Monochromatic Crokisses

Hello!
Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a monochromatic card using Crokisses!

     

Well, it's no secret that I wish I could color flowers, and bring them to life the way other colorists can! I am practicing, but it takes time! Ha! In the meantime, I still want to use those gorgeous floral images! So, this time, I used an oldie, but a goodie, technique: good ol' paper piecing!

So let's grab your scraps of paper, and your stamps, and get started!

- Once I had chosen the papers I wanted to use for my flower images, I stamped the image on each pattern!

- Next, to add a bit of life and dimension, I used my Warm Grey Copic Markers to add a little bit of shading! 

- Then, I fussy cut the images out!

- I arranged the flowers in the way I liked best, and then adhered them down to my card front.

- I stamped the sentiment in black ink

- Next, I added glitter to the shaded areas of the flowers! LOVE how that looks!

- I finished the card with just a bit of washi at the top and a splattering of enamel shapes!

You don't have to make this card in greys! I chose to go monochromatic in greys because it was something that intrigued me! But this would be beautiful in bright colors, too!!

I used the super pretty Crokisses stamp set, and finished off the card with a bunch of enamel shapes!

    

Did you see there won't be a release in June for Create a Smile Stamps, but there is a HUGE  sale! 

Thanks again for hanging out with me today!

~Samantha

   

Paperpiecing.....

Hi there I hope you all had a great weekend and are ready for another week full of inspiration.

Here is my card to start the week;

 

 

A few days ago I made a card and used paperpiecing so I got the idea to use the paperpiecing again for this card. Those great critters from the new release are perfect for this technique.



Again I used a top folded white cardbase and some patterned papers for the cardpanel. Both images were stamped several times on different patterned papers and fuzzy cut. I adhered them to the panel and gave them some dimension with foam tape and some copics.

Stamps;

Doctor's Helpers;



Patterned papers;

Feel Good and Sending Sunshine


Cool cuts;

Magical frame;



Enamel stickers;

Holly and berry





The paperpiecing technique is a great way to use your left overs from patterned papers.
The create a smile paperpacks are a good quality papers and you can even color the papers with copics to spice up your paperpiecing.
Just go through your stamps and find some images that are great for this technique because it is lots of fun.







We love to see what you create and who knows you will give the paperpiecing technique a try.

Have a great week;
Hugs Anja

Creating Dimension on Pattern Paper

Hello Crafters!

It's Kelly here and today I'm sharing a video on how I make pattern paper work for me.

If you are familiar with my projects it's no great secret that I don't use a ton of pattern paper. Usually, I'm happy to create my own patterns and shade them how I want. However, sometimes paper comes along that is so pretty I want to find a way to use it. These are the papers from the Snow Dance kit :) 

I often feel that pattern paper can make my card flat and I love the dimension created from coloring. I've made a video for you showing how I use Copic Markers to get some shading on my pattern paper pieces. (Say that three times fast ;)

If you don't have a lot of Copic Markers or can't afford a ton the gray markers are a great investment. You can shade almost anything with them! No copics? Use distress ink and a blending tool to get a similar look :)

Thanks so much for dropping by!

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