolour and cling wrap technique I described in this post. I wanted it to look as if the sheep was sitting in a field of grass, so I mixed some sunny, yellow green paint. The grass was die cut from a darker piece.

I have wanted a speech bubble die for a long time, so I was happy to get this one. I inked it a bit before stamping the sentiment. A piece of white cardstock was inked with Tattered Rose and Spun Sugar Distress Ink and the flower was die cut from it. The pink background piece was cut from the same cardstock. The flower was stamped repeatedly with a small dot stamp from the By the Numbers set, and the background piece with a music note stamp. Love those tiny music notes. The background is a piece of dry embossed and sanded Core’dinations paper.

A close up of the flower:

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Supplies: My Favorite Things: Where Flowers Bloom, By the Numbers Die-Namics and stamp set, Die-namics Rolled Daisy, Say What, Fresh Cut Grass; Distress Ink: Tattered Rose, Spun Sugar, Stormy Sky; Hero Arts Shadow ink Soft Blossom; Daler & Rowney watercolours; Core’dinations Slate cardstock: Cuttlebug embossing folder; Kaisercraft rhinestones; twine.

Rolled Roses

Here's a second post for today, with my card for this week's Card Patterns sketch #150. Our sponsor this week is My Favorite Things. Here’s the sketch:

Here’s my interpretation of it:

I used the small rolled roses dies to cut 8 medium sized flowers from pink kraft core and 8 small ones from red craft core. I sanded them lightly, rolled them up and applied some white paint on the edges. Then I placed a little pool of glossy accents in each center and sprinkled with glass glitter. Finally, Rock Candy Stickles was smeared on the flowers. I glued them to a square piece of cardstock. Three patterned papers were used for the background. I really like the biggest one, it looks like old fashioned wallpaper. The scalloped border was cut from a fourth piece of paper. The lace trim was dyed with Victorian Velvet distress ink to match the pink flowers.

A close-up:

Thank you for stopping by! Check out the Card Patterns blog to see the cards of the rest of the DT.

Supplies: My Favorite Things Mini Rolled Roses and Open Scallop Border Die-namics; BasicGrey and Studio Calico patterned papers; Tim Holtz Core’dinations kraft core cardstock; Rock Candy Stickles; Victorian Velvet Distress Ink; Snow Cap paint dabber; chunky glass glitter; pearls; lace trim.