March Feature Day - Laughter is the Best Medicine - Your Next Stamp

 Hello crafters !

It's feature day at Your Next Stamp ! The theme today is... Laughter is the best medicine ! HAHAHA !! 😁 How fun ! You are going to love this one !!

Here is my take. I used mainly YNS Silly Monsters stampset. This set is always my go to stamp set for a fun and silly card that will surely bring smile to any recipient because it has the cutest monsters bearing the quirkiest and widest smile !! 😁 I've decided to make it interactive and fun !

Using Neenah crest solar white 110lbs card stock as my panel, I positioned where I wanted the action to be and stamped on the sentiments using versamark ink and black heat emboss it. 

Next, I stamped on two monsters each at the bottom left and right and masked them before stamping the middle one. I altered their eyes by drawing a slightly curved line to make them look happier using black Copic multiliner pen. For the fourth monster, I stamped it on a separate piece of white card stock and fuzzy cut it out. All images were colored in using Copic markers.

I masked the monsters on the card panel and ink blended the background using a circle stencil in my stash and MFT premium dye inks - sno cone, grapesicle, banana split, tickled pink, persimmon. 

For the spinner part, I position the third and fourth largest of YNS Circles with Stitching and piercing marks die around the sentiments and cut out a ring. At the same time, I die cut a spinner disc using YNS slider/spinner die set. I adhered the smaller circle onto the center of the larger one using a strong glue and let it dry completely.

To assemble the card, I adhered the front panel onto a top folding vertical card base using foam tape like so.

Next, I taped down the inner ring using my tape runner and placed the spinner disc along the outer ring track and adhered the sentiment circle at the center using foam tape.

Finally, I glued down the red monster onto the spinner disc using strong glue and let it dry completely.

For finishing touches, I sticked on some gum drops and added glossy accents onto the monster eyes for extra dimension and interest. And, the card is DONE ! Hope you like this.

Click here 👀 to view a short video clip of this fun card in action in my instagram post! 😁

Be sure to check out the other DT projects on the YNS Blog and leave a comment for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice !! 

Thank you all for stopping by. Hope you had fun and Be HAPPY always !!

Love,
Amy

It's Gonna Be A Bright Sunshinin' day - Craftin Desert Divas Monthly Mood Challenge

Hello crafty friends !

Today, I stumbled upon a super cute digi stamp image from Craftin Desert Divas. It's a Giraffe Pilot ! I just could not resist the cuteness and got it for a cool price of US$0.99 ! I've also recently joined their Facebook group and realise they have a monthly mood board challenge. 

Here is their March mood board. Love those rainbow colors and that bright yellow just caught my attention ! I LOVE it and have to make a card out of this 😀

Here is an interactive card I made using the cute digi stamp. 

I started off by sizing the digi image to approx 5cm x 5cm and printed it onto white card stock. I colored it using Copic markers and fuzzy cut it out. I adhered a piece of white card stock measuring 9cm x 2cm to the back of the image for the interactive component.

Next, I die cut a white cardstock panel using the largest of YNS stitched rectangle die. I also die cut a cloud stencil and created clouds using distress ink color - tumbled glass. Using the negative die cut of the sun, I stenciled the sun using distress ink color - scattered straw.  

I die cut a rainbow and colored using Copic markers. This was adhered onto a piece of cardstock and cut out. Two clouds were die cut and lightly blended at the sides using distress ink color - tumbled glass. The sentiments was from Mama Elephant Carried Away stamp set and stamped onto a banner die cut using Versafine Onyx Black ink and clear embossed.

To assemble the card, I placed the pilot with the strip of white card stock at the center of the card panel and punctured a hole at the bottom and secured it with a brad. I placed foam adhesive on the left and right end of the rainbow and adhered it right beneath the pilot. Then, I glued down the clouds, followed by the sentiment banner. 

To finish off the card, I adhered this front panel onto a top folding horizontal card base and added glitter onto the rainbow and plane using Spectrum Noir clear sparkly pen. And, it is DONE !!

Click here  👀to see the interactive card in action on my instagram !

Supplies used :

• Craftin Desert Divas digi stamp image - pilot giraffe
• YNS stitched rectangle die
• YNS cloud border die
• Mama Elephant carried away stamp set 
• Copic markers
• Distress ink minis - tumbled glass, scattered straw
• Ranger mini blending tool

Thank you all for stopping by. Have a bright sunshining day !

Hugs

Amy

Sketch and Color Challenge #59 - Your Next Stamp

Happy Friday ! Hope everyone had a great week so far. 

