An Octopus In A Bowl Stickles Card

Hi Crafters! Today, I have the first of two cards made with Ranger Stickles, which were in their booth at Creativation this year. It was my favorite card that I made for sure, and the pic does not do it justice. Stickles are a must product for me to have, and they transform the blah to a WOW, and I'm not even a glitter loving kind of girl...well maybe a little.  Can you imagine how this would look with no Stickles??? I can't. Hope you like.

I used the Movers and Shapers Cameo Frame from Tim Holtz and Sizzix, to die cut two pieces of blue cardstock, three pieces of cardboard, and an acetate piece. I cut out the centers and top from the cardboard pieces, and glued the three pieces together to make a thick frame, and then I painted the edges of them with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Paint. I cut out the center of one of the blue pieces of cardstock.  I embossed the solid piece of blue cardstock with the Bubbles Texture Fade.

I adhered the bubble cardstock to the cardboard frame, and then outlined them with Diamond Stickles. I used a slew of blue toned Stickles on the cutout frame in an ombre effect, alternating lights and darks.

I stamped the octopus and sentiment from Tim and Stamper's Anonymous with Paradise Teal Archival onto Specialty Stamping Paper, and cut them out after they dried.

I mounted the bowl onto the card base, and added Juniper punch pieces for seaweed coated in Seafoam Stickles. The octopus got several colors of Stickles as well. Once all that dried, I adhered the acetate and then the frame on top of the bowl, and finished with the sentiment.

I'll be back again with sadly the last card used at the show...aren't you glad?!!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers Die - Cameo Frame	Tim Holtz Core′dinations DISTRESS Colorcore 4.25 X 5.5 Cardstock	Hot Off The Press HEAT RESISTANT ACETATE 5 Sheets 8.5x11	Tim Holtz Sizzix Waves and Bubbles Embossing folders	Multi Medium Matte
Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint MERMAID LAGOON Ranger TDF50193	Ranger Stickles in Diamond	Stickles - Waterfall	Ranger Stickles in Sea Glass	Ranger Stickles in Ice Blue
Ranger Stickles in Sea Spray	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Specialty Stamping Paper in 4.25x5.5	Ranger Archival Ink in Paradise Teal	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous SEA LIFE	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous MINI MOTIVATION
MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Ranger adhesive foam white	Sizzix Tim Holtz Paper Punch in Large Juniper	Ranger Stickles in Seafoam	Ranger Adhesive Strips

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

New Holiday Collection Stamps - May

Happy May everyone, and I believe it's May Day too...reminds me of the dance around the May Pole I did in primary school. Anyway, here are some samples from my new Holiday Collection Stamp Series for May, from WeCraft, featuring Mother's Day, Graduation, Memorial Day, and Thank You images.

May Set - 9 Images

I used Tim Holtz paper for all of the cards. For this Mother's Day card, I stamped the sentiment and the tulips in Ranger Glacier White Pigment Ink a few times onto black cardstock, and filled in the open areas with Wendy Vecchi's Enamel Accents. I accidently covered up some ink, so I went over several parts with a white pen. I sewed around everything it seems like, and then foam taped the images on the card. The paper was perfect as there are tiny tulips in the design.

Again, another perfect paper for these Dahlia stamps! I stamped the flowers on Deli Paper with Jet Black Archival and dried that with a heat tool, as somethings ink bleeds a little on Deli Paper. I cut them out and collaged them on with Tim's Collage Medium. I colored them in with Faber Castell Pit Pens, and then with to town with Gel Pens. The Mom was embossed with Clear Embossing Powder from Ranger. 

I loved doing the Deli Paper collage so much I did it again with the Graduates here, and colored them the same as above. Again, perfect paper and ephemera with writing paper, report cards, rulers, alphabets...I had so much fun with this card, and made a larger one for my daughter who is graduating this month.

More collage again...I told you I loved this technique...with the flag. More perfect paper and paper dolls and washi tape, and photo booth image, and stars...thanks Tim for making all this stuff to help me out! ;0)

I stamped the Dahlias onto the tag in Jet Black, colored the centers with a Pit Pen, and then used Distress Micro Glaze over the top of them. I inked the open areas of the tag with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, and then flicked more of it all over. The Micro Glaze protects the flowers from getting inked and splattered. I did the same to the little tag, after embossing the sentiment with Clear Powder.

Well, I hope you are like these images...they were very fun to draw. I'll be back soon.

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!