I used the Ugly Sweater Builder and my Memory MISTI to stamp the background for my card (yes indeed my Christmas Trees are upside down ... lucky for me, I could just flip the design).
Hey everyone! Lydia here with a guest post today and a very special blog hop with the Pink & Main team!
I love the quirkiness of their stamp sets - it's right up my alley. Their Llamas set made me literally laugh out loud the first time I saw it, and I knew it had to be mine. I think there must be llama social media - because everyone is always saving the drama for their llamas - how could they be so dramatic without the llama equivalent of Facebook? :)
Anyway, I took the dramatic llama from the set and colored it with what I call "cartoon" coloring - where I just make my shadows with solid lines, and not blended ones. This gives it a crisper, more cartoonish look - a little tip I picked up from my sweet friend Anna Wight. That also makes it much quicker to color, and I'm all about that, since my watercolor cards (like the one I did today) take me up to 8 hours to complete. That's right - I'm completely insane. But I do enjoy the process of watercolor. With markers, I like it to be quick and bright and happy, so I do my cartoon thing.
Besides - that llama is sooooo filled with DRAMA! :) I cut him out with the matching dies, and just did some simple framing with patterned paper, that I cut to leave a gap to the card base for the sentiment.
My last post started by saying that when I think of Altenew, I think of flora and elegance. This card demonstrates exactly that. I made this card a long time ago. It was stashed away in a drawer. It makes me want to go to a wedding just so I can give to a happy couple.
I used the Layered Floral Cover Die A and B. Layer A is made with plain white cardstock. Layer B is a specialty paper that has a shimmer and texture. I had it in my scrap pieces. The base is Doodlebug Glitter Card stock.
Instead of recreating the same card, I decided to use the Altenew Layered Blossom Cove Die A and B.
I moved the Avery Elle Love Die to the bottom of the card so that the flower would not be obstructed. I added Pretty Pink Posh Marshmallow sequins.
This was another easy card to pull together. I used three different shades of cardstock for the card and a dark grey cardstock for the sentiment.
On both versions, I rotated the cards so the sentiment would make more sense. The alphabet set I used was Altenew Bold Alphabet. I used Papertrey Rainstones for the dew drops. I think I prefer the hello card.
This card is a little more detailed to make but still rather easy. At first I did ink blending on the base, but on the second version, I used colored cardstock.
To add more detail to the flowers, I used Copic markers to color the petals. For a simple sentiment I used Altenew Label Love.
I was out of sympathy cards and I thought this would make a beautiful one. The sentiment came from Mama Elephant Labeled Messages.
For a final touch, I added more Rainstones and colored in the white tips with my Clear Wink of Stella.
There was little stamping on these cards but the MISTI was very helpful in layering these detailed die cuts. Let me know which card is your favorite or if you plan on trying this too.
