Does your family like leftovers? My husband and I do. Leftovers can often be even better in cardmaking than in the fridge. I had made a colorful watercolored tag with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and Spiced Marmalade. As Tim has taught over and over, when you have leftover ink on your glass mat, mist it with water and pick it up on a piece of watercolor paper. I did just that.
Later I used this same piece to test out a glimmery spray I had. This made this little 4x6 piece of cardstock ideal to try out my new Sizzix Garden Greens dies. I was making this card for several different card challenges that called for dies. I also used the dies to cut Neenah 110lb Solar White cardstock, Stampin' Up!'s Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral cardstock, and Memory Box metallic gold cardstock from their 6x6 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad. I die cut one of the Paper Roses Stitched Rectangle dies from white cardstock and a Stampin' Up! circle from their Stitched Shapes dies.
I also used Calypso Coral to cut out Wishes from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments. And I used the word Best from Tim Holtz Metallic Quotation Stickers. Before I adhered everything down, I splattered the rectangle with a watercolor brush dipped in Stampin' Up!'s Flirty Flamingo ink mixed with water. Sometimes my splatters turn out disastrously, but this didn't.
I'm entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a die cut (hah, I used 12!) and the Little Red Wagon Challenge #643 and the Fab 'n Funky Challenge #546.
Does your family like leftovers? My husband and I do. Leftovers can often be even better in cardmaking than in the fridge. I had made a colorful watercolored tag with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and Spiced Marmalade. As Tim has taught over and over, when you have leftover ink on your glass mat, mist it with water and pick it up on a piece of watercolor paper. I did just that.
Later I used this same piece to test out a glimmery spray I had. This made this little 4x6 piece of cardstock ideal to try out my new Sizzix Garden Greens dies. I was making this card for several different card challenges that called for dies. I also used the dies to cut Neenah 110lb Solar White cardstock, Stampin' Up!'s Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral cardstock, and Memory Box metallic gold cardstock from their 6x6 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad. I die cut one of the Paper Roses Stitched Rectangle dies from white cardstock and a Stampin' Up! circle from their Stitched Shapes dies.
I also used Calypso Coral to cut out Wishes from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments. And I used the word Best from Tim Holtz Metallic Quotation Stickers. Before I adhered everything down, I splattered the rectangle with a watercolor brush dipped in Stampin' Up!'s Flirty Flamingo ink mixed with water. Sometimes my splatters turn out disastrously, but this didn't.
I'm entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a die cut (hah, I used 12!) and the Little Red Wagon Challenge #643 and the Fab 'n Funky Challenge #546.
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 just love a good card challenge (or two, or three). I decided to make a card to enter both a MFT Stamps challenge and the Color Throwdown Challenge this week. The MFT Challenge called for a mini slimline with the measurements of 3 x 6". I've only made two of these before, so I was up for the challenge again. Color Throwdown asked for using bright pink, bright turquoise blue, bright lime green and black. This adorable van and surfboard from MFT's Sunny Vibes stamp set was going to be perfect (and a world away from all the Christmas stuff I've been making).
I am a giant fan of Inge Groot, one of the members of the MFT Design Team and an amazing card maker. Check out her excellent work here. I wanted to use her style of a white background and then plenty of colorful layers. I colored the van and surfboard with alcohol ink markers and simply skipped the items that would not have been one of the 4 colors in the challenge, hence why the tree trunks are white and not brown (an Inge Groot trick). I noticed that if I put the van down onto a white square it was really going to be white on white. So, I lightly inked the white square with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create some definition while still keeping to my color scheme. I glued down two die cut trees and then popped up the van/surfboard image on a die cut stitched square.
To create more color I added two more die cut squares (the blue is a little larger) sticking with my color scheme. To work the black in, I added a fishtail banner straight down the center of the card with a black and white polka dot paper. Then I used a sentiment strip popped up off a striped black and white scrap for more definition.
I was very pleased with how I worked all my colors together. I could get very used to this little format.
Challenges I'm entering: MFT Slimline Challenge, Color Throwdown Challenge ctd#672
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Stamps: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things
Dies: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things, Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Art Impressions Nested Stitched Squares
Patterned Paper: Black & white polka dot by The Paper Studio, Poppin' Polka Dots by MFT Stamps, blue stripe is Stampin' Up! designer series paper (retired), black and white stripe is from the My Bright Life 6x6 paper pad by Jen Hadfield Home Made by American Crafts
Embellishments: Clear Wink of Stella on headlamp, Sentiment Strip by Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets
Markers: Copic, Spectrum Noir & Dick Blick
I just love a good card challenge (or two, or three). I decided to make a card to enter both a MFT Stamps challenge and the Color Throwdown Challenge this week. The MFT Challenge called for a mini slimline with the measurements of 3 x 6". I've only made two of these before, so I was up for the challenge again. Color Throwdown asked for using bright pink, bright turquoise blue, bright lime green and black. This adorable van and surfboard from MFT's Sunny Vibes stamp set was going to be perfect (and a world away from all the Christmas stuff I've been making).
I am a giant fan of Inge Groot, one of the members of the MFT Design Team and an amazing card maker. Check out her excellent work here. I wanted to use her style of a white background and then plenty of colorful layers. I colored the van and surfboard with alcohol ink markers and simply skipped the items that would not have been one of the 4 colors in the challenge, hence why the tree trunks are white and not brown (an Inge Groot trick). I noticed that if I put the van down onto a white square it was really going to be white on white. So, I lightly inked the white square with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create some definition while still keeping to my color scheme. I glued down two die cut trees and then popped up the van/surfboard image on a die cut stitched square.
To create more color I added two more die cut squares (the blue is a little larger) sticking with my color scheme. To work the black in, I added a fishtail banner straight down the center of the card with a black and white polka dot paper. Then I used a sentiment strip popped up off a striped black and white scrap for more definition.
I was very pleased with how I worked all my colors together. I could get very used to this little format.
Challenges I'm entering: MFT Slimline Challenge, Color Throwdown Challenge ctd#672
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Stamps: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things
Dies: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things, Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Art Impressions Nested Stitched Squares
Patterned Paper: Black & white polka dot by The Paper Studio, Poppin' Polka Dots by MFT Stamps, blue stripe is Stampin' Up! designer series paper (retired), black and white stripe is from the My Bright Life 6x6 paper pad by Jen Hadfield Home Made by American Crafts
Embellishments: Clear Wink of Stella on headlamp, Sentiment Strip by Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets
Markers: Copic, Spectrum Noir & Dick Blick
