Natasha's Colorful Creations

EDS/HSD – Awareness Hop

Hello Everyone…. I am excited to share with you that over on Instagram we are coming together as a crafty community to raise awareness about EDS/HSD and support @ehlers.danlos . The EDS/HSD are a group of connective tissue disorders that often go undiagnosed and unvalidated. Thank you for joining us in this effort to spread the word. Come join us over on Instagram to hop along for some gorgeous card making inspiration and the opportunity to win prizes form over 25 AMAZING sponsors. The hop begins with my amazing friend @handmadebytasha13 My friend Natasha has shared amazing resources and posts over the last week. I am sharing them here as well if you would like to learn more about EDS/HSD.

I was so excited to create a card to support my dear friend Natasha and I knew I wanted it to be special! Today I am using these beautiful tulips from Unity Stamp Company – Kit of the Month! I love receiving happy mail each month and the kit is loaded with AMAZING stamps! You can see this month’s kit here – as well as a link to other memberships as well! I started by stamping my image using WOW embossing ink and I used Gilded Gold embossing powder from Brutus Monroe. I used Canson XL Water color card stock today. I recently purchased Peerless water colors and let me tell you – I LOVE them! They are so bright and easy to work with! I also added a shadow in a gray tone around the tulips as well. I set these aside to dry.

I used the Grateful sentiment stamp from the April Kit of the Month – Unity Stamp Company. I stamped this on black card stock and used white embossing powder. Once my tulip panel was dry, I added splatters in gold. Then I ran this through my Spellbinders machine and used the Gina Marie Designs Only Pierced dots rectangle die. I used a Hero Arts rectangle die to trim the panel and then adhered this to a black card base. I added a few sequins to the panel and added clear drops to the center of each sequin.

I mentioned above that we have 25 AMAZING sponsors – come join us on Instagram for a chance to win these amazing prizes!!!!! You have until May 30th to hop along!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by! I am listing all the products I have used below. You can click on any of the links I have shared if you are interested in purchasing the products. The products listed are a compensated affiliate link, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I really appreciate your support.

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Thank you for your support! Crafty Hugs!

Natasha

Alex Syberia Design May Digi Stamp Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi Everyone and Welcome back! I am so excited to be a part of Alex Syberia’s May release and blog hop! If you have been following me for sometime, you know that I am a HUGE fan of Alex’s work! She is a talented artist, card marker, and she is truly the sweetest too! So I am so EXCITED & honored to be a part of this AMAZING May release and blog hop! You can see the new May release at Alex’s shop here and all her beautiful inspiration on her blog! Grab a cup of coffee or your favorite tea, you will love her blog and be inspired!!!!!

To celebrate this release, Alex is giving away 7 – $10 gift certificates. Please leave a comment on each of the participating designers’ blogs/IG accounts in this blog hop by 05/22/2020 for a chance to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs/IG accounts listed below and will be announced on Alex’s blog on 05/23/2020. Be sure to hop along all the crafter’s blogs to see the amazing cards! The hop begins with the Alex Syberia. If you are following along the hop you arrived here from the talented Ilda Dias. A full list of all blogs is listed below as well!

For my first card I am using the new Precious Flower set. I love Alex’s flowers, they are so beautiful and so much fun to color. When I work with digital images I work in word to create my card base. For this card I wanted to create a slimline card. The precious flowers were perfect for layering to create my card. I layered 3 Precious Flowers and turned them in different directions to create my card panel. I then printed my card on Canson Mixed Media paper and couldn’t wait to color! I used my Tombow markers for this card. I used the following colors: pink (723, 803, 685, 636), Blue (515, 528, 555, 620), and leaves (173, 228, 379). Between layers I let the color dry, then I add my next layer. When my coloring was complete I cut down the panel to create a slime line card. I then added splatters in white and a bright yellow. Once dry I adhered the white panel on a piece of black card stock, then glued this onto a slim line card base. I set this aside. I chose 2 sentiments from The Gray Muse – Favorite Card maker sentiment set. I heat embossed these on black card stock using white embossing powder. I used foam tape and added these to my card. I am loving the slim line cards and Alex’s flowers are just the perfect stamp for these cards!

For card 2, I combined 2 sets in Alex’s May release: Almond Blossoms and Kokeshi Doll Mitsuki. I was so excited to work with these dolls. They are all so beautiful and Alex has several Kokeshi dolls in her new release to choose from! I printed these images on Neenah 80lb card stock as I was going to color these in using alcohol markers. On the almond blossoms I used shades of light gray to color each flower. I also added a gold pen to the stamens of each flower. I was so excited to color in Mitsuki – she is just beautiful! Once my coloring was complete I used my Brother Scan and cut to “fussy cut” each image. I trimmed a black panel of card stock to add to my slim line base. I added gold splatters to the black card base. Once dry I adhered all the beautiful stamps to create my slime line. I chose a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh – Encouraging Greetings and heat embossed this in gold. This sweet doll, just makes me smile! Be sure to check out all the Kokeshi dolls in Alex’s release!

For card 3, I am using the Aloe Close Up card panel. I printed my Aloe panel on Canson Mixed Media Card stock and used my Peerless Water Colors to color this beautiful aloe plant! I used many shades of colors until I achieved the depth of color I was looking for. I let each layer dry between colors. I added a deep navy blue onto the nooks and crannies for added dimension. I adhered my panel to a black card base. To complete my card I heat embossed a sentiment from Hero Arts on black card stock using white embossing powder, I adhered this with foam tape. I added a few clear drops to resemble water droplets. I love this aloe plant stamped image!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I would love it if you would sign up to follow my blog as well if you enjoyed my work! Be sure to comment along the hop, you will be inspired along the way seeing all the AMAZING and beautiful cards using Alex’s May release.

The next person on the hop is the super talented Laura Jane.

A full list of crafty bloggers is here…… be sure to stop be everyone’s page to share some love using Alex’s beautfiul stamps!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you will check out all of Alex’s new release, I know you will love it!

Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Thinking of You – Rachel Vass Designs

Hi everyone – it is release day over at Rachel Vass Designs. Rachel’s newest digital stamp set is called – Mock Orange Blossom. This set is beautiful, you can check it out here.

I started by working with my image within word. It is fun to resize the image, this allows you to create many different types of cards using 1 stamp set. For my card I used 2 branches. I printed my images on Canson Mixed Media paper. I used my Tombow markers to color in my image. When working on Canson mixed media I place the color on my glass mat and then I pick up the coloring using a water brush. I have found this to work the best, as well as allow the coloring to dry between the layers. I added serval layers of color and completed the coloring by adding some shading to the nooks and crannies. I also used a white gel pen on the flower stamens to allow those to “pop” out.

When my coloring was complete I used my Brother Scan and Cut to “fussy cut” my branches. I added foam tape to both of my branches, as well as the sentiment and set them aside. I then created a water color background on Canson Water Color card stock. Once my card panel was dry, I adhered this to an A2 sized card, adhered my images, as well as my sentiment. I added a few sequins for added shine at the end.

I hope you enjoyed this card! If you haven’t tried digital stamps yet, I would encourage you to try them! Visit Rachel Vass Designs to see this new release plus many other beautiful sets!

Supplies Used:

  • Stamp: Mock Orange Blossom
  • Coloring Medium: Tombow Markers
  • Paper: Canson Mixed Media, Canson Watercolor Card stock, Recollections 100 for card base
  • Other: Sequins

Have a great rest of your Saturday! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

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