Spellbinders August Blog Hop

Hi friends,

Today I’m honored to join Spellbinders August Blog Hop featuring two amazing collections: Inked Messages By Stephanie Low and Special Moments By Marisa Job.

You probably came from Desiree Kuemmerle blog. If not – you may consider starting from the beginning at Spellbinders and see what other designers have created. There are so many beautiful projects from talented designers. Also you on each stop you you have a chance to win a prize.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

I had a blast playing with stamps from the Inked Messages Collection. Stephanie Low, the designer of this collection is an tattoo artist and the stamps are designed it tattoo style.

I don’t have any tattoos and don’t plan to have, but apparently Pinterest thinks opposite. At it keeps showing me tattoo designs in my feed lol. So I’m kind of familiar with the style, or trends if you will, of tattoo designs. One thing that I noticed is that it’s very common to add flowers behind …. well, behind literally everything. So did I for my first card.

First I made the bottle using Message In A Bottle Stamp And Die Set. I started by stamping the bottle parts using White Pigment Ink onto a SSS Black Cardstock. There are two stamps to stamp this bottle. The outer (the bottle itself) part and its “filing”. I planned to do white embossing on top later so needed to keep my stamps mounted onto my MISTI lid, which I used for stamping.

So I first placed my black panel into one corner on the MISTI and stamped the bottle. In this position of the MISTI it’s lid/door was opening to the left. And I left the stamp onto its lid. Then I turned and MISTI over (so the lid/door opened to the right) and stamped the inside part. Also leaving the stamp mounted after stamping. The A2 side of the MISTI allowed me to keep both stamps on the opposite edges.

With a mini stamp positioning tool you can do the same by working in “album” orientation, so the lid opens away from you. And shift a paper from one corner to another for each stamp.

Next I colored the inside part of the bottle using Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils. Let me tell you … there are so great! It took me a while to splurge on them, mainly because I already had another pencils. And didn’t use them much. And after I finally got them it was I believe like half a year ago and I hadn’t opened them since then. For this card pencils were the only option and it was a great opportunity to try “new” babies. It was a live from the first stroke! They ARE as good as they’re being faced about.

So after I colored the bottle I placed my black piece back into the MISTI, stamped over with clear embossing ink and white embossed. Next I die-cut the bottle using the matching die.

I did all the same for the flowers, for which was used A Rose Any Other Name Stamp And Die Set.

Then I adhered the flowers behind the bottle and foam mounted the whole piece onto a Bazzill Licorice Twist Cardstock panel. Black adhesive foam squares were used for foam mounting to match the black elements.

Now, the question has to be asked why did I used two different black cardstock for different purposes. Well, I’m one of those people who like having different supplies for different purposes. Not even “like” rather – have to lol. Like I have separate tools for heat embossing and drying out a wet paper, I have a wide range of adhesives each dedicated to a specific role. The same with the black cardstock.

When it comes to coloring with pencils it’s better to use a cardstock that has some tooth to it. In other word  – the rougher the cardstock the better. I really love Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, it’s probably one one my favorite ones. I’m very picky when it come to cardstock, I love when it’s thick, as I use it for often for card bases and thinner cardstock bothers me in this role. So Bazzill totally fits the bill in this matter. But it’s smooth! Extremely smooth. And I like its quality too, in any other situation other than coloring with pencils. It’s next to impossible to color with pencils on it, as pencil pigment literally has nothing to hold on to. It isn’t completely impossible, but it will take you a lot of effort and pencil lead to do.

Why didn’t I used the SSS cardstock for both coloring and the panel? Well, definitely not because it wasn’t suitable for a card panel. This cardstock has tooth to it, so it’s very nice and easy to color on with pencils. And It’s quite thick (100lb actually) so totally works for both panels and card bases. I didn’t use it in this role I don’t have a lot of it lol. So I basically cherish it and save specifically for coloring. I probably need to go and get some more.

Ok, another question has to be asked – ain’t I’m talking too much about cardstock lol?

To finish off my card I foam mounted the black panel onto a white card base, popped a sentiment and added several white sequins to accentuate the card.

I like this kind of chalkboard (ish) look this card has. Not speaking of it’s boldness and drama which I love in cards.

WANDERLUST

For my next card I used Wanderlust Stamp And Die Set. It has two stamps which can be used not only on a card, but in a travel book too. Or any other travel related project.

I started making my card by stamping in black the globe with flowers onto a white cardstock, colored with COPICs and die-cut with the matching die.

Then I made a “galaxy slash night sky” panel by blending Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet and Black Soot Oxides onto a white panel. Which I then sprinkled with water using my trusty Ranger Distress Sprayer. I blotted off the ink after it reacted with water and added tiny white paint splatters with a small brush.

I foam mounted the panel onto a rustic white card base and popped up the globe onto it. Next I white embossed the sentiment on a black stripe and also popped it up onto the card.

Several sequins added finished off my card.

PRIZES

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, August 19th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Tuesday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $25 gift certificate to Spellbinders store. Please leave a comment on this post by Sunday, August 19th at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on Monday, August 20th.

WINNER

The winner of $25 Gift Certificate is Lagene.

Congratulations!

I will be e-mailing you instuctions of how to claim your prize.

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments! I really appreciate your attention to my works!

GET HOPPING!

The next stop in the blog hop will be amazing Brenda Noelke. If you got lost, please go back to Spellbinders.

BLOG HOP

Spellbinders

Hussena Calcuttawala

Tina Smith

Melissa Phillips

Enza Gudor

Sandra Nagel

Olga Direktorenko

Elena Salo

Nina-Marie Trapani

Desiree Kuemmerle

Svitlana Shayevich

Brenda Noelke

Heather Hoffman

Rubeena Ianigro

Amy Kolling

Clare Prezzia

SUPPLIES

If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the letters below to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Studio Katia (SK), Altenew (AN), Ellen Hutson (EH), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), Spellbinders (SB), etc.
I truly appreciate your support!

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