Showing posts with label Neon Doodles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neon Doodles. Show all posts

Monday, January 27, 2014

Neon Card Mash Ups

Good Monday Morning Everyone!

I missed you all last week. While I was away from the blog, I was busy creating this colorful array of cards using a "Mash Up" of kits. I created backgrounds using an art orphan and print outs from this month's Graffiti digital kit. I used papers from the Science kit (the orange/yellow, blue, and purple) that worked so well with the prints from this month's kit and an assortment of past kit stamps.

So sit back and relax while I take you on a little tour of how I created some of my cards.

1. Print out the black and white digital print from the Graffiti Digital kit.
before
2. Grab your Neon Dabbers and color to your hearts content! I had so much fun with this. I added a bit of white paint dauber swipes to areas that were too dull gray for my liking. It lightened the piece up a bit.

3. Let your paper dry and then add interest to your colored piece using a white Uni-ball Signo Broad pigment ink pen.
After
4. Print out some of the other colorful prints to use for backgrounds for your cards on matte photo paper.
5. Marya and Anne Marie host a card sketch challenge on the Club Scrap Community Forum and I created these cards using tissue tape colored with Neon Dabbers. I also used the fun mini chalkboard as my template for the hole to be cut out of the front of the card.
6. Stamp the "you are 2 COOL" images in white dauber paint (make sure you clean off your stamps so the paint doesn't dry on them) and add a bit of Neon Pink Dabber ink to the outside edge of the chalkboard. Trace the chalkboard with white pen and cut with a craft knife.
7. Save the cut out to be used on a second card. Check out this LINK to learn how to create a dimensional star. Do you recognize this art orphan I used for the background paper? It was created using the plastic wrap technique I shared on a previous blog post which you can find HERE. Stamp the Take Wing greeting directly onto the background paper.

8. Stamp the Graffiti spritz drip image in all the Neon Dabber colors to create this rainbow effect.  Stamp directly over the image when dry using black ink using the Take Wing stamps.
9. Now it is time to create your A2 cards. Cut black and white 8.5x11" cardstock horizontally at 5.5 and score each 5.5x8.5" piece horizontally at 4.25".  This will result in two A2 size greeting card bases from each sheet of cardstock.

Here are all the cards I created using the above techniques.
Digital Black and White print colored w/ Neon Dabbers, Science Purple and Orange mats, Neon Doodles sentiment, and Graffiti fiber.
Digital Black and White print colored w/ Neon Dabbers, Black card base and panel edged with white paint, Neon Doodles sentiment, and Graffiti fiber. 
Digital Black and White print colored w/ Neon Dabbers,  Science Blue and Orange mats, Take Wing sentiment, and Graffiti fiber. 
Digital Color print, Science Blue mat, Memoirs splat stamp, Graffiti sentiments and fiber
Digital Color print, Science Blue mat with white paint edges,  Graffiti sentiment and fiber
Digital Color print, Science Purple mat with white paint edges, Take Wing sentiment, and Graffiti fiber
Card Sketch Challenge card #1 Graffiti sentiments stamped on mini chalkboard.
Card Sketch Challenge card #2 Take Wing sentiment and images on white star.
Graffiti Spritz Drip rainbow, Science Purple mat, Take Wing sentiment and feather. 
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to join me and my Club Scrap enthusiasts this Wednesday January 29th for our Graffiti Blog Hop!
SPOILER!
I will be sharing a fun project with you at my CapeCodScrapper Blog.  Be sure to check out what I created to store all of my colorful cards!









Julie

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Fun with neon ink dabbers.

At this year's Retreat, Club Scrap introduced our new neon products: Neon Hybrid Ink Pads and Neon Ink Dabbers. I snapped up the package of six neon dabbers right away, but my weekend at Silver Birch was the first chance I had to play with them.

Neon Doodles UM stamps with dabbers in Pink, Orange, Yellow.
The ink colors are so vibrant and saturated. I couldn't believe how bright and fun they were! They pair perfectly with the Neon Doodles UM stamps from Tricia's Retreat workshop. I was on a card-making mission last weekend in effort to restock my stash for upcoming card swaps, and these stamps and inks were my favorite of the weekend.

Neon Doodles UM with Green, Blue, Yellow dabbers,
Take Wing Greeting UM

After a quick demo from Tricia, I was off and running. The dabbers work great direct-to-paper, for inking direct-to-stamps, as well as using for stencil techniques. I love products that are versatile!

Here are a couple more cards I made:

Tribal Masking stencil, Tribal Art Nouveau UM, Purple dabbers

Neon Doodles UM, Purple, Green dabbers

If you've already purchased the Neon Dabbers, I encourage you to get them out an play with them. If you don't own them yet, I highly recommend them!




Creatively yours,
Karen

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Stationer's Box Workshop

I had a blast teaching the two-part Stationer's Box Workshop. The idea was to spend the first portion experimenting with our new line of Neon Dabbers and Neon Ink Pads with the ultimate goal of making card panels for the nifty handmade gift box we'd make in round two.






How rare it is to have time to simply experiment and play! And play, we did. 


Results of just some of my play time . . . 


Then, making the gift box provided a practical way to showcase our creativity. I love how the materials for this project come from sheets of paper measuring 12" or smaller, making it very duplicatable with items from your stash. Even though the window in the box was a bit of a project, it gives it such a nice finishing touch.



Jac really "heard me" when I explained what I was looking for on the sheet of unmounted stamps we designed for this workshop. The images and colors complemented so well. We call it "Neon Doodles." The solid circles all fit into the open design circles perfectly. Love them!


Workshop videos for the Retreat-in-a-box folks air after the chat tonight. Can't wait to have you join us!

Do some doodling today!
Tricia