Card Captain day 4: Turtle

Welcome for day 4 of me being the card captain for

the Enjoy Michael Strong Stampgroup.

On Thursday we always share a technique.

This is no special technique, but I want to

show you how I build this background panel.

This is what I used:

turtle stamps by Michael Strong

sentiment from stash (not sure of brand)

stencil

various colors distress oxide inks

gesso

acrylic distress paint

distress crayons

distress spray

black versafine stamping pad

First I cut a white piece of cardstock 4x5 inch.

Next I took this sea bubble stencil from my stash 

and randomly added the white gesso with a brush.

After taking the stencil of you see the bubbles here and there.

Now leave this to dry of use heat gun.

Next  adding a few drops of light blue acrylic

(distress) paint and smear it out with your fingers

on a few places.

Then i added 2 colors of distress crayons (but I am sure

watercolor crayons or oil pastel crayons also have a 

great effect). Smear it out with your fingers.

Just a few places not all over the card.

Next spray broken china distress spray on the card

and let it dry.

With a paper towel rub over the dots you made 

with the gesso, this way the show more.

Take the stencil again and a darker blue ink

to make some more bubbles.

See here the result of all the layers.

On top of all these layers you stamp the seaweed

that comes with the turtle stamp with black ink.

Now your back panel is finished.

Stamp the turtle with dark green in (forrest moss)

and also use it for coloring the turtle.

For the shield I also used cracked pistachio ink.

Then i cut the turtle with scissors and added a 

few pieces of foam tape to the back.

The sentiment was stamped on a seperate piece of

paper and colored with the same inks and crayons.

Of course I added a little bubbles with the stencil.

In the end iIadded a little blue glitter glue

to the shield of the turtle, but you do not

see that well enough on the picture.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Card Captain day 3: Giraffe

Welcome to day 3 of me being the card captain for the

Enjoy Michael Strong stamps group.

I keep to wild animals and her is Mike's

Cloisonné Giraffe stamp.

The sentiment is a digital stamp printed with

the computer and is from the Create with TLC Blog.

And now I show you how  the card is made.

I started with folding a piece of kraft cardstock and

embossed the front side with this sizzix embossing folder.

Next I stamped the giraffe on a piece of white paper

and just the head on a strip of lighter kraft paper

with walnut stain distress oxide ink.

With peeled paint distress oxide ink I stamped the

acacia leave that belongs to this stampset.

With fossilized amber distress oxide  ink on 

the craft sheet and a waterbrush (and a few drops

of water) I colored all the giraffes.

Now the giraffe and the leaves are cut out and

everything is coming together on the card.

Inside the card there is also a leave and I will ad one

to the enveloppe as well.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Card Captain day 2: For the boys.

Day 2 of being the card captain in the 

Enjoy Michael Strong group.

This card is also for the challenge

on the Simon Says Wednesday Blog.

The theme is: For the Boys.

My grandson loves wild animals

like lions and elephants. He is going to 

school to learn to read and write after the

Summer, so I am keeping this for him.

I made the background with the direct to paper 

technique and these two colors of distress oxide ink.

Start by adding the ink to the craft sheet

and spray a few drops of water on it.

Take the background panel and rub it over the craft 

sheet to pick up the ink. You can do it a fewtimes until 

you are satisfied with the result. Let the panel dry.

In the mean time I stamped the elephant (by Michael Strong)

in hickory smoke oxide distress ink.

Then cutting out the elephant and punching out

the printed sentiment.

Now that the panel is dry I stamped some flowers

on it that go with the elephant stamp set. For this

I used the hickory smoke oxide distress ink again.

After assembling the card I finished of with

a few black sequins.

The sentiment is by Create with TLC.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Card Captain day 1: Art with a heart

This week you will see a lot of Michael Strong stamps on my

cards, for I am card captain on the Enjoy Michael Strong group.

This means I will share 5 cards for inspiration. One card a 

day until Friday.

I will try to make some simple cards you all can  case

with any stamp and not to much materials.

For this card you start making the red stripe

by using two post-it notes and leaving a

2 inch gap.

With candied apple oxide distress ink I colored the

2 inch gap between the post-it notes.

Before removing the post-it notes I added 

a couple of drops of water.

Dab the drops with a paper towel.

The sentiment (by Penny Black) is added on

the strip with my misty, to make sure it is on straight.

With Mike's mini heart stamp embossed 

with gold embossing powder the card is finished.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Happy Mother's Day!

On this wonderful day for mothers, grandmothers

and mothers-to-be I had to make cards

with the lovely Club Scrap Lavender Fields kit.

Cards for the Mother's and a little gift (besides a bunch of flowers).

This card is made partly with the hybrid kit

and partly with the rubber stamps.

I started out making the background with the

lavender stamps. I colored the stamps with my zig markers

and alternately using the larger and the smaller flower.

When finished stamping I splattered some purple 

splashes on the background with my watercolor brush.

The center part of the card is layered with a green

rosette, a purple circle die cut and a centiment in a 

circle of lavender. This circle is an image from the

Lavender Fields hybrid kit as well as te sentiment.

I added the typed up Mom in the Tox Typewriter font.

And with a ribbon and 3 sticky pearls the card is finished.

And here is one with a green background. 

The background is made with the direct

to paper technique and green ink

(rubbing ink on your craftsheet, adding

a splash of water to it and pick op the ink

with your background paper).

Also i made this little gift. It is a sparkling lavender

bath tablet by Kneipp.

I wrapped some burlap around it, tied it with a piece of hemp.

As the lavender is not in the garden yet, I added this fake

lavender (from the dollar store) and another printed

Mother's Day circle sentiment ( a little smaller then the card)

as a tag on the hemp. Could also be a cute teacher's gift!

 Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Club Scrap May sketch challenge

Good morning! 

Here is my card for the sketch challenge

of Club Scrap this month.

You find the new sketch challenge each month

in the Club Scrap Facebook page HERE.

For my card I used the

Club Scrap Lavender Fields hybrid kit

to print out some of the design papers to use

for the background.

And the rubber stampset of Lavender Fields has 

this lovely perfume bottle and sentiment.

The label on the bottle I drew by hand.

For some extra bling I added a sticky pearl.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!