Three Decoys- CAS in Grays

Hi Friends!

While I had the Three Decoys stamp from Impression Obsession on my desk, this is another card that I designed pairing it with a verse sentiment from A Godly Man (Stamp Simply).  

I have owned the wood mount Three Decoys stamp for years and it is still available as cling, wood mount or a digi version from Impression Obsession (see here).  This stamp was designed by Gary Robertson and I absolutely love his line art work stamps.  

FYI- I am not receiving any compensation from promoting either I/O stamps or Stamp Simply- I just love both companies!

I also enjoy participating with online challenges and will be linking this card to the A Bit More Time toCraft #120 “Anything Goes” Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers Cleanand Simple CAS595 “Cloudy Days” Challenge (use only grays).

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

This card was extremely easy to create- stamp both the decoy image and sentiment with archival black ink onto white cardstock and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. 

Watercolor the decoy image with ink from distress oxide pads along with water-based markers and watercolor pencils.  Once dry, trim the panel and mount onto black cardstock and adhere to a white card base.

To finish off the card, using a water brush, dilute a bit of pearl texture paste and watercolor the moon.

Stamp Sets: Three Decoys (Impression Obsession),  A Godly Man (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Tim Holtz® Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide;  Stampin’ Write Smoky Slate Marker; Stampin’ Up Black Watercolor Pencil; Faber-Castell® Texture Luxe™ Pearl

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories/Tools: AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I am planning on posting a few more cards this weekend, I hope you are able to visit again soon! Hugs and have a great weekend!

TCC138a Love Begins In A Moment

Hi Friends!

Welcome to The Card Concept #138a {Tropical Treats} Challenge!

Normally we take a break over the summer at The Card Concept, but this year several of the designers wanted to continue the challenge all summer long, so here we are! 

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to check out the rest of the inspiration from our Design Team- their cards are fabulous!!

I love the colors in this photo as well as the black and white stripes and was inspired to create a fairly simple Mixed Media /Classy and Elegant card!

As many of you know, I am making an effort to ink up some of my older stamps that I have not used in a while so I pulled out two retired Stampin' Up! sets for this card.  

I am also linking to the Double Trouble Tic-Tac-Toe #61 Challenge (Diagonal Row, Emboss-Flowers-Green) along with the A Bit More Time to Craft #119 “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Cardz 4 Galz #125 “Wedding” Challenge.

To create this card:

Tap several colors of distress oxide ink (see the colors listed below) onto a piece of acetate, spritz with water and press a piece of white cardstock into the ink.  Lift up and repeat until you are satisfied with the background, use a heat tool to dry the panel between layers.

De-static the panel with an embossing powder tool, ink and stamp the Postage Due image and sentiment, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.  Mount onto black cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the floral area.

Add a strip of black seam binding to the card front, wrapping the ends behind the panel and adhere the bow.

Mount onto a white card base and to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Postage Due, Occasional Quotes (both retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Tim Holtz™ Distress Oxide- Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Tools/Accessories: Gemini, Jr™, My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX Set 1 Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, ½” Black Seam Binding

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Tropical Treats} photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see what inspired you! The challenge is open until July 20^th  at noon EDT.

Sorry, I Was So Prickly

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great weekend so far! Today I am sharing another card using the May Creative Worship release stamp set, Refresh My Soul from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. 

Refresh My Soul has so many wonderful sentiments and images- I love that they can be used for cards as well as Bible Art Journaling, scrapbooking, gifts and home décor. 

I do not know about you, but I could use a card with this sentiment for sure! Sometimes I tend to speak before I think and it can sound a bit "prickly" :-)

I decided to participate with the Tuesday Throwdown #393 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (top row across- watercolor, emboss and die cut) along with the A Gem of a Challenge #220 “Use Three of Something” (three cactus images) and the A Bit More Time to Craft #68 "Anything Goes" Challenge.

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- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1).  Ink the three cactus images with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink onto white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Watercolor the images with water based markers before fussy-cutting out each image.

