It's heating up here in Texas, but there are still some spring blooms to be found. I put together this birthday wishes card using a load of Poppystamps dies I will list below.
It's heating up here in Texas, but there are still some spring blooms to be found. I put together this birthday wishes card using a load of Poppystamps dies I will list below.
With Mother's Day fast approaching, I wanted to put Tim Holtz's Floral Outlines stamp set by Stampers Anonymous to the test. I was eager to combine this with some Lindy's Magicals I had just recently received.
I first used four 4.5 x 6" panels of Canson XL watercolor paper and sprinkled it with 1-2 colors of Lindy's Magical Powders (if you haven't tried these yet, you are *truly* missing something). I used combinations including Cape Cod Coral, Salt Water Taffy, and Clam Bake Beige all from the Nantucket Shimmer Magicals set of 5. I also used Rizzo's Rowdy Red from the Go Greased Lightnin' set of Flat Magicals (no shimmer, but plenty of magic) by itself on one card. After the powder was on the card, I spritzed it with water and let the colors do their thing mixing around on the paper. In a couple of cases, I added a bit more powder.
I sprinkled 1-2 magicals onto my watercolor paper with a dry paintbrush, then spritzed with water to make them come alive. When I had the colors the way I liked them on each of my 4 panels, I dried them with my Ranger Heat Tool. I absolutely love the line art that is the Tim Holtz Floral Outlines stamp set. After my panels were dry, I brushed on anti-static powder (happy this did not dull my watercolor) and stamped this trio of stamps onto my paper with Versamark. For the three pink backgrounds, I used Inkon3's Gold Rush Ultra Fine Embossing Powder to heat emboss with. For the red background, I used Taylored Expression's White Fine Detail Embossing Powder.
With Mother's Day fast approaching, I wanted to put Tim Holtz's Floral Outlines stamp set by Stampers Anonymous to the test. I was eager to combine this with some Lindy's Magicals I had just recently received.
I first used four 4.5 x 6" panels of Canson XL watercolor paper and sprinkled it with 1-2 colors of Lindy's Magical Powders (if you haven't tried these yet, you are *truly* missing something). I used combinations including Cape Cod Coral, Salt Water Taffy, and Clam Bake Beige all from the Nantucket Shimmer Magicals set of 5. I also used Rizzo's Rowdy Red from the Go Greased Lightnin' set of Flat Magicals (no shimmer, but plenty of magic) by itself on one card. After the powder was on the card, I spritzed it with water and let the colors do their thing mixing around on the paper. In a couple of cases, I added a bit more powder.
I sprinkled 1-2 magicals onto my watercolor paper with a dry paintbrush, then spritzed with water to make them come alive. When I had the colors the way I liked them on each of my 4 panels, I dried them with my Ranger Heat Tool. I absolutely love the line art that is the Tim Holtz Floral Outlines stamp set. After my panels were dry, I brushed on anti-static powder (happy this did not dull my watercolor) and stamped this trio of stamps onto my paper with Versamark. For the three pink backgrounds, I used Inkon3's Gold Rush Ultra Fine Embossing Powder to heat emboss with. For the red background, I used Taylored Expression's White Fine Detail Embossing Powder.
When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
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When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
A family member is getting married in a few weeks and I put together this card just for the occasion. I used the technique of putting ink onto an embossing folder and then dry embossing cardstock. I love the Distress Oxides color combination of Aged Mahogany and Tattered Rose. I smushed both inkpads side by side on my glass mat and then I used a soft rubber Speedball brayer to roll back and forth. It is critical that you use a *soft* rubber brayer for this technique. The hard rubber or plastic ones do not work for this. When you brayer back and forth, it seamlessly blends the two colors and it is SO pretty. Then, once I had ink on my brayer, I carefully brayered over the inside of the front panel of the Tim Holtz Botanical 3D Embossing Folder. It is one of my favorites because it is so timeless and elegant.
Next, I took a card sized piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White and spritzed just *one* side with water. This allows the paper fibers to bend easier and the cardstock won't get any tiny tears from the depth of the design. I put the spritzed side into the folder *away* from the ink and carefully closed the embossing folder. Next, I carefully followed the instructions on my Big Kick's Multi Purpose Platform to make the right sandwich for the technique. It was a tight squeeze, but necessary to make the ink transfer the way it did. I made one panel a little darker than this one, but I will save it for a different card.
