Monday, March 30, 2020

Crackle Mousse from Tonic Studios!

Hi Everybody!
I'm just popping in to let you know that I'm up on the Tonic Studios Blog today taking you through an in-depth look at the new Nuvo Crackle Mousse. To check out all the details head over to the Tonic Studios blog by clicking HERE.You can also check out this video I made:




Here's a quick look at some of the cards I made using the Crackle Mousse...
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Here's a close-up of the Crackle Mousse background...
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For this card I used the Crackle Mousse with a paint brush for the heart...
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...and with a stencil for the background.
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On this card I mixed my own custom colors of Crackle Mousse (see video to learn how).
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That's all for today folks! I know it's a brief post but all of the in-depth info can be found over on the blog at Tonic Studios. Enjoy!

Have a fantastic day and I'll see you back here soon!
Maria




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Something pretty and just for fun: Simon Says Stamp!

Hi everybody! I'm just popping in today to share a card I made using the Simon Says Stamp Botanical Heart set. This set is so gorgeous!
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I colored the image using my Arteza brush tip markers and a paint brush. 
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Then, I added some shadowing and extra details using my Copic Markers and a sharpie.
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I watercolored the background using my Nuvo Aqua Flow pens from Tonic Studios.
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To finish the card off I added an "I Love You" die and sequins in Moonshine-both are from Simon Says Stamp.

Now, I have 't had time to play in a challenge for a really long time. I'm happy to join in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge which has inspiration from their Spring Mood Board. Click HERE to check out the challenge.

Ok, I'm outta here. Have an awesome day you guys!
Maria

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Save the Crafty YouTuber & a Huge Giveaway!

Hey everybody! How are you all doing? I'm betting that most of you can use a little distraction right now? I feel like today's Save the Crafty YouTuber video hop could not have come at a better time for all of us crafters who are at home and looking for a little bit of inspiration. This is a huge group of talented YouTubers who are hopping together and each of us has a give-a-way! My video focuses on a fun and easy stained glass technique using Tonic Studio's Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

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The Give-a-way for my YouTube channel was sponsored by Tonic Studios USA and is to be won by some lucky winner in the continental United States. Head on over to my channel to see what the amazing prize is. All you need to do to enter is to leave a comment on my video by April 5th. You do not need to leave a comment on every video in the hop to be entered to win (only my channel).

Here's a quick link to my video. I hope you enjoy it!


After checking out my video and leaving a comment I hope you'll visit all of the other YouTube channels that are joining in the hop. All you need to do to continue on the hop is to click the link to the next video that I have provided in the description box of my video.

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That's all for today you guys. I hope you have a little time to kick back and enjoy all of the amazing videos!

Have an awesome day everybody!
Take care of yourselves,

Maria


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Friday, March 20, 2020

Crafty Friends: Pinkfresh and a Discount!

Hey you guys! How are you all doing out there in this crazy world? I'm in California, USA and my family is healthy, safe and on lockdown at home. I'd love to hear how you are all doing so please let me know in the comments below! Since I'm sure many of you are stir crazy I'm happy to say that today is the 20th of the month when I hop my Crafty Friends and we bring you a 20% discount to our featured company! Woohoo! There is no better time for a discount than when you are on lockdown and actually have time to spend getting crafty. I am happy to let you know that this month we are featuring Pinkfresh Studios and they are generously offering all of you a 20% discount to their shop! Details are at the bottom of my post.

For my first card I used the Heart and Soul stamp set and it is such a stunner. It's got one large floral image shaped like a half wreath and quite a few wonderful sentiments.
#mariawillis, #cardbomb, #card, #cardmaking, #cardmaker, #cards, #handmade, #pinkfreshstudios, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #art, #diy, #color, #happybirthday, #heartandsoul, #diecut, #diecutting,

I started off by watercoloring my image with Pinkfresh liquid watercolors. Then I added some Nuvo drops to give it some dimension and shine. When it was dry I fussy cut it out.
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I taped off the edges of a piece of watercolor paper with some purple tape. Then I ink blended the background using Distress Oxide ink Peacock Feathers. To finish the background I spritzed it with shimmer spray and splattered it with silver metallic paint from Hero Arts.
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Finally I added a sentiment on yellow cardstock and then some chunky rhinestones to finish it off.
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For my next projects I made two cards from one background that I cut from the Diagonal Stripes with Window die. I ink blended my background with Distress Oxide inks in Squeezed Lemon, Picked Raspberry and Abandoned Coral. Then, I cut it out with the die. I used the positive part of the die cut for my first card.
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These colors really pop when paired with some black cardstock so I used foam adhesive to pop the die up. Then I splattered the whole thing with Sparkle from a Tonic Studios Nuvo Shimmer Pen in Glitter Gloss. 
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The super fun sentiment is cut using Pinkfresh's Classic Word Dies Set. I love that this set provides both the thinner sentiment as well as the "halo" background piece. The final touch for this card was to add enamel dots from Hero Arts and a bunch of random sequins, pearls, rhinestones and confetti stars. I really love how this card came out (it's super sparkly).
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For my second card  with this die I used the negative pieces. I used positive piece of the die to help me line up all of the thin stripes and popped them up on foam adhesive. 
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I decided to flip the center piece over before adhering it because I liked the way the contrast looked. I added my sentiment and this time I only used the thin letters so that my colored background would pop.
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To finish the card off I some black ink splatter and a few enamel dots from Hero Arts. 
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These cards are bright and happy and totally remind me of the 80's!
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Ok, that's it for today you guys so let me tell you about this discount before I go. Pinkfresh is offering you a discount of 20% of everything in the store except for new release, sale, and marked down items (ex: bundles). All you have to do to get this discount is use the code CRAFTYFRIENDS20 when you check out from the Pinkfresh Studios site. Happy Shopping! 

