Love Your Guts by Cathy Zielske!
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Hello everyone! It’s Cathy Zielske here, a long-time scrapbooker who just discovered the magic of card making a few months ago and today I’m sharing a card using a sentiment from one of my stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp. You should know that I am pretty much geeking out over every new technique and and working on learning about All The Things that go into having fun with card making. I had so much fun making this card and I’m excited to share it with you.
This card was completely inspired by the amazing Laura Bassen, and specifically this card and tutorial. Once I got my hands on the Polygon Cover Plate from Neat & Tangled, I knew I had to give it a shot!
I started by smooshing some Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar and Spiced Marmalade) onto my craft mat, generously spritzing them with water using my Distress Sprayer, and then pressing the smooth side of my Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock directly onto the moistened inks. I repeated this process, using my heat tool to dry the paper between rounds, alternating between smooshing and spritzing the ink, and using a big paint brush to dab on color. Once I had it to my liking, I spritzed on a bit more water using my Distress Sprayer, blotted it off with a paper towel and set it aside to dry.
Next I used the Polygon Cover Plate die to cut out the frame from some Neenah 80#Solar White Cardstock using my Big Shot. I used a metal shim to ensure a crisp cut the first time. I discarded the guts and just kept the white frame.
Once the watercolored paper was dry, I ran it through my Big Shot, again using the metal shim for a crisp, clean cut.
To make the card, I created a 4.25 x 5.5 top folding card base from the Neenah Solar White cardstock, adhered the white frame using Elmer’s Spray Adhesive and then filled it in with all of the popped out watercolored pieces using my Zig 2-Way Glue Pen. Using the Silhouette Pick Up Tool made placement of the pieces quick and easy.
Next I stamped “LOVE YOUR GUTS” onto some Gina K Designs Passionate Pink cardstock (using my Mini Misti tool for perfect stamping—it’s seriously such a help to this new stamper!), and heat embossed the sentiment using some white Hero Arts Embossing Powder. The last step was to die cut the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banner set, add a bit of foam tape for dimension and adhered to the card. I finished it off by adding some Clear Droplets from Pretty Pink Posh in both 4mm and 6mm sizes.
I feel like there are so many options for this type of card! I plan to make several in different ink combinations featuring different sentiments. Colorful, shape-filled and fun! If you’d like to see a clip of me making a similar card, check out my blog for a short tutorial.
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Cathy, you are amazing! Love your excitement and joy you find in card making! Your card is beautiful and simplistic. So happy to have your inspiration to look forward to.
Thanks so much! I cannot believe I have been missing out on all this fun for so many years I’ve been crafting.
beautiful card…like the bright color scheme
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Like the wonderful artsy look of the geometric die shapes & the colors.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Cathy,
such a beautiful card, it looks like you have been card making for years!!
You are too kind! This stuff is just so much fun!
Love the geometric nature of this card. Stunning:)
Awesome card!!! Gorgeous colors!!!
Fun way to make a background
and so pretty.
thanks for sharing.
Pretty colors!
Very cool, I love the pretty colours!
Such a pretty card! I love the colors you chose for it! I’m like you, been scrapbooking for over 20 years and then got into cardmaking about 5-6 years ago. Still scrapbook and even try to use my cardmaking supplies on my pages to stretch my supplies!! Thanks for sharing .
Lovely card. Love the fun bright colours.
Awesome card! Thank you for sharing. :)
Very cool card!
Gorgeous card!!! Love the color combination
Stunning! I love the mosaic look.
Awesome color combo Cathy.
You’re a natural!
Great design & colors!
Love the color combo.
Great card! Love the colors
Great color combinations, Cathy. The white lines from the stencil set off the colors so well. A lovely stained glass
background effect for your sentiment. Thanks for “guest” sharing.
Love this card!!! It is truly amazing and welcome to card making?
Beautiful card!I love how the die stands out against the background! :)
This is very pretty – I love these colours!
Welcome to the world of cardmaking! You certainly don’t look like a newbie – fabulous card.
Great card – love the colors!
Beautiful card. Very clever card making. It seems as though you are a ‘natural’ at this! Very artistic.
Great colors. I would like to try without the last step of dropping large spots of water.
Pretty card! Thanks for sharing how it was made!
Beautiful watercolor card!
Wonderful card. I like this die and the colors.
Very cool card!
Love the watercolor background, great card
Beautiful card and I LOVE the sentiment!!
Love the background colors!
The colors you chose here are wonderful together. Love the cover plate die.
Love this color combo!
Very pretty card! Love the colors.
Beautiful Background. I love hoe the water coloring stands against the white lines.
What a pretty distressed background!
Love this background color!!!!
Great smooshed background–lovely card and great sentiment!
What a stunning background.
Beautiful card! I love the background die and the jigsaw puzzle look!
Welcome to card making, great job! I love your color combination!
Terrific card! The sentiment is so much fun! :)
The colors are fabulous! I cant imagine that you are new to any paper arts!
Wow, that’s a lovely background.
Gorgeous colors!
I loooove that Polygon plate! I’ve been eyeing it for a while now. I hope it will be part of my collection real soon. :) I love the background you created.
Love this and love Cathy! So glad to see her posting here. Thanks for sharing with us!!