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. 

Love Begins in A Moment

Hi Friends!!

This Mixed Media card was created using the ColourQ #339 Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers’ MIX2 “It’s Not Hard To Resist”  Challenge (details here and gallery here) and the Simon Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge.

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 Whisper White cardstock using the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Blueprints 16 Stitched Rectangle Die and de-static with the Embossing Buddy®.

Ink the retired Day of Gratitude medallion with Versamark™ ink and stamp repeatedly onto the prepared panel, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, use a Sponge Dauber to sponge Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink over the entire panel, wipe off the excess from the embossed images.

Use a Sponge Dauber to “pounce” Night of Navy and Marina Mist Classic Inks onto the retired En Francais background stamp and lay the embossed panel over the stamps, pressing down randomly to ink the panel.

Gently wipe the blue inks off the embossed images with a paper towel and mount the panel onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock.

Wrap a strip of 1 ¼” Navy Grosgrain Ribbon over the panel, add the 5/8” Organza Ribbon along with the retired ⅜” Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon and add a strand of Pearls to the center of the Pumpkin Pie ribbon layer.

Mount the background panel onto a Whisper White card base.

Create the roses with Marina Mist cardstock using the Big Shot™ and the MFT Royal Rose and Large Royal Rose Dies.  Use the Crimper Tool to crimp the die cut roses before rolling up and adhering with glue in the center (I use Hot Glue for this step).

Create the leaves from Pear Pizzazz cardstock with the Martha Stewart® (MS) Leaf Punch, add the leaves to the back of the roses (again, I used Hot Glue) and apply Gesso® to the flower petals and leaves with your fingers or a paint brush.

Ink the sentiment from the retired Stampin’ Up! Occasional Quotes using Stāz-On® Midnight Blue Ink onto a piece of Vellum, use the Hexagon Punch to create the banner ends.

Layer the vellum on top of a piece of Whisper White cardstock (stamped with the Timeless Textures stamps using Pumpkin Pie and Marina Mist Classic Ink).

Mount the sentiment using dimensional foam and add the roses to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Day of Gratitude, Occasional Quotes, Timeless Textures, En Francais background stamp

Ink: Stāz-On® Midnight Blue, Versamark™, Classic Ink- Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist, Night of Navy

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz; Vellum

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Blueprints 16 Die, Royal Roses Dies,  1 ¼” Dark Navy Grosgrain Ribbon (from my stash), Stampin’ Up! Ribbon- ⅝” Organza and ⅜” Pumpkin Pie Taffeta, Pearls, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Hexagon Punch, MS Leaf Punch, Sponge Dauber 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you have a terrific week, my friends!

HYCCT1530TEAM Gratitude

Hi Again Friends!

This card was created for the Splitcoaststampers’  “Hope You Can Cling To” HYCCT1530TEAM  “Turning You Loose” Challenge to create a card using any Splitcoaststampers’ tutorial that you have never tried in the past.

I have always wanted to create a card with the Joseph’s Coat technique and have been hoarding (oops! I mean saving) my retired Stampin’ Up! Glossy White cardstock for just the right occasions- what better time than the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges?

I am also linking this card to the Splitcoaststampers’ Mix-Ability MIX124 “PositivelyNegatively” Challenge, Stampin’ Royalty #301 “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Simon Says Monday Throwback Challenge and I decided to use the 09/14/15 “Love This Technique” Challenge (this is my first time with the Joseph's Coat Technique and I love it!) :-)

Again, I hope you have a chance to visit all of the above galleries- wonderful inspiration from all!!

The link to the Splitcoaststampers’ Joseph’s Coat Tutorial is here and the only modification was that I decided to use Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains with a craft mat (instead of a multicolored pad with the brayer). 

To create this card:        

                                              

Apply Seedless Preserves, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains onto a craft mat, lay a piece of Glossy White cardstock in to the ink, twist and swirl the paper to merge the ink.

Once the panel has dried (you can speed the process with a Heat Tool), de-static with the Embossing Buddy® , ink the retired Day of Gratitude stamp image  with Versamark™, stamp over the background panel, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, use a Brayer along with a Sponge Dauber (for the smaller areas in the main image) to apply Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink over the entire panel.

