Scrapping for Less ~ Unicorn Marci with Watercolor Foil Paper

Hi there crafty peeps!

I'm sharing an adorable card today using Unicorn Marci and some absolutely beautiful 

paper from Pink & Main called Watercolor Foil.

I shared a card last week using Unicorn Marci... you can check out that card here ---> Unicorn Marci with Coffee Distress Oxide Watercolor card! I watercolored my card for last week, but for this week I wanted to use bright colors to coordinate the beautiful Watercolor Foil papers so I stamped Unicorn Marci using Gina K Designs Amalgam black ink and then colored her in using the 

following Copic markers:

Skin ~ E000, E21, E51, R20

Hair ~ E42, E43, E44, Y21

Pajamas ~ RV10, RV14, RV17, RV25, N0, N1

Slipper boots ~ N0, N1, Colorless Blender

I die cut the Watercolor Foil papers and adhered them to a white card base. I then fussy cut Unicorn Marci and set her aside. I die cut some clouds that I lightly sponged with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink but any blue oxide ink would work. There happens to be this ink in the shop ---> Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink... which would work just as well when lightly sponged on.

I adhered the die cut clouds with liquid glue so I could adjust them quickly before they set. 

I popped up my fussy cut Unicorn Marci with foam tape. I then stamped the cute sentiment 

on white card stock with Gina K Designs Amalgam black ink, fussy cut a flag, and then popped it 

up on the card. I just love that beautiful shine from the foil in the Watercolor Foil papers! 

So pretty! I sure hope you've enjoyed my card!

Thanks for checking out my blog post!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ Coffee Lovers Spring I Summer 2019 Blog Hop

Hi crafty peeps!

It's time! It's time for the next Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!! I love these hops so much! I just HAD to use the adorable Unicorn Marci to create my first card for the 2019 Spring / Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

 I used two stencils to create the background along with a bunch of Spring colored distress oxide inks ~ Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac, and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks. I watercolored Unicorn Marci with Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Shaded Lilac, Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose, and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide inks. I borrowed the cup from another set... it was actually stamped awhile ago so I'm not sure what set I had used... I watercolored the coffee cup with Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide inks. I fussy cut both images and then popped them up on my stenciled background that I had die cut with a wonky stitch die and adhered to a white card base. 

I then stamped the sentiment... a combination of the sentiment with the Unicorn Marci stamp set and a masked sentiment from the Mini Marci with Coffee stamp set. I love how it turned out! 

Have a blast hopping along!!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs, 

Crystal

Scrapping for Less Presents: Castles and Dreams ~ Feb 2018 FOTM Blog Hop

We are sooooo excited to bring you this kit for the month of February. This kit is packed with wonderful fantasy goodies. Some exclusives are included with this kit: Stamping Bella and La La Land Crafts partnered with us to have some exclusive stamps in this kit as well as Teresa's first ever sentiment stamp (there will be more of these to come) for the Banana Split level. So, don't delay! There are limited kits available this month. Let your knight in shining armor deliver a kit to your door! Head over to the Flavor of the Month page to get your kit now! Enjoy all the wonderful creations our team and guest designer has for you today. So, sit back and join along in our fantasy world this morning. 

I am so thrilled to share my cards for the kit this month! We're just going to get right to it!

My first card is for Collection One and I used Sketch #1. I shared the sweet Stamping Bella dragon that's included in this collection for my sneak peek card... if you missed that you can check it out here. So for this card, I decided to use the icon stickers that are included. How cute are these little dragons?! I kept this card pretty simple and pretty much stayed with the sketch. But... 

I did add some more icon stickers to the inside! How fun! I have a sweet little nephew turning 2 very soon and I made this card with him in mind.

