Clean and Simple Thanks with Masking

Hello, welcome to a new week at my blog! I am so glad you've come for a visit. The air conditioning is on, and the little fan in my craft room too. Makes me think staying right here is the best place to be on this very very HOT day. Summer has come to my neck of the woods. Today's card began with masking a corner of the card front, and inking just that corner lightly. 

I used post-it tape to mask along the left side and along the bottom of the card front. I stamped then needed to mask the kiosk and the balloons images. Having those dies made it very easy to create a mask! After inking and the reveal, I used Copics to color the store front, canopy and balloons keeping it very simple. I wanted the red and white of the awning and the balloons to stand out.

I added the word thanks and the flowers and milk can as die cuts, thinking it just needed a bit of dimension. Additionally, I used Wink of Stella to add sparkle to the balloons, and clear Nuvo Drops on the milk can to add a metallic shine.

It's Clean and Simple week at The Paper Players and here is the inspiration photo from Joanne.

I wanted to add a metal element to my thank you card, and things went from there, incorporating the red and white stripes and what looked to me like a boardwalk at the beach scene. My creation is a bit of a more literal take on the photo than usual. But it sure helped me to think outside of the box! And I loved using a neglected stamp set to boot.

I hope that you're staying cool where you are! If it stays this hot, I may be doing lots of stamping this week, so come back soon!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: HERO arts - My Monthly Hero Kit from January 2019

WPlus9 - Hand-lettered Thanks stamps and die

Paper: Bristol Smooth

INK: Gina K amalgam black; DOX - Cracked Pistachio, Antique Linen and Tumbled Glass; COPIC markers

Accessories: WOS, Nuvo Drops in Morning Dew, Gina K Masking Magic Sheets

 

Plant Sunshine

Hello, how are you today?
For as slow as the days are going at my house, I sure have a hard time believing that this week is nearing the end so fast! My days and sense of time are all muddled. Anyone else in their right mind having this trouble?

It is always a good time to plant sunshine! 

Our challenge at Online Card Classes Spring Card Camp 2 was to use masking. I took a twist with my design and decided to use small images inside a die cut shape and pulled out the Plant Sunshine stamp from Penny Black.  Sponging DOX inks in Tea Dye, Squeezed Lemonade and Worn Lipstick inside the shape, I then inked the images with Warm Wool (WPlus9). This ink color is a favorite of mine for softer looking images and sentiments. It's a neutral between brown and gray.  I added coloring details with Polychromos pencils. Drawing the white line with a gel pen was easy using the next smaller die in the set as a guide. 

I decided a flat layer card with no embellishments was really OK. That's my was of letting you know how hard it was to resist not adding another thing!

Thank you so much for spending time to see what I've been making! I appreciate you and wish you well today. I'm adding this to the challenge at Inspired By. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

I'm adding this to the challenges at Inspired By called Flower me with Color and Use Your Stuff - Flowers or Butterflies. 

It's Brand New!

Yes, the day is brand new and I'm here to share my second card from day 18 of Spring Card Camp. I combined the ink and masking technique to make the striped panel,  just like yesterday's card. This time I kept the design simple with clean layers and a bold sentiment. 

I'm loving this brand new paper I got from Waffle Flower Crafts. I don't often give shout outs to products but this one is so unique I just had to share.  It's a whole pad of 80 lb. card stock in sheets 5.5 x 8.5 so that you get two cards from one sheet. 

Softly neutral patterns but what is so cool is that they can be ink blended - as much or little as you want - to match your project. I ink blended for today's card and you can see how subtle it is. I thought you might like to see the card stock without the ink blending. What great possibilities! 

Are your days running together? Mine are too!  Don't know what day it is? That's OK, I am wishing you a beautiful day! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Huge Sentiments and dies

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Waffle Flower - Modern Neutrals, SU - Basic Gray

INK: DOX - Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves, Broken China

Accessories: Stitched Square and Rectangle dies