Month: May 2017

I believe that teachers are a lot like mermaids–unbelievably amazing!  My kids had awesome teachers this year.  I made this card for my son’s preschool teacher, and I’m going to make another for my daughter’s teacher.

I started out with the stamping and coloring of these cute images.  I used 110 pound Neenah Solar White card stock, Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink, and my Copic markers.

Coloring mermaids is a lot of fun–anything goes.  I was going for bright and magical.  I played around with different colors of Copic markers for her hair and tail until I found the combination I liked.  For her skin I used E51 for the base color, E30 for shadows, E11 for the darkest shadows and RV10 for blush.  For her hair I used Y21 for the base, E11 for the shadows and R43 for the darkest shadows.  For her tail I used RV10, RV21 and RV34.   I used several different colors of inks from Memento Dew Drops assortment to stamp out the coral and seaweed.  

I got the coordinating dies for this set–it saves a lot of time and I’m not overly fond of fussy cutting images.  I always use micropore tape to keep them in place so they don’t shift when I run them through the die cutting machine.

Because it’s an underwater scene, I had to use distress inks and flick water onto it to distress it.  This technique made the panel look bubbly and cute.  The colors of Distress Ink I used are Twisted Critron, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers.  I blended them onto some Bristol Smooth card stock.  Distress Inks blend so much easier on this paper than on Neenah Solar White.

I wanted to use the shells and seaweed and all the smaller images from this set to frame my shaker panel.  I glued them onto my card base with a strong adhesive–Multi Medium Matte–just a tiny dab will do.  You could also just stamp the images around the card base, but I didn’t know exactly where I was going with this card at first.  Also the Copic markers would bleed through the paper and be visible on the inside of your card base.  However, you could use colored pencils on your card base with no problems.

Next, I built my shaker element.  I used frame dies from MFT called Single Stitch Line Rectangle Frames.  I cut out a piece of aqua colored fun foam to make the well for my sequins.  I used three different kinds of sequins–all Pretty Pink Posh: Peacock Feathers, Strawberry Burst and Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix.  Then I glued on my acetate and card stock frame.  That completed my card.  A big thanks to all of the teachers out there!!  You are all simply amazing!!

Here’s the video of how I made this card.  You can watch it here on on my YouTube channel in HD.  Thank you for visiting my craft table!

Supply List:

*Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK Ink065	Copic SKETCH 72 PC SET D Markers DDDS72D	Crafter’s Companion CLEAR OVERLAY Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens SPECNSPACLE3
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4 Ounces TDA47414	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CRACKED PISTACHIO Ranger TDP46776	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDP47322	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger TDP40064
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Strathmore BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12 Paper Pad 365096	Memento GUM DROPS 12 Dew Drop Ink Pads MD-012-100	Memento SORBET SCOOPS Dew Drops 12 Ink Pads MD-012-200
RESERVE MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit mistimini	Fiskars REINFORCED Paper Trimmer 12 Inches 05266	My Favorite Things SINGLE STITCH LINE RECTANGLE FRAMES Die-Namics MFT950	Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR MIX Cupped Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM PEACOCK FEATHER Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM STRAWBERRY BURST Sequins	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511	Tsukineko Stazon JET BLACK INK PAD SZ-31
*Tombow Adhesive Craft Stamp DISPENSER & REFILL Dot Pattern Runner 62143 Permanent	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425

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Happy Mother’s Day!  I think cards for our moms are the most important cards we send out.  I wanted to make my mom a card with flowers on it–perfect for any mom, but my mom is a major flower enthusiast.  Lol!  When I came across this stamp from Penny Black, it immediately reminded me of her.  She loves to bring fresh cut flowers from her garden into her house.  Her garden in chock full of a huge variety of flowers.  When you see her heading toward the door with her scissors, you know the house will soon be graced with the beauty and scent of flowers.

Before I got started on the actual coloring of this card, I wanted to try out this new stencil from MFT.  I love this stencil!  Creating clouds for the background of the card was so fast and effortless.  It added a lot of interest, and it was just fun to use.

I lived a long time with only owning about 50 Prismacolor pencils, so when my husband bought me the complete 150 set for our anniversary last year, I was in colored pencil heaven!!  Lol!  However, more choices of colors means more time spent in figuring out which ones I want to use.  Oh well, I still prefer owning them all.

I used some word dies to create my sentiment.  I was able to get a slight hombre effect using two Copic markers–leaving them in the card stock helped me to color them without them shifting.  I glued them onto my card front with some Multi Medium Matte glue.

I finished up the card by adding some Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen over the tulips.  It’s difficult to keep myself from brushing this glitter over everything.  Lol!  (Love this pen.)

Here’s my video for this card.  Thanks for visiting!  You can watch it here or in HD on my YouTube channel.

Supply List: 

Strathmore BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12 Paper Pad 365096	Fiskars REINFORCED Paper Trimmer 12 Inches 05266	RESERVE MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit mistimini	*Penny Black Cling Stamp TULIPS FOR YOU Rubber Unmounted 40-293
Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK Ink065	Prismacolor 150 PREMIER COLORED PENCILS 1799879	*EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip 54-04000	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Ranger TDP40248
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Crafter’s Companion CLEAR OVERLAY Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens SPECNSPACLE3	*Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511
Wplus9 LOVE MOM SET Clear Stamp And Die Combo SETWP9LM	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425