Welcome to our September Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Every Little Thing(ELT) collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.
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If you are new to our blog hop we start on the East Coast and hop across Canada to the West Coast. If you are starting with me then you are at the first stop. If you came from the amazingly talented Kristine Ponte then you are in the right place!
I decided to make a trio of cards using various aspects from the Every Little Thing collection. I started with the PML cards and choose 2 that I thought would make stunning card fronts. The 3rd card I decided that I wanted to create my own background paper. Let's take a close look.
For this card I started by trimming the 4x6 PML card down to 4"x5.25". I decided to add some shimmer to the card so I added the Clear Shimmer Brush to the flowers. Then I added some Bitty Sparkles to the card. I wanted the flowers to pop, so I matted the PML card on Sapphire cardstock. The sentiment is from the ELT cardmaking workshop. The featured exclusive stamp set in this workshop now comes with a coordinating thin cut set.
The second card using the same steps as the first card, also utilizing Sapphire cardstock for the mat, but here I used regular Sparkles on the sentiment, and I coloured the flower using the Julep Shimmer Brush.
This final card uses the ELT cardmaking & thin cut set as well as the stamp set from the card workshop. The pattern paper is my own created background using the stamps found in the Card workshop. I then took my waterbrush and then smooshed ink onto my all purpose mat, picking up the ink and adding it to the stamped images. Remember when doing this technique you should use the Intense Black Ink so that the image won't bleed. The sentiment is stamped on White Daisy cardstock. I did a light wash using Julep Ink before stamping. The image surrounding the sentiment is popped using 3D foam tape, and is stamped on the lighter side of Wisteria cardstock.
Well, I hope my cards inspired you, continue on to Colleen, as I'm sure her artwork is astounding.
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Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the Hawthorn collection. So mark October 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.
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Beautiful cards Michelle! I love how pretty the Picture My Life cards turned out with your extra embellishments.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards as always my friend!
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