TCC219 I Will Give You Rest

 

Hi Friends! 

Welcome back to The Card Concept!  We are starting our monthly challenges again with our September #219 Butterflies and Blooms with two new designers on the team!

We hope that you will take the time to check out the Design Team's cards for even more inspiration! 

I was inspired by the florals and colors for my simple Mixed Media card and I decided to pull out a few of my retired Stampin’ Up! sets- Summer Silhouettes, En Francais along with the sentiment from Words of Encouragement from Stamp Simply.

I have been trying to ink up some of my older stamps and thought that this set would be perfect for the florals/background on this card.  I also have not had a chance to play around with my oxide inks in a while.  

If you follow my blog, you know that I enjoy playing along with other online challenges and will be linking this card to the As You Like It "Favourite- Layered or Flat and Why?" Challenge.  

I tend to gravitate to layered cards and love using lace and ribbon along with pearls.  The more layers, the more for me!

To create this card:

Using distress oxides (the colors I used are listed below), layer the inks onto a piece of white cardstock using a stencil brush.

Dry the inks with a heat tool before stamping the floral images using Versafine Black Onyx ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Continue layering the floral images with the above process, applying white embossing powder to some of the petals.

Ink the background image from Summer Silhouettes with Crushed Olive Distress Oxide ink and repeatedly stamp over the background (gently wipe off the ink from the floral tops).  Apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Ink the background stamp, En Francais with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink and randomly press over the background.

Once satisfied with the background, trim to approximately 3.75” x 5”.  Mount onto a piece of white cardstock, trim close to the edges.  Mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim once more.

Add a strip of white crochet lace to the card front. 

Adhere a piece of black and white checked ribbon to the card front, wrapping the ends behind the card front.

Mount the entire card panel onto a white card base.

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the verse sentiment from Words of Encouragement with Versafine Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, die cut the sentiment with a stitched circle die.

Mount onto black cardstock (I die cut two circles from the same circle die, layering for a small frame behind the sentiment).

Adhere to the card front using dimensional foam and add a few pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply); En Francais and Summer Silhouettes (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Distress Oxide- Abandoned Coral, Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Crushed Olive

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., MFT Stitched Circle Dies, Stencil Brushe, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear and White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, White Crochet Lace (Hobby Lobby), Black and White Checked Ribbon, Pearls

I hope you have had a chance to stop by The Card Concept to see how the rest of the Design Team were inspired as well as check out the other challenge gallery entries! Gorgeous work from everyone!

We hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #219 Butterflies and Blooms at The Card Concept!  The deadline to play along is Monday, October 6^th at noon EDT.

TCC215 Floral Wreath

 

Hi Friends!

It’s time for our March #215 “Floral Heart” Challenge at The Card Concept!

I was inspired by the florals in our photo and the clean white background for my Clean and Layered card.

I bought the Be Bold Blooms dies (Spellbinders) a few months ago and have not had a chance to use them yet. (I thought that this challenge would be a perfect chance).   

This card was so simple to create, just die cut the flowers and leaves from colored cardstock, layer onto a white background and add a heat embossed sentiment. 

That’s it, simple and flat for mailing!

For those of you who follow my blog, you know that I do enjoy playing along with other online challenges and will be linking this card to The Flower Challenge #100 Add Circles (I thought my wreath would be a great circle :-)).

I hope you have stopped by The Card Concept to see how the rest of the Design Team were inspired as well as check out The Flower Challenge gallery to see their gorgeous DT and gallery entries!

Stamp Sets: Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply)

Inks/Mediums: Versamark

Cardstock/Paper: Forest Green, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight, Gable Green, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso (Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr.,  (retired Stampin’ Up!), Be Bold Blooms Dies (Spellbinders), Tupelo Wreath Die (retired Memory Box),  Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #215 Floral Heart Challenge at The Card Concept!  The deadline to play along is Monday, April 7th at noon EST.  

