CCMC313 World of Dreams Birthday Sketch

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to work in my craft room today and wanted to create a card using the CCMC313 Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge and decided to create a monochromatic Clean and Simple (CAS) card.

I hope you will find the time to visit their site to see the gorgeous Design Team cards as well as a terrific gallery of entries!

To create this card:

Ink the background stamp, Dictionary using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Adhere a piece of Back to Black Designer Series Paper (DSP) onto a piece of Basic Black and add the triangular part of the sketch using a coordinating piece of Back to Black DSP.

Add this panel to the Dictionary stamped background, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black, trim and mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto the Basic Black card base.

Stamp the image from World of Dreams using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, punch out using the 2 ½” Circle Punch and mount onto a Basic Black cardstock circle (also punched from the 2 ½” Circle Punch, split into two and spread to allow just a part of the black to show).

Punch the sentiment out using the Large Oval (I had this sentiment previously printed from My Digital Studio (MDS)) and mount onto another oval punched from Basic Black cardstock using the Large Oval Punch.   Add the sentiment to the triangular area of the sketch.

Add the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: World of Dreams, Dictionary, Hugs and Wishes (MDS version)

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Printer Ink- Black

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Back to Black DSP

Accessories: Punches- 2 ½” Circle, Large Oval  

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!!

Birthday Wishes For LeAnne- A Color, Technique and Sketch Challenge :-)

Hi Stampers! 

I wanted to create another card using one of my favorite stamp sets, An Open Heart and decided to incorporate the C489 Splitcoaststampers' Color Challenge (Bermuda Bay, Pool Party and Calypso Coral) along with the FM170 Friday Mashup! DelftTile Background and Sketch (modified the sketch a bit) and also a birthday cardfor the #119 blog hop at Merry Monday for LeAnne  (Happy Birthday LeAnne!!).   

If you have not had a chance to do, I hope that you will take a moment to visit all of the challenge sites- so many wonderful Design Teams samples and entries!

To create this card:

Use the Simply Scoring Tool™ to score lines on a piece of Whisper White cardstock at 1” increments to create the tile background.

Using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink stamp the stem image onto Whisper White cardstock, mask and repeatedly stamp the image again, mask and stamp once more.

Color the floral stem image using the Stampin’ Write markers- Pool Party and Bermuda Bay for the leaves and Calypso Coral for the berries and blossoms.

Use the medium Calyso Coral Blendabilities™ marker to add shadows on the blossoms and the Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write marker to add shadows to the image.

Use a Sponge Dauber with Crumb Cake Classic Ink to sponge over the entire image and allow the “grout” lines to show :-)   Add additional shadows with Soft Suede Classic Ink  and use the Color Spritzer Tool with the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker to add more distressing.

Trim the panel and adhere to a piece of Pool Party cardstock, trim again and add to the Calypso Coral cardstock layer.

Add the embossed lace panel- I had this piece in my scraps :-)   It had been previously cut with the Big Shot™ along with the Large Scallop Edgelit™ and embossed with the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (that had been inked with Crumb Cake Classic Ink prior to embossing the Whisper White cardstock). 

Sponge additional Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto the Calypso Coral cardstock at the bottom of the card and use the Color Spritzer Tool with the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker. 

Add the 5/8” Satin Ribbon bow (from my stash)  to cover the seam of the lace embossed piece. 

I also had a pre-printed sentiment in my stash (using My Digital Studio onto Whisper White cardstock)- sponge with Crumb Cake Classic Ink , punch out using the Large Scallop Punch and layered onto a Pool Party cardstock oval punched with the Large Oval Punch as well. 

Layer the panel onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock , trim and mount onto a Whisper White card base.   Sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink to “antique” the edges of the card and age the Whisper White card base.

Stamp the Carolina Wren image onto Whisper White cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and color using the Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Baked Brown Sugar Stampin’ Write markers and carefully cut out by hand.

Cut a 2” Circle from Whisper White cardstock and create a horizon line using the Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker.  Mask the line and repeatedly stamp the leaf image from World of Dreams using Pool Party Classic Ink, ink the same image using Bermuda Bay Classic Ink and stamp a few leaves with the Bermuda Bay. 

Color the “ground” area with the Crumb Cake and Baked Brown Sugar Stampin’ Write marker and Light Crumb Cake Blendabilities™ marker. 

 Use a Sponge Dauber with Crumb Cake Classic Ink to distress the paper and add the spritzing using the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker along with the Color Spritzer Tool.

