Doodling with Debby: Two For one Valentine’s Cards
Happy Wednesday, friends! Welcome to the February 2021 edition of Doodling with Debby with Debby Hughes! Read on and enjoy!
Hello, it’s Debby here. Today’s video is a two-for-one using the Chunky Hearts Panel. I’ve seen this panel used in a variety of ways, but I wanted to use it with a watercolored piece after a few swatches on my desk kept catching my attention.
I love these earthy colors and you see them a lot on social media, graphic design and home decor. They may not be the traditional colors for a card using hearts, but it is nice to veer away from the norm. Although these cards could be used for Valentine’s day, they are adaptable enough to be used all year round with that sentiment. The earthy colors and non-fussy sentiment combination make these great guy cards too. I always find it harder to make guy cards, but I think these could pass the test.
STEP BY STEP HOW TO
- Tape a piece of Arches Cold-Pressed Watercolor Card to your craft mat or a hard surface to prevent warping.
- Watercolor using a palette of warm earthy colors. I used Daniel Smith paints.
- When dry, die cut the panel with the Chunky Hearts Panel.
- Attach the hearts to a piece of watercolor card with foam tape and using the die-cut main panel as a template to ensure correct placement.
- Trim the panel and attach to a Fog card base with foam tape.
- Die-cut a Simple Stem from the watercolor card.
- Stamp a greeting from the Introverts Unite set on the edge of the main watercolored piece with clear embossing ink and white heat emboss.
- Trim the sentiment to a skinny strip and use foam squares to attach to the main panel using the foam tape to help attach the Simple Stem die while doing so.
- Glue the stem in place so that it doesn’t waft around too much.
- Create a second card using the left-over main watercolored panel.
- Embellish the two cards with Copper Penny Nuvo droplets and Eggshell Pearls.
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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OWL always be thankful for you
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please join me in welcoming special guest Kara Pogreba to share this gorgeous Lawn Fawn feature! Read on and enjoy!
These two owls found a cozy place to share a story! Lawn Fawn’s Lift the Flap Tree Backdrop is a great place for the Special Delivery owls to kick back and relax together.
The Puffy Cloud Backdrop was turned upside down and cut from Cilantro cardstock to create the canopy of leaves overhead.
A little message was heat embossed and tucked into one of the tree holes. The owls and books were colored with Copic markers and white gel pen.
The wings in the Special Delivery set that are typically used for flapping were reversed and folded behind the owl so he can hold the book. The book (from Den Sweet Den) was folded slightly at the binding to add extra dimension.
The flowers, hammock, and background were cut from the Hello Sunshine Remix petite paper pack. The sentiment, pieced together from several stamp sets, was heat embossed on a strip of Paper Bag cardstock.
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Snarky Cats Mini Slimline Valentine
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Cheiron Brandon to our blog today sharing these sweet and sassy Snarky Cat Valentines! Read on and enjoy!
Hi there crafty friends, it’s Cheiron here with an idea for some quick Valentine cards using the Tim Holtz Snarky Cat stamps. I combined these favorite stamps with some older favorite stamps sets – Crazy Talk and Crazy Things. These sets work perfectly together and I thought they would be great for some Mini Slimline Valentines. These Snarky Cats each have their own personalities and I think they all have different feelings about sharing their candy!
To begin, I stamped out all my images (hearts, cat, sentiment) onto 3 – 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 Distress Watercolor panels using Archival Black Soot Ink. You will want to use a waterproof ink for this, since we will be watercoloring in these images . I also stamped the Heart Gift Box from the Crazy Things stamps onto a separate piece of watercolor cardstock and cut them out. I colored in the images using a Detailer Water Brush and Distress Ink Reinkers in Kitsch Flamingo, Candied Apple, Rusty Hinge, Brushed Corduroy, Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke. I put the tiniest dot of each Distress Ink reinker onto my glass mat and used the water brush to pick up the color and loosely color the images in.
I mounted each panel to a 3 1/2 x 6 card cut from Simon Says Lipstick Red Cardstock. To finish my cards, I added the Heart Gift Box with a piece of foam tape to give it some dimension and added a bit of Stardust stickles to the “lace” part of the box to give it some sparkle and shine. Hope you enjoyed this idea for creating quick and easy Valentine cards, I will use any holiday as an excuse to use the Snarky Cat stamps.
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