Fall Leaves for Three Challenges :-)

Hi Stampers!!

Ok, it is official- I need an intervention!  I am totally addicted to the Alcohol Marker Marbling Technique and it is all Audrey’s and Splitcoaststampers fault- lol!!  :-)

This technique is so easy and the results are so unique- I had to use it one more time for the ColourQ CQC260 Challenge along with the PP215 Paper Players Sketch and since it incorporates different inks and elements, the MIX87 Signs of Fall Challenge.

I hope you have a chance to check out all three galleries and Design Team samples- such inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Using the medium marker from the Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collection, scribble some color onto the zip lock bag as noted in the tutorial , add additional color onto the bag using the dark marker from the Daffodil Delight and Night of Navy Stampin’ Bleandabilities™ and spritz with rubbing alcohol.   

Close-up of the leaf images 

Lay a piece of Glossy White cardstock over the ink and lift up, spritz the ink again with the rubbing alcohol, lay a second piece of Glossy White cardstock over the moistened ink and lift for your second print (I used the second print for this card and saved the first print for another day) :-)

Allow to the panel to dry and using StazOn® Jet Black Ink, stamp the various leaves from French Foliage onto the background panel.   Create masks for the leaves and stamp the script and postage mark images as well.   Add additional color with the Tangerine Tango Stampin’ Write marker and stamp the splatter image using Night of Navy Classic Ink.

Using the 1” Square Punch, punch out the entire panel.   Randomly position the punched squares and adhere to a piece of embossed Whisper White cardstock panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®, trim and mount onto the Tangerine Tango cardstock panel.

Stamp the sentiment using StazOn® Jet Black Ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock, create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch and add to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Adhere the retired Night of Navy button with Natural Linen Thread to the sentiment and mount the entire panel to the Whisper White card base to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage, Absolutely Fabulous

Ink: Staz-On® Jet Black, Night of Navy Classic Ink, Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy and Pumpkin Pie Collections; Stampin’ Write Tangerine Tango Marker

Paper: Glossy White, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,  Hexagon and 1” Square Punch, Plastic Zip Bag, Natural Linen Thread, retired Night of Navy button

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope you have a marvelous Monday!

Happy 19th Birthday!! Another Alcohol Marker Marbling Experiment for Two Lovely Nieces :-)

Hi Stampers!!

This weekend we are celebrating my twin niece’s 19^th birthday and I wanted to create their birthday cards using the Alcohol Marker Marbling technique (see the Splitcoaststampers tutorial here) along with the Splitcoaststampers WT497 Stencil It! Challenge using a mixed media collage design.  

I must admit, I love this marker technique- it is so addicting!!

Since they are twins, I wanted to create similar cards geared towards their interests in college- one has taken a music path and the other art.   

To create the background panels for both cards:

Using the medium marker from the Night of Navy Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collection, scribble some color onto the zip lock bag as noted in the tutorial , add additional color onto the zip lock bag using the dark markers from the Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Wisteria Wonder Stampin’ Bleandabilities™ and spritz with rubbing alcohol.

   

Lay a piece of Glossy White cardstock over the ink and lift up, spritz the ink again with the rubbing alcohol, lay a second piece of Glossy White cardstock over the moistened ink and lift for your second print (I used the second print for one of the cards and the first print for the other). 

Allow to the panel to dry and use Sponge Daubers to apply Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow to the Positively Chevron background stamp and sporadically press the stamp over the marbled marker background piece. 

 

Using the Island Indigo Classic Ink along with a Sponge Dauber, stencil the hexagon areas and use a stenciling brush with Gesso to stencil the circles.

Using StazOn® Jet Black Ink, stamp off onto scrap paper and stamp the flowers from Choose Happiness onto the background panel.   To create the masks for the flowers- stamp a few flowers onto sticky note paper, “fussy-cut” around the edges (don’t forget to leave a bit of the sticky strip at the top). 

Mask the flowers and stamp a few more flowers onto the panel as well as the leaf stems using StazOn® Jet Black Ink.  Apply additional Blackberry Bliss and Island Indigo Classic Ink using a Sponge Dauber to the flower petals.

