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Karin’s Gorgeous Watercolor Inspiration!

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We hope you are having fun with the Inspired by a Book, Movie or Song challenge and we can’t wait to see your creativity! This is the last weekend for this challenge which will be open until this Sunday, April 3 at 11:59PM ET. We will be back on Monday, April 4th with another fun challenge theme!

But first, Karin has some gorgeous inspiration for you based on the children’s book, Will You Be My Friend!

With her amazing watercolor skills, Karin beautifully recreated the lovely cover illustration from the book. She used images from Eggstra Amazing Easter for the two sweet bunnies! To make images look like the storybook, she stamped them with Antique Linen Distress Ink before coloring them with watercolors. Then she sketched in the outline with a thin pen afterward.

For the book title, Karin used Cole’s ABCs cut from watercolor paper. She colored the letters and adhered them to the panel. Then she ran the card panel through her die-cutting machine to press the letters into the background leaving them just slightly raised. Such a clever idea!

Thank you so much Karin for sharing with us today! Your card is so amazing!

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Happy crafting!

Karin’s Reveal Wheel Birthday Card

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Click HERE to share your Card Sketch creativity! Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies and papers. This challenge will run for 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, August 15th at 11:59PM ET.

It’s Karin‘s turn to inspire us with a beautiful birthday card!

Karin used the Card Sketch loosely to design a beautiful interactive card! She used the Reveal Wheel and Arc Frame Add-On as the arched element in the sketch and kept the rest of the design clean, simple and lovely.

Karin lightly inked the panel, then splattered on water. She created the pretty floral accents by combining die cuts from Acorn House and Spring Sprig. She used Cole’s ABCs cut from Gold Metallic cardstock to personalize this lovely design!

Thank you for sharing with us today, Karin!

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Thanks for stopping by today! The Card Sketch challenge is open for another week, we hope you will join us! Click HERE to visit the challenge post.

A Beach Destination with Caly

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Hi Friends! It’s Caly with you today!  The Travel Destination/Favorite Place Challenge is going strong.  I bet there are lots of places people are wishing they were at or could be soon!  Today’s card is beach-themed.  ANY nice beach will do. I shared on my blog on Monday about how naïve I am to traveling – it intimidates me! My kids have been begging to go anywhere with a beach and I hope we can soon!

My beach scene today includes images from the Life is Good and On the Beach sets.  I stamped and colored them with Copic markers to bring them to life.

Copic markers:
Reds:  R32, R35, R39
Oranges:  YR61, YR65, YR68
Yellows:  Y00, Y11, Y15
Greens:  G21, YG06, YG09
Teals:  BG10, BG11, BG13
Blues:  B01, B02, B05
Purples:  V01, V04, B05
Pinks:  [RV00, RV52, RV55], [RV30, RV42]
Browns:  [E50, E53], [E30, E31, E34, E35]
Grays:  C1, C3, C5

For my background, I ink-blended the sky with Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Inks.  I splattered it with some water droplets to give it some texture – but I love the soft glow it gives. 

On another panel, I ink-blended with Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink. After die-cutting it with a Simple Stitched Hillside Borders die, I added some Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide Ink to give it shading at the top. I used the largest Outside In Stitched Rectangles die to add a decorative stitch around both ink-blended panels to give them more interest.

Last but not least, I added my images to the card to fill my sandy beach scene. I finished by attaching my sentiment, which is comprised of die-cut letters from the Cole’s ABCs set and an embossed sentiment from the Life is Good set. 

I hope you enjoyed this beach scene!  Thanks so much for visiting today!
~Caly

Thank you, Caly for sharing with us today!

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