Water Colored Winter Bird with Dry Emboss for Spellbinders

What is your favorite coloring technique? Without a doubt, mine is water coloring, although it seems I don't spend as much time as I'd like with this medium. The thing that I love about it is layering and building color and depth. I've really been into creating cards with warm tones lately, and this trend continues with today's card.

For this project, I paired products from the Spellbinders/Simon Hurley Joyful Christmas collection and Floral Reflection collection, featuring the Tile Reflection 3D Embossing Folder. Scroll down for creative details!

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

I started by tearing edges off an A2 sized piece of Strathmore watercolor paper, because I wanted a distressed look. I ended up with a 3 1/4 by 5 inch watercolor panel. I used the smooshing technique for this panel which involves pressing an ink pad (preferably water based) onto a craft mat, then spritzing with a little water. Just randomly press your card or paper into the mixture, then heat dry. The ink that I used was Ranger Distress Ground Expresso and Oxide Ink.

Next, I stamped my image from Winter Woodland using my hybrid ink pad from Scrapbookcom called Leather. Hybrid inks are good for water coloring or coloring with alcohol inks. Stamping with this color ink gives more of a no-line coloring effect and realism.

I used my Kuretake Zig brush markers from the Smoky collection for the coloring of my image. Just swipe on a craft mat and grab the color with a wet detailed paintbrush.

You can see a reel that I posted on Instagram using these colors here.

To give my berries a "frosted" look, I used a white gel pen. I also dotted some on my bird.

My background panel was embossed using the new Tile Reflections embossing folder and I also embossed my watercolor panel around the edges. To make it pop a little more, I used my finger to grab white pigment ink from my ink pad and rub directly onto the embossed images.

It adds so much more interest, don't you think?

Lastly, I mounted my watercolor panel with adhesive foam, then added a fussy cut, stamped sentiment, also mounted on foam. The total dimensions of my card were 4 1/4 x 6 inches.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I've scattered affiliate product links throughout this post and you can just click on them to go directly to the product for more details or to do a little shopping for yourself! I also have many of the products linked below that were used for this project.

See you next time..... Terri

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Spellbinders Floral Reflection Release - Negative Foiling

The new Floral Reflections collection is live at Spellbinders! When I saw the products for this collection I immediately envisioned black on kraft cards. I try and listen to my instincts and I'm so happy with the results. I also loved creating a negative foiled focal point for one of my cards. Scroll down for a few creative details!

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

For my mini-slimline card, I began by foiling the top and bottom of my kraft cardstock with the Glimmering Just For You hot foil plate, angled just a bit. It took me a couple tries to figure out exactly where I needed to line up my plate for each foiling. I used the black hot foil and my Glimmer Hot Foil 

System.

 

Once my foiling was complete, I die cut black flowers and leafy stems using the new Sealed Wildflowers from the Floral Reflections collection, piecing them into my floral scene.

I have a reel explaining how this was done, here.

I also embellished my die cut blooms with glitter glue, then popped up my sentiment on adhesive foam. A little bit of black acrylic paint was dotted onto my card for a finishing touch.

For my second card, I embossed my kraft cardstock with the new Tile Reflections embossing folder. I love this design and when offered the opportunity to take it for a test run, it was a no-brainer!

I wanted my centerpiece to be this stacked layer of kraft and black cardstock, cut with the Floral Reflections etched dies and my Platinum Six die cut machine.

For the topper, I saved my negative foiling that I used on the previous card from the Glimmering Just For You hot foil plate.

This is soooo easy to do! This is where the new Solid Glimmer Floral Reflection hot foil plate comes in.

After your solid plate is hot enough on your Glimmer machine, lay down your negative foil, shiny side down, then cardstock, etc. (follow the standard hot foiling process).

You end up with a beautifully foiled negative image! 

I made a fun, super short reel spotlighting that topper, here.

                                        

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you have any questions, be sure and leave them in the comment section. I appreciate you! I've got scattered affiliate links throughout this blog post, so just click on any of the product links for more information, or to do a little shopping for yourself.  See you next time....

Terri

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Monochrome Christmas Card for Spellbinders

Hello friends, I'm back with another card featuring products from the Spellbinders/Simon Hurley release, Joyful Christmas. There are a lot of fun techniques on this card and I created a fence using the Candy Stripes die, as well. Stay with me for a few creative details below!

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

I decided to create a winter monochromatic theme with sepia overtones. To begin, I created a wintry sky with my Ranger Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo on a white card panel for this A2 size card. Just tear some thin computer paper or tablet paper and ink blend above the edges. Vary the torn strips and drop down about 1 1/2 to 2 inches between each "cloud". 

I made a quick 1 minute YouTube video a few years ago to show how this is done. You can view that here: Torn Paper Clouds Video on Youtube

I stamped and die cut the deer from the Winter Woodland Stamp/Die Bundle, then colored with Copic Markers.  My sentiment was inked with Distress Ink Vintage Photo and I embellished the wording with a white gel pen.

I hand cut my snowy slope and ink blended a "path", also using Vintage Photo ink. Next, I splattered white acrylic paint all over my scene and deer.

My fence was created using the Candy Stripes die cut on kraft paper with my Spellbinders Platinum 6. It was folded in half, glued, then trimmed to fit the dimensions of my card. I saved some of the larger negative pieces and tore the top edges to make posts for my fence. I also used a black marker and white gel pen to make "nails". 

I have a short reel on Instagram, talking about the fence, that you can view here.

I love extending the use of my dies and finding other ways to use them. I'll definitely be making more fences in the future! I'm so glad that you stopped by. If you'd like to do some shopping, I've provided convenient affiliate links below. There is no additional cost to use these links and I appreciate it so much when you do. See you next time!  Terri

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