Galilee Rose

 

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a quick card designed using a retired background stamp from Divinity Designs, LLC .  

Many of you who follow my blog know that one of my goals to ink up my older stamps and this pretty background stamp is from around 2014 or so.

Sometimes you just need a quick card to send to encouragement a friend and this one was very quick to create, plus a bonus, it is fairly flat to mail.

I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking to The Flower Challenge #99 “Feature the Color Pink” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #687-#688“Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to check out the galleries at the challenge sites yet, I would encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from the Design Teams as well as the galleries!

To create this card:

Ink the Galilee Rose background stamp with Versamark ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Using water-based markers and a water-soluble graphite pencil, color the background image.

Die cut a piece of light pink cardstock with a wonky stitched rectangle die.  Trim to approx. 4 ⅛” x 5 ⅜”.

Cut around the outline of the background image and mount onto the above die cut panel.

Adhere the entire panel onto a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of black cardstock and mount onto a white card base.

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the flower petals to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Galilee Rose (retired Divinity Designs, LLC formerly Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Stampin’ Write Markers- Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow; Water-Soluble Graphite Pencil, Clear Wink of Stella®

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Blushing Bride

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX Dies, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks again for visiting- hugs and I hope you all have a fabulous week!

Sunflower Seasons

 

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a quick fall card designed with the Sunflower Season Bundle and the Pastor & Ministry Appreciation Scripture stamp set along with lace, paper and other supplies- all from Stamp Simply!

To create this card:

Trim a piece of the Wood Textures 6x6 paper to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”.

De-static the wood textures paper with an embossing powder tool, ink the sentiment from Pastor & Ministry Appreciation Scripture stamp set with Versafine Black Onyx ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, mount the panel onto a piece of chocolate cardstock, trim close to the edge.

Add a strip of Venise Lace and adhere a piece of the chocolate pleated ribbon (wrapping the ends of the ribbon behind the ends behind the panel).

Mount the entire panel onto a white card base.

Adhere a 1” x 5 ¼” strip of the wood texture designer paper to the inside of the card base (I like to do this to use up some of the scraps).

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the sunflower image with Versafine Black Onyx ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the flower image with water-based markers and distress inks.

Use the coordinating Sunflower Season die to die cut the sunflower (also die cut another image from white cardstock to layer behind the colored image).

Mount the sunflower image to the card front with dimensional foam.

Add a few bronze rhinestones to the upper right hand corner to finish off the card.

I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to the Word Art Wednesday #661-#662 Anything Goes Challenge .

If you have not had a chance to check out the rest of my Sister Design Team cards on the Stamp Simply blog, or the Word Art Wednesday challenge site yet, I hope you take the time to do so- such fabulous inspiration from all!

Stamp Sets: Sunflower Seasons Bundle, Pastor & Ministry Appreciation Scripture (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Tim Holtz Distress Inks- Ground Espresso, Mowed Lawn, Fossilized Amber; Stampin’ Write Markers- Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Granny Apple Green

Cardstock/Paper: White, Chocolate Chip; Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Sunflower Season Bundle, Embossing Powder Tool, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, May Arts Coffee & Tea Ribbon Sampler- 10 yards, Venise Lace- 1.75” Valentina White- 1 Yard, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones- Bronze

Don’t forget to stop by and check out the new Vintage Christmas Release at Stamp Simply!

Thanks again for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful week/weekend! 

TTTC253 In All Your Ways

 

Hi Friends!

Woohoo!  I have the honor of being the Guest Designer for the Tic-Tac-Toe #253 Challenge!  I love this challenge plus the winner has the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer, what fun!

This challenge board has so many great opportunites! I decided to pull out a few of my retired stamp sets (one of my goals is to create cards at times with my older stamps) and used the middle row across on the board- Flowers- Scoring and Die Cuts, plus I also added twine for this Vintage style floral card.

