Encouragement Card with Muted Florals

Life can throw curve balls our way from time, and I've been very fortunate to be relatively healthy for much of my adult life. I'm currently waiting on test results however, that can change that course and take me down a road that many have followed. The most frustrating part right now is the waiting and I'm not a patient girl, haha! I do have my faith and that helps tremendously to keep me grounded, along with the support of family and friends. With all that being said, encouragement cards have always been my favorite card to make. We all need encouragement, and honestly, I can't imagine anyone not accepting it. While I'm currently facing uncertainty, I was drawn to make an encouragement card. It brought me so much joy and peace to create this card that features products from Scrapbook.com, Gina K Designs, and OLO Marker. Creative details below, with my supply list at the end.

 (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.)

The stamp set I'm featuring today is Gina K Designs Thoughtful Flowers. This is available individually as a stamp set or as bundle with the stamp and die set. The stamp set has a beautiful cluster of blooms, along with individual flowers, leaves and other elements, including a splatter stamp. The stamp set also has a good number of sentiments, which I love. You can never have too many sentiment choices!

Also, one of my favorite paper pads is from Scrapbook.com. It's an ombre paper that comes in a lot of different shades and mimics the look of ink blending. I actually went to my personal Facebook page and asked my friends to help me choose the pink or the green ombre paper for this card. The pink won!

I was kind of leaning towards the pink too, because it had that pretty yellow as well and that helped pull out the yellows in my colored blooms.

Let me also show you how I applied the splatter stamp. I simply placed low tack tape over my floral stamping, then stamped with the splatter stamp in the empty space. So easy!

I have to admit, coloring is my favorite part. All of my coloring was done with my OLO Markers in these colors:

YO2.3 - Butterscotch

YO2.2 Pudding

RV0.2 - Bubble Gum

R5.3 - Dusty Rose

YG8.3 - Lichen

YG8.5 - Moss

YO2.0 - Eggshell

R0.2 - Pink Lemonade

I really wanted soft, muted colors and I was so happy with how all of these colors paired together so nicely. When making my color choices, I generally swipe my markers on some scrap cardstock to see how they match up together, before applying the ink to my images. I passed over several colors because they were too bright or too dark for what I wanted to achieve.

I also used a white gel pen as an accent on my blooms and leaves.

 

Since I tend to create first and measure later, my full card dimensions were just over A2 sized, at 

4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. This could easily be scaled down a bit for A2 size if that is your cardmaking preference. 

I love how this card turned out and I can't wait to give it to someone who needs encouragement. If you'd like to browse for more product detail, or shop for any of the products that I used today, I've provided convenient affiliate links below. There is no added cost to you, if you click and shop through my affiliate links. If you make a purchase, the companies that I work with compensate me a few cents per dollar so, please consider shopping through my affiliate links. I appreciate it so much and every little bit helps!

Have a great day!

Terri

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Carrot Card featuring OLO Marker

Yes, indeed, today is International Carrot Day. In fact, it was a post on the Bolthouse Fresh Instagram page where I first heard about this notorious event, which inspired me to get a little creative. While carrots are one of my top 3 favorite veggies, I'm simply taking advantage of this day to do a little sketching and coloring as I occasionally like to celebrate unusual holidays. It's been awhile since I penciled up, and I had so much fun creating this colorful carrot that features OLO Markers. They're my favorite artist markers and I've been using them exclusively for awhile. If you decide you'd like to purchase some for yourself, I have clickable affiliate links scattered throughout this post.

 (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.)

Now, if you'd like to learn more about how the carrot earned it's own celebratory day, check out this link: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/carrot-day/

I also made a 36 second process speed video showing my drawing and coloring, over on Tiktok and Instagram, if you'd to check it out.

Pictured above, are the OLO Markers that I used on my carrot, plus a white gel pen for accents. For the center sections of my carrot, I drew in a touch of white gel pen, then quickly swiped sideways with my finger. This helps give a little highlight and accent the curve.

My coloring was done on 100 lb weight cardstock, by the way.

I felt like I needed to add more to my card panel, so I used a little tape to cover my carrot, then splattered on some Dylusions Black Marble Shimmer Spray. Rather than spraying, I unscrewed the top, then simply tapped the tube feeder to get little droplets.

The green patterned cardstock in the background is from one of my paper pads from Scrapbookcom, called Cotton Tail.

For my sentiment, I googled "carrot puns" and found that cutesy pun, "Sorry, I got a little carrot away". I typed it in Microsoft Word and printed it off my computer on white cardstock. A couple years ago, I downloaded a bunch of free fonts and this one came from Dafont.com and is called CJ Handwriting.

 

I really enjoyed creating this fun carrot card. I also tried to think of some appropriate occasions for giving someone this card. 

- Give one to your mail person or delivery driver after delivering an excessively larger order

- Give one to your spouse, after he/she walks in and see's that excessively larger order (haha)

- Hand one to your favorite barista for the outrageous customized specialty drink you ordered

Basically, it's a fun way to apologize!

