CraftEMarie: Color Bursts

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Just For Fun June Challenge

June snuck up on us and it is time for a new challenge at the Just For Fun Blog.

Fellow designer, April Williams, loves different techniques and chose the theme of “Use A Stencil”

My card features a technique that April taught me. It involves using a stencil and adding Color Bursts or Brushos. You layer the stencil over your cardstock, sprinkle small amounts of the watercolor powders, then spritz with water. Very carefully remove the stencil and let dry. This makes a fantastic background.

The Stamptangle Dolphin from Just For Fun was colored with Tombow Markers and cut out. I left a little white border to help it stand out more on the colorful background. The JFF sentiment, Happy to Sea You, was inked with one of the Tombow colors, cut out with a circle die, and a second color run around the edge.

Head on over to the Just For Fun Blog for all the challenge details and more inspirational projects. I can’t wait to see what you do with a stencil.

Monday, September 24, 2018

Fishing Is The Life For Me

With some cooler weather starting to arrive, this is when I love to spend more time visiting my daughter and enjoying the ocean. I love to hear the waves and see all the different boats and ships. There is a great boat image in Just For Fun's upcoming release that I wanted to share on today’s card.

The card’s background was created using Color Burst powders. When this was dry, the boat image and sentiment were stamped in dark blue. Both of these stamps will be available with the new release. The boat was cut out in a rectangular shape. White and dark blue layers were added to the background piece and this was run through an anchor embossing folder. Then the boat image was layered on top and small blue jewels added.

Have a wonderful week.

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Just For Fun February Challenge

Where did January go? It flew by and Just for Fun Rubber Stamps' Blog has a new challenge for February. The new challenge is "Silhouette Stamps".

Just for Fun has so many wonderful ones in their online store and I love working with these.

I created this Valentine’s card using JFF’s Couple Under Light Post silhouette stamp. It was stamped in red on white cardstock and layered on black.

For the background, one of JFF’s 2 Sided Postal Hearts was heat embossed in white and spritzed with water. Color Bursts were carefully sprinkled on and allowed to spread and bleed. When dry, this was layered on black and white and a pink card base. Dark and light pink jewels were added to the sides.

Get all the challenge details at the Just For Fun blog. You can also see more great samples from my fellow designers.

E. Marie

Monday, January 29, 2018

Spread Your Wings and Fly...

It has been a cold and dreary weekend and, even though it is still January, I am starting to wish for spring. With spring comes flowers and butterflies. Using Just for Fun's Collection image, I made this simple card from a colorful background.

I have had some fun playing with my Color Bursts and Brushos lately. My friend and fellow JFF designer, April Williams, shared some fun techniques with me a few weeks ago and I created some lovely backgrounds just from picking up all the extra color left on my craft mat. This is what I used for this card.

The JFF Collection stamp was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on top of another piece of this colorful background. I trimmed around it, leaving just a little of the color around the edges. This was layered on white and the Spread Your Wings and Fly... sentiment, also from JFF, was stamped with Salty Ocean Distress Ink at the bottom of this layer.

I hope your week is great and come back soon for more inspiration.

E. Marie

Monday, December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! This is such a special time of the year and for most of us, we really hope to see snow on Christmas day. This is pretty rare in the south. This card is for those of you who have been dreaming of a white Christmas.

The background is using Color Bursts and the Galaxy Technique. I used Indigo, Ultramarine Blue, Merlot, and Yellow Ochre on watercolor paper. After adding the water droplets to the background, I splattered it with a little Platinum Liquid Metals. This gave a great shimmer to some spots which sadly does not show up in the pictures.

The Just For Fun new Silhouette Pines image, along with the Joy To The World from the Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet, were stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with detail white powder. To me this looked like a snow scene with the northern lights in the background.

Whether you have snow or not, cold or warm, I hope you have a very blessed Christmas.

E. Marie

Monday, February 27, 2017

Color Burst Flowers

Did your February fly by as fast as mine? We have had such nice weather that some of the spring flowers are blooming and it is so pretty. Today’s card features two floral images from Just For Fun's 4 Sided Floral Block.

The background was created using a technique that my friend and fellow designer, April Williams, taught me this weekend. You emboss a piece of cardstock with an embossing folder and then apply the ink from 3-4 Distress Inks using direct to paper.

To create the floral images, the stamps were spritzed with water and Color Burst Powders were sprinkled lightly on top. Then these were stamped on watercolor paper. They were layered on purple and added to the card front.

The “Just For You” sentiment is from JFF's To My Friend Word Block. It was stamped with Distress Ink, layered on purple cardstock, and angled across the card front.

Just a reminder that there are only a few more days to enter Just For Fun's February Challenge with a “Sweet Nothings” theme. Get the details on the blog here.

