TCC129 Snow Much Fun #2

Hi Friends!!

I am sharing another card that was designed using the retired Stampin’ Up! set, Snow Much Fun along with a sentiment from A True Friend (currently available from Divinity Designs LLC).

This is a second Clean and Layered card design for The Card Concept #129 {Warm Winter Wishes} Challenge.  I was inspired by the snowmen images, the wood sign as well as the colors of the pine branches.

I also used the Splitcoastampers SC783 Sketch Challenge for the layout (still trying to create a card for each of their over 700 sketches and am so thrilled that do not end their challenges :-)) and am playing along with the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #129 “Anything Goes” Challenge (both stamp sets are several years old).

To create this card:

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the snowman image with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink,  apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. 

Watercolor the snowman with water-based markers and trim the panel.  Mount onto black cardstock, trim close to the edge.

Emboss a piece of white cardstock with a snowflake embossing folder, trim and mount onto black cardstock, trim and mount onto the white card base.

Layer a piece of designer paper with black cardstock, trim close to the edge and adhere to the card front.   Add the layered snowman image with dimensional foam.

Ink the sentiment with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink,  apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.   Once cooled, die cut with a circle die, mount onto another circle die cut from black cardstock (using a stitched circle die) and adhere to the card front with dimensional foam.

Add a few rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Snow Much Fun (retired Stampin’ Up!), A True Friend (Divinity Designs LLC)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Arteza™ TriMarkers- Blue, Red, Light Green, Orange, Purple, Black; Tim Holtz™ Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass Ink; Spectrum Noir™ Glitter Pen, Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black;  retired Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper (I merged quite a few packs together and cannot recall the name of this one- sorry..)

Accessories: Big Shot™,  Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, MFT Stitched Circle Dies,  Sizzix™ Circle Dies,  Embossing Buddy®, Clear EP, Heat Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope all of you have a fabulous week!

TCC129 A Friend Loves

Hi Friends!

Welcome to The Card Concept #129 {Warm Winter Wishes} Challenge!   

Isn’t this a cute inspiration photo?  I was inspired by those sweet snowmen as well as the colors from the warm wood sign, the pine branches and cones plus the white to create a Clean and Layered/ Mixed Media card!

I am still striving to ink up my older sets and also my personal challenge to complete a card for each of the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges (they have over 700 sketches so far and I believe I am over a third of the way finished :-)).  

With this in mind, I have several snowman images including a few sets that have never been inked before, so I created went on a snowman card making spree and created three separate cards based on our inspiration challenge :-)  

The first card that I am sharing is the one I chose to use for my DT sample.  I used the retired Snow Much Fun stamp set from Stampin’ Up! along with a sentiment from A True Friend (current set available at Divinity Designs, LLC).  I paired the stamped items with a few patterns of retired designer series paper (also retired Stampin’ Up!) and used an embossing folder to add texture to the background (looks like a warm sweater- a bit difficult to see in the photo).

This card was an easy card to create- 

Ink the snowman image and sentiment with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. 

Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the image with watercolor pencils and water-based markers.  Once you are satisfied with the coloring, die cut the image with a stitched circle die, mount onto a circle die cut from espresso cardstock.

Use a poinsettia knit embossing folder to emboss a piece of white cardstock, mount onto espresso cardstock and adhere to a white card base.

Create the layers with designer series paper (per the sketch), mount each onto espresso cardstock and add the layers directly to the background panel.  Adhere the the snowman circle image and trim off the edge of the circle flush with the card front on the right side.

Add the layered sentiment with dimensional foam or chipboard (lately I prefer chipboard :-)).

Finish off the card by adding a few rhinestones to the sentiment layer and using a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the snowman, snowball and snow.

I used the Splitcoaststampers SC288 Sketch for the layout and am also linking to the Simon Says Monday “Frame It” Challenge and the Sugar Pea Designs February Meant to Be Sent “Friendship” Challenge. 

Stamp Sets:  Snow Much Fun (retired Stampin’ Up!), A True Friend (Divinity Designs, LLC)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black,  Stampin’ Up! Basic Gray Watercolor Pencil, Arteza Trimarkers- Lime, Dark Green, Turquiose, Florescent Orange; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, retired Designer Series Paper (Stampin’ Up!)

