A Little Rainbow - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends. I'm here today with the details to a card that was featured a few days ago on the Pretty Pink Posh Instagram feed. Not to long ago I picked up another set of Zig real brush markers to give them another shot. I always am in love with the no line coloring I see featured by the incredibly talented Nichol Spohr. Shes been a big influence throughout my card making endeavors over the years so if you don't already follow her (and you probably do!) you definitely should.

Anyways the start of this card came about just with me playing and experimenting. I highly recommend two things with the Zig; Bristol Paper & Lawn Fawn's new Jellyfish ink. I've tried a number of inks for the no line look and this is by far my favorite.

I did the background with a very basic ink blending with distress oxides in Cracked Pistachio. I splattered the whole background with extra ink for texture and interest; like a flower field full of pollen (achoo!) I just planted my own front garden bed with tulips for the first time. I cant wait to see them bloom! To finish the background I stamped the sentiment in a bold black ink as I thought it would help balance the bees. 

I stamped and colored a bunch of tulips.  The colors are as follows: 050 Yellow, 052 Bright Yellow (this looks more orange to me) 025 Pink, 045 Pale Green, 031 Cobalt Blue & 081 Light Violet. I only used 1 color per flower and blended out using the blender pen (which I have since lost boooooo!!) The stems are 041 Light Green. I used the same 050 Yellow on the bees along with 010 Black. And a tiny little bit of the Cobalt Blue on the wings. I just love how it turned out!

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Some Buggie - Hello Sweetums

Hello Craft Friends!

I am here today with a card featuring the stamp set Bitty Bugs from Hello Sweetums. Something about seeing the view from the garden from a bugs perspective just really drew me to this set. Did you ever see Honey I shrunk the Kids? There is a scene where they are out in the grass and everything is giant sized and I just adored it. That's where I got my inspiration from today.

I wont fool you here and say the background was easy, it wasn't. It took me a few tries before I was happy with the layout and the blending. And that's ok! Don't be afraid to start fresh if  something didn't turn out.

I started by using masking paper which I cut using landscape dies. I cut two interlocking layers. First I adhered the top part of the mask and blended cracked pistachio distress oxide downwards. Once that dried, I placed the bottom part of the mask to line it up with the top and then I peeled up a smaller section I had cut between the two for the dirt. I blended across the center of the card with  Tea Dye distress oxide and a bit of vintage photo to darken the top. I also splatted on some vintage photo for texture. I replaced the middle mask after it dried and peeled up the top. I very lightly used Spun Sugar distress oxide through a stencil and brought it down from the top edge. Then I used Faded lilac and a cloud stencil to finish off the background.

The images from Bitty Bugs were stamped and die cut from Neenah 110lb cardstock and copic colored. Lastly the sentiment I stamped out on a banner strip. I masked off the middle "Buggie" while I inked up the other words with black ink and stamped. Then I reversed it and covered the other words so I could ink up Buggie with distress Oxide inks. I used Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick to get a bit of an ombre effect.


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