Showing posts with label stencils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stencils. Show all posts


Simple geometric shapes like circles, squares, triangles and hexagons can be a card maker's best friend. I was thrilled to get my hands on the new Poppystamps' Deco Diamond Stencil Set. It has 3 stencils, each featuring smaller and smaller squares. There are lots of possibilities with how to use this versatile set.


For this card I used Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Broken China. I used a blending brush to apply the ink on white cardstock, first with the largest squares and Tumbled Glass. Next, I used the second largest squares and Broken China Distress Ink. At this point, I *should* have gone over my panel with an antistatic powder, but I neglected to. I wanted a punch of gold, so using the smallest squares stencil, I spread Tim Holtz's Translucent Texture Paste over it, removed the stencil and applied gold embossing powder over the top. My powder stuck in a few too many places due to static and I spent several minutes with a small, dry paintbrush, dusting off the excess powder as best I could. Then I heat embossed to get that great, slightly raised gold square all over.



I cut my panel to 3.75" x  5" so I could mat it twice, first onto turquoise blue cardstock, then onto a white cardbase.

Next, I used Poppystamps' Thank You Moonlight Script die to cut the shadow from white cardstock and the words from gold cardstock in Memory Box's Rainbow Reflections 6x6 Mirror Pad.

I wanted to add some foliage, so I used the leaves in the Leafy Vine Corner die set. I used a flower shaping tool to make them curl up some and adhered them to the card, once I had determined my placement. Finally, I attached the words with foam tape.

This was a fun card and I know I will use these same elements again and again. 

Golden Squares with a Stencil Set

March 19, 2023


Simple geometric shapes like circles, squares, triangles and hexagons can be a card maker's best friend. I was thrilled to get my hands on the new Poppystamps' Deco Diamond Stencil Set. It has 3 stencils, each featuring smaller and smaller squares. There are lots of possibilities with how to use this versatile set.


For this card I used Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Broken China. I used a blending brush to apply the ink on white cardstock, first with the largest squares and Tumbled Glass. Next, I used the second largest squares and Broken China Distress Ink. At this point, I *should* have gone over my panel with an antistatic powder, but I neglected to. I wanted a punch of gold, so using the smallest squares stencil, I spread Tim Holtz's Translucent Texture Paste over it, removed the stencil and applied gold embossing powder over the top. My powder stuck in a few too many places due to static and I spent several minutes with a small, dry paintbrush, dusting off the excess powder as best I could. Then I heat embossed to get that great, slightly raised gold square all over.



I cut my panel to 3.75" x  5" so I could mat it twice, first onto turquoise blue cardstock, then onto a white cardbase.

Next, I used Poppystamps' Thank You Moonlight Script die to cut the shadow from white cardstock and the words from gold cardstock in Memory Box's Rainbow Reflections 6x6 Mirror Pad.

I wanted to add some foliage, so I used the leaves in the Leafy Vine Corner die set. I used a flower shaping tool to make them curl up some and adhered them to the card, once I had determined my placement. Finally, I attached the words with foam tape.

This was a fun card and I know I will use these same elements again and again. 
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Golden Squares with a Stencil Set



Another "let's throw everything at the wall and see what looks good" card. I needed to make a graduation card and it only had 2 requirements: 1. It needed to says Congrats and 2. It needed to have a lot of burnt orange on it. If you're from Texas, you already know that means that the intended recipient is a very-soon-to-be University of Texas graduate (Go Horns!). Honestly, I don't know him well at all. His parents, however, are old friends of mine.

I wanted to use my Floating Leaves Stencil from Simon Says Stamp and incorporate some texture paste. There is a slimline card by Debby Hughes that I really love (and uses this stencil) and I was inspired by its design.

I started with a scrap piece of watercolor paper 3.25" wide and about 10" long. First, I inked up one of my favorite background stamps "Script" by Wendy Vecchi. Since I was going to put water on the paper, I chose the Gina K Amalgam ink in dark brown. I loosely inked up the stamp and stamped several times on the paper. I made sure the ink was dry and then I used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paste through the Floating Leaves stencil. 


