TCC203 Happy Anniversary

 

 

Hi Friends!

Welcome to our #203 {NewYear Love} Challenge at the The Card Concept!

Look at our sweet inspiration photo!  I love the crisp, clean layers of the items on the tiered tray as well as the love theme and was inspired to create a Clean and Layered Mixed Media card.

I paired two different stamp sets with a scrap piece of designer paper (all from Stamp Simply) and a mixed media background using distress ink.  

FYI- I thought that the background technique used to be called "Smakin' Acetate" (the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers has that technique using markers)  but I found a similar tutorial here at Splitcoaststampers using distress inks called "Wrinkle Free Distress". 

We are looking forward to seeing what inspires your card! Will it be the overall theme, the colors, items in the photo/textures or something else?

If you have not already visited us at The Card Concept, I hope you will find the time to do so.  Gorgeous inspiration from the rest of my DT sisters! 

This was a fairly quick and fun card to create:

Press Candied Apple Distress Ink onto a piece of acetate, spritz with water, then gently press a piece of white cardstock into the ink, repeating until you are pleased with the background.

Use a heat tool to dry the inked panel. 

Once the panel has dried, de-static the lower right hand area with an embossing powder tool, ink the verse sentiment from the Love stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  

Apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Trim the panel to 4” x 5 ¼” and mount onto a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of black cardstock and mount onto a white card base.  

Trim a piece of the Echo Park Love Notes 6x6 paper pad to 2” x 4” and mount onto a piece of black cardstock (trimming close to the edge).

Mount the layered designer series panel directly to the card front.

Die cut a piece of red cardstock with the largest heart die from the Farmhouse Pierced Nested Hearts Die.

De-static the die cut heart, stamp and emboss the sentiments from Happy Day Iris onto the heart and heat set with clear embossing powder.

Add the heart to the card front with dimensional foam.

Add a few pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Happy Day Iris, Love  (Stamp Simply)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black,  Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black, Red; Echo Park Love Notes 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- Farmhouse Pierced Nested Hearts, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Acetate, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls- Pearl

I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to the Word Art Wednesday #629-#630 Anything Goes Challenge.  If you have time,  check out their gallery, gorgeous inspiration from their Design Team as well as all of the participants! 

      If you have a moment, check out the current specials at Stamp Simply!

 01/13/24 - Edited for the flash weekend sale- 

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! I hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #203{New Year Love} Challenge at The Card Concept! The deadline to play along with us is Monday, February 12th at noon EDT.

Love Is In The Air

 

Hi Friends!

Happy New Year!!  I hope all of you are having a great New Year so far.   This week on the Stamp Simply blog, we are starting to share Valentine’s Day cards along with other cards of encouragement.

I wanted to create some Clean and Simple cards using the new Echo Park Love Notes 6x6 paper pad and this set could not be easier.

The main focal images were cut from the designer paper, layered onto cardstock, and the background papers were also from the Love Notes paper pad.

If you have not had a chance to check out the Design Team cards on the Stamp Simply blog, I hope you will do so- fabulous inspiration from my all!!

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

Thanks again for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Love the Lord Your God

Hi Friends!

This week at the Stamp Simply blog, the Stamp Simply Design Team have been sharing cards to replenish their stash.  I am not sure if you have a stash of cards, but I like to keep cards on hand to mail out whenever there is a need, especially ones with Scripture on the front.

If you have not had a chance to check out my Sister DT cards yet, I hope you will do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

Fall is on the horizon here on the East Coast of the US, so I decided to pull out the Floral Cluster- Fall Flowers and Love stamp sets and paired them with a scrap piece of designer paper and scrap piece of lace, all from Stamp Simply!  

This card was fairly quick and easy to create:

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the verse sentiment from the Love stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Add the strip of Welcome Autumn designer paper and adhere a strip of the White 1 ½” Raschel Lace onto the edge of the designer paper.  FYI- I like how this lace has a satin embroidered center with the lace on both sides, perfect for finishing off the raw edge of the strip of designer paper.  

Mount the entire panel to a white card base.

Ink the sunflower cluster image from the Floral Cluster- Fall Flowers stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder (as in the step above for the sentiment).

Once the embossing has cooled, color the image with water-based markers.

Die cut the floral image with the coordinating die from the Floral Cluster and Sprigs die.  

Also cut two additional floral shapes from white cardstock to layer behind the colored image (FYI- this will make the floral image thicker almost like chipboard).  Adhere to the card front with dimensional foam.

Finish off the card with split pea rhinestones.

As many of you who follow my blog know, I enjoy playing along with online challenges and am linking my card to the Word Art Wednesday #603-#604 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to stop by the Stamp Simply blog yet, I hope you will do so.  Fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Stamp Simply Design Team as well as inspiration at Word Art Wednesday.

Stamp Sets: Floral Cluster- Fall Flowers, Love (Stamp Simply)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin' Write Markers- Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green; Clear Glitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper: White,  Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad 

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Floral Cluster and Sprigs, Raschel 1.5” Lace – 3 yds White, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones- Split Pea, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

  Don’t miss out on the current specials (check the Sale tab) at Stamp Simply!  Plus free shipping on all USA orders over $100.00!

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend, sweet friends!

HYCCT1501B Love You

Hi Again Friends!

This card was created for Splitcoaststampers’ HYCCT1501B Dini’s “Lend A Hand” Challenge along with the Create with Connie and MaryCCMC375 Sketch and the Just Add Ink JAI282 Inspiration Challenge.

I do not have any stamps with hands but remembered this retired Stampin’ Up! stamp from the Handmade with Love II Angel Policy stamp set, so I did a bit of creative stamping :-)

To create this card:

Directly apply the Smoky Slate Classic Ink pad to the interior of the Happy Hearts Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Trim the embossed panel, use the ink splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge to apply Melon Mambo Classic Ink to the background and mount onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

Add the Silver Cord across the panel and adhere the panel to a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock, trim and mount again onto the Whisper White card base.

Cut a few pieces of sticky note paper to cover the top and bottom of the hand image stamp and ink with Melon Mambo Classic Ink, remove the masks and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Repeat this step for three images and cut out using the Big Shot™ with the Square Collections Framelits™.  Cut additional squares with the same framelit™ from Smoky Slate and Basic Gray cardstock, split these squares in half and adhere behind the stamped images.

Mount the hand images onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Ink the sentiment from the retired set, Short & Sweet using Smoky Slate Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, trim and create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch, mount onto Basic Gray cardstock and create the banner with the Hexagon Punch.

Adhere the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add Rhinestones to the center of the hearts on each hand image to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Hand Stamped with Love II, Short & Sweet (both retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Big Shot™, Square Collection Framelits™, Silver Cord, Hexagon Punch, Rhinestones 

Thanks again for stopping by- I will be sharing more of the cards that I created this weekend shortly!! Hugs and have a great weekend, my friends!

SUO115 Happy Valentine's Day

Hi Stampers!   

It’s time for the new SUO115 “Valentine Wishes” Challenge and I decided to incorporate the  JAI247 "Just Add Love" (Tag or Tag and Sketch) along with the SC96 Inspiration "Love" Challenge :-)

I hope you will find the time to check the rest of the Design Team at all of the challenge sites and come join in on the fun!

To create this card:

Create the tag using a 1 ⅞” wide piece of Whisper White cardstock and the Scallop Tag Topper Punch. 

Stamp the border image (from Choose Happiness) at the bottom of the tag using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink , the woodgrain image using Smoky Slate Classic Ink above the border and add splatter using the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge with Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.

Punch a 2” wide piece of Basic Black cardstock ( ¼" longer than the stamped tag) and mount behind the tag.

Stamp two of the flower images along with the bird from Choose Happiness, the chevron heart from Hearts A Flutter  and the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.

Color the flowers, heart and the bottom of the tag using the Light and Medium Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Melon Mambo Collection markers. 

“Fussy-cut” the flowers, bird and heart and distress the edge of the heart with the Distressing Tool.  Add highlights to the flower centers using the White Gel Pen.

Ink the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and repeatedly stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss the splatter panel , trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Melon Mambo card base.

Adhere the flower (behind the tag) along with the tag to the card front. Add the heart directly to the tag.

Add the sentiment with the overlapping flower and the bird to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Create the Basic Black bow using the new Bow Builder Punch and add the Whisper White button to the center (use a small silver of Basic Black cardstock to mimic thread in the button). 

