New to Splatters

So here's my story of my splattered card.... 

I was so taken by the pretty colors at ColourQ this week that I had to make a second card. For my card, I stamped various flowers from MFT Sketched Blooms along the bottom of a white card panel in PTI Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, Sweet Blush, and used New Leaf to color in the petals. I nestled the sentiment from But somehow I ended up with two little black ink dots unintentionally. Hmmmm, what to do? 

I had already stamped these blooms several times and this was the first one that had no stamping smudges on the flowers (this is what happens to me when I craft until 2am!). In the past I've tried using white gel pen to correct stray ink but have never been completely successful with this correction technique. Then I remembered Lizzie Jones' Mastering Drips and Splatters video from last week's Stamp-A-Faire at PTI. The stray ink spots looked like ink splatters so I thought I should add a few more to make it look more artsy and intentional. 

So I created some extra splatters using black watercolor paint and a touch of water using Lizzie's techniques in the video. My problem is that my splatters ended up in the one place I did not want - ON my sentiment. UGH! 

Oh well. I still love how it looks overall but that one splatter on the S is killing me! :) 

I finished the card off with a strip of Melon Berry striped paper on the bottom of the stamped panel to ground the flowers before adding it to the Enchanted Evening card base. 

I'm glad I tried the splatter technique which is so out of my comfort zone and will definitely try again!  So glad PTI gave us an opportunity to try and share our Masters Inspired creations for this SAF remix.  Thanks for popping in! Have a great weekend. 

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Creating Like Crazy Instead Of....

Hello friends -

Good news is that I've been busy creating a lot lately. Bad news is that its keeping me from working on what I really need to be doing - TAXES! UGH. The evil procrastination monster strikes again!

But on to fun stuff! My first card was inspired by the Muse challenge this week where the fabulous Tracey is the inspiration. I wanted to make something light and airy so I went back to my tried and true PTI Circle Scribbles set. I stamped in the same colors and general placement of her flowers. In place of sequins, I stamped smaller scribbles in gold (like Tracey's embossing).

Tracey's gorgeous card - 

Next card is for the fun ColourQ challenge this week - 

I used the PTI diagonal stripes coverplate to create my black and white background. This is so easy to use when you adhere the card stock to a double sided adhesive sheet first. Easy peasy to place down on the card base using the coverplate as a guide. I die cut the Hip Hip Hooray from the Phrase Play line in Hawaiian Shores. The stripes look even better in real life. 

Next up is my card for the PTI Make It Monday this week which challenges us to customize our patterned paper. I definitely wanted to try this because I have SO MUCH patterned paper that I never use. I have a few of the PTI patterned paper packs but I NEVER use the big polka dot paper. Lizzie's idea to stamp randomly on the paper is brilliant.  It took me a while to find a good image that I liked and was the right size but I ended up loving this little flower from the Cup of Cheer set. 

Patterned paper is the from the soft stone collection. I stamped flowers in Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, and Sweet Blush. Sentiment and die from Sentiment Splits. 

Last card for today is for the February One-Layer Simplicity challenge - FRIENDS. 

Sentiment is from PTI Choose Joy, flower from Flower Fusion, and "grounding" lines from Ombre Stripes. 

Whew, that's it for now. I'm really gonna stop crafting now and eat the frog. REALLY! :)

Have a great weekend! Thanks for popping in!

On The Runway

One of my favorite challenges is the Runway Inspiration Challenge. Love the dresses the DT selected and the cards they made.

Here's the inspiration from Betsy -

Love the contrast of the blue and white and how the bottom of the card changes background. On the top its a dark blue background with white flowers and toward the bottom its white with blue flowers but the transition happens in short of a diagonal asymmetrical way. So here's my take - 

I used Sentiment Splits curved dies to create two panels - a larger Enchanted Evening on the top and white on the bottom. For the top panel I embossed medallions from Giga Guidelines in white. I stamped all the medallions on the panel in Versamark first before adding the embossing powder so it was hard to keep track of which designs were next to what. Just noticed that I have two of the same medallion right next to each other! UGH. That's what happens when you are working so fast. 

For the small bottom panel, I stamped in Enchanted Evening. Panels are propped up with foam tape and the curved sentiment stamped in the split. 

Second card to share is for Betsy's Mix and Match challenge. I used three different American Crafts patterned papers with the Tipped Top dies and stamped the sentiment on a Keep It Simple frame. 

Haven't yet had a chance to check out everyone's creations from yesterday but will do soon. Thanks for taking a peek and hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend!