Modern Abstract Cardmaking with the All My Senses Collection by Jaycee Gaspar

Hello, crafty friends, Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. I have some cards to share with you today using the All My Senses collection by Jaycee Gaspar. This collection is truly beautiful and inspired me to create outside of my usual style. I had fun playing around with the more abstract feel of the collection.

My first card for this blog post features this very chic lady, who is fun to piece together using the Fragmented Gaze die set. This set cuts out all the layers that you assemble. This gives you endless opportunities for color combinations. I kept with the color-block feel by choosing a light and dark shade of each color. I have navy blue for the hair and a light blue for the shirt. A lighter peach and a darker peach for the skin tone. Then, for the cheeks and earrings, I used red and then some gold cardstock. The gold adds a touch of shiny texture to the whole look.

The background is also created in a color block style. I used some low-tack tape to mask off rectangle areas, and then ink-blended red ink. To add the vertical gold rectangle, I waited until the red block was dry, taped off the rectangle, and then painted on some gold watercolor paint. Such a simple background, but I like the way it adds a frame for this lady’s face.

I then just added the sentiment to the top, using the All My Senses Sentiments Better Press plates and coordinating dies.

This second card is an even more abstract face. I had fun figuring out how I wanted to present these lines!

I added the circles in the background using again red ink that I blended on over the Ambient Aura layering stencils. I only used one layer! I thought the three large circles would be enough background against the black lines of the face, so the lines wouldn’t get lost.

Now, to keep in with my color scheme and again, add some shine and texture, I again took my gold watercolor paint and added some gold outline to the background circles, and then some dots vertically and horizontally.

I wanted to add a little interest to the face, so instead of gluing it down flat, I added dimension. The left eye is adhered to a square of white cardstock, and then popped up with foam adhesive. The rest of the face in adhered to the background around the left eye square. I kind of like the split dimension on this face!

Then, the sentiment is added right over the nose of the left side of the face, and hangs over the edge. The hanging edge has a tiny piece of foam adhesive supporting it from behind.

The sentiment is again from the All My Senses Better Press Plate.

The face is the Line of Being die set.

My third card has perhaps the most going on by combining several patterns. I used the Ambient Aura layering stencils again on the background. And again, added detail and shine with my gold watercolor. I stuck with the overall color theme of black, blue, gold and red.

The squares popped up in front are created by using the Perceptual Profiles Better Press plate pressed into white cardstock with black ink. I kept this pattern black and white, cut it up into various square shapes, and popped it up on foam adhesive over the stenciled background.

I added another sentiment from the All My Senses Sentiments plate, again, half adhered to the top square and half popped up with foam adhesive off the side.

The mixing of patterns works because I’m mixing a large pattern in the background with the stencil, with the smaller pattern of the faces on the top square. I’m also keeping the color in the background so we aren’t visually overwhelmed with more color on the front squares.

And of course, I had to add more gold watercolor by painting the edges of the front square. Who doesn’t love some gilded edges?

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at the All My Senses Collection! This is such a great collection, and especially if you love the more abstract look.

Until next time, Marie Nicole.

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Ink, ink blending tools, glue, foam adhesive, paper trimmer, gold watercolor, watercolor brush, white cardstock, colored cardstock, black cardstock