Mother's Day Cards

Happy May everyone! Hope your weather is great...I know it's been crazy in a lot of places. Today, I have two Mother's Day cards to show you, that I am sending out to my Mother and Mother In Law. I usually make them cards extra feminine style, but this time I wanted a more vintage and almost masculine look, minus the roses. I LOVE the way they came out, and hope they do too.

 

 

I dug through my stash and found some of Ranger's Perfect Pearls Powders...remember those?!! It's always great to mix new product with the old. That's how to use up your stash so you can buy more! ;0)  I misted my craft sheet with Tim's Distress Spray Stains in various red tones, and then added Pink Bubblegum and Perfect Pearl to the mix. I misted water on this, and then drug several tags through one time.

The sheen on the tags is fabulous. I wish you could see it. I stamped Wendy's Script stamp randomly on the tags with her Red Geranium Archival. I cut the stamp in two, in case you are wondering, to have for classes.

I mixed up a few drops of Tattered Rose Distress ReInker with Wendy's White Embossing Paste to tone down the brightness of the white. Then I scraped this over Tim's Scribble Layering Stencil, which looks like roses to me. You see that white cup? I got this over two years ago on the Italy trip with Tim. It had a to go cappuccino in it, and I've used it ever since to mix up embossing pastes with color. Cool huh?!!

I inked the edges of the tags with Red Geranium. The shimmer and script coming through is wonderful. I used two for this project, and will save the other two for another day.

I made copies of some older pictures of the mothers, and printed them out in a sepia tone. I used some Distress Ink and a water brush to add color. Then I mounted these on brown distressed paper (Tim's), and tried to give them an old passport photo look.

I used paper from the Dapper and Correspondence stash to create the background, as well with a little Tissue Tape.

I coated this with Crazing Distress Collage Medium for a really cool vintage look. Then I started to add lots of ephemera, and lots of stitching, followed by Remnant Rubs, and a Mirrored Heart.

 

 

 

Happy Happy Mother's Day to all of you out there with babes. I hope you are pampered and loved where ever you are!  

Supplies:

Ranger MANILA TAGS #8 Craft Inkssentials Surfaces	Ranger Perfect Pearls Powder in Pink Bubblegum	Perfect Pearls - Perfect Pearl	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Candied Apple	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Abandoned Coral
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Aged Mahogany	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Script Background Stamp	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Red Geranium	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil SCRIBBLES
Ranger Dina Wakley Palette Knife	Tattered Rose - Distress Reinker	Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste in White	Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Tattered Rose	Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Ground Espresso	Ranger Water Brush - Detailer Tip	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Potting Soil	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 12 x 12 Paper Stash DAPPER
Tim Holtz 12 x 12 Correspondence Paper Pack	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape in Dapper	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Expedition Ephemera Pack	Idea-ology Flashcards in Elementary	Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium in Crazing
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Brush 3PK TDAK50896 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Surfaces Craft Tags in Black #5	Ranger Adhesive Strips	Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool	Ranger Inkssentials Kraft Cardstock In 12x12
Idea-ology Remnant Rubs in Special Delivery	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mirrored hearts	Ranger Glossy Accents

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Blue Jay Watercolor Card

Spring gorgeousness is everywhere in my town. The trees either are or have bloomed, the birds are back and singing, and everything is green again. I even spotted the blue jays that like to come play in my yard, which reminded me that I have a card that I made for Ranger Ink for CHA this year, that would be perfect to show you at this time of year.

This card is made from Ranger's Watercolor Paper, and Dina Wakley's stamps and Heavy Bodied Paint...but guess what!!!...I used the paint to watercolor.

I stamped the bird and flower where I wanted it on my card, and then again on another piece of Watercolor paper all in Jet Black Archival.

I squirted a little bit of the paint on my craft sheet, and watered it down well, so I could loosely paint in the images with a transparent look, just like watercolor paint. It works WONDERFULLY this way, so don't be afraid to try this paint in this way. I added lots of different colors to the background in the same way...very watery and loose. Once everything was dry, I cut out the extra images and layered them on the card with foam tape. I finished up with the sentiment and some details on the bird with a Fude Ball Pen. Then I added some depth to the eye of the bird and center of the flowers with Glossy Accents, and added this onto a black cardstock card. So easy to do.

 

 

That's it for this month...it flew by fast. I'll be back in May! Thanks for all the comments and support. Cyber Hugs!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Watercolor Paper 8.5x11	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Dina Wakley Media Cling Mount Stamps: Scribbly Birds on Branches	Dina Wakley Media Cling Mount Stamps: Scribbly Flowers	Dina Wakley Media Brushes Four Pack
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - Magenta 2 OZ TUBE	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - Lapis 2 OZ TUBE	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - Lime 2 OZ TUBE MDP41108	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - Sky 2 OZ TUBE
DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - Lemon 2 OZ TUBE	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - White 2 OZ TUBE	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - Umber 2 OZ TUBE	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - BLACK - 2 OZ TUBE	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - STERLING - 2 OZ TUBE
Ranger Fude Ball Pen in Black	Eanger surfaces Black cardstock	Ranger Adhesive Sheets	Ranger Adhesive Foam in White	Ranger Glossy Accents

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Upcoming Classes!

Hello crafty peeps!!! A huge thank you for all the birthday messages, emails, texts, and calls!!! My cup runneth over!!! You all know how to make a girl feel special!!! Today's post is all about my upcoming classes at The Crafty Scrapper in May. If you are in the area I'd love for you to join in.

Class #1 is the Industrial Punk Create Art Assemblage Panel filled with TONS of Tim Holtz's Idea-ology and Ranger goodness, as well as one of Eileen Hull's new Sizzix flower dies and Twist and Style Tool.

 

Class #2 is the Worth The Effort To Bloom Mixed Media Canvas, a 16x20 inch canvas filled with most of Dina Wakley's Media line of heavy bodied paints from Ranger, as well as stencils, and even some Wendy Vecchi goodies.

Class #3 is the Dylusions Artsy Clipboard Organizer, and is filled with lots of Dyan Reaveley paints and stamps, all from Ranger, and some Tim Idea-ology too.

 

I'll be teaching the apron class that I taught at The Collins Show, at the store this summer too, so stay tuned. Thanks so much for looking, and of course...
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!