Make the Days Count - Stampers Anonymous

If there was ever a time for this sentiment, it's now, right? 

We can make the days count in little ways right now, it doesn’t have to be anything big. Things like having a talk with, or just listening to a family member, texting or facetiming a friend or loved one, making a favorite meal, playing a game or working on a puzzle with someone, crafting with someone, sending a card, looking through old photos and sharing memories, even cuddling with a pet. Those are all fairly simple things that really count because they are are part of investing in relationships. 💙💙💙

That being said, being creative and inspiring others counts too, so let's talk about how to make this card. It's really much easier than it might seem, and made using stamps and products from Tim Holtz. First, I stamped the Baroque stamp on the smooth side of a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. Stamp the large stamp along the top and bottom of the card and then emboss it with gold embossing powder.

Press some ink from the Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink pad onto the glass media mat. Then using a water brush, pick up some of the ink to watercolor within the gold lines. That's all this is, just water coloring. It's very relaxing and if you stamped and embossed multiple cards, you could just watercolor through a favorite movie. This would be so nice to see done in lots of colors like Victorian Velvet, Evergreen Bough, Seedless Preserves, Aged Mahogany.....the list goes on.

 

 To finish it off, I matted the card base and sentiment with gold Metallic Kraftstock, stamped the sentiment from the Tiny Text Stamps and embossed it in gold, and added two retired Mirrored Hearts colored blue with Alcohol Ink.

I wanted to close with a reminder not to count the days right now, just focus on simply making them count.
Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Make a Wish - Stampers Anonymous

Disneyland has a new parade called Magic Happens and I LOVE it! The last float in the parade is the Sleeping Beauty float. It’s gorgeous! My favorite. So I decided to use it as inspiration for a birthday card.

Here is the gorgeous float, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather rotate.

Look at that beautiful gown of blue and pink!

Not only do I love the parade and this float, but the last song is awesome! So I posted a video of it on my YouTube and you can see it in the link below.
https://youtu.be/-ZXrXmYpTmM

I stamped the fleur-de-lis from Baroque in each corner, and one of the Ornate Trims around the outside edge then applied gold embossing powder. Then stamped and embossed the ornate frame from Baroque.

Once it was embossed I applied Victorian Velvet and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide with a Blending Tool. Then I sprayed the entire background with Distress Resist Spray Rock Candy Distress Glittery to make it all sparkle.

On a separate piece of Distress Heavystock, I stamped my sentiment from Tiny Text and the crown from Baroque. Embossed them and colored them pink with Victorian Velvet.  They are both also sprayed with Distress Resist and Rock Candy Glitter.

To finish it off, I fussy cut the crown and popped it up, matter the sentiment, then mounted the whole piece on a card base.

This is a really basic card. Not really any technique and it goes together fairly quickly. PlusDistress Resist and Glitter, two of my faves!!

Thanks for stopping by to see this card and I hope you enjoyed a bit of my favorite new parade.
Tami


I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!