I'm up on Your Next Stamp blog as a guest designer for their Color and Sketch challenge #59. It's another great color and sketch challenge this week and I hope you will join in the fun. Head down to their blog to see many awesome inspirations by the design team and guests and have a chance to win YNS gift certificate if you play along!

Today, I am sharing with you two fairy cards inspired by this week's challenge.

My first card is an interactive one which features YNS Fairytale Homes stamp set. Catch a short video clip at the bottom of this blog to see this fun card in action!

Watercolor is perfect in creating mystical looking cards like this. I started off by inking up the image onto Canson XL watercolor card stock with distress ink - tumbled glass. Then, colored in the image and create a background using distress ink watercoloring leaving an inch at the bottom uncolored.

The fairy image is stamped on similar watercolor card stock, watercolored using distress ink markers and fuzzy cut to the edge. For the interactive component, I cut a strip of acetate and taped an end to the fairy. Try it out on the background panel to determine the length of the acetate strip.

Adhere the acetate at the bottom center using a mini brad. Cover up the bottom with a strip of kraft and hot pink card stock adhered down using foam tape. The sentiments were white heat embossed on the kraft strip before adhering.

Final touches, add some glossy accents on the fairy crown and wand and clear glitter on all the pink images using Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen.  This card is done !

Click here to see a short video clip on my IG. 👀

Here is my second card featuring the Fairy Dust and All Aboard Bunch of Happiness stamp sets. I really love how sweet this turns out. 😄

I ink blended a white card panel using MFT premium dye inks (sno cone, limeade) and used the largest of YNS stitched rectangle die to cut down the panel. Stamped the images using memento tuxedo black ink and copic color them. Also, I've die cut some fences using the YNS lamp post and fence die set. I used Neenah crest solar white 110 lbs for card panel and 80 lbs card stock for the images. Wood pattern paper for the fences.

A slit is cut at the bottom the tulip images were tucked in and glued on using tape adhesive and the center one taped down using foam squares. I added some glossy accents on them too. The sentiments were embossed using Teal color ZING embossing powder.

The fairy image is then taped using foam squares and added shine using Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen and glossy accents. I then stamped the fairy dust using distress ink color - seedless preserve and embossed it with sparkling clear embossing powder.

Finally, I adhered the fences and add some YNS enchanted garden gumdrops.

Finally, I tied a plum color embroidery floss around the fence and glued on a bow. Then, attached the front panel to a vertical top folding card base and my card is finished !

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you are inspired and looking forward to see your fabulous creations!

XOXO,
Amy

You're SPEC-tacular - Your Next Stamp

Hi lovelies ! Today I want to share with you this card that I had so much fun making. It is an interactive card which features the recent release from Your Next Stamp - Spec-tacular Phoebe and Friends stampset. I love that it comes with many spectacle frames sized to fit the adorable Phoebe and her little cute critter friends. Adding those spectacles just make everything look so much cuter ! Here is what I've created. Be sure to click on a link at the bottom of this blog to view a short video clip of this card in action !

First, I stamped the images at the center of an standard A2 sized white card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, masking Phoebe before stamping the bunny and the teddy bear like so.

Using another white card stock, I die cut an oval window using the third largest of YNS stitched oval die. This is my top panel. Then, I colored in my images using Copic markers. 

As the top panel looked plain,  I've decided to decorate it with red polka dot pattern paper that matches the images. For some details and interest, I added a red oval frame using the same YNS stitched oval dies,  a red bow using YNS Bow-tiful Little Bows die and cut two red thin strips for the top and bottom of the card which gave it a more complete look.

For the slider panel, I stamped the spectacles onto some plain white sticker label and colored in using copic markers. As I do not have the co-ordinating dies, I fuzzy cut them out using scissors and my x-ecto knife. To make the slider panel, I cut a piece of acetate as shown in the blueprint below.

Orange shapes are the single layer foam tape. Red lines the shape of the piece of acetate that I cut. Red rectangle piece of red card stock taped to the bottom of the acetate panel.

To affix the spectacles that I had fuzzy cut out earlier, first, I slide the acetate panel all the way down, position the spectacles over the images and stick them down. I used glossy accents to add shine and dimension to the spectacles. Finally, I white heat embossed the sentiments onto the red piece of card stock on the bottom of the acetate and the card is finished! 😁

Click here to view 👀short video clip of this card ! 

Thank you for stopping by and taking time to read my blog. Have a SPEC-tacular day !!

Hugs,

Amy