PPA232 Come To Bethlehem- A Quick Card from Scraps :-)

Hi Stampers!

I have been working in the craft room preparing for Christmas and decided to take a quick break to create a card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts PPA232 Sketch Challenge. 

This sketch will be the last one from one of their designers, Margaret Moody- I will miss Margaret’s sketches- they are always so clean and intricate!  Thanks Margaret for all of your sketches in the past and your inspiration!!

If you have not had a chance to visit the Pals Paper Arts site yet, I would encourage you to do so- they have two fabulous design teams and wonderful galleries each week!

FYI- For this card, I pulled out my organized scraps (trust me, not all of my scraps are organized but I am working on it :-)).   I already had the sentiment and wise men image printed and ready to go from a previous digital hybrid card and the snowflake background panels were pieces left over from a "homemade designer paper" project years ago...this is why I keep my scraps around- it helps me create quick cards!!

To create this card:

Using a brayer, randomly and with quick strokes, apply Melon Mambo, Night of Navy and Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink to a piece of Whisper White cardstock (use light strokes since all of these colors are very dark- make sure that you allow some of the white to remain).  Do not worry if there are some streaks since the next step will hide them :-)

Using the Embossing Buddy®, de-static the brayered panel that you just created above and stamp the images from the retired set, Serene Snowflakes using Versamark™ ink.   Apply Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.  

Trim the pieces per the sketch and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), position the sentiment and the focal image from the Come to Bethlehem digital stamp set onto a blank 8.5 x 11 document.  Re-size the focal image and print onto Whisper White cardstock.

Trim the images and mount onto Basic Black cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and mount onto the Rich Razzleberry card base.

Mount the embossed strips and sentiment onto the card front.

Add the focal image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

*** NOTE *** After assembling the card, I noticed a bit of “dirt” on my sentiment and focal image panels (most likely from storage since they were a few years old or from my work surface- lol!)  To salvage, I added some “stars” using the Silver Stampin’ Dazzle Pen.  Again, now you know all of my secrets :-)

Add the Rhinestone to the center of the star to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Come to Bethlehem (MDS version), Serene Snowflakes

Ink: Versamark™, Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink; Printer Ink- Black; Stampin’ Dazzle Silver Pen

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rhinestone

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas week!!

Blackberry Bliss Christmas- An Experiment with Ink on the Gelli Arts Printing Plate :-)

Hi Stampers!!

I have been having a great week organizing my craft area and decided to take a moment to create a few cards.   I love my new Gelli Arts Printing Plate and wanted to experiment with Stampin; Up! Classic Ink versus acrylic paint.

I decided to try a quick technique using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink for the Colour Me CMCC27 Challenge and create a Christmas card for my commitment to the CCC14 Splitcoaststampers Christmas Card Challenge.

I hope that you have a chance to visit both sites to check out all of the variety of designs and ideas!

To create the basic background:

Create a mask using scrap paper over the Gelli Arts® Printing Plate to create a horizon line and using a brayer, apply a thin layer of Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink over the sky area. 

Ink the tree stamps from Lovely As A Tree using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp directly onto the Gelli Arts® Printing Plate.

Remove the mask and lay a piece of Whisper White cardstock over the printing plate, rub and lift off to reveal the print.  Lay another piece over the plate and lift off again for the “ghost” print.

The two cards in this post are created with the ghost print (the first prints were a bit too dark in the sky area).

To create the card focal images:

Ink the pine tree image from Lovely As A Tree using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and using a piece of scrap paper to create a mask, mask the area and stamp the tree over the landscape.

Use a Sponge Dauber with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink along with the masks to create the snow banks.  

Use the Color Spritzer Tool with the Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Write marker to add a bit of distressing. 

To create the first card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Window Frames Collection Framelits™ to cut the image out and also cut a frame from Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  Cut the Blackberry Bliss frame in half and adhere behind the focal image.

For the first card, use the Big Shot™ with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamp the sentiment using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink in the lower right hand corner. 

 

Trim and mount onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, trim again and mount onto Whisper White cardstock , trim and mount onto the Blackberry Bliss card base.

Mount the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

For the second card:

Repeat the same steps to frame the image.

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock and a piece of Crumb Cake Designer Series Paper (DSP) using the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Trim the embossed piece of Whisper White cardstock and mount onto the Blackberry card base.  Add the strip of embossed Crumb Cake DSP and add the Blackberry Bliss die cut strips (cut with the Big Shot™ and the ODBD Beautiful Borders Die. 

Stamp the sentiment using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punch out using the XL Oval Punch.  Layer onto two additional XL Ovals punched from Blackberry Bliss cardstock to create the frame for the sentiment.

Add the focal image and sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Add the Pearls to the sentiment and top corner of the focal image to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Holly Tag (ODBD)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss

Paper: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Northern Flurry and Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate, Brayer, XL Oval Punch, Pearls

I will need to work on perfecting this technique :-)  It does create a quick print and is a bit easiier than sponging and masking the entire scene (since the Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate allows for multiple prints off one inking)  :-)

Thanks again for stopping by- have a great Monday!!  

