Mixed Media Heart of GOLD Valentine by Cheiron Brandon!
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! I’m delighted to welcome back special monthly blog guest Cheiron Brandon with a gorgeous mixed media Valentine to inspire! Read on and enjoy!
Hi there crafty friends! It’s Cheiron Brandon here and today I have a special mixed media Valentine card using the heart from the From The Vault Rosette dies that I created for one of those friends that has a heart of gold. This card is not super practical to mail but would be great in a package, or with a box of sweet treats, which is how I plan to give it.
To begin, I cut a panel of Distress Watercolor Cardstock to 4 ¼ x 5 1/2. I added Distress Opaque Texture Paste through the Valentine stencil using a palette knife. Once my paste was dry, I sprayed my panel with water and then added a mixture of Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Spray moving them around with more water before drying the panel. Once my panel was dry, I added some stamping from the Faded Type set using Distress Archival Ink in Ground Espresso.
Then, I mixed up some Gilded Foundry Wax with a bit of Isopropyl Alcohol and splattered it on my card with a paintbrush, then heat set it with my embossing tool. I also added black and white splatters using Distress Paints in Picket Fence and Scorched Timber. I trimmed the panel to 4 x 5 1/4 and used my Paper Distresser tool to rough up the edges and then inked those with the Ground Espresso Distress Archival Ink.
To create the hearts, I cut 3 of them out of Metallic Kraft Stock, folded them on the score lines and then adhered them with Distress Collage Medium. I wanted to add an extra layer of shine, so I misted the entire panel with Distress Mica Spray in Tarnished Brass. Once that was dry, I adhered the inky panel to a white card base, then adhered the hearts to the panel with Distress Collage Medium.
To complete my card, I stamped and embossed the Love You sentiment from the Noteworthy Set onto a strip of Simon Says Stamp Dark Chocolate Cardstock. I love all the sparkle and shine on this card and I can not wait to share it with someone special!
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Crafting Wanderlust: Birthday Card for Your Adventurous Bestie: Yippee for Yana
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back the oh-so-talented and amazing Yana Smakula! (Please note: our dear friend Yana is Ukrainian. To show support to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, please see Yana’s post HERE.)
Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!
In this video, I have a birthday card to share that I created for my travel bestie. I have 2 girlfriends who have also become my travel besties in 2023, we’ve gone on several trips together in 2023 and every time we get together, the hop topic on the discussion agenda is where are we going to travel next, when the next airplane tickers sale is, and what cool places we can explore. And one of these girlfriends, her Birthday is coming up soon so I decided it would be really fun to create a travel theme birthday card for her.
I searched my stash for stamp sets that would work well for the idea that I had in mind and I found several older sets from Simon that all combined wonderfully on this project. Be sure to watch my video for the detailed how-to.
First, I made a background by ink blending a giant sun using Sherbet, Watermelon, and Lipstick Red inks on the Sunshine panel using the largest circle mask. Boom! That sun is so impactful! The sentiment was stamped using several sets:
- Happy Birthday and Let’s Get This Party Started – Put Your Party Hat On
- Book a Flight – stamp surgery done on 2 small sentiments from the Miss You Missy stamp set
- The Beach is Calling My Name – Let’s Get Away
Added the background to A2 top folding card base.
Next, I stamped the beach umbrella, chair, hat, cocktail, and SPF bottle using images from the Let’s Get Away set. These were colored using Copics:
- RV00, RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14
- E33, E37, E11
- Y35
- C1, Colorless Blender
- W1, W3
I cut images out using coordinating dies and popped them up on the ink-blended background with foam adhesive squares. The card is almost done.
For that one extra touch, I stamped a snarky sentiment on the inside of the card using the Sassy Flaps stamp set.
And lastly, I added seagulls on the front using the Seas and Greetings set. Have fun stamping! -Yana
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