Java Great Day!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!

I've been playing along with the

Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop

Since Saturday and I've really been enjoying it!

This is my last card for the hop - I know there is

still time to make more, but I'm happy with the

few cards I've already made! Maybe for the

Fall/Winter Hop I'll have way more done and

ready to share! :)

Here's my Last Coffee Card --

I think this turned out awesome! I had fun playing with

the Jaded Blossom (Java Time) Stamp set

I used some Memento Rich Cocoa & Desert Sand ink

 for my Coffee Bean Background -

I die cut it out with a Stitched Rectangle Die

Then grabbed a piece of Doodlebug Dotted Paper

and cut a 3/4" strip for the front of my card

Then I picked a piece of Dark Red Scrap Cardstock

and die cut the scallop border die from the

My Creative Time (Fun Stitched Edges)

I used some Annie's Paper Boutique (Trendy Twine) in Krafty Red

wrapping it around the card front - then making a quadruple bow

I used my Zig Real Brush pens to color up the sweet
girl holding her cup of coffee and I used my clear
Wink of Stella glitter pen on her headband and cup
The Smile sentiment was stamped on with some
Memento Rich Cocoa ink and I die cut the
sentiment out with the Mini Tag Dies 2 from Jaded Blossom

This will be great to send off to a crafty friend!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!

Theresa

Baby Wipe Tutorial --

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

This weekend my AWESOME Crafty friend

Georgiana from Carson's Creations

asked me if I would do a Follow up

Tutorial on the Baby Wipe Method Card I Made 

RIGHT HERE!

So, I said SURE I could --

Now, I know there are some videos

on how to do this - But I only watched

1 video and it was from a Stampin' Up Demo.

from Aug. of 2017 - 

When she did the Baby Wipe Method -

She used a Stamp with this method

Because that's how you're suppose to do it!

I tried it and didn't like my results with my stamp

and it was TOTALLY USER ERROR!

I should have used a Solid image stamp

Which, well I DID NOT!! LOL

And that's when I thought could I do this

on my water color paper?? Sure Enough &

I got some really NEAT RESULTS from it --

Soooo -- Here ya go - I hope it helps someone out!

I started out with Baby Wipes, 4 Distress Inks and some Tim Holtz Water Color Paper

Now - You can probably use ANY water color paper (I just like this type)

And YOU MUST use DYE INK - It's what works with this technique

So any dye inks you have will work! :)

I took 2 Baby wipes and layed them on top of each other

I folded it in half

Then folded it one more time - to look like this!

You do this so the Baby Wipe acts like an Ink Pad

You only need a few drops of each color - So You can see I only

used 3 drops of the Faded Jeans Color

So this is what I ended up with after adding my inks -

So, in the video I watched, she used a Solid Stamp and just went

straight down into the ink with her stamp - (dabbing it)

It was a straight Up and Down motion - the whole point

was to get your stamp wet using the different colors

But if you dip your stamp in several areas - you'll just have a 

muddy mess -- (I hope that made sense) 

Because I didn't like how my image was - I tried this instead --

I picked up my baby wipe and started to dab at my watercolor paper

Using the different colors -- it turned out neat -- 

Then I added some Water - I wanted my colors to blend a little more

Then I wanted my Background to shine so I sprayed on some

Frost Shimmer Mist -- (NOTE) -- My photo is not in the right steps -

I Sprayed my Shimmer frost first (which is why it doesn't look like my

Colors blended together) - Again User Error!!! LOL

After letting my Paper Dry (I took a Heat tool to it for the Pictures)

I didn't do that the first time I tried this - I actually let it sit off to

dry til the next day - But You can Totally Use your Heat Gun

I know you wanna get this done! LOL 

Then I splattered Some Brushed Pewter Stain on my Background

I thought the Blues & Purples needed a bit of Silver!!!

AND This IS my Final Product!! Everything is blended and actually 

Sparkles in person!

Now another (USER ERROR) I noticed for Myself IS

I like to use the Smooth side of this Water color paper

and what did I do??? The Textured side! GRRR!