Then, I smooshed Distress Oxide inks in Crackling Campfire, Ground Espresso and Rusty Hinge onto my glass mat and spritzed them with water. I used a large paintbrush to paint the colors on and mix them a bit as I went. I dabbed up some of the wet ink but that made it too pale, so I went back with more ink and when I had the coverage I liked I dried it with my heat tool. 


I love the splattered look a lot and I recently bought myself some Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry colors 6 color palette from Amazon. The set has 6 shades of metallic gold watercolor - from white gold through to a deep red gold. At $15 this is a great set. However, if you are serious about calligraphy or watercolor painting, I recommend you watch this review of the Kuretake vs. the Colico gold watercolors by Jane-Beata on YouTube. She is an amazing watercolor artist. Sandy Allnock does one too, but it is a bit older...Anyhoo, I used the Tim Holtz Splatter brush to splatter on some gold watercolor and then some white gesso (often when I use a paintbrush to do my splattering it becomes a hot mess fast. That splatter brush is fantastic!) I trimmed my cardstock and the decorated portion was only about 7" or so long. I trimmed it and actually ended up splitting it in two to cover the extended distance with a sentiment. I matted this onto a piece of Stampin' Up! Early Espresso and then onto a Crumb Cake card base measuring 8.5 x 3.5".

I used my Cameo Silhouette and slightly altered the font Zilla Slab to make the congrats out of Early Espresso cardstock. I matted that onto a small piece of the watercolor paper to make sure the whites matched. I then got lucky enough to find a piece of gold vellum in my stash that matched the particular gold watercolor I used. I cut a tiny strip and put it at the bottom of my sentiment piece. I glued it down with foam adhesive.

Finally, I wanted some epoxy dots and it took me forever and a day to figure out how many, where and what colors. Finally went with all vanilla dots which - even though they were self-adhesive - I still used Bearly Arts glue as I needed them to stick to crackle paste. At the end, I actually went back and added a few more dots of gold watercolor as I liked the look.

Are you making graduation cards? Opting to use the school colors or not?


Floating Leaves & Crackle Paste

May 3, 2022




Another "let's throw everything at the wall and see what looks good" card. I needed to make a graduation card and it only had 2 requirements: 1. It needed to says Congrats and 2. It needed to have a lot of burnt orange on it. If you're from Texas, you already know that means that the intended recipient is a very-soon-to-be University of Texas graduate (Go Horns!). Honestly, I don't know him well at all. His parents, however, are old friends of mine.

I wanted to use my Floating Leaves Stencil from Simon Says Stamp and incorporate some texture paste. There is a slimline card by Debby Hughes that I really love (and uses this stencil) and I was inspired by its design.

I started with a scrap piece of watercolor paper 3.25" wide and about 10" long. First, I inked up one of my favorite background stamps "Script" by Wendy Vecchi. Since I was going to put water on the paper, I chose the Gina K Amalgam ink in dark brown. I loosely inked up the stamp and stamped several times on the paper. I made sure the ink was dry and then I used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paste through the Floating Leaves stencil. 


Then, I smooshed Distress Oxide inks in Crackling Campfire, Ground Espresso and Rusty Hinge onto my glass mat and spritzed them with water. I used a large paintbrush to paint the colors on and mix them a bit as I went. I dabbed up some of the wet ink but that made it too pale, so I went back with more ink and when I had the coverage I liked I dried it with my heat tool. 


I love the splattered look a lot and I recently bought myself some Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry colors 6 color palette from Amazon. The set has 6 shades of metallic gold watercolor - from white gold through to a deep red gold. At $15 this is a great set. However, if you are serious about calligraphy or watercolor painting, I recommend you watch this review of the Kuretake vs. the Colico gold watercolors by Jane-Beata on YouTube. She is an amazing watercolor artist. Sandy Allnock does one too, but it is a bit older...Anyhoo, I used the Tim Holtz Splatter brush to splatter on some gold watercolor and then some white gesso (often when I use a paintbrush to do my splattering it becomes a hot mess fast. That splatter brush is fantastic!) I trimmed my cardstock and the decorated portion was only about 7" or so long. I trimmed it and actually ended up splitting it in two to cover the extended distance with a sentiment. I matted this onto a piece of Stampin' Up! Early Espresso and then onto a Crumb Cake card base measuring 8.5 x 3.5".

