Natasha's Colorful Creations

Kindness for Florals Instagram Hop – Graciellie Designs

Goodmorning my crafty friends! I hope you are doing well! Today I am sharing a beautiful stamp from Graciellie Designs – Hey Friend. I love this set and it is currently on sale! Today I am teaming up with some of my crafty friends on Instagram for an IG hop. I hope you will visit my instagram page to join our hop – you will be insprired by beautiful cards. Our theme for our hope is Floral Kindness – we all used a floral set, along with ink blending and stencils! It was so fun to see how beautiful and different they all are! Join in our hop and win prizes along the way!

I started by printing my images on Neenah 80lb card stock. I decided to experiement with ink smooshing using distress oxides and it worked! I used tumbled glass and worn lipstick. I then set my panel aside to dry overnight under some books. The next day I colored my images using my arteza everblend markers. I am excited to begin to use these more and learn new ways to blend! I love the bold colors!

Wen my coloring was complete I added a litle colored pencils for additional dimension in my coloring. I always get excited when I get to this part, I feel it all comes together! I then used a stencil from my stash and used glitter glaze from Brutus Monroe – Fallen Snow. This glaze is currently sold out, but it is so pretty! I love how much sparkle is in this glaze! Once the glaze dried, I added a few splatters usng Tattered Angels GlimmerMist. I then adhered my card panel to the card base and used foam tape to adhere my sentiment. Look how pretty this font is too…..

I hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to visit my instrgram account for our hop! You have until April 10th to enter the giveaway! Come join the fun!

Supplies Used:

  • Stamps: Hey Friend
  • Paper- Neenah 80lb cardstock
  • Coloring Medium Arteza Everblend markers, Arteza colored pencils
  • Other – Gitter Glaze

Have a good day! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Peony Hugs – Unity Stamp Company

Hi everyone! I am stopping in with a quick blog post….I was so excited to share with you that Unity Stamp Company has released the beautiful Peony Hugs from the artsit Graciellie Designs into a red rubber stamp! This stamp is so beautiful! I couldn’t wait to make a card! Unity Stamp Company is also hosting an amazing weekend flash and inventory sale! You can see it here. If you are inspired by my card, I would greatly appreciate you using my affiliate links! Thank you so much!

I stamped 2 images using the beautiful peony cluster. I used Canson Mixed Media paper. This is a light weight paper, but I knew I was going to do a light wash of color, so I knew it would be ok. I used distress inks to watercolor my peonies. I used picked raspberry and evergreen bough. I did each color twice. I used a very light hand on my coloring, this is different for me. I wanted to create a subtle, but very beautiful floral image. What do you think?

Once my watercoloring had dried, I used my scan and cut to trim these images. I then set them aside and aslo under heavy books for the night. I used a Gina Marie Designs background die. I love this die. I cut it in black cardstock and adhered this to my panel. The next day I added some gold splatters to my flowers. I played with a few different layouts, but once I was happy, I adhered them with foam tape to my card. I added my sentiment and a few sequins and my card was complete!

I am so excited about this beautiful stamp being released in red rubber, Peony Hugs! Its truly stunning and if you agree, visit my links! Be sure to check out the amazing flash sales – here !

Have a great night! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Miss your Face – Brutus Monroe

Happy Thursday Crafty Friends! I hope you are doing well. I am stopping in to share a bright and colorful card inspired by Jennifer McQuire. She is amazing and teaches me something new all the time! I was inspired by a recent you tube video she shared using multiple colors on stencils. I had to try it and I had the perfect stencil in my stash from Brutus Monroe – Circle Tone. I hope you enjoy my card and if you see some items I use that inspire you, I would love it if you shopped using my affiliate links! Thank you!

I started by placing my stencil on bristol smooth card stock. I taped it down to ensure it didn’t move! Overall I did pretty good, but I did have some ink move to other colors, but I was still happy with this bright fun card in the end! I used a rainbow of distress oxide inks (candied apple, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade, lucky clover, salty ocean, and seedless preserves). I started with the red and worked my way towards the purple color. I used my blending brushes and used my hand to cover the section next to it. You can see why I had a couple go over, but that’s ok!

I set my panel aside to dry for a bit. I worked on the sentiment. I love this one – miss your face! It’s so fun! I used the Super Sentimental set. I embossed the image using Brutus Monroe embossing ink and alabaster embossing powder. I placed foam adhesive under the sentiment and set it aside.

I was so excited to add all the glitter and sparkles using – Glitter Glaze (falling Snow). It is currently sold out at the moment. They do have other ones available here, as well as a monthly subscription! How fun! I used my spatula to place the glaze over the stencil and once it was complete I removed the stencil and set the panel aside to dry. Once my panel was dry I trimmed the panel a bit, as I wanted to show the back aqua card panel. I loved the addition of the aqua color and then I added the sentiment and my card was complete!

I hope you enjoyed this card and it brings you a little bit of happiness and sparkle to your day!

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Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

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