Fill in the leaves and stems using a Black 199 Fiber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen and darken the details on the flower petals.   

Using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink, stamp the image from Friendship’s Journey onto the panel. 

Add white highlights using a Fiber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen White 101 to the flower centers to finish off the background panel.

For the musical card with the punched squares (the punched squares were a result of a "too busy" background- lol!!) :

Ink the background stamp, Musical Score using Mossy Meadow Classic Ink, lay portions of the background panel onto the stamp and randomly stamp a few areas.

Using the 1 ¼” Square Punch, punch out the entire panel.   Randomly position the punched squares and adhere to a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto the Island Indigo panel.

Add a 5/8” Satin Ribbon bow along with the sentiment (stamped onto Glossy White cardstock, trimmed and banner points created with the Hexagon Punch). 

Adhere the sentiment as well as the bow to the front of the panel and add to the Island Indigo cardstock panel, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

For the second card:

Add a 5/8” Satin Ribbon bow along with the sentiment (stamped onto Glossy White cardstock, trimmed and banner points created with the Hexagon Punch). 

Adhere the sentiment as well as the bow to the front of the panel and add to the Blackberry Bliss cardstock panel, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

Stamp Sets:  Choose Happiness, Positively Chevron (background, Friendship’s Journey (retired) , Musical Score (retired background), Short & Sweet (retired)

Ink: Staz-On® Jet Black, Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow Classic Ink; Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive and Wisteria Wonder Collections; Fiber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen- White and Black

Paper: Glossy White, Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo

Accessories: Gesso, Hexagon and Circle Stencil, Stencil Brush, Sponge Dauber, Hexagon Punch, Plastic Zip Bag, 5/8” Satin Ribbon, 1 ¼” Square Punch

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!!

Give Thanks- A Mixed Media Alcohol Marker Marbling Experiment :-)

Hi Stampers!!

I wanted to try the Audrie's Alcohol Marker Marbling technique highlighted at Splitcoaststampers this week and decided to incorporate the Splitcoaststampers CC497 Honey, How Very Blissful! Color Challenge (Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss, Very Vanilla with "dessert" of splatters) along with the SC507 Sketch (landscape version) and the Mixed Media Challenge #3- Autumn Colors with optional Metal or Leaves :-)

Again, I hope that you will find the time to visit all of the linked galleries and see what wonderful inspiration awaits!

To create this card:

Using the dark markers from the Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collection, scribble the colors onto the zip lock bag as noted in the tutorial and spritz with rubbing alcohol.  

Lay a piece of Glossy White cardstock over the ink and lift up- it is that easy (and addicting)!   Add a bit of Blackberry Classic Ink to the zip lock bag, spritz the ink again with the rubbing alcohol, lay a second piece of Glossy White cardstock over the moistened ink and lift for your second print (I used the second print for the tilted background layer "as is" and see the steps below for the focal panel). 

Allow both panels to dry, stamp the sentiment using StazOn® Jet Black Ink in one area of the first print and stamp the leave image as well onto another section of the same panel (remember to stamp the leaf off first on scrap paper and then stamp onto the glossy cardstock).

Carefully cut out the leaf and set aside (originally I had stamped the leaf on the same panel as the sentiment, but had too much ink on the stamp and it smeared, so now I had a “mess” on my sentiment panel- do not do this step- lol!!). 

 

Close-Up showing the "messy" leaf as a shadow :-)

To correct the “messy” leaf, I stenciled Frost White Shimmer Paint over the panel using a Hexagon Stencil and painted over the entire smeared leaf image with the Frost White Shimmer Paint.  

The Frost White Shimmer Paint was a bit heavy in some areas so I used a baby wipe with the stencil in place to bring out more of the marker colors :-)  Sometimes mistakes can work in your favor and I tend to not give up and keep working at it- very stubborn, I know :-)

For “dessert”, I add splatters to the background panel using StazOn® Stone Gray Ink as well as Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.  Add the 5/8” Satin Ribbon (this was from my stash and matches Blackberry Bliss perfectly) and mount the panel onto the Blackberry Bliss card base.

Mount the glossy alcohol marker panel (the second print version that did not have any additional stamping or stenciling) onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and add to the card base on an angle as per the sketch.

