Whittle Things Blog Hop

Welcome to our June Blog Hop featuring Whittle Dies by Poppy Stamps. These are adorable, and I want more of them. lol Thanks to Raya for bringing them to my attention.

We have a $50.00 Gift Certificate to the Scrap'n Stamp store for our hop giveaway, so be sure to leave comments on everyone's blog for your chance to win. The more comments you make, the more chances you have to win!

We are also offering 20% off Poppystamps before taxes, with the promo code Pamper. Valid June 4th, 2021 to June 6, 2021 at Midnight PT. While supplies last. Not valid with any other coupons, sales or promotions. Not applicable on previous purchases.

Now that I have finished with the business of the day, lets get back to the card I made for the hop. 

I decided I wanted a distress background, which is where I started. Using watercolour paper I sprayed the piece with water. I then sprayed the inks on my craft mat and spritzed again with water. To apply the inks to my watercolour card I used my Ranger ink blending tool with foam and applied, going in circles for coverage. I did this with both the Peacock Feathers Spray and the Picked Raspberry.

I do not have the Twisted Citron spray as of yet, so I used my Oxide ink pad, putting down a lot of the colour and spritzed it with water, then applied it to the watercolour piece with another Ranger ink blender. While still wet I added a liberal dose of Perfect Pearls mixed with water.

The watercolour piece I made was a large 7 x 7 inch piece of Fabriano Hot Press, as I wanted to be sure I had enough for my die cutting of the circles, which I did once it was dry.

For the background piece I then did smooshing using the same colours on a piece of Neenah cardstock, and when dry ran it through my Gemini Jr. using an embossing folder. I then added splatters of Gouche, Perfect Pearls and water.

I then die cut the watercolour background I made using my stitched circle dies along with the Hugs die from Poppystamps. I then painted on to the outside piece some Nuvo Shimmer in Rosette. Next I cut 4 pieces of the hugs, they are all a different colour, but I liked the lighter version for my top layer and glued them together. 

I die cut the Hedge Hugs from white card and coloured them using Copic markers. 

To put it all together I used a Gina K Design Ivory cardstock for my card base. I added matting in a deeper blue, then added the smooshed embossed background.

I then attached the first two pieces of the circle die cuts using Nuvo Adhesive. I failed to mention that when I die cut the circles I also splattered the main circle piece with Gouache, then attached it using foam squares. I then glued on the sentiment, and attached the little Hedgies using foam squares.

To finish I added sequins and to some of the sequins I added small gum drops. 

The embossing folder is called Regency Swirls and it is the embossing folder that came with my Gemini Jr. machine.

I do hope you have enjoyed today's card and wish to thank you for your visit. Up next on the hop is Lindsey.

Tara

Chala

Nancy

Kia

Lindsey

Susan

Deborah

Jessica

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