Gently wipe the ink off the embossed images, trim the panel and mount the panel onto a piece of Tangerine Tango cardstock, trim and mount onto the Basic Black card front.

Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and cut out with the Big Shot™ and the My Favorite Things™ Stitched Horizontal Strip Dies.

Add the Copper Cord and mount the sentiment onto a piece of Tangerine Tango.

Add the looped Copper Cord to the card front and mount the sentiment using dimensional foam.

Add the Copper Cord bow to finish off the card.

 Stamp Sets:  Day of Gratitude (retired Stampin' Up!)

Ink: Versamark™, Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Seedless Preserves, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, retired Glossy White

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Horizontal Strip Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Craft Mat, retired Copper Cord

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!

ODBDSLC215 Gratitude Can Transform Common Days

Hi Stampers!

This card was created for the Our Daily Bread Designs ODBDSLC215 Anything GoesChallenge.

 If you have not had a chance to visit the ODBD site yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- as always, wonderful Design Team samples as well as tremendous inspiration from the gallery of submissions!!

To create this card:

Stamp the Cornucopia image from Our Daily Bread Designs using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  Color the image using Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collections (Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Wisteria Wonder and Neutrals) and carefully cut out the image.  

Use the Big Shot™ with the Vintage Flourish Pattern Die (ODBD) and cut the frame out of Very Vanilla cardstock. 

Ink the sentiment from Day of Gratitude using Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and stamp onto the frame.   Distress a bit using Ranger© Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink and the Color Spritzer Tool with a Stampin’ Write Chocolate Chip marker to add a bit of splatter.

Mount the frame onto a piece of retired Apple Cider Designer Series Paper (DSP).  Add the 1” Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon strip and mount the frame onto the Chocolate Chip card base.

Repeatedly stamp the leaf image from Day of Gratitude using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and color using the Light and Medium Old Olive Stampin’ Blendabilities™ markers.  Carefully cut out the images and mount onto the card front. 

Add the Cornucopia image using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the retired Bronze button along with Hemp Twine to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Day of Gratitude, Cornucopia (ODBD)

Ink:  Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Stampin’ Blendabilties™- Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Wisteria Wonder; Stampin’ Write Marker- Chocolate Chip, Ranger© Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink

Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, retired Apple Cider DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Vintage Flourish Pattern Die (ODBD), Color Spritzer Tool, 1” Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Bronze Button, Hemp Twine

 Thanks again for visiting- have a wonderful evening!

DD79 Black Tie Christmas

Hi Stampers! 

This week’s Dynamic Duos DD79 Challenge is “Black Tie” week with the dessert option of Christmas.  

I decided to use My Digital Studio (MDS) to create the images and traditional card making techniques for a “hybrid” card   :-)

To create this card:

Using MDS, use the brush stamp set from Day of Gratitude and More Merry Messages- print out onto Whisper White cardstock.

Carefully cut out the Day of Gratitude image and color the center of the image with an AquaPainter™ and Platinum Shimmer Paint.

Use the Big Shot™ to cut out a 3 ½” Circle from a piece of Basic Black cardstock (I was able to use a scrap piece from a previous project that already had this opening cut out)- adhere this to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and again to a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock.   

Punch out a 2 ½” Circle from Smoky Slate and another one from Basic Black cardstock.  Cut the Basic Black circle in half and adhere behind the Smoky Slate circle (allowing a bit to show on the sides by spreading out the circle).  Mount this circle into the center of the 3 ½” Circle created in the above step.

Add the 5/8” Basic Black triple ribbon bow and add the Day of Gratitude using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock.   Adhere this to a piece of Basic Black cardstock, add the lace along with another strip of 5/8” Basic Black Satin ribbon and adhere the entire panel to the Whisper White card base.

Use the 1 3/8” Circle punch to curve the edges of the sentiment, mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock and curve the edges on the Basic Black layer using the 1 3/8” Circle Punch, adhere to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add the Rhinestone to the center of the medallion and the Frosted Finishes embellishment to the center of the bow. 

Stamp Sets:  Day of Gratitude, More Merry Messages (both MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black

Paper: Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Circles Collection Framelits™, Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Rhinestones, Punches- 2 ½” Circle, 1 3/8” Circle; 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon (retired), AquaPainter™, Platinum Shimmer Paint (retired), Lace (from my stash)

Thanks again for stopping by!  Again, I hope all of you will have a chance to visit us at The Dynamic Duos and play along this week!!  

