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Sunkissed Dahlia – Watercoloring using Stencils

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Hello everyone! Hope you’re having a great week so far !

It’s TaeEun here today with a floral card in a bold color scheme. I stenciled the gorgeous Sunkissed Dahlia by watercoloring the layers and stamped the outline using the Close Up Dahlia 2 stamp in Noir.

I began by watercoloring the Sunkissed Dahlia starting with the first layer. I colored the first layer in light pink and darken the color to stencil the next layers. You have to dry the panel between the layers for a better result. The image can become a little bit messy if the watercolor flows underneath the stencil. You can avoid that by reducing the water in your brush while stenciling. After I was done with the stenciling I stamped the Close Up Dahlia 2 on it in Noir. This stamp set from a previous release coordinate with the Sunkissed Dahlia stencils. The Close Up Dahlia 2 stamp has also leaves which aren’t in the Sunkissed Dahlia Stencils. So I watercolored the leaves after stamping. For a bold contrast I colored the background in black and let the panel dry. 

Next I cut the panel using two dies from the Double Pierced Rectangle A2 Nested Die set. I adhered the center part of the panel flat on a black cardbase and foam mounted the frame. The sentiment was cut using the Bold Alphas Lower dies from some white cardstock and from red foam. I layered the die cut sentiments and attached it on the card. For some shine I went over the white die cut sentiment using a clear glitter pen and scattered a few Deep Pink Rhinestones on the card. 

Thank you so much for looking!

Hope I was able to inspire you with my card today and you will give this technique a try 🙂 !

TaeEun

Grouped Fresh Carnations

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Hello everyone! It’s TaeEun here today with a sympathy card in a very soft color scheme. I used the Grouped Fresh Carnations set to stamp the soft pink flowers. Using the grouped layering stamp sets you can get all the elements you need to arrange your cluster with only a few stamping steps! 

I started off by stamping the Grouped Fresh Carnations. To get a very soft look I skipped the first layer of the flowers and stems. So I stamped the second layer and the third layer of the carnations in Whisper Pink and Bubblegum and the second layer of the stems in Matcha. The stenciled flowers were cut using the coordinating one-piece die. 

To create the background I first ink blended the left half of the front of a white cardbase in Whisper Pink and Bubblegum and splattered white ink. While the cardbase was dry, I cut a white panel using the A2 Quilted die and cut a window from it using a die from the Double Pierced Ornate Nested Dies. I also cut the grid using the Convention coverplate die and adhered it on the back of the window.

I foam mounted the background panel and arranged two carnations on it. The sentiment is from the Easy Expressions Sympathy set. I gold heat embossed the script part of it and stamped the other part in Noir. 

To finish off I scattered a few Crystal Clear Rhinestones. 

Thank you so much for looking! Hope I was able to inspire you with my card today 🙂 !

TaeEun

Poppy Close Up – Alcohol Ink Coloring

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Hello everyone! Hope you’re having a great day! It’s TaeEun here today with a gorgeous alcohol inked poppy card! It’s been so long since I pulled out my alcohol inks last time. I love playing with alcohol inks and it’s so much fun but somehow I left my alcohol ink supplies in my drawer for so long 🙂 ! 

The Ton has so many Close Up floral stamps which are perfect for the alcohol ink coloring. As they are huge, you have lots of space to control the flow of the alcohol ink. 

For today’s card I used the Poppy Close Up stamp. First I heat embossed it on a alcohol ink cardstock in gold and colored the large poppy in Mountain Rose, Poppyfield and Watermelon alcohol ink. I dropped the ink on the center of the petal and moved the ink towards the edge of it. I started with lighter color and darkened the flower. For the small areas I used a micro-applicator. If the ink goes over the outline, you can easily clean the area by rubbing it gently using a micro-applicator with some rubbing alcohol. I also colored the background in Cloudy Blue. After I was done with the coloring, I placed a gold foil over the colored panel and pressed it with a brayer so that the sticky parts of the colored flower get some gold foil transferred. The alcohol ink dries quickly but if it is concentrated on some area, it could take days to be completely dry. The foiling process saves me the drying time and I can get some gorgeous gold pattern ! 

Next I colored the seed pod with a brown fein Sharpie pen and splattered gold Mixative  on the panel and colored the stamen with the gold Mixative using a micro-applicator.

The die cut sentiment is from the Script Word set. I cut it once from a gold cardstock and three times from white cardstock and glued them together. The “GET WELL SOON” sentiment is from the Coming Up Poppies set. 

