Thanks for Being You, Friend | A Heartfelt Tate Card with Megan
Today we’re shining the spotlight on Megan and her sweet friendship card featuring Tate with his heart balloon from the Positive Tate's Love Notes 4x6 stamp set, the All My Love 6x6 Stencil, and sentiments from the Memorable Moments Sentiments 4x6 stamp set. From the stenciled heart background to the hand-drawn sky and grass scene, this card is a great reminder that sometimes the best ideas come after giving your project a little “thinking break.”
Megan walks you through how she brought this design together step by step — from the layered sentiments to the final splatters and sparkle. Grab your favorite drink and enjoy some crafty time with her tutorial below.
Hey there crafty friends, Megan with the design team here. Today I have a card to share that celebrates friendship. The card features the cutest Tate around from the Positive Tate's Love Notes 4x6 stamp set!
Let me start this post by asking a question does anyone else have a timeout pile/bin/basket/folder? I do! What is it you ask, it is where cards I don't feel are coming together the way I envisioned, go to take a break. This card sat in the timeout pile for about 4 days. I am happy it made it out of the pile and on the blog!
Here is how this card finally came together. I started by cutting a white A2 card base, then I cut a stitched rectangle out of colored cardstock and used the All My Love 6x6 stencil to create the background. I used Crackling Campfire distress ink to do this.
Then I colored Tate with the heart balloon and fussy cut the image. I laid it on the background and here is where I realized the card just wasn't going to work for me. So, I moved on to working on the sentiment while I considered my options. I layered two of the sentiments from the Memorable Moments Sentiments 4 x 6 stamp set using colors from the card layers. I love how that sentiment layers worked out.
I laid those on the card but still was not feeling it. Then I added some clear sequences, that was much better. Then some splatters in white and black. But the card still felt like it was missing something. Then I put the card in the time out pile and walked away.
4 days later while walking through the house I had a brilliant idea (ok maybe not brilliant); Tate needed a sky and grass background. I cut out another stitched rectangle and got to coloring the scene with Copic Markers. The process I use to do this is simple, just add line streaks from the left and right side of the paper in layers of color until it looks like sky and grass. I make sure to overlap the colors so that it gives soft edges instead of rough straight lines. I did my best to match the grass, I mean it was 4 days ago that I colored the image, and I am the worst record keeper. To make the fussy cut image look like it belonged in the background I extended the drawn lines on the left and the right of the image. Then drew in a grass puff on the right side.
I glued down the layers, added those sequences and white gel pen highlights. And what the pictures don't show is Wink of Stella on all things colored red.
All this to say it is ok not to love a project you're working on, you might just need time apart to fall in love with it! And I do love this card, and I know exactly who I am sending it to!
This release has so many fantastic options to play with, be sure to head to Crafty Stamp Co full fantastic release!
Megan