To create this card: 

Score a few diagonal lines on a piece of kraft cardstock (FYI- I scored four lines at the top left to lower right hand side and six lines in the same direction from the middle left to lower right hand corner- it is a bit difficult to see the scoring in the photo).

Trim the scored panel to 4” x 5 ¼”.  

Ink the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto the lower left hand area of the panel, heat set the ink with a heat tool.

Add a knotted piece of twine between the scored lines (I knotted the twine on the ends but not under the focal image area).  Wrap the ends behind the cardstock, then layer onto a piece of black cardstock (trimming close to the edge – approx. 4 ⅛” x 5 ⅜”).

Mount the entire panel onto an A2 vanilla card base (4 ¼” x 5 ½” tent fold).

Ink the floral image with Versamark Onyx Black ink (I used the retired Butterfly Basics stamp set from Stampin’ Up!), stamp onto vanilla cardstock and heat set the ink with a heat tool.

Color the floral image using water-based markers, and once satisfied with the coloring, die cut with a pierced oval circle die.

Die cut another oval from black cardstock to layer behind the die cut floral image, then die cut a scalloped oval from vanilla cardstock to layer behind the black oval (to complete the floral focal image).

Adhere the layered floral image onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Using black cardstock, create the “photo corners” using scissors- cut a small square from scraps, then cut the angles (I do have a photo corner punch but I wanted smaller corners).

Mount the two photo corners to the opposite corners and  add a pearl to the center to finish off the card.

This completes the “original” card card that I submitted to the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge coordinator.  

I tend to design with more of a Shabby Chic style and decided that I wanted to add more to the background around the flower, so I masked the floral image, inked the honeycomb background stamp (from Butterfly Basics) with Versafine Onyx Black, stamped off a bit before stamping around the floral image. 

After stamping the honeycomb background, I added the postscript image (also from the retired Butterfly Basics set) stamped with Broken China Distress Oxide ink.

I am also joining in with the Double D Challenge “Basket Full of Posies”- I was inspired by the flowers and colors of the basket. 

Stamp Sets: Butterfly Basics (retired Stampin’ Up!). Scripture Medley 2 (retired Verve Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black; Stampin’ Write Markers-Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow, Wild Wasabi; Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Oxide

Cardstock/Paper: Vanilla, Black, Kraft; retired Park Lane Designer Paper (Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories: Scoring Tool, Heat Tool, Gemini, Jr.™, Divinity Designs Pierced Oval Dies, MFT Die-namics Oval Open Scallop Doily, Oval Dies (retired SU!), Natural Twine, Pearls

So which one is your favorite?  The first one with the "clean" background, or the second card with a "distressed" backgrpund?  Curious minds need to know, lol!

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope you will be able to join us at Tic-Tac-Toe#253 Challenge!  Have a blessed week/weekend, sweet friends!

Stamp Simply May 2024 New Release- Daisy Pitcher Sending Cheer

 

Hi Friends!

Today, I am sharing a card designed using one of the brand new release stamp sets, Daisy Pitcher Bundle from Stamp Simply. 

I love the Daisy Pitcher Bundle- it is so bright and cheery!  There are several different sentiments that will work for cards year round.

To create this card:

Using the Interwine 3D embossing folder, emboss a piece of white cardstock, trim to approx. 3 ¾” x 5”, adhere to a piece of green cardstock.

Add a piece of the eyelet lace, and layer a 2” x 4” piece of the yellow gingham patterned paper over the top of the lace.

Adhere a piece of sage twill ribbon over the panel and wrap the ends of the ribbon behind the panel before mounting it onto light blue cardstock.

Mount the entire card front panel to a white card base.

Add a strip of the yellow gingham patterned paper to the inside of the card base.

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the daffodil pitcher image along with the sentiment from the Daffodil Pitcher Bundle with Versafine Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Die cut the sentiment with the Fishtail Sentiment Banners die and mount onto the upper left hand part of the card front with dimensional foam.

Water-color the daisy pitcher image with water-based markers and die cut with the coordinating die.