I used my Cameo Silhouette and slightly altered the font Zilla Slab to make the congrats out of Early Espresso cardstock. I matted that onto a small piece of the watercolor paper to make sure the whites matched. I then got lucky enough to find a piece of gold vellum in my stash that matched the particular gold watercolor I used. I cut a tiny strip and put it at the bottom of my sentiment piece. I glued it down with foam adhesive.

Finally, I wanted some epoxy dots and it took me forever and a day to figure out how many, where and what colors. Finally went with all vanilla dots which - even though they were self-adhesive - I still used Bearly Arts glue as I needed them to stick to crackle paste. At the end, I actually went back and added a few more dots of gold watercolor as I liked the look.

Are you making graduation cards? Opting to use the school colors or not?


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Floating Leaves & Crackle Paste

 


I know it has happened to you. You watch a YouTube video, see a cool technique, and gasp. It's amazing and you want to try it right away. This happened to me about a year ago when I stumbled upon Kristina Werner's video where she teaches you how to watercolor through a stencil. Yowza! I adore the look of watercolor and pairing that with the beauty of a stencil was amazing. 



I took the Simon Says Stamp Spring Boho Circle Stencil (check out the makes with this on their site) and liberally sprayed one side of it with Aleene's Repositionable Tacky Spray. This spray adhesive (like Pixie Spray) allows you to temporarily adhere your stencil to paper and then lift it up without ripping anything. I adhered it to the flat side of a 5.5" x 4.5" piece of Canson Watercolor Paper. Then I squished my Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Bundled Sage and Weathered Wood onto my glass mat to dispense some of the ink. I adore Speckled Egg and while I don't have the inkpad, I do have the Spray Stain, so I used that for my third color. I took a round watercolor brush and with plenty of water and no precision at all, I painted through the openings of the stencil with the three colors, blending them at the edge of one another. I made sure I had paint in every opening. I then heat dried it a good bit, but there were still some tiny puddles. I used a paper towel to lift some of the remaining puddles up and then finally pulled up the stencil. I was very happy with the results. 

I wanted a somewhat matching sentiment and I have brand new word dies from Poppystamps. I took a small piece of Neenah 110 lb Classic Crest Solar White and ink blended Bundled Sage, Speckled Egg and just a smudge of Weathered Wood Distress Oxides. I die cut the Freestyle Hugs from this piece. Next, I die cut the script background from an old piece of Strathmore cold press watercolor paper. I matted the word and added a tiny die cut bird from Poppystamps Chirping Birds die. 

I cut down the main watercolor piece and matted it on a piece of cardstock from the Paper Company in Watercolor Sage. I matted this onto my blue card (unknown cardstock). While I was itching to add some shine or some bling, I chose not to as I plan to use this as a sympathy card when the need arises. I never put bling on those because it just doesn't seem appropriate. 

I am entering this card into this the Tic Tac Toe Weekly Challenge #150. I ended up hitting 6 of 9 of the squares, but I am entering under Die Cut + Bird + Stencil. I am also entering again at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. 




Spring Boho Circle Watercolor Card

February 25, 2022

 


I know it has happened to you. You watch a YouTube video, see a cool technique, and gasp. It's amazing and you want to try it right away. This happened to me about a year ago when I stumbled upon Kristina Werner's video where she teaches you how to watercolor through a stencil. Yowza! I adore the look of watercolor and pairing that with the beauty of a stencil was amazing. 



I took the Simon Says Stamp Spring Boho Circle Stencil (check out the makes with this on their site) and liberally sprayed one side of it with Aleene's Repositionable Tacky Spray. This spray adhesive (like Pixie Spray) allows you to temporarily adhere your stencil to paper and then lift it up without ripping anything. I adhered it to the flat side of a 5.5" x 4.5" piece of Canson Watercolor Paper. Then I squished my Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Bundled Sage and Weathered Wood onto my glass mat to dispense some of the ink. I adore Speckled Egg and while I don't have the inkpad, I do have the Spray Stain, so I used that for my third color. I took a round watercolor brush and with plenty of water and no precision at all, I painted through the openings of the stencil with the three colors, blending them at the edge of one another. I made sure I had paint in every opening. I then heat dried it a good bit, but there were still some tiny puddles. I used a paper towel to lift some of the remaining puddles up and then finally pulled up the stencil. I was very happy with the results. 

I wanted a somewhat matching sentiment and I have brand new word dies from Poppystamps. I took a small piece of Neenah 110 lb Classic Crest Solar White and ink blended Bundled Sage, Speckled Egg and just a smudge of Weathered Wood Distress Oxides. I die cut the Freestyle Hugs from this piece. Next, I die cut the script background from an old piece of Strathmore cold press watercolor paper. I matted the word and added a tiny die cut bird from Poppystamps Chirping Birds die. 

I cut down the main watercolor piece and matted it on a piece of cardstock from the Paper Company in Watercolor Sage. I matted this onto my blue card (unknown cardstock). While I was itching to add some shine or some bling, I chose not to as I plan to use this as a sympathy card when the need arises. I never put bling on those because it just doesn't seem appropriate. 

I am entering this card into this the Tic Tac Toe Weekly Challenge #150. I ended up hitting 6 of 9 of the squares, but I am entering under Die Cut + Bird + Stencil. I am also entering again at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. 




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Spring Boho Circle Watercolor Card

 



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

A Hero Arts Digital Butterfly Card

February 23, 2022

 



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

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A Hero Arts Digital Butterfly Card




I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this cute unicorn cards. The latest releases are here and I used both unicorn sets. The happy unicorn is large, measuring 4" x 4" when put together. Of course, this big guy can be cut from brown and/or black paper and turned into a horse. The wings and horn are separate dies in this set and can be left off if you like. Make a whole stable of horses and put them at the bottom of a scrapbook page.

I started by using a homemade cloud stencil in the background and inking around the edges with alternating colors of Distress ink -- pink and purple. Then I cut out the big unicorn from white cardstock and lightly inked the edge of the unicorn with purple ink and added a little cheek blush with pink ink. I die cut the edges of the big unicorn so I could end up with hooves and a nose from glitter cardstock. I layered these little parts onto the white unicorn. I wanted a selection of pinkish purple papers for the mane so I cut this die out of four different colors of cardstock. I hand cut along the perforated lines in the mane for all four colors, and assembled the 3 bottom colors onto the pink base color. I used this same trick for the tail. I'm glad the perforated look remained when I reassembled the parts.



Next, I cut the wings and the horn from white glitter cardstock. Next I reached for the Whittle Hearts dies and cut 2 small hearts. Then I used the Unicorn Kit heart die and cut out 1 larger heart. I cut out small wings from the Unicorn kit and added them to the hearts. I layered everything onto my pink and purple cloud background, using foam adhesive for the flying hearts. I next added a few gems, and trimmed the edges of my scene so I could mount it to a piece of purple cardstock. I finished up by adding a stamped sentiment from the Unicorn Kit. 

This will be a birthday card for a particular young girl in my family, but it could just as easily serve as a Valentine's Day card. 

Thanks for looking and I hope you get a chance to be crafty today.

Ingredients:

CS: Stampin' Up! Whisper White (unicorn), Gina K Pure Luxury 110 lb (base), Memory Box 6x6 paper pads Vibrant Violet and Berry Red

Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit, Whittle Happy Unicorn die set, Whittle Hearts

Stamp: sentiment from the Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit

Ink: Versafine black

Unicorns and Valentine's

February 6, 2022




I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this cute unicorn cards. The latest releases are here and I used both unicorn sets. The happy unicorn is large, measuring 4" x 4" when put together. Of course, this big guy can be cut from brown and/or black paper and turned into a horse. The wings and horn are separate dies in this set and can be left off if you like. Make a whole stable of horses and put them at the bottom of a scrapbook page.

I started by using a homemade cloud stencil in the background and inking around the edges with alternating colors of Distress ink -- pink and purple. Then I cut out the big unicorn from white cardstock and lightly inked the edge of the unicorn with purple ink and added a little cheek blush with pink ink. I die cut the edges of the big unicorn so I could end up with hooves and a nose from glitter cardstock. I layered these little parts onto the white unicorn. I wanted a selection of pinkish purple papers for the mane so I cut this die out of four different colors of cardstock. I hand cut along the perforated lines in the mane for all four colors, and assembled the 3 bottom colors onto the pink base color. I used this same trick for the tail. I'm glad the perforated look remained when I reassembled the parts.



