Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Sweet Snail with Whimsical Mushrooms


Hello Crafty friends,     

Isn't this whimsical snail traveling through the mystical mushroom forest sweet?  It has a little zentangle magical twist to it doesn't it? I decided to keep the coloring to a minimum and make the card fairly simple by sticking with just 3 colors - red, black, and white. It's hard to go wrong with this color trio.
                     


What you need:
White A2 card 
Scrap piece of black card stock
Thinking of you sentiment (Mine is from Four Little Sentiments)
Adhesive
Foam (optional)
Black ink pad 

Here's what I did to create this card...

Step 1-  Starting with my white card base I used the flowing drops stencil and Black Aladine IZINK 24 Carat Diamond glitter paint to create the background - then set aside to thoroughly dry.

Step 2 -  I stamped the Snail with whimsical mushrooms, colored parts of it using three shades of red/pink markers (you could use colored pencils), then fussy cut it out, added foam strips behind it, and adhered to card.

Step 3 -  I stamped the Thinking of you sentiment, matted it with black card stock and adhered it to the card.

When getting tools or products for card making I try to think of how many ways I can use that product in the future - not just for one card design. For example I used the  flowing drops stencil for the background on this card. It's very versatile and I use it often. A lot actually. It has beautiful movement and can be used with ink pads and your favorite stencil brush, with ink daubers, glittery paints like I used on this card, or other favorite stencil products you may already have. 

I hope you enjoyed this card design. I appreciate you stopping by.

Comments always welcome.

Happy Crafting!

AJ Vander Ende/Art Cards with AJ

P.S. My discount code TJ10AJ saves you 10% off everything (that's not on sale).

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New September Stamps are automatically 15% off through 9/8/2023 and can be found here: techniquejunkies.com/september-new-stamp-release/

Flowing Drops Stencil https://techniquejunkies.com/flowing-drops-stencil/

Black 24 carat diamond glitter paint https://techniquejunkies.com/black-aladine-izink-24-carat-diamond-glitter-paint/

Four little sentiments https://techniquejunkies.com/four-little-sentiments/

Colorful blending brushes set https://techniquejunkies.com/colorful-blending-brushes-set-of-10/

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