Non-traditonal Shamrock Card

Hello friends, I have a non-traditional Shamrock card today, celebrating my Irish roots. This card features the Stitched Shamrock dies from Pretty Pink Posh, along with four different products from the Scrapbook.com Joyful Collection. Scroll down for brief, creative details, plus a COUPON CODE. I'll have clickable product links at the end of this post, as well.

(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 set out to make a colorful, non-traditional Shamrock card, however I also think this could double as a non-traditional card for graduation, retirement, a new job, etc. I ended up choosing some pretty patterned papers from the Scrapbook.com Joyful collection. I also used coordinating solid papers for my layered die cuts, using the word dies from from the Scrapbook.com Congrats Good Luck die set.

My shamrock die cut is also layered with another color and offset just a bit for a silhouette effect.

There's an amazing bundle right now full of several products from the Joyful collection at Scrapbook.com. There's currently a coupon code good through tomorrow, Sunday Mar.17th. Use code CRAFTY at checkout for added savings. Stop by the coupon/deals section too. As of this writing, there are a couple free add-on gifts with your purchase, including an adhesive roller and die set!

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Next, my center circle was cut using the Scrapbook.com Joyful Shaped die set, Thank you. The circle die also cuts a stitched circle frame, however I didn't use it for this card.

This is an A2 sized vertical card and all of my elements are popped up on adhesive foam.

I love occasionally stepping outside the confines of traditional cardmaking when it comes to making holiday cards. At least I stuck with green for the shamrock, right?  Haha. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day.

Terri

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Blackout Spring Card for Catherine Pooler

Happy Friday! I have another card for you today, featuring the new Party pastel inks from Catherine Pooler, and I'm using the blackout technique as well. Generally, I like to use the blackout technique with smaller images colored with markers but thought I'd try it with images from the CP Ukranian Eggs stamp set. I love the results. Scroll down for creative details and a bit of chit chat, as I tell you what my son had to say about this card! I'll also have affiliate product links at the end of this post if you'd like to browse or shop.

(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.)

This is an easy card to make, but a bit time consuming. If you're someone who finds coloring relaxing then you will love this!

 

I started by stamping my eggs randomly all over an A2 sized piece of white mixed media paper. You can also do this on heavy, smooth cardstock. I like the mixed media paper, because it doesn't leave marker streaks. After stamping with the solid egg from the stamp set, I then stamped on top with the same color of ink using the decorative egg stamps.

Next, I stamped the flower images from the stamp set, where there were gaps on the card. I decided to outline them with a black fineliner pen before going in with my black marker. I outlined the circles in the middle of the flowers as well and added more dotted embellishment. I also used a white gel pen on the blackout to give even more embellishment. 

If you're looking for perfection, you won't find it here. I began filling in my empty space with my black Copic marker. This does require some patience as it can be very easy to make a big mistake, if you're going for perfection. Luckily, I am not, haha. 

I decided to throw caution to the wind and ended up with  what I can only describe as wonky flowers. But, guess what? I love it. I really think this gives almost a cartoon effect. In fact, I consulted my know-it-all 22 year old man-child when I was finished, to get confirmation of the cartoon effect. He vehemently denied that it resembled any kind of cartoon image. What does he know, he's not a cardmaker. 

I stand by my initial assessment, haha. To quote an Egyptian Proverb, "A beautiful thing is never perfect". 

Lastly, I did some heat embossing for my sentiment on black cardstock, using one of the sentiments from the stamp set. Easter is coming early this year so you can easily swap out the sentiment. I also trimmed my blackout card panel down just a bit, so I could mount it on an A2 sized piece of black cardstock and adhere it to my A2 white card.

What do you say, cartoon effect? Yay or Nay. I'd love to hear your thoughts. If you disagree with me, I'll still like you, no worries.:)

See you next time!

Terri

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Watercoloring With Catherine Pooler New Party Pastel Inks

Hello friends. I'm participating in an InstaHop today for Catherine Pooler, to celebrate the new Party pastel inks that will be live in the shop later today. I'm featuring the new inks - Frosted, Creamsicle and Lemon Sorbet and they are every bit as delicious as they sound! I've paired my inks with the new Ukranian Eggs stamp and die set, heat embossing and watercoloring. Scroll down for creative details and I'll have more hop info at the end of this post, as well as affiliate shopping links.

(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.)

 Watercoloring is one of the easiest techniques and I'll have a one minute reel up on my Instagram and TikTok page later today, showing the watercoloring.

I stamped my eggs on mixed media paper using the Ukranian Eggs stamp set, clear embossing ink, then my CP Midnight ink, and sprinkled on the Catherine Pooler Halo embossing powder from Wow. It dries clear but gives a shimmery, sparkly effect to your heat embossed images. It's so pretty in person and I wish it showed up better in photos. You can see some of the shine in my Reel.

Before I actually began watercoloring, I die cut my eggs but kept them intact on my mixed media paper after the cutting, using tape on the backside. This allowed me to better see the outline of my egg for watercoloring. When I was done, I simply popped my eggs off the taped backing.

I also heat embossed a sentiment from the same stamp set with white embossing powder on black cardstock, then hand trimmed it to look like a die cut.

This slimline card is a bit larger than a mini-slimline, measuring 7 x 3 inches. Underneath my eggs is the new CP Spring Gingham patterned paper. This paper pack comes in a variety of colors, and I trimmed 3 squares at 1 1/2  x 2 inches. 

My scored and trimmed card was dredged along the edges with my Frosted ink pad, and I embossed a trimmed piece of white cardstock, dry embossing with an older embossing folder in my stash for added texture. 

All of my elements are popped up on adhesive foam for added dimension. 

Be sure and stop by the CP Instagram page and follow the instructions to qualify for a $100 gift card to be given away! Make sure you're following all the designers on the hop, leave comments at each stop and like (tap the heart) on each post. You don't want to miss out! The hop begins today at 9 am EDT and the giveaway ends March 18th at 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced the next day.

If you decide you'd like to add any of these products to your crafty life, I have convenient affiliate product links below. There is no additional cost incurred on your end to shop through my links. If you do, thank you. I appreciate it so much!

Terri

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