TCC180 Eiffel Collage

 

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the #180 Travel Abroad or Stay At Home Challenge at The Card Concept!  This challenge has a new twist for us at The Card Concept- you have two inspiration challenge photos for this two week challenge (see below to check out our alternative "second" inspiration photo :-))! 

I chose the #180 a photo as inspiration for my card, specifically the Paris tile on the upper right hand corner (top row) and also used the colors from the color dots for my Clean and Layered Mixed Media card.

I pulled out the Artistic Outpost Eiffel Collage background stamp with the sentiment from By The Sea (Divinity Designs, LLC)- I have not inked up either of these images in a while (I have a goal to ink up my older stamps and use what I have “in stock”).

I also enjoy playing along with other online challenges and playing along with the  Stamping Sensation September “Feminine” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #551-#552  “Anything Goes” Challenge into the design.

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

This was a fairly easy card to create using just stamps and other supplies:

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the Eiffel Tower background stamp with Versafine Onyx Black ink and stamp onto the prepared cardstock.

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

Once the embossing has cooled, fussy-cut around the edges and watercolor the image using water-based markers.

Layer the image onto white cardstock, trim and mount onto melon cardstock, trim and mount onto black cardstock. (FYI- if you are better than I am at centering your image onto the white cardstock in the beginning, you may not need to fussy cut and re-layer, lol!).

Add a strip of melon grosgrain ribbon, wrap the ends behind the panel.

Mount onto a white card base.

Ink the sentiment from By The Sea with Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Trim the panel close to the sentiment, mount onto black cardstock, trim again and add to the card front with dimensional foam.

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the flowers and rhinestones to the floral centers and sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Eiffel Collage (Artistic Outpost), By The Sea (Divinity Designs LLC)

Ink/Mediums:  Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Balmy Blue, Gray Granite, Melon Mambo, So Saffron; Zig Clear Wink of StellaGlitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Accessories/Tools: Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, ¼” Melon Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by-I hope you have been inspired to join us with our #180 Travel Abroad or Stay At Home Challenge at The Card Concept!  

Here is the second inspiration photo that you could choose to use for your card.  We hope you can choose one, create a card and join us!  

The deadline to link up to our gallery is Monday, October 3rd at noon EST.

Everything Is Better By The Sea

Hi Friends!!

We are currently working on some remodeling projects at our home and I decided to take a break from the pre-installation prep for the contractors to create a fairly simple Mixed Media card.

Again, I am focusing on inking up some of my older stamps and used an image from the retired Stampin’ Up! Summer by the Sea  stamp set (this set is at least ten years older) and paired it with a sentiment from the Divinity Designs, LLC By the Sea (now available as a stamp/die duos set)- another set at least two years old.

I incorporated The Color Throwdown #562 Color Challenge along with the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #120 Anything Goes Challenge and the Simon Says Monday “Stitch It” Challenge (I chose faux stitching using stitched dies).   

I also used  The Paper Players PP460 Sketch Challenge for the layout (turned the sketch sideways)- the challenge closed yesterday at noon but I want to give them credit for the sketch inspiration :-)

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

Heat emboss the Summer by the Sea image with clear embossing powder, once cooled, watercolor with water-based markers.  Die cut the image with a stitched circle die, mount onto a circle die cut from black cardstock.

Fold a 7” x 11” piece of cardstock in half, trim the length to 7” and score several lines along the edges.

Use the Coastal Cabana and Brilliant Blue marker to scribble some color onto a piece of acetate (I use a protector sheet cut in half), spritz with water, smoosh and apply to the front of the card front.  Dry thoroughly with a heat tool.

Mount the layered die cut circle onto the card front with dimensional foam (or chipboard).

Heat emboss the sentiment from By The Sea (Divinity Designs LLC) with white embossing powder, die cut with a stitched rectangle die and mount onto the card front.

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the water, a black marker to add a horizontal line for the water, along with a white paint pen to add a few highlights to the water and a couple of Nuvo™ Crystal Drops to finish off the card .

Stamp Sets: Summer by the Sea (retired Stampin’ Up!), By the Sea (Divinity Designs LLC)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Coastal Cabana, Gray Granite, Smoky Slate, retired Brilliant Blue; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen, Pilot V5 Black Pen; Nuvo™ Morning Dew Crystal Jewel Drops

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, White Cardstock (for the base- coated from my stash)

Accessories: Big Shot™,  MFT Stitched Circle STAX, MFT Stitched Rectangles; Sizzix™ Circles Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Clear and White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Acetate, AquaPainter™

Thanks again for stopping by! I hope I have inspired you to create something this week – now off to finish up rearranging for the contractors :-)

Psalm 62:1- My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone

Hi Friends! 