Punch out a 2” Circle from Pool Party and Calypso Coral cardstock, split the circles in half horizontally and adhere behind the stamped landscape image.

Add the fussy cut wren to the circle using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and adhere to the layered circle.  

Stamp Sets: An Open Heart, World of Dreams, Hugs and Wishes (MDS version)

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Stampin’ Write Markers- Basic Black, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Sahara Sand; Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake Collections

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Pool Party

Accessories: Big Shot™, Large Scallop Edgelit™, Delicate Designs Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sponge Dauber, Color Spritzer Tool,  Punches- Large Oval, 2” Circle; Simply Scored™ Tool,  5/8” Satin Ribbon (from our stash)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you all of you have a wonderful Tuesday and again, Happy Birthday, LeAnne!!  Hugs to you, my friend :-)

Happy 14th Birthday! A Cool Truck for a Cool Kid :-)

Hi Stampers! 

Time sure flies by and my nephew will be 14 in a few days!  We will be celebrating his birthday this weekend and I wanted to share the card I created for him using the CQC224 ColourQ Challenge along with the Seize the Sketch STS#11 Sketch and the Seize the Birthday 2014 #2 Challenge option “Coloring”.   

Again, I hope that you have had a chance to check out all three sites- wonderful examples from all!

To create this card (I chose to use MDS but you could stamp the images versus print):

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the truck and sentiment images to be printed- the truck is from Countryside and the sentiment is from Hugs and Wishes.  Arrange the images on the blank page leaving room for cutting out by hand, etc. ( I generally fill the page with additional images before I print on my printer).

Print out onto Whisper White cardstock and color the truck image using Stampin’ Write markers in Pool Party and adding shadows with the AquaPainter™ and Island Indigo Classic Ink.  Color the apples using the retired Poppy Parade Stampin’ Write marker, the shadows under the truck using the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write marker.  Add a few shadows using the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Deco Labels Framelits™ to cut out the truck image along with another label the same size from retired Poppy Parade cardstock.  Using your trimmer, cut the truck image and the Poppy Parade cardstock Deco label in half and adhere the truck image onto the top half of the Poppy Parade label (trim off the points of the Poppy Parade label before adhering the focal image).   Add the lower half of the Poppy Parade Deco Label and use the retired Color Spritzer Tool to add distressing with the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write marker. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pool Party cardstock, the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Island Indigo cardstock and the Herringbone Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a scrap piece of Basic Gray cardstock. 

Mount the embossed Pool Party onto a piece of retired Poppy Parade cardstock.  Add the embossed layer of Island Indigo cardstock at the bottom and adhere the focal image.

Trim the Basic Gray embossed layer and add the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.  Adhere the trimmed strip of I Am Designer Series Paper (DSP)- also using the Hexagon Punch to create the banner and add the entire layered banner onto the card, covering the seam of the Deco Label and Island Indigo.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Typeset Alphabet Bigz™ Die to cut out the one and four from Poppy Parade cardstock.

   

Add the sentiment and numbers using Stampin’ Dimensionals™ to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Countryside, Hugs and Wishes- all MDS versions

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write markers- Basic Gray, Island Indigo, Sahara Sand, retired Poppy Parade

Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Basic Gray, I Am Me DSP, retired Poppy Parade

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Deco Labels Framelits™, Typeset Alphabets Bigz™ Die, Chevron, Herringbone, Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, XL Oval Punch, retired Color Spritzer Tool

Thanks again for stopping by!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend (I know we will :-))- God Bless!

Birthday Hugs & Wishes- A Color and Sketch Challenge

Hi Stampers! 

I hope you had a great weekend!  I was fortunate to some time in my craft room this evening and wanted to create a card using the colors from the CQC186 ColourQ Challenge along with the FMS83 Freshly Made Sketch.  Again, both sites have terrific Design Teams and I hope you have a chance to visit :-).   

Can you tell that this card has been partially created using My Digital Studio?  I have a lot of fun using this program to create what I call “hybrid” cards.

To create this card:

Print the dress from image from the Established Elegance Stamp Brush set and the sentiment from Hugs and Wishes onto Whisper White cardstock (I re-sized both elements).  Carefully cut out the dress form and use the Large Oval Punch to punch out the sentiment (along with another oval from Lucky Limeade cardstock).

