Tuesday with Toni: Altenew Wallpaper

Hello, friends!  I'm really excited to show you today's series of cards!  I absolutely fell in love with the Altenew Wallpaper Art set and have experimented with it quite a bit lately.  Let's get started!

With my first card I decided to do no-line watercoloring.  I stamped the flower with Distress Ink Antique Linen then masked it with Inkadinkado Masking Paper before stamping the leaves with Memento Pear Tart on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper.

I used Zigs to color up the Altenew Wallpaper Art images, using deeper shades along the edges for good definition.  When I watercolored the leaves, I discovered that the Memento ink resisted blending so it took more effort but turned out a treat.  I bet Distress Oxide would have worked well too.

I added shading around the image then stamped the Clearly Besotted sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black.  I then added black detail to the petals using  Copic 100.  I added further detail to the petals and leaves using Derwent Inktense Pencils. What a difference between the in-progress and final project pics, huh?

These next versions cannot be any simpler.  The one above is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black. That's it.  One layer, elegant, and clean.

This one is made a bit more frou using tone on tone stamping (Catherine Pooler All That Jazz) and a bit of gold washi. I prefer the black and white one; how about you?

If you would like to see my other creations, visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, or follow me on Instagram.  See you soon!

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Bonus Piggies with Toni

Hello, everyone!  Toni here with a bonus post for you this week!  Since I was playing with the MFT Piggy Pebbles set earlier in the week, I decided to keep getting messy with them.  Aren't they so cute?! Almost makes me want to jump in the mud!

Both card images are stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Strathmore Bristol Smooth and simply colored using Zig Real Brush Watercolor Markers.

Both also use Distress Oxide Broken China, the first for the falling rain and the second for a good spatter.  Can you see the difference between the first and second card's mud spatters?  The first uses a Zig marker and the second uses Distress Oxide Vintage Photo. Zigs are so concentrated that piggy got extra dirty!

Now go have some fun this weekend and get messy!  In the meantime, you can check out my other creations on my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, or follow me on Instagram!

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Tuesday With Toni

Happy  Tuesday everyone!  Cathy here for a quick announcement!  Thanks for all the lovely comments welcoming Toni!  We randomly selected a name from the comments on Sunday.  Our winner is Cynthia Cole.  Cynthia, please email your shipping address to hello@doodlebugswa.com. We will send a package of goodies out to you.  Thanks again for all the support and kind words!

Hello, everyone!  I have two very cute cards for you today!  The card on the left was my original and the other my simplified version.

You:  Simplified? But, Toni, the second looks just as complicated.
Me:  Nah. The background paper does away with the stenciling, sponging, glitter and most of the diecuts!

Let's talk about the original card, shall we?  I sponged a panel with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet using a Picket Fence Studio Blender Brush and the MFT Mini Cloud Edges stencil. I then die cut this using the Lawn Fawn Rainy Backdrop Portrait Die. Insert happy dance.

Next I covered the card base with Scor-Tape then lay the Lawn Fawn Rainy Backdrop Portrait panel on top. I sprinkled Doodlebug Design glitter over that and burnished it with my fingers into the raindrops. So sparkly!

Piggy time!  I stamped the MFT Scene Builder hills on Strathmore Bristol Smooth using Versafine Onyx Black. I fussy cut it out then watercolored it with Zig Real Brush Pens. I adhered the hills onto the card using Scor-Tape. 

The MFT Piggy Pebbles umbrella piggy is also stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and colored with Zigs.

Final touches included adding Whimsy Stamps Up in the Clouds diecuts and paper-piecing the umbrella using a snippet from the Doodlebug Design Lots o' Luck 6x6 Paper.

Now reading how I made the original card, you can tell it takes quite some effort and time.  With the second card, I eliminated a chunk of the base layer stuff by using American Crafts 12x12 patterned paper for a similar effect.

Other changes here include adding the grass from the MFT Scene Builder set using Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn. Very simple to do and lots of visual impact.

So I was able to simplify this enough that I brought this along as a Make n Take to a crafty gathering last month. Yay!

Feel free to stop by my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, to see my other creations, or you can follow me on Instagram.  See you soon!

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Big News Stamp Set from Mama Elephant

I know, it's not Tuesday, but Toni's back with a bonus card this week.  Happy Thursday friends!

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Hi, Friends!  Remember the mermaid card from earlier this week which had the fab bright orange Hello? Well, I couldn't let the leftover pieces go to waste, now could I?

I had blended Distress Oxide Candied Apple and Carved Pumpkin using Picket Fence Studio Blender Brushes on a piece of cardstock and spattered with water. Once dry, I die cut the Mama Elephant Big Scripty Hello from it. 

For this card, I adhered a piece of MFT retired 6x6 paper onto the card base using Scor-Tape. I then adhered the leftover Hello banner using Gina K Connect glue.

Then I stamped out the bear from the Mama Elephant Big News set with Memento Tuxedo Black. He's popped up with Scotch Foam Tape. I used Copics to color him  up.
 

So dreamy!  I love this color combo and had originally intended to make this as a neutral baby card but for now, it's rather any occasion.

I'll see you next week! In the meantime, you can check out my other creations on my blog, Frankie Helps Crafts, or by following me on Instagram.

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