Next, I cut the wings and the horn from white glitter cardstock. Next I reached for the Whittle Hearts dies and cut 2 small hearts. Then I used the Unicorn Kit heart die and cut out 1 larger heart. I cut out small wings from the Unicorn kit and added them to the hearts. I layered everything onto my pink and purple cloud background, using foam adhesive for the flying hearts. I next added a few gems, and trimmed the edges of my scene so I could mount it to a piece of purple cardstock. I finished up by adding a stamped sentiment from the Unicorn Kit. 

This will be a birthday card for a particular young girl in my family, but it could just as easily serve as a Valentine's Day card. 

Thanks for looking and I hope you get a chance to be crafty today.

Ingredients:

CS: Stampin' Up! Whisper White (unicorn), Gina K Pure Luxury 110 lb (base), Memory Box 6x6 paper pads Vibrant Violet and Berry Red

Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit, Whittle Happy Unicorn die set, Whittle Hearts

Stamp: sentiment from the Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit

Ink: Versafine black
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Unicorns and Valentine's

Inspired by a Toni Maddox (@frankiehelpscraft) card using this Bubbles of Joy stamp set from Lawn Fawn, I gave my mice a cute house complete with door, chimney and a very nice lawn. I limited myself to 3 colors: pink, gray and mint green in order to stick with a color challenge theme. That color restrictions made for a lot of fun. I am still in love with slimline cards.






CS: Gina K Pure Luxury Layering Weight, Stampin' Up! Pistachio Pudding and Smokey Slate, Bazzill Basics Quartz & maybe Petunia
Ink: Stampin' Up! Smokey Slate, Memento Tuxedo Black
Dies: Bubbles of Joy matching dies, Mama Elephant Slim Window Dressing dies
Patterned Paper: pink polka dot is Stampin' Up! Designer Series paper
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy with coordinating dies
Markers: Copics in warm grays + RV10 & YG11, Dick Blick 10% cool gray, blender
Mouse house is my own custom design cut using my Silhouette



   

Little Pink Mouse House

August 14, 2021

Inspired by a Toni Maddox (@frankiehelpscraft) card using this Bubbles of Joy stamp set from Lawn Fawn, I gave my mice a cute house complete with door, chimney and a very nice lawn. I limited myself to 3 colors: pink, gray and mint green in order to stick with a color challenge theme. That color restrictions made for a lot of fun. I am still in love with slimline cards.






CS: Gina K Pure Luxury Layering Weight, Stampin' Up! Pistachio Pudding and Smokey Slate, Bazzill Basics Quartz & maybe Petunia
Ink: Stampin' Up! Smokey Slate, Memento Tuxedo Black
Dies: Bubbles of Joy matching dies, Mama Elephant Slim Window Dressing dies
Patterned Paper: pink polka dot is Stampin' Up! Designer Series paper
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy with coordinating dies
Markers: Copics in warm grays + RV10 & YG11, Dick Blick 10% cool gray, blender
Mouse house is my own custom design cut using my Silhouette



   

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Little Pink Mouse House

This was a super fun slimline card to put together from a LOT of pieces. I used 2 different sets of dies, alcohol markers, stencils and a Stampin' Up! punch. Entering this into several challenges.





CS: Gina K Pure Luxury 80lb for base and stamped images, SU Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy and Butterfly Kisses (flip flop mini set) (Fox is fussy cut)
Dies: Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy, Mama Elephant Slimline Window Dressing
Alcohol markers: Fox (Copic E41, W0, Dick Blick 78, 1, 86, Spectrum Noir EB2); other Copics and Dick Blick colors for mice, bubbles, bottle
Thread: DMC Embroidery floss borrowed from a friend
Stencils: Cloud, and grass homemade
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Crushed Olive and Tumbled Glass
Punch: Stampin' Up! Double balloon punch
Pen: Signo White Gel Pen
Challenges: Addicted to Stamps Challenge #410 , Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #524

Bubbles & Balloons on a Slimline

August 1, 2021

This was a super fun slimline card to put together from a LOT of pieces. I used 2 different sets of dies, alcohol markers, stencils and a Stampin' Up! punch. Entering this into several challenges.





