Another Fall Birthday with Day of Gratitude!

Hi Stampers! 

I created this card using the CCMC168Sketch at Create with Connie and Mary and for a second submission to the SUO28 Fall Challenge.  Again, I cannot emphasis enough, how great the other entries and Design Team samples are at both sites- check them out! :-)

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to  emboss a piece of the Spice Cake Designer Series paper and with the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pool Party cardstock. 

This picture shows the texture of the background Spice Cake DSP

Use a Sponge Dauber with Soft Suede ink to distress the Pool Party pieces and cut for the horizontal layers on the sketch.

Ink the large medallion from Day of Gratitude with Pool Party Classic Ink and pounce Soft Suede Classic Ink onto the stamp (over the Pool Party) with a Sponge Dauber.   Stamp the image onto Very Vanilla cardstock and carefully cut around the edges of the medallion.  Sponge more Soft Suede around the edges of the medallion and also sponge the edges of the Pool Party card front.

Spray the background DSP, medallion image and sentiment with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint spray (mixed with 70% alcohol).  Once the paint spray dries, adhere the layers to the DSP, mount the medallion (with SU! Dimensionals), the Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon, sentiment and add the pearls to finish off the card.  

You can see the Shimmer Paint a bit better in this one :-)

Stamp Sets: Day of Gratitude, Sincere Salutations

Cardstock: Pool Party, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pool Party, Soft Suede

Accessories: Big Shot™, Vintage Wallpaper and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, 3/8” Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Sponge Daubers, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint,  Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- have fun stamping and God Bless!

How to "Color" the Medallion

Hi Stampers! 

Thank you so much for your encouraging comments and for those of you who have chosen to follow my blog- I truly feel so honored.

Generally I will ink the entire stamp in the lightest ink first (in this example Crumb Cake), then using a sponge dauber apply the next darkest ink directly to the stamp (Always Artichoke) around the leaves in the middle area of the medallion.  The next step would be to use another sponge dauber and apply the darkest ink around the outside edge and sporadically over the other colors (Early Espresso).   

After applying the ink onto the stamp with the sponge daubers, I will "huff" on the stamp to re-moisten the ink and stamp directly onto Whisper White.  After stamping, I cut out the medallion around the edges and then using the sponge dauber again with Crumb Cake, lightly "daub" (is this a word?)  over some of the white areas to tone down the white.  After "antiquing" to my satisfaction, I daubed Early Espresso on the edges to give it more contrast and to cover some of the white from the cut-out process. 

On this particular example, I finished it off by spraying with the Frost White Shimmer Paint Mist (Shimmer Paint mixed with 70% alcohol to create the spray), then adhered it to another piece of Whisper White, cut out around edges and then adhered it to Early Espresso to create the layers.  I just had to add the pearl (I love our new pearls) and mounted to the card with dimensionals :-) 

Thanks again for your thoughtfulness to leave comments- you have truly made me feel very honored and blessed! 

Even though we may not ever have a chance to meet in person, I consider all of you my new "stamping" friends!  Have a great weekend and God Bless!