Mount the stamped/stenciled background panel to the card front and add the leaf image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Add the Pearls to finish off the card.

What a fabulous technique and thanks, Audrie as well as Splitcoaststampers for sharing the Alcohol Marker Marbling with all of us!

Stamp Sets:  Gorgeous Grunge, Holiday Best, Botanicals

Ink: Staz-On® Jet Black and Stone Gray, Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink, Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Daffodil Delight and Rich Razzleberry Collections; Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Write Marker

Paper: Glossy White, Very Vanilla, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Frost White Shimmer Paint, 5/8” Satin Ribbon (from my stash). Pearls, Hexagon Stencil

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you have a fantastic Thursday!!

SUO106 Fall Colors- A Thankful Greeting :-)

Hi Stampers! 

Time for the new SU-Only Challenges SUO106 Fall Colors  Challenge!  We are encouraging you to create a new project using your Stampin’ Up! products with Fall Colors.   I decided to use the White Christmas stamp set from the Holiday Mini to show that it can be used all year round :-)

I hope that you will visit us at SUO-Challenges to check out the rest of the Design Team projects and join in on in on the fun with your Stampin’ Up! Only creations!

I decided to incorporate the Around the World AW25 Thanks Challenge in honor of their first "birthday" as well- check this link out to see their fabulous Design Team and projects :-)

To create this project:

Ink the Post Card background stamp using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink- remove the ink off the vertical strip in the center using a baby wipe and stamp the image onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Create a mask for the horizon line and stamp the tree stamp from White Christmas using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.

Using the larger splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge with Tangelo Twist Classic Ink, stamp over the branches to create the illusion of fall leaves and repeat the steps using Old Olive and Cajun Craze Classic Ink.  Add a bit more detail using the Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write marker. 

Color the grassy area using a Stampin’ Write Old Olive Marker and add a bit of Cajun Craze for the leaves on the ground and add details around the scroll areas at the top of the Post Card area. Draw a line for the horizon using the Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker. 

Use an AquaPainter™ with Pool Party Classic Ink to fill in the sky area being careful around the leaves.

Use the Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker to add a few birds to the sky.  Distress the panel using the Distressing Tool and use a Sponge Dauber to add Crumb Cake Classic Ink over the entire sky/image to “antique” the paper a bit.

Add the panel to a piece of Moonlight Designer Series Paper (DSP) and distress the edges using the Distressing Tool.  Stamp the DSP panel using the splatter stamp with Crumb Cake Classic Ink and mount onto a piece of Pool Party cardstock. 

Distress the Pool Party layer with the Distressing Tool as well and add additional distressing to all of the layers using a Sponge Dauber with Crumb Cake Classic Ink. 

Mount the entire panel onto an Early Espresso card base.

Stamp the California Quail image from Walk in the Wild as well as the acorn, piece of wood and sentiment from Truly Grateful using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Color the acorn and wood image using Stampin’ Write Crumb Cake and Baked Brown Sugar markers.  Color the quail using So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate and Basic Black Stampin’ Write markers.   

Carefully cut out the quail, acorn and wood image and add a few highlights to the acorn and quail using the Chalk Marker.

Create a banner for the sentiment using the Hexagon Punch and stamp the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Crumb Cake Classic Ink.  Use the Distressing Tool to distress the edges.

Add the banner, quail, wood and acorn to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: White Christmas, Walk in the Wild, Truly Grateful, Gorgeous Grunge, Post Card 

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink,  Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Pool Party, Tangelo Twist Classic Ink; Stampin’ Write Markers- Baked Brown Sugar, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake,  Old Olive, Smoky Slate; Chalk Marker

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Moonlight DSP

Accessories:  AquaPainter™, Hexagon Punch, Sponge Dauber

Thanks again for stopping by - I hope you have a chance to join in on our “Fall Colors” Challenge- have a great week!!

CAS Masculine Birthday- Feathers for A Bird Watching Man :-)

Hi Stampers!!

This Clean and Simple (CAS) card was created for the Paper Players PP214 CAS Masculine Birthday Challenge along with the #92 CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge.

