Happy Birthday Card using Gelatos, Wink of Stella, Color Me Card Toppers and Tim Holtz Distress Ink

I've been playing with an American Crafts card base, Gelatos by Faber-Castell and Wink of Stella brush glitter markers! This 5 x7" happy birthday card was made with a Color Me Card Topper and sentiment, Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Recollections bling!

I've watched many videos that show how easy it is to work with Gelatos and a baby wipe applied directly to the project. I found it easy to do in large areas, however, the smaller areas were more challenging and didn't lend well to my design aesthetic. So I remedied the situation by using Wink of Stella. I also applied Gelatos to a craft mat and picked up the color with a fine paintbrush dipped in water to add in the confined areas. I liked that much better.

Have you tried Gelatos? What's your experience, tips and tricks?

La-Vie

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Inspiration for Get Inky! Challenge 19: Christmas

We've got an exciting Christmas challenge going on at the Get Inky! Challenge blog and I'm blogging to inspire you to join in on all the fun!!

I've always wanted to try out the corrugated cards. This one has a gusset for those pop-up cards and honeypop cards etc. I started by coloring some Color Me paper with 2 radiant rain daubers in a random pattern. I love how it made a third color wherever the two colors overlapped.

Using 3 Get Inky! Stamps from the 2013 Holiday set (available on Etsy), I created a banner from kraft cardstock to top the card. The stamped images were colored with Copics (and on the edges of the banner to mimic inking), adorned with Epoxy circles and popped up on foam tape. The Ho Ho Ho embellishment and the red grommet ribbon complete the look. I actually stapled the ribbon on, but wiggled the ends out of the top layer of ribbon so it wouldn't be seen. Tricks of the trade!!

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Supplies:

• Get Inky! Stamps - 2013 Holiday stamp set 
• Recollections - Kraft Corrugated Cards (5.5" x 5.5"), Ho Ho Ho embellishment, Kraft Cardstock, foam circles
• Color Me paper with silver embossing
• Luminarte Radiant Rain daubers - Mallard and Poppy
• Fiskars - red epoxy embellishments
• Copics - R29, R59, G00, G85, G17
• Red grommet ribbon - stash
• Memento tuxedo black ink

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed this project and will consider joining in on the challenge! Merry Christmas!!

La-Vie

Instant Scrapbook Baby Boy - Hester

This page is one of my favorites! This page "A Star is Born" started out as a Color Me blank page with silver accents. I then used glimmer mists (in 4 different colors) for the first time to color the entire page. There was minimal buckling and I am very pleased. The baby's first picture will be placed here. He has a big name and I wanted to represent that in his debut in his scrapbook. Dimensional stickers, rickrack ribbon, rub ons all help to complete the look.

Color Me pages can be colored with almost anything...chalk, ink, paint, etc. I bought it at the CKC Valley Forge show from Boxer. Check it out at http://www.shopatron.com/products/category/Color+Me+Papers/382.0.1.1.89409.90058.0.0.0

La-Vie