Hi everyone and happy Friday! I have been on winter break this week, so I had lots of time to relax, craft, and enjoy being home with my family! It was a great week, it sure did go fast, but hopefully now we are one day closer to spring! For today’s card I am using the new Paint a Flower subscription from Altenew called Poppy! I was so excited to see them come up with a kit that is all about coloring & flowers… you know I love to color! I sure do love flowers! I can’t wait to see the next flower…..

I started by stamping the beautiful flower all over my watercolor panel background. I stamped it using WOW embossing ink, then used a gold embossing powder from Ranger. I used my Brutus Monroe aqua pigments. I had so much fun watercoloring with these. The level of color saturation is AMAZING… I love bright cards and the color on these is beautiful. I can’t wait to get more of these. On the flowers I used pink and purple, then on my leaves I used some green (with shimmer) and a little yellow. I then did a watercolor background as well using a shade of red. I used different shades of similar colors to add splatter to my card. I finished off the coloring with some similar shades of colored pencil as well.

I added a die cut hello sentiment, which I had cut 3x for added dimension. I added some sequins to the card base and added stickles to the center of each.

Craft Supplies used:

• Stamps: Altenew (Paint a Flower – Poppy)
• Paper: Canson Watercolor
• Coloring Medium: Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigments
• Other: Hello Die (from Michaels… I believe), sequins, stickles

Wishing you all a great day and weekend! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

I hope your week is off to a good start! I am on February break, which means lots of family time and crafty time! I have another beautiful Peony from Alex Syberia. You can see the beautiful Sketched Peony and more beautiful digi stamps at Alex’s online shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign

I chose to work with the beautiful new Sketched Peony! I knew when I first saw this stamp I wanted to create one large bloom as my focal point and wanted to use a variety of colors.

I started by printing the peony on Bristol Smooth card stock. I then colored my image using a variety of markers for this flower. I used both Tombow dual brush pens, as well as my Arteza brush pens. I then used colored pencils in the nooks and crannies in a deep red to add more dimension and interest to my flower. I then added Wink of Stella to the center of my flower in gold.

I then chose a piece of card stock and used an embossing folder on the background. I added a little splatter in gold as well. I then used foam tape to adhere the flower to the card base. For the sentiment I chose a friends sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh. I heat embossed this in gold and adhered it to my card. I then added a few gold sequins to the card base, as well as stickles in the center of the sequins.

Supplies:

• Stamps Used: Sketched Peony (Alex Syberia Designs), Pretty Pink Posh
• Paper: Bristol smooth cardstock
• Coloring Medium: Tombow Dual bursh pens, Arteza brush pens, colored pencils
• Other: Perfect Pearls, sequins, Stickles

Wishing you all a great day! Thank you so much to Alex for this AMAZING opportunity!

Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you had a nice week! I am back today using a new stamp from Alex Syberia. You can find her AMAZING blog here http://alexsyberia.com/ I encourage you to visit her blog and to see her beautiful work, as well as visit all the guest designers to see their work using her new release. Today I am using the Strawberry Cupcake image, you can find a direct link to her shop here https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign I had so much fun creating with the beautiful Strawberry Cupcake stamp! This image is so fun, beautiful, and versatile! I wanted to create a large cupcake for my card, that was the focal point for my design!

I started by stamping my image on Bristol Smooth card stock. I then colored my image using a variety of zig clean color brush markers. I wanted to use a variety of shades of pink for this card. Once my coloring was complete I fussy cut the image. I then chose a stencil from Gina K Designs for the background and blended using 3 shades of distress oxide ink: Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, and Tattered Rose. For my sentiment I chose a birthday script sentiment from Stampin Up (past Paper Pumpkin kit) and used versa mark ink in black. I chose an embossing powder with some glitter/shine. I then cut the sentiment into a tag shape and used a small hole punch to add a bow using twine.

I then foam mounted the cupcake and sentiment to the stenciled background and adhered this panel to my card front. I added a few pink drops to the panel for added dimension.

I hope this birthday card brings someone a smile!

Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Strawberry Cupcake(Alex Syberia Designs), Stampin Up
• Paper: Bristol Smooth card stock
• Coloring Medium: Zig Clean color brush markers
• Other supplies: Distress Oxide Ink, Gian K stencil

Have a good day! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha