Artistic Outpost- Harvest with Seed Packets and Grunge Elements

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Today I am sharing this Mixed Media card on the Artistic Outpost (AO) blog using the new AO Spring 2016 Release stamps, Harvest, Seed Packets Background and Grunge Elements.

I am linking this card to the Splitcoaststampers’ MIX1 “Yin Yang” Challenge- see details here and gallery here  (the very first Mix-Ability Challenge from January 2013- thankfully, there is no time limit with the SCS Challenges :-)).

 I hope you have a chance to visit us at the Artistic Outpost blog as well as the Splitcoaststampers challenge gallery – fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

De-static a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, stamp the sentiment from Harvest with Versamark™ ink onto the prepared cardstock and heat emboss with Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, ink the Grunge Elements splatter stamp with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Vintage Photo Distress Ink and stamp over the sentiment.

Trim the sentiment panel, mount onto Basic Black cardstock, trim once more and set aside.

For the background panel, ink the Seed Packets Background stamp with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Crumb Cake cardstock.

Tear the edges by hand and distress the paper using a Sponge Dauber with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Mount the background panel onto a piece of distressed Basic Black cardstock and add the stenciling using a honeycomb stencil with Crackle Texture Paste.

Once the paste has dried, apply Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium over the background and set aside to dry.

Once the background has dried, add the 1 ¼” Black Grosgrain Ribbon on a diagonal and adhere the strips of Burlap Ribbon in the center (the glue will be hidden by the focal image).

Mount the entire panel onto the Whisper White card base and lightly sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink around the edges to age the white card base.

Stamp the young farmer with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Crumb Cake cardstock and use the Faber-Castell® White Pitt Pen Marker to add highlights to the image.

Trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock and apply Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium over the entire image.

To finish off the card, mount the focal image panel along with the sentiment using dimensional foam.

Stamp Sets: Harvest, Seed Packets Background, Grunge Elements (Artistic Outpost)

Ink/Mediums: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Faber-Castell® White Pitt Pen Marker, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Vintage Photo and Tea Dye Distress Ink; , Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium, Crackle Texture Paste

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, 1 ¼” Black Grosgrain Ribbon, strands from 1 ¼” Burlap Ribbon, Honeycomb Stencil  

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend!

Mixed Media Watercolor Wonder Roses

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This Mixed Media card was created using the Can You Case It #117 Color Challenge along with the Watercooler #65 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

This was a fairly simple card to make since the retired Watercolor Wonder Designer Paper (DSP) roses are the main focus and with a bit of fussy cutting, your images are ready to go! 

If you have not visited the above galleries yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- great inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Die cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock using the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Blueprints 13 Stitched Rectangle Die and repeatedly stamp the Notable Notions script stamp with Very Vanilla Craft Ink (it is hard to see this in the photo but it is there :-)).

Carefully cut the flowers from the retired Watercolor Wonder Designer Paper and place several roses onto the die cut rectangle (excluding the large one on the left and the central one on the right- set aside for mounting later).

Cover all of the flowers (including the two set aside) along with the background panel with Tim Holtz® Distress Crazing Collage Medium, allow the medium to dry and mount the panel onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Another view- a bit easier to see the background stamp
and popped up flowers in the center :-)

Adhere a piece of 1” Black Satin Ribbon along with the cream colored Crochet Lace to the lower part of the panel, and mount the entire panel onto the Basic Black card base.

Add additional shadows to all of the petals on the roses (including the two set aside) with the retired Stampin’ Write Crisp Cantaloupe Marker and mount the two individual roses with dimensional foam.

Ink the sentiment from the retired Absolutely Fabulous set with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

Cut the sentiment out with the MFT Blueprints 16 Label Die and mount onto the ribbon with dimensional foam.

Add a few Pearls to the upper left hand and lower right hand corners to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Absolutely Fabulous, Notable Notions (both retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, retired Craft Very Vanilla; retired Crisp Cantaloupe Stampin’ Write Marker; Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, retired Watercolor Wonder DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Blueprints 16 & 20 Dies, 1” Black Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope you have a wonderful weekend, my friends!

The Most Important Shot- The Golf Club and Grunge Elements

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Today I am sharing my weekly card post on the Artistic Outpost (AO) blog – and this Mixed Media card was created using the new AO Spring 2016 Release stamps, Grunge Elements and The Golf Club.

FYI- I am also linking this card to the Splitcoaststampers’ MIX36 “Anything Goes” Challenge as well as the F4A238“Good Sport” Challenge.

 I hope you have a chance to visit us at the Artistic Outpost blog as well as the other challenge galleries – wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

De-static a piece of Basic Black cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, stamp the sentiment from The Golf Club with Versamark™ ink onto the prepared cardstock, heat emboss with Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and once the embossing powder has cooled, trim and set aside.

For the background panel, add Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains (Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade) to a craft mat, lay a piece of watercolor paper face down into the ink, lift from the mat and spritz with water.

Lightly dry the panel with the Heat Tool, stamp the various Grunge Elements images with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink to “age” the paper.

Close-Up of Grunge Elements Background

 Use a 1 ¼” Square Punch to punch out the entire background and mount onto 1 ⅜” squares of Basic Black cardstock.

Adhere the layered background squares onto the Whisper White card base and add the stamped advertising images from The Golf Club.

Apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Crazing Medium over the entire panel and set aside to dry (you can speed up the drying process carefully with the Heat Tool but I have found that the medium crazes better when allowed to air dry).

Ink the woman golfer image from The Golf Club with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink,  stamp onto Whisper White cardstock and apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink over the image (again, to “age” the paper).

