Crafty Emotions
Hallo Everyone!
Good to see you! Do you
know anyone with a pre-
Christmas birthday?....
You do?....
Well here's a gorgeous
card from Craftyfield
"Succulent, or cactus (Cactii) as I know them,
are in trend in the crafting world and as soon
as I saw the Craft Emotion set I knew I wouldn't
be able to resist!
It has several elements, enough to build up
a complete rockery...
I first stamped all the images on the sheet
and fussy cut them to help me decide on
a composition.
I settled on using only 3 elements to keep
things relatively CAS. I used my fussy cut
images as masks to stamp on watercolour
paper with Brilliance ink in black.
I coloured the image with Inktense pencils.
Keep it light, you can always add colour later...
I then used a wet brush to "melt" the colour
on the paper. After this first wash was dry,
I re-applied pencils where I needed more
contrast or more intense colour.
For the background, I wanted lots of shine,
so I used Starlight paints, applied with
a brayer all over a piece of cardstock.
You can see the shine, in fact that
is pretty much all you can see,
despite the weather being decidely cloudy
.
I put together my card by matting the
focal image onto Art-C glitter card in
black, adding a sentiment stamped in
black ink on a piece of white glitter card.
I really like that card it's non shedding glitter,
sturdy but still die-cuts easily, and it shines...
So nice I added another piece of white
glitter and used Enamel Accents to create
faux brads.
Without proper sunlight it is difficult to show how nice
the glitter looks, but I thought you might want
to see how well it stamped, as I was concerned
this would be a problem, especially as the
script on this stamp is quite small.
I should say that I did enlist my trusty stamping
platform to stamp the sentiment and I did 3 inkings
to get the intensity of black I wanted.
You may wonder why cactus for a birthday card
and I'm mulling over several funny sentiments
I can add to the inside.
"No need to be prickly, you're not that old"
or similar.
I would be grateful for your suggestions
so don't hold back and add your
comments below...please... pretty please?
are in trend in the crafting world and as soon
as I saw the Craft Emotion set I knew I wouldn't
be able to resist!
It has several elements, enough to build up
a complete rockery...
I first stamped all the images on the sheet
and fussy cut them to help me decide on
a composition.
I settled on using only 3 elements to keep
things relatively CAS. I used my fussy cut
images as masks to stamp on watercolour
paper with Brilliance ink in black.
I coloured the image with Inktense pencils.
Keep it light, you can always add colour later...
I then used a wet brush to "melt" the colour
on the paper. After this first wash was dry,
I re-applied pencils where I needed more
contrast or more intense colour.
For the background, I wanted lots of shine,
so I used Starlight paints, applied with
a brayer all over a piece of cardstock.
You can see the shine, in fact that
is pretty much all you can see,
despite the weather being decidely cloudy
.
I put together my card by matting the
focal image onto Art-C glitter card in
black, adding a sentiment stamped in
black ink on a piece of white glitter card.
I really like that card it's non shedding glitter,
sturdy but still die-cuts easily, and it shines...
So nice I added another piece of white
glitter and used Enamel Accents to create
faux brads.
Without proper sunlight it is difficult to show how nice
the glitter looks, but I thought you might want
to see how well it stamped, as I was concerned
this would be a problem, especially as the
script on this stamp is quite small.
I should say that I did enlist my trusty stamping
platform to stamp the sentiment and I did 3 inkings
to get the intensity of black I wanted.
You may wonder why cactus for a birthday card
and I'm mulling over several funny sentiments
I can add to the inside.
"No need to be prickly, you're not that old"
or similar.
I would be grateful for your suggestions
so don't hold back and add your
comments below...please... pretty please?
Supplies:
Thank you for a great card
Craftyfield and also for making
us all smile.....
Well, I laughed out loud
I know a few people who
are feeling a little prickly
over their birthdays right now...
'Till tomorrow
Mickie xx
It's my birthday today but unfortunately I can't think of any witty comment. I did once try catching a cactus that fell of the windowsill - my daughter spent hours with tweezers pulling all the spines out of my fingers. Moral of the story - they look much better on this card. Elaine x
ReplyDeleteOuch! Wishing you a Happy Birthday Elaine!
DeleteGorgeous card! I can't think of a funny sentiment, sorry - I am rubbish! xxx
ReplyDeleteGreat card, have been thinking hard about a sentiment --- the trouble is they all end up a little unkind rather than funny 😟 . Needle, prickly, point, sharp are all words that spring to mind. Good luck X
ReplyDeleteI know... humor is such a delicate balance! xx
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