Inspired Light...New June Card Club from Richard Garay Designs!

Hello there inky friends!  Today I'm sharing this fun card I created with the new June Card Club set "Inspired Light" by RG Designs.  Check out the Card Club HERE!  It's a fun and creative set featuring a great big lightbulb and fun elements to embellish and play with.  It also includes some fun sentiments.

I created this card using the digital version of the set.  As with all Richard Garay Designs (formerly named RG Avenue) stamps, they come complete with a zip file that includes digital and cut file versions of the stamp set.

To create my shaker card, I layered two lightbulbs to create a shaker.  I also added, modified and printed florals, doves and the sentiment.  Next, I colored the images with Copic markers then fussy cut the lightbulb to allow for the shaker opening and then mounted foam tape to the back.  I set that aside so I could work on the background.

My background was created using the fun and exclusive RG Gel Press design called  "RG Call" Gel Press.  It's on sale now at a great price! I applied some Sour Mist Sugar Cube ink onto the edges of the talking bubble gel plate and then stamped repeatedly onto Powdered Sugar cardstock.  I then applied Pineapple Smoothie Sugar Cube ink to the "starburst" gel plate and stamped it directly over the talking bubbles.  I love how the ink speckles up on the plate!  It's a great way to add texture and fun to a background. 

After adding sequins and glitter to the center of the tag.  I also mounted some acetate to the back side of the lightbulb then mounted the lightbulb onto the tag so that it became a shaker.  and then layered the florals around it and tied some yellow twine into a quadruple loop bow.  Next, I attached some ribbon to the top of the tag and mounted it onto Tangy Orange cardstock.  After attaching the sentiment (I digitally merged the be and the inspired together from two separate sentiments), I mounted the background, tag and sentiment onto a Tangy Orange panel and then onto a white card base.  I used some white acrylic paint and Dazzling Pat to make the card complete! 

Thanks for hopping over and I hope this fun set inspires you to create something fun! 

Salt and Light...

Hello and welcome to the second day of the Joy Clair August product Inspiration blog hop.  I hope you enjoyed yesterday's hop and I'm excited to share another card with you.  If you've arrived here from Helen's blog, you're on the right track, if not, I've included the blog roll so you can just jump right in!

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Martha Lucia Gomez

Jessica Pascarella

Helen Gullett

Kerry Urbatch (That's ME!)

Lindsay Adreon

LeeAnn McKinney

Lori Kobular

Steph Ackerman

This time, I've created with a gorgeous set from the Color By Faith collection called Salt and Light. It is a beautiful set with sentiments from John and Matthew and some amazing coordinating images. I have so many plans for this set so you'll have to stop back again to check out more creations.

To make this card, I started out by creating a yummy background using a Kaleidacolor pad (Fruitcake).  I love the blend of colors it creates.  How did I do the background?  Well, it was quite simple.  I first stamped the Kaleidacolor pad onto a stamp block then spritzed it with water.  After that, I transferred the image onto my Gelli Plate and lifted a few prints from it.  I got about six or seven background prints from one inking!  So yummy. The ink was dried immediately so I was able to ink up the world image and using my Misti, I stamped the image twice onto the colored panel.

After that, I cut the panel to the size I liked, added some gold paint splatter and then moved on to the image.  Since the lightbulb already had a sentiment on it, I opted to just color the lightbulb with watercolor pencils and cover it with Glossy Accents.

The next step was to add a bit of tissue paper to the edge, a strip of hot pink cardstock to the opposite edge, some machine stitching, and re-applied the printed strip underneath.  I also popped the panel up on foam squares to give a little more dimension.

Before I called it quits on this card, I applied a few droplets of glaze onto the colored panel and added some golden bling.

I hope you enjoyed this creation.  I loved making it and can't wait to share more projects using the background papers that remain. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!  Please continue hopping by visiting Lindsay's blog next.  If you visit all blog stops on the hop and leave a comment each time, you'll be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the Joy Clair shop!