I trimmed the embossed panel, matted onto a piece of dark brownish-rose cardstock, and then matted that onto a card base made of Stampin' Up's Blushing Bride. I used a piece of heavyweight vellum and cut it down to 3/4" x 5.5". I adhered it down with Nuvo Crystal Drops. I had to hold it in place as it does not try as fast as other glue. Then I cut out the word Congrats from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments dies twice from the same rose cardstock. I glued these together for a little dimension. I carefully glued this onto the vellum strip. Finally I added some Poppystamps Fairy Jewels from both the Christmas and Autumn sets.
Hope you are enjoying crafting whatever your hand and heart delights.
Thanks for looking,
Janet
A family member is getting married in a few weeks and I put together this card just for the occasion. I used the technique of putting ink onto an embossing folder and then dry embossing cardstock. I love the Distress Oxides color combination of Aged Mahogany and Tattered Rose. I smushed both inkpads side by side on my glass mat and then I used a soft rubber Speedball brayer to roll back and forth. It is critical that you use a *soft* rubber brayer for this technique. The hard rubber or plastic ones do not work for this. When you brayer back and forth, it seamlessly blends the two colors and it is SO pretty. Then, once I had ink on my brayer, I carefully brayered over the inside of the front panel of the Tim Holtz Botanical 3D Embossing Folder. It is one of my favorites because it is so timeless and elegant.
Next, I took a card sized piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White and spritzed just *one* side with water. This allows the paper fibers to bend easier and the cardstock won't get any tiny tears from the depth of the design. I put the spritzed side into the folder *away* from the ink and carefully closed the embossing folder. Next, I carefully followed the instructions on my Big Kick's Multi Purpose Platform to make the right sandwich for the technique. It was a tight squeeze, but necessary to make the ink transfer the way it did. I made one panel a little darker than this one, but I will save it for a different card.
I trimmed the embossed panel, matted onto a piece of dark brownish-rose cardstock, and then matted that onto a card base made of Stampin' Up's Blushing Bride. I used a piece of heavyweight vellum and cut it down to 3/4" x 5.5". I adhered it down with Nuvo Crystal Drops. I had to hold it in place as it does not try as fast as other glue. Then I cut out the word Congrats from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments dies twice from the same rose cardstock. I glued these together for a little dimension. I carefully glued this onto the vellum strip. Finally I added some Poppystamps Fairy Jewels from both the Christmas and Autumn sets.
Hope you are enjoying crafting whatever your hand and heart delights.
Thanks for looking,
Janet
Do you ever just throw everything you have at a card hoping something will work? That's what I did here, and I'm actually pleased with the way it turned out. I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #524 (FMS524). I started out with one of my favorite digital stamps ever, a Hero Arts digital stamp of a butterfly. It is colored with pale blue, pale green, and brown Copic markers and then highlighted with Glossy Accents. Sadly, the shine from the GA doesn't show up in the photo.
I created a 2" square watercolor background using a Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry ink refill as the paint. I had a nice watercolor texture, but them covered it up with Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink through the Tim Holtz Ringer stencil. I had a precut film strip from my Silhouette and used Stampin' Up! Island Indigo and Broken China Distress Ink to color it. The color was a little bright and competed with the butterfly, so I knocked it down a bit by using a Bo Bunny Terrific Textures stamp in black ink on top of it. I wanted a little more black and chose a circle-pattern stamp from one of my favorite Stampin' Up! sets, Kinda Eclectic to stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black at the top of the square.
Yep, it still needed more. I added two pieces of greenery die cut from the Tim Holtz Sizzix set Garden Greens (just got this the other day and I love it). I used a piece of Kiwi Metallic Cover stock from the Paper Company that I've had in my stash for a long time. I finished off my little square by adhering three clear Fairy Drops by Poppystamps with Nuvo Crystal Drops. I mounted the square on Gina K's 110lb Pure Luxury white cardstock embossed with one of my favorite embossing folders, Tim Holtz Texture Fades Blueprint. Finally, to follow the sketch, I added my sentiment. For You was cut (2 cuts stacked for each word) with Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix and Match Sentiments.
Frankly, I'm amazed at all the products I used. I've been in a bit of a creative rut lately and entering challenges is a great way to get out of them. Sometimes, throwing everything you have at something is just the ticket.
