Heat Embossing - Mask-erade Day 5

I replicated Jennifer McGuire's card that she made demonstrating heat embossing techniques for stamped images.  Wow -- I love it!  The VersaMark over my water colored balloons resisted the ink for the background -- and added a nice sheen in the process.  I really like the clean margins on either side.  Will definitely be doing more of this in the future.

Mask-erade Day 3

This a first attempt at using rubber cement to protect my "neighbors" while adding the background. The rubber cement dried very quickly, which I like, but I had a difficult time insuring proper coverage since the cement is so clear.  I started this yesterday -- Day 2 of the Mask-erade Class -- and cut out each figure for individual masks.  A little labor-intensive, but I kept them for future use.  I obviously need (a lot) more practice!  I used the Penny Black 12 Days of Christmas stamp, Copics and Distress Markers.

Masking

This card was inspired by the Mask-erade class currently being held by Jennifer McGuire and others.  I used post-it tape to fussy-cut several of the flowers to protect them when I added the surrounding leaves and background.  I also masked off the area where the sentiment would go to give it more of a 3-D effect.  I used my Distress Inks for the water color -- a work in progress.  I used the AlteNew Vintage Roses stamp as well as the Simon Says Congratulations stamp for the greeting.  

Birthday Card

This image from the Penny Black Cake & Wishes set is just TOO cute!  I water colored the little girl with my Distress Markers and then added lots of color around her for a happy, festive look.

3-D Card

I wanted to share this birthday card that I sent to a friend who loves flowers and beautiful cottages.  This one was so easy to do and turned out much better than I had expected.  I used a card from Hunkydory's Springtime collection, stamped the sentiment and then used my Lawn Fawn cutting dies to cut the picture into four squares.  I then mounted them incrementally for a 3-D effect.  Because the actual card was slick, my black VersaFine ink smeared.  Fortunately, I was able to use the "happy" die cut from the Winnie & Walter Big Bold & The Happy stamp/die set to cover up the smear.  I mailed this in a padded envelope and the recipient was quite pleased (and impressed) with her card.  I love it when a plan comes together!

Water Color

I saw this design on Pinterest and loved it so much that I decided to try it with my new Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  Of all the mediums I have tried thus far, I am most pleased with the ease in blending with these markers.  I used water color paper for the image.  The background was trimmed in gold sticky tape.  I would have liked the message to show a little better, but I guess one learns by mistakes!  I used the Altenew Vintage Roses stamp set.  I was inspired by Darlene DeVries' video (Live Love Cards) that shared spectacular water color results using the distress markers.