You Are Spell-tacular!

Hello friends!  I had some crafty fun this weekend and made a card for the current challenge at Time Out Challenges, which is The Movies.

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When I first saw the theme, I didn't think I had anything that would work, but then the proverbial light bulb came on, and I remembered a set from Stamping Bella that I bought last year that I thought would work great for this challenge.

These are the Tiny Townie Witch and Wizards in Training stamps.  I became a huge fan of Harry Potter thanks to my grandchildren, and I've read all the books and seen all the movies (multiple times), so I was quite pleased to see Stamping Bella come out with this trio of stamps.

There are no dies for these images, so after the Copic coloring was complete, they were fussy cut.  There is a backdrop stamp by SB that accompanies these three, which I have, but I was running short of the time it would take to color the whole scene, so I opted to put them in front of the Forbidden Forest lol!

I created the background panel by ink blending a dark sky and full moon, then adding a bit of white splatter for "stars".  I then die cut the "forest" using the Simon Says Stamp Arched Forest Die and embossing folder with dark brown card stock.  After embossing, I went over it with both Black Soot and Scorched Timber Distress inks to darken the appearance.  

With those two layers adhered together I added our wizards and witch with layers of thin and thick foam squares.  The sentiment is from the Wicked Words SB set and was white heat embossed and die cut with a small rectangle die.

I hope you like my fun card about one of all-time favorite movies series. I had a blast making this and it even prompted me to open up the first book and start reading it again. 

Thanks for taking time to visit!

Stef

Delicate Birthday

Hello and welcome! I have a card to share that was created for the challenges at Addicted to Stamps, The Flower Challenge and Seize the Birthday.  

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For my card, I decided to try some no-line coloring.  I've tried it before and not been satisfied with the results but this time I was happy with how it turned out.

Some of my favorite colors are in the blue-green family, so this was a labor of love.  I stamped the image with Ink on 3 Fadeout ink, then used a Copic Multiliner to go over the stamen before coloring, so I wouldn't lose the images.  Next I colored the flower in shades of turquoise and the leaves in both cool and warm grays (although that doesn't appear too obvious in the photos) with Copic markers.  When that was done, I'd forgotten I didn't have matching dies for this stamp set (it's been a while since I've used it), so I opted to fussy cut.  

To create the card, I first used a cover plate die to create the swirl stitching on the white panel, trimmed it down then added Fog and black layers beneath, then was mounted to the white card base with foam tape.  A stitched scallop circle with a removable interior was die cut from white, then a black circle adhered onto the back to add contrast to the floral image.  The flower and the circle were both popped up on thin foam tape, then the sentiment strip added.  The final touch was to scatter a few silver baubles on the card.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit!  I will be back with a second post this afternoon, so check back in if you have time.

Take care and stay safe!

Stef

Stamps:  Delicate Flowers (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black, Fog (SSS), Reverse Birthday Sentiment Strips (SSS)

Ink:  Ink on 3 Fadeout

Other:  Detail Swirls Plate Cover die (SSS), Stitched Scallop Circle die (Pinkfresh Studio), Nest Infinity Circle die, Crystal Collection-Night Sky baubles (Little Things by Lucy's Cards), Copic Multiliner

Copics:  BG07, 05, 02, 01, 000, 0000, W5, 3, 1, T4, 2, 0