I have a beautiful work of love to share with you today. I really do love the clean and simple style of card, but there are some days, (after the second blizzard and countless snowstorm in less than a few weeks) that you just need to let loose and take all day to make a work of art.
Mr. Kempton: What did you do today? Me: I made two cards. Mr. Kempton: Oh, that's nice.. Me: Snickers, no that's all I did.. .and it was fun!
{love that man}
Oh I guess I filmed a video for a friend, and did some other stuff, but all I really did was this awesome card that was worth sitting down and blogging about. I love that feeling when you create something so beautiful, and you know it came from you. From your heart. I love that feeling!
I guess we all need a day like that now and again, and I'm so glad I did it. A day to listen to our creative side and make something pretty, with sparkles or in this case SHINE, lots and lots of shine.
This card is for my sweetheart after all, and he's worth a day, yes? Here's a peek at the front card for starters. You dont really catch the whole effect without the side angle shots, but it's so pretty!
I started with the most lovely sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Then my fun really started.
I guess I didnt snap a photo at the blendabilities portion of my project, but I cut a piece of whisper white cardstock to 3x4" and stamped it with Blended Blooms Stamp by Stampin Up, in momento tuxedo black ink. I grabbed my brand new Bermuda Bay Blendabilities Markers (I call them blendies) and my color lifter and began coloring my flowers. That took me a while! It was a wonderful process. Everyone deserves a day to just stay home and color.
Next, I knew this was going to be a valentine for my love, so I grabbed the accessory pack from the project life love story pack, and found this cute sheet of die cut stickers. They are cardstock on the top so you can make them into anything you want with a swipe of a pen!
I used my blendies to create a gradation, and did the dark marker on the top and bottom of my word, and then ran the lightest marker through the middle (blending the color throughout, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the effect! :) I placed this down on one of the premade project life cards "smitten" and stuck the forever right on top and trimmed the panel down to fit my card.
Next, I grabbed my crystal effects and made a thin coat layer over the top of my flowers, and let that dry for about 10 minutes. Coat two, took about two hour to dry. Here's the second layer.
You can still see some of my brush strokes in the crystal effects but it's really starting to pop and look pretty here. You an also note, that I grabbed my soft sky blendabilities and outlined the flowers with the lightest color before the second coat. I did that for a subtle shadow. I think it looks super pretty now that it's all together.
When that layer was just about dry, I got goopy! LOVE IT!! It dried perfectly clear, and dreamy. Note: a water based marker would have brought the color up into the crystal effects solution, so i love that with blendies, it sits right on top and I dont have to worry about my images getting muddy. :) {happy dance}
And I presented my studmuffin with this lovely work of art the next morning. Oh my gosh, i just LOVE how thick and beautiful the crystal effects turned out. Dreamy, yes?
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I'm so grateful to be able to share with you. If you are looking for any of the items I used, there is a complete shopping list below.
I have wanted to share a video with you for quite some time on blendabilities. They went live today and I'm LOVING playing with my sets! They ARE FINALLY available for customer order in a few colors, and the demonstrators get to preorder the colors we couldn't get before! woot!!
Here is the video, along with some snippits of the previous post here. Thanks for coming back!
DONT FORGET to get a color lifter and a momento ink pad if you're getting the blendabilities. They are so necessary for use with your markers, oh, and some whisper white paper if you don't have some.
I haven't done many videos, but i'll be doing a lot more in the coming months, so please stay tuned and subscribe to my channel!
CCREW0614CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - Catalog
Focus: Use your favorite product in your favorite way! Make us fall in love
with it too!
So
the reason I wanted to make a video about this one is because of all the
mediums I used on the one card. None of the layers interact with each
other, so there's a flawless pearl like finish on what I did.
1.
Stamped the image using the new die based ink, called momento ink (will
also be available when these beautiful, beautiful, markers are
released. )
2. Used the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive
Blendabilities to shade my flower image. Each of the colors, comes with
3 markers, so you get a light Razzleberry, a medium, and a rich dark
color for each set.
3.
I started with the darkest areas of my flower first, then added the
medium, then went to the light. It takes a little bit of self control
not to color the whole thing in, so you get that super LUSH dark to
light color that makes your eye look twice at it.
4. Next, I went backwards again from light to dark, so you could get that stark contrast in color.
5.
With the blendabilities, there's a nifty little tool called the color
lifter. It magically lifts the colors i already laid down on my
cardstock to add a highlight, or a light source to my colored image. So
it looks like this flower is sitting in the sun and my light source is
coming from behind me on the left. Do you see it?
6.
