Red, White and Blue Challenge

Today I made a small card (thank you card size) for the challenges at CAS-ual Fridays and The Alley Way Stamps which both call for Red, White and Blue creations. It took me 20 mins to make it, upload the picture, edit, post to the blog and enter with only 3 mins to spare on the CAS-ual Fridays blog!! Whew!! What a rush????!!!

I needed to use TAWS digis to qualify so I printed a free matching image and sentiment from their website. I placed the images in MS Word and printed on Neenah cardstock (one of the best for coloring). Recollections makes a stamp set of all splatters that seemed the best to use with the TAWS digis. Using TPC Studio Clearly Better ink in Navy and Scarlet I completed the look. The TAWS inspiration photo called for a little brown so I colored the paintbrush with my Copic marker Y26. This little painter didn't wash off her brush so she has both red and blue paint on the bristles. I achieved that look by picking up ink from the ink pads and using a blender pen from Marvy (Le Plume II) to add the color. There's a broad tip and a fine tip.

This card is whimsical, clean and simple. I hope you like it!

Challenges:
Cas-ual Fridays CFC102: Red White and Blue
TAWS Be Inspired #29

La-Vie

Just Keep Swimming Card

 

Today I am entering a co-challenge held by 3 Girl Jam Challenge #13 in conjunction with The Alley Way stamps. Each challenge has different rules but asks participants to glean inspiration from the picture below. 3 Girl Jam asked us to use a stamp and ribbon in the project and The Alley Way Stamps asked to use their stamps (if you don't have any digital free ones were provided). I included the images I used below as well. I was inspired by the stacking of the shapes in the picture and some of the colors. The Alley Way stamps I chose were irresistible and jumped out at me right away!

Crafty Tips: print digital stamps on white cardstock instead of paper to make sure it can handle the coloring. You can always use part of an image as I did today to bring across the theme. Also, if you don't have a trio for the color you want to use, use the colorless blender to lighten the color in areas to mimic shading. I used this tip with the top fish. BG09 is very dark. The blender allowed me to show contrast. With darker shades, such as the red (I did shading but it did not photograph well :[ errr! ) you may want to outline the shape with the black or the Copic multiliner to help corral the color. the red was hard to keep in place. Finally, coloring the background of your fussy cut digital stamps gives it a more cohesive look. I wanted the stamps to blend in but not fully to give it that underwater feel.

 

 

 

Supplies:

• DCWV 5.5 x 5.5 pre-cut card: blue, DCWV glitter cardstock: blue
• The Alley Way Stamps - digital Just keep swimming fish school and just keep swimming sentiment
• Recollections - white cardstock 8 1/2 x 11" - printed TAW digital stamps
• Wrights seam binding 1/2" wide tan
• Recollections - blue bling
• Jolee's all that bling- dimensional stickers
• Copics - sentiment B0000, B00, B02, BG05; Fish: 0, BG09, B10/ C1, C3, C5/ R24, R29, R81
• Adhesive: Xyron and scotch ATG
   

 

Wish me luck x2!

 

La-Vie