An extended magic color slider scene!

Hello crafty friends, happy New Year, and this is my first post for the year 2020. Today, I decided to use the Lawn Fawn magic color slider die  and teamed it up with the Critters from the Past stamp set. I used this to make a fun interactive card that I hope my nephew will enjoy when he begins sliding the pull tab. First, I assembled the magic color slider, stamped and coloured my images with copic markers. Then, I challenged myself to draw the background scene using copic markers once again.

When I finished this, I thought to myself that I wanted to make the scene bigger as I loved it so much. So I ended up masking my color slider and some images, and using my stamp perfect, I stamped the images again in another card panel to extent my scene. Used the same colors I have used for the images in the magic color slider as shown below.

I followed the current lawn fanatics inspiration board as I love these colours.

Here is my finished card. Hope you like it.

I am entering into the Lawn Fawnatics current challenge 67 - Inspiration Board

Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting. I enjoyed making this so much and I hope you try it too.

xo Clarissa

Happy new Year!

Hello crafty friends, and today is the last day of 2019. I decided to color this sweet image "A new beginning" from the paper shelter. A great image to welcome 2020 and celebrate the joys, successes as well as the learnings from the past year. Here is my card.

For the background, I used circle stencils coloured in candied apple, squeezed lemonade, peacock feathers and shabby shutters distress oxides. Then added novo shimmer powders in lunar rocket and blue blitz, spritzed water and dried with heating tool. For my sentiment, I used Sunny Studios loopy letters die to create the greeting.

For the image, I coloured it with my copic markers.

I am entering this in the paper shelter christmas challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and Happy New Year and happy crafting for 2020.

xoxo, Clarissa

Cruising by for a birthday wish!

Hello crafty friends. I'm on a roll with posting more crafty news on my blog these days. I would like to share my birthday card using Sunny Studios Cruising critters stamp. I love this image as it is so cute which I coloured with my copic markers. For the background, I used distress inks and added a road die and a cloud stencil (MFT) to finish the scene. I added balloons from MFT Birth-Yay I added a surprise birthday cake from the same stamp set using the Lawn Fawn Let's toast pull tab add on to show the hidden surprise. I finished the scene by adding a MFT banner diecut and stamped the word birthday. I added black gel roll glaze to the eyes to add dimension. Here is my finished card.

I am entering my card to the current  AAA birthday card challenge - 

I am also entering into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create Challenge #228: "Anything Goes" (no twist)

Through the Craft Room Door: "Anything Goes"

Thanks for stopping by. 

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

xo, Clarissa

Christmas!

Hello crafty friends, I'm back with a new card I made for my family and friends, an altered shadow box card using Away in a manger Hello bluebird stamps. Images were coloured with copic markers and cut wth scan n cut.

To make the card, I started by scoring at 13m 15, and 28cm on a 1/2 A4 panel cut lengthwise.

On another panel 10.5 x 16.5 cm panel, I scored at 1.5 cm on one end and 2cm at the other end. Used the 2nd to the largest MFT Stitched dome die-namics.

For the front panel, I have diet a circle and used distress inks to create a night sky. Used uni-ball white gel pen to add stars. The image is taken off the internet that I printed into card stock as I didn't have wise men stamps.

For the inside, I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it in fine white embossing powder. Added a few more images.

For the centre panel, I added a ground insert to add my nativity characters. At the outer panel, I adhered the star, angels and other images to create the scene.

For the background, I blended more night sky using distress inks.

I added an extra panel at the back to write a message.

Here is my finished card. Hope you like it. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

crafty creations #404

sisterhood of crafters - anything christmas

mod squad challenge - winter/christmas

Thanks for stopping by. Christmas blessings, 

Clarissa

Clarissa, DT

Hello crafty friends! This is my first time to join in this challenge. I decided to use this Lawn Fawn Woodland Critters Hugger Die and Winter add on for the decoration for the front of my box. I find this die very versatile as you can add different accessories, and I think you can use it all year round, and not just for Christmas. Used various coloured cardstock, a retired Stamping Up designer paper and the LF Perfectly plaid 6x6 .Here is what I came out with at first.

For the box, I made it using my scorpal guide to measure 7 x 10 x 3cm rectangular box. Cut out the tabs a little shorter and rounded the corners as shown here.

Afterwards, I adhered a white cardstock panel behind the critter to make room for a sentment.

Then I adhered this card onto the front of my box. Here is my finished card box. Hope you like it. I will be making more of these boxes for treats to friends and family.

I am entering this box for the Male Room Challenge #126 A Box or Bag

I am also entering this project at 

Make my Monday Challenge #111- Anything Christmas

Crimbo Crackers Challenge #199 - Gift Boxes

Thank you for stopping by and Have a lovely Christmas and New Year!

Hugs and blessings,

xoxo Clarissa

Celebrating a Milestone

Celebrating a milestone.