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Caroline Bredeson

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

Farewell to Day of Gratitude

Hi Stampers! 

I hope all of you had a wonderful day!   I had a great time with our Awana 5^th and 6^th grade girls this evening- they are a terrific group of young ladies who love to serve the Lord!!

Next week will be our End of Year Award ceremony and we will not see most of them until the Fall- I will miss them so!!!

I wanted to take a moment to highlight another one of my favorite sets that will be retiring on May 31^st- Day of Gratitude.  This set has a beautiful medallion along with a few other images and two thank you sentiments- just love it!!

The medallion looks great heat embossed as well as colored with Sponge Daubers (take the dauber and pounce the different colors along the stamp)- a great way to achieve a soft colored effect. 

How about a non-traditional Christmas card?  See the medallion at the top of the ornaments?

The Gratitude sentiment is perfect for so many occasions!

Another one with the sentiment and Leaves from Gently Falling 

Colored with the Sponge Daubers - Pouncing color onto the Medallion

Flower of Gratitude :-)

Create your own DSP and focal point 

I hope you have enjoyed this farewell to Day of Gratitude- I will miss this one in the main catalog but it will still remain in my collection.  If you go to the link, there are a few more on my blog- some of the older posts highlight emboss resist and there is a tutorial on how to color the Medallion :-)

Again, if this is one that has been on your wish list of a while, now is the time since it is only be available until May 31^st.

Fall Foliage- Two CAS Cards!

Hi Stampers!

Another week has flown by and time for another ColourQ challenge!   I must admit, as beautiful the CQC154 colors are this week, I did struggle a bit adding the Cameo Coral.  I love pink and burgundy together but I struggle with combining yellows and pinks so I decided to use a favorite quick technique- sponging and masking.  

Whenever I am designing a card, I generally have quite a bit of “trial and error” before I settle on the final design, therefore I ended up creating two Clean and Simple (CAS) cards with this color combination :-).  The first card also incorporates the Splitcoaststampers SC402 Sketch Challenge and the second card was created with the Stamping Celebration SCIC58 Fall ColorInspiration Challenge in mind.  

If you have not had the opportunity to do so, take a moment to visit the challenge sites- such wonderful inspiration!   

To create the first card:

On Whisper White cardstock, using Sponge Daubers lightly sponge So Saffron and Summer Starfruit Classic Ink for a muted background.

Using the Rock-n-Roll Technique (see tutorial) , randomly ink the leaves from French Foliage with Summer Starfruit or Coral Cameo (retired) and roll into Bravo Burdundy Classic Ink.  After you stamp your first set of leaves, use a mask created from scrap paper and/or a sticky note to cover the leaves and stamp the second set of leaves in the same manner.

Stamp the "spatter" stamp using Camel Coral Classic Ink and the French Script using Summer Starfruit Classic Ink.

With the Big Shot™ and an Oval Die (I used the Oval Framelits™ from Sizzix) cut the oval shape from the sponged background and two additional ovals from Bravo Burgundy to layer behind the focal image.

Layer the background papers according to the sketch and add the focal image using SU! Dimensionals. (love my scraps- I used an embossed scrap of Whisper White cardstock:-)) . 

For the finishing touches, add the sentiment, bow and pearls- again, once the design was chosen, quick and easy!

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, Summer Starfruit, Cameo Coral (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy, Designer Series Paper- Bravo Burgundy and So Saffron

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,  Ovals Framelits™ (Sizzix), Sponge Daubers, Punches- Word Window, Modern Label, Pearls, Burgundy Organdy Ribbon (retired SU!)

The second card was a bit quicker to create since you do not need to mask the leaves:

As for the first card, use Sponge Daubers to apply So Saffron, Summer Starfruit and retired Cameo Coral Classic Ink to Whisper White cardstock- I applied more pressure than the first card to achieve the darker background).

  

Stamp the leaves from French Foliage with Bravo Burgundy ink, stamping off a few leaves to achieve the desired look.

Stamp the splatter image using Cameo Coral Classic Ink and the French Script using Summer Starfruit Classic Ink.  Trim to size and adhere to the Bravo Burgundy layer.

