French Foliage- Another Scraps from My Stash Card

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far! Today I am sharing another Mixed Media card that I created using scraps from my stash (I had fun organizing a few containers this past week and am determined to use them- lol!!) :-).

I found this French Foliage image that I had stamped, colored along with pen and ink details plus die cut in my stash and originally I had intended it for a different project but was not thrilled with it at the time. Since it had taken so much of my crafty time, I decided to save it for a later date and when I saw the new challenge blog, The Joy of Sets Challenge "F", I was  determined to create a card using this "stash" item.

I chose not add a sentiment at this time but could add one later (I did not want to cover any of the watercolor details).

In addition to playing along with The Joy of Sets #JOS001 “F”Challenge (you have to use a Stampin' Up! set, current or retired that starts with an "F" in the first name, hence French Foliage), I am also linking this the International Art & Soul #12 “Elementsof Nature” Challenge (another new challenge for me).

If you have not had a chance to visit the challenge blogs yet, I encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Using archival black ink, stamp the French Foliage images (retired Stampin’ Up!) onto watercolor paper (masking the images as you stamp). Heat set the ink with the Heat Tool.

2). Watercolor the leaves with Classic Ink- I used So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green.  Watercolor diluted archival black ink in the background over the other colors as well, mask the leaves and stamp the script image from French Foliage as well as the cancelled postage stamp.

3). Use an extra fine black ink pen to add cross hatching as well as stippling to the leaves along with additional shadows.

4). Die cut the image with a stitched oval die and mount onto Whisper White cardstock (die cut with a stitched rectangle die) with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

5). Layer onto black cardstock, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

6). Finish off the card using the Clear Wink of Stella® Glitter Pen over the leaves and add a few crystal drops.

Stamp Sets: French Foliage (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black; Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Garden Green Classic Inks, Clear Wink of Stella® Glitter Pen; Faber-Castelle® Black XS Pitt Pen; Speedball™ Writer Black Pen, Nuvo™ Crystal Jewel Drops

 Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Watercolor

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Rectangle and Oval Dies, AquaPainter™

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and visit- hugs and I hope you have a fantastic week!

Cross-hatched Poppies- Three Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!!

Another week has flown by and I have been able to spend time creating again:-).  I love the spring colors for this week’s CQC176 ColourQ Challenge and decided to create a card using Stampin' Write markers only for the color and  The Friday Mashup! FM97 Markers and TextureChallenge as well as a special fold card (easel card) for this week’s YCDI6 YouCan Do It Challenge at Splitcoaststampers.   

Again, all of these sites have fabulous Design Team examples as well as the other artist’s entries – if you have a chance, check them out!!

To create this card:

Use the Embossing Buddy® to de-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Ink the Pleasant Poppies background stamp using Versamark™ ink, apply Early Espresso Stampin’ Emboss® Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Gun.

Color the floral images using Stampin’ Write markers- Lucky Limeade for the stems, Calypso Coral and Primrose Petals for the flowers (and use Raspberry Ripple to add the darker highlights to the petals).  

I decided to try to hide a “boo-boo” in the background (we all make them, right?) with the brush tip of the Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker and used vertical strokes to fill in the background.  Since it seemed to leave a bit of a streaked appearance, I used the fine tip of the Basic Black marker to "cross-hatch" the area (first diagonal lines from left to right, then from right to left to help fill in and darken the background)- I have posted a close-up of the cross hatching below :-)    This took a bit of time but I was able to salvage my card:-) 

Punch out the desired area using the 2 ½” Circle Punch and also punch out a 2 ½” Circle from Lucky Limeade cardstock.   Mount the Lucky Limeade circle behind the floral image (first cut the circle in half and position so the cut edges do not show) and adhere to a Tea Lace Doily.

Create the Easel Card (see tutorial here) from Whisper White cardstock. 

Close-up of Cross-Hatched background :-)

With the Big Shot™ and the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock and a small piece of Lucky Limeade.  

Mount the embossed Whisper White panel (trimmed to a 4” square) to a 4 ¼” square piece of Lucky Limeade and add the focal image using Mini Glue Dots.  Adhere the Satin Ribbon bow along with the Antique Brad (I trimmed off the “tails” of the brad and used Mini Glue Dots to adhere to the bow) and add the sentiment layer (inked with a Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker).

View of the easel card fold 

Add an additional piece of Lucky Limeade (3 ¾” square) to the back to hide the ends of the ribbon and any punched areas (I always punch out areas on my background pieces to use at a later date and lower the weight of the card for mailing).

Add Sticky Strips to the upper part of the easel and mount the focal panel.  Add the embossed Lucky Limeade cardstock to the lower portion and the sentiment (again inked with markers) mounted onto XL Ovals layered from Calypso Coral cardstock.  I also cut out one of the remaining flowers from the background stamp and added it to the lower layer along with Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Pleasant Poppies (background), Blessings from Heaven, Short & Sweet

Ink:  none- Stampin’ Write markers- Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple

Paper: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Embossing Buddy®, Early Espresso Stampin’ Emboss® Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Punches- 2 ½” Circle, XL Oval, Word Window, Tea Lace Doily, Antique Brad, Pearls, Satin Ribbon from my stash

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful week!