On another piece of Whisper White cardstock, stamp the elements from Established Elegance using Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo and Crumb Cake Classic Ink.  Cut into a rectangle and round the corners using the ¾” Circle Punch.  Layer onto a piece of Lucky Limeade (round the corners with the ¾” Circle Punch), add the 1/8” Lucky Limeade ribbon along with the Rhinestone brad and the dress form image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use the Embossing Buddy® to de-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock and using Versamark® ink,  stamp the Gossamer Lace image.  Apply Melon Mambo Stampin’ Emboss® Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.  Once cooled, carefully cut out and cut in half, overlap behind the focal image layer.    

Use the Big Shot™ with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Crumb Cake Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Flirtatious Specialty DSP.  Mount both pieces onto a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock and again onto Lucky Limeade. 

Add the Melon Mambo cardstock (crimped with the Crimper Tool) and layer the embossed lace images and focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Add the sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Established Elegance (stamp set and MDS), Gossamer Lace, Hugs and Wishes (MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Versamark™, Classic Ink- Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo

Cardstock: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Designer Series Paper- retired Crumb Cake and Flirtatious Specialty DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade and Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Melon Mambo Stampin’ Emboss® Embossing Powder, Large Oval Punch, 1/8” Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon (2013 SAB retired), Fire Rhinestone Brad (retired), Crimper Tool

Established Elegance and Gossamer Lace will be retired at the end of May- I will miss both of these sets in the current catalog but will definitely keep these two in my collection (who am I kidding...I love my stamps and keep all of them! :-))

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a wonderful Monday!!

Postage Stamp Quilt- Another "Hybrid" and So Much Fun!!

Hi Stampers! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!

I loved this week’s spring color challenge at Pals Paper Arts and decided to create another card using My Digital Studio (MDS) along with traditional stamping/paper crafting methods- so another “hybrid” card.  I hope you are not getting tired of these- they are actually quite fun to make :-)

  

If you have not visited Pals Paper Arts yet, stop by- they have a wonderful Design Team and many other entries for the week- the variety and inspiration is amazing!!

To make this “hybrid” card:

Layer the stamp brush set in MDS and re-size the floral images from Everything Eleanor to fit within the 1” Square Punch.  Print out onto Whisper White cardstock along with the sentiment from Hugs & Wishes (a retired stamp set but current in MDS).   This is another thing I love about MDS- retired sets are still technically current when used in MDS- how great is that? :-)).

With the two extra flowers, carefully cut by hand (fussy cut) and apply a bit of re-positional glue to the back of the images ( I used Dotto™).   Adhere the cut image over the printed image to mask the flower and create a mask for the "stamp" area using a piece of scrap paper and the 1” Square Punch.  Hold this square mask over the masked floral image and use Sponge Daubers with Certainly Celery and Marina Mist Classic Ink to sponge over the flowers.  Lift the mask off the flower and carefully sponge a bit of ink over the flower as well (I also had to touch up the edges of the flowers when I lifted the mask with the Stampin’ Write marker in both colors).  Punch the floral images out using the 1" Square Punch and fill in the sides if needed with ink.  

Use the Postage Stamp Punch to punch out four “stamps” from Basic Black cardstock and adhere the floral images.   Using the Color Spritzer Tool with the Marina Mist Stampin’ Write marker, spritz the flowers. 

Apply Bashful Blue Classic Ink to the En Francais background stamp and with the Sponge Dauber, tap a bit of Marina Mist Classic Ink over the Bashful Blue inked area. Stamp the background image onto Bashful Blue cardstock.  

Adhere the floral postage stamp images onto the En Francais background and cut around to create the frame.  Mount onto Basic Black cardstock and again on to Marina Mist.   Add the 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow along the side and mount the entire panel onto a Tea Lace Paper Doily. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Certainly Celery cardstock.  Use the Large Scallop Edgelit™ to cut two pieces of Whisper Whtie cardstock and emboss with the Delicate Accents (Lace) Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder. 

Add the lace borders, and the strip of Bashful Blue (stamped above with En Francais with the Basic Black cardstock strip) to the background panel.  Adhere the focal image with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Punch out the sentiment using the Large Oval Punch and create a border from two pieces punched with the Large Oval Punch from Basic Black cardstock.  Add to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Everything Eleanor, Hugs and Wishes (both MDS), En Francais

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write markers- Certainly Celery, Marina Mist

Cardstock: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Basic Black

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade and Delicate Designs (Lace)Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders,  Large Scallop Framelit™, Punches- 1” Square, Postage Stamp, Large Oval, Tea Lace Paper Doily, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers, Pearls, 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a great Wednesday!!