Hello crafty friends. I am a PaperShelter fan as I love their digital images. I am also excited to take part in their 9th Anniversary blog hop by making a card for their current "Birthdays/Celebrations" theme. For my card, I used the sweet digi stamp "She's Charming" from the Paper Shelter. It shows a woman pampering herself, getting ready for a party. I decided to have the occasions as a celebration for a 50th birthday, as this calls for a big celebration. Used x-press it blending card coloured with copic markers. I have stacked the word "fabulous" twice and clear embossed it so that it is shiny. Finished off my card with papers and accessories from the Bohemian Sarapapers and accessories kit

Copic colours used:
Skin: E000, E00, E04, R00
Hair: E29, E27, 25, 23
Dress: BG32, 11, 10, R27,14, 11, 00
Puff: R14, 11, 00
Shoes: BG32,11

Mama Elephant Oval Scallop Frames
Papers, buttons, flowers, and split pin: Bohemian Sarapapers and Accessories kit
Word and number dies: EllenHutson (fabulous), MFT (50)

Here is my card:

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Polkadoodles Anything Goes Card Challenge

Crafty Creations Challenge Blog

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge Blog

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs and blessings, 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

Made in Minutes - Challenge #146

Hello fellow crafters. Just stopping by to share a card I made using the adorable sunny studios stamp Tropical Paradise. This stamp was what I had in mind as soon as I saw the "optional twist summer."
I coloured my images with my Arteza brush markers using the wet on wet technique. Here is my card.

For the background splatters, I used the Just Because stamp set from Concord and 9th. I love the idea of a cool drink to quench our summer thirst. Here is the sketch for this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.

Clarissa

AAA Birthday Challenge - Game#4 For the Boys!

Hello crafty friends. Today, I am honoured to be given the opportunity to guest design for AAA Birthday Card Challenges, Game #4, For the Boys, as we always need male card designs.

For this challenge, I was inspired by my step sons who love fishing. The best part is that we get to be blessed with fresh fish after their catch of the day. Here is my finished card.

I made this card by die cutting a 4" x 5 1/4" water colour card using SSS Bundle of Stitched shapes. Then, stamp embossed in white fish images from Studio Light Ocean View stamp set. I coloured my water colour panel using the smooshing technique from Ali Farmer's Youtube video (thanks for your helpful tip). Colours are shown below.

I spritzed water on the stamp block and got an acetate and smooshed this on the colours which I had transferred onto my panel repeatedly to get good colour coverage.

I just added one colour at a time depending on how dark or light I wanted my finish panel to look like. In between layering colours, I used my heat gun to dry the paper quickly.

This is the finished panel once dried.

I got a striped paper which I adhered onto my kraft card base.

Then decorated my card by colouring this Gone Fishing Digistamp by Nana Vic with my copic markers.

Fishing rod: C9, C5, C3 Handle: E37, E35, E33

Basket G99, G94, G43 Cane: E15, E33, E31, E00

Sentiment is a freebie

To finish off, I added a fishing hook for added effect.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you join us in this game #4 challenge, For the Boys. I can't wait to see what you come up with. Feel free to check out what the talented design team has come up with for this challenge.

Hugs and happy crafting,

Clarissa

Handlettering God's word!

I remember having to do handwriting drills in school. Now that I have recently found an interest in hand lettering and calligraphy in God's word, this drill has been useful. I can also incorporate this lettering in my handmade cards.

I am really rusty, bit that is okay, as this is part of my learning. The greater blessing is that I am returning to bible journalling and incorporating my art into it, while reflecting deeper on God's word.

I have borrowed some hand lettering and calligraphy books from the library and did this after reflecting on 2 Chronicles 7:14. A call to revival for myself, my family, colleagues, our nation and our world.

Thank you for dropping by and may you be blessed. Hugs and happy crafting.

Encouragement Card Hop!

Hello crafty friends, first of all, a big shout out to Courtney Kreeber, Mary Polanco, and Jenn (Scrapbena Creations) for this awesome collaboration, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be joining this hop. If you have come from the talented Katrina Howe (video) , you are in the right place.

For this hop, I decided to use a MFT Brilliant Blooms stamp set and used my Altenew 36-pan watercolour set. I got so engrossed making this card that I forgot to take photos of each steps (really sorry about this!). Here is my finished card

To make this card, I started off by stamping my images using tattered rose distress ink similar to a photo below.

I learned this tip from Debby Hughes that you can stamp an image using the same color of the flower you are colouring. In this instance, I had chosen red and orange tones, so this color was safe. I did not bother masking my flowers as the stamp image is light anyway.

I made a color swatch for my watercolours first, as these helped me choose close colour combos as shown here

I started off using Sunkissed for my base layer. Then progressed to Orange Cream. For the highlights, I used Autumn Blaze. For the other petals, I used the same base, but added Grapevine and Crimson., and just Grapevine for the highlights.

For the leaves, I kept it simple by only using a light and dark shade of green (Forest Glades for highlights and Frayed Leaf for the base)

Here is the detail of the leaves as shown

For the flower centres, I used Warm sunshine.

To add more highlights, I used my prismacolor pencils for extra pop. The breakdown of colors are shown below:

Orange petals: Yellowed orange, Burnt ochre, Cadmium orange

Dark pink flowers: Magenta, salmon pink,  blush pink and hot pink 

Leaves: Apple green

To finish off my card, I water washed the remaining background and added splatters. I used the same tones, but just added brown or dark green. Then stamped the sentiment "weeping may endure for a night, but JOY COMES IN THE MORNING." I love this sentiment as this is so encouraging. This is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps Be Encouraged

Remember to spread the love and kindness throughout the hop. Next stop is the talented Cindy Higgins (video).  Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting!

Clarissa