My Inkie Fingers

Monday, March 2, 2020

Let's CASE it, Let's MAKE it! Ep. 4 - Shaker Coffee Card

Welcome back to "Let's CASE it, Let's MAKE it" Monday Series Ep. 5 For today's card, we are 'stirring' things up (pun intended) and making a shaking card! Let's think outside the box, get our creative juices (or coffee, in this case, lol) flowing and make this CASE our own!

I really loved this set when I saw it in the Sale-A-Bration 2nd Release Catalog. I knew I had to ink it up and play. In case you didn't know, I'm a coffee nut! I drink at least 2-3 travel mugs of coffee throughout the day, then make a pot of decaf around dinner so I can drink coffee all evening and not be up all night. So this set was going to have a home on my stamp case shelf for sure!

(Image from SAB 2nd Release Catalog Pg.5)

I did find a card to CASE out of the SAB 2nd release catalog, but, for me, it seemed very plain and needed a makeover. What do you think? I decided on my color scheme first. Which was inspired by the new Flowering Foils Designer Series Paper, also in the SAB 2nd release Catalog. I am so in love with this paper! I'm choosing it for EVERY free item I earn in March. A girl has to stock up, right?

Anyhow, I wanted to pair that with some Pear Pizzaz to bring out the gorgeous color of the foils. I think the foil is Rose Gold? I can't be sure but the Copper Embossing Powder is a beautiful match so I went to town! It wasn't until I was nearly done the card that I even thought of making it a shaker card. But boy oh boy was I pleased to find that the 1" circle punch was a really good fit to punch out the center of the cup. The only thing that disappointed me was I didn't have Stampin' Up! sequins to match for the inside of the card. But I found some to match in my stash to save the day!

You can play along with me in the VIDEO

What did you think? Will you be trying to earn this set to make your own cards now too?

Question: Did you prefer the plain and simple card? Or the shaker card?

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**Supply List**

Rise & Shine Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Stitched Rectangle Dies

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Cup Of Cheer Dies

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1" (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch

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Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Window Sheets

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Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers

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Subtles Stampin' Write Markers

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Versamark Pad

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Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Embossing Buddy

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Stamparatus

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Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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Snail Adhesive

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Sale-A-Bration Mini Paper Cutter & Paper Sampler

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Sand Eraser - https://amzn.to/2PBWoVp

Sizzix Purple Glitter Cutting Plates - https://amzn.to/389yhUI

**Flat #10 Paint Brush

**Misc Colored Sequins

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Sunday, March 1, 2020

Adorable Easter Bunny with Watercolor Background

Hello, Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!
I hope this post finds you enjoying your Sunday afternoon in your "Happy Place"

I got to play with a random (Non-Stampin' Up!)stamp this week for some Easter Cards. I will post a video about the masking technique on Wednesday (the video is here) as part of my "Ways to use it Wednesday" Series on my YouTube Channel. I will also be using a Stampin' Up! Easter Stamp with that card.

But for today's card, I used a random image from my stash. I don't even remember where I got it from. Sorry!

I also played along with THREE challenges for this card. I will link them all below for you.

I started out by painting on a mask for the word "Easter" with a cardstock stencil I made from cutting out the letters with the "Hand Lettered Prose Dies" (All supplies listed below)

I traced the cut-out word onto some watercolor paper, then painted some PEBEO Drawing Gum inside the letters I traced so that when I watercolored the background the word "Easter" would remain white. I used Strathmore Bristol Smooth Watercolor paper for this project because it's so smooth and would allow a nice clean edge for painting the drawing gum on.
Again, I'm posting a tutorial for this technique on Wednesday. Subscribe to my channel so you don't miss that video! It's so much fun!

After the drawing gum was dry, I painted a wash of water on the entire piece of watercolor paper. Once the paper was wet, I added the 4 colors in a random pattern. I used re-inkers, Shimmer Paint and water as my painting medium. Once painted, I set the watercolor paper aside to dry naturally. Once the watercolor paper was dry I rubbed off the drawing gum with an adhesive remover eraser to reveal the words Easter.I added some random sequins from my stash and some Nuvo Drops. I love how it turned out!

I colored the Bunny Stamp with some Copics then fussy cut him out, curled his ears, then glued him down. I stamped the word "Happy" on a piece of black cardstock then used some white embossing powder to make the sentiment pop. And that's pretty much it.

My video on Wednesday will go into much more detail.

As for the Challenges I entered, they are as follows;