Natasha's Colorful Creations

Summer Bloom – Rachel Vass Designs

May 30, 2020

Hi everyone – I am excited to be back to share the beautiful new release from Rachel Vass Designs – Summer Bloom. I love this bold flower! This beautiful new set comes with a shaded version of the summer bloom, as well as unshaded! How fun is that! You can visit Rachel’s shop here

For today’s card I chose to work with the shaded summer bloom. I wanted to create a large floral image as the focus of my card. Once it was set to the size I was looking for I printed the image on Canson Mixed Media paper. I used my peerless water colors to color in my flower. I used a variety of shades today. I am loving these new water colors and how bright they are. Once my image was complete I set it aside to dry fully.

To create my card panel I chose to work with patterned paper from my stash. The papers I am using today are an older set from Stampin Up, it is double sided. I trimmed the side panel and used a punch to create the scalloped border on the pink. I then chose a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp and stamped this on gray card stock and heat embossed this using white embossing powder. I was then ready to assemble my card. I used my scan and cut to trim the floral. I used foam tape to pop up the floral, as well as the sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Summer Bloom – Rachel Vass Designs, Sentiment (Simon Says Stamp)
Paper: Canson Mixed Media Paper, Patterned paper (Stampin Up)
Coloring Medium: Peerless water Colors

Have a wonderful weekend! It is a bit cooler here today!

Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

EDS/HSD – Awareness Hop

May 24, 2020

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.

Supplies:

Stamps – May Kit of the Month/Unity Stamp Company
Paper: Canson XL Water Color Card stock, Recollections 110 lb black card base
Coloring Medium: Peerless Water colors
Other: Gold Watercolor (Hobby Lobby), Sequins, Gilded Gold Embossing Powder – Brutus Monroe

Thank you for your support! Crafty Hugs!

Natasha

Alex Syberia Design May Digi Stamp Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 17, 2020

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!