#303 Craft Roulette - Go Wild by Gerta Steiner Designs

 Hello friends!  I finally got a chance this afternoon to play along with the current Craft Roulette Challenge.  It was the perfect challenge because I have been wanting to play with this stamp set by Gerda Steiner Designs for quite a while now.  The stamp set is called, Go Wild.  The safari jeep is mounted on an action wobbler and yikes we all better stay off the trail!

This weeks parameters are:

• Project: Interactive Card
• Element: Transportation
• Colors: Spice Cabinet
• Random: Confetti

Supplies:

• Grassy Border Stencil - Lawn Fawn
• Layered Confetti Stencil - Trinity Stamps
• Puffy Cloud Layers - Trinity Stamps
• Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink
• Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink
• Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink
• Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink
• Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink
• Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide Ink
• Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink
• Lime Sparkle Spots Confetti Embellishment - Trinity Stamps
• Orange Sparkle Spots Confetti Embellishment - Trinity Stamps

I used Copic markers in the following colors:

• E97, E99, Y04, Y19, Y26 - Giraffe
• YG61, G24, G94 - Jeep Body
• Y11, Y06, Y15 - Headlights
• T3, T5, T7 - Tires 
• T1, T3, T5 - Fender
• E000, E00, E11 - Skin
• E40, E41, E43, E44 - Outfit

I am just thrilled with the way this card turned out and I can't wait to send it out.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have and amazing day - Go Wild!!!

Sandy

Sweet November Stamps Love Letters Postcard

 Hello friends!  We are finally coming to the end of January - gosh this seems like such a long month.  Today I have a little Valentines Postcard that I created with a couple of the Love Letters digital stamps from Sweet November Stamps.  Digital stamps are my favorite ones to work with.  The ability to arrange and resize them opens so many doors for fun creative designs.

For this card, I have used, Olivia and Maddie for this card.   I knew that I wanted to make a postcard with these two little friends, but I wasn't sure how to go about doing the background without filing in the whole card.  I am still not very confident with my background coloring, so I came up with a fix, that played into the Valentine theme.  

Once, I arranged, sized and printed my postcard, I used a piece of masking tape cut with a heart die to mask off my little friends.  I used the Copic Airbrush System to color in the postcard with my RV21 Copic Marker.  

I used Copic markers in the following colors;

• E31, YG61, G24 - Grassy Ground
• B0000, B000, B41 - Sky
• E000, E00, E11, E04, R11 - Skin
• E50, Y15, Y26, YR23 - Blonde Hair
• Y21, YR23, YR24, YR27 - Auburn-ish Hair
• RV63, RV66, V06 - Violet Dress
• RV10, RV13, RV14 - Bright Pink Sweater Jacket
• RV00, RV21, RV23 - Pink Sweater
• N1, N3, N5 - Mailbox
• E31, E35, E37 - Mailbox Post

Once the card was colored, I thought that the background was little bland, so I used a stencil with small hearts to add to the background.  I, also used the Year Round Post Marks to add a little more interest to the background.  

I have been asked by several people to watch me color, so I have posted a video of me coloring these little girls.  I wouldn't consider myself a colorist but I think that my coloring improve a little bit every time I do it.  If you would like to follow along with my process, I have linked my YouTube Video below.  

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a great day.

Sandy

Aorta Say

 Hey there guys!  Did you know that Trinity Stamps has a anatomically adorable stamp and coordinating die that is free with a $50 purchase.  This one is called Aorta Say.

For the background on this card, I used a piece of lined patterned paper cut to 5.25" x 4.0".  I used the lines on the paper to draw in a heartbeat.  I first sketched it in with pencil and then used a permanent marker and ruler to draw it in.

I dusted the edges of the patterned paper with a little Salvaged Patina and then spattered it with a little watered down white acrylic.

I used Copic markers in the following colors for my little friend:

• B14, B16, B18
• R14, R27, R39

The sentiment on this card comes with the stamp set.  There are several to choose from so I kept with the heart theme.  I used Versa Fine Onyx ink to stamp the sentiment directly on the patterned paper.

I glued my patterned paper to a piece of cardstock to give it a nice border.  I added a little glitz by using the new Ruby Heart Sparkle Confetti and Celeste Sparkle Spots.  

This is such a fun and unusual card.  I can hardly wait to see if there are some more Anatomically Adorable stamps around the corner. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Sandy

Hello Special Friend - #1 Fan Add On

Hello friends.  Today I have a video up on the Trinity Stamps YouTube Channel showing the process behind this fun friendship card.  For the main focus of the I used the new #1 Fan Add On Die Cut. 

I wanted to add some dimension to this card, so I popped up the fan with some foam tape after I fortified the fan grate by using 2 layers of cardstock on the front of the fan; then sandwiching the fan blades with another fan grate.  

To make it a table fan, I used the top pieces from the Souper Power Add On Die Set.  

For the sentiment, I used the Simply Sentimental: Hello Coordinating the Die Set for the large piece.  The little flag was stamped using the Simply Sentimental: Special Stamp Set.  

For the sentiment on the inside of the card, I used the Simply Sentimental: Hello Stamp Set on a piece of cardstock cut to 5.25" x 4.0".  

To add a little bling to my card, I added Silver Sparkle Spots Confetti to the corners.

If you would like to follow along in the process, I have linked the YouTube Video below.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have an amazing day!

Sandy