Ladies Card Ministry- Card #3- Nautical Thinking of You

Hi Again Stampers! 

This is the final card that we created this past weekend at our Ladies Ministry Class (again, the other two cards are in previous posts- card # 1 and card #2)

We had a great time but if we are able to fellowship and stamp again, we most likely will only stamp two cards versus three due to the time

To create the Nautical Thinking of You card:

Start off with two pieces of Whisper White cardstock- one piece 4 ¼” x 5 ½” and the second piece would be 2 ½” x 3 ½”.   

Ink up a brayer with Pool Party Classic Ink apply onto the two pieces of Whisper White cardstock using a light touch and a random pattern.  Ink another brayer with Marina Mist (or clean off the first one by rolling off the excess ink onto scrap paper before inking with the darker ink) and apply, again with a very light touch over the Pool Party background in the opposite direction leaving some white spaces.

Ink the script stamp from By The Tide using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp off onto a piece of scrap paper and then repeatedly stamp onto the smaller piece of brayered background paper.   Ink the coral image using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp directly to the background in the lower left hand corner, re-ink the stamp and stamp again in the lower right hand corner.

Ink the fish, shell (two images) and Nantucket stamp using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp directly onto the larger piece of brayered background paper.  Ink up the sentiment from Wetlands using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp onto this panel as well.

Punch out the sentiment using the Large Oval Punch and the Nantucket image using the ¾” Circle Punch and carefully cut out the other images by hand (fussy cut).

Lightly sponge Midnight Muse Classic Ink over the edges of the images and mount the Nantucket image onto two circles of Midnight Muse cardstock layered together but spread apart to leave a bit of an edge.  Sponge the edges of the smaller background panel using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and layer this panel onto a piece of Midnight Muse cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock and a strip of Midnight Muse cardstock.

Layer the Whisper White onto another piece of Midnight Muse cardstock and add the horizontal strip of Midnight Muse cardstock. 

Add the knotted twine to the corners of the background panel (fray the edges after knotting) and adhere the panel to the background using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Add the fish, shells, Nantucket image and sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: By The Tide, Wetlands

Ink: Pool Party, Marina Mist, Midnight Muse

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Midnight Muse

Accessories: Big Shot™,  Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Punches- Large Oval, ¾” Circle, Brayer, Hemp Twine (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by!!  We had a great time creating these cards!!

Nantucket Brayer Background- CAS and Simple!

Hi Stampers!!

I had a great weekend spending time with friends stamping and sharing techniques- one of my favorite things to do!!  

Both ladies are fairly new to stamping so I decided to show them a quick, easy technique using brayers to create their own background paper.   We created a card similar to a previous post (but it does not have as much layering and details since our time was limited) :-)

  

To create the basic elements for this card:

Using a brayer (I use three so I do not have to clean between layers) with Classic Ink, layer the color onto a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of Whisper White cardstock as follows: first Pool Party, Marina Mist and finally Island Indigo (do not press too hard and leave some "white" spaces).  

Remember- You do not have to be perfect with this brayering step, in fact, the brayered colors on the cardstock will appear a bit contemporary with some of the hard edges showing but do not despair- you will not notice this once the card is finished :-)

Stamp the fish and shell image using Night of Navy Classic Ink onto a sticky note and/or thinner paper (computer paper works great) and carefully cut around the image to create a mask. 

Re-ink the fish and shell images with Night of Navy and stamp onto your brayered background, cover with the mask and stamp the coral over the masked images (also inked with Night of Navy Classic Ink).  

Stamp Nantucket image, seahorse and coral (you do not necessarily need to mask the seahorse since it has more detail and the coral does not show up on the image as well as it would on the shell and fish).    Make sure that you leave space between all of these images for cutting and mounting.

Use the 1” Square Punch to punch out the Nantucket image and layer onto a piece of Night of Navy punched with the 1 ¼” Circle Punch.  

With the Paper Trimmer, trim the other images to size and layer all onto Night of Navy cardstock.  Wrap small pieces of knotted Hemp Twine around the corners to add interest.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock- trim to 4” x 5 ¼” and layer onto Night of Navy.  Layer this entire panel onto your Whisper White card base (or use Night of Navy and line interior with a lighter color).

Add the images and sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals (optional- brush on Frost White Shimmer Paint with an Aqua Painter to give iridescence to the images).

Stamp Sets:  By The Tide, Short and Sweet

Ink: Pool Party, Marina Mist, Island Indigo, Night of Navy

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy

Accessories:  Brayer, Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,  Punches-1” and 1 ¼” Square, Word Window, Hemp Twine (retired), optional- Frost White Shimmer Paint, Aqua Painter

Thanks again for stopping by- hope all of you had a wonderful weekend as well!