Ah, February, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways:
1) You give me reasons to make tons of punny cards
2) I can fully express my love of all things hot pink
3) You're short - just like me
If you haven't guessed by now, I've got another Valentine's Day card to share with you! Actually - two of them! I loved the first one so much that I made it in duplicates.
But before I get toooo far ahead of myself, let's talk about where I'm drawing my inspiration from. It's time for a brand spankin' new STAMPlorations theme & sketch challenge.
As lovely as the sketch is, I saw the theme "Stamps & Retro" and could see no further than that. Especially since I just got the new Hello You 5x7 Stamp Club set and <3 <3 <3 everything about it!
I could not WAIT to ink up that typewriter. I also wanted more of a V-day lovey dovey sentiment, so I decided to make my own.
I verrrrry carefully (because stamping is such an exact science right? <-- please see sarcasm in the dictionary for a full definition) drew a tiny little sheet of paper and then hand-lettered a punny typewriter-related phrase.
I layered and layered and layered following the sketch from the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge.
Figuring out how so many patterns could go together and not clash was so fun, that I decided to do it a second time in order to create a more masculine version and used the color challenge from The Color Throwdown.
Taaaaa-daaaaaaa!
My cards are also going to play along in:
Simon Says Wednesday - Color of Love
Craft Rocket Challenge - It's a Love Thing
Cute Card Thursday - Be My Valentine
Thanks for popping by!!
I just started blogging last September and I was sucked in big time. It was really my first time visiting around to all the talented crafters on the web. Sure, like anyone, I spent hours whiling away on Pinterest feeling simultaneously hungry and like I needed to work out, but I never really clicked through to see the techniques.
So when I stumbled upon Jenn Shurkus's blog, I ooohed and aaahed and clicked on a bunch of posts and drooled. In that order. I love Jen's blog because she designs much like I do - casting off the "I must be only CAS or I must be only mixed media" mantra. She's spent the last 10 years proving that if you're talented, you can design whatever the heck you want.
Jenn is celebrating her 10-year blogiversary in a BIG way - with lots of prizes and a challenge to CASE one of her past designs. So my design pays homage to one of the awesome techniques I found on her blog and Pinned to explore later.
This is the art journal background that she made with distress paints, a stencil and a baby wipe:
Isn't it gorgeous?!
I CASEd her design by starting with a layer of gesso and then using red gelatos in selected areas.
After I had a thick layer of blended gelatos, I used the STAMPlorations Tribal Swirls stencil and a babywipe to remove a layer of the gelatos.
Once I had that layer down, I added a layer of Black Soot Distress Paint through the Brackets stencil and let it get a little bit messy. Yay for messy!
This project is actually a postcard I made for the Love Notes project - I got paired up with a stranger and for the month of July am sending her one inspirational postcard a week. It's super fun and a great chance to practice my hand lettering.
So happy blogiversary Jenn! Thank you for all the inspiration you've given me!
I'm also going to link this project up to:
Mixed Media World Stencils challenge
Speaking of celebrations - don't forget that I'm celebrating my birthday in a BIG way too! And handing out tons of prizes! For all the details check out my Birthday Bash Linkup party -
Thank you to EVERYONE who left me birthday wishes so far! And for those who have become new followers. I haven't stopped smiling all week! :) I'll post pictures of my party soon, since some people have asked about it.
Xoxo - Becca
