Creating on the Fly w/Dawn ft. HELLO & THANKS

Hello crafty friends! Today I've got a little bit of a different video to share with you. I shared this over on YouTube a few days ago, and thought I'd pop in to share here as well for those that don't already follow over there. (which you totally should, BTW) ;)

Normally when I film a video, I recreate a card that I've already created prior to actually filming for brevity. It makes the filming process quicker and requires less editing and such. But, today, I just turned on the camera and started working through an idea. You'll be able to see the how the design evolves and how I adapt when execution doesn't quite match my original vision.

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

Although things did not go as planned with the second card, I do absolutely love the way it turned out. Thank goodness for small favors!

I stamped the floral cluster from Hello & Thanks onto Oatmeal card stock in Coconut Husk ink and colored it with Copic Markers. As you'll see in the video above, that didn't quite go as planned. To save it, I ended up stamping over the original with Versamark Ink and heat embossing it using Gold Embossing Powder. This added back in the badly needed definition I had lost during coloring.

To add a little interest to the background, I used a die to do some dry embossing. This is super easy to do by swapping out your cutting plates with your embossing ones.

I die-cut the image using the companion die and popped it up using foam adhesive. For the sentiment, I again used heat embossing and die cut the large hello using the companion die and popped that up as well. The rest of the sentiment was stamped directly on the card base in Coconut Husk.

Now this card did go as planned until the very end, when I managed to leave a big ol' fingerprint on the edge in black ink. Yeah, it happens to us all at one time or another.

I used all of the same supplies on this card, only I swapped out the cream base for a white one and stamped in Memento Black Ink instead of brown. To "fix" the fingerprint boo-boo, I trimmed down the panel to the first embossed line and adhered the panel using foam adhesive to my card base.

I hope you enjoyed today's project. As always, thanks for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER GOLD Ultrafine Detail Shop at: SSS
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Oatmeal Cardstock Shop at: WP9	EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip Shop at: SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 40 Sheets Shop at: SSS	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS | EH	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS	9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack Shop at: SSS
EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors Shop at: SSS	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size Shop at: SSS	Sizzix Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS
Coconut Husk PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Hello & Thanks Shop at: WP9	Hello & Thanks Die Shop at: WP9	Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | EH
Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y38 Honey Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker V06 Lavendar Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker BG72 Ice Ocean Shop at: SSS | Blick
Copic Sketch Marker RV 69 Peony Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker YR24 Pale Sepia Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker RV25 Dog Rose Flower Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker B99 Shop at: SSS | Blick
Sakura Gelly Roll Pen White Shop at: Blick