Mosaic Lotus Card

Hello and welcome back!  I've got a card today that uses a new mosaic die from Paper Rose Studio and I love the artistic look it gives. 

Supplies Used: Mosaic Lotus Metal Cutting Die 28504, Sketchy 6x6 Paper Collection 25252, Lots and Lots of Rectangles 2.0 Metal Cutting Die 22177, 19499 Clear Crystal Mix.  Other supplies: Copic markers (RV25, RV23, RV21, RV10, G94, G82), Nuvo Glitter Accents in Fresh Snowfall.

I first cut the mosaic die from Neenah Solar Crest 80# cardstock, and carefully saved all the lotus pieces and the outer frame.  I find it easiest to do this by placing a piece of Press N' Seal wrap on the back of the die once it has been cut and then carefully lifting this off the die.  I glued the frame to a 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" piece of 110# white cardstock. Then I coloured in the lotus pieces with Copic markers as listed above, trying to keep the darker tones at the base of the petals.  I added a little of the Nuvo Glitter Accents to the tips of the petals and once they were dry, I glued the petal pieces into place within the frame.  

For the background, I used two different pieces of the Sketchy paper pack.  I chose a predominantly blue piece for the water, and the more purpley-green one for the landscape.  I die cut these and again used the Press N' Seal to keep the pieces in place.  Then I glued these pieces into the frame.

I used the largest of the Lots and Lots of Rectangles die to cut the outer frame from white cardstock, and then trimmed this down so there was an even border all around the etched markings.  This card ended up being just a bit smaller than an A2 sized card, but I love the look of the triple matting.  I glued this outer frame to a card base, and trimmed the card base to match the frame.  Then I glued the mosaic piece to the center of the card.  Finally, I added a few of the Clear Crystal Mix over the background and on the flowers to make it look like water drops. I haven't added a sentiment to this card because I'm not sure yet how I will use it.  I think it would work well for so many different occasions, so I've left it blank for now but a sentiment strip would be an easy addition when the time comes.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!

Protea Floral Card

Hello everyone!  I've got a floral card today where I've used a rather generic sentiment.  I think this card could be used for so many occasions and I love to have cards like that in my stash, as I usually don't know on what occasion I'll use them.

Paper Rose Studio supplies used: Slimline Protea Bouquet Clear Stamp 28222, Doodle Flower Coverplate 1 Metal Cutting Die 20553, Black & White A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 19023. Other supplies: Copic markers, Prismacolour pencil crayons, black Sakura Glaze pen, gold beads, Simon Says Stamp Fog ink.

This is a beautiful slimline stamp, but I've used it on a 4 1/2" x 6" card and it fills the card front perfectly.  I stamped the image onto Neenah Solar Crest 80# cardstock, using the Fog ink.  There's a lot of detail in the stamp, and I didn't want to use black ink as it would have significantly darkened the image. I left the stamp in my stamp positioner for the time being. I used Copic markers to colour in the image, and although I didn't keep a list of the markers used, here is a list of the ones I do remember using. (RV25, RV23, RV21, RV10, RV69, RV19 for the Protea flower; Y19, Y08, Y02 for the yellow flowers; E97, E93, E01, BV08, BV04 for the three flowers at the bottom.  I added some yellow prismacolour pencil to these as well, and used the black glaze pen to add dots to the centers; YR27, YR23, Y08, BV02, V15 for the coneflower type flowers at the top. I added purple pencil crayon to these as well; the leaves were done with YG67, YG17, YG03, YG01, G94, G82, BG75, BG72 and BG70). After I had coloured the image in with markers, I went back in and added touches of pencil crayon as noted above to highlight some of the flowers.  Once I was satisfied with the colouring, I placed the image back in my stamp positioner, and stamped it again with the Fog ink, to help bring back some of the details.  Then I fussy cut out the image which wasn't too hard to do, but I don't mind fussy cutting.  

 Next, I die cut the Doodle Flower coverplate die from 110# white cardstock and attached it to my 4 1/2" x 6" card base in the center.  I popped the floral image up on foam tape and adhered it down towards the left of my card.  

I gold foiled the sentiment strip, using my laminator.  I love that sentiment! It's just perfect for so many occasions.  After foiling it, I trimmed it down and attached it with foam tape over the floral image, offsetting it to the right.  Finally, I added some gold beads for a little extra shine.  

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you're having a happy, creative day!

Shaker Cards Two Ways *Video*

Hello and welcome back!  Today I've got two styles of shaker cards for you and I've used the same background papers in each of them.  

Paper Rose Studio supplies used: Betty's Garden 6x6 Paper Collection 28576, Betty's Garden Die Cuts 28579, Rectangle Ray Metal Cutting Die 25648, Fruit Salad Shaker Mix - 26302, Cracked 6x6" Stencil 19298 (used on the background gel print), Celebrate Layered Metal Cutting Die 17454.  Other supplies: Acetate.

I've created a video for you, showing how I made both of these cards.  If you would like to know more, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!