Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2016

Mixed Media Card: Monoprint With Leaves

Crafty friends, welcome to the new Happy Little Stampers – Mixed Media October Challenge. This month theme is Nature. There are many ways you can interpret the theme.

On my project today, I did gelli printing with leaves I found at our backyard and acrylic paints:

I had a piece of gelli print that I had left over from last project in gold, orange and yellow color. I added the red paint on the Gelli Arts printing plate with rubber brayer, then I added the leaves. Then I added a piece of scrap paper on it, rubbed all over the paper, the lifted it up. The paint transferred on the scrap paper, leave the leaves on the gelli printing plate. Gently I picked them up one by one.

Then I grab the other gelli print paper I had and put on top of the paint on the gelli print plate. Then after rubbing all over the back of the paper, I lifted it up and got this print below:

LOVE the bright fall colors I got from the gelli printing this time. This gelli printing technique is very unique. You cannot print the same pattern. Every you print, you’ll get only one of the kind 🙂

I added a strip of pattern paper on top of the card, then I added the gelli print paper on the card.

I stamped the sentiment from Unity – September KOTM with Versafine Onyx Black on a white cardstock, cut it out, and punch a hole on the corner with WRMK Crop-A-Dile. I tied up some May Arts Natural Twine and added the tag on it.

Isn’t that the printed leaves so unique? I love the surprise I get from each print for sure 🙂

Let’s play along with the challenge and by linking up, you can win a $15 discount to the Happy Little Stampers store, the sponsor for this month’s challenge!

Thank You so much for stopping by today and have a fabulous day!

Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Addicted To Stamps and More: CAS Challenge

It is a new week for Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge. This week challenge theme is Clean and Simple.

And the sponsor for the prize this week is A Day For Daisies, an online store provides themed categories of over 3000 digital stamp illustrations for all your crafty projects. Visit A Day For Daisies blog for inspirations using their digital images. Prize: $12.00 gift certificate

I made this card with the digital image, Christmas Poinsettia, from A Day For Daisies.

I resized the image and printed couple of them on letter size white cardstock. I let it sit to dry well for several minites before I colored the flower.

I used the Simply Art watercolor paint from Loew Cornell. It is the same watercolor paint my daughter uses 🙂 Since it is not a watercolor paper, I tried not to used lots of water. I did not wet the image, but wet my brush and pick up the color, then colored it.

I added some glitter on the watercolored image with Wink Of Stella glitter brush for some extra shine and bling.

Then I die-cut the panel with one of the Fancey Frame dies from Craftin Desert Divas. I stamped the sentiment from Merry Merry stamp set from Close To My Heart.

For the background card, I embossed kraft cardstock using Close To My Heart Woodgrain embossing folder and WRMK Evolution Advance machine.

My card is simple and flat. I hope this card inspires you to create Clean-And-Simple card this week. Link up your card at Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #214 to have a chance to win the prize.

Thanks a lot for visiting me today and have a fabulous day!

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Posted on Monday, October 3, 2016

Joy Clair October New Release Blog Hop and Giveaway

Hello crafty friends… Welcome to the Joy Clair October New Release Blog Hop! Today I am joining the Joy Clair team to share projects showcasing the new stamp sets! And I created a Bible Journaling page for this blog hop.

When I read my devotion, I love spending time to do some Bible Journaling, too. I’ve read the Hebrew 11 so many times. Every time I read this passage, I learned something new of who God is and his character. This time, I read from Hebrew 11:9-40. These verses describe how the people who their faith in God died in faith even they did not receive the answer or see what they trusting God to do in their lives.

This is faith. In the last couple of days, I was in the situation where I once again had to see the situation through the faith I have in Him. I thought this was the time He would answer my prayers for a while, but it was not yet.

Faith is a work in progress. By faith I put my trust in His every word spoken in the Bible. I pray and this is my prayer to my Heavenly Father, in whom I put my trust, that He will build my faith, that he will work in me, that he will be my foundation, and that he will give me the desire, strength and power to walk in faith. Only by Him and in Him.

I created my journaling page using Under Construction stamp set:

One more inspiration using the new Harvest Blessings stamp set with no-line watercoloring technique. I shared it on my blog couple of days ago for the October Challenge here:

This month, Joy Clair release 4 new stamps released this month: Harvest Blessings, Under Construction, Away In A Manger, Merry Christmoose.