E. Marie

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Sparkle N Sprinkle February Release Blog Hop

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Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's

Feb 1 New Reveal Blog Hop!

We have THREE new stamp sets to share with you today. These new sets are 20% off until Feb 3. So once you finish the blog hop, head on over to the store and start shopping. All of the new sets are available on cling mounted rubber or as a digital image.

The sets are:

Disco Fever 772 (digi version DIGI772)

Secret Garden 773 (digi version DIGI773)

Disco Girlfriends 774 (digi version DIGI774)

On Feb 3rd, ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be selected from the comments left on the Designers' blogs listed below. Please leave a comment with each Designer in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize. You never know who the Mystery Designer will be that has the winning comment.

The Grand Prize Winner, which will be announced on the SNS Facebook page and on the SNS Blog, will receive ALL of the new stamp sets released this month (or the digi versions, if preferred).

The Blog Hop order this month is:

Marie

(*Tip: if you have difficulty with a particular link, try clicking on the Designer's blog title to send you to their Home page.)

We hope you enjoy the New Reveal Blog Hop as much as we do. Thanks for joining us and remember to comment on each of the Designers' blogs to be eligible for the Grand Prize.

Wonder who the Mystery Host will be this month????

The Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge also begins today. There are lots of prizes and recognition badges. Come check out how you can become a SNS Featured Artist as well. The theme is always Anything Goes using Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, and/or Flock.

Have you checked out the SNS YouTube Channel featuring Demo Donna? If not, then you are in for a real treat. Subscribe today to get all the latest Demo Donna tips and techniques!

I used the Secret Garden set to create my scenic card. The background is Color Burst and the Garden Gazebo Whispers die from Die-Versions. The main image and floral key were colored with Copics and fuss cut. Ballerina, Daisy, and Cloud Nine Velvet Glitters were added using a glue pen.

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Raspberry Tart Embossing Powder was used to heat embossed the sentiment at the bottom and also along the edges of the blue layer. The little flowers are from the same Gazebo die.

The next stop on our blog hop is Jess. Enjoy!

E. Marie

Monday, December 21, 2015

Christmas Poinsettia

I love all the poinsettias at Christmas. I always get a couple to place around the house. Just for Fun has this lovely Poinsettia image that is perfect for your holiday cards.

I heat embossed the image on watercolor paper and colored with Color Bursts. After fussy cutting, I layered it in the center of the die cut card front. The die cut is from Sue Wilson Designs Sintra die from her Portuguese Collection, cut from white and layered on red.

Have a wonderful week.

E. Marie

I entered this card in the following challenge:

Scrapy Land Challenge #32 – Holidays (PLUS using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells)

Crafts and Me December Challenge - Winter or Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge #119: "Anything Goes"

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 154 - Happy Holidays!

Little Claire Monthly Stamp Challenge # 64 - A Special Christmas Card

Love To Scrap! Challenge LTSCB #68 - Anything Goes!

Monday, December 7, 2015

Are You Ready for the Cold?

Winter has definitely arrived in various locations and some of you already have snow on the ground. Today’s card is all about winter.

The main image is The Back Door from Just For Fun. This was stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with White Detail Embossing Powder on a piece of watercolor paper. Then color is added with Color Bursts (Indigo, Ultra marine Blue and Violet). A little color and sparkle was added to the bulbs, bells, and snow using glitter and a glue pen.

This scene was layered behind a white Sue Wilson Designs Ornate Pierced Rectangle die cut from her Nobel Collection and added to the blue card base.

Are you ready for the cold?

E. Marie

Monday, November 2, 2015

Color Bursts With Stencils

It is so hard to believe that it is already November. Fall is flying by. Someone jokingly said that after Halloween we skip to Christmas and that is exactly what I am doing today with the cards I am sharing.
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This first card uses the Stamptangle Oak Leaf from Just For Fun.

The background was created on watercolor paper, using a stencil and Color Bursts. The stencil was taped over the cardstock, the powders sprinkled in the open areas, and spritzed with water. After carefully removing the stencil, additional color was splattered on top. After this has dried, the leaf was stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed on top of the stenciled area.

The sentiment is a portion the Colorful Autumn Greetings from Just For Fun. It is colored with various Distress Inks and stamped along the bottom.

Now we jump to Christmas but using the same colors and stencil. After removing the stencil from the first card, it was flipped on top of another piece of watercolor paper and pressed down. This creates the reverse affect with a little more subtle color. Just for Fun's Balsam Branch is stamped around the edges after it is dry.
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The Joy sentiment, also from Just for Fun, is heat embossed on watercolor paper colored with Color Bursts. After trimming around the word, it is layered in the center.

This is a fun technique to use with your stencils.

E. Marie

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