Cardmaking Blonde bringing you a glimpse at one of the stamps in July’s Flavor of the Month card kit along with the sentiments on the stamp set as well. This image was perfect for making a one layer card! Since the majority of the content was so close together I only focused on shading in the larger areas like the ocean and the sky.
This month’s kit is called In The Tropics. If you want to be sure to get yours sign up for a subscription. The kit will reveal Saturday, July 25th at midnight EST. Should you choose to wait for the reveal get one in your cart as soon as you can before they’re gone!
Thanks for stopping in and I look forward to seeing your comment this weekend during our reveal hop.
Using Arteza markers to color this image up which was stamped out in Memento Rich Cocoa ink, used a wonky stitched circle die to give her a landing area. The donut background paper came from the Summer Floaties paper pad which was cut using a stitched rectangle die which created the perfect size to fit it onto the pink card front. A few finishing touches with Nuvo Aqua shimmer pen with the gold in it and some glossy accent for the shades, lips and icing to make them shiny.
Hello hello!
Kim here a.k.a. @Cardmaking Blonde. I hope today’s post is finding you happy and getting your Summer vibe on! Even if we are revisiting the glory of our front and back yards and what amusement they can hold for us as we try to beat the heat. The cutie on the card above is ready to roll no matter where she goes!
This may just be my favorite image I have colored from SFL’s Summer Floaties stamp set so far! (To be fair I felt that way about the last image as well so there’s that.) In my mind’s eye this little girl is in real life somewhere being as fabulous as I imagine she is and strutting her stuff as she beats the heat of Summer in all her cuteness!
Even with her shades on I swear that little face is saying “I am ready for whatever the Summer has in store. BRING IT!” How does that saying go? “Here’s to STRONG women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.”
Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today and checking out what SFL has in store for you for this Summer. I hope you find just what you’re looking for.
I realize that we have all been grounded as of late but that hasn’t stopped me from dreaming. I have a few cards here that I created using the Best Life collection from April’s Flavor of the Month Card Kit. Come along with me for a quick rundown of my cards.
If you’ve seen the stamp set you’ll notice someone is missing, for this card I just wanted the scooter so after coloring it, I cut it out went around the edges with a memento marker and adhered it in the oval.Â
This card came together because I didn’t want to cover up too much of the background paper. I love all the mail images and was having a hard time choosing just one square that I wanted to use. In this collection photo corners were one of the embellishments and every time I see them I see arrows so after trimming off the edges I thought they made pretty convincing arrows.Â
I pulled in a stamp set from my stash that I thought would be perfect to send to my friend living over seas.Â
If you’ve had a chance to do the challenge on the SFL Show and Share group on FaceBook this may look familiar. I used the sketch challenge for this card.Â
I loosely followed the same sketch for this one but had some leftover pieces that I wanted to use. Once I put the sentiment on the tag it looked a little lonely all by itself so I cut out a few of the icons and added them to the tag.Â
Thanks so much for joining me today and taking a look at what I came up with using this collection from our April Flavor of the Month Card Kit. Don’t forget to sign up for a subscription if you want to be sure to get your hands on May’s kit. April’s sold out!
Hello everyone! Jackie here from Jackie’s Craft Table. I hope you’re all having a fun holiday season! I’m taking a break from Holiday Card crafting to create a fabulous friendship card!
The stamp set I’m using is calledGirlfriends from Art Impressions, and I’m also using some chevron pattern paper from Scrapping for Less calledFairy’s Garden.
I decided to pull out my Prismacolor pencils to color in these ladies. I love AI stamps–they’re quirky and cute. They also provide you with a great example on the packaging of how to color in their images. For the most part I used their example as my inspiration, but I did change up the colors to match the cheery chevron pattern paper.
I colored them in pretty simply. Below you’ll see a list of the pencils I used. After I finished my coloring, I pulled out my Gamsol which is an odorless mineral spirit. I dipped a paper stump into the Gamsol and gently blended my colored pencil work. It breaks down the wax from the pencils and smooths out the coloring. It also helps to brighten the colors.
Prismacolor Pencils:
Both Ladies – Skin: Beige 977 & Beige Sienna 1080, Hair: Sienna Brown 945 & Chocolate 1082, Lips: Process Red 994, Cheeks: Magenta 930
Lady on Left – Sweater: Light Aqua 992 & Muted Turquois 1088, Pants: Blush 928 & Clay Rose 1017, Shirt: 50% Cool Grey 1063, Shoes: Goldenrod 1034
Lady on Right – Sweater & Shoes: Apple Green 912 & Dark Green 908, Pants: 50% Cool Grey 1063
To pull this card together, I used a scalloped oval die to cut out my image and added some foam tape behind it. I used a banner die to cut out the chevron pattern paper, and I adhered everything down onto a piece of green card stock. This is a top-folding, A2 sized card. I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of pink card stock and adhered that over my oval. I love the sentiments in this set–so funny and cute! For a touch of sparkle I added some green gems diagonally across the card.