#mariawillis, #cardbomb, #card, #cardmaking, #cardmaker, #cards, #handmade, #pinkfreshstudios, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #art, #diy, #color, #happybirthday, #heartandsoul, #diecut, #diecutting,

Have an awesome day you guys! Stay healthy and craft hard!
Maria


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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Hugs to You My Friend!

Hey everybody! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day. Today I've got a pretty watercolored card for you using a stamp set from the Gray Muse. I got this stamp set forever ago, started watercoloring it a little after that and finally came back and finished it recently. Do any of you have limited time to craft and have to keep returning to projects to get them finished? It feels like my MO these days.
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #graymuse, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #card, #cardmaking, #cardmaker, #handmade, #crafty, #papercraft, #art, #color, #watercolor, #flowers, #hugs,

Anyhow, I stamped this gorgeous image onto Arches cold press watercolor paper using Hero Arts INTENS-ified black ink which works well with both watercolor and copics. I used my new (hahaha, I got them in November but haven't had a chance to use them) Karin watercolor markers and a paintbrush to watercolor this. I love the bright, vibrant ink colors.
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #graymuse, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #card, #cardmaking, #cardmaker, #handmade, #crafty, #papercraft, #art, #color, #watercolor, #flowers, #hugs,

I wanted the "hugs" sentiment to really pop so I used my Sparkle Spray from Tonic Studios as watercolor to color it in. In real life it sparkles and has a little dimension since I painted it on thick. The sentiment strip is from another Gray Muse stamp set and is heat embossed in white on black cardstock. 
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #graymuse, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #card, #cardmaking, #cardmaker, #handmade, #crafty, #papercraft, #art, #color, #watercolor, #flowers, #hugs,

Ok guys, I'm supposed to be studying for a final exam in my advanced anatomy class (it's tomorrow-yikes) so I had better scoot on out of here. I hope you all have the best day and I'll catch you back here soon!

Maria

PS: I just realized that Simon Says Stamp has an Anything Goes Wednesday challenge going on! It's been forever since I've been able to play along and I'm excited to join their challenge this week! Check out their fun challenge by clicking HERE!





Monday, March 2, 2020

Hero Arts March My Monthly Hero and a Giveaway!

Hey everybody! It's the first Monday of the month and that means it is time for a new My Monthly Hero Kit release from Hero Arts! I also want to make sure you know that there is a generous giveaway from Hero Arts and the details will be at the bottom of my post.

I decided to go for a bit more of a mixed media look with this kit. I ink blended the background using My Hero Hues Reactive inks. Then I sprayed the background with my shimmer mist and spattered it with my White Glimmer Metallic Ink.
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,
I wanted to add some gold gilding flakes so I stamped my tree trunk using a liquid glue. Once that dried to the right tackiness I covered it with gilding flakes and used a dry paint brush to remove the excess. I also painted some extra adhesive onto the background and adding gilding flakes to that too.
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I wanted the tree to really sparkle and have dimension so after stamping it I added gilding flakes and then a ton of glittering leaves (dragons scales from a past MMH kit). It really catches the light in real life. Oh! I almost forgot to tell you about the sentiment. I used a sentiment from the kit but I did a little bit of stamp surgery on it. Originally it said, "live life in full bloom." I cut the "bloom" off to get the sentiment that I used. 
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,


For my second card I wanted to do something a little bit different. I used the swirl stamp to create a background. The super cool thing about this stamp is that if you stamp it once then give it a 180 degree flip... the stamp will exactly together with the first stamped image. I used this method to stamp from left to right across the page. If making the stamp fit perfectly together as described weren't enough, it also fits together from top to bottom making it incredibly easy to put many rows of this image on top of each other to create a cool background. This is what I did using rainbow colors.
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I used the Wood Frame Infinity Dies to cut a black frame and popped it up on the background. I cut the tree trunk from silver foil. The tree leaves are cut from vellum, heat embossed in Black Sparkle embossing powder and colored from behind with pink copic markers. The final touch was to add sequins followed by Nuvo Dream Drops.
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,


Ok, guys, that is it from me for today. Thanks so much for stopping by! Before you go please remember that Hero Arts is generously gifting a $50 gift certificate to one lucky winner. To enter yourself just leave me a comment below (by March 8 at 11:59 pm and you will be automatically entered. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. 

The last thing that I want to make sure you know is that due to production delays, kits will begin shipping on March 16th this month.

Have an amazing day you guys! Bye for now.
Maria




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