Mount onto a piece of embossed Whisper White (using the Square Lattice EF) and add the punched sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage, Day of Gratitude

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, Summer Starfruit, Cameo Coral (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sponge Daubers, XL Decorative Label Punch

Thanks again for stopping by and if you have a chance, let me know which card you prefer (I personally like the second card better but would love to hear what you think) :-) !

I hope all you have a blessed week creating and stamping :-)

PP75 Non-Traditional Christmas Card

Hi Stampers!   

Wow, it seems like it has been forever since I have had a chance to stamp!  This week has been very busy at work and a lot of overtime hours but just in the nick of time, I was able to participate in the Paper Players PP75 Holiday Hoopla Challenge (if you have time to visit their site, check out all of the samples- they are absolutely fabulous!)

The non-traditional stamp set used is Day of Gratitude (can you see it as the ornament tops) and the colors are somewhat non-traditional (depending on the fashion trend when you were young).  

I decided to use silver, pink and turquoise- those colors remind me of a silver tinsel tree that we had as our family Christmas tree for years (my mother loved all of the silver!:-)).Oh no, I am aging myself- do you remember those tinsel trees? :-)

With Versamark™ ink stamp the medallion image from Day of Gratitude onto Whisper White cardstock and h­­­­­eat emboss with Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder. Once the embossing powder cools, use a Sponge Dauber with Pink Pirouette ink to color the white cardstock and carefully cut around the image. 

Use the Ornament Punch to punch out the caps for the ornaments and also punch out the ornament shapes from a piece of Tempting Turquoise (embossed with the Snow Burst Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Snow Burst Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pretty in Pink and Basic Gray.  Layer the cardstock, ribbon, ornaments and sentiment.

Stamp Sets:  Day of Gratitude, Christmas Greetings

 Ink: Versamark™, Tempting Turquoise, Pink Pirouette

Cardstock:  Whisper White,  Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Snow BurstTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder, Ornament Punch, 1” Pink Satin Ribbon (from my stash), Silver Cord (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope to have some time this weekend to create more projects to share with you- have a great weekend and God Bless! 

FM33- Gratitude with Rosettes

Hi Stampers!

Boy, does time fly when you are having fun (or extremely busy)...  This is my third week already as a Guest Designer for the Friday Mashup and I am having so much fun seeing all of the gorgeous creations that have been submitted!

Holly has come up with a wonderful sketch and to “Mash it Up”, you can add  Rosettes.  I personally had never made a Rosette before but had seen many of them on cards, wreaths and other 3D projects, I could not wait to try :-) !

 

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project using "Paper Rosettes".
2. Or Make a project using "the Sketch Above".  
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Project with the Sketch using Rosettes".

* Here are some tutorials on Paper Rosettes if you aren't sure how to make one. 


*From a Border Punch , 
*From a strip of Pattern Paper   
* PDF - instructions 

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Snow Burst Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Pool Party cardstock. 

Cut strips of Spice Cake Designer Series Paper into strips (remember that the final Rosette will be twice the width of the strip).  Using the stylus with the Simply Scored™ Tool, score every ¼” to create the score lines for the folds on the Rosettes.  Flatten the Rosette and use a Pop-Up Dot to hold the Rosette in place. 

For the smaller Rosette, adhere a flower punched with the Boho Blossom Punch from Early Espresso Cardstock, insert the Antique Brad and adhere to the card front. 

Ink the small floral stamp with Early Espresso ink and stamp off several times before stamping onto Very Vanilla cardstock.  Stamp the sentiment with Early Espresso and punch out with the Decorative Label Punch layering onto Early Espresso punched with the same punch.

Spray the entire card with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint spray to finish off the card. 

This card is definitely one that would have to be hand delivered due to the bulk but I do believe that I will have to make more Rosettes in the future!  I hope you like this card and try this technique yourself- how about this week and join us at the Friday Mash Up!

Stamp Sets:  Day of Gratitude

 Ink: Early Espresso

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Spice Cake DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Snow Burst Textured Impressions™ Embossing  Folder, Simply Scored™ Tool, Decorative Label Punch, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint 

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you can “play” with us this week at the Friday Mash Up!