I am entering this at Freshly Made Sketches #524, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Passion For Markers Week 629 (Things with Wings), Hero Arts Challenge
Do you ever just throw everything you have at a card hoping something will work? That's what I did here, and I'm actually pleased with the way it turned out. I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #524 (FMS524). I started out with one of my favorite digital stamps ever, a Hero Arts digital stamp of a butterfly. It is colored with pale blue, pale green, and brown Copic markers and then highlighted with Glossy Accents. Sadly, the shine from the GA doesn't show up in the photo.
I created a 2" square watercolor background using a Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry ink refill as the paint. I had a nice watercolor texture, but them covered it up with Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink through the Tim Holtz Ringer stencil. I had a precut film strip from my Silhouette and used Stampin' Up! Island Indigo and Broken China Distress Ink to color it. The color was a little bright and competed with the butterfly, so I knocked it down a bit by using a Bo Bunny Terrific Textures stamp in black ink on top of it. I wanted a little more black and chose a circle-pattern stamp from one of my favorite Stampin' Up! sets, Kinda Eclectic to stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black at the top of the square.
Yep, it still needed more. I added two pieces of greenery die cut from the Tim Holtz Sizzix set Garden Greens (just got this the other day and I love it). I used a piece of Kiwi Metallic Cover stock from the Paper Company that I've had in my stash for a long time. I finished off my little square by adhering three clear Fairy Drops by Poppystamps with Nuvo Crystal Drops. I mounted the square on Gina K's 110lb Pure Luxury white cardstock embossed with one of my favorite embossing folders, Tim Holtz Texture Fades Blueprint. Finally, to follow the sketch, I added my sentiment. For You was cut (2 cuts stacked for each word) with Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix and Match Sentiments.
Frankly, I'm amazed at all the products I used. I've been in a bit of a creative rut lately and entering challenges is a great way to get out of them. Sometimes, throwing everything you have at something is just the ticket.
I am entering this at Freshly Made Sketches #524, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Passion For Markers Week 629 (Things with Wings), Hero Arts Challenge
I found some arrow paper in my stash and found matching solid cardstock. I sat and cut out a LOT of hexagons so I could make a stack of cards. Then, using a few ideas from Pinterest on how to layer the hexagons, I put them together using pop dots for dimension. I finally added some enamel dots as well as some Nuvo Crystal Drops. I added some sentiment strips, matted the card front and I was done. I made seven cards with hexagons. You might see more on my blog down the line.
Oh, and a giant shout out to my husband for getting me the photography lightbulbs I'd been wanting, along with a special tripod clamp to hold a reflector. Now I don't have to wait for the sun to be in just the right spot and no cloud cover to shoot my cards. "You really want lightbulbs for Christmas?!" he asked in early December. Yes!!
Ingredients
CS: Neenah Solar White 110lb, Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry and Baja Breeze, red borrowed from a friend
Patterned Paper: from my stash
Dies: Sizzix Thinlits Dies: Stacked Tiles Hexagons by Tim Holtz
Sentiment Strip: Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets
Embellishments: Enamel Dots from my stash, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Dandelion Yellow
Lightbulbs: LimoStudio [2-Pack] Photo Studio 85W 6500K Full Spectrum Daylight Energy Saving Compact Fluorescent Spiral Bulb with Day Light Tone, AGG1719 shot through white diffuser umbrellas, plus a white foam board as a reflector.
I found some arrow paper in my stash and found matching solid cardstock. I sat and cut out a LOT of hexagons so I could make a stack of cards. Then, using a few ideas from Pinterest on how to layer the hexagons, I put them together using pop dots for dimension. I finally added some enamel dots as well as some Nuvo Crystal Drops. I added some sentiment strips, matted the card front and I was done. I made seven cards with hexagons. You might see more on my blog down the line.
Oh, and a giant shout out to my husband for getting me the photography lightbulbs I'd been wanting, along with a special tripod clamp to hold a reflector. Now I don't have to wait for the sun to be in just the right spot and no cloud cover to shoot my cards. "You really want lightbulbs for Christmas?!" he asked in early December. Yes!!
Ingredients
CS: Neenah Solar White 110lb, Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry and Baja Breeze, red borrowed from a friend
Patterned Paper: from my stash
Dies: Sizzix Thinlits Dies: Stacked Tiles Hexagons by Tim Holtz
Sentiment Strip: Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets
Embellishments: Enamel Dots from my stash, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Dandelion Yellow
Lightbulbs: LimoStudio [2-Pack] Photo Studio 85W 6500K Full Spectrum Daylight Energy Saving Compact Fluorescent Spiral Bulb with Day Light Tone, AGG1719 shot through white diffuser umbrellas, plus a white foam board as a reflector.
