Life Happens

Hello Crafters! 

It's Kelly here and I'm bringing you a scene card that basically depicts my life right now. :) 

While I can relate to this card immensely at the moment I actually created with a friend in mind. Happy mail can do a ton to brighten someone's day so I wanted her to know I was thinking of her. I thought using the cute birdie from Lovely Critters would bring a little something extra with his cute heart beak and feet. 

I started by stamping down by bird and then the umbrella. Before I stamped the umbrella I used a baby wipe to take off the handle so I could extend it on my card with a pen. I then stamped the first cloud, masked it and stamped the other two. Again, before I stamped the second and third clouds I used a baby wipe to remove the ink from the rain drops making them just simple clouds. I used my Copic markers to color them in, adding little C shapes to give the appearance of fluffiness. i drew in a few tear/rain drop shapes below the one included in the stamp to fill in the space and bring the design together. 

I colored the bird and umbrella with Copic markers as well.With the bird I was careful not to over blend my colors so he would have some texture. I'm not sure that texture is feathers but it's texture nonetheless haha! The umbrella was shaded so there would be a highlight in the middle section of each panel, this helps create roundness in the umbrella.A dark shadow on the underneath the top portion of the umbrella also adds to the illusion of being "popped up." I used my white gel pen to add some polka dots to both the umbrella and the bird. I created a puddle underneath him to ground him and coated it with cleat Wink of Stella. I also added a little bit of shimmer to the top portion of the umbrella, where the "water" would be hitting it. 

Please, do yourself a favor and never accept stamps they way they are. Use your creativity to see how you can change them. It doesn't have to be anything crazy. Even wiping the raindrops and the handle off the umbrella allowed me to subtly change them and get a different look :) 

 If you haven't seen we have a new place to share all things Create A Smile. We have a new Friends and Family Facebook page!  If you haven't joined us yet we'd love it if you would and don't forget to share your beautiful creations so we can all ooh and ahh over them :) 

Supplies:

Create A Smile Lovely Critters Create A Smile Bad Day *Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK Ink065 *Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Ink008 EK Success WRITING PEN FINE TIP 55-30080 *ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320 Sakura 6 WHITE Gelly Roll Classic Medium Point Pens Set 57488 Copic Sketch Marker BG49 DUCK BLUE Copic Sketch Marker BG45 NILE BLUE Copic Sketch Marker BG11 MOON WHITE Copic Sketch MARKER YR09 CHINESE ORANGE Copic Sketch Marker YR04 CHROME ORANGE *Copic Sketch Marker Y38 HONEY Bright Bold Golden Copic Sketch MARKER C6 COOL GRAY NO. 6 Copic Sketch MARKER C5 COOL GRAY Grey Copic Sketch MARKER C3 COOL GRAY Grey Copic Sketch Marker C1 COOL GRAY Grey Copic Sketch MARKER V09 VIOLET Copic Sketch Marker V01 HEATH Violet Purple Copic Sketch Marker V04 LILAC Purple Pastel Copic Sketch Marker V06 LAVENDER Purple

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Congratulations Baby Card

Hello Crafters!

How are you guys? It's snowy as all get out here in Ohio but I just saw someone post that we spring ahead in 37 days so I'm looking at the light at the end of the tunnel. Not that I can complain too much it's been a very mild winter. With lots of happenings though :)

A co-worker of mine was recently blessed with another baby girl. I wanted to drop off some food to them (Who needs to worry about food with a newborn right?!) and also a card. Since Create A Smile has so many cute little images I knew it would be a snap to create. My biggest struggle was deciding what cuties to include!! 

I started by stamping the pig because he would be in the foreground. I masked him (or her!) and then stamped the stack of presents. I didn't need to mask the duck or elephant. The duck has black feet and so is the bow it's sitting on so no point there. The elephant is already designed to be popped over something. I just had to add two lines on either side of him so he would have a body. 

I did copic coloring with some light pinks and yellows. I wanted a neutral to balance it out and the cool grays were perfect. I added designs to the paper with a black journaling pen to color in. After the coloring was done I added even more detail with white, pink, and yellow Souffle pens. The dry opaque so they are perfect for adding color over color.  To set off the background a bit I outlined the images with a soft blue green color. 

The copics I used are: C1, C3, C5, Y00, Y11, Y02, Y08, RV10, RV11, and RV34. 

Try combining your stamp sets to get the theme you're looking for. None of these images came from a "baby" themed set and yet it all works to achieve just that. 

Don't forget to link your own projects up to our sidebar so we can enjoy all the cards you're making too! 

Thanks for dropping by! 

Friends and Couples 

Lovely Critters 

Poppin Over 

Wrap It Up

Dream of Summer

Hello Crafters!

It's Kelly here and I hope you all had wonderful holidays. It was 60 degrees  here which was weird for December in Ohio. However this past week has made up for it since we've had snow twice and it's now a balmy 14 degrees outside.

I'm getting ready for CHA this coming weekend so I've been thinking about all that warm weather while I'm stuck here in the snow. I wanted to create something that combined the two.

I started by ripping a piece of copy paper in two and using both sides as masks. I also added masks to the trees and hammock. I masked the "sand" first. I rubbed on Distress ink in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint sketch for my water. As I got closer to the "sky" I added in Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord, and Chipped Sapphire. I reversed the mask to create the sand using Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso. After I removed the sky mask but left the trees/hammock masks in place.

The white waves were created by pouncing on white acrylic paint with a stiff brush. Once that was dry I removed all the masks. I heat set the whole piece before heat embossing the snowflakes falling from the sky and the sentiment. The trees and hammock were colored with copic markers.

For those of you who would rather watch I was able to get a video together too! 

When you create a background with distress inks make sure it is completely dry before attempting any heat embossing. Distress ink stays wet a long time.

Thanks so much for visiting us!



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Winter Fun

A Christmas Parade

Hello Crafters!

It's Kelly here and today we are tackling another scene card.

I had the idea to create a Christmas parade in the city and I just couldn't shake the idea. Every time I sat down to create something it kept coming back. Sometimes you just have to do it :) 

I made a video to share with you guys. It is a bit on the long side but there is a ton of stuff going on in this card. 

I'm pretty happy with the way it  came out. What about you? :) Here's a close up so you can see the lights. 

Make sure your distress ink is dry before heat embossing your snowflakes. Distress ink stays wet for quite awhile so it will ick up any embossing powder you pour over it unless it's completely dry. 

Whimsical Wheels is being retired along with a few other sets. If you're in love with it now is the time to grab it. It won't be back again. All the sets being retired are here and they are all 25% off :) 

Thanks for dropping by!

Whimsical Wheels 

Winter Fun 

Wrap It Up 

Snow Dance Kit