Thank You Cards with "Silks Acrylic Glaze"

Hello My dear Friends:

Summer is coming to a slow end...students are back in school; work is starting again, summer life is fading little by little...and even the stores are announcing next seasons: they are ready for "Halloween, Thanksgiving and even Christmas" ...how sad is this? We are always running against time...

Today I would like to share a set of "Thank You" cards that I made for the language Blogs (Spanish and French) for "Memory Box"...using "Silks Acrylic Glaze" for the backgrounds...

This first one was made for the French Blog: "Un brin de Créativité" ...

I painted the background with "Silks acrylics glazed" jars...see the shine!!! I love these little jars!
Just grab a paint brush, take some paint from the jar and place some strokes on your paper...I used a heavy (100lb) card stock in white but you can use also some watercolor paper if you desire...

I added  three die cuts in white paper and Voilà a very "artsy" card!

This second card...was done in the same way...just with some different colors for the background...

***Note:
The difference of these paints with "regular" acrylic paints (from "DecoArt Americana" for example  or any other acrylic paint) is that these come with a glaze, the shine is very intense and when mixing colors they are not "muddy", because of the glaze in them...
They come in small jars...and the paint is very intense, condensed and thick...
so you just need a small amount of paint in you brush....

Detail of the painted background! see the shine?...in person it is really beautiful!
I used some die cuts in parchment paper for the wreath...

I hope you have enjoyed this set of thank you cards...and give these paints a try...You will not regret to have try them, I am sure that you will use them many times as I have done so...
see them on the supply list below...

For samples using these paints click HERE

Thank you for the company 

and see you next time...

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NOTE: The "merci" die cut is on SALE, get it before it is gone!!! (it will be a retired die very soon)

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Summer Yellow Card...

Hello my dear Friends:

I hope you have not forgotten me...
I have being away, from my blog for quite some time...
I apologize for this...

In this time I have held 2 card classes at my local craft store and have being posting projects at the language (French and Spanish) blogs for Memory Box with their 2 most recent releases, June and July...and well the summer vacation and my acrylic painting have taken me away from here :(

But now I have returned!!! and let's hope that time will allow me to stay constant in here!!!!

Let's start with a summer card...

in this bright yellow card I used the "puffy cloud" die to make some "coral" mounds in brown...
always tried to find other ways to use your regular dies...

and I used the "waves" from the "lighthouse" die to make some more "coral" plants...

and the focal point is this school of fish...

The corals were taken from a "coral collage" die (see supplies below)...

All framed with a "tiny scalloped" edge in white

hope you like it!

Thanks for the company 

and I hope to see you back again in here! 

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Little marine Tags...

Hello my dear crafty friends:

I am back with some simple, fun and easy projects to make...some little "marine" tags...
all made with "Memory Box" dies and for the tag base made with "Elisabeth Craft Designs" die tags.

This first one uses the "shorebirds" die from Memory Box

 with some "seaweeds"

this one uses the "Seagulls" die and the waves were taken from the "lighthouse"

and the last ones featuring the "ocean lighthouse"..
with a snowy background and an ombré technique
(I used the splatter tool from "Ranger" with some white acrylic paint over an ombré background made with 3 shades of distress inks of blue)

 detail, of the "splatter"

and a sun red one

the rock is from the clouds' die

Ok my friends, hope all is well with you 

and until next time 

I wish you a very creative and crafty day...

Hugs

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