Young Crafter's Unite!

Happy Friday! I cannot tell you all how excited I am to be participating in the Young Crafter's Blog Hop!!

If you are just popping in and would like to start from the beginning here is the link to Marie's Blog. If you came here from the talented Janice at the Constant Scrapper you are in the right place :) Don't forget to leave comments along the way, there are some fantastic prizes to be won!!

So the theme of this hop is young crafter's making projects with their favorite things. What makes me a young crafter? For starters my age, I'm 27 so in the big scheme of things still young :) However, what really makes me feel like a young crafter is stamping. Every time I use a stamp I feel like a kid again, except this time I'm creating my own coloring book and it's way more awesome!

I used most of my favorite things on today's card. I'll fill you in as we go :)

I started with a white card base, which is favorite thing number 1. I love white space!! I stamped the large flower (Hero Arts, Layered Flowers) several times in versa mark then heat set with white embossing powder. This is favorite thing 2, I am fascinated at the ways to create interest on a flat card. I know it's hard to see in the photo but in real life it's so pretty! Once my embossing was done I rounded all my corners.
For my panel I cut white card stock to 3 x4, and rounded all the corners. I stamped the large flower again in versamark and heat set in white. Numero 3, resist techniques . . . well any kind of techniques really {heart} them!  For the color I chose worn lipstick, spiced marmalade, and rusty hinge distress inks. You guessed it number 5 is distress inks. I love the techniques you can do with them, the colors they come in, water coloring images with them, love, love, love! Once I rubbed on the colors I sprayed the whole panel with water, to help blend and give a soft watercolor look. The color scheme is the 6th fave, I fall head over heels for bright colors paired with black and white.

After I dried the panel I stamped the sentiment (Hero Arts, Truly Appreciated) in jet black archival ink(Ranger). This ink comes in at number 7. I use this ink for everything, it's wonderful. I adhered my panel on with foam tape (#8) to the center of my card.

To finish I threaded and black button with white and adhered it the flower center. My last favorite (if you follow my blog you already know this) is stardust stickles which I added to the smaller circles.

As number 5 stated I love distress inks for their versatility I wanted to share a past project showing you just how wonderful they are. This is my nephew's birthday card. Every single thing on this card started out as white card stock except for the black card base, oh distress inks how I love you :) You can see the tutorial for it by clicking on the photo.

I believe I've kept you long enough :) Thanks for popping in for a visit, if you like what you see I hop you'll consider leaving a comment so I can come visit you too! (not to mention those prizes, ay?) Your next stop on the hop is the ever so talented Bunny!