February | 2016 | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

I’m the least competitive person you will ever meet. I actually run from competition. I’m not a sports fan, I struggle watching reality TV, competition is just not something I enjoy! BUT I do enjoy a sketch challenge!! I came across the CAS(E) this Sketch #161 and I loved it! I’ve also been dying to use the Stuck On You Stamp Set and coordinating dies! My take on the sketch was slightly modified by moving the central image into the lower left hand corner.

My card base is an olive color card base that I’ve had A LONG time from Archiver’s. I next used a watercolor panel with cheap watercolor paints. I tried to create a sky, sunset feel so I used blues, yellows, and a little pink in there. I next heat embossed the cactus, flower, and planter pot from the Stuck On You Stamp Set in Cocoa Embossing Powder. I colored all of those images using the same watercolor paints. I used the coordinating Stuck On You Thin Cut Dies to cut out all of those images. There is just something amazing and slightly magical when you pull the paper off the Big Shot platform and see the perfectly cut images! I positioned everything where I wanted, but the cactus seemed to be floating on the card. I grabbed the Teacher Appreciation Stamp Set and used the lined image to help ground the plants.

I then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in Versamark™ Ink directly onto the watercolor panel. The stamped image wasn’t crisp and clear so I dusted off the Cocoa Embossing Powder. One of the things I enjoy about papercrafting is the bloopers that happen while making a card or scrapbook page. I’m a firm believer in there is always a way to come back from a mistake and a way to salvage the project. I heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and fussy cut each word to cover my boo-boo. All is well!

I’m also linking this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday-Anything Goes-Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

I’m back again with another sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

I modified the sketch slightly by switching the vertical line in the background to a diagonal line using the Georgie Paper Packet. I added stitching around those panels using my sewing machine. I then cut a circle & heart from Design Space on a chevron resist pattern paper that was available from CTMH in a previous paper packet special, Dream Pop, which is no longer available. BUT the good news is there are Fundamental Paper Packets that have the same types of patterns. For the center heart I grabbed white modeling paste, Twilight Re-Inker, and white acrylic paint. I mixed those mediums together until I had a color I liked and smeared it on a scrap piece of white cardstock before cutting out the heart. I messily sewed the inside of the heart using my sewing machine. I also used an EK Success Chevron Punch on vellum for the two horizontal lines that you see in the sketch. I lined the vellum chevrons with the chevrons in the circle for a cohesive look. Once I had all of that put together the card was still missing something….

I grabbed a heart stencil that was available in a previous Hip Kit I had purchased and used the same mediums as the center heart. I used the stencil on a scrap piece of paper and then I sprinkled Clear Embossing Powder along with a few flecks of Zing Glitter Gold Embossing Powder on the modeling paste while it was still wet (which is also the same technique I used on the large center heart). Once it had all dried I fussy cut a few of the hearts and added Bitty Sparkles next to those hearts. The small hearts almost feel like puffy stickers! The sentiment is from the I Do Stamp Set using White Embossing Powder and fussy cut out on vellum.