Multi-tasking Mania

This is a creation inspired by the Scrapsketch over on My Digital Studio ....

Inspired by color palette combo from over at the Color ThrowdownAnd using a 'pun fun' sentiment from over that the Utah Diva's International MDS Monday!

And here is my final creation combing all those challenges into one project ... with "the grin and bare it ... the joy of brotherhood" page!

A thank you to Cindy over on My Digital Studio for sharing how to make a 'pleated ribbon' in the MDS application!

Watercoloring with a Brayer

This card was a lot of fun and I LOVE the way it turned out!

This technique used the watercolor paper, brayer and the classic ink spots to create my own 'kaleidoscope' ink ... i carefully inked up the brayer with the first colored spot in one strip of the brayer and than left a small space and inked up the other colors leaving a tiny gap .... than you roll it over the paper until you get the coverage you want - than spritz it with water and let the colors run together and lay flat to dry or roll over again with brayer if desired to get the coverage / blending you desire.

Once the water color paper was totally dry I rubbed my Embossing buddy over the card, stamped with black craft ink and embossed with black embossing powder both the sentiment from Word Play and the Boat from Uncharted Territory. I than colored the sun and boat with my Stamp Write markers to finish off and decorated my envelope with the Light house image!

Elastic Easter Blossoms

Hope I am not boring everyone with the brayer themed cards - but it sure has been fun playing with my brayer again - it really is a versatile tool that should be in every stampers arsenal!

For this card card I wrapped the brayer with three elastics and than inked up with Daffodil Delight and rolled over glossy card stock and repeated with Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Pacific Point. This created a background that reminded me of Easter Grass so I thought the Eater Blossom stamp set would be perfect to use with it!

I really love how the Eggs stamped on the glossy paper - you get a really strong sharp color which popped and the 'shine' makes them look more like authentic eggs!

And of course no card of mine would be complete without some sort of bling hiding in it - so accented with some Rhinestones on the eggs and sentiment!

Kowabunga Dude

Love how this card turned out .... another card inspired by playing with my brayer as well as sampling some new stamps from Sale-a-bration!

I used the brayer to create the sunset image on glossy white paper and than cut a 'curve' as a frame for the Skateboard stamp and than chose a sentiment for the Word Play stamp set... I think it came together just awesome and will make an awesome card for one of the men in my life - I left the inside blank until a need arises for a masculine card!

Reminded of being a kid ...

When I was a child one of my favorite things to do was go to the corner store with my quarter and buy a 'surprise grab bag' of candies!

Well I am all grown up now but have to tell you I still love a good 'surprise' ... this is no April Fool's joke looks like Stampin' Up is appealing to the kid in all us stampers with their current 'Grab Bags' ... stop by my online store and check out the clearance rack for more details on the various Grab Bags available!

Now on to some card sharing ... this is another card I made while playing with my brayer in preparation for my upcoming Technique Tuesday class!

This card using the 'bouncing brayer' technique which with my color palette choice looked remarkably like an underwater scene as it came together - however since I do not have any 'sea creatures' I was inspired by some samples on Stampin Connection to make my own little creatures using the Build a Blossoms stamp set and the Pocket Silhouettes for my seaweed. Sentiment is from the Occasional Quotes Level 2 hostess set.

I submitted this card over at A La Card Monkey as part of their Nature challenge to create a card with plants, animals or landscapes ... figured a nice underwater landscape with some fish in love would work!


April 13th Color Throw Down color challenge goes perfect with this card as well!