Next, I colored the stem similar.. this time I went light to dark. So
far I have two mediums.. the momento Dye Based Ink, then the Alcohol
Based Markers on top. (did I mention they match my SU project perfectly
and are designed to coordinate colors... Oh such joy.. Anyway... On
top of that, I grabbed my Pink Pirouette Water based Ink Pad and sponged
some color over the top. I did that by inking up my sponge using a
circular motion, and then doing the same thing on my paper. So that's 3
mediums of ink. Next, I put the card together and added a spritz or
two of shimmer spritz. That made the card all super pearlized and
sparkly. To make my pearls Rich Razzleberry, You guessed it! I colored
them with the blendabilities, waited a second for them to dry and I
transferred them to the top of my project.
If
you want your own set of blendabilites, you might consider the
demonstrator opportunity. Demonstrators always get the inside scoop
from stampin up first, and have access to all preorder products. In
addition, this year, Stampin' Up is offering free convention
registration to anyone who signs up. That's a huge value!!
Thanks so much for stopping by
and letting me share with you today. My big box of goodies came
yesterday, and I'll be playing after class this morning. I'm sure to
have more to share very soon!
I wanted SO BAD to make a video before posting this card. It is for the Stampin' Up Creative Crew challenges over on split coast. I'm out of time, and I need to post it, but at some point I'm going to show you how this card just rolls together. It was so fun to make.
UPDATE** Here's the video!
The Creative Crew Challenge?
CCREW0614CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - Catalog
Focus: Use your favorite product in your favorite way! Make us fall in love
with it too!
I haven't been showing my creations with blendabilites, really because I don't want to tease you! They are HANDS DOWN my favorite thing in the new catalog. Stampin' Up chose to put them in the new book so when they roll out in early August for customers so that demonstrators wouldn't need to bring extra sheets for almost a year to workshops when they do go live. Demonstrators are allowed one set of markers in about 6 of the colors.. Oohh la la, are they fun to work with!
So the reason I wanted to make a video about this one is because of all the mediums I used on the one card. None of the layers interact with each other, so there's a flawless pearl like finish on what I did.
1. Stamped the image using the new die based ink, called momento ink (will also be available when these beautiful, beautiful, markers are released. )
2. Used the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Blendabilities to shade my flower image. Each of the colors, comes with 3 markers, so you get a light Razzleberry, a medium, and a rich dark color for each set.
3. I started with the darkest areas of my flower first, then added the medium, then went to the light. It takes a little bit of self control not to color the whole thing in, so you get that super LUSH dark to light color that makes your eye look twice at it.
4. Next, I went backwards again from light to dark, so you could get that stark contrast in color.
5. With the blendabilities, there's a nifty little tool called the color lifter. It magically lifts the colors i already laid down on my cardstock to add a highlight, or a light source to my colored image. So it looks like this flower is sitting in the sun and my light source is coming from behind me on the left. Do you see it?
6. Next, I colored the stem similar.. this time I went light to dark. So far I have two mediums.. the momento Dye Based Ink, then the Alcohol Based Markers on top. (did I mention they match my SU project perfectly and are designed to coordinate colors... Oh such joy.. Anyway... On top of that, I grabbed my Pink Pirouette Water based Ink Pad and sponged some color over the top. I did that by inking up my sponge using a circular motion, and then doing the same thing on my paper. So that's 3 mediums of ink. Next, I put the card together and added a spritz or two of shimmer spritz. That made the card all super pearlized and sparkly. To make my pearls Rich Razzleberry, You guessed it! I colored them with the blendabilities, waited a second for them to dry and I transferred them to the top of my project.
So there you have it.. At some point I want to make a video to show you how fun they are to work with, but I ran out of time and had to show it for the Creative Crew.
If you want your own set of blendabilites, you might consider the demonstrator opportunity. Demonstrators always get the inside scoop from stampin up first, and have access to all preorder products. In addition, this year, Stampin' Up is offering free convention registration to anyone who signs up. That's a huge value!!
Right now there is a special where you can sign up for only $50, and choose your favorite things up to $55. and there's no extra shipping costs. Then, you can get your blendabilities right away that way. Plus in the first 45 days, you get one special order where you get 30% off instead of 20% to help you get started. If you have a demonstrator and want to sign up under them, give them a call today! If you'd like to join my team, you can click here to sign up or pop me an email at e.selene@verizon.net. I offer a private facebook group for my team, monthly card swap opportunities (this was my swap card for last month), a one on one phone call monthly if you choose so that I can train you and help you with YOUR goals.
You tell me what you want to earn, and I help you get there. So if your goal is getting your own discount, that's great! If you want to start your own business and reach for the stars or anywhere in between, I can help with that too. My Stampers with HeART team and I have lots of fun and some of us are spread out across the country, covering coast to coast. There's a place for you in my group if you'd like.
Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share with you today. My big box of goodies came yesterday, and I'll be playing after class this morning. I'm sure to have more to share very soon!
Love,
