Mr. & Mrs. - Take #3 on Marble

.... aaaaannnndddd I'm back with take #3 for the Winnie and Walter Gossip Column with Taheerah Atachia - Marble.  This final card plays off of my earlier card, scroll down if you would like to see that one too, by using the other part of my marble paneling and creating a larger frame from my original cut...

Since the marbled colors were so bright I wanted to mute them slightly by using a gray cardstock behind the frame.  I then used The Big, the Bold, and the Extras Stamp Set for the Mr., Mrs., Roses, and leaves.  The & came from The Big, the Bold, and the Merry Stamp Set.  The roses and leaves were stamped and embossed onto a heavy weight vellum and adhered in the corners of the frame.  Neither of my photos capture the shimmer and shine of the roses, but the focus is truly on the marbled frame as was the challenge.

I hope you have liked my take on this latest column masterpiece, and I hope that you yourself were inspired to take the plunge and either create your own marbled paper with nail polish as I have done or use some other means to incorporate marbling into your work.  Taheerah has so much inspiration, and information in her article that you really must take a peek.

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Wishing You - Marbling Take #2

Hiya!  If you happened to stop by yesterday then you were able to check out my first take on the new Gossip Column with Taheerah Atachia  all about Marble.  Today I am showing two more cards created from my own homemade marble papers.  This first card uses my marbled pieces in two different ways... 1. as an embellishment and 2. as a background...

Isn't this just so cool?!  I can't stop playing with these things I tell ya!  Take a closer look...

To create this card I used the Winnie and Walter Dies: The Essentials: Audrey Cutaways for the background panel, and the True Multifaceted Star Cutaway.  I layered the star with some foam adhesive.  I then stamped my sentiment over my panel from the Wishing You Stamp Set in an archival ink.  I then finished this card off with some silver enamel dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I'll be back later with one more marble card to share!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Marble(ing) - Gossip Column #6

Hello!  Happy Friday!!!  Today I'm popping in to share some cards that I've created inspired by latest Gossip Column written by the amazing Taheerah Atchia!  Yay!!!  This month she has taught us, inspired us, and simply had me drooling for all things marble.  So I had to join in!  ( You must read her article, you will feel so smart afterward too.  Just think of the kind of dinner conversation you can have later! Or heck, who you might be able to impress wink wink...)  Any who, I digress and with that said I will share a photo of my own projects that I created based on 4 card stock panels that I marbled myself using the nail polish technique.  And she was not kidding when she said this stuff is addictive, because I almost couldn't stop, and sadly my blue nail polish is no longer with us, but it's all in the name of art, right?!  So check it out...

It was really fun to watch the colors spread out in the water, and each time I dipped my cardstock in I had no clue out they would turn out.  Addicting!

Now onto my first creation...

To create this card I took one of my panels and die cut a large heart.  I still had some spots left on my panel so I stamped and die cut the word love from the So Tweet Stamp Set, and layered it over the heart with foam adhesive.  Next I stamped my little bird and hair bow onto separate cardstock and colored them in with Copics before using the matching dies to cut them out.  When I layered them onto my cardbase it still felt a bit empty so I used some heart images from the same set and stamped them randomly, adding some matching splashes from one of my Ink Sprays.  Once this was dry I added the heart, bird and sentiment.  It was still missing something, so I went back and drew on some stitching and added some clear sequins.  Ta-da!

I hope you will stop by for my other two cards that I!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa