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Jeep Hair Don't Care

8/5/2021

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Fun fact about me, the ONLY vehicle I have ever longed for since I was 14 years old was a Jeep.  But, NOOoooooo, not just any ol' Jeep, a custom painted Tiffany Blue Jeep Wrangler Sahara Edition.  Well, practical me recognizes that it's one of the least safe vehicles on the road, so for now, my childhood dreams will have to suffice with paper and ink!  Today's fun Jeep themed cards utilize the Good Vibes stamp set from Joy Clair Designs.  The A2 sized card with that pretty robin's egg blue Jeep I designed with myself in mind.  The slimline card was designed for fellow artist and resident Cape Cod mermaid, Jenn Shurkus, who tools around all summer in a lime green Jeep!
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The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of black cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base. On a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of white cardstock, I die cut a 3" circle in the middle of the card. I placed a piece of an alcohol ink background behind the circular hole.  In Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the sentiment "Jeep hair don't care" in the lower right corner.  I stamped the Jeep and beach ball in Memento Black Tuxedo ink and colored them with Copic markers.  I fussy cut the Jeep image and beach ball.  I adhered the Jeep to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I stamped the two surfboards in both pink and yellow ink.  I fussy cut those and adhered them along with the beach ball to the backseat of the Jeep.  
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This slimline card measures 8 1/2' x 3 1/2".  Slimline cards are designed to fit inside a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage. I created the base from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using the Slimline Marquee Die from Whimsy Stamps, I cut the frame from white cardstock.  Behind the three windows of the frame I placed pieces of alcohol ink backgrounds that I had previously created and store in a "pieces" pile.  I stamped the Jeep and small beach ball from the Life is Good stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black ink and colored them using Copic markers.  I fussy the images and adhered the Jeep to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I stamped the two surfboards, one in pink ink and the other in yellow ink and added them to the backseat of the Jeep.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment "life is good" in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on a thin strip of white cardstock.  I notched the right end and added the sentiment to the card.  
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Thanks for sharing one of my childhood dreams with me!  Have a wonderfully creative day!
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XO, Crystal 

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Rainbow Art

8/4/2021

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Hello friends!  Thanks for visiting my website today!  If you are new here, welcome!  I hope you will find inspiration and creativity while you are here.  I'd highly recommend starting with my photo gallery to see images of the variety of cards I've made over the years.  You can also view my videos if you are looking for a step-by-step tutorial in seeing how the magic of cardmaking happens!

Today I am sharing two colorful and fun rainbow themed cards using products from Whimsy Stamps.  Perhaps you might recall that last year I was on the Design Team for Whimsy and I'm always happy to help promote their products, because they were such a wonderful and cohesive team to work with.  Let's take a further look at these cards:
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This first card is a slimline card.  My slimline card measures 8 1/2' x 3 1/2" and fits inside a regular #10 business sized mailing envelop requiring no additional postage.  And did you know that Whimsy Stamps is the innovator of slimline cards!  Best. Creative. Invention. Ever.  The base of this slimline card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using the Whimsy Stamps Slimline Marquee Die, I cut the frame also from the same white cardstock.  I placed pieces of the 6" x 6" Rainbow Paper Pack and placed it behind the windows of the frame.  
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I stamped a variety of images from the Artist's Toolkit stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on white cardstock.  I colored the images in rainbow colors using Copic Markers.  I die cut the images using my Brother Scan and Cut 2 e-cutting machine.  I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I stamped the sentiment "listen to your art" in Memento Tuxedo black ink on a thin strip of white cardstock and I adhered that to the center of the card also using 3M foam adhesive.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle.  ​
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​Here is the second card I made using similar products: 
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Card details: 

For this A2 sized card I use 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock (linked above) for the base of the card.  I used a 5 1/4" x 4 " piece of the same white cardstock and die cut a partial circle out of the center.  I lined the back of the hole with paper from the the 6" x 6" Rainbow Paper Pack.  I stamped a variety of images from the Artist's Toolkit stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on white cardstock.  I colored the images in rainbow colors using Copic Markers.  I die cut the images using my Brother Scan and Cut 2 e-cutting machine.  I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  ​
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Using the Thanks Word die and shadow set, I die cut the bottom shadow layer of the sentiment from white cardstock and I die cut the thinner top portion from paper in the 6" x 6" Rainbow Paper Pack.  I adhered the two layers together with a fine-tip liquid adhesive and then mounted both to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle.  
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Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
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XO, Crystal 
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Other rainbow themed cards you might enjoy:

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Good Vibes

8/3/2021

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Hello readers!  I have been very remiss with my holiday themed cards this year.  I didn't make one single card for Easter, Father's Day, Mother's Day and the 4th of July!  But YAY, here's to being consistent at least!  There's still a good month of summer left, so not all is a loss with today's good vibes themed card.
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Card details: 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  On a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of Yupo paper, I created the alcohol ink background with Magenta and Flamingo alcohol inks.  Once the alcohol inks dried, I mounted the Yupo paper to a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of black cardstock.  I die cut the words "Good  Vibes" using the Simon Says Stamps shadow die.  I die cut the larger shadow layer from magenta cardstock and the thinner top layer using black cardstock.  I mounted the sentiment to the lower right corner of the card using 3M foam adhesive.  
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The sunglasses are from the Good Vibes stamp set by Joy Clair Designs.  I stamped the palm trees (also from the same stamp set) in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on the lenses of the sunglasses and then fussy cut the sunglasses out.  I adhered the sunglasses to the card.  Lastly, using a white Uniball gel pen, I added highlights to the words "good vibes" for added dimension.  
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I hope you like today's fun and summery card.  Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
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XO, Crystal 
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Other alcohol ink cards you might enjoy:

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All the Happiness

8/2/2021

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Hello friends and happy Monday! Welcome back from the weekend. Today I am on the Birch Press Design blog and I'm excited to be sharing STAMPED projects with you today and not the usual beautiful layering dies that Birch Press Design is most known for. Do you even know that Birch Press Design also sells stamps?!  Surprise, they do!
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The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. This is my go-to white cardstock for everything. Using the Delfina Layer A die, I die cut the lattice background from white cardstock. I adhered this directly to the card base. I stamped the flowers from the All the Happiness stamp set in Versamark ink on Distress Watercolor cardstock and heat embossed the image with gold embossing powder. I then watercolored the flowers using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers in Scarlett Red, Bright Yellow, Persian Blue, Pale Green and Light Green.
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Once the watercolor was dry, I die cut the image using the coordinating All the Happiness dies. I adhered the flowers in the lower right corner of the card using 3M foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment "celebrate today" from the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set. I punched the sentiment out using a label punch and adhered it to the card with 3M foam adhesive.
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Today's second card is also made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using Layer A from the Delfina Layering Dies, I die cut the lattice background from white cardstock. I adhered the lattice background directly to the card. I stamped the flowers from the All the Happiness stamp set in Versamark ink on Distress Watercolor cardstock. I heat embossed the image with gold embossing powder and then I watercolored the image using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers (the same colors are listed above).
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I die cut the flowers using the coordinating die and adhered the flowers to the card using 3M foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment "celebrate today" from the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set in blue ink on white cardstock. I punched the sentiment out with a 2" circle punch. I also adhered the punch to the card using 3M foam adhesive. ​
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I am so in love with this beautiful flower stamp set and I'll be using more stamps from Birch Press Design in the future!  Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

XO, Crystal 

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