AAA Cards Challenge #115: Inspired by Nature

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The theme is: inspired by nature.

For my card I chose to do a chlorophyll print, meaning using leaves (or flowers) and your diecutting machine to press out the "juices".
Now when I filmed this, lots of plants were still dormant and not a lot of juice is flowing, I've tried fern, my favorite for this as it's not too wet and quite sturdy. But on this occasion it didn't really want to play. On my way home from my vegetable patch I also came across this grass like plant, I think it's cowsparsley but I'm not sure.
The technique is really simple you put your leave(s) on a cardfront or panel, in between kitchen paper, and then pass it through your machine as if you were diecutting.

The kitchen paper will soak up a lot, but not all juices in this case the "weed" I used was really juicy.
In the video you can see a few try outs as I had quite a few happy accidents as Bob Ross would say ;-).

As I got a lot of bleeding I decided to tuck the print behind a diecut opening, so to preserve as much white space as possible.

I used the Everyday Sentiments from Happy Little Stampers, with Versafine onyx black ink.
Mounted the panel with foamtape and adhered a few semi precious "rocks". I found this in the nail art section and I thought it would go perfectly with our theme.

I only put them in the recessed area, so not to add anymore bulk.

Happy Mother's day if you're one, my cats brought me a toy mouse once, that melted my heart :-D

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

You're dino-mite

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is: For the boys, showcasing Lawn Fawn products.

For my card I used the Lawn Fawn stampset Critters from the past, I stamped it with Simon Says Stamp intense black ink and colored it with  Polychromos pencils, then cut it out.

I diecut a circle from a panel and stamped the sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink, then I traced the opening onto the cardbase and applied Versamagic inks with finger daubers as I wanted a dappled kind of leaf canopy look.

I mounted the panel with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase and applied the too, then added Nuvo Shimmer pen to the dino. Added a few green enamel dots.
dino

For more information or to play along the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.

Vrooming by to say hi

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is: Ombre.

For my card I used Distress ink to make my ombre background ( Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick, Picked Rapsberry), then splattered it with a water and bleach solution.

I diecut the two borders from Marianne Design (LR0524 abd LR0368) from white cardstock and adhered them together and them mounted them with foam and attached it to the cardbase.

The image is from Gerda Steiner (vrooming by) and I stamped it with My Favorite Things hybrid black ink onto Crafter's Companion Premium Pencil paper and had the Scan N Cut cut it out. Then I colored it with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and odourless white spirits.

I only have the 24 colors set and still practicing the best combos.

Adhered the little fella with taperunner to the card,

I stamped the sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink.


For more information or to play along the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this.

Snowflakes in May

Well it could still happen, although it's close to 20C today :-)

I made another card for the Less is More Challenge, I had the idea last week, but not the time to execute.

Today I pulled out a grey cardbase.
Stamped the big snowflake f rm Joy Crafts with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Wow! Azure Mist embossing powder.
I stamped the sentiment also with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Wow!  opaque bright white regular embossing powder.

Then I diecut a few Craft Emotions snowflakes, dipped them with Versamark ink and also used the Azure mist on them.

Adhered the diecuts with tacky glue, mounted the sentiment strip with foamtape and added a few matching enamel dots.

I really like the pale blue frosty look against the grey (sky..lol Dutch skies not always blue).

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

Collab #3 with Jasmine Burgess: Mother's day

Jasmine's card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gelBOHqx_HY

ruff it's your birthday

Today I got this stampset from Gerda Steiner (dachshunds) and I thought it to be perfect for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: animal magic, although I cannot showcase Gina K products as I have none.

For my card I stamped the image and sentiment from the set with SSS intense black ink onto watercolor card. Sadly I messed up the stamping on the second pass of the sentiment and so I chopped it off at an angle and restamped it on the cardbase with Versafine onyc black ink this time.


I colored the image with the newest Talens Ecoline colors. Added Nuvo shimmer pen on the balloon, Heat set it to be sure and added foamtape, then added it to the cardbase.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.
Congratulation to the ladies who made the new SSSWC DT...so many applicants, including me, but I didn't make the cut.

Katzelkraft Monstres de Carpates as Virii or Virusses ;-) with video