Artful Angel May Release - Day 2 - S'more Wishes starring Savannah the Sloth

 Hello angels! DT Kim here to share my project reveal for Day 2 of the May Release!  Today, I created a card that spotlights our favorite Savannah the Sloth.  

For this card, I wanted to keep an outdoorsy, camping, theme, and I figured what better way to do that than to incorporate some red plaid (think Lumberjack), wood frame, and a beautiful starlight night!  I colored Savannah at the campfire and the lantern using Copic markers (colors listed below), cut her out and set her aside.

To create my ink-blended starry background, I began with a 4 ¼’ x 5 ½’ panel of Distress Watercolor paper.  Using a foam blending tool, I blended the first layer using Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Ink.  When I was satisfied with the coverage, I blended a wavy stripe of Wilted Violet Distress Oxide through the center of the panel.  I then added Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide to the upper right corner of the panel and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide across the bottom.   I finished by adding an additional layer of Chipped Sapphire along the outer edges.  I spritzed water over the card stock and let it set for a few minutes and then laid a towel over the panel and placed pressure on it to pick up the excess water.  Finally, I spritzed the panel with Iridescent Shimmer Ink Spray and Silver Metallic Ink Spray.  I set the panel aside to dry completely.

While that was drying, I die-cut a wood frame using the Hero Arts Wood Frames Dies and ink-blended with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink.   I also die-cut some grass panels from watercolor paper using the C.C. Designs Cloud and Grass Dies and I water colored them using Altenew Crisp Dye Inks in Lime, Limeade and Fresh Leaf.

I adhered a panel of plaid paper from the Echo Park Let’s Lumberjack 6 x 6 Paper Pad to a black card base.  I then set to work creating my scene.  I trimmed my grass and starry panels to fit in the frame and attached them, grass first, using liquid adhesive.  I then adhered the frame to the card base and added Savannah and the lantern.

To finish off my card, I embossed the sentiment on black card stock in white and die-cut it using the C.C. Designs Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  I popped the sentiment panel up using foam dots. 

Colors Used:

Distress Oxide Inks – Vintage Photo, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, Fossilized Amber

Copic Markers:

Grass – G07, YG25, YG11, YG00

Bow – R59, R39, R35

Savannah/Rocks – W7, W5, W3, W1, W0

Log – E18, E15, E13

Fire – R08, R5, YR04, YR17, Y08

Lantern – R59, R39, R35, Y17, Y15, W9, Y02, Y00

You will be able to grab Savannah and all of the other amazing new goodies from the shop tomorrow!  Make sure to use discount code KIMSIMPSON at checkout to save 10%!   Make sure to join us over in the Artful Angel Takes Flight Facebook Group for more inspiration from the Design Team and lots of fun activities!   Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Xoxo, Kim

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Big Happy Hugs - Coming Soon!

 Hello angels! DT Kim here to take over the blog today.  I hope you are having an amazing weekend!  I am SO excited to get to be a part of the project reveals for Artful Angel’s May Release!  I created this bold, cheerful birthday card using Big Happy Hugs which will be available in the Artful Angel shop on May 25^th!

This card was so much fun to make!  I started with a 5 ½” x 4 ¼” panel of white card stock.   Using a ruler, I (very lightly) marked the center point of the panel (2 ¾” on the long side and 2 1/8” on the short side).  I then placed my card stock in my Misti (or whatever stamp positioning tool you use) and I centered the largest “Happy” stamp over the center at an angle.  I then drew a faint pencil line above and below the stamp to create a guide.  I repeated this until I had the entire panel marked up.  (I don’t trust myself to just eyeball the placement 😊)

I determined which order my colors would go in and proceeded to stamp my images.  I placed the “happy” stamp over the center point again and I inked it up using teal ink (colors listed below).  Again, I used my Misti for this process, so that if I didn’t get a clean image on the first try, I could re-ink and stamp again.  I cleaned the stamp before I moved on to the next placement.  I repeated it across the remainder of the line ensuring to run the image off the side of the card panel.   I skipped two rows and then repeated this process with the teal ink above and below the center row.   I repeated this process over and over with the remaining two colors until my card panel was filled in completely. 

I placed a piece of black card stock in my Misti and I placed the “Happy” stamp down and picked it up with the cover.  I prepared my card stock using my Embossing Magic  tool to remove any static.  I inked up my stamp with Versamark Ink and heat embossed the sentiment in white.  I then repeated this process with the “Birthday” stamp, making sure to use the Embossing Magic tool again to eliminate any static before embossing.  I let the panel sit for a moment to ensure the embossing was dry (I have made the mistake of touching it after I had embossed – not only did I burn my finger on the molten lava that is the embossing, but I ruined the image, so I won’t make that mistake again) and then I die-cut it with the C.C. Designs Rectangle Dies.  I love these because they have a simple stitched border to them.  

I trimmed a piece of black card stock to 5 3/8” x 4 1/8” and trimmed the colorful panel to 5 ¼” x 4” and then I adhered it to the black panel.  I attached these panels to my card base using liquid adhesive.  Lastly, I popped my sentiment panel up using foam squares. 

Colors Used: 

Stampin' Up Ink - Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape

I hope that you are as excited as we are about this latest new release!  It will be available in the shop on May 25th.  Make sure to use discount code KIMSIMPSON at checkout to save 10%Stay tuned for more amazing inspiration from the Design Team over the next few days!  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Xoxo, Kim

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