Hi everyone, it’s Ardyth! Welcome to our Fall Theme Week! We are celebrating our favourite season this week, and each day a different designer will be here on the blog with some inspiration for you, using products from the Fall Section.
My two cards may look very similar, but I used two different techniques to stamp the Sunflowers stamp setand two different techniques to colour them.
I wanted to build a wreath, but even the smallest sunflower is pretty big, so I knew that I would need to do some masking to fit more than 4 flowers on my cards. I used two different turning methods to create my wreath. The second method allowed me to use the full 4 1/4 inch square panel, so I had a bit more space in the centre, and room to add some leaves.
Then it was time for colouring. My go-to method is Copic colouring and while I’m not an expert, I do feel pretty comfortable that I know enough to get consistent results. I added a bit of drama and high-contrast to the flowers with a deep orange marker. Then I used a dot technique to add some texture and interest (as well as colour!) to the background and I love the artistic look of the result.
But sometimes a ‘go-to’ can start to feel like a rut, so on the second panel, I tried another colouring medium – watercolours. I am much less comfortable with this, but I gave it a good try, using a similar colouring strategy as my first card and am pretty happy with my results.
To finish off the card, I added sentiments from theFall Signs stamp set. These are small and easy to cut to fit your card!
I’ve made a video so you can see exactly how different these two cards really are.
Thank you for stopping by! Join us tomorrow for another day of fall inspiration!
Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a shaker card to share with you all using the Boo stamp set. I’m pairing it with the Spider Web Stencil for my background.
I started off with stamping out my images and colouring them in with Copic Markers. Once they were coloured, I cut them out with the Boo coordinating dies. I also added white detail lines to each of the images as well.
I set the images to the side and worked on the background. I adhered down a piece of watercolour paper with washi tape and laid the stencil over the top. I then mixed up my own texture paste using Distress Inks, Glitter and Translucent Embossing Paste. I mixed up three colours and spread it over the stencil. I then sprinkled more glitter, dried it a little with a heat tool, peeled off the stencil and then let the piece dry.
Once the piece was dry, I cut the ‘Boo’
Word from the centre. I adhered acetate on the back and added foam tape around
the letters. I added in my sequins and star confetti and then added a black
piece of cardstock on the back. I flipped it over and adhered the middle of the
letters back in, too.
I adhered the images around the shaker
using foam tape. I also white heat embossed the ‘Happy Halloween To You’
sentiment onto a think black strip and adhered it down over the shaker. To
finish up I added a hemp cord bow to the right-hand side of my project.
That finished up my card for today, I hope you all enjoyed, and I’ll see you next time.
Hello friends, Eloise here and today I have three Halloween cards to share with you all using the Brush Strokes Stencil. I paired it with a few of the Halloween themed stamps in the most current release.
To start off my first card, I took a piece of watercolour cardstock and masked off individual “ghosts” from the Brush Strokes Stencil to ink blend onto the background. I used Pumice Stone Distress Ink and a little white pigment ink to blend them. Once they were all done, I made masks for them all using masking paper and adhered them over the top. I then used Washi Tape and the Wide Stripes Stencil to ink blend stripes over the background diagonally. I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool.
I decided that the ghosts blended into the background too much, so I re-applied the masks and laid over the stencil and used some Black Soot Distress Ink to create a drop shadow on the each of them. Lastly, I adhered Silly Eyes to each of them using some glossy accents and white heat embossed the sentiment ‘Happy Halloween To You’ from the Boo Stamp Set onto a thin strip of black cardstock and adhered it straight across the card.
For the second card, I decided to turn the Brush Strokes Stencil into stamped images. I first took a piece of white cardstock and cut it down with the rectangle inStitched Notes Dies. I then used a stamping tool to stamp the pumpkin border from Fall Borders Stamp Set. I traced around the heads of the “ghosts” and then used the hat stamp from the Boo Stamp Set to stamp on the top of each of them. I erased the pencil lines, took the stencil and traced around each of the ghosts with a black marker. I then coloured everything in with Copic Markers.
After they were coloured, I drew faces on each of the ghosts using the same black marker. I then created masks for everything, adhered them on top and ink blended some Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn onto the bottom and Blueprint Sketch for the top. I removed the masks and then white heat embossed the same ‘Happy Halloween’ sentiment from the Boo Stamp Set onto a thin strip of black cardstock. I adhered it to the card and then adhered the entire panel onto a piece of patterned paper.
For my final card I wanted to create a mini shaker card. I started off with die cutting the Decorative Tag 2 three times, once from watercolour paper and twice from normal white cardstock. I used the Brush Strokes Stencil to ink blend some Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin and Twisted Citron Distress Inks over the top onto the watercolour cardstock tag. I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool. I took a circle die and cut it from the centre and added acetate onto the back. I then took the one of the other white tags and adhered a piece of blue cardstock onto it. I added foam tape around the entire perimeter of the piece and added the star confetti’s inside. I then adhered my ink blended tag on top.
I then ink blended one of the “ghosts” from the Brush Strokes Stencil onto some more cardstock using Pumice Stone and white pigment ink, cut around it with scissors and adhered Silly Eyeson top. I then adhered it onto the front of my tag. I white heat embossed the same sentiment from the Boo Stamp Setonto a strip of black cardstock and adhered it into place. I then adhered the last tag I cut onto the back using a little bit of tape at the top and that finished off my third card.
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I started by stamping my pumpkin patch, using the row of pumpkins from Fall Borders, and my original sized MISTI, and some masking.
To quickly colour the card, I used the same mask and ink blended the sky and pumpkins. Then I added some optional, extra colouring to add more depth and shadows, but you can stop anywhere along the way, depending on how much time you’ve got.
I finished the card with a sentiment and the bat image from the Boo stamp set and then put the panel onto a black card base. I made another card, with a white base – see how different the cards feel, with that one small change?
I hope you enjoyed watching how I made these two cards!
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Hi all! Lindsay here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today! I’m sharing a card using the new Sunflowers Stamp Set. I thought that the sunflowers were a perfect addition to PPP’s floral collection and a great one for fall cards!
I started with stamping a bunch of flowers from the Sunflowers Stamp Set all over a piece of smooth cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and then heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder. While that cooled, I cut masks for the different floral images, and with moving the masks around, I stamped the leaf images from the Sunflowers Stamp Set in the background which also were heat embossed.
Now that I had my full background filled with Sunflowers and Leaves, I got to coloring! I had just gotten the Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers and it was my first time trying them out for a watercolor look. I colored the sunflowers with Autumn Blaze and Warm Sunshine, the leaves with Moss, and the background with Dusk. I finished off the panel with a splattering of white paint. I can’t seem to get through a card these days without some splatter!
When that was fully drying, I die cut the smaller frame from the Scallop Frame Dies in kraft cardstock and the Happy Thanksgiving Script Die from white cardstock. I then adhered those to a dried background panel and a card base and the card was finished!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you were inspired! Lindsay
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Next, I stamped Fall Borders on Neenah Desert Storm Paper using Distress Ink Antique Linen for a no-line look, then I colored in the images using my Copic Markers as well. After the coloring was done, I added more shades using my colored pencils.
If you haven’t tried Copic Marker coloring on kraft paper yet, I would definitely recommend you to try it because it is very easy and fun. The paper is so smooth that Copic markers are blended very well on it. Since the paper is dark, your Copic colors are not as bright as those on white paper, which creates an overall tone-down look perfect for the autumn mood. Plus, you can hardly see coloring mistakes on this dark paper as well.
Next, I adhered my colored images onto the kraft panel to create a lovely autumn scene. I also added pumpkins and leaves from Pumpkin Patch Critters, Autumn Wreath, and Giving Thanks stamp sets. At first, I was doubtful of putting images that were colored on white paper with black lines onto a kraft background full of no line images. But, in the end, I love how it came out and I hope you’ll like it, too.
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Hello, Gemma here today to share a card using a mix of the fabulous new August release and some previously released Pretty Pink Posh products. I love to mix sets to make a scene for my cards.
I began with the copic colouring. I stamped images from the new Sunflowers and Fall Signs, along with some pumpkins from the previously released Pumpkin Patch Critters.
I chose the following copic colours for my sunflowers, mixing a bit of the E50 shades into the petals: Y11, Y15, Y17, E53, E55 and E57. I stamped a greeting on the scarecrow’s sign, using a sentiment from the Fall Signs stamp set, then used the coordinating dies to cut out all the images.
Next, I worked on the background. I cut a piece of orange patterned paper to adhere to my card base. I then die cut the previously released Lattice Backgroundfrom white card and adhered with liquid glue over the top. I love cover backgrounds for adding interest to a card.
I arranged my images on my card base and, once happy with the placement, I used liquid glue to adhere the sunflowers and leaves. I used foam squares to add the scarecrow over the top, then adhered the pumpkins at his feet. I just love the pumpkin with the little mouse peeking out!
For some finishing touches, I added my usual white and black gel pen details. I then used the beautiful Espresso jewels to add some sparkle to the centre of the sunflowers. TheEspresso jewels are a must have for fall cards as they tone in so well with those beautful autumnal colours.
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before August 28, 2019 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners!