Mount the floral image to the card front with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

If you have not had a chance to check out the rest of my Sister Design Team cards on the Stamp Simply blog, I hope you take the time to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!!

As many of you know, I enjoy participating with online challenges and will be playing along with the Word Art Wednesday #647-648 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

Stamp Sets: Daffodil Pitcher Bundle (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Stampin’ Write Markers- Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz

Cardstock/Paper:  White, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party; Echo Park Farmers Market 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools:  Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Fishtail Sentiment Banners, Daffodil Pitcher Bundle; Sizziz 3D Texture Fades A6 Embossing Folder- Intertwine, Embossing Powder Tool, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, May Arts 5/8” Twill- 30 yd spool- Sage, May Arts Coffee & Tea Ribbon Sampler- 10 yards

Don’t forget to stop by and check out the current specials at Stamp Simply!

Thanks again for visiting and I hope you have a fabulous week! 

Happy Mother's Day Iris

 

Hi Friends!

Happy Mother’s Day weekend!  Today I am sharing a fairly easy Mother’s Day card using stamps, dies, and paper all from Stamp Simply. 

This card incorporates an embossing folder as well as heat embossing, a bit of lace and seam binding, pretty designer paper, a die cut oval and a few pearls!

My mother loved spring when the irises would start to bloom- lilacs and irises were her favorite!  Purple is one of my favorite colors so I decided to create this card in honor of her.

 To create this card:

Using the Brickwork 3D embossing folder, emboss a piece of white cardstock, die cut an oval in the upper right area, tear off the bottom edge and set aside.

De-static a piece of the purple woodgrain patterned paper from the Beach Hut 6x6 paper pad (approx. 4 ¼” x 5 ¼”), ink the “Wishing You A” sentiment from Happy Day Iris with Versafine Onyx Black ink (positioning it to fit within the oval die cut), apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Trim the brickwork embossed layer to fit over the sentiment and mount onto the Beach Hut paper (do not adhere on the lower left hand side of the oval to allow room for the banner sentiment in the next step), trim and onto lilac cardstock.

De-static a piece of black cardstock, ink the “Mother’s Day” sentiment from Happy Day Iris with Versamark ink and stamp onto the prepared panel.

Apply white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Die cut the sentiment with the Fishtail Sentiment Banners die, insert into the oval die cut and add dimensional foam under the banner.

Layer the lace near the bottom of the card front, add the lilac seam binding, wrapping the ends behind the panel.

Create a bow from the lilac seam binding, adhere the panel to a white card base.

Ink the iris image from Happy Day Iris with Versafine Black Onyx ink, stamp onto white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Die cut the image with the coordinating die, color with water-based markers and adhere with dimensional foam to the card front.

Add a strip of the purple designer paper to the left hand side of the inside panel of the card base and finish off the card with a few pearls in the upper left hand corner of the card front.

If you have not had a chance to check out the rest of my Sister Design Team cards on the Stamp Simply blog, I hope you will do so- fabulous inspiration from all!!

As many of you know, I enjoy participating with online challenges and will be playing along with the Word Art Wednesday #647-648 “Anything Goes” Challenge.  

Stamp Sets: Happy Day Iris Bundle (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Versamark , Stampin’ Write Markers- Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Gumball Green

Cardstock/Paper:  White, Black, Lovely Lilac;  Craft Consortium Beach Hut 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools:  Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Fishtail Sentiment Banners, Happy Day Iris Bundle; Spellbinders Celebrations Dies- Pierced Ovals, Sizziz 3D Texture Fades A6 Embossing Folder- Brickwork, Embossing Powder Tool, Heat Tool, Clear and White Embossing Powder, Seam Binding Sampler- Blues Purples, Venise Lace Lucia .75”- 1 yard- White, Melissa Frances Self Adhesive Round Pearls- Cream

Don’t forget to stop by and check out the current specials at Stamp Simply!

Thanks again for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful week!