Wow, I cannot believe that August 2016 will be over for us here in the Mid Atlantic in a few hours!!  This summer has gone by fast for sure :-)

I have a few more cards that I created with the Our Daily Bread Designs August 2016 Release stamps that I wanted to share and this card was designed with the new ODBD By The Sea stamp set along with the ODBD By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper Pad.

I love the pelican image along with the verses and sentiments in the ODBD By The Sea stamp set as well as the new By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper Pad- so many fabulous summer scenes and paper pattern designs! 

Psalm 62:1  "My soul finds rest in God Alone" is so comforting to me!

As I have mentioned in previous posts, my husband Dave and I enjoy watching birds- we find that enjoying nature and God's masterpiece of creation allows us to "Rest in Him" for sure! 

I am linking this card up to the Word Art Wednesday #246-#247 “Anything Goes”Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers’ MIX173 “Frame It” Challenge.  

I think that the large die from the ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies makes a very nice frame for the pelican, don't you?

If you have not had a chance to visit the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog or the two challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Die cut and emboss a piece of dark brown cardstock with the ODBD Flourished Star Pattern Die, mount onto a piece of sky blue cardstock, trim close to the die cut and mount onto the white card base.

Die cut and emboss a piece of sand cardstock with the ODBD Lavish Layers Dies, mount onto a piece of the ODBD By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper (die cut and embossed with the ODBD Rectangles Dies) and set aside.

Die cut an oval from the ODBD By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper (I used the sky area) with the ODBD Ovals Dies and mount this oval onto a die cut a piece of white cardstock (die cut and embossed with the largest die from the ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies).

Stamp the sentiment from the ODBD By The Sea stamp set with archival black ink onto white cardstock, die cut and emboss with the ODBD Layered Lacey Ovals Dies and mount onto the layered panel created in the above step.

Ink the pelican image from the ODBD By The Sea stamp set with archival black ink, stamp onto white cardstock, color with watercolor pencils (adding just a bit of water and applying layers of color for more dimension), fussy-cut the image and mount onto the layered panel with dimensional foam.

Adhere the triple taffeta ribbon bow along with the antique brad in the center (wrap the ends of the ribbon behind the panel) and mount the entire panel onto the card front.

Add a white highlight to the pelican's eye with a extra fine white paint pen and use a clear glitter pen to add glitter to the feathers (difficult to see this both in the photo) to finish off the card.

Thanks again for visiting- hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!

ODBD By the Sea	Lavish Layers Dies	Flourished Star Pattern Dies	ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies	ODBD Layered Lacey Ovals Dies
Rectangles Dies	Ovals Dies	ODBD By the Shore Paper Collection

ODBB August 2016 Mid-Month New Release Reminder

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  Today we are taking a look back at the Our Daily Bread Designs August 2016 Mid-Month Release!  These stamps, dies and papers are perfect for summer, nautical and masculine cards, scrapbook pages and 3-D projects!

I know that you will not want to miss out on the inspiration from the rest of the Breadbaskets and we would love to have you visit each of our blogs as well as the ODBD blog- please see more details below...

My first card features the new You Anchor Me (Stamp/Die Duo-Clear Stamps) along with the Flourished Star Pattern Die, Ornate Ovals Dies, Ovals Dies, Double Stitched Rectangles Dies and the new By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper Pad. I added a piece of rope that I "upcycled" from a shipping package as well and used the  Leafy Edged Border Dies a guide to create the sloping angles for the paper layers :-)

I think that this card could be perfect for an encouragement for either a guy or a gal, don’t you?

My second card features the new By The Sea stamp set along with the Lavish Layers Dies, Double Stitched Circle Dies, Double Stitched Rectangle Dies and the new By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper Pad.

My husband and I love watching birds and even though we do not have a chance to see pelicans that often, it was fun to color this image and recall the times that we have visited areas where pelicans were hanging around :-)  In fact, until I "googled" for images of pelicans, I did not realize how many different types of pelicans there are in the United States- I chose a white pelican for my image today.  

I had so much fun designing these cards with the August 2016 Mid-Month Release and know you will as well!! I hope you will take the time to visit the rest of my Breadbasket Design Team Sisters to check out their gorgeous creations!

Dawn * Lori * Julie * Melissa * Robin * Cathy * Sabrina * Diana * Angie

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a blessed week, my friends!

ODBD You Anchor Me	ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies	Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Ovals Dies	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies
ODBD By the Shore Paper Collection	ODBD By the Sea	Lavish Layers Dies	Double Stitched Circles Dies