I decided to enter a few challenges and let them drive my design this week. The Global Design Project CASE the Designer challenge was the most unique. The challenge was to Copy And Selectively Edit from this original.
I am still enjoying my MFT Harvest Mouse stamps, so I paired this mouse with 3 dies and one embossing folder. I colored the mouse and apple basket with alcohol markers and then die cut them. Next I used a stitch circle die with kraft paper and dry embossed the circle. I wanted to mimic the leaves in the original design and I used two different dies to do that. I wanted a red background to pick up the color of the apples and found this double-sided piece in my stash. I wanted to use a kraft cardstock base but wanted something to give it interest. I used a very old background stamp with Versamark on the card base. I assembled it all using both liquid glue and foam adhesive, and tied twine around the main portion just like in the original. I added the sentiment after I’d heat embossed it.
Ingredients
CS: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Patterned Paper: unknown - from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark embossing ink
Stamps: My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse, friend definition background stamp - unknown (maybe Hero Arts)
Dies: Circle: Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Poppystamps Poinsettia Background, David Tutera for Sizzix Eucalyptus, MFT Harvest Mouse
Markers: Copic & Dick Blick alcohol markers
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! linen thread, Nuvo Crystal Drops Dandelion Yellow, Taylored Expressions white embossing powder, Darice fall leaves embossing folder, Signo Uniball white gel pen
Challenges: The Global Design Project #GDP316, AAA Challenge Birthday Card Challenge
, Craft Animals Challenge
I decided to enter a few challenges and let them drive my design this week. The Global Design Project CASE the Designer challenge was the most unique. The challenge was to Copy And Selectively Edit from this original.
I am still enjoying my MFT Harvest Mouse stamps, so I paired this mouse with 3 dies and one embossing folder. I colored the mouse and apple basket with alcohol markers and then die cut them. Next I used a stitch circle die with kraft paper and dry embossed the circle. I wanted to mimic the leaves in the original design and I used two different dies to do that. I wanted a red background to pick up the color of the apples and found this double-sided piece in my stash. I wanted to use a kraft cardstock base but wanted something to give it interest. I used a very old background stamp with Versamark on the card base. I assembled it all using both liquid glue and foam adhesive, and tied twine around the main portion just like in the original. I added the sentiment after I’d heat embossed it.
Ingredients
CS: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Patterned Paper: unknown - from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark embossing ink
Stamps: My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse, friend definition background stamp - unknown (maybe Hero Arts)
Dies: Circle: Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Poppystamps Poinsettia Background, David Tutera for Sizzix Eucalyptus, MFT Harvest Mouse
Markers: Copic & Dick Blick alcohol markers
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! linen thread, Nuvo Crystal Drops Dandelion Yellow, Taylored Expressions white embossing powder, Darice fall leaves embossing folder, Signo Uniball white gel pen
Challenges: The Global Design Project #GDP316, AAA Challenge Birthday Card Challenge
, Craft Animals Challenge
I haven't made a spinner card in years, but I want to send one to a family with young kids for Christmas. No time like the present.
Ingredients
Cardstock: Gina K Pure Luxury Heavyweight, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Bazzill Icy Mint 80lb
Stamps: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, snowflakes from Stampin' Up! Perpetual Birthday Calendar
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, White Picket Distress Ink, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides
Alcohol Markers: Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Dull Green, Copic markers on Neenah CS
Dies: MFT Spin & Slide Channels, MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
Extras: MFT Spin & Slide discs, Signo White Gel pen, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew
Challenges: MFT Slimline card challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,
I haven't made a spinner card in years, but I want to send one to a family with young kids for Christmas. No time like the present.
Ingredients
Cardstock: Gina K Pure Luxury Heavyweight, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Bazzill Icy Mint 80lb
Stamps: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, snowflakes from Stampin' Up! Perpetual Birthday Calendar
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, White Picket Distress Ink, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides
Alcohol Markers: Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Dull Green, Copic markers on Neenah CS
Dies: MFT Spin & Slide Channels, MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
Extras: MFT Spin & Slide discs, Signo White Gel pen, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew
Challenges: MFT Slimline card challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,
