Guest Designing for Altenew - second post

Good Evening!

Hopefully you all are doing well today. A few weeks ago Tasnim from Altenew asked me to guest design for them - she asked then if I could do two posts and this is the second one. Thank you so very much for your kind comments on my cards on the first one. It really gave me enthusiasm for making these new cards as good as I can. Thank you for it! 

Last time the theme was Flowers with Watercolours. This time the theme is Craft Cardstock and Color Pencils. And perhaps the theme combining these two sets are Butterflies: I just couldn't resist using that gorgeous Painted Butterflies also this time. 

Stamp sets used: Peony Scrolls, Halftone Hello
and Painted Butterflies.

Stamp sets used: Whimsical Flowers, Label Love
and Painted Butterflies.

Stamp sets used: Lacy Scrolls, Label Love and
Painted Butterflies.

I started with stamping the sentiments using either Versamark or a black pigment ink and then heat embossed them with either Vanilla White or Clear Matt Dull embossing power. Then the main images were stamped using either white pigment ink (Lacy Scrolls, solid image) or Memento Desert Sand (outline images) and then coloured with Derwent Coloursoft Pencils or Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencils (greens). Since heat embossing resist the ink, I was able to stamp images after stamping the sentiment and still got the illusion that flowers and leaves are behind the sentiment. The "Love U"- card is made in different order: At first, I stamped the main images with white pigment ink and then the sentiment with black pigment in so the white shines through just a tiny bit.

Here are close-ups: 

Thank you Tasnim and Jennifer for this great opportunity to be your guest. It's been a wonderful experience. Thank you very much!

Thank you stopping by today and have a wonderful day! See you soon!

Marika

Guest at Inkspirational

Good Morning all!

Hopefully you are all having a good day! Wonderful ladies at Inkspirational asked me if I was interested guest designing at one of their challenges. To me it is a true pleasure and a great honour just to be asked. Thank you for inviting me! It was so fun to make this card.

In this challenge #73 the Word Prompt is "Note". 

And here is my take on it. I was heavily inspired by Lapland for this time. The view at the background is what the view is like when I am standing at my parents' backyard and looking at the lake. This time of the year the sun is shining very low - just above the horizon - that the sky is painted by wonderful mix of colours during those few moments with day light.

The stamps used are from Purple Onion Designs, I stamped them onto a watercolour paper and I coloured them with Inktense Pencils. I just printed a note from the net and fussy cut it out. Then I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed it with Metallic Platinum embossing powder by Wow for few times. The spruces at the back and the sentiment are also from Purple Onion Designs, I coloured them with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and then added Versamark pen over them. I added some Opaque white Embossing Powder and White Twinkle Embossing Powder by Wow to give the illusion of snow on the trees and onto the ground. The sky on the back is inked with Spun Sugar DI, Memento Cantaloupe and Sky blue Versacolor inks. The sentiment is also heat embossed with clear embossing powder.


Thank you Inkspirational. It was such a pleasure to be your guest. 

Thank you for stopping by today. Hopefully you are having a wonderful day and as always - I love to here what you think. See you soon!

Marika

Guest Designing for Altenew

Good morning everyone!

Today I have something really special to share. A few weeks ago I received an email from Tasnim from Altenew and she asked me if I were interested to guest design for them. Are you kidding me, of course I am! That was the easiest part of it - to say yes. I really wanted to make something very special for them, since Altenew is one of my favourite stamp companies. I just love their stamps, especially floral ones - they are so beautiful and perfect for watercoloring. This set of three cards are what I created with Altenew stamps - hopefully you like them and they give you some inspiration. 

Stamp set used: Persian Motifs, Painted Butterflies
and Magnolias for her by Altenew.

Stamp sets used: Magnolias for her, Painted Butterflies
and Sketchy Rose by Altenew.

Stamp sets used: Painted Butterflies and
Persian Motifs by Altenew.

For all the three cards I stamped the outline images with light water soluble ink and watercolored them with Distress Inks and Kuretake Gansai Tambi- watercolours (My newest love affair). I created a border stripes with Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire. I trimmed one edge of the watercolour panel to overlap the border edge. The watercolour panels are raised up with foam tape and for the finishing touch I added a few sequins. Sentiments are stamped either black ink or Versamark and then heat embossed with either Clear Embossing powder or Silver Embossing powder. 

Thank you Tasnim for inviting me as a Guest Designer. It has been a true pleasure. 

Thank you for stopping by today and sharing this with me. I hope you liked my cards and got some inspiration for your own work. Have a wonderful day and I wish for all of you all the best for the year 2015! 

Marika