TCC220 Thy Mercy

Hi Friends!

We are starting our October #220 Autumn Days Challenge at The Card Concept today and I was inspired by the colors and textures from our photo this month.

Please stop by our challenge blog and check out how the rest of our talented Design Team was inspired as well!

I decided to pull out two retired stamp sets- Day of Gratitude (Stampin’ Up!) and the STAMPLorations Faith Expression set.

I am still trying to ink up my older stamp sets and always loved the main focal image in the Day of Gratitude set.

If you follow my blog, you know that I enjoy playing along with other online challenges and decided to play along with the A Place to Start October “Anything Goes” Challenge.  

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 main from Day of Gratitude using Versafine Black Onyx ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Fussy cut the medallion and layer onto a piece of black cardstock (fussy cutting the image once more).

Emboss a 4” x 2 ½”  piece of orange designer paper with a knit embossing folder, mount onto a 4” x 5 ¼” piece of white cardstock.

Mount the panel onto a 4⅛” x 5⅜” piece of black cardstock.

Add a strip of white crochet lace and a strip of 1” black satin ribbon (wrapping the ends of the ribbon to the back of the card panel).

Adhere the card front to a white card base.

Stamp the sentiment from Faith Expressions (retired STAMPlorations) onto a piece of white cardstock with Versafine Black Onyx ink pad, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Trim the sentiment, mount onto a piece of black cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Adhere to the card front along the ribbon edge.

Mount the focal image to the card front with dimensional foam and add a pearl to the center to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Day of Gratitude (retired Stampin’ Up!), Faith Expressions (retired STAMPlorations)

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

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black, retired orange Stampin’ Up! Designer Paper

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Knit Embossing Folder (Darice), Stencil Brushe, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, White Crochet Lace (Hobby Lobby), 1” Black Satin 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 Autumn Days Challenge at The Card Concept!  The deadline to play along is Monday, November  10^th at noon EST. 

TCC198 Our Help

 

Hi Friends!

Welcome to our #198 {Summertime Fun} Challenge at The Card Concept! 

This will be our last challenge before our summer break.  The Card Concept Challenge will return with new inspiration challenges in the fall. 

I thought that each of these pillows have great summertime images and I was inspired by the top left with the pelican, lighthouse and compass (in addition to the colors) for my Clean and Layered Mixed Media card.

I enjoy participating with other online challenges and will be playing along with A Place To Start “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not already visited us at The Card Concept, I hope you will find the time to do so.  Wonderful inspiration from the rest of my DT sisters as well as at the A Place to Start site.

This was a very easy card to create:

Ink the lighthouse collage image with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a prepared piece of white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, lightly water-color the image using ink from water-based markers.  

Trim the image close to the edge and mount onto black cardstock.

Emboss a piece of white cardstock with a diamond embossing folder, trim to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”, add a piece of turquoise seam binding (wrapping the ends behind the panel) and mount onto a piece of black cardstock.

Heat emboss the sentiment from Scripture Collection 3 (Divinity Designs LLC)  onto white cardstock (using the same steps as the lighthouse), trim close to the edges before mounting onto black cardstock.

Layer the lighthouse image panel directly to the card front and add the sentiment with dimensional foam.

Use a clear glitter marker pen to add shimmer to the compass image. 

Stamp Sets: Lighthouse Collage, Scripture Collection 3 (Divinity Designs LLC)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black; Stampin’ Write Markers- Tempting Turquoise, Balmy Blue, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso; Clear Wink of Stella Marker

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Diamond Embossing Folder (retired Stampin’ Up!), Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter 

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! I hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #198 {Summertime Fun} Challenge at The Card Concept!

TCC186 Trust in the Lord

 

Hi Friends!

Happy New Year!  I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year Holiday! 

We are back from our Christmas break with our new challenges at The Card Concept starting with the #186 {Holiday Gatherings} Challenge!  

Isn’t this a pretty tablescape?  I was inspired by the colors and textures to create a Shabby Chic and Vintage card and pulled out one of my favorite Scripture stamp sets, Words of Encouragement from Stamp Simply (I love the fonts on this set as well as the companion set, Fear Not).

I also enjoy playing along with other online challenges and will be linking this card to the A Place to Start January 2023 “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Make My Monday #191 “Something New” Challenge (the Craft Consortium “Tell The Bees” paper is new to me).

 

If you have not had a chance to visit our Design Team/gallery at The Card Concept Challenge, or the other challenge sites yet,  I hope you will find time to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Heat emboss the sentiment from the Words of Encouragement clear stamp set (Stamp Simply) using Versafine Onyx Black ink and clear embossing powder.

Die cut and emboss the sentiment with the Spellbinders Elegant Ovals Dies.

Distress a piece of the Tell the Bees Special Edition 6x6 Paper (Craft Consortium) with a distressing tool (or the edge of your scissor blade).  Lightly adhere to a piece of black cardstock and sew a zigzag stitch along the edge.

