Little Wizard Owl

 

Hello, today I'm using a digi from the new Whimsy Stamps release and the Meijens Design line: Little Wizard Owl, you can find it in the shop here: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/little-wizard-owl-digital-stamp

There's a few others from Meijens Designs too, so go check  them out.

I printed it twice  on the same Copic paper panel, so the're the exact same size, then cut the panel in two. Colored one with Spectrum Noir markers this time and cut it out. After cutting I went around the edges with a  Memento marker ad mounted the image with foamtape.

The reason I printed it twice is so I could leave all the swirly bits out and they'd still show up in the background.

For the background I made  Moon by masking it off on the panel and applied Distress inks in various blues, then splattered with water and a gold metallic paint for stars.

As the image is an Owl and he's not on a branch but holding a wand, I just let him float there, levitate if you will ;-) how did that go? something something Leviosáh , I'm sure you know it better than me ;-).

Adhered the cut-out owl on top and added white gel pen and Glossy accents on his eyes.

Not sure about the sentiment yet, Magical birthday, you're a hoot? I shall see what I use this card for, then decide.

Again you can find the digi in the Whimsy Shop: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/little-wizard-owl-digital-stamp

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marching band

 There's a new challenge over at the Less is More Challenge blog:

Music.

I've chosen a set from My Favorite Things: Strike up the band and I stamped it with Extreme black ink onto Copic marker safe paper.

Colored it with Copic markers, then restamped it all with Versafine ink as I left my stamps in my Stamping tool it was easy and I think my Extreme  black needs reinking.

That's all it takes sometimes.

For more information or to play along the Less is More Challenge, see this.

AAA Card Challenge #250 Inblending with 3 or more colors

 

Hello this fortnight we have a collab with our sister challenge  AAA Birthday Cards.

Ours (AAA Cards is: inkblending with 3 or more colors) and AAA Birthday Card Challenges is: Favorite Colors.

Now my favorite colors are Distress inks for inkblending and I've used more than 3 ;-)

I've used: Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire, Villainous Poison and Wilted Violet.

For my card, I masked off an area and applied the Distress inks with inkblending brushes, then splattered with water and Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust.

Stamped the Happy Birthday from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) with Versafine ink.

To enter your card on the AAA Card Challenge, see this.

To enter your card for the AAA Birthday Card Challenge, see this.

AAA Birthday Cards Challenge #54: Favourite Colors

 

 

Hello this Month we have a collab with our sister challenge  AAA Cards.

(AAA Cards is: inkblending with 3 or more colors) and AAA Birthday Card Challenges is: Favorite Colors.

AAA Cards is a Clean and Simple Challenge, so CAS cards  and ours is of course Birthday Cards

Now my favorite colors are Distress inks for inkblending and I've used more than 3 ;-)

I've used: Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire, Villainous Poison and Wilted Violet.

For my card, I masked off an area and applied the Distress inks with inkblending brushes, then splattered with water and adhered an image from Whimsy Stamps (Peeking Pandas that I colored with Copic Markers)

Stamped the Happy Birthday from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) with Versafine ink.

To enter your card on the AAA Birthday  Card Challenges, see this.

For the AAA Card Challenges, see this.

It's Autumn

It's Autumn, so I'm coloring a cat instead of a fox ;-) I had to, sorry I know it's  a fox, or should be, but he looked like my cat Tjeerd, and I thought that's a nice idea , so I did.

the Autumn Banner is a digi from Whimsy Stamps and the Dustin Pike line

you can find it here: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital

I printed it on Copic safe paper and big enough for a slimline card, made the cardbase and then matted the imagepanel, stuck int on top with taperunner and colored the image with Copic Markers and details of white gel pen.

It's as simple as that sometimes, thought about cutting it out and mounting it onto kraft cardstock, but I really like how the images pop or shine.

Pumpkin Patch

 

Hello, Today I'm using TWO digis from the latest Whimsy Stamps digi release: Restful Hedgehog and Pick of the Patch.

You can find them here: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital

I flipped the Restful Hedgehog so they face each other, I thought it was nicer and  and it frames the scene on my slimline card.

Printed it out, and colored it with my alcohol markers, adhered it to a cardbase with taperunner.

Didn't think it needed a sentiment as it says so on the signs.

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AAA Card Challenges #249 and DT call!

 

Hello, this
fortnight we'd like to see any CAS (clean and simple) cards made with galaxies, planets, Northern Lights,  Night Sky, just look up basically.

For my card I've used a Bugaboo Stamps digi: Martians, sadly  Bugaboo Stamps is out of business rn an extended break, but there's many others across the industry.

I've contemplated making my own galaxies as I've done before, but I came across this Craft Sensations 12x12 paper pad and it's actually supposed

to be a Christmas one, but I loved it for the moody skies and stars and so I cut one done for my Space. Finding the right bit and shape proved  a challenge as I wanted one bit with a nebula first and cut is with a wonky  oval like shape , but I didn't like it it was too narrow and long and the image would actually cover the Nebula.

so after a few tries , I decided to just cut a strip to go  across the cardbase and glued is down. 

I printed my digi and cut it out, then colored it with Graphit Brush markers and Spectrum Noir. I thought a yellow star didn't go with the background,. so I went Blue giant star color and Martians are green aren't they? Mounted the image with foamtape and adhered it to the card, slathered the star with Nuvo Shimmer pen and then slathered some of that shimmer onto the galaxy too.

The sentiment is from Whiimsy Stamps (Simple sentiment Strips) and I stamped it with Versafine ink.

To play along the AAA Card Challenges, see this.

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Show us! Leave DT after your name when you enter a card to this and the next challenge.

Happy Birthday is a celebration. right? so I shall enter it into the Less is More Challenge