The design team at Caardvarks is a group of women who are so talented and they always been a big source of inspiration for me!! It was always a dream of mine to be on this team and to be included among these amazing ladies. Today my dream has come true and I just can’t tell you how excited I am!!
Caardvarks is sponsored by Tiffany Doodles for this challenge in combination with two sketches by Heidi Van Laar. For my cards I used this digi “stamp” here .You can’t beat the price and the versatility of these digi images.
To begin with the first flower I re-sized the width and height of the image and colored with Copic markers.( you will find the colors below this post.)
I printed the image again without changing the size. You can see I cut the large flower out from above and I will add it to the bouquet below to give one of the flowers more impact. Did you notice the wide vase above…therefore the one flower I colored is much wider than the one below that are colored in the vase.
I love how the super large flower looks on the smaller vase. After coloring the vase I covered the entire vase with Glossy Accents so it resembles glass.
To create the yellow background I used Mustard Seed distress ink on white paper and stamped with the same ink using a small stamp to create the pattern. It was easy and quick. For the “wood table” distress a white piece of paper in walnut, then use Tim Holtz’s embossing folder and distressed the paper AGAIN with the walnut to add extra dimension to the embossed parts. Behind the yellow stamped paper is some blue stamped paper. I used Tumbled Glass to add color to the paper, then stamped with Penny Black’s text background in the same color. (my new go to background…love the vintage petite font!)
Color two of the unused flower petals for leaves. I ended up cutting out entire vase with the flowers. I love how you can see the wall paper behind the vase. Layer your papers and pop dot large flower and you are finished.
I love Heidi Van Lear’s sketches so I based my second card on her sketch. The white paper is embossed with Tim Holtz damask by Sizzix. The blue paper started out being white and I used Tumbled Glass to color it and used PB’s letter background to give it some pizzaz with a bit of Broken China and Antique Linen. Add some stitching and stamp your sentiment. I used a scrap strip of white paper and colored it with Mustard Seed (stamped with the letter background…again) and used the NEW EK punch that is amazing!! Love the big scallop. To add some white highlighting I used a white marker by Galazy and smeared immediately after coloring on the edges of the petals. Then added some of my white dots with a white gel pen. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Hugs, Kathy
COPIC colors card 1. BG000, BG01,BG05, BG07 (blues) G00, G02, YG03, YG63 (greens)
COPIC colors card 2. Y04, Y08,Y17,(yellows) YR04, YR09, (oranges) R17 (red)
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So wonderful and so beautiful… Congrats of your Design Team position….
Woo hoooo! Congrats, Kath! Caardvarks is so lucky to have you on their team! Love your awesome cards–you really rock those digis!
Awesome colouring! Great work! And congrats to your new position!
Hi Kathy!
Congratulations on you! And what a beautiful card here!!! Love the huge and very colorful flowers!!! I just became your follower again, don’t know what went wrong, but I saw you weren’t in my list of followed blogs anymore and I wouldn’t want to miss your wonderful creations, so I’m back! 😉
Hugs,
Wendy
YAY!!! congratulations, Kathy!! Caardvarks is soooooo lucky to have you!! your cards are absolutely gorgeoue, amazing coloring and details, sista!!! LOVE them both!!! have a fabulous weekend, my friend!! =)
CONGRATULATIONS and well done to you, your flower in vase project is simply fabulous
Kathyk
Big congratulations Kathy! Caardvarks is so lucky to have you! Your cards are amazing! Wonderful designs, colouring and details! The flowers look so 3D – brilliant!
Congrats!! And such gorgeous coloring on your cards, SOOOO pretty!! Im in AWE! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 LOVE IT! Hope your enjoying your weekend!!
Oh my Gosh Kathy your colourwork is stunning and beautiful choice of colours, these are beautiful cards. Joey.x
Congratulations Kathy, I am so happy for you, you so deserve this position, you are one talented and inspiring lady. Hugs!
Congratulations, Kathy!!! Your work is amazing, no wonder they need you!
They are so lucky to have you on their design team! Congratulations!
The blue flower card just took my breath away — wow wow!