You can also change the sentiment, there's lots of carrot puns out there. Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Terri

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Punny Spring Card for Your Paper Insider

I am so happy that Your Paper Insider invited me to create with one of their subscription boxes. I've had this idea for a pun themed spring/Easter card for awhile, and this was just the incentive I needed to finally bring it to life! Plus, the colors I needed jumped right out of the box. It was meant to be! Scroll down for a brief chit chat. I'll also have my supply list linked at the end of this post.

 (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'm creating with Box One today, the initial launch box of the mystery subscription kit. It's a quarterly subscription of curated papers and cardstocks  from all over the world, currently available to continental US mailing addresses only. Box One actually contains some very exclusive Gira papers from Japan.

In the photo below, are all the various papers and cardstocks included in this box, with the five colors I used at the top.

Here are those colors:

Gira Pink Pearl – 120g 8.5×11

Cosmo Vanilla Pearl – 94# 8.5×11

Wealth Warm Gray Weave – 100# 8.5×11

Sunny Yellow Cardstock – 80# 8.5×11

Touche Black Smooth – 111# 8.5×11

My goal was to have the papers be the star of the show and I certainly hope I've done that. My card dimensions are a little smaller than A2 size, measuring in at 5 x 4 inches.

I used my guillotine trimmer to scale down my Sunny Yellow paper into four A2 size card panels (4.25 x 5.50 inches). I then took one of those card panels and hand trimmed the top into an oval shape with my scissors.

I did some ink blending around the edges with Ranger Ink Distress Oxide Vintage Photo and a blender brush.

Next, I used a hole punch with the Touche Black Smooth Cardstock, for the eyes. I love the feel of this paper. It has somewhat of a matte finish and it is absolutely gorgeous!

For the beak, I trimmed a small section from the Gira Pink Pearl Cardstock, and trimmed two triangular corners. This is a very special cardstock, made in the Fukui Province of Japan. It has a luminous sheen that is unique and named Gira which means "sparkling".

I'm not going to lie, I felt a little guilty adding a touch of ink blending to my beak with more of the Vintage Photo ink. I wanted to add a little definition and see how it looked, but I definitely felt like I was messing around with royalty, haha! Truth be told, you can absolutely get away with no ink blending and still have a perfectly cute beak!

For my cracked egg shell, I trimmed some of the Cosmo Vanilla Pearl cardstock. This textured cardstock worked perfectly for my egg shell. I simply used my scissors to create a zig-zag pattern across the top.

Once I adhered my trimmed elements to my card, I splattered some light blue paint around for a speckled effect, using a wet paintbrush. You could absolutely eliminate this step. I mixed a little bit of blue ink from an ink pad with white acrylic paint to achieve this color.

 

Lastly, my sentiment was created in a handwriting font on Microsoft Word and printed from my desktop computer. I did edit the word "crack" to be in italics.

Although I'm highlighting one of the subscription boxes, you can also purchase these boxes ala carte but at a higher price point, after the initial release period of each quarter (if they're not sold out). There are also lots of other specialty papers available for purchase so be sure and check out all the offerings. 

There last subscription release was January 15th and the next release will be in April 15th. Check out the FAQ's section here for more information.

Make sure you're following Your Paper Insider on Instagram where they reveal sneek peeks and product reveals, along with lots of creative inspiration from other creators like me!

Click any of my affiliate product links for more information or to shop. Thanks so much for shopping through my links which are provided at no additional cost to you.

Terri

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Glimmering Peonies Birthday Card for Spellbinders

Hello friends, I'm back with another project for Spellbinders, creating with some of the new arrivals. The Glimmering Flowers collection is one of the new releases this month and I'm featuring several products. Scroll down for creative details that also include a bonus gift tag. I'll have my full supply list 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 absolutely love this release. I'm also a huge fan of stamping so I opted to use my Spellbinders Opaque Black Glimmer Hot Foil for my image which gives that stamp effect that I love. This is the Glimmering Peonies Hot Foil Plate and Layering Stencils set that I'm using. As of this writing, these went like hot cakes on the Spellbinders site and are currently sold out, however they are in stock at Scrapbook.com.

My sentiments were foiled on black cardstock using the White Opaque Hot Foil, with the new Glimmer Curved Everyday Sentiments Hot Foil Plate & Die Set.

I was going to make an extra card but had a little mishap with my foiling. I think I wiggled my paper when laying it down on my Glimmer machine and it wasn't a perfect foil. Rather than toss it, I was able to salvage a portion to create the lovely gift tag that you see below!

The inks that I'm using are from Catherine Pooler and I'll have those linked in my supply list below, as well.

Also, I recently purchased the Splatter White from Spellbinders. It's brand new and creates those delicious white splatters, without your card ink seeping through. I love it! A teeny tiny bit is all you need, diluted with a tiny bit of water. There's only 0.25 oz in the jar but it will last a long time. I usually create my mix on an acrylic block, then flick it off the edge of the block with my paintbrush.

The layering stencils accommodate 5x7 inch cards but I've scaled my image down to fit an A2 size card. The stencils are numbered, so you know the order in which to color your image. Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section. Have a great day!

Terri

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