To finish off the card, fussy-cut out the golfer and use dimenstional foam to adhere her to the card front along with the heat embossed sentiment.

Grunge Elements

Stamp Sets: The Golf Club, Grunge Elements (Artistic Outpost)

Ink/Mediums: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Mowed Lawn and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Stains, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink

The Golf Club

Paper: Watercolor, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Square Punches- 1 ¼” and 1 ⅜”

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend!

TCC52 I Will Give You Rest

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Woohoo!  It’s the The Card Concept's 2nd Anniversary and time for the new #TCC52 "2nd Anniversary and Prizes" Challenge!   

I took inspiration from the gorgeous script and neutral colors along with the flowers and black satin for my Mixed Media card.

Just a reminder that the Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a number of design styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and Elegant and Mixed Media.  

I have also linked this card to the Alphabet Challenge “B for Beautiful Butterflies” Challenge  along with the Splitcoaststampers’ MIX165 “Winging It” Challenge and the Simon Says Wednesday "Anything Goes" Challenge.  

I hope you have a chance to visit us at The Card Concept and check out the rest of our Design Team samples as well as the Alphabet and Splitcoaststampers challenge sites- wonderful inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

Ink the verse from the Scripture Collection 4 from Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the ODBD Stitched Ovals Dies to cut out the stamped verse and also cut out a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Split the Basic Black oval in half and adhere behind the die cut verse, apply Tim Holtz® Vintage Distress Medium over the surface and allow to air dry.

 Distress the edges of the Modern Medley Designer Series Paper (DSP) with a Distressing Tool, apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper and Tea Dye Distress Stains, heat with the Heat Tool to dry the DSP, apply Tim Holtz® Vintage Distress Collage Medium and once dry apply Tim Holtz® Crazing Distress Medium.

Mount the panel to a piece of Basic Black cardstock, add the Scripture layered die cut to the background panel, adhere a piece of 1” Black Satin Ribbon over the panel (wrapping the edges behind the background panel) and mount the entire panel to the Whisper White card base).

Create the rolled roses with the

It is hard to see the shimmer on the roses and butterflies
but it is there :-)

Big Shot™ with My Favorite Things (MFT) Large Royal  Rose Dies and Royal Rose Dies, roll up the flowers and adhere with Hot Glue in the centers to hold the roses together.

Spritz the flowers with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint spray, punch out the leaves with the Martha Stewart (MS) Leaf Punch from Basic Black cardstock and add the roses with the leaves to the card front (again, I used Hot Glue).

Stamp the butterflies from Stampin’ Up! Papillon Potpourri using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, color with an AquaPainter™ and Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Stain, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and spritz with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint spray.

Mount the butterflies onto the card front and add the Pearls to the centers of the butterflies, the corners of the card base and along the sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri (Stampin’ Up!), Scripture Collection 4 (ODBD)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black; Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper and Tea Dye Distress Stains, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Vintage and Crazing Medium, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint Spray

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Modern Medley DSP (retired)

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Large Royal Rose and Royal Rose Dies, Distressing Tool, AquaPainter™, Elegant Butterfly Punch, MS Leaf Punch, 1” Black Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you can gather your supplies and pick a style to create your own card for our gallery at The Card Concept!  Plus you could have a chance to be in the drawing to win a prize :-) 

Friendship Never Melts Away

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Today I am sharing my Mixed Media card on the  Artistic Outpost blog and decided to highlight the gorgeous Skating Emporium stamp set.

I am also linking this card to the Splitcoaststampers’ Alphabet Challenge “I” for Ice Skates and the WT575 “Think Three” Challenge.

I hope you will take the time to visit the Artistic Outpost Blog as well as the galleries for the challenge sites linked above.

To create this card:

Using the Memory Box™ Winter Flurry Frame, apply Crackle Texture Paste with a palette knife onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Once the embossing paste has dried (I carefully used a Heat Tool to speed up the process), apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper and Tea Dye Distress Stain to the background (again, drying with the Heat Tool).

Spritz Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint mixed in a spritzer bottle with rubbing alcohol) over the entire panel.

Stamp the three images from Skating Emporium (the skaters on the lake along with the two Central Park advertisements) using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto a piece of OurDaily Bread Designs Vintage Ephemera 6x6 Paper.

Trim the images and apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink to the images, position the two advertisement panels onto the background and adhere using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Crazing Distress Medium.

Use a zigzag stitch to attach the background panel onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Adhere the skaters on the lake image onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock and apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Crazing Distress Medium over the panel.

De-static  a piece of Basic Black cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, stamp the sentiment with Versamark™ Ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Winter White Embossing Powder heat with the Heat Tool and apply the embossing to dry.

Cut the sentiment apart by hand and mount the skaters on the lake image along with the sentiment onto the card front using dimensional foam.

Add the snowflake charm with Gold Thread and add a Pearl to the center of the charm.

Mount the entire panel onto the card base, using a Sponge Dauber with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink to the edges.

Stamp the skate image onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, fussy cut the image, apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink with a Sponge Dauber and add Ranger® Tim Holtz® Crazing Distress Medium over the image.

Add the skates to the card front to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: SkatingEmporium (Artistic Outpost)

Ink: Versamark™, Stāz-On® Jet Black; Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper and Tea Dye Distress Stains, Tea Dye Distress Ink, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint Spray

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black; Vintage Ephemera 6x6 Paper Collection (ODBD)

Accessories: MB Winter Flurry Frame Stencil, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Crazing Distress Medium , Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, retired Stampin’ Emboss® Winter White Embossing Powder, Pearls, Snowflake Charm, Gold Thread

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend!