Welcome back to my blog, always nice to have visitors stop in to have a look at what's happening in my craft space. I hope it inspires you to get into yours. Today I’m playing along with CAS Colours & Sketches #463: Double. Or so I thought, until I started writing this blog post. It's a colour challenge AND a sketch challenge into one. Love it! But I forgot the Colour part. Lol! That's right I only used the sketch.
I don't believe I should have been making cards today. It's been a whirlwind of oopsies from the get go. I will show you some of my bloopers and tell you all about it. But first here's my card:
Nice. Clean. Simple. Well put together. You'd never know my troubles with this one. Started when I saw a Facebook Memory (from 2015) where I told my daughter that we should try this art technique with the boys. Well today was the day I was going to try it. I am using Ink Refills instead of food colour. I didn't think I needed a plastic glass when there's only a bit of water in the bottom. So I repurposed my empty Glitter and Embossing Powder containers. I knew they'd come in handy one day! And who needs a full straw with short "cups", so I cut it into 4 pieces.
Well the joke was on me. You do need longer straws: blowing through short straw means your face is right near the opening. When you blow to create the bubbles, those bubbles hit you in the face. Bubble pop, leaving colour on face. Did NOT take a pic of that! It was light though and didn't stain. Phew! So I got the longer straws. You do need taller cups: small containers means there's no room for the air that I was blowing (to create bubbles) to freely move in the container, in so spilled over, creating a little mess. So I got the plastic cups.
Once I started playing with the bubbles, it was fun! I used different paper to determine which would have the best effect. Glossy had the best bubbles showing but faint background colour, not my favourite. Photo paper created great background colour and perfect bubble outlines. Shimmery card stock had the same effect as the photo paper but absorbed the colour more, so less crisp bubble outline.
Now that I'm done with the technique, I poured the coloured water back into the smaller containers and put away. Maybe next time the grand kids come over, we can make bubble art. Or heck I might even use this technique for Crafty Inkettes United Card Club in a couple of weeks.
Now I can create my card. I ended up using the Shimmery paper since it's current Stampin' Up! card stock. I cut it to size, layered it onto a Basic Black matte, and tossed it to the side. Literally! Not paying attention where it landed. On an opened Memento ink pad but I don't know that yet. I heat emboss my sentiment, add dimensionals to the back and now grab my background piece. I'm ready to freak!
But let's try this I tell myself (out loud, cuz I'm getting a professional opinion). I randomly tapped my ink pad to the panel creating some lines, giving it a mixed media look. Nailed it!!! Now moving on.
Here’s a close up of the bubbles and the black random lines. I forgot to take the Nailed It pic.
Supplies I used: (I'll come back after work this evening to create the product links)
- Ornate Thanks stamp set: 149471
- Just Jade card stock: 153079
- Basic Black card stock: 121045
- Basic White card stock: 159276
- Memento ink pad: 132708
- VersaMark ink pad: 102283
- Just Jade ink refill: 153121
- Heat Tool: 129053
- White Embossing powder: 155554
- Gold Elastic cord: retired
- Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430
I used a little left over card stock from when I trimmed my bubble pattern paper and matted it with the black. When it came to the envelope, I realized that I put everything away. There was really no other way I could think of, at that moment, to finish it other than more bubbles. So I brought it all back out, created my envelope, cleaned up and put everything away. AGAIN! The end!
I won't be entering my card in the challenge since I didn't actually follow the challenge but I'd thought I'd show it to you anyway, in case you wanted to play along too. Hurry though, challenge ends tomorrow. This is what I was suppose to be following:
Hope you enjoyed my humbling crafternoon story and are inspired to create something wonderful in your craft space.