CS: Gina K Pure Luxury 80lb for base and stamped images, SU Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy and Butterfly Kisses (flip flop mini set) (Fox is fussy cut)
Dies: Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy, Mama Elephant Slimline Window Dressing
Alcohol markers: Fox (Copic E41, W0, Dick Blick 78, 1, 86, Spectrum Noir EB2); other Copics and Dick Blick colors for mice, bubbles, bottle
Thread: DMC Embroidery floss borrowed from a friend
Stencils: Cloud, and grass homemade
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Crushed Olive and Tumbled Glass
Punch: Stampin' Up! Double balloon punch
Pen: Signo White Gel Pen
Challenges: Addicted to Stamps Challenge #410 , Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #524
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Bubbles & Balloons on a Slimline

 I put together this quick little mini slimline from scraps. Using leftover die cuts, a circle cut from a scrap that uses both Distress Inks and Oxides, Tim Holtz metallic stickers, and strips from a leftover Distress Oxide creation, I assembled them according to the #makethecardchallenge #mtcc26 sketch on top of a piece of Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand cardstock. A great sketch to work with!

 


CS: Neenah Solar White 110lb, SU Sahara Sand
Dies: SU Stitched circle nested dies, Sizzix Tim Holtz Mini Holiday Greens dies, Silhouette cut leaves
Ink: Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Tumbled Glass
Stencil: Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Burlap
Sentiment: Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers Quotations
Stamps: Bo Bunny Terrific Textures, misc Stamps by Judith


A Sketch Challenge Met

 I put together this quick little mini slimline from scraps. Using leftover die cuts, a circle cut from a scrap that uses both Distress Inks and Oxides, Tim Holtz metallic stickers, and strips from a leftover Distress Oxide creation, I assembled them according to the #makethecardchallenge #mtcc26 sketch on top of a piece of Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand cardstock. A great sketch to work with!

 


CS: Neenah Solar White 110lb, SU Sahara Sand
Dies: SU Stitched circle nested dies, Sizzix Tim Holtz Mini Holiday Greens dies, Silhouette cut leaves
Ink: Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Tumbled Glass
Stencil: Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Burlap
Sentiment: Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers Quotations
Stamps: Bo Bunny Terrific Textures, misc Stamps by Judith


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A Sketch Challenge Met


This was a fun card to put together and is for a special little guy. I first took a piece of Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand cardstock and using the Lawn Fawn brick stencil die, I sponged Stormy Weather Distress ink over it. I used my Silhouette Cameo (and the software) to create and cut the street from SU black cardstock, and then glued a piece of Daffodil Delight behind it. I used the Mama Elephant Slimline Window Dressing Dies to cut out the cardbase and the street (to get the scalloped and stitched ends to match the cardbase). I used the same set of dies to cut out the windows (I cut out the window mullions on the 2 left windows), curtains, wallpaper, and the tiny vellum butterfly.)


The two dogs from Tim Holtz's Dog Talk Stamp Set (these dogs look remarkably like my 2 dogs) was stamped on cold press watercolor paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers (love these things). I die cut them with the matching dies.

Finally, I stamped the truck, the woman, and the sentiment from a very old SU stamp set called Loads of Love onto . I colored the truck with Copic markers (R17, R24, R29, R35) and some Dick Blick alcohol markers in light and dark gray. There is a silver on the bumpers from a Signo Silver Gel Pen. I fussy cut the truck and hand cut the speech bubble.

I assembled everything using primarily Art Glitter Glue and SU foam dots.Challenge is Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes. #ssswchallenge.



CS: SU Sahara Sand, Black, Daffodil Delight, Gina K Pure Luxury Layering Weight CS 80lb

Patterned Paper: Brown and green are from The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby, other 6x6 papers and vellum from my stash

Markers: Copic, Dick Blick, Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers for the dogs

Dies: Tim Holtz Dog Talk, Mama Elephant Slimline Window Dressing Dies

A Dog-gone Good Birthday

July 31, 2021


This was a fun card to put together and is for a special little guy. I first took a piece of Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand cardstock and using the Lawn Fawn brick stencil die, I sponged Stormy Weather Distress ink over it. I used my Silhouette Cameo (and the software) to create and cut the street from SU black cardstock, and then glued a piece of Daffodil Delight behind it. I used the Mama Elephant Slimline Window Dressing Dies to cut out the cardbase and the street (to get the scalloped and stitched ends to match the cardbase). I used the same set of dies to cut out the windows (I cut out the window mullions on the 2 left windows), curtains, wallpaper, and the tiny vellum butterfly.)


The two dogs from Tim Holtz's Dog Talk Stamp Set (these dogs look remarkably like my 2 dogs) was stamped on cold press watercolor paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers (love these things). I die cut them with the matching dies.

Finally, I stamped the truck, the woman, and the sentiment from a very old SU stamp set called Loads of Love onto . I colored the truck with Copic markers (R17, R24, R29, R35) and some Dick Blick alcohol markers in light and dark gray. There is a silver on the bumpers from a Signo Silver Gel Pen. I fussy cut the truck and hand cut the speech bubble.

I assembled everything using primarily Art Glitter Glue and SU foam dots.Challenge is Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes. #ssswchallenge.



CS: SU Sahara Sand, Black, Daffodil Delight, Gina K Pure Luxury Layering Weight CS 80lb

Patterned Paper: Brown and green are from The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby, other 6x6 papers and vellum from my stash

Markers: Copic, Dick Blick, Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers for the dogs

Dies: Tim Holtz Dog Talk, Mama Elephant Slimline Window Dressing Dies

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A Dog-gone Good Birthday


So I missed a little someone's birthday. Her sibling's birthdays are later in the year and I now have their cards ready to go. So, do I send an 8-year-old a belated birthday card, or is there something more creative I can do? I decided to look up funny holidays and I stumbled upon National Middle Child Day on August 12. Guess what 8-year-old is a middle child? So I will write this on the inside and send it to arrive by then. This card is was for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for Out with the Old and In with New. #ssswchallenge.

CS: Gina K Pure Luxury smooth white cardstock, 110lb, Gina K Pure Luxury smooth white layering cardstock, 80lb, Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand, Turquoise vellum - unknown

Decorated paper: curtains - Lost & Found Two 6x6 paper pad by My Mind's Eye (circa 2011), wallpaper - unknown

Ink: Distress Ink Victorian Velvet for brick, Distress Oxide

Shabby Shutters for grass, Distress Ink Pumice Stone to ink banner, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Alcohol markers: a combination of Copic, Dick Blick brand, and Spectrum Noir

Black marker: Artist's Loft Illustration Pen 003 for butterfly bodies

Dies: Mama Elephant Slim Window Dressing Dies for everything except birds and banner

Stamp set: Tweet Friends by My Favorite Things, fussy cut - no dies

Sentiment: Laser printed using font KG What Does the Fox Say, hand cut

Adhesive: Art Glitter Glue and Stampin' Up! pop dots

Tweet Friends & Mama Elephant Dies


So I missed a little someone's birthday. Her sibling's birthdays are later in the year and I now have their cards ready to go. So, do I send an 8-year-old a belated birthday card, or is there something more creative I can do? I decided to look up funny holidays and I stumbled upon National Middle Child Day on August 12. Guess what 8-year-old is a middle child? So I will write this on the inside and send it to arrive by then. This card is was for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for Out with the Old and In with New. #ssswchallenge.

CS: Gina K Pure Luxury smooth white cardstock, 110lb, Gina K Pure Luxury smooth white layering cardstock, 80lb, Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand, Turquoise vellum - unknown

Decorated paper: curtains - Lost & Found Two 6x6 paper pad by My Mind's Eye (circa 2011), wallpaper - unknown

Ink: Distress Ink Victorian Velvet for brick, Distress Oxide

Shabby Shutters for grass, Distress Ink Pumice Stone to ink banner, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Alcohol markers: a combination of Copic, Dick Blick brand, and Spectrum Noir

Black marker: Artist's Loft Illustration Pen 003 for butterfly bodies

Dies: Mama Elephant Slim Window Dressing Dies for everything except birds and banner

Stamp set: Tweet Friends by My Favorite Things, fussy cut - no dies

Sentiment: Laser printed using font KG What Does the Fox Say, hand cut

Adhesive: Art Glitter Glue and Stampin' Up! pop dots

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