Simply Cardmaking with Laurel Beard

Influencer, Brand Ambassador, Blogger, Designer, Youtuber

Hello Summer: Sparkly Uncontrolled Watercolor Background

For my card, I chose to go a sort of mixed media route! I create a watercolored background using a combination of the Liquid Color and Color Splash! I even stamped the stars with Color Splash by squirting the Color Splash onto my glass mat, pressing the star cluster into the color and then stamping! It resulted in a very cool, artsy uncontrolled watercolored background. But, let’s add some sparkle shall we? (All the supplies I used are linked at the end of this post).

I took a whole bunch of clear glitter and mixed it in with the modeling paste and then spread it over the entire background! It is so hard to capture the real sparkle of this card on camera so you will just have to trust me that this card sparkles like no tomorrow! So naturally, the sentiment choice was perfect. 🙂

 

Blog Hop Order:

Spellbinders
Bibi Cameron
Keeway Tsao
Mariana Grigsby
Nichol Spohr
Laura Williams
Desiree Kuemmerle
Marie Heiderscheit
Tina Smith
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Justine Hovey
Francine Vuilleme
Laura Volpes
Laurel Beard – YOU ARE HERE!

Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Monday, July 1st, 11:59 pm EDT. Winners will be announced on the Spellbinders blog.

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8 techniques with Nuvo Shimmer Powders *Video Tutorial

I have had a lot of viewer requests for this one! Nuvo Shimmer Powders! I love them! They are everything to me and replaced all other “color burst” type products I had previously. Nuvo Shimmer Powders are a mixture of shimmering mica powder and a vibrant dry pigment.  You can do so many things with these guys and they come in lots of different colors. Each bottle will burst with various colors. It’s actually quite amazing to see the results you get. I even have some slow motion action in my videos so you can see how they work.

I have 8 different ways you can use the Nuvo Shimmer Powders in my video below. Take a look!

 

Here is a close up look at the all the cards I created in the video using various techniques with the powders!!!!!!!!!

So what do you think? Will you give the Nuvo Powders a try? Do you have a favorite technique? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for stopping in today!!! See you tomorrow with a fun blog hop!

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Ice Cream Anyone?

The Hello Sunshine Collection from Catherine Pooler is here!!!! There are FOUR BUNDLES in this collection. You can purchase as a bundle, individually – whatever fancies your sundae.  Today I am using some products from the  I Scream You Scream Bundle. I love me some ice cream! My stomach and butt prove that point nicely!!!! Using Catherine Pooler Inks and the new stamps was a match made in heaven for this watercolored inspired ice cream cone!

Couldn’t get enough of the ice cream so I used it again. This time I paired it with some super duper fun patterned paper from the bundle!

I added some texture to the ice cream by tinting some glimmer paste with some Mint to Be ink….

I have more projects to share using some other stamp sets from the bundle so be sure to check back soon… I am part of a blog hop so be sure to hop along as there are prizes to be won!

Blog Hop:

Kristie
Laurel – YOU ARE HERE

Giveaway:

One lucky commenter will win a $25 Gift Certificate Prize to the Catherine Pooler shop! Just leave me a comment below!

 

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*Video: Amazing Distress Oxide Techniques: 8 Cards

I love distress oxides. So much so, I got rid of my regular distress inks because I seem to always be reaching for these instead!!! Layering, stamping, watercoloring… So many techniques you can do with this special ink blend!!! Check out the video below to see these 8 cards I made all using Distress Oxides!

A few close ups of all the cards I created in the video! Do you like distress oxides? What is your favorite technique using the  oxides? Stamping with them is really fun too! And I love the layering properties of the oxides. As long as you dry the ink in between layering, the colors will not mix with each other. That means no muddy colors!!!!!! I did a lot of layering in these cards! And I did some watercoloring with make up brushes! 🙂

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