Gotta Wear Shades

I couldn't help myself I saw the neon and went for it!! Today I'm using Craftin Desert Diva's stamp set called Gotta Wear Shades. It has these adorable bears hanging out in the sun and the cutest sentiments! So I start this card by cutting a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper using my Fancy Frames die the biggest in the set. I then use Distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron and Squeezed Lemonade to watercolor my background. I put this aside to dry and stamp my image using Ranger Jet Black ink. I then watercolor my images using Stabilo Pens and a small brush. Once this is finished I fussy cut the image which I didn't realize but Craftin Desert Diva's sells the SVG for this and I would recommend if you have a cutting machine. (I did go and buy it after this project!) 

So I checked my base panel to make sure it was dry and stamped the Wishing you from the Wishful Thoughts stamp set and A splashing good time from Gotta Wear Shades. Added foam tape to the back of my image and placed that down and finished this off with some black dots using a jelly roll pen and sequins from a few different CDD mixes! I hope this brightens your day!! Happy Craftin! 

Sequins mixes used

Citrus Bliss sequins
http://craftindesertdivas.com/citrus-bliss-sequins/
Trick or Treat sequins
http://craftindesertdivas.com/trick-or-treat-sequins/
Comet sequins
http://craftindesertdivas.com/comet-sequins/

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Spring Just Married Card

Today's card starts on Cricut Design space. This is from the Classically Modern Card cartridge and is apart of the subscription. I sized the card to 10.49 x 6.81to make a 5x7 card. 

I cut the main card in white and I duplicated the back panel and cut one piece in vellum and one in white. I then cut the Just Married out of silver foiled paper. 

After the pieces were cut, I saved all the small pieces and put them aside.

 I then took the vellum piece and "watercolored" it with Copic markers. I saw this on Carissa Wiley's You tube page. (she's awesome) Here's the colors I used.

 You do this by placing the colors down and spraying it with rubbing alcohol. I used Ranger's alcohol blending solution to see if it would work and it did.

I dried this with my heat tool and assembled my card together. I used some liquid glue in small dots and put the vellum piece behind the detailed cut piece and then the white extra piece.I then fit in the Just Married in the silver foil paper and put all the white pieces back into place. I added a crystal for the top of the "i" in married and Pretty Pink Posh sequins in Lemon Meringue. I glittered some of the flowers and stems with the new Spectrim Noir crystal clear sparkle pen to finish the front.