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

Stencil and paint (I used Flowing drops stencil and Black 24 Carat Diamond glitter Paint

Rubber stamp Snail with whimsical mushrooms  

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

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At the River #techniquejunkies

 Hello! Tracy Shultz, the Hopeful Crafter, here today with a card featuring the new Technique Junkies "At the River" stamp: https://techniquejunkies.com/at-the-river/ and the Thank You sentiment from the previously "Four Little Sentiments" stamps: https://techniquejunkies.com/four-little-sentiments/   Save 10% off your Technique Junkies order using my code: TJ10Tracy

To create my card,  I stamped the image with Catherine Pooler Midnight ink. I then colored the image using Zig Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I trimmed the image using scissors. I cut a piece of turquoise cardstock to 4" x 5.25" and stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink. I heat embossed the sentiment using clear embossing powder. I embossed the cardstock using an waves embossing folder from my stash. I adhered the image using foam tape and then added a few clear gems. I adhered the panel to a navy blue card base size 4.25" x 5.5" 

A close up photo of my card panel. The sentiment was heat embossed first. I then embossed the paper using a waves embossing folder from my stash. 

Blooming Dandelions

 Hi. Tracy Shultz, The Hopeful Crafter here, with a cheerful card using the new Blooming Dandelions https://techniquejunkies.com/blooming-dandelions/ stamp from Technique Junkies. This stamp is super cute and is part of the July 2022 new release: https://techniquejunkies.com/july-2022-new-stamp-release/

I created this card by first heat embossing the stamp with black embossing powder.  Then I colored the flowers with Karin Markers. I die cut this image with an oval die. I used a piece of light green paper and embossed it with a floral 3D embossing folder. I used a yellow ribbon across the middle of this. I used a piece of pattern paper with pretty yellow flowers as the layer between the embossed paper and the oval with the dandelions. I used white embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment "Thinking of You" from the Four Little Sentiments https://techniquejunkies.com/four-little-sentiments/ stamp set onto a piece of green paper. I used the Deckle Trimmer to trim the sentiment and a white mat piece of paper to layer behind the sentiment. I adhered everything to a white card base. 

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