Wrap a piece of gold seam binding over the seam of the designer papers, wrap the ends of the ribbon behind the panel.

Add a piece of Valentina lace over the edge of the ribbon.

Mount the entire panel onto a white card base.

Adhere the die cut sentiment with dimensional foam.

Add the seam binding bow and pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock/Paper: Ivory, Black, Craft Consortium Tell the Bees (Special Edition) 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Spellbinders Elegant Ovals Dies, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Distressing Tool, Sewing Machine, White Thread, 1.75” Valentina Lace- Ivory, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Pearls-Pearl

I hope you have a chance to create a card and join us for our #186 {Holiday Gatherings} Challenge at The Card Concept! 

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

National Coffee Week- Taste and See

 Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  In honor of National Coffee Day this past week (09/29), I am sharing another card designed using stamps, dies and paper from Stamp Simply!

I personally love the smell of coffee, but only drink one cup every week or so.  I do drink a few café latte Protein Drinks every day though (very similar to iced coffee) and I love the coffee flavor. 

As many of you who follow my blog know, I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to the A Place To Start September 2021#9 Patterned Paper, Please Challenge, Addicted to Stamps and More #415 “Die Cuts or Stencils” Challenge (I used Die Cuts) and the Word Art Wednesday #511-#512 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

For the background, ink the small subway style text image stamp from the A Cup of Java with distress oxide inks (I randomly applied Rusty Hinge, Ground Espresso and Spiced Marmalade over the image), repeatedly stamp onto a piece of white cardstock and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the oxide inks dry, stamp the coffee bean image from A Cup of Java with Ground Espresso distress oxide ink over the panel, heating with a heat tool to speed the drying process.

Use a stencil brush to apply Antique Linen distress oxide ink to “age” the paper, trim to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”.

Mount a strip of the rust pattern paper from the Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad onto espresso cardstock.

Die cut a piece of white cardstock with the Tim Holtz Crochet Die, sponge Ground Espresso distress oxide ink over the die cut “lace”, mount behind the strip of layered designer paper.

On a scrap piece of the light birch designer paper from the Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad, ink the same background stamp with the distress oxide inks as in the steps above for the background panel, lightly stamp over the birch paper.  Heat set with a heat tool to dry thoroughly.

De-static the scrap birch piece with an embossing powder tool, stamp the verse sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink from Coffee or Tea?, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Layer onto the patterned paper strip and adhere to the card front.

Die cut the “heat swirl” from the A Cup of Java dies, adhere to the background panel.

Mount the entire background panel onto a piece of espresso cardstock, adhere to a white card base.

Die cut the smaller coffee cup with the coordinating A Cup of Java dies from the fall leaves pattern in the Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 paper pad, layer a scrap piece of the Welcome Autumn paper and Tim Holtz Crochet Lace die for the “wrapper”.

Mount the coffee cup fie with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, use a clear glitter marker to add shimmer to the “heat swirl” and add a pearl to the center of the coffee wrapper.

Stamp Sets:  A Cup of Java Bundle, Coffee or Tea? (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide- Antique Linen, Ground Espresso, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade; Zig Wink of Stella Brush- Clear Glitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper: White, Espresso,  Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad , Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- A Cup of Java Bundle, Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz- Crochet, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls- Pearl, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Stenciling Brush

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit!  I hope I have inspired you to create something fun this week!

Stamp Simply Summer Floral Release- Pretty Poppies and Delightful Dahlias!

 

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing two cards that were created with the brand-new Summer Floral bundles- Pretty Poppies and Delightful Dahlias along with dies/other supplies (from Stamp Simply)!

This week we are celebrating the new release by sharing cards created with both sets- I hope you have a chance to check out the Stamp Simply blog to see the inspiration from the rest of our Design Team!

I love both new floral bundles, Pretty Poppies and Delightful Dahlias- both are so versatile! This set of cards uses one sheet of Craft Consortium Grunge Light 6x6 paper layered behind the Mixed Media #1 die cut.

I am participating with the A Place To Start June 2021 Challenge #6- Create Your Own Challenge (Project Type- Card, Event- Encouragement, Trends- Embossing) and the Word Art Wednesday #495-#496 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create both cards:

Emboss two pieces of white cardstock with the Darice Wire Fence embossing folder, trim to 4” x 5 ¼”, adhere to a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of olive cardstock.  Mount the card panel onto a white card base.

Ink the sentiments from the Pretty Poppies and Delightful Dahlias on white cardstock, die cut each with the Fishtail Sentiment Banners dies.

Using the Tim Holtz Mixed Media #1 corner die, die cut two from white cardstock panels and hand tear along the edges.

Choose a piece of Craft Consortium Grunge Light 6x6 paper (I chose one of the darker sheets with greens, purples and yellows). 

