Sistahs 4-Ever

 Greetings, Blogging Lovelies! Hope Tuesday has treated you well. I've got a card to share for a girlfriend. We go way back and I wanted to send her something colorful that let her know I'm still her friend, even though our social interactions got disrupted in the pandemic. I chose to make my card in tones of red and use a mashup of Scribbles Designs digital images: Flutter Heart, Hip to be Square and Love Stamp on the front, and Love & Kisses inside. 

I love the different red tones I managed to get on here. I made sure to use bright white card, too. 

SplitCoastStampers sketch SC165 was the loose guide for my layout. I resized it to A2 and then rotated it 90 degrees clockwise.

The rich red card base is SU, the base mat is Recollections heavyweight 110# card, and I printed the black and white digis on Springhill Digital card. I was lucky that all the tones blended well, or at least played well together. Promarkers, Pitt Artist Brush Pens, Distress Markers, a veriety of gel pens and red Wink of Stella all had some time at the plate.The Sistahs die is by CAS-ual Fridays and was cut from the Recollections card.

   

I wanted to show close-ups of the Recollection heavyweight 110# base mat I ran through a Spellbinders embossing folder and then cut with a Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Postage Stamp Frame die. I then smooshed VersaFine all over the raised portions and brushed on layers of Perfect Pearls Interference Red mica powder. I set it with hair spray. The photos don't do it justice, it gives off the prettiest shimmer! 

It was kind of difficult forcing myself to leave some white open areas, lol. 

The inside: Up top, I hand stamped a very old MFT sentiment that I still love and then on bottom I printed out the Scribbles digi and cut it with the Postage Stamp Frame die.

The back: I used a scrap from my red paper stash for the mat, a dotty scrap and then stamped the Kaiserkraft siggie in VF Clair and trimmed around it with my deco scissors.

   

Here are some close-ups to show the shimmer, shine, and sparkle. The gold is the Red Gold Shadow gel pen by Sakura. It goes on red and then magically turns to gold right before your eyes! LOLOL

And a final view. Thank you for stopping by and until next time, stay well and craft on! XOX

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

1.   SplitCoastStampers Sketch SC165

2.   Let's Squash It! Challenge #10: EF + Shimmer and Shine -- #1/3 (8 challenges max) I've used Spellbinders Hearts and Hearts reversible embossing folder and multiple shimmer mediums: Perfect Pearls Interference Red powder on Versamark ink, metallic, glitter and red gold shadow gel pens, Wink of Stella Red glitter brush pen. 

3.   Scribbles Designs Challenge #101: Anything Goes -- #1SD - Used Scribbles Digis: Hip to be Square, Love stamp and Flutter Heart on card front, and Love & Kisses inside.

4.   The Rainbow Card Challenge July 2021: Charmingly Cherry --  

5.   Die Cut Divas Challenge with Birch Press: Tone on Tone -- #2/4  I've made a red tone on tone card using Spellbinders Hearts and Hearts embossing folder; and CAS-ual Fridays Sistahs word die and Sizzix TH Alterations Postage Stamp Frame dies.

6.   Creative Knockouts #409: Say Anything -- #1/2 (10 challenges max)

7.   Outlawz Monday Greetings 7/5-7/18: Front Sentiment + Add Sparkle -- #1/3

8.   Cardz 4 Galz #150: Get Inky -- #1/3  Lots of ink colouring with ProMarkers, Pitt Artist brush pens, Distress Markers, variety of Sakura gel pens (glitter, metallic, gold shadow) and Wink of Stella glitter brush pen