Jane’s Doodles Challenge #13 - On the Beach

Hello again.  I’m back today with the 13th challenge for Jane’s Doodles and the theme this fortnight is On the Beach.

I had new unused (NBUS) Jane’s Doodles Holy Night stamp set out for another card and thought I would stretch this Christmas set and use one of the palm trees to create this clean and simple (CAS) beach scene card.

Started by stamping the palm tree off the edge with Fadeout ink from Ink on 3 on an A2 sized alcohol-friendly cardstock panel.  No-line coloured the palm tree and coloured in the sandy water background using Copic markers.

Stamped the sentiment from Jane’s Doodles All Occasions “in the sand” with Memento Rich Cocoa ink then with VersaMark to heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  For a bit of interest and dimension, die cut it with a stitch rectangle die from My Favorite Things and inlaid it back atop black cardstock.  Added clear shimmer to the water area to finish.

Ready to play along?  For the full challenge rules and to see more inspirations from my team, click HERE.  Thank you for visiting.  Enjoy your day.

Challenges:
AAA Cards - Game#168 One Corner + optional twist Use Masking
NBUS #15 - new unused stamp set

The Flower Challenge #43 Reminder - Spring / Autumn

Hello again.  I’m back with my guest design reminder post for the Spring / Autumn challenge at The Flower Challenge (TFC).

Depending on which hemisphere you live, the challenge has a spring or autumn option.  I thought it would be fun to combine them and used an autumn sunflower from Jane’s Doodles and coloured it in spring rainbow colours.  Here’s my card.

The Fadeout ink from Ink on 3 is intended for no line colouring with any medium.  I’ve only used it once before with little success, so I wanted to try again.  I stamped the flower portion of the sunflower on an A2 sized X-Press It cardstock panel, then coloured in with Copics.  Masked it before stamping the stem/leaves then coloured that in with Copics as well.  After that, the panel was die cut out with the scallop rectangle die in the Card Front Element Builder from Sugar Pea Designs.

Next, the image and the scallop edge up to the stitched line were masked off and SU!’s Smoky Slate dye ink was blended on with a blender brush over a Diagonal Grid stencil from Create a Smile to give it a “trellis” background.  The sentiment from The Greeting Farm Mini Remix Happy was black heat embossed.  The scallop panel was adhered to a very light gray stripe pattern paper panel (it was hard to capture in the photo).  Added clear raindrops from Studio Katia, clear shimmer on the petals, dots to the leaves with a white gel pen and Tonic Crystal Glaze to the sunflower center to finish.

I have to admit I actually enjoyed no line colouring  this time around and am slowly getting over my fear of it!  For more inspirations from the design team, head over to TFC blog.  Enter your card or card(s) for your chance to win a gift card from this month’s sponsor Bugaboo Stamps.  Thank you for stopping in.  Stay home and craft on.

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - #434 & 435 Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - A for Anything Goes
Craft Stamper - Take It Make It April Anything Goes
Time Out - #157 Inspired by Words