Ski-sons Greetings

Hello friends. I haven't played at the AAA CAS card challenges for a while, so I thought I would give the current challenge a go. It's also a win for me as this is an excuse to make a Christmas card for 2020. This is the card I came up with.

I realised when I was planning my card, it was hard for me to keep it to one layer, so I inlayed the little town border from Lawn fawn. I added a post it paper behind the doors and windows to give the light effect. Then, I stamped my polar bear which was coloured with copic markers. To create the snow scene, I tore a piece of paper and used the edge to ink blend it with tumbled glass distress ink. Then, to make the splashing snow effect, I used the smear and swooshing technique by smearing tumbled glass distress ink, add a bit of water. Using a clear scrap acetate, I pick up the ink from my glass mat and swoosh it to my paper by lightly dabbing it. I repeated the same process using mermaid lagoon this time to deepen the snow effect. Here are some photos.

To finish my card, I added white acrylic and Distress oxide splatters  and stamped the sentiment "ski-sons greetings" below my card. 

Materials used: MFT Ski-sons stamp set

Lawn fawn- little town border die

tumbled glass distress ink, mermaid lagoon distress oxide, white acrylic paint

Copic markers for polar bear: E57, E55, E53 Clothes: B05, B02, B00 Scarf and shoes: G17, YG06,YG13 Ski: W5, W3, W1
This card is for the challenge below.

AAA cards - CAS Game #157

Thank you for stopping by and appreciating my work.

Till next project or card,

xo Clarissa

MFT Bithday Yay!

Hello friends. I'm back with another card, my first time to ink up this adorable MFT birth-yay set as my nephew is having a birthday next month. I was inspired by the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #472. First, I lightly ink blended my panel with tumbled glass distress ink using hero arts graphic pattern stencil. Then, I coloured my images with copic markers (colours are listed below). Fussy cut the images and used foam tape to adhere it onto my panel. For the sentiment, I diecut the word CHEERS (requirement of the current MFT Birthday Project) using MFT Pop-up alphabet and ink blended it using mermaid lagoon and mowed lawn. Used the sentiment "sending endless birthday wishes"  to finish off my sentiment. Here is my finished card.

I also added nuvo crystal glaze to give the balloons and "cheers" word some shine. 

Supplies used: paper - Neenah solar white 110lb

frame die - Simon says stamp

Alphabet pop up die - MFT

Birth-Yay MFT stamps

Nuvo crystal glaze

Hero arts graphic pattern stencil

Copic colours used:

Balloon, gift, cupcake and turtle shell - B05, B02, B00

Monkey - C7, c5, c3, c1

Bird body - C5, C3, C1

Balloon2, cupcake base - YR27, YR14, YR21

faces - E93, E000, E00

Ist balloon, turtle, and beak - YG99, YG17, YG13

Hat, cherry - R39, R17, R05

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

MFT Birthday Project - Cheers

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #472

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge -use a stencil

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge - shiny and new

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

xo Clarissa

Just a number

Hello crafty friends. I wanted to share this card,  a shaker card I made for a friend who is turning 50. To start off, I made the card base using novo shimmer powder , spritz water and heated with my heat gun. Coloured my image in copic markers. The sentiments, "fabulous and 50, I diecut from glitter cardstock. The remaining sentiment, "its your time to shine" I heat embossed using catherine pooler embossing powder. For the shaker element, I stacked 5 die cuts from mft nested rectangle dies, and sandwiched a clear packaging for me window.

Here is the finished card, hope you like it:

Supplies used: Uptown girl Stampingbella stamp

                        Fabulous die and 50 Ellenhutson

                        Nested rectangle frame die MFT

                        Nuvo shimmer powder -fallingleaves

                      (thank you inkyandstampy.com for sharing some supplies and introducing me to shimmer powders. Loved it.)

Entering this card for the current challenge at #7:

        

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Clarissa

Fall shaker card!

Hello crafty friends. Sorry I have been missing in action these last two months due to life stress. But I'm back and so relieved to be crafting again and sharing what I love. This is the card I made using My Favourite Things Fall Friends. 

I started by stamping the unicorn image in versa mark ink all over the panel and embossed it in WOW white embossing powder. Then inked the background with  distress inks honey mustard and carved pumpkin. Then cut out the front panel using MFT Stitched dome STAX die-namics and adhered the shaker window made from recycled plastic packaging and dome frame dies. Shaker elements were from Nuvo confetti.

For the inside panel, I coloured my images with Zig clean colour brush pens (thank you Julie for letting me play with these). I did a lot of masking to create my scene.

I have stamped a sentiment to finish off my card. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

 

and 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fall/Autumn Colours

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Clarissa