My husband loves to watch birds as well as a few of our masculine friends, so I thought I would ink up a new set that I have not used yet for this fun, CAS card :-)

I hope you will have a chance to visit both sites to check out the wonderful Design Team samples as well as their fantastic galleries!

To create this card:

Ink the feather images using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Color two of the feathers using the Hello Honey Stampin’ Write marker and carefully cut the feathers out by hand adding a few cuts along the side of each feather to mimic realistic feathers.

Using Hello Honey, repeatedly stamp the large splatter onto Whisper White cardstock.  Add the vertical lines, other splatters and sentiment using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.

Trim the panel and mount onto Hello Honey cardstock, trim and onto the Basic Black card base.

Add the feathers to the card front and adhere the Basic Black button to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Four Feathers, Gorgeous Grunge, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink , Basic Black and Hello Honey Classic Ink,  Hello Honey Stampin’ Write marker

Paper: Basic Black, Hello Honey, Whisper White

Accessories: retired Basic Black button

Thanks again for stopping by- have a marvelous Monday!

Phil 4:19 My God Shall Supply All Your Need

Hi Stampers! 

Here is page nine of the heart album that I created for the Splitcoaststampers Divine Design Bible Verse BVC14 Challenge.  The initial post located here describes the steps for the cover of the album along with a few more details on the basic steps for each page of the album and this search here will bring up the other posts for the previous eight pages :-)

The verses used are free digital images from Word Art Wednesday (downloaded into My Digital Studio (MDS) and printed onto Very Vanilla cardstock).

Page Nine:

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus”  Phillipians 4:19

In addition to the steps taken in the first post (adhere the retired Beau Château DSP to the Heart Chipboard Album page, “antique” using Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain, add the 3/8” Venetian Crochet Lace Trim) add the 5/8” strip of Early Espresso Satin Ribbon over the crochet trim.

Distress the crown stamp image from the Beau Chateau Side Notes using Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain and adhere to the heart panel.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Heart Collection Framelits™ to cut out the verse and cut another oval from Early Espresso cardstock, distress the verse layer with Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain along the Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp using Soft Suede Classic Ink.  Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, stamp the image from Artistic Etchings at the bottom of the heart.

Cut the Early Espresso heart layer in half horizontally and layer behind the distressed verse label.  Mount the verse onto the heart panel using Stampin’ Dimesionals®.

Add the rolled flowers (created with the 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches from Pink Pirouette cardstock and Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper along with leaves using the Bird Builder Punch from Early Espresso cardstock) to the panel along with the Pearl in the center of the Artistic Etching image to finish off the page.

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, Gorgeous Grunge; Verse- free Digital Image from Word Art Wednesday

Ink: Early Espresso and Soft Suede Classic Ink; Printer Ink- Black, Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain

Paper: Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, retired Baja Breeze DSP, retired Beau Château DSP, retired Beau Château Side Notes

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Heart Collection Framelits™, Punches: 1 ¾”, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle, Bird Builder; Pearls, 3/8” Venetian Crochet Lace Trim, 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for visiting- I will post pages 10-12 throughout the rest of this weekend...have a great weekend, my friends!

Merry Christmas- More Fun with the Christmas Bauble :-)

Hi Stampers! 

I wanted to create a card using the second Christmas Bauble image (I had previously

colored with the Paper Players PP213 Color Challenge byAnne Marie- love this color combo! ) and this time paired it with the Pals Paper Arts PPA220 Sketch.  

I hope you will find the time to visit both sites to see the gorgeous Design Team cards as well as their fantastic galleries! 

To create this Clean and Layered (CAL) card:

Ink the Christmas Bauble and Endless Wishes sentiment images onto Whisper White cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.

Color the ornament using Stampin’ Write Markers- Always Artichoke, Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze and Baked Brown Sugar. 

Use an AquaPainter™ with retired Frost White Shimmer Paint over the Baked Brown Sugar center area, add a few highlights using the Chalk Marker and carefully cut around the ornament. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Backed Brown Sugar cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment from Endless Wishes using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and layer onto Cajun Craze cardstock, trim and layer onto Blackberry Bliss cardstock.

Insert the sentiment panel into the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to avoid embossing over the sentiment. 

