Good morning! I am so excited to help celebrate the June 2018 release from Heffy Doodle Stamps! I have two cards to share using some of the new release products!
Remember this smooshed watercolor background I made a few weeks ago? Well at the same time I made a few more because I really loved the color combination. To create this one I actually used a second generation smooshing of the three distress ink colors: blueprint sketch, twisted citron, and salty ocean which is why the colors are SO much lighter. My other card created a great grass and sky scene…and this one is perfect for an underwater scene! 🙂 After smooshing the inks and letting them dry I splattered the panel with water and blotted off the excess to create bubbles across the panel. I trimmed it down to 4″ by 5.25″ and adhered it to a black card base.
Next I stamped the adorable jellyfish from Oceans of Love onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. I watercolored them with Mijello Mission Gold watercolors and then let them dry. Once they were dry I added spectrum noir clear sparkle to the top of each jellyfish and then a layer of nuvo crystal glaze. Once that was totally dry I added a few accents with a white gel pen. Then I stamped the large sentiment word on black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before die-cutting it with the coordinating dies. I added a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle to the word and then set it aside while I assembled the card. First I stamped the rest of the sentiment and the bubbles onto the watercolor panel with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I added spectrum noir clear sparkle to the bubbles and a layer of nuvo crystal glaze. I adhered the jellyfish and the word die with foam mounting tape. To finish the card I added a swirl of iridescent clear sequins!
My second card features the fabulous parrot from Wingman! I started by stamping him and his perch onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. I watercolored them with Mijello Mission Gold watercolors. To get a bright vibrant color I used a lot of pigment and very little water. I die-cut them with the coordinating dies and added a little spectrum noir clear sparkle to the parrot before adding white gel pen accents to the bird and perch. While I was stamping I also cut apart one of the sentiments from Wingman to stamp the word ‘bird’ onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-emboss it with clear embossing powder. I trimmed it down to a tiny label and set it aside while I worked on the rest of the card.
To create the background I started by blending candied apple, squeezed lemonade, lucky clover, and blueprint sketch distress ink diagonally on a piece of watercolor paper. I spritzed it with water and blotted off the excess drops. Then I laid the Unbeleafable stencil over the watercolor panel and spritzed it with a water bottle. I pressed a paper towel over the stencil to soak up the excess water and create that subtle pattern! Next I stamped the sentiment from Big Bold Words onto the watercolor panel with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Finally I adhered the perch with regular adhesive and the bird and bird word with foam mounting tape for a little extra dimension!
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- Jessica McAfee Mercer
- Dennice Watts
- Cassie Tezak
- Tallie Clewley
- Sindu Jay
- Crystal Thompson
- Heather Hoffman
- Koren Wiskman
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I like these cute critter cards!
Such pretty cards 🙂
Such fun cards.
Aww..both the cards are super adorable..Love how you created the background in second card..Awesome..Hugsxx
These are both just gorgeous. Especially love the vibrant colors of the parrot.
I love both of these cards with the new release goodies so much!!
So much attention to detail. Love them.
Such lovely cards, Jessica, I especially love the second one, it made me smile with that “bird” 🙂
Such beautiful colors! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful backgrounds
on the cards. Love the
leaf stencil used, and
the parrot.
Carla from Utah
these are such wonderful and fun cards…love the soft underwater scene and the fun vibrant rainbow.
Jess I just LOVE the soft watercolor background that you created – it is absolutely beautiful! Those colors are just so dreamy and so reminiscent of a happy little ocean scene for your adorable little jellies 🙂 Beautiful card!!
What fabulous cards. I really like how you have one that’s more mild and pastel. And then we get the bright bird. I love how you colored that parrot. Thanks for sharing these lovely cards with us!
Wonderful cards! Terrific inspiration of the new products. Love your backgrounds.
Love both cards – awesome backgrounds!
Awww!!! Both your cards are simply wonderful!!! Your colouring take my breath away! <3
the parrot card is so much fun!
Cute cards.
The parrot is so pretty.
Don’t usually care for octopi but
these are colored so well.
thanks for sharing
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Love the color schemes on your cards!
Awesome project!
Love these backgrounds, especially the clever effect using the stencil on the parrot card!
Your cards are wonderful! I live the backgrounds and the jellyfish are really cute!
Your cards are gorgeous. Totally crushing on that fab bird.
You’ve made two different backgrounds but they’re both awesome !!
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