Nellie Snellen flowers

Happy Monday!  Today I have a quick and easy card made with fabric and cardstock.  A Nellie Snellen die (Eastern Rectangle) was used to cut this piece of fabric.  The background stamp is by DRS Designs that I inked with a glue pad and covered with glitter.  I left the inside blank, so it can be for any occasion.  

5 o'clock somewhere

Both the glass and saying are from DRS Designs rubber stamps.  I used Stickles to simulate a salted glass rim and Copics were used to color in the image.  One of the new Tim Holtz texture fades (Ray) way used for my oval background.  I also a Distress ink pad (direct to paper method) to highlight the rays on the fade.

The blue background was created with my Copic markers and my airbrush system.  I varied the distance and pressure of the airbrush trigger to get different color results.  If you look closely, you can see fine light-colored  lines throughout the blue background.   I was able to get this effect by spritzing a rubber stamp (that had lots of detail) with Copic colorless blending solution and then holding the stamp down on the paper for a few seconds.  By doing this, it moved some of the ink away from that spot and lightened up that area.

I randomly stamped the saying around the focal point and I then used a black Spica Glitter pen to highlight some of the words.

Bookmarks

These are really super easy and fast to make.  I found the tutorial on how to make these at DRS Designs in their online demo section.  The changes I made to the tutorial was that I used scraps of patterned paper and/or I made my own backgrounds instead of stamping an image and, since I don't own a large scalloped punch, I used one of dies from the Spellbinders large scalloped squares set.  The other thing I did was to use my Scor-Pal and  I lightly scored down the center for a visual reference.

I created the bookmark shown above by using a piece of glossy cardstock and alcohol inks, including the copper metalic alcohol ink.  I dropped spots of alcohol ink onto the paper and using a felt square on the Ranger's applicator tool, just pounced the ink around until I was happy with it.  I also used a little blending solution to lighten it up a little.

These would make a great gift for any reader on your list; they are easy to replace when the time comes; and, it's a fun way to use up your scraps.  This would be an easy craft for kids to do too. 

Here are a few more I made in a matter of minutes.  What took longer than anything was deciding on which papers/cardstock to use.  So, go check out DRS Designs and wade through your scrap box to find just the right combination.  Have fun.