Wrap the retired Gold Cord around the ornament and mount the ornament onto sentiment panel per the sketch.

 

Add the panel to the Baked Brown Sugar layer and mount onto the Blackberry Bliss card base.

Adhere the Pearls to the center of the ornament to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Christmas Bauble, Endless Wishes

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink , Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink; Stampin’ Write markers- Always Artichoke, Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze, Baked Brown Sugar; Chalk Marker

Paper: Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze

Accessories: Big Shot™, Northern Flurry and Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Pearls, AquaPainter™, retired Frost White Shimmer Paint

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a great Friday!!

Sending You Joy- Two Challenges in One

Hi Stampers!!

I had a chance this evening to create a card using the Paper Players PP213 ColorChallenge by Anne Marie along with the Freshly Made Sketches FMS154 Challengeby Cindy L.

I hope you will have a chance to visit both sites to check out the wonderful Design Team samples as well as their fantastic galleries!

To create this card:

Ink the Christmas Bauble and Endless Wishes sentiment images onto Whisper White cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.

Color the ornament using Stampin’ Write Markers- Always Artichoke, Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze and Baked Brown Sugar.  Use an AquaPainter™ to add Frost White Shimmer Paint to the Baked Brown Sugar area and add a few highlights using the Chalk Marker and carefully cut out the image by hand.

Layer a strip of retired Always Artichoke Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP) and a strip of Cajun Craze DSP (from the retired DSP stack) onto a pieces of Blackberry Bliss cardstock for the vertical elements of the sketch.

Mount a piece of Whisper White cardstock onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock for the background panel.  Add the Always Artichoke and Cajun Craze strips.

Adhere a piece of Park Lane DSP to a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock (rounding the corners with the Envelope Punch Board before adhering together) and mount this panel onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add the retired Gold Cord to the ornament and mount the ornament to the panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Mount the entire panel to the card front and add the sentiment to the upper right corner of the Park Lane DSP panel (punch the sentiment out using the 1 3/8” Circle Punch and layer onto a circle punched from Blackberry Bliss prior to adhering to the card front).

Add a few Pearls to the center of the ornament to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Christmas Bauble, Endless Wishes

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink , Stampin’ Write markers- Always Artichoke, Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze, Baked Brown Sugar; Chalk Marker

 Paper: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Park Lane DSP, retired Always Artichoke Christmas DSP, retired Cajun Craze DSP Stack

Accessories: Pearls, AquaPainter™, retired Frost White Shimmer Paint, retired Gold Cord

Thanks again for stopping by- have a terrific Thursday!

CAS Merry Christmas

Hi Stampers!!

This Clean and Simple (CAS) card was created using the CAS Colours and Sketches #91Challenge along with the Hand Stamped Sentiments HSSC194 Color Challenge.

I hope you will have a chance to visit both sites to check out the fabulous Design Team samples as well as their galleries!

To create this card:

Ink the tree image from White Christmas using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp two images onto Whisper White cardstock.  On one of the images, also stamp the Merry Christmas banner in the upper left hand corner per the sketch and the other, add the polar bear image.

On the image with the banner, use the AquaPainter™ to watercolor Marina Mist Classic Ink over the sky area.  Use Stampin’ Write markers to color the images- Hello Honey for the Christmas banner and Night of Navy for the trees.  Trim the panel and mount onto Night of Navy cardstock.

On the panel with the polar bear, color the trees using the Night of Navy Stampin’ Write marker, add a few shadows with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker as well as the AquaPainter™ with Marina Mist Classic Ink on the snow banks.

Mount the polar bear panel onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock, trim and mount onto a layer of Hello Honey cardstock, trim again and mount onto Night of Navy cardstock. 

Add the Merry Christmas banner strip to the card front per the sketch and stamp a few snowflakes onto the watercolored banner strip as well as the main panel.

 

Color the snowflakes with the Chalk Marker and adhere the entire panel to the Whisper White card base to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: White Christmas

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink , Marina Mist Classic Ink; Stampin’ Write markers- Night of Navy, Sahara Sand; Chalk Marker

 Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Hello Honey

Accessories: AquaPainter™

Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful Wednesday, my friends!