Feature a Friend {on Friday}

I am so happy to welcome you to Feature a Friend {on Friday} because I actually have a friend to feature :) 

I stumbled across the blog Clips-n-Cuts last winter and immediately fell in love!  Vicky is such a talented artist and I have been inspired by many of her creations.  When she agreed to do a guest post I was thrilled!

Vicky is a happily married mother of two living in Greece.  She is a full time Information Technology and Communications Teacher and a midnight crafter.  Her passion is cardmaking and she shared with me that she is always looking for some free time to hide away in her craft room :)  Vicky blogs over at Clips-n-Cuts sharing her cards and a weekly how-to video.  She has a YouTube channel with a ton of inspiration.  You may be most familiar with Vicky's website Inlinkz!  Yes that is right Vicky is the owner of Inlinkz, a website that provides on-line tools for bloggers, to organize challenges and link products.  So here is Vicky . . .  

Hi everyone! I am so happy to be here with you today.  Thank you Elizabeth for the honor to introduce me to your readers!

Today I decided to share with you a simple card I made using Gelatos.

I will share with you the process step by step.

To make the background I heat embossed my stamp with white embossing powder.

And then I used three shades of green gelatos to color the whole embossed cardstock.

Looks awful, doesn’t it?! LOL!

Gelatos react with water and they resist embossed areas. So you can spray with water on top to make the colors blend or use a baby wipe. I did the second and look how soft the colors turned out. Perfect for a background image.

Then I white embossed my flower twice. I will cut it out later to create two layers for dimension.

I used three shades of gelatos to color my flowers

Yeah … I know… same awful look. But now I blend it with my fingers. No water at all, cause I wanted the colors to remain vibrant.

No need to be neat. I cut out the flower so I didn’t have to stay inside the lines.

I added a button and the sentiment to put everything together.

Hope you had fun and got inspired to use different coloring techniques.

Thank you Elizabeth!

 

Thank you so much Vicky!  I can not say enough how much I love your card!  The colors just pop and I'm excited to try my own card using these techniques.  Please stop on over to Vicky's blog and thank her for a great tutorial.  If you are interested in being a guest on Feature a Friend {on Friday} please e-mail me at alwaysdeeper at hotmail dot com for more information.

Have a wonderful and blessed weekend!

Creatively Yours,  

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