Tools/Accessories: Gemini, Jr™, Dies- MFT Stitched Circle STAX, Sizzix™ Circles Tim Holtz™ Alterations™ Poinsettia Knit Embossing Folder,  Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Warm Winter Wishes} photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see what inspired you! The challenge is open until Monday, March 2^nd  at noon EST. 

Snowman Wishes

Hi Friends!!

Today I am sharing a card designed with the retired Stampin’ Up! Garden Snowmen and paired with a sentiment from Beautiful You (a current Stampin’ Up! set).  

I have always loved the fun snowman images in this set and have not inked them in a while.   I will be sharing another card later with the second snowman image in this set :-)

I used the Splitcoaststampers SC372 Sketch Challenge (this sketch is from 2012) for the layout and am also linking to The Paper Players #470  Laurie's “Frosty the Snowman” Challenge and the Time Out #150 “Merry and Cheerful” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will visit the above challenge sites- such great inspiration from all!

To create this card- Ink the snowman image with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink and stamp onto white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the image with water-based markers and distress oxide ink.  Die cut the panel with a stitched square die, mount onto white cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Heat emboss the sentiment using the same steps above, die cut with a stitched circle die and mount onto a circle of white cardstock.  Adhere the circle to the main focal image creating the half moon shape for the sketch.

Emboss a piece of white cardstock with a snowflake embossing folder, trim and mount onto the white card base.

Add the layered focal image/sentiment onto the card front using dimensional foam or chipboard (I have been using chipboard) lately.

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to all of the snow, snow balls and snowmen to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Garden Snowmen (retired Stampin’ Up!), Beautiful You (current Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Arteza™ Water-based Markers- various reds, purple, greens, blues, browns; Tim Holtz® (TH) Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide, Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper:  Whisper White, Extra Thick Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot™, My Favorite Things Dies- Stitched Square and Circle STAX; Sizzix Circle Dies (retired SU!), Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™,  Darice™ Snowflake Embossing Folder

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

A Snowy Hello

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing another a quick Mixed Media Christmas card using previously released sets, Snowy Hello and Texture Tiles  3 from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

I incorporated the Atlantic Hearts #292 Sketch Challenge for the layout and am also linking this card to the Dies R Us #120 Snowflakes Challenge and A Gem of A Challenge #232 “Anything Goes”. 

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge sites or the SNSS Blog/FB Page yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the snowman/ bunny image along with the sentiment from Snowy Hello with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  

2). Watercolor the snowman/bunny image with water-based markers (see below for colors) and die-cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.  Stamp a few of the snowflakes around the scene using ink from the markers and hand-draw a snow line with a black pen.  Mount the panel onto a piece of blue-green cardstock, trim close to the die cut edge.  Hand trim the sentiment Hand trim the sentiment, mount onto a piece of blue-green cardstock and trim close to the edge as well.  

3).  Die cut a piece of white cardstock for the card front with a stitched rectangle die, mount onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of red-orange cardstock. 

4). Die cut a piece of retired designer paper with a stitched strip die and mount onto another piece of blue-green cardstock (die cut with a bot larger horizontal strip stitched die).. FYI- I cut these two in half to extend the width of the dies – the split is behind the focal image and a great way to get more from your dies!  Mount the strips onto the background panel, add the thin stitched satin ribbon (wrapping the ends behind the panel) and mount onto a white card base.

5). Create the little banners at the top- stamp onto a scrap piece of white cardstock the texture image from Texture Tiles  3  using ink from the blue-green marker, stamp a few snowflakes using the red-orange marker, hand trim into the banner stamp and mount onto blue-green cardstock.  Create the second banner using designer paper mounted onto blue-green cardstock.

6). Mount the focal image onto the card front with dimensional foam and add the sentiment at the bottom.  Adhere the two banners in the upper left (per the sketch) along with the triple ribbon bow.

7). To finish off the card, add the button to the center of the bow and add a bit of shimmer to the snowflakes, snow and snowman (difficult to see in the photo) with a clear glitter pen.

Stamp Sets: Snowy Hello, Texture Tiles  3 (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers-Bermuda Bay, Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate;  Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Designer Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Poppy Parade; retired Poppy Parade DSP (all Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Dies- Stitched Rectangle A1 & A2 STAX, Horizontal Stitched Strips; Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, retired Bermuda Bay 1/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon, retired SU! button

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a blessed week!