Love You Today, Love You Still…
Hi readers! Happy Sunday to you! We have an amazing card to share with you today, dreamed up by non other than the awesome Lisa Spangler! Enjoy!
Hey, hi, and hello! I’m so happy to be here today! I’ve got a ton of ideas to share with you so let’s get started. Here’s my card + envelope:
I made it for my husband, Jason. I already gave it to him so it’s okay if he reads this post, LOL! :)
To get started, I actually made the envelope first. It’s a Hero Arts celadon envelope that I lined with some old map paper – saved from back before I had a phone with GPS. (Showing my age, HA!) I had it in my car but just couldn’t bring myself to get rid of it. Then I decided to hang onto it and do something crafty with it.
I just love this green color, it reminds me of an old school ledger. I used the Hero Arts envelope liner template to make the liner, lickety-split. Then it was on to the card.
As soon as I saw the BasicGrey Second City Map Background I had the idea to color it in different sections – with daubers! I love how the pastel dauber colors have white in them – of course you can mix in white watercolor paint with regular watercolors to get the same look – but this is so much easier.
First I stamped the Map Background with white pigment ink on watercolor paper and then heat embossed it with white powder.
Then I tapped some daubers into a watercolor palette. I like using these because it’s white so you can see the true color that you’re working with, but you can tap the daubers onto any non-porous surface.
I ended up adding a few taps of the regular colors along with the pastel colors in the wells just to add more richness to the mix. Here are my combos:
- pastel pink + ultra pink
- pastel mint + green hills
- pastel yellow + lemon yellow, and
- tide pool all by itself
Then I used a waterbrush to pick up color and paint away. This is something fun you can do while watching your favorite show or while listening to music. Just don’t think too much and paint away!
To finish up the card, I stamped the sentiment with black ink and then underlined parts of it with thin washi – you know me, I love my washi!
It still needed a little something, so I broke out my Studio Calico Hearts and Arrows wood veneer. But, it didn’t pop enough as-is, so I decided to color it – with a charcoal dauber.
I just swiped it on and that was that. The dauber dries super fast on the wood. Love that.
To finish up the card I added some Hero Arts black and silver décor here and there. They are kind of like enamel dots, but flatter. And you get a ton in a pack.
Thanks so much for joining me today! I also want to thank Simon Says Stamp for having me, and for being such an awesome company with truly awesome people. Hope you all have a great day! xo
Lisa
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This has got to be the sweetest card & envie that I have ever seen!!
Wow, that card looks amazing!
Very creative. I like how you saved that old map . Cute.
What a great idea to create an envelope!
this is so very cool! Great card and envie!!
Super cool! Love this!
OMG, what a great ideas for the card and envelope! How creative! Thanks so much for sharing!
Wonderful! This is a very cool card!!
Really nice card! Thanks for sharing.
Great card. Love the colors.
Absolutely ingenious and gorgeous to boot!
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Old maps! Great idea. I’ll find mine and cut it up too.
Fab card and love the envelope!
LOVE this card, Lisa! Beautiful rich colors and the map just makes it special! The sentiment is very nice! Thanks for sharing!
Very clever! Love it!
Love this idea, unfortunately I don’t have someone special to make one like this for. A fabulous card. Thanks for sharing it!!!
Great card! Love the colors and the use of the old map to line your envelope. Thanks for the inspiration!
what a great card. like all the colors and the use of the map in the envelope.
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Gorgeous card! I love it and it is so great idea for masculine card! Thank you for the inspiration!
Sweetest sentiment ever. It just went on my Christmas wish list.
Love the technique, so cool! Great colors and lovely sentiment!
~kim
WOW wow WOW
SERIOUSLY AWESOME card Lisa – LOVE IT ALL!!!
Wonderful, Lisa – LOVE all the water colouring!
What a fantastic stamp! I love that city-block look! :) Great color combos, too! And an Austin map to boot? This Austinite LOVES it!! :)
Love this idea you did an amazing hi ob
wow… amazing card… love how incorporated the map into the project!
Gorgeous, lovely colours! x
awesome and great card1
I live how you colored in the blocks – I never would have thought of that.
i love the card & envelope! such eye-catching colors!!!
Wow — what an awesome technique! Thanks!
Love this very colorful card!
THis is SO CUTE. Thanks for sharing. I love it.
This card is just awesome! Love it! :-) xo
What fun! Another Lisa masterpiecece!
I have WAAAYYY too much Washi! I love how you used it to underline. I might have to borrow that idea :)
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What a stunning idea!!! Very cool!
very well done dear, love the colors and everything congrats
Love the colors you used for the card, especially the black embellishments; I often wonder how I would use the black Stella Wink pen and enamel dots. They look great with the bright pastel colors.
Love how you created this!
Great project
This is the coolest card and envelope — love them!!!
WOW, I love your card. Great colors!
I looooove this. Looks fantastic! Hugs! xx
Love this card, but the quote is wrong. It’s supposed to be: Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will. Sounds much better this way too.
great project, cool colors
Super cute! Love the pastel colors.
Cool cad! Love the idea of using the old map!
Oops! Cool card! And love the map!