I scattered some Metallic Gold Dew Drops and the card was finished. 

Thank you so much for looking! Hope I was able to inspire you with my card today! If you have some alcohol inks in your stash, give them some love ❤️ !

Have a crafty day!

TaeEun

Wishing You all the Best

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Hello everyone! Hope you’re having a great week so far! It’s TaeEun here today with a card I made using the Fierce Ferns, the Grouped Fresh Carnations and the Eucalyptus sets. Actually I was going to make a card using only the Fierce Ferns which is a large Fern leaf image. But I couldn’t resist adding a flower 🙂 ! 

I started off by heat embossing the Fierce Ferns image in white on a watercolor paper panel. I sprinkled the Lime Green and Fuchsia Color Burst powder on the panel and spritzed water to blend the colors. I repeated the process two more times until I was happy with the result and let the panel dry.

The dried panel was cut using a die from the Rectangle A2 Nested Die set and then foam mounted on a white cardbase. I thought the fern branch would look better with some flowers. Luckily I found a watercolored carnation in the same hue like the Fuchsia Color Burst in my stash. The carnation is from the Grouped Fresh Carnations set. I gold heat embossed the outline image and watercolored it. To complete the floral cluster I added two Eucalyptus branches to the carnation. The Eucalyptus is a grouped layering stamp set. I stamped it in Soft Garden, Bright Fern and Warm Hazelnut. 

The sentiment is from the Fierce Ferns set. I stamped it in Noir and cut it using the coordinating die. Some Fern Green Gems were my finishing touch for this card.

That’s it from me for today! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

TaeEun

Belated Iris

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Hello everyone!  It’s TaeEun here today with a watercolored floral card! I no line watercolored the gorgeous iris image from the Belated Iris stamp set for today’s card.

To start I stamped the Belated Iris in Soft Cream ink on a watercolor paper panel and colored the iris in a mix of purple, red and pink. I worked in several layers and added details to the petals.  I also drew some leaves behind the Belated Iris image.

After I was done with the watercoloring I cut the Belated Iris using the Jumbo Iris coordinating die and cut the rest of the panel with the Quilted A2 coverplate die. I attached the negative panel with the Quilted pattern flat on a white cardbase and foam mounted the watercolored iris onto its place.

The sentiment is from the Coming Up Iris stamp set. I stamped it directly on the background in Noir and finished off the card with a few Glass Slippers sequins. 

That’s it from me for today! As always coloring the beautiful floral stamp from The Ton was so therapeutic! 

Thank you so much for looking! Hope you like my card!

TaeEun

Happy New Year

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Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and crafty YEAR!!!

It’s TaeEun here today with a Happy New Year card 🙂 ! I used the Peaceful Peonies stencils set for a floral background and added the Ribbons Happy sentiment to it. 

To start I stenciled the Peaceful Peonies on some white cardstock. I stenciled the peonies in pink using Bubblegum, Dolled Up and Deep Peony and the small flowers in Blue Diamond, Cali Blue and Soft Amethyst. The leaves were colored in Meadow. I added a bit of darker green to them in Evergreen. When I stenciled the small flowers I covered the other parts with some scrap paper to stencil them in different colors. 

After the stenciling was done I cut the image using the coordinating die, adhered foam tape on the back of the die cut piece and attached it on a gray cardbase. 

The Ribbons Happy sentiment was stenciled in Deep Sapphire and True Navy and cut with the coordinating die. I added it to the card with some foam tape. I heat embossed the sentiment “NEW YEAR” from the Ribbons Holiday set in white on some navy cardstock and attached it on the die cut “happy”.

Lastly I finished off the card with some white and Sapphire Gems. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Let’s have lots of crafty fun this year again! 

TaeEun

Pocket Shaker Holiday Card

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Hello everyone! Hope your week is off to a great start! It’s TaeEun here today with a pocket shaker holiday card! I used one of the four A2 images from the Jolly Season Large Stencils for the background of my pocket shaker card.

A pocket shaker card is easier to make than a usual shaker card, as you don’t need to make a window nor the wall for the shaker elements.

To start I stenciled the part of the Jolly Season Large Stencils that I wanted. You could stencil a whole letter sized panel to get four images using the large stencil set or you could choose one image for an A2 sized panel like I did for this card!

To stencil the image with a festive all-over pattern I used Coralline hybrid ink, Cherry, Lipstick Red, Bright Emerald and Hot Tourmaline. When I stenciled the dark green area of the greenery I covered the other part of the stencil #3, which I stenciled in Cherry.

