Using an Acrylic Pour for Cards | #SIP147 |#JAI406

The other day I was working on some paintings and decided to experiment. I use the back of photo paper for alcohol ink paintings so I always have some readily on hand. When I was doing some acrylic paintings I thought I would do a pour over the front of my photo paper with the idea that I would cut it up for card fronts. Then comes along this weeks Stamp, Ink, Paper #147 challenge and I knew immediately what I was going to use. As it came together I realized it was also the perfect design entry for this week's Just Add Ink #406 challenge as well so I doubled down. It turned out beautifully. Let's take a look:

Here's a funny story, my husband comes home all the time with little trinkets and trash that he finds on the floor at work and asks me if I can use it for something. These little flip flops were one of those finds. I have had them sitting around my craft room for about three years but bi-golly I found the perfect use for them. I love being able to reclaim found objects in my work. Here is look at the photo sheet, I'll definitely be using it up on some more cards:

I didn't want to take away from the gorgeous background so I opted to emboss my sentiment from the Stampin' Up Colorful Seasons set onto vellum. I hear a lot of card makers say they are afraid of black embossing powder but I'm not sure why. The lighting on my photo doesn't do it justice but it turned out fantastic and looks like it was enameled. I am almost inclined to frame it!

Enjoy!
~Sherry

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Adding Finishing Touches + SIP#142

Today I have an inspiration share courtesy of Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge #142. I'm really happy how this turned out. Let's check it out:

To meet this color challenge I used smoky slate for my card base, a black matte, a tranquil tide matte,  a little bit of lemon lime twist ribbon, and my main image is from the Stampin' Up Petal Passion Memories and More card pack. I just love the painted flower. It looks like a piece of hand painted art, maybe I should have signed the front of it lol.

Here's your crafty tip: Finishing touches can make a world of difference. I used a water brush to add black paint splatters to my base card, then I took a silver metallic gel pen to doodle around the outside of the flower. I felt it could still use a little more so I added the dots with a Pitt fine art pen. Take a look below at a before and after:

I really liked the original image but I am so happy with the alterations I made.

Happy crafting!
~Sherry

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Stamp, Ink, Paper #137 + Quick Watercolor

I have just a quick share this afternoon courtesy of the Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge. This week the challenge was to choose a tic tac toe line. Can you guess?

 

I actually did two lines. Sequins-flowers-embossing, and watercolor-flowers-ribbon. This is a very simple watercolor panel that I embossed in white to create my wells. I love watercolor, but at this point I can only dabble because I am not in any way an expert. I find that having the wells helps me to sort of "color within the lines" so to speak. Kind of like bumper bowling, haha.

The stamp set I used here was Flower Shop from Stampin' Up. It seems to be my go to set for practicing watercolor with.

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-Sherry 

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Stamp, Ink, Paper #135 + Masculine Valentine

I've been preparing for Valentine's Day and here is another challenge inspiration for you. Today's second challenge is courtesy of Stamp, Ink, Paper.

 I always struggle with masculine cards but I think I hit this one out of the park. It is still valentine themed and yet not so cutesy that I wouldn't hesitate in the least to give it to my favorite guy. I heat embossed this darn stinking cute bee in black. I highly recommend a superfine powder for stamps with small details. My other go to application is to stamp in a versafine ink to get the detail and then add a clear embossing powder.

Sadly, the stamp and die set I used here are retired but I still love them. I cut a hexagon background out and then snipped parts of it away for the center piece. Some of the pieces on the panel cut out the centers as well so I used those to pop up on dimensionals here and there for texture. I used some scrap pieces of designer papers randomly in the other openings.

Super cute right?

-Sherry

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Stamp, Ink, Paper #116 + CAS Card Inspiration

Today's card share is courtesy #SIP116. This is a clean and simple (CAS) card with a fall theme. I am drawn to clean cards with a lot of white space. Honestly, I am incapable of viewing my designs in multiple layers. I envy those of you who do.

Metallics are really hot right now in design and I can't get enough of it. For this card I used the most fabulous Year of Cheer washi tape with a cajun craze card base. I cut out my sentiment from my go to die set, Stitched Shapes Framelits, and used the Count My Blessings stamp set which I embossed in copper. For the leaves I used the Colorful Seasons stamp set and coordinating Seasonal Layers Thinlits. I got multi-tone colors on my leaves by layering color onto the stamp with my finger daubers.

I had originally planned a different card front but decided against it. I embossed the smaller leaf from Colorful Seasons, in copper. It was too busy for my design but I didn't want it to go to waste. No mistakes in crafting right? Ultimately I trimmed it down and used it on the inside of my card. I think it was a good choice, and I didn't waste any product.

I hope you were inspired today. Happy crafting!
-Sherry

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Stamp, Ink, Paper #114 + Enameled Die Cut

My inspiration today comes from yet another challenge. I am playing along with Stamp Ink Paper, oh and be sure to read to the end for a fun announcement. I love how this turned out. I did an enamel look on my die cut and now I'm wondering why I haven't done this more often! Isn't it just so stinking awesome? Look at that shine.

To get this look I die cut the image and created a backer. The back piece I colored with alcohol markers to get that color to come through. Let me know in the comments if you would like me to put up a quick tutorial on this part. The top circle had the cut outs, the bottom circle I quickly colored with alcohol markers, and then I glue the two together. Once I got that far I hauled out my bottle of glossy accents and started filling in each cut out. One thing I can say for sure, these colors were not that vibrant before I added the glossy accents.

I'm thrilled with the results I got. I chose to add some layering to my sentiment to give it some dimension, I stacked up 3 of them here. I have been dying to use that delicious designer paper and this worked out perfectly. I love it when a design comes together quickly. Here is my finished card:

 

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration and will give enameling a try on your next project. Also, if you haven't yet subscribed to my crafty news I encourage you to do so. I love sending out happy mail and doing prize patrols, the only way to be entered to win a prize patrol is by subscribing to my crafty news. Because you never know where or when a prize patrol will occur, you should click like on the CraftedCharm Facebook Page over there to the right as well. Stay tuned for more!

In the next day or two I will be sharing a free 2018 calendar printable, that I designed, for you to use in your projects. I will also have 4x4 coasters available for sale for those of you who really don't want to buy a pack of 100 to make one calendar :). Be sure to check back in soon for more details.

Have a fabulous day, and happy crafting!
-Sherry

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Stamp, Ink, Paper #114 + Enameled Die Cut