Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Multi-Color Foiled Birthday Card
Hello there, friends! If you live in the US, I hope your 4th of July was safe and wonderful. I was inspired by the patriotic colors for the 4th to create this sparkly birthday card with some of our Simon branded products!
I used our gorgeous Fading Stars stencil to apply Transfer Gel Duo onto my slimline card. I love this paste because it can be used with or without a laminator. It has a tacky finish, which means it will stick to the foil, and with a bit of pressure, you can transfer the foil onto the paste without needing to add heat from a laminator.
Once the paste dried, I used one of my favorite foiling techniques – multi-colored foiling – to create this “star-spangled banner” effect across the card. The foils I used were from Gina K. Designs.
The card is finished up with a happy birthday greeting that I made with our Simon Chunky Happy die and some birthday sentiment strips. A few sequins and star confetti pieces added just a touch more sparkle to complete this festive card!
Multi-color foil is such a fun technique that adds a create “wow” factor to your project. Be sure to watch the video to see how I did it!
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Freedom Wall Hanger
Hi friends! Happy Saturday and if you’re stateside, Happy Independence Day! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Anna-Karin Evaldsson in a special patriotic mixed media project! Read on to learn all the details, and enjoy!
Hi everyone! I am so happy to be here on the blog today to share a red and blue tutorial with a vintage feel to it, using stamps, words and various embellishments. I made a wall-hanger, but the techniques and design are great for cardmaking or art journaling too.
The base of this project is a background design with blocks and squares in various sizes, combined with fun embellishments and lots of words. I always liked a blocked design and how stamped squares can form a “home” for sentiments and embellishments. The squares in the background were stamped with Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Squares Stamp set, which is perfect for this type of design since the squares can be layered and stamped inside each other for a great effect.
Cut a piece of Ranger Mixed Media Heavystock paper to 5.5 x 7.5 in. Ink with Antique Linen, Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
Mist lightly with water and splatter some water on the background too. This gives a soft mottled effect.
I moved stamps and Tim Holtz Junk Drawer Baseboard pieces around on the background until I was happy with the design. I also placed out the title stamps to make sure that they would fit. When I was happy with the design, I took a photo of it, so that I would remember when doing the stamping.
I stamped the squares with Faded Jeans, Candied Apple and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, misting lightly with water before stamping.
The main sentiment was stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, while the smaller sentiments were stamped with Vintage Photo Archival Ink. That gives a nice distressed look to the main title, while the small words are still readable. Later I added some sentiments stamps with black ink too.
Sand and scratch the edges of the baseboard pieces and then ink with brown ink.
Drip Latte Alcohol Ink on three Heirloom Roses.
Finally, I inked the edges darker and made splatters with a Black and Night Scribble Stick. Dip the stick in water and flick a paint brush against it. I liked the dark blue Night shade the best, so you might want to skip the black splatters. This is a great, fairly mess-free way of adding splatters.
I used Sizzix Little Sizzles Mat Board as my base since it is very sturdy. A Tim Holtz Neutral Kraft-Stock was glued on top, with the edges being sanded. The main panel was matted on Simon Says Stamp Cornflower Blue cardstock.
Stamped squares can be “homes” for small embellishments, sentiments and stamps, making them stand out even though they are small.
The Game Spinners were distressed with a little Faded Jeans Distress Paint.
I love the distressed look of these Worn Letters. The additional sentiments come from Tim Holtz Clippings Sticker Book.
The Mix and Match Squares can be layered and combined in different ways, such as the brown square being stamped inside the frame of the larger red square to the left here.
Discover, Explore, Dream comes from the Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree set.
I splattered a little extra with the Night Scribble Stick after gluing everything down.
I hope this tutorial inspired you to do some summertime vintage projects. You can easily change the theme of the panel by using a different title and different colors. Thank you so much for looking! Happy crafting!– Anna-Karin
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Doodling with Debby: Watercolored Ice Cream Sundae
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Please join me in welcoming special guest Debby Hughes for her monthly installment of Doodling with Debby. You’ll want to learn all the details on how she made this gorgeous tempting treat! Enjoy!
Hello, it’s Debby here. My love of watercoloring is still going strong and so when I see new supplies, I’m always looking for a good image to paint and the Sundae Afternoons set has some great images just perfect for a spot of coloring. Today, in my video, I talk about powering through that ugly phase in a painting which is so common when watercoloring and is a point that a lot of people give up and yet by pushing through and working things out then the end result is something to be happy about.
STEP BY STEP HOW TO
- Stamp an ice cream image from the Simon Says Stamp Sundae Afternoons set using Gina K Whisper Amalgam Ink on Fabriano Artistico Cold-Pressed watercolor card.
- Watercolor – I used Daniel Smith paints
- Stamp a greeting from the Sundae Afternoons set in clear embossing ink on Black card treated with anti-static powder, sprinkle with white embossing powder and heat emboss.
- Trim the sentiment with a clear, metal-edged ruler on a cutting mat with a craft knife.
- Trim the watercolored panel to fit on an A2 card base cut and scored from Neenah Desert Storm card in the sturdy 100lb weight.
- Add foam adhesive to the back of the panel and adhere to the card base. Use a T-square ruler to aid with placing the sentiment strip on straight, again, using foam adhesive.
- Accent with sequins and eggshell pearls held in place with Gina K Connect glue.
Often, I get to a phase in a painting where I am not happy, commonly referred to as the ugly phase, and I want to put my brushes down and start again. However, from experience, I know that you need to push through this phase.
I added a wash of color to ground the image, I went in with more layers to add depth and shadow while maintaining highlights to give that impression of juiciness and shine, I worked on the glass more until finally, things started to come together. Basically, I kept going until I was happy with the end result.
Well, that’s me for this month. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial; you’ll find the video below. Thanks for joining me and I hope to see you next time for Doodling With Debby.
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