AAA Cards Challenge #133: One layer and Love, with video

This fortnight our challenge is: one layer with an optional twist of the theme love.

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For my card I used "fluweel" cardstock, which means Velvet card. It's said to work well with inkblending (much like Bristol smooth it dulls the colors a lot) and with Copics, haven't tried that yet. I've used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils to color the cat and Nuvo Midas touch for the heart, to add a bit of shimmer and interest.

I stamped the images and sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink and heat set it.

The sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays (heartfelt sayings) and the cat and heart are from Craft Sensations.

I used odorless spirits to blend the pencils.
Pretty simple card, a must with one layer and CAS I think. Coming up with it took longer than making it I think..

For more information or to play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

Less is More Challenge 8th Birthday: Navy and Yellow

First of all, congratulations to the Less is More Challenge Blog's 8th Birthday!.
Don't think I was there since the start, but I've been playing for 5-6 years? I do not remember, doesn't matter. Love the Less is More Challenges, as I love CAS.

Navy and Yellow, not my favorite colors though, so I had a think about what to do.
I came up with the Katzelkraft Robot, and it's even colors blue on the packaging. I've added yellow details on the gears, lights and such.

For this I've used Polychromos pencils and Spectrum Noir Blending Solution. I only have the 24 pencils set and this is the darkest blue in there, not sure it's a proper navy.
The sentiment if from the Time Traveler set by Kindred Stamps. I think it's to go with the Dalek in their set, but I do not recall blue Daleks, or I might have used that one.

I stamped both sentiment and image with Versafine Clair Nocturn ink and heat set it before coloring.


For more information on the Less is More Challenge, see this.

Sharkasm on a card, using your stash, puffy stickers, with video

Collywobbles

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is: Anything Goes, Showcasing Impression Obsession products.

I made a trio of Artist Trading Coins, I 've punched three circles (2,5") from Manila cardstock and inkblended Distress Oxides on it: Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry..
Then I stamped the coins with Studio Light StampSS287 with Versafine Clair Nocturn ink. For the sentiment I've used the same ink and Impression Obsession Stamp B17227 CollyWobbles (in the Simon Says Stamp shop it's called Collywabbles in case you're looking for it). I stamped them first  directly on the coin, but because of the textured background it wasn't  really popping, so I restamped them on white card and cut them

out and adhered them on top.
I like how the font ties in with the Artist Trading coins style.
I diecut some butterflies from Crafter's Companion from white card, but yuck..so peeled them of and where the glue  messed up the inkblending I added a few matching enamel dots to hide blemishes.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.

Edited February 6th:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

I'm bananas for you

I colored up this adorable monkey from C.C. Designs Monkey set  with My Favorite Things Extreme black ink and colored it with my Spectrum Noir and Illustrator markers. Cut it out.
Stamped the foliage from Marianne Design Folia set with Memento ink and cut it out.

Then I masked off the area on the card base and applied Memento inks with a finger dauber to crate my bokeh leafy canopy background. On top I've applied Lawn Fawn Yeti white ink.
I've them stamped the sentiment with Versafine Clair Nocturn ink, but I think I  have applied too  much ink (moist inkpad too). So not 100% happy with the fatty fonts in the sentiment, but hey it's a no do over policy here ;-) might pop a banner on top if I

still hate it tomorrow.

Added foamtape to the images and adhered it on top.

I thought the Monkey is perfect for a boy or guy Valentine's card, so I'm entering it into the Male Room Challenge: Nature.

And also the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  Love is in the air.

And the Wednesday Challenge for Simon Says Stamp is: have a heart.

You mean the world to me

I made a card for three challenges.

Less is More has a sketch up, which I've used for my layout.
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is: Alcohol , drinks or inks, and I've used the Ranger alcohol inks.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is: Have a heart, featuring  My Favorite Things products.


For my card I masked off the area from the sketch and I've applied blending solution on Yupo paper and then inks and a silver mixative for shine and stars. I meant to make a milky way or galaxy.

Then I had to cut it out as the inks seeped under the masking tape and I had splatters, ruining the CAS look; attached it with taperunner.

Stamped the sentiment from My Favorite things' Space Explorer with Extreme Black ink, also MFT, same ink for the spaceman, but I stamped it on the Crafter's Companion marker paper and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers. I cut him out with scissors and attached some foamtape on the back to place him on the card.

It's as lovey dovey as it gets here ;-) I don't really do Valentine Day cards being single lol.

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