Place the torn Mixed Media die cut over the corner of the designer paper, trace a line under the outside edge of the torn die cut, trim the designer paper and adhere the designer paper to the back of the Mixed Media die cut.

Ink the floral image from Pretty Poppies and Delightful Dahlias using Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock and set the ink with a heat tool.

Watercolor the images using water-based markers and once you are satisfied with the coloring, die cut each floral image with the coordinating die.  

Layer two pieces of scrap white cardstock together and die cut one of each of the coordinating floral dies.  Layer the blank die cuts behind each of the colored floral die-cut images (this gives the floral images additional thickness). 

Adhere the layered Mixed Media die cut to the card front, mount the banner die cut sentiment and add the floral die cut with dimensional foam (or chipboard).

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the floral petals and add the olive seam binding bow to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Pretty Poppies Bundle,  Delightful Dahlias Bundle (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive, Peekaboo Peach, Mango Melody, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Poppy Parade; Zig Wink of Stella Brush- Clear Glitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper:  White, Olive, Craft Consortium Grunge Light 6x6

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Fishtail Sentiment Banners, Sizzix Thinlit Dies by Tim Holtz- Mixed Media #1, Darice Embossing Folder- Wire Fence, Olive Green Seam Binding

Also, don't forget, here is the discount code for the month of June!

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

TCC146 Magical Wonder of the Season

Hi Friends!

Welcome back to The Card Concept Challenge! We are starting our January- June 2021 season and the first challenge for 2021 is #146 {Winter Warmth}.  

We are excited to be back with a few new designers on our DT- we hope you will take a moment to visit and see how they were inspired as well:-)

Look at this fun photo!  I was inspired by the Scandinavian images (reindeer, snowflakes) along with the red and white to create a somewhat vintage style Clean and Layered card Christmas card (I have a goal to create at least 15 cards per month- I mailed out over 150 this year and still did not mail enough, lol!).

I am also participating with the A Place To Start January 2021 “Challenge #1- Anything Goes” Challenge.  

Again, if you have not had a chance to visit The Card Concept (or A Place to Start) yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all! 

To create this card:

For the background panel- using scraps of designer paper from a previous project, adhere to a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of white cardstock and emboss with a knit embossing folder.

Trim the embossed panel to approx. 3 ¾” x 5”, trim the panel to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

Adhere the strip of red satin ribbon, wrap the ends behind the panel and mount onto a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of black cardstock. Trim and mount onto a white card base.

Prepare a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiment with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, die cut with a label die and die cut the same size label from black cardstock.  Cut the black label in half, adhere to the back of the sentiment panel and mount onto the card front with chipboard (or dimensional foam).

Die cut two of the deer head dies from black cardstock, mount onto one another to create a thicker die cut.

To finish off the card, adhere the layered deer head die cut to the card front with chipboard on the left side (to match the level of the sentiment).

Stamp Sets: Magical Wonder (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black

Paper/Cardstock: White, Black; retired Christmas Quilt 6x6 Paper Pad scraps (Stampin’ Up!)

Tools/Accessories: Gemini, Jr., Dies- Savvy Stamps- Deer Head, Little B- Frames; Knit Embossing Folder (retired FSJ), Heat Tool, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Single Face Real Red Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- we would love for you to create a card based on our Winter Warmth photo and join us at The Card Concept!  The challenge is open until January 18th at noon EST.

Trust in the Lord

Hi Friends!

This card was designed with a verse sentiment from Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply) along with a floral image from Anna Griffin (sorry, not sure of the name of this one, it was part of a kit from HSN years ago).

I love to participate with online challenges and am linking to the Festive Friday #063 “International Day of Friendship” and I incorporated the pink, green, flower, ribbon and embossing into the design.

I am also linking up to the A Place To Start “July- Flowers” Challenge along with the Time Out #165 “Days Gone By” Challenge.  This floral image seems vintage to me :-)

If you have not had chance to check out the above challenge sites yet, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the sentiment from Words of Encouragement with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, stamp onto vanilla cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Die cut with a rectangle die, mount onto blackberry cardstock, trim close to the edge.

Watercolor the Anna Griffin image using water-based markers and use Vintage Tea Distress Ink to “age” the paper.

Trim the panel, mount onto blackberry cardstock.

Add the lace and satin ribbon, wrapping the ends behind the panel.  Mount the entire panel onto a white card base.

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the flower petals and an extra fine white paint pen to add highlights to the flower centers.

Finish off the card with a few pearls.

Stamp Sets: Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply); Anna Griffin™ Floral Image (not sure of the name- part of an HSN card/stamp kit)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss, Gable Green, Old Olive; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper:  Very Vanilla, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Gemini, Jr.™, Sizzix™ Rectangle Dies,  AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, 5/8” Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon, 7/8” Sahara Sand Lace, Pearls

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