More 'With love'...

More 'With love'!

When I was making cards yesterday I did a whole lot of painting before achieved the result that I wanted. Not all of them were bad, but they didn't have that soft look that I wanted. One of them was painted with Copics and the colors were a little stronger. When I tried that one on a bright green panel I got a whole different look that I also was happy with. I added some distress color around the flower to make it pop and then I added some Wink of Stella on the flower.
I'm entering this card to the June challenge of Scrap Africa (mood board). I just can't get enough of those pretty colors! I love those shades of green, turqoise and pink.
I'm also entering the June challenge of Seven Hills Crafts (sketch). I'm really not good with sketches, I have to follow them almost completely. I have just made the panel bigger on my card.

The mood board of Scrap Africa

The sketch of Seven Hills Crafts

I did a WHOLE LOT of painting yesterday!

I am in LOVE with these colors!

MATERIAL:
STAMP:
Unknown
DIE:
Waffle Flower - 310021 With Love
Crea-Nest-Lies - CLNestXXL 36
COLOR:
Tsukineko - Emboss
Embossing powder - Reprint - White
Copic - E40, BG000, BG72, R21, R30, G82, G40, G24, YG03
Distress Pad: Broken China
Wink of Stella - Gl. Clear 999
OTHER:
Sequins

With love

With love

When I saw the photo inspiration in the June challenge at Waffle flower I just knew that I had to play along. I love that summery palette of colors. I even found Copics in the exactly right colors (later I changed to distress colors because I didn't get the look that I wanted).

Berry71bleu also have a mood board in their June challenge with lovely soft, summery colors. The photos in both challenges are exactly the style that I want in my home. The photos makes me happy and full of life, and sooo creative!

I'm also very much into flowers at the moment. It might be the season! We are having a lovely weather here in Sweden and everything is so beautiful right now. Sometimes I just go outside, sit down on the porch and just look at the garden and the greenery and just sigh with happiness! I love this season!
I have a stamp set with flowers which I just got and like very much, but I don't know the brand of it. I think it's of a cheaper brand, but it's very pretty anyway. I decided to use that one and I went for a soft look and a quite CAS card. As I mentioned, I started out with my Copics but I didn't get the look that I wanted, so after a lot of trial and error I moved on to my distress colors. I white embossed the image on watercolor paper and then I painted the flower with Distress Markers. I also gave the background a wash to make the flower pop out a bit. I painted with Wink of Stella around the flower and added some sequins. Finally I die cut the sentiment and white embossed that as well.

Photo inspiration of Waffle Flower

Mood board of Berry71bleu

Close-up

MATERIAL:
STAMP:
Unknown
DIE:
Waffle Flower - 310021 With Love
Crea-Nest-Lies - CLNestXXL 36
COLOR:
Tsukineko - Emboss
Embossing powder - Reprint - White
Distress Markers - Evergreen bough, Bundled Sage, Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet, Shabby Shutters
Distress Pad: Evergreen Bough, Shabby Shutters
Wink of Stella - Gl. Clear 999
OTHER:
Sequins

Scrap Africa - Sketch Challenge no. 52

You are My Star!

I found an interesting sketch challenge at Scrap Africa and decided to have a go. I saw the grey pattern, the chevron, the film strip and the "photos" in the sketch. I knew I had grey cards and grey envelopes so I wanted to create something in different shades of grey with a splash of color. It was also fun to make the fake polaroid photos I made a while ago so I wanted to make some more.  I really liked how the cards turned out with all the layers!




The sketch

I started by stamping different patterns in the background with different greyish inks. I embossed the chevron stamp with my absolute favourite embossing powder of them all - Suze Weinbergs UTEE: platinum. I love the effekt it gives! Then I added a diecutted chevron (I actually think it's a photo corner but when you put them in a row it looks like a chevron pattern) and a diecutted star. When I added the star I came to think of the glow-in-the-dark stars that were popular to put in the ceiling  of children's rooms a while ago. So I just had to get some! I really love that pale green color! And I thought it would look good together with the green in my fake polaroid photo. Finally, I added a film strip, a text made with my dymo and some staplers.

I just love this little bird!

The layers

Close-up

MATERIAL:
STAMPS:
Gummiapan - "chevron"
Kaiserkraft - birdcage CS800, Grid CS755
Stampers Anonymous - Boundless flight
Cocoa Daisy - "arabian pattern"
Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine
INK & COLOR:
Hero Arts - Shadow Ink - grey
Memories - Hero Arts Shadow Stamps - Soft Stone
Versa Color - 83 Chateau Grey, 181 Vanilla
ProMarkers: Liem Zest, Soft Lime, Eggnog
DIES:
Sizzix - For the Record 659108, Squares 657565
OTHER:
Pink Paisley - Heidi Swapp - Septemper Skies (paper)
Suze Weinbergs Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (EP)
StazOn - jet Black
Emboss - Embossing Stamp Pad
Glitter Flakes - Recycled plastic from Panduro
3D Crystal Glaze - YouDo
Dymo
Staplers