You can check out my process video over on myYouTube channel.
Check out theScrapping for Less Shopto find the products I used for this card and many other fabulous products!
Hi Everybody! Kim here and today I am using A Winter Gnome by Picket Fences which brings cuteness with just a face. I don’t know how they have managed to accomplish this but I’ll take it because this little gnome head is just adorable and without even seeing his eyes he screams Winter! I knew when I pulled this stamp set out to play with…er I mean work with it that I definitely wanted to use Kraft cardstock. I also wanted his beard to be very white and I thought the Kraft cardstock would work well for this. Originally I was going to adhere the naked trees down on top of Kraft paper but while making another card with Carta Bella’s Christmas 6×6 paper pad the snowflakes on top of woodgrain sheet caught my eye and I thought those trees would look perfect on top of that paper instead.
I heat embossed the image on Kraft cardstock with detailed white embossing powder after stamping the image with Versa Mark ink. Blues of course work for winter, I was going for an ombre effect so I started with Navy and worked up with lighter blues by section. Coloring with Derwent Inktense pencils I guess I just forgot that they don’t resist water in any way and thought I could wipe the color off the white embossed areas with a baby wipe but that did NOT work the way it did in my head. So I ended up fussy cutting the image out and using a label punch to punch out the sentiment.
Instead of the white embossing powder which I had already embossed by the way resisting the blue it looks like it just absorbed it. Not what I was going for but it certainly became what I was going with (insert wink emoji here). After adding some sequins with Multi Medium Matte I then used a white Signo pen to trace over some of the details in the gnome’s hat to make them look whiter. I also decided that his beard needed some of that white Signo pen treatment as well. All in all I am happy with this card and per usual seeing about a dozen other ways I would like to use this stamp set.
Thank you so much for checking out the blog today, I hope you take some time for yourself and get crafty.
Hey everyone! It’s Lynnea! Have you ever tried coloring an image with Nuvo Dream Drops? I did and the results are fantastic! I have a video for you and you can find the products I’ve used in the Scrapping for Less store!
Then came the fun part! I squeezed out some of the Indigo Eclipse Nuvo Dream Drops onto my glass work surface and picked it up with my stylus and “colored” with the Dream Drops! How cool! I love that the Dream Drops allow the stamping to show through because they are translucent.
I added some stamping to the background of my cards for interest using a My Favorite Things background stripe stamp and the stars from the Critters Ever After stamp set. Then I added my images with foam squares! Check out the video below!
Hi crafters and welcome. Today I am using the “Through Thick and Thin” stamp set by Gina K Designs to do some no-line Copic Coloring, which can be very scary.
I stamped my image using second generation stamping with a Copic safe Ink to give a very faint outline but one that I can see well enough to do my coloring. I did a bit of masking to stamp my flower and leaves multipole time.
I colored my flowers using a 4 color blend concentrating on the details within the image itself to guide me as to where I need to put my shading and details.
I created a drop shadow and a frame around my images and added my sentiment. I finished off the card with a few Dream Drops by Nuvo.
Be sure to check out the video for more information. Thanks for stopping by and have a creative and crafty day!
Hi crafters. I hope you are having a great weekend getting inky!!. I am stopping by today with a project using the Young Love stamp set by Penny Black.
This image is adorable and full of so much detail, it is perfect for any level of colorist. I left the card pretty simple as the image pretty much can carry an entire card on its own.
I colored the image and die cut it out with a stitched square die. I layered that onto a piece of Kraft Cardstock and created a square card at 5x5.
Be sure to check out the video for tips and tricks on coloring this image. Thanks for stopping by and have a creative and crafty day!
Hello crafters and welcome. I am sharing a card I created with the Gina K Designs stamp set called Whimsical Wildflowers.
I wanted to make this look like a chalkboard and honestly had no idea how to achieve that look. I experimented by stamping my image with white pigment ink and colored them in with my Polychromos. I dabbed on some of the pigment ink around my images with a dray paper towel and adhered my panel onto a white A2 size notecard.
Be sure to check out the video for more information. Thanks for stopping by and have a creative and crafty day!
Hi Crafters!! Despite the weather right now, Spring really is right around the corner. So, to celebrate that, I am using the Colors of Spring FOTM card kit for my card today.
I stamped my image from Stamping Bella onto my white card stock and colored her with my Copic Markers. I added my sentiment from the SFL stamp set in the Banana Split level kit.
I adhered my pattern paper onto my card base and layered my main panel on top of that with a small black border on each. Of course, I added some sparkle to her dress and called this one done.
Thanks for stopping by and have a creative and crafty day!
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