Easy DIY Glitter Cardstock

May 5, 2022April 23, 2022 Karen BrownLeave a comment

Don’t you just love bright summery colors? I’ve been thinking about making a shimmery rainbow hued tag set and I thought now was the perfect time. Recently, I started making my own glitter cardstock, and I have been loving the subtle sparkle it adds to my projects!

Rainbow Colored Gift Tags + Altenew Terrific Tags dies

The process is easy and fun…all you need is some ink and Altenew Iridescent Shimmer Ink Spray.

How To Make Your Own Glitter Cardstock

I taped some watercolor paper to a hard board and brushed water over the surface with a #18 brush.
Next, I mixed Altenew Dye Inks with Iridescent Shimmer Spray (no water was added) and I painted the mixture on the wet watercolor paper. I wanted an intense color so I applied three layers but I didn’t bother to let it dry in between.
I stamped, colored and die cut a bunch of floral elements from Altenew’s Doodle Blooms stamp and die bundle.
I let my shimmer panels dry overnight so that they would die-cut well, but you could speed up the drying with your heat tool.

How to make glitter cardstock using Altenew Shimmer Spray.

Next, I die cut my tags using the largest finned die from Altenew’s Terrific Tags die set and worked on my layouts

How to make your own gift tags with Altenew Terrific Tags.

To finish off the cards, I added an Enamel Dot to each flower center.

The background is so pretty in person but it’s hard to see the sparkle in the photos so I added a quick video below:

Video clip showing shimmer on DIY Glitter Cardstock

Adding twine or ribbon is easy: Double the twine and poke the two ends through the hole. Next, slip the ends through the looped middle and then pull flat. Neat, easy and functional.

Aqua Altenew Terrific Tags + Doodle Blooms stamp and die bundle

I love how the tags turned out so I’ve included some closeup photos.

There is a detailed list of the inks, supplies and enamel dots used below.

Pink Altenew Glitter cardstock gift tag.

The tags are so happy and cheerful together and I think they would make a great gift for a friend.

DIY rainbow hued gift tags made with Altenew Terrific Tags and Doodle Blooms stamp and die set.

Ink Used:

Ocean Waves + Dusk from the Cool Summer Night Collection
Coral Berry + Cotton Candy
Orange Cream
Puffy Heart + Purple Wine + Cosmic Berry from The Rose Petal Collection
Grass Field

Stamps, Dies and Supplies:

Doodle Blooms stamp and die bundle
Terrific Tags
Iridescent Shimmer Ink Spray
#18 Brush from the Artists’ Watercolor Brushes Bundle

Enamel Dots Used:

Sentiments:

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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Guest Designer for Craft Stamper Magazine

July 12, 2019 Karen Brown3 Comments

I am so pleased to have been selected to be the Guest Designer for Craft Stamper Magazine this month! Hop over to their July \”Take It or Make It\” website for some inspiration or to enter your stamped creation.

Since it is summer I went with a bold nautical card. I won the Visible Images Create Your Own Calm stamp set in a card challenge and this is what I crafted. The background is watercolored with three colors of blue/blue-green watercolor paints. I wet the watercolor paper and then dropped in colors randomly and let them blend as they pleased. I then white heat embossed the darling seahorse and rings. I trimmed the panel down so that I would have a contrasting white strip when I mounted on a white A2 card. I heat embossed the sentiment on vivid blue card stock and then trimmed it with a stitched die.

I hope you like this card and that you will submit your creation to Craft Stamper Magazine\’s Take It Make It Challenge.

I am entering this card in:
The Rainbow \”Blue Breezes\” Challenge

Country View Blues and Greens Challenge
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Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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Altenew Garden Grow Birthday Card

April 19, 2019 Karen Brown4 Comments

Hello and thank you for stopping by! I was asked to be a \”Guest Designer\” for the CAS on Friday \”Butterfly\” Challenge.

Altenew\’s Garden Grow stamp set is a longtime favorite so I thought it would be fun to have a gardening vignette with pink and yellow butterflies landing on the watering can and potted plant.

I started by making a simple blue watercolor background. Next, I stamped and used Copics to color my gardening trio. I wanted a spotlight circle so I used a stitched circle die. I assembled the card and added a birthday sentiment.

This card is for my mother-in-law who loves butterflies and gardening.

I am entering this card in:
Altenew\’s April Inspiration Challenge. I used the pink, yellow, blue color scheme for my background and butterflies and used the rainbow colors for the flowers in my pot. I just adore this Altenew Garden Grow stamp and die set. Every spring I seem to pull it out and make loads of cards.

Allsorts Blossoms, Butterflies and Bugs Challenge. I chose to focus on the blossoms and butterflies for my spring gardening card.
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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. I love the spring mood board this week and thought my garden vignette worked well.

Karen

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Create A Smile Guest Designer – Spring Citrus

March 6, 2019 Karen Brown3 Comments

It\’s citrus season here in Texas and that inspired me to make a bright cheery citrus themed card. I was invited to be a Guest Designer for Create-A-Smile stamps and I used one of my favorite stamp sets, Fruit Salad. For this card, I chose to use only the citrus stamps. The theme for their current challenge is \”Stamp a Background\”.

Watercolor stamped background in yellow and lime green.

I started by embossing the three citrus images on Brisol cardstock. Next, I used my Kuretake Watercolors to paint a watery lemon-yellow base and then dropped in more concentrated lemon yellow. I wanted a messy watercolor background so the lime green (sap green light) was placed here and there.

I let the panel dry overnight and then I used a stitched die to trim the card down slightly. I also cut an interior stitched frame out of white cardstock. I glued the white frame and the watercolor panel to a white A2 card. I die cut the \”thanks\” sentiment twice, glued them together and placed it at the bottom of the frame.

Rainbow Card \”Yellow Challenge\” My first time to enter this challenge…mostly yellow with a bit of yellow-green splashed in.

Pile it On Favorite Color Challenge I just love the color yellow because it is so happy and warm.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge It is citrus season in Texas so it is sunny and warm. 🙂

I love how bright and happy this card turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

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July 22, 2018 Karen Brown11 Comments

In June, I won the AAA 4th Birthday Challenge with my Yappy Birthday submission. I won a 30 pound gift card to Visible Images! AAA also asked me to be a guest designer for today\’s Challenge: AAA Cards Over The Rainbow Challenge. I was so excited that I created two different cards and liked this one the best, so I submitted it to the Challenge.

The Doodle Buds Stamp Set by WPlus9 is a favorite and I thought it would be fun to ink blend the Rainbow. I stamped the images and colored/blended with my Copic markers.