A HUGE congratulations to you Kathy!!! I was so excited to see you over at the Caardvarks blog this morning! Yeah!
Man, this card is gorgeous! Thank you for all your attention to detail in sharing your techniques:)
Congrats on the DT spot! You are a PERFECT choice as your work is always so inspiring and breathtaking!
That first blue flower card is sooooooooooooo amazing! Love the colors and dimension!
congrats! fab card.
Congratulations, sista! Beautifully done cards today!
Absolutely DELICIOUS. So happy you’re on the team. YAY!!!!!! x
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Doesn’t surprise me a bit! They are going to be thrilled having you on the team, Kathy! Fabulous cards today! Big congrats to you!
Congrats for your DT position! I’m pretty sure Cardvaarks are equally thrilled to have such a talent on board!
This card is super gorgeous, just like any ones you’ve made, and the way you layered those flowers make it pop up even more!
I love these cards, the bright, bold colors, and your exquisite coloring! Congratulations on the DT position!
Congrats! The colors on your flowers is amazing – absolutely beautiful.
Huge congrats Kathy, you totally deserve it! The colouring of these flowers is amazing, beautiful work Kathy!
CONGRATES chick!!!!
Congratulation Kathy!! And what a card this is.. The blues are so brilliant and your coloring is amazing.. Beautiful!! Have a great weekend!!
CONGRATS, Kathy! You are an AMAZING card-maker…. of COURSE they wanted you! 🙂
PS… I now own a set of 36 Copic Ciao markers. Now I just need lessons! If only you lived closer… I could persuade you with wine! 😉
Congratualtions your cards are stunning! I wish you all the best on your new adventure!
Thank you for all the details in your post today of your project it truly inspires me to try my hand at more coloring of my stamped images.
I have a quick question, why do the digi stamps have a grey tint to them sometimes when they print? Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you in advance,
-christine
Congratulations, Kathy! Your design and coloring is stunning, as usual! I will be checking out your new inspiration for sure!
Huge congrats Kathy!! wtg!
I can see why you’re part of the team! What beautiful work. Love the 3d, colors, designs!
Congrats Kathy!! These are soooo gorgeous! Love the larger flower and what beautiful coloring!
Beautiful cards! Love the step-by-step tutorial! Congrats on the new design team!
Beautiful card! Big congrats! Well deserved!
the colouring is phenomenal x
Ahem… questions… I wouldn’t know where to start… where do you get your genius from? Can I have some of it! You are just incredible. What amazing cards – so thrilled for you that you have joined the Caardvarks crew…. congrats… doing the happy dance for you.
These are sensational… wow…. jaw still on floor and I have looked at them at least 10 times at this stage!!!
Amazing colors! Just gorgeous coloring and so vibrant.
big congrats on your fab news….gorgeous gorgeous cards…fabulous colour work and no card would be complete without your white signature dots…hugs kath xxx
Hey Sista!!! BIG CONGRATS!!! Caardvarks is soooooo lucky to have you join their team!!! AMAZING cards…so much amazing details WOW!!!!!
Yay! Congratulations Kathy!! That is so great – your cards are always stunning 🙂
Really beautiful cards Kathy and congrats to you!
After reading all the comments, what can I say?!!? You ROCK and you have proven time and time again how talented and passionate you are in your crafting !! COONGRATS CONGRATS COONGRATS CONGRATS COONGRATS CONGRATS OONGRATS CONGRATs COONGRATS CONGRATSS to your well-deserved spot!! YAY!
Thats amazing!! Go you!! Congrats!! Those are a bunch of awesome ladies and Jen is great. I love your card you made. Its so pretty. It really stood out in the crowd. Way to go!!! You should really be proud. 🙂
That’s so exciting! Congratulations, Kathy. You will be a wonderful addition to that team.
Wow…your card always..AMAZING!!!
Congratulations Kathy, So well deserved!
Congrats! Well deserved! Whoo Hoo!
Just stunning!!!! Well done! Your work is absolutely beautiful! :o)
Congrats on your DT position! OMG, I think you should be on the Copics DT…your coloring is absolutely amazing and I love how you add the highlights and little deets that make your projects ‘pop’! A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. WORK!