It's December, yay!!

 Welcome to the Heffy Doodle and Catherine Pooler Collaboration Blog Hop!

MAIN SUPPLIES LIST

- Catherine Pooler: Ocean Chums stamps and dies

- Catherine Pooler Inks: Mint to Be, Cummerbund, Something Borrowed and Grape Crush

- Heffy Doodle: Slimline Quartet dies

- Heffy Doodle: Stitched Slimline Trio dies

- Heffy Doodle White cardstock

- Heffy Doodle Alchool Marker friendly cardstock

- Copic Markers

For making this card, I started with the background: I took half a sheet of Heffy Doodle White cardstock and ink blended it with Catherine Pooler Inks Mint to Be, Cummerbund, Something Borrowed and Grape Crush to create an underwater look. This was my first time using Catherine Pooler inks and I'm so happy about them, I totally fell in love with this color combo!

Once I was done with the ink blending, I splattered the sheet with water and with white pearl Gansai Tambi watercolor. When everything was dry, I used a white inkpad and a stencil (very similar to Heffy Doodle Rays the Roof) to simulate the sunrays coming from above and then I used the biggest die from the Heffy Doodle Stitched Slimline Trio set to cut out a perfect slimline rectangle.

I also created the sandy seabed on a small scrap of cardstock using Distress Oxide Antique Linen and Walnut Stain and cutting it out with a hill die and the bottom of the Stitched Slimline Trio rectangle.

I stamped the images from the Catherine Pooler Ocean Chums stamp set and I colored them with Copic markers, I added details with a white gel pen and I cut them out with the coordinating dies.

At this point I placed the images on the background and I decided where to add the sentiment, then I used the HUGS from Heffy Doodle Slimline Quartet dies on the ink blended panel and on a piece of white cardstock. I die cut another rectangle from white cardstock and glued the ink blended one over it, then I fill the "voids" with the white letters for giving them dimension. I also cut the HUGS letters out of Lawn Fawn Perlescent Vellum and glued them over the white ones: you cannot see it in the pictures, but I can assure you that the effect is simply awesome, is seems like the letters are made out of mother of pearls! It's just a small detail but it changes the card completely, too bad I wasn't able to capture it on camera.

Once I was happy with the background, I used foam squares to keep the images in place and I attached the panel to a white card base.

BLOG HOP DETAILS:

To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop!

Catherine Pooler will be giving away $35 and Heffy Doodle will be giving away £25 to their respective stores!  Be sure to comment before 11:59 PM EST on Nov 24th to be entered to win!

Each company will post their random winner on Nov 25th at 10AM EST!  Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog and Catherine Pooler Blog to see if you’re a winner!

You should have come from Karen Baker and the next stop is Daniel West!

Blog Hop Lineup:

Heffy Doodle Blog

Ali Farmer

Ilina Crouse

Amanda Fitterer

Allison Cope

Ashley Young

Karen Baker

Claudia Mauri (you are here)

Daniel West

Catherine Pooler Blog

I'm using this card for entering Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Make your own background".

Happy crafting!

Clo

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 Hello everyone!

Today I'm on the Heffy Doodle blog with a rainbow card featuring the Pandtastic Painters stamp set and the Rainbow Builder Stencil.

I started by stamping the panda from the Pandtastic Painters stamp set on a piece of Heffy Doodle alcohol marker friendly cardstock and I used a light pencil to trace the rainbow using the Rainbow Builder Stencil (I started from the small arch). I colored the images using Copic markers, starting from the rainbow: I used the lightest color of every shade to define the rainbow, then I colored the single arches from pink to lilac.

COPIC COLORS LIST

• PINK: RV000, RV21, RV23, RV25
• RED: R00, R20, R22, R24, R29
• ORANGE: YR00, YR04, YR07, YR09
• YELLOW: Y000, Y11, Y15, Y17, YR23
• GREEN: YG00, YG03, YG06, YG09
• LIGHT BLUE: B00, B02, B05, B06
• LILAC: BV0000, BV00, BV02, BV04
• BRUSH : BG11, BG13, BG18, E31, E33
• PANDA:  C03, C05, C07, C09, R20
• WOODEN FLOOR: W00, W01, W03, W05

Once I was done with the markers, I added more dark shades with colored pencil and used a white gel pen to add highlights. I wasn't happy with the white background though, so I decided to create a wooden floor using W00s markers and I also decided to add the paint bucket.  As you can see in the picture above, I originally did not include it: I stamped it, colored it and fussy cut it to add it to the card when it was almost completed. ^^

For the sentiment, I stamped the "you are my happy place" on Heffy Doodle black cardstock using Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I love Heffy Doodle cardstock, is thick and smooth and it's perfect for embossing!

At this point, I trimmed the colored panel a bit and rubbed an old black ink pad on the edges of the cardstock: I love doing it when my card front has white edges 'cause it gives more depth to the panel. It's hard to see in the pictures, but it really gives a nice effect in person.

Finally I added the sentiment and glued the image on a black card base.

That's all for today: see you soon with another Color Me Happy project!

Happy crafting.
Clo

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