Mount the bow to the top of the tag to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Choose Happiness, Gorgeous Grunge , Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo Light and Medium Stampin’ Blendabilities™ markers

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Big Shot™ ,  Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Punches- Bow Builder Punch, Whisper White button, White Gel Pen

Thanks again for taking the time to visit – I hope that you will join in on in on the fun with your Stampin’ Up! Only creations and create your own “Valentine Wishes” project!

Love You with Roses, Burlap, Ribbon and Lace!!

Hi Stampers! 

I am so thankful that I had a chance to play around in my stamp room this weekend- Saturday, a few friends and I had the privilege of creating cards that will be sent to several families that are dealing with many challenges (this was truly a blessing for us to create the cards and pray for these families).  I will not be sharing these cards since we want to make sure the families have their privacy, but I hope they enjoy them as much as we had fun making them!

Today I was able to finish up the card that I started for the PPA189 Pals Paper Arts SketchChallenge along with the Card Concept#2 Challenge to use texture. I created another Shabby Chic style card and added roses, ribbons, burlap and lace for texture (not to mention the distressing)- what a combination :-) !  

If you have not visited either site yet, I sincerely hope you will take the time to do so.  Both sites have fantastic Design Teams not to mention all of the entries for the challenges- so much inspiration!

To create this card:

Ink the sentiment from the retired set, Short and Sweet using Soft Suede Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of the retired Designer Series Paper (DSP), Beau Chateau.  Trim and cut the banner points using the Hexagon Punch (or you could cut by hand).

Cut a rectangular piece of the Beau Chateau DSP for the front rectangle of the sketch (making sure that you have the rooster image in the rectangle toward the right hand side).  Use the Distressing Tool (gently) to distress the paper and adhere to a piece of Soft Suede cardstock.  Use a Sponge Dauber with Soft Suede Classic Ink to lightly ink around the edges and on the design to “antique” the paper a bit.  Adhere the entire panel onto a piece of Pink Pirouette and lightly sponge additional Soft Suede over the Pink Pirouette layer as well.

Cut the chicken wire piece of Beau Chateau approx. 4” x 5 ¼” and distress with the Distressing Tool and by hand.  Adhere to a piece of Soft Suede cardstock (approx. 1/8” larger than the DSP layer.  Use the Sponge Dauber to apply Soft Suede Classic Ink over the edges and interior of the panel (to “age” the paper a bit).

Trim another piece in the Beau Chateau DSP series and adhere to a piece of Soft Suede (distressing the edges and sponging in the same manner as noted above).  Add this vertical panel to the background layer per the sketch and adhere the horizontal strip of Burlap Ribbon tucking the ends behind the background layer. 

Tuck a few scraps of the lace from the retired Artisan Embellishments kit under the Burlap Ribbon (I used my Glue Gun to adhere to the burlap).

To create the roses:

The larger roses are created with the 2 3/8” Scallop Circle-punch one each from Pink Pirouette and Marina Mist cardstock.  Starting on the outside, cut a wavy spiral towards the center, crimp twice with the retired Crimping Tool and start to roll up from the outside edge toward the center.  I have been using my Hot Glue Gun to finish up the roses but you could use the Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive. 

Take the same steps as above for the smaller roses- on this card, two each from the Pink Pirouette and Marina Mist cardstock using the 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punch and two from Marina Mist cardstock only using the 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punch.     Here is a written tutorial atSplitcoaststampers to show the basic idea :-)

Use the Bird Builder Punch to punch out the leaves from Soft Suede cardstock.  Adhere the roses and leaves to the rooster panel using either a Hot Glue Gun and/or Mini Glue Dots (or Tombow Multi-Purpose).

 Add the triple satin ribbon bow (ribbon from my stash) to the card and adhere the rooster panel and sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  Add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Short and Sweet

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper/Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, retired Beau Chateau DSP

Accessories: Punches- 2 3/8”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle, Sponge Dauber, Distressing Tool, 1 ¼” Burlap Ribbon, Artisan Embellishments Kit (Lace scraps), Pearls,  Stampin’ Dimensionals®, Hot Glue Gun (optional)

Just a note- the flowers on this card are dimensional so I would recommend either hand delivery or mailing in a small box (or one of our Wood Mount cases). 

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