The Joy Clair Design Team members are sharing their amazing projects featuring the new stamp sets. Hop along to see their projects and don’t forget to leave them comments to enter the giveaway – 2 (two) gift cards of $25 each – to the Joy Clair Store and the winners will be announced on October 31 along with the winner of the challenge at Joy Clair Blog.

Here’s the list of the team blogs:

Joy Clair Blog

Steph Ackerman

LeeAnn McKinney

Donna Green Idlet –> You arrive from here

Helen Gullett –> You Are Here

Martha Lucia Gomez Hernandez –> Next Hop

Jessica Pascarella

Cornelia Wenokor

Lori Kobular

Monica Edwards

Thanks a lot for hopping by my blog, I hope you are inspired! Have a fabulous blessed day!

Posted on Monday, October 3, 2016

Mixed Media Thank You Card

Good morning crafty friends, today I am sharing this mixed media card on a2z Scrapbooking blog with the stencils, stamps and frame dies.

I created the background with one of the Petals Stencil Pair and Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate. I added some gold acrylic paint on the plate, spread it with rubber brayer, added the stencil and added the cardstock on top of it. I rubbed it gently all over so that the paint would transfer evenly. And then lifted it up and set aside to dry. Acrylic paints dries quickly. Once the panel dried well, I die cut it with one of the Fancy Frame dies (Craftin Desert Divas).

I stamped some of the leaves from the Color Layering Grateful for You Leaves Clear Stamp with some fall color inks (CTMH), and then die-cut them with the matching Layering Grateful Leaves Frame Cut Dies. Then I die-cut the word thanks 4 times from Thanks Stamp & Cut and I stacked them together and glued them with glue pen.

Once I have everything ready, I put them together on the card 🙂 First the gelli printed background, then I arranged the leaves and glued them on the card, added the stacked die-cut sentiment, and I finished the card with some gold sequins.

I hope you are inspired to create a project and play along with our October challenge- Layer It. You can add you project here and by linking up, you have a chance to win a $25 gift card to a2z Scrapbooking store.

If you need any Hero Arts stamps, frame dies, stencils, cardstock, cards, and other supplies, visit a2z Scrapbooking store and get 15% OFF when you put an order of $25 and more (exclude shipping) by using this code: Helen15.

Thanks a bunch for visiting today. Have a fabulous day!

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Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2016

No-Line Watercolored Fall Scarecrow

Happy World Cardmaking Day! Today all the cardmakers all around the world are getting together, or spending time in their craft room to celebrate the day to create and inspire each other with handmade cards.

On this first day of October, I am sharing projects for 3 different challenges. Check out the Scrapping Everyday Miracles and the a2z Scrapbooking challenge. I hope you will play along with us, too!

And it is also time for the new challenge at Joy Clair Stamps blog. This month, they have the photo inspiration and color challenge. Aren’t they beautiful inspirations for Fall?

On your project, you can use the colors and/or theme and you will have the entire month to participate with unlimited creations. Just keep in mind that all needs to be new, not back linking and you need to include the link to our Challenge in your blog post! The random winner will receive a $25 gift card from Joy Clair Store and will be announce on October 31!

Here’s my card for this challenge:

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This is my first try with no-line watercoloring technique and I totally enjoy coloring process 🙂 I stamped the image from Harvest Blessings stamp set with Antique Linen Distress ink on Canson Watercolor paper. And I started to color each image with Gansai Tambi watercolor.

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I love coloring and this technique. It relaxes me 🙂 If you like coloring, you might wanna try this technique by stamping your own image and color it.

When the panel dried well, I die-cut it with one of the Fancy Frame dies from Craftin Desert Divas. For the sentiment I stamped it on the vellum with Versafine Onyc Black and die-cut it with oval stitched die, one of the Fancy Stitched Label Dies from Craftin Desert Divas. Them, I punched holes on both sides of the label with my WRMK Crop-A-Dile, tied up some American Crafts Orange Twine, tucked them under the panel, and then I added the whole panel on the Kraft card base with 3D foam tape.

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That’s the card for the Joy Clair October Challenge 🙂 I hope you play along with us! Thanks a lot for stoping by and have a fabulous day!