I love making cards that I can use any time to surprise someone with a little happy mail, and this adorable girl and the sentiment from the Carabelle Studio “Little Girl With Ball” (perhaps this is a mis-translation and should be balloon?) stamp set<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(available at Topflight Stamps<\/a><\/span>) seem perfect for just that.<\/p>\n <\/a>I used the following Copic colors to color up this cutie and her balloon: I first stamped out the sentiment in the upper left, but ended up getting stray ink marks so I had to figure out how to hide that. I ended up stamping out the sentiment with VersaMark Ink<\/a><\/span> on a scrap of black card stock and used Super Fine White Ranger Embossing Powder<\/a><\/span> to heat emboss it. I popped this sentiment piece on double sided foam adhesive to add a little dimension, and I think it looks much better this way than how I had originally stamped out the sentiment just directly on the card front.<\/p>\n <\/a>For a little extra visual texture, I added gun metal glitter washi tape to both sides of the card front and also backed the whole piece with some fun pink and red chevron patterned paper from the Doodlebug Design “Lovebirds” 6 x 6 paper pad<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(retired). For a sparkly finishing touch I added a handful of sequins in various sizes to the lower right and upper left of the card front.<\/p>\n It’s one of my goals this year to focus a bit more on the insides of my cards, so for this one I trimmed the sides of the card liner with scraps of the same Doodlebug chevron patterned paper. I also decided to stamp out from the stamp set, the large quilt heart and the heart balloon again.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, I smeared the heart balloon a little bit, but I ended up camouflaging that with little eyelash lines that I doodled all around the hearts with a 0.03 pt. Copic Multi-liner Pen<\/a><\/span>. Again, having to address a little mistake I think made the card better! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!<\/em><\/p>\n The following is a start to finish process video of crafting this card:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nSkin: E000, E00, E01, E21 and R20
\nBlue black hair: B000, B00, C7, C8 and C9
\nDress: RV00, RV02, R22, R24 and R29
\nBalloon: R22, R24 and R29
\nShadow on ground: C1 and C2
\nI used Clear Wink of Stella<\/a><\/span> to add shimmer to both the balloon and the heart on the little girl’s dress, and added a coating of Ranger Glossy Accents<\/a><\/span> on the Balloon for high shine.<\/p>\n
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Girly Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCard Mania Embossing Challenge<\/a><\/span> – WINNER<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Love Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nMFT Color Challenge #88<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n