Guest Designer Sunday with Crafty Paws
It’s time for another Guest Designer Sunday!!
This month we are so excited to have Crafty Paws joining us!
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I am absolutely beside myself thrilled that I have been asked to be a guest designer for MarkerPOP.com! For my first guest design team project, I chose the super cute WPlus9 “Going Places” stamp set and the La La Land Stitched Cloud Border die set to make this scene card. It’s one of a series of cards that I made for my hubby to celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary, and I thought the “YOU MAKE EVERY DAY an adventure” sentiment from the stamp set was perfect to celebrate what has been a wonderful marriage–through thick and thin and everything in between.
To create the semi-stormy sky background, I used three Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire on 140 lb Strathmore watercolor paper. The layered smooshing technique (yep, I think that’s the technical term–lol) is a great, easy way to create unique backgrounds with lots visual texture and interest.
For the cloud formations, I used the La La Land Stitched Cloud Border dies with some fun polka dot vellum paper and shimmery white card stock. Having 2 different cloud dies to combine, tilt and mix and match makes for wonderful layered looks. I alternated with the vellum and the shimmery card stock and also popped up the card stock layers with double sided foam adhesive for extra depth.
I used the following Copic colors for the adorable little bunny and teddy flying away in the hot air balloon:
Bunny: W1, W3 and R30
Teddy: E31, E35 and R30
Teddy’s balloon and basket: BV01, 02 and 04; Y11 and 15; RV21, 23 and 25; E31, 35 and 37
Bunny’s balloon and basket: B000, 01 and 04; RV21, 23 and 25; Y35 and 38
Besides the basic masking of the bunny and teddy to put them into the baskets, the trickiest part of making this card was fussy cutting out the critters in their hot air balloons. The lines connecting the balloons to the baskets were so thin. But really, just using a sharp X-acto knife and taking my time, it wasn’t too bad. I did tear one of them, but the repair was easy (it’s all in the video below).
To match the black card stock card base (I have recently started a love affair with black card bases–I just love the way the colors on cards seem to pop from the dark card base “frames”), I stamped out the sentiment onto black card stock with VersaMark ink and used Sparkle N Sprinkle platinum opaque extra fine embossing powder. I cut a banner out of it, and popped it up on foam adhesive to match the depth of the cloud formations and the critters in their hot air balloons.
The following is a process video of making this scene card:
Thanks so much for stopping by and joining me for this exciting crafty moment! WOOF
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Thank you SO MUCH, Crafty Paws!!
Tags: Guest Designer Sunday, La-La Land Crafts, WPlus9
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Comments (13)
TracyM #6773
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SUPER CUTE card 🙂
LOVE the ADORABLE furries & balloons, LOVE the SWEET scene & dimension, LOVE the GORGEOUS background too … you could say that I LOVE IT ALL!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION!!!
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barb macaskill
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I absolutely adore this amazing card!! Great colors and an adorable scene!! TFS!
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Ruby N
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Omg how cute is this!!! Love the scene <3
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Yvonne C.
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Beautiful card!!! Love this cute stamp set, I don’t have the matching does also. Thank you for the video, so refreshing and easy to follow.
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Iris Esther López
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Very cute card.
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Mary-Anne V.
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Very very cute! love this little scene.
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Sue D
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Very cute–I like the sky and the clouds.
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Vinita Jain
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Omg! Love this cute creation with sweet images and a lovely use of puffy clouds with beautiful watercolored sky, just adorable!
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Taunya Butler
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What an adorable and super cute card – you have made an absolutely enchanting scene – such awesome details and incredible coloring make it OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!!
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D.Ann C
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Too stinkin’ cute! Love the scene and the background!
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Jamie Vanskiver
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This is terrific! Love the background and all the lil details you added!
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Annette Reed
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This is so super cute! I love it! Thanks so much for the tutorial.
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Migdalia Rodriguez
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I adore the pretty background. Super DUPER cute!
Have a blessed day,
Migdalia
Crafting With Creative M
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