My second card is for Collection Two and I used Sketch #3. I had A LOT of fun with the papers for this card! It took me a bit of time to figure out what to use where but it just kind of came together on it's own. Does that ever happen to you? The card just speaks to you?! LOL... well, maybe I'm just a paper whisperer. LOL! I'm cracking myself up. Anywho, I did color this sweet unicorn with copics {RV06, RV10, RV11, N0, N1, Y06, Y35} and I added some white gel pen and then decided to also go over it with a glitter gel pen. Every unicorn needs some glitter!! I ended up moving my sentiment for this sketch but Oh My Goodness... this sentiment is from Teresa's new kit that is included in the Banana Split level and it's amazing! I love the fabulous sentiments in this stamp set! My last touch on this card was a couple of stickers... the rainbow/star is from this collection and the cloud is from the Doodlebug Designs Rainbow Doodlepop that is included in the Banana Split level.

My third card is for Collection Three and I used Sketch #2. Oh My Goodness! How adorable is this image?! I just love it! It was so much fun to color... like I was a part of a fairy tale! Well, I started by picking the papers for the card and I pulled the colors for the images from the papers. I loved the peach colors for the little princesses dress and hat... and even her shoes! She looks so sweet! I also decided to go an unconventional route here with the knight in shining 'teal' armor... oh, but I think it works! I used the following copics for this image {Skin - E000, E21, E50, E51, E53, RV10; Hair - E55, E57, YR20, YR23, YR31; Dress/hat/shoes - YR0000, YR01, YR15; Armor/helmet/flower - BG000, BG15, BG18, R81, R85, R89; Knight's shoes - N3, N4, N7}.

I kept to the sketch on this one, except I flipped it on the side. The sentiment is another fun one from the exclusive Scrapping for Less Castles and Dreams sentiment stamp set... love it!

I didn't do anything fancy on the inside of this one. I just stamped the sentiment from the Stamping Bella Knight/Princess set. I was thinking this may be a fun anniversary card!

And my fourth for today is from Collection Four and I used Sketch #4. When I received my kit for this month, my daughter was with me and she just Oohhed and Aahhed when we opened everything up. She really loved this princess though and since her favorite color is purple (most days... it seems to change daily!), I thought I'd make this card for her. I used the Echo Park Once Upon a Time Princess papers from the collection to make the layers. I colored the image using copic markers {Skin - E000, E21, E51, RV10; Hair - YR20, YR23, YR31; Dress - 0, V01, V04} and then I trimmed the card stock down and mat it on a piece of the Grape Jelly card stock in the kit. I popped the main image up using foam tape. I added a cute little enamel heart and a few of the pearl enamels. So cute! 

I had so much fun playing with this awesome kit! I hope you've enjoyed the cards I shared! Now it's time to check out all the other fabulous creations from the Design Team.

~ Blog Hop Line Up ~

Scrapping for Less

Teresa Russell

Stacy Tiedemann

Crystal O. Minkler <--- you're here

 up next --->  Katie Williams

Tina Smith

Jessica Wilson

Tanya Hahn

Jess Crafts

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

More Perfect Princess Fun With Echo Park/Carta Bella

Hello! Today I have a few more cards using our brand focus of the month ~ Echo Park and Carta Bella! I was given the Echo Park Perfect Princess paper pad and matching Frames & Tags Ephemera pack... can we say Adorbs!! Oh my goodness... the cuteness is just too much in this collection.

For all three of the cards that I made I used basically the same sketch. I die cut the background paper and added a strip of paper along the center.

I then found different frames to feature on each card with a tag accent to add. Each one has a fun sentiment that completed the card very quickly.

On my last card I flipped the frame and off set it. I also trimmed the sentiment tag so that it wasn't too big and take away the fun of the fairy.

On the Unicorn card, I added some clear Wink of Stella to the pink frame and the hair of the unicorn. You can see that a little better in this picture.

I also added some clear Wink of Stella to the fairy's wings, shoes and her wand. It's not as easy to see in this picture, but it's there! I promise! 

I really hope that you've enjoyed the cards I've shared today. They were definitely fun to make!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal