Angels Among Us

 

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a quick Christmas card using the Angels Among Us Bundle and Merry Christmas (all from Stamp Simply)!

I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to  the Color Hues #100 “Blues/Purples” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #677-#678 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

 If you have not had a chance to stop by the Stamp Simply blog or the Word ArtChallenge site yet , I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Using a stencil brush, apply Tumbled Glass and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide ink onto a white panel.

Using a stencil brush with Broken China Distress Oxide ink, apply the ink over the panel with the Tim Holtz Flourish Stencil.

Once you are satisfied with the background panel, trim and mount onto a white card base.

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool.

Using Versamark ink, stamp the angel and trumpet image from Angels Among Us and the star from Merry Christmas with Versamark ink onto the prepared panel, apply gold embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Repeat the above steps for the verse sentiment from Merry Christmas on a separate white cardstock panel.

Once the embossing has cooled, die cut the angel, trumpet and star with the coordinating dies.

Die cut the sentiment with a rectangle die.

Mount the sentiment directly to the card front.

Adhere the star, angel and trumpet with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, add the bliss pearls to the star center and lower right-hand corner of the sentiment.

Stamp Sets: Angels Among Us Bundle, Merry Christmas Bundle (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink- Tumbled Glass, Seedless Preserves, Broken China

Cardstock/Paper: White

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply- Angels Among Us Bundle, Merry Christmas Bundle; Spellbinders Pierced Rectangle Dies.  Embossing Powder Tool, Heat Tool, Gold Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz Flourish Stencil, Stencil Brush,  Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls- Bliss

Don’t forget to stop by and check out the current sale at Stamp Simply!

Thanks again for visiting and I hope you have a blessed week/weekend! 

Colored/Uncolored Ornament Cards

 Hi Friends! 

Sharon is sharing my cards today on the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store blog,  and with only twenty days to go until Christmas, we are focusing on quick and easy cards for the month of December.  Plus, Stamp Simply is offering a wonderful gift for you: 

This card has two versions- a plainer version and the other colored ornaments.

To create this card:

De-static a 4” x 5 ¼” piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the ornament stamps from Christmas Joy Sentiments with Versamark , apply gold embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, use a craft knife and a self-healing mat to cut along the edge of the lower ornament.

Layer a piece of designer paper (I used a scrap piece of the Kaisercraft Peace & Joy from the quilt card set I shared in a previous post) onto the area below the ornaments.

Mount the entire panel onto a piece of light green cardstock and add a strip of 5/8” red satin ribbon (under the tip of the ornament) and wrap the ends of the ribbon behind the panel.

Adhere the entire panel to a piece of red cardstock (4 ¼” x 5 ½”), mount onto a white card base.

Finish off the card with a few pearls and a red satin bow.

For the colored version of this card:

Repeat the above steps and add color to the ornaments using red and light green water-based markers (be careful not to smear the ink over the gold embossing).  Use a piece of tissue to lightly dab the ornaments to remove excess ink from the marker.

Close-up of the colored ornaments :-)

Stamps: Christmas Joy Sentiments (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark,  Stampin’ Write Markers- Real Red, Pear Pizzazz

Cardstock/Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red; Peace & Joy (Kaisercraft)

Accessories/Tools”  Embossing Powder Tool, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Craft Knife, Self-healing Mat, Red Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Look how quick and easy this card was to create!  I hope I have inspired you to create a few cards for this upcoming Christmas.  Or possibly get started on your needs for next year- I tend to create Christmas cards all year long, do you? 

As many of you who follow my blog know, I enjoy participating with online challenges and will be entering the colored version in the Word Art Wednesday #468-#469 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

Thanks again for visiting and I hope you have a fabulous weekend! If you have the time, stop by again soon- I will be sharing more cards this week.

Bless the Lord, Bless His Holy Name

Hi Friends!!

I am finally getting a chance to share another card I designed this past weekend.  This was a quick and easy card using the retired Stampin’ Up! Sunflower background stamp along with the retired set, Good Work by Verve Stamps.

I am participating with a few online challenges- Just Add Ink #478 “Just Add ‘H’” Challenge (H= Heat Embossing,the word “Holy”), Little Red Wagon #518  “Cut It Out” Challenge (I fussy cut the sunflower plus used dies for the banner and background) and the Word Art Wednesday #408-#409“Anything Goes” Challenge.

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

Ink the sunflower image using Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Color the cooled image with water-based markers and fussy cut the image.  Cut the image in half (you can create two cards from one image).

Heat emboss the sentiment using the same steps as above, die cut with a banner die and layer onto a piece of black cardstock (trimming close to the edge).

Layer a piece of black and white designer paper onto a piece of black cardstock, trim close to the edge and mount onto a white card base. 

Die cut a piece of white cardstock with a stitched rectangle die, layer onto a piece of black cardstock, trim close to the edge and mount onto the card front.

Add the layered banner sentiment with dimensional foam or chipboard.  Adhere the sunflower, overlapping the sentiment layer a bit.

Finish off the card with a few pearls and add shimmer to the petals with a clear glitter pen.

Stamp Sets: Sunflower (Stampin’ Up!), Good Work (Verve Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black,  Stampin’ Write Markers- Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black; retired SU! Background Paper

Accessories: Big Shot™ ,  MFT Dies- Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX Set 1, Fishtail Flags Layers STAX Die-namics; Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder

I am so thankful that you stopped by- hugs and I hope you have a blessed weekend/week!

You Are With Me

Hi Friends!

I decided to create another card using my retired stamp sets and this card was designed using the floral image from Best of SAB along with a verse sentiment from the current stamp set, Words of Encouragement from Stamp Simply.

I wanted to participate with several online challenges and will be linking to the Inspire.Create.Challenges #50 Sketch Challenge, the Word Art Wednesday #402-#403“Anything Goes” Challenge and the TGIF Challenge #227 “Embossing” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to stop by the challenge sites, I hope you will find the time to do so- gorgeous galleries and inspiration from all!

I heat embossed the floral image as well as the sentiment onto white cardstock, die cut the sentiment panel and lightly stenciled tumbled glass oxide ink onto the panel. 

I used water-based markers to watercolor the floral image and added shimmer with a glitter pen along with white highlights using an extra fine white paint pen.  The image was trimmed and mounted onto black cardstock and the card was finished with a strip of designer paper.

Stamp Sets: Best of Sale-A-Bration (retired Stampin’ Up!), Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black,  Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide, Stampin’ Write Markers- Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum, Wild Wasabi, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Soft Suede; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Designer Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Fresh Prints DSP (all Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX Set 1, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Powder, Heat Tool, MFT Heartwood Designer Stencil

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- hugs and I hope you will stop by again soon!

Dream Come True

Hi Friends!

This evening I am sharing a bridal shower card that I created for one of my twin niece (her wedding colors were burgundy, gold and blush pink).

I will be linking this card to the Double Trouble “Splish Splash” Challenge  (use some form of water- I used watercolor in the background) , the Joy of Sets #004 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (this card features all of the rows in the entire Tic-Tac-Toe chart),  along with the Word Art Wednesday #384-#385 “AnythingGoes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites yet, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from their Design Teams as well as their galleries!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of vellum with an embossing powder tool, stamp the image from Wonderful Moments with Versamark™ ink, apply gold embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

2). Once the embossing has cooled, use a water brush to apply Cherry Cobbler ink on the back side of the vellum around the stamped image.  Use markers to color the flowers with a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write marker. 

3).  Emboss a piece of white cardstock with a lace embossing folder, die cut the oval shape from the center.  Mount onto a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock 

4). Add the satin ribbon bow to the top part of the oval, mount the entire card front onto a white card base.

5). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiment from Wonderful Moments with Versamark™ ink, apply gold embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Die cut with an stitched oval die and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

6). Add a few pearls around the sentiment to finish off the card.

  

Stamp Sets: Wonderful Moments (Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™, Cherry Cobbler, Stampin’ Write Cherry Cobbler Marker

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, Vellum

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Oval STAX, Oval Dies (retired SU!). Crafters Companion™ Ornate Lace Embossing Folder, Embossing Buddy®, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™, 5/8” Dark Cherry Satin Ribbon (from my stash), Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a creative weekend!

TCC107 How Beautiful A Day Can Be

Hi Friends!

It's time for The Card Concept #107 {Rainbow Cupcakes} Challenge!  The cupcakes are beautiful in the different rainbow colors and I love the dark background which inspired my card design.

I am still working on my craft room re-organization and have not had a chance to design many cards lately.  I am making an effort to use some of my retired stamps and give the older stamps some “love”.  I used the butterfly from the long ago retired Stampin’ Up! hostess set, Ageless Adornment and paired it with a digital sentiment from the Peonies Digi Stamp Set from Power Poppy by Marcella (I had this sentiment already printed and die cut in my “stash”- amazing what you find when you are able to take time to organize- lol!).

I am also linking this card to the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday #391 “Mixed Sentiment” Challenge along with the Tuesday Throwdown “Embossing” Challenge and The House That Stamps Built #J919 “Tic-Tac-Toe” Challenge (middle row down- Die Cut, Thank You, Stitching). 

Just a reminder that The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a suggestion 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 (or you can combine several styles for your own style).

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

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool.   Using Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, stamp the butterfly image from the retired Ageless Adornments stamp set onto the prepared panel, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

2). Once the embossing powder has cooled, watercolor the butterfky using water-based markers (I used Zig® Clean Color Markers-see colors below) and fussy cut the image.  Mount onto a piece of black cardstock and fussy cut close to the edge.  Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the butterfly wings and an extra fine white paint pen to add a few white highlights.

3). Using a photo editing program, import the sentiment from the Peonies Digi Stamp Set (Poppy Power by Marcella), resize and print out onto white cardstock,  Die cut the sentiment with a stitched square die.

4). Die cut a piece of black cardstock with a stitched rectangle die, mount onto a white card base. 

5). Adhere the sentiment directly to the card front and mount the butterfly image with dimensional foam.  Add a few sequins to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Ageless Adornment (retired Stampin’ Up! hostess set), Peonies (digi set- Power Poppy by Marcella)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Zig® Clean Color Real Brush Markers- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Purple;  Spectrum Noir™ Clear  Glitter Pen; Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up!)

Tools/Accessories:  Big Shot™, My Favorite Things™ Dies- Stitched Square STAX, Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX Set 1; Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Purple Sequins (Craft Medley)

Thank you for taking the time to stop by! I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Rainbow Cupcakes } photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see your interpretation!!

SC672 Frosted Medallion Thanksgiving

Hi Friends!

It’s Wednesday and time again for the weekly sketch at Splitcoaststampers! Allison is our sketch artist this week and I thought this sketch would be perfect for a holiday card!

Since we are celebrating Thanksgiving this week in the United States, I decided to create a non-traditional Thanksgiving card using Stampin’ Up! stamp sets- retired Frosted Medallions for the main image and the current Painted Harvest for the sentiment. 

I also incorporated the Just Us Girls #420 Color Challenge along with the Dragonfly Journeys #105 Glamorous Gold Challenge and the TGIF! Challenge #134 “Gratitude”Challenge into the design.

If you have not had a chance to visit the SC672 Splitcoaststampers’ Sketch gallery or the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, stamp the medallion image with Versamark™ ink onto the prepared panel, apply Gold Embossing Powder and heat set with the heat tool.  Once the powder has cooled, color with Stampin’ Write Tempting Turquoise and Chocolate Chip markers.

2). Die cut the image with a stitched circle die. Die cut a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock with a nesting circle die (just a bit larger than the stitched die) and die cut a piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock with the same size nesting circle die.  Layer the Chocolate Chip die cut circle behind the embossed image and split the Tempting Turquoise die cut in half before layering one half behind the upper part of the Chocolate Chip circle.

3). Emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim and mount onto a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock.  Mount the entire background panel onto the white card base.

4). Trim off a bit of the Frosted Medallion circle before adding to the card front with dimensional foam.

5). Stamp the sentiment from Painted Harvest with Chocolate Chip Classic Ink onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Create the fishtail banner points (I used the retired Hexagon Punch), mount onto Chocolate Chip cardstock, trim to match and mount onto Tempting Turquoise cardstock (trimming again to match the layers).

6). Mount the sentiment with dimensional foam and add a Pearl to the center of the medallion image to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Frosted Medallions, Painted Harvest (Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™; Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Stampin’ Write Markers- Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Pierced Circle STAX Dies, retired SU! Circle Framelits™, retired Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Pearl, Embossing Buddy®, Gold EP, Heat Tool, retired Hexagon Punch

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- if you have time, come join us at Splitcoaststampers for thisweek’s sketch challenge!  Hugs and I hope all of you have a blessed Thanksgiving week, sweet friends!