2). De-static a piece of black cardstock with an embossing powder tool, lay the cover-up die onto the black cardstock so you can position the “Sorry I was so” and “Prickly” sentiments from Refresh My Soul . Remove the die, stamp the sentiments with Versamark™ ink, apply white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

3). Die cut a piece of curry designer paper with the stitched cover-up die, mount onto the embossed black cardstock.  Add the black twine (wrapping the ends behind the card front) and mount the entire card front onto a white card base.

4). Adhere the fussy-cut cacti images with dimensional foam.

5). Add the twine bow along with the shimmer brad (I trimmed off the brad points and used hot glue to adhere to the card front).

6). Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the cacti images to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Refresh My Soul (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Versamark™, Zig® Clean Color Markers- Green, Lt. Pink, Blue; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Designer Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Crushed Curry Designer Paper (all Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Cover-Up Companion Diagonal Die, Black Hemp Twine, retired shimmer brad (SU!), Embossing Buddy®, Clear and White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter

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

Pretty Kitty Thank You

Hi Friends!   

I have an announcement to make- this will be my last post as a SU-Only Challenge Designer :-(   

It was a hard decision to make to step down from the team and it has has been my honor to be part of the SUO Challenge DT since 2013! I have enjoyed every moment and have had such a great time getting to know Robin (our coordinator) as well as the rest of the team.  The challenge site will be undergoing some behind the scenes changes along with a few new DT members, so stay tuned :-)

 I wanted to create a "Thank You" Card to show my appreciation for all of the hard work that Robin as well as the rest of the SUO Design Team (DT)put in each week and for my thanks to all of you who have faithfully played along with us over the years! 

I am still planning on creating and posting cards but one less deadline will allow me to spend more time with my hubby (he will be having another surgery soon) and allow us to have more time to complete our other tasks at home.

I decided to create a card using a few stamp sets that I have not had a chance to ink up yet- Pretty Kitty and Bella & Friends (I think both of these sets are so cute!) and paired them with Petal Palette for an easy Clean and Layered card.   

I have also incorporated the Fab Friday #133 Sketch Challenge and the A Bit More Time to Craft #64 “Anything Goes” Challenge into the design.

If you have not had a chance to stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team projects or the other challenge sites, I hope you will do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, ink the kitty image from Pretty Kitty with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder and heat set with the heat tool. 

2). Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the image using an AquaPainter™ along with Stampin’ Up! Watercolor pencils and markers (colors listed below).

3). Die cut the image using the Big Shot™ with the Stitched Layering Framelits™, layer onto black cardstock, trim close to the edge.  Cut the image at the bottom (to create rectangle- the cut area will be hidden by the sentiment).

4). Repeatedly stamp the rose image from Petal Palette using Versamark™ over a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock.  Trim the panel, mount onto Basic Black cardstock before adhering to the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.  Add the split Pretty Kitty image directly to the card front.

5). De-static a scrap piece of Basic Black cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, stamp the sentiment from Bella & Friends using Versamark™, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.  Once cooled, hand trim and mount onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

 6). Die cut a heart from Calypso Coral cardstock using the Support Ribbon Framelits™, add to the sentiment panel and apply Clear Wink of Stella® for a bit of shimmer.

7). Finish off the card by using the White Gel Pen to add a few highlights to the flower centers.

Stamp Sets:  Pretty Kitty, Petal Palette, Bella & Friends

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™, Stampin’ Archival Basic Black, Stampin’ Write Markers-Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Sweet Sugarplum; Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils- Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo; Clear Wink of Stella®, White Gel Pen

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Extra Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Big Shot™, Stitched Layering Framelits™, Support Ribbon Framelits™, AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Clear and White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to visit – I hope that you have a wonderful Easter week and stop by again soon!

SC689 Thanks Be Unto God

Hi Friends!

It’s time for the weekly sketch at Splitcoaststampers!  Carey is our #SC689 sketch designer this week and she has created a fun sketch for sure!

I decided to use a verse from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps What A Savior stamp set for a Christmas card :-) 

We are having a major snow storm here on the East Coast (more snow in the last 24 hours than we have received all winter) and it is the first day of spring!!  

