You're Mermazing!

 

Hi friends!

I hope you are doing mermazing!

I'll be running errands and picking things up this week

for our big trip - woohoo!

I'm swimming by with today's card that

has so much creativity 

in all the stitches, nooks and crannies.

The background ~ watercolored with Simon Hurley Creates lunar paste!

Watch for the video on my YouTube channel this week ~

Wow, what messy fun that was!

The images are from Neat and Tangled and

colored with copics for a SHELL-a-bration theme.

I'm in an Instagram card hop with some fintastic friends

and the theme is: shells!

I used a watercolor panel to stamp/die cut a bunch of shells

and layered them on the ocean floor.

I have to save, I'm slightly obsessed with the colors and design

of this card and pleasantly surprised how much I like it!

  Thanks for stopping by!

  Lots of love,

~Kelly

Hot Mess Success ~ Pop Art!

Hello friends!

Thank you for your sweet words on my last post!

I've been in bed for a week and hope that I'm on the road to wellness.

I haven't had the energy to make cards at all

but today I just needed to pull up my bootstraps and just get. it. done!

I'm behind in creating at least 5 cards so today was crunch time.

I did take a quite a little time pull together this messy card

 for the Hot Mess Success card group.  

This month, I did a technique I call Pop Art!

Although I don't like messes AT ALL, I confess ~

I am LOVING this crazy card group!

Each month on the 12th, we find a technique 
- or in my case, create one -

and make a mess card.

So what's PoP aRt?!

One day, quite by mistake,

 I was playing around with my highly pigmented powders by Vicki Boutin.

Normally, it's meant to add to your mixing mediums

 like molding paste or glaze.

Since I've tried the CreativeFX iridescent glaze and stencils before, 

I thought it would be interesting to see how it would perform

 as a base color(s) when wet.

Low and behold - it stuck to the paper

and as I looked at it to see what to do next, it popped!

Pockets of air are underneath the dry powder
 and created a POP effect on the panel. Hence, Pop Art :)

 I wanted the paper to hold up to water, 

so I used #110 heavy weight cardstock.
It was certainly a cool effect and it gave me this card's idea :)

I normally prefer to dry my panels overnight but time was an issue

so I simply used my heat tool and dried the watery-powdery panel quickly.
The heat also activates the powder faster and more PoPing occured
giving the background panel amazing character :)

I made several A2 size card backgrounds 
and just chose one at random to use for this card ~ stamped in Stazon.

The cute birthday bear is from Penny Black and
 I've added sentiments from a Simon Hurley Creates stamp set.

My friends that also made cards today are:
Barb
Jeanette 
Terry

By using this 'Pop Art' technique, I was able to make quite a few panels.
I varied the colors and started with fresh water each time.
One it was heat dried, it sealed in the powder to the paper
but I did noticed if it's still wet, the dry part of the PoP Powder rubs off.  
Just a tip :)

This card took quite a bit of time and it's definitely not a quick card ~ 
 I kept getting tired through out the process,
but stuck it out and I'm so glad I did!
This card is just adorable and super-mess aside, I'm glad I made it :)
In fact, I am already planning uses for the other colored panels.

Here is another final look of the very messy birthday bear!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ...
~Kelly

Oh Happy Day!

Hi friends!

I hope your Monday is off to a good start 

or if you are like me,

 today is off to a good start! :)

I am honestly losing track of the days

and if it wasn't for the huge block calendar hanging in the kitchen,

I'd be forever lost!

 We're up to Day 10 in card camp

and I'm taking a break in between chores to photograph and blog.
It moves fast!

This is another card I worked on last week for spring camp,

taught by the incredibly talented Yana Smakula.

I've long admired her YouTube videos and her cardmaking style

so I was thrilled to see her name pop up as a teacher!

For this card, I used a lot of paper ...........

and the large Simon Hurley background cling stamp from Ranger Ink.

It's super fun because the lines are wonky and abstract

and it was perfect for creating this springtime scene!

Are we in spring?

It's 150° here in Florida and just so so SOOOO hot!

For this card, I've used the springtime stamp set from Hello Bluebird

and the matching dies 

and popped it all up on 3D foam.  

This card is thick and has a lot of dimension!

Here's my groovy wonky abstract paper,

all from my scrap pile,

and where this card went from this to finished!

  Thanks for hopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly