Hi Stampers!!
Here are the cards
that I created for the Splitcoaststampers Dog Days of Summer Virtual StampingNight #2 (remember- there is a 45 minute time limit for creating each card). I did not get started until 9:00 pm so it was
an all-nighter but I had so much fun!! I
still have two challenges to complete but will load these for now…
Challenge
JUN13VSNKids – Silly Straws (create a card using the straw blowing method). I just discovered this technique a while back
and love the effect for underwater scenes, so I decided to use the By The Tide
set along with a retired sentiment from Kind and Caring Thoughts.
Using Certainly
Celery re-inker, place three drops of ink onto Glossy White cardstock and blow
through a plastic straw to move the ink around (tip- hold the straw directly
above the ink within 1/8” or so and blow hard- be careful, you will become
lightheaded :-)).
Place three drops of
Baja Breeze, repeat with the straw and then three drops of Midnight Muse
(leaving some white areas). While the
ink is still wet, gently blot dry with scrap paper (do not rub).
Ink the script stamp
using Midnight Muse and repeatedly stamp over the straw blown image as well as
the coral image towards the bottom.
Adhere to Midnight Muse and Whisper White cardstock.
Stamp the sentiment,
create the banner points with the 1” Square Punch, add a layer of Midnight Muse
cardstock and retired Hemp Twine.
Emboss the Whisper
White card base using the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, add
the strip of Woodgrain embossed Midnight Muse (from my scraps) along with the
focal image panel and sentiment.
Add the fussy cut
fish image to finish off the card (again, had this one in my scraps- love those
scrap pieces!).
Stamp
Sets: By The Tide, Kind and Caring
Thoughts (retired Hostess)
Ink: Midnight
Muse, Re-inkers- Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Midnight Muse
Paper: Whisper
White, Midnight Muse
Accessories: Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing
Folders, 1” Square Punch, Plastic Drinking Straw, Natural Hemp Twine (retired)
The next challenge is
JUN13VSNG- Strip Down Your Card (only one layer)- this is a tough one for
me!! I decided to use a masking
technique to give the illusion of multiple layers.
Using the 1 ¾”
Square, I created a mask with Whisper White cardstock and sponged Smoky Slate
and Basic Gray ink into the squares and then stamped the images from By The
Seashore.
While the mask is still in
place, use the Color Spritzer Tool with the Stampin’ Write Basic Gray marker to
add a bit of “sand”.
Layer another square
over the most recent stamped image as well as the open square for the new image
and repeat. To give the appearance of layers, lightly shadow with the Sahara
Sand Stampin’ Write marker.
Emboss just the side
area using the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and stamp
the sentiment using Midnight Muse Classic Ink.
Add to the Whisper
White card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and you are finished!!
Stamp
Sets: By The Seashore, Uncharted
Territory
Ink: Basic Gray, Midnight Muse, Smoky Slate,
Stampin’ Write Markers- Basic Gray, Sahara Sand
Paper: Whisper
White
Accessories: Big Shot™, Square LatticeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
Color Spritzer Tool
The JUN13VSNH FlipFlop challenge is to create a Swing Fold card- only have created one of these
in the past and was concerned about the 45 minute time limit, so I saved this
one for last… I decided to “google”
Swing Fold with the Framelits and created this card using the Big Shot™ and the
Window Collection Framelits™.
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After creating the
swing fold part, I embossed just the front panel using the Flower Garden Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder, added a few strips of Poetry Print DSP along
with Midnight Muse cardstock.
Stamp the focal image
and inner panel using Stipple Blossoms and Midnight Muse Classic Ink.
Add the Elegant Eggplant butterflies along
with Gumball Green sentiment.
Stamp
Sets: Stippled Blossoms, Blessings From
Heaven, Papillon Potpourri
Ink: Midnight Muse, Elegant Eggplant, Gumball
Green
Paper: Whisper
White, Midnight Muse, Poetry Print DSP (Gumball Green floral)
Accessories: Big Shot™, Flower Garden Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
Windows Collection Framelits™, 1” Square Punch (for banner points), Elegant
Butterfly Punch, Pearls
After creating the
swing fold part, I embossed just the front panel using the Floral Garden Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, added a few strips
of Poetry Print DSP along with Midnight Muse cardstock.
The JUN13VSNI It’sToo Hot! Challenge is to use a hat image or create one- after searching my
inventory, I realize that hat stamps obviously were not to be found so I used a
retired masculine set, Angler and tried to highlight the hat with markers- not
sure if I succeeded….
This card was quick and
easy, stamp the images using Basic Gray Classic ink onto Sofy Sky and Whisper
White cardstock, add a bit of Sahara Sand and Basic Gray marker along with
Natural Hemp Twine and viola, a hat image afterall!
Stamp
Sets: Angler, Fly Fishing
Ink: Basic Gray, Stampin’ Write Markers-
Sahara Sand, Basic Gray, Early Espresso
Paper: Whisper
White, Soft Sky, Early Espresso
Accessories: Big Shot™, Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
Natural Hemp Twine
The JUN13VSNJ Pretty PopsiclesChallenge is to use three or more bright colors- lime green, purple, orange,
pink or yellow.
Stamp the large doily
image from Lacy & Lovely using Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie and Strawberry
Slush onto Whisper White cardstock.
Punch out the center
with the 1 ¼” Circle and then punch again using the 1 ¾” Circle Punch.
Mix the color centers
and arrange onto Whisper White cardstock and add the Gumball Green leaves from
the Little Leaves Sizzlit™.
Emboss the entire
panel with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and mount
onto Gumball Green cardstock.
Add the banner
sentiment and adhere to the Whisper White card base.
Stamp
Sets: Lacy & Lovely
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie,
Strawberry Slush
Paper: Whisper
White, Gumball Green
Accessories: Big Shot™, Square LatticeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
Punches- 1” Square, 1 ¼” and 1 ¾” Circle
The JUN13VSNK BrightStar Challenge is to create a sunrise or sunset along with adding a star so I
decided to create the image within the star
Use the Big Shot™ with
the Stars Bigz™ Original Die to cut out the star mask and sponge the sunset
image within the negative image of the largest star onto Whisper White
cardstock.
Add the botanical
images from Le Jardin Bontanique using Basic Gray Classic Ink.
Mask the star image
and use the Color Spritzer Tool with the Basic Gray Stampin’ marker to add a
bit of texture and layer onto Basic Black cardstock.
Stamp the sentiment
and layer onto Basic Black cardstock, add the 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon
triple bow along with Pearls.
Adhere to the
embossed Strawberry Slush cardstock base to finish off the card.
Stamp Sets: Le Jardin
Bontanique
Ink: Soft Sky, Strawberry Slush, Old Olive,
Basic Gray
Paper: Whisper
White, Basic Black, Strawberry Slush
Accessories: Big Shot™, Argyle Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
Star Original™ Die, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers, Pearls, 5/8” Basic
Black Satin Ribbon
The JUNVSN13M Water,Water Everywhere is to use watercolor and/or a water image on your card (I
decided to use both :-))
The image was stamped
with Basic Gray Classic Ink and watercolored using the AquaPainter™ with ink
from the Basic Gay and Pacific Point Classic Ink pads.
Stamp the sentiment
and use the Color Spritzer Tool along with the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write marker
to add a bit of distressing.
Mount onto Pacific
Point and Midnight Muse cardstock.
Add the watercolored
panel behind the image- created with Whisper White cardstock, Pacific Point and
Midnight Muse Classic Inks with the AquaPainter™ in a loose watery pattern.
Once dried, emboss with the Woodgrain LatticeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and adhere to Pacific
Point cardstock and again onto Midnight Muse cardstock.
Add the focal image
along with torn corners of Woodgrain embossed Midnight Muse along with the fussy
cut seashells and Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware.
Stamp Sets: Uncharted
Territory, Stipple Shells
Ink: Basic Gray, Pacific Point, Midnight Muse
Paper: Whisper
White, Pacific Point, Midnight Muse
Accessories: Big Shot™, WoodgrainTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
AquaPainter™, Color Spritzer Tool, Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware
The JUN13VSNNLemonade Yellow is to create a monochromatic card using only yellow!
Wow, this one was a bit difficult since I wanted to add black or
another contrast color but I stuck with the challenge!
The Sunflower
background image was stamped onto So Saffron cardstock using Crushed Curry
Classic Ink and carefully cut out.
Added the Crushed
Curry sentiment along with the small sunflower from Sunflower Serenade, Crushed
Curry Dotted Grosgrain Ribbon bow and Pearls to finish off the card!
Stamp Sets: Sunflower
(background), My Friend (Chère Amie), Sunflower Serenade
Ink: Crushed Curry
Paper: Whisper
White, So Saffron, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Big Shot™, Lacy BrocadeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
½” Crushed Curry Dotted Grosgrain Ribbon, Pearls
The last creation for
now is for the JUN13VSNO Beach Bum Inspirational Photo Challenge- it is such a
cute image and I drew my inspiration from the towels and bright colors.
Again, this is a
sponging, masking technique- create the Crushed Curry torn “strips” and stamp
the Elegant Eggplant and Gumball Green images within the areas.
Add the sentiment,
Rhinestones and layer onto the embossed background- quick and easy!
Stamp Sets: A Round Array,
Absolutely Fabulous
Ink: Crushed Curry, Elegant Eggplant, Gumball
Green
Paper: Whisper
White, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Big Shot™, MosaicTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,
1 ¼” Circle Punch, Sponge Daubers, Rhinestones
Oh my goodness! Each and every one of these cards are amazing. I'm so impressed with your card using the straws. When I read about that technique at split coast it sounded like something I did not even want to try. You have definitely inspired me.
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