So with the crazy weather, I thought snowflakes would work well for the diagonal element (layer #3) and used a Memory Box die that I had purchased a few months ago and had not had a chance to use yet :-)

I am also linking this card to the Try Stamping on Tuesday March Techique “Embossing” Challenge and the A Bit More Time to Craft “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Splitcoaststampers’ Sketch gallery or other challenge sites yet, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). On a piece of white cardstock, use sponge daubers to apply Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Inks. Once you have blended the colors, lightly spritz water over the panel and dry with a heat tool.

2), Use the Big Shot™ with the Memory Box™ Snowflake Swell Die to die cut another piece of white cardstock. 

3). De-static the upper left hand corner with an embossing powder tool, ink the verse from What A Savior with embossing ink, stamp onto the panel and heat set with white embossing powder.  Once the embossing powder has cooled, sponge Broken China and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink over the embossing, lightly wipe off the excess from the embossing with a dry cloth or paper towel and lightly spritz with water.

4). Mount the snowflake panel onto the oxide background and trim.  Mount the entire panel onto a piece of denim cardstock, trim and mount onto the white card base.

5). Apply shimmer to the snowflakes with a clear glitter pen and add a few Ivory Seashell Nuvo™ Crystal Drops to finish off the card.

 Stamp Sets: What A Savior (Sweet‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™, Tim Holtz®  Distress Oxide Ink- Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch; Nuvo™ Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops, Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Dapper Denim (Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, Memory Box™ Snowflake Swell Die, Embossing Buddy®,  Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! If you have a chance, we would love for you to join us at Splitcoaststampers for this week’s sketch challenge!  Hugs and I hope all of you have a great week, sweet friends!

Happy Together

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a quick Mixed Media card using Happy Together and Grunge Elements 2 from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. 

I love the Happy Together stamp set with the different sentiments and sweet silhouette images- perfect for friendship, Valentine’s Day and just overall general encouragement!

 

Also, don’t forget for every $60 purchase (not including discounts or shipping), you can receive the February stamp of the month- Hoppy Easter- isn’t he cute looking down  at his Easter egg?  Plus, Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps has free shipping and handling on your $75 order (in the US) so this is a great deal!!

 

 I incorporated Fab Friday #131 SketchChallenge along with the A Bit More Time To Craft #62 “Anything Goes” Challenge and  the Dies R Us #91 “Tag, You’re It”Challenge into the design.

 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- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Using distress oxide inks- Broken China and Peacock Feathers, tap the ink onto a silicone craft mat, lightly spritz with water and place a piece of white cardstock into the ink.  Lift up and continue to repeat the process until you are satisfied with the background (drying with a heat tool as you proceed).  Ink the heart image from Grunge Elements 2 with Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink and stamp onto the panel.

2). Once the panel is dry, trim and mount onto a piece of black cardstock. 

3).  De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the Happy Together image with archival black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.  Die cut the panel with a stitched banner die, sponge Broken China and Peacock Feathers distress oxide over the background and add a few hearts with the heart image from Grunge Elements 2.  Mount onto another banner die cut from black cardstock and adhere to the card front with dimensional foam. (FYI- I originally had the black flag below the sentiment and did not like the look so die cut another white flag banner and mounted after the fact- now you know:-)).

4). Using a water brush, apply splatter the background with a bit of Black Soot distress ink.

5). De-static a scrap piece of black cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiment from Happy Together with clear embossing ink, apply white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Hand trim and mount onto the card front.

6). Finish off the card using a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the hearts (hard to see in the photo) and a few Grey Mist Nuvo Jewel Drops.

Hindsight being 20/20, I probably should have used watercolor paper versus plain white cardstock but I need to order a pure white watercolor paper- all I have right now has an ivory tint and I prefer white :-)

Stamp Sets: Happy Together,  Grunge Elements 2 (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Versamark™; Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide- Broken China, Peacock Feathers, TH Black Soot Distress Ink , Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Nuvo™ Grey Mist Jewel Drops

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Acessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Jumbo Stitched Fishtail Banner STAX Dies; Embossing Buddy®,  White and Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and I hope you have a fabulous week, sweet friends!