I cut a clear sheet slightly larger than A2 size and folded the excessive edges to attach the folded edge on the back of the stenciled panel. 

First I attached three sides of the panel with the clear sheet to make a pocket and poured the shaker elements into the opening. As the shaker elements I used the Smoked Emerald Sparkling Clear sequins, Cosmic Mauve Couture Mix and some red and silver star confetti. Lastly I closed the opening of the pocket.

The sentiment is from the Bold Fill In Holiday set. I stamped “SENDING” in Lipstick red and filled the blank space with the “CHRISTMAS CHEER” by heat embossing it in silver. I then cut the sentiment using the coordinating die and added it to the card slightly tilted using foam tape.                  

This is the last post from me in this year! I’m so grateful for your love and support throughout the year! 

Wishing you all a happy holiday season and a new year filled with love and happiness!

Sending you crafty hugs,

TaeEun

Tis the Season

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Hello everyone! Hope your week is off to a great start! It’s TaeEun here today with a holiday card in the traditional color scheme – red & green. Today’s card features the Poinsettia Wreath Stencils and the coordinating dies.

To start I stenciled the Poinsettia Wreath in dark red and dark green on a Neenah solar white panel. For the red poinsettia I chose Lipstick Red, Wine and Grape Crush and for the green part Everglade Moss and Light Onyx. 

After the stenciling was done I cut the Poinsettia Wreath using the coordinating die. The die set has two dies, one for the outer line and one for the inner outline. I cut only the outer line and stamped the sentiment from the Poinsettia Wreath stamp set on the center of the wreath in Noir. The Poinsettia Wreath die from a previous release coordinates with the stencil set, but the stamp set does NOT ! 

For a festive look I pulled out a red cardbase and made the perimeter of the front darker by ink blending the area in Lipstick Red and Wine. I then splattered white opaque ink and foam mounted the Poinsettia Wreath on it. 

To finish off I added some Red Gems on the center of the poinsettias and on the background. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed looking my card!

Wishing you all a great week!

TaeEun

Fairest Peonies Cluster Stencils

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Hi everyone! Hope your week is off to a great start! It’s TaeEun here today sharing a peony card. I made a nearly one layer card using the Fairest Peonies Cluster stencils. 

To start I stenciled the peony flowers from the Fairest Peonies Cluster set in Whisper Pink, Bubblegum, Dolled Up and Deep Peony. I added a bit of orange to the pink flowers using Peach Blossom and Coraline Hybrid ink. The stamen were stenciled in Amber Citrine and the leaves in Meadow and Spring Salad. 

After the stenciling was done I colored the background around the image using C0, C1, C3 and C5 Copic markers and cut the panel using the Double Pierced Rectangle A2 Nested Die. To add some interest to the background I masked the top and right side of the panel and ink blended Cali Blue very lightly on the corner. I then adhered the finished panel on a white cardbase.

The sentiment was cut using the Script Word die. I cut three “hugs” from some white cardstock, ink blended a piece of white cardstock in pink and cut one more “hugs” from it to use it as the top layer of the sentiment. The shadow layer was cut from some vellum. 

To finish off I scattered a few Soft Pink Gems on the card. 

That’s it from me for today!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed looking my card!

Wishing you all a great week!

TaeEun

Daisy Duet

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Hello! Hope your week is off to a great start! It’s TaeEun here sharing a daisy congratulations card.

For my card I used the new Daisy Duet stencils from the Fall / Holiday 2022 Release combining it with the coordinating die of the Daisy Duet stamp set.

To start I stenciled the Daisy Duet directly on a white cardbase in pink and gray. For the daisies I used the Whisper Pink, Bubblegum, Dolled Up and Deep Peony. The center of the flowers were stenciled in Amber Citrine, Warm Hazelnut and Found Topaz and for the leaves I used Stormy Sea and added a bit of Periwinkle on the base of the leaves.

After I was done with stenciling I placed the coordinating die on the stenciled image, held an A2 sized beige cardsock panel underneath the cardbase, taped the die and the beige panel together and pulled out the cardbase with the stenciled image. So I could align the die on the beige panel with the stenciled image of the cardbase.

After die cutting I dry embossed the negative die cut pieces using the Convention coverplate die for some dimension and foam mounted them on the card.

I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Daisy Duet stamp set on some black cardstock, cut it into a banner and added it to the card. I finished off the card with a few Glass Slippers sequins.

That’s it from me! Hope you like how I made my card. I think it is a fun way to add colors and texture to the background!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

TaeEun