thankyou stars

• SU!- so very much
• Archival ‘jet black’ ink pad
• Watercolour cardstock 
• Tim holt distress ink pads/reinkers 
• Pixie powders
• Silver star sequin/ embellishments

To create my main panel, I brushed water on to a piece of water colour card. I squished the ink pad onto a palette and added some water. I used a big brush to pick up the colour and touch it to the wet cardstock. I added a small tap of coordinating pixie powders over the top to add shimmer. I left this to dry, removing excess water if necessary. You could use mica powders and reinkers to do this technique if you preferred. 
  

Once fully dry, I stamped the large sentiment stamp slightly off centre, then added the smaller phrase to the bottom corner. I cut the panel down to size and matt and layered onto some black cardstock. I glued this onto the front of my card blank.

The final touch was to add small star embellishments to the card, I think this helps balance the design and completes the sketch. I like how this card uses distress ink to create quite a soft and pretty finish.
  

Mx

I would like to enter:

Simon ‘Wednesday’ says - “distress it”

Cas(e) this sketch #284

Fairy birthday

• My favourite things- big birthday die
• Lawn fawn- large dotted rectangle stackable
• LOTV- fairy a5 stamp set 
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad & dual marker
• Neenah classic crest 
• Copic- C1. E50,51,93. RV42,R43,R32. Y32,YR21. BG70.
• Watercolour cardstock
• Tim holtz ‘squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick’ distress ink pads
• Cosmic shimmer ;burnt orange, straw yellow, scarlet mist’ pixie powders
• Wink of stella’clear’ glitter brush marker
• Cosmic shimmer ‘crystal stars’ glitter jewels

 

I made a water colour background and die cut the happy birthday letters from it. I die cut a panel of white cardstock and positioned the letters, then glued them down flat. I stamped my fairy image to fit in the top corner on to the panel. I coloured the image and added sparkle to the wings. I glued the finished panel to a card blank. The final touch was to glue on some crystal stars for a bit of extra sparkle.

Mx

I would like to enter:

The paper players #389

Simon Wednesday says :’sparkle and shine’

Endless birthday wishes...

• SU! Endless birthday wishes
• Avery elle- a tag for all die
• Midnight pixie powders
• Archival 'jet black' ink pad
• Watercolour cardstock
• Silver mirri and black cardstock

I created the background on watercolour card by adding pixie powders to the top corner and spraying them with water. I tilted the card to create the runs, then dried with the heat tool for speed. I die cut the 'birthday' from black and silver cardstock and layered them up slightly off set to create a drop shadow effect. I completed the card by stamping the other sentiments and adding it onto a black card blank.

Mx

Butterflies

• SU!- butterflies thinlit die
• SU!- cottage greetings
• Wilted violet distress ink pad & aubergine dream pixie powders
• Peacock feathers distress ink pad & teal wash pixie powders
• Fossilized amber distress ink pad & straw yellow pixie powders
• Watercolour cardstock
• White glitter cardstock
• 4x6" card blanks

I used a combination of ink and pixie powder on watercolour cardstock to create three different coloured backgrounds. I squished ink onto my palette and diluted with some water. I brushed this onto the cardstock, sprayed with more water and added a sprinkle of powder. I blotted the excess water and paint at the edges, before drying with a heat tool for speed. I then used distress inks to stamp a sentiment onto each background. I also coloured the outer edges of the card blanks to coordinate, using blending foam and the distress ink pads. For the main feature, I die cut butterflies from glitter cardstock. Finally, I layered each of the backgrounds onto the card blanks then glued the butterflies in position.

I would like to enter the following challenge:
Paper players - cas butterfly

Mx

Birthday wishes!!

• Pixie powders - aubergine dream & silver dream
• Avery elle- a tag for all dies
• SU!- endless (birthday) wishes
• Watercolour cardstock 
• Black cardstock 
• Silver mirri card

I cut a matt of watercolour cardstock and sprinkled on some pixie powders to the top corner. I then sprayed with water and dried using a heat tool. I diecut the birthday sentiment from black and silver card and layered these together to create shadow. I glued the matt on to a card blank made from black cardstock. Finally, I added the diecut sentiment and stamped the 'wishes' below. 

 

Mx

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cas(e) this sketch #195
Simon says 'think pink'