In Crafting there are NO MISTAKES! Just Happy

Creative outlooks! :)

As you can see - I Made 2 backgrounds with that same Baby wipe

The second image is where I used the Smooth side of the 

watercolor paper - See the difference? 

They both turned out great, but I'm a SMOOTH Side Gal!! LOL

I do hope you guys try this and let me know if you did --

I would LOOOOVE to see what you create --

Here's the Link to the video I watched

Video Link

Big HUGS and Have a Great Week!!!

Theresa

SumMore Fun - Mood Board Challenge #19

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

Today... starts another FUN Challenge over at: 

SumMore Fun Stamps

 YAY! I know how you

guys enjoy a good Challenge!

Our Mood Board is -- TRY SOMETHING NEW

 You can use the Mood Board or go by the Theme
or Use the color combo or Use all 3!!! You don't have to use
a stamp from SumMore Fun if you don't have one!


All the rules for this fun challenge are RIGHT HERE!

Here's what I created to inspire you --

I decided to try something NEW to ME! I've NEVER EVER tried
the BABY WIPE Technique - So, I watched a couple of videos
and then felt good enough to try it myself - I started with a stamp --

I really didn't like how it came out so then I thought???
Hey, I can just use this baby wipe on some
Watercolor paper!! Right?? Maybe?? Let's see....

And so I did use the baby wipe method on some watercolor 
paper, I used Distress Re-Inkers (Peeled Paint, Dried Marigold,
Worn Lipstick, & Scattered Straw)
Dabbing my Baby wipe all over the watercolor paper
then proceeded to spritz some water on the watercolor 
paper - to help mix it up a little more
and the background you see here is what I got!

I ended up liking how neat it turned out - so I dried
my watercolor paper completely and then sprayed it with some
Sheer Shimmer Frosted Spritz - I LIKE SPARKLE!!
Then I needed a little bit more so I added some
Splatters of Distress Spray in Tarnished Brass
Once that all dried, I REALLY LIKE my background
I thought it was so NEAT!

So, then I thought what else can I do???
So I decided to TRY ANOTHER TECHNIQUE!! EEK!

I've NEVER EVER Embossed on ACETATE Before -
and I bought some acetate that's designed for
heat embossing but never tried it until now!!

So I took that AWESOME HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAMP (2871-H)
from Victorine Originals and stamped it on some
Heat Resistant Acetate (Crafter's Companion)
using my Versamark ink, then using some
Super Fine White Embossing powder to cover over it -
shook off the excess powder
 then pulled out my Heat tool and away I went!

And it turned out so PRETTY! EEK! 
I didn't want to cover up my cool background so
I used a label shape die I had to cut out the
Happy Birthday Sentiment, then used that same
die to create a thin frame around the sentiment -

I didn't add anything else to my card, because I
thought all that color was so pretty and didn't think
I needed anything else to add!


Of course I did the inside of my card as well --

I didn't use any special techniques, but I used that
Pretty BEST WISHES Stamp from Victorine Originals
along with a flower & Gem from my stash!

I hope you guys can join us --

 I would LOVE to see what you create!

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Sending Warm Wishes...

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today's my day to take over the blog at:

SumMore Fun Blog - (Victorine Originals)

YAY for me... 🙌


Today I thought I would share a Wintry Card
I made to send to a crafty friend --

Even though Christmas is over, it's still nice to get HAPPY MAIL!
Especially now the Cold Winter months are setting in
for a lot of people - I'm sure this card will PERK her right
up and hopefully take her mind off the COLD Outside!!
Even for a little while! (wink wink)

I'm using a dark Grey Card base and a piece of DCWV Designer
paper that I had in my scrap pile --

I pulled a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor paper out and
stamped it with The POST CARD STAMP, then I
Stamped the SNOWMAN WITH HAT STAMP --
I used Onyx Black Versafine ink -- 

I wanted to make a snowy scene behind the snowman, so I masked off
my Snowman and used the TINY DOTTED BACKGROUND
stamp for a snow effect -- Then I colored my
snowman with some Zig Real Brush pens

I decided to just write my own sentiment on the front
since this IS a "PostCard" style card! LOL

And then I added some Gems & Snowflakes to give it
a soft, girly vibe -- 

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!

Theresa