Hi! It’s again time for the Collected Crafty Collabs (CCC) hop 🙂 The theme for July is Outdoors and/or Patterned Paper. I really love the idea of digging through my (not so big) stash and finding those supplies that are left unloved for quite some time.
The stamp set that I chose to use is Party Pals from Avery Elle and it’s one of my first ones. I haven’t used it for over an year! Patterened paper is something that I struggle with in card making. I have mainly 12×12 and 8×8 paper packs which are great for my mini albums but not really for cards… I don’t know how to incorporate them plus I love to color. So, I went on Pinterest and looked through the hundreds of card sketches but none of them seemed to be “The One” that I would want to use. Since this didn’t help I started looking through my stash and realized that I have papers from a cardmaking magazine that I never used. So I picked two patterns that were kinda going well together. I stamped the panda and the kitty holding the banner and masked them so I can do a simple ink blending for my outdoor scene. I didn’t get a good blend tho so I blame the cardstock 😀 It is Transotype – Perfect Coloring Paper, first time using it for ink blending and have used it just few times for coloring (not really liking it). I used Copic markers to color the stamped images. For the assembly of the card I didn’t do anything fancy, just glued all down flat. As finishing touches I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze on the noses and over the letters of the banner and some iridescent star confetti here and there.
Thank you for stopping by! You should have come from Katy’s YouTube channel and your NEXT STOP on the hop is Tracy’s blog.
Have a great day!
Boryana
So adorable ! Great choice for the papers !
Thank you, Lounon 😊
Your card is so cute! Great use of papers. – Charlotte/Lady Joyful
Oh thank you, Charlotte 😊
Despite saying it was a struggle, you ended up with a fun, bright, and cheerful card that no one would ever guess caused you any grief! I thinks the card is adorable and from the photos, the ink blending looks perfect! Paper can make all the difference though, so I can imagine your frustration. This is a perfect example of using what you have and making it work! Those images are totally cute and I love the bright color combo. Glad you stuck with it!!! 😊
Aww thanks, Karen 😊! Actually I managed to cover the ink splotches by flickig some green for grass with marker (guess I didn’t mention it in my post).
Bory, this is SO CUTE!! Those characters couldn’t be any cuter, and your coloring is perfect! I call this card a success! Thanks for hopping along with us! 🙂
Oh thanks, Marie! Still so sure about the patterned paper since it’s not my thing but oh well, I think it came out cute too 😊
I don’t think you have anything to worry about not being able to coordinate pattern paper. Your color choices are amazing and I love the two little characters!
Thank you, Donna! I just don’t use patterned paper much and when I have to it feels like a big challenge 😀
This card came out SO CUTE! I would have no idea you weren’t happy with the ink blending. I hear you on the patterned paper: I struggle with it too. I was so grateful for this theme to help push me to really think about it and use it! Thanks for hopping along!
Thank you so much, V 🙂 Thank you for putting this hop together, it really helps me dig out all those unused or barely used supplies 🙂
This is SO CUTE!!! 😍😍😍
Loving the use of patterned paper too!!!
Thank you so much, Tasha 🙂