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Crafty with Caly: Flora and Fauna
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Caly Person in our bi-monthly Crafty with Caly blog series! Read on to learn more and enjoy!
Hi Friends! This is Caly with you today, sharing a watercolor project using the WPlus9 Flora and Fauna 3 set. It’s a gorgeous 6” x 8” set with two floral arrangements as well as butterflies that I’ll watercolor using Daniel Smith Watercolors.
I stamped my floral arrangement with Antique Linen Distress Ink to do some no-line coloring and the two butterflies using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder to get a crisp image without smudging/smearing it.
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After watercoloring, I splattered my flowers with some white acrylic paint and set it aside to dry while I worked on my background panel. My background is created using another watercolor panel that I watercolor with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and stamped at two opposite corners with the Simon Says Stamp Old Letter and Crackle Background stamps. I stamped these with Antique Linen Distress Ink to give them an old paper-look then added that torn edge using the Tim Holtz Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer.
I heat set my background for quick drying and attached it to a cardbase using foam tape to flatten it out so I could finish my card. I attached my floral arrangement using foam adhesive to give my card lots of dimension.
To give my butterflies some flair, I molded the wings up with my fingers and attached them to my card with a single strip of foam tape under their bodies. I finished by attaching my embossed sentiment strip.
I hope you enjoyed this card! Thanks so much for stopping by today! ~Caly
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Caly for being our guest!
August 2021 Card Kit Inspiration with Kristina Werner
Hi all! Kristina Werner here. Have you all seen the amazing cards in the August 2021 Card Kit Gallery? So many cute frog cards made using the August 2021 Card Kit! Because so many people have used the frog stamp set, I thought I’d challenge myself to use the Build a Frog Pond stencil in the kit. So here we go!
I first used the floral shapes on the stencil to create a colorful overlapping abstract pattern. I used Simon inks (Doll Pink, Hot Mama, Sunshine, Jellybean, and High Dive) and the fingertip blender brushes. Then I added a layer of gold by blending VersaMark and applying gold embossing powder.
A gold embossed greeting on Doll Pink cardstock finished the card.
For my second card, I used the same Simon inks to create a stacked cloud scene with rainbow colors. Super easy but it packs a punch!
You can pick up the August 2021 Card Kit HERE, or subscribe to receive this kit and future kits HERE. Enjoy!
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