The Golf Club- Live, Laugh, Play

Hi Friends! 

Today I am sharing a fun card on the Artistic Outpost Blog using the Artistic Outpost stamp sets, The Golf Club and Grunge Elements along with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies (all available at Our Daily Bread Designs) and I wanted to share it with you as well.

I have incorporated the NAC182 Sketch Challenge at Nacho Average Challenges along with the Pals Paper Arts PP323 Color Challenge and the Addicted to Stamps and More #216 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit The Artistic Outpost Blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- great inspiration from my sister Design Team at the AO Blog as well as from the other challenge DT and galleries!

To create this card:

Ink the background collage image from AO The Golf Club with black soot distress ink and repeatedly stamp onto taupe cardstock, spritz the panel lightly with water and use a heat tool to dry.

Ink the corner splatter stamp from AO Grunge Elements with taupe ink, stamp over the edges of the background panel, use a distressing tool to distress the edges of the panel, add the two strips of 5/8” black satin ribbon, mount the distressed panel onto black cardstock and distress the edges of the black cardstock layer with the distressing tool before mounting onto the white card base.

For the focal image panel, stamp the background collage stamp from AO The Golf Club with archival black ink onto white cardstock, watercolor  with taupe, tangerine and emerald ink, add additional distressing with the corner splatter stamp from AO Grunge Elements using taupe ink before trimming and mounting onto black cardstock.

Stamp the golfer images from AO The Golf Club with archival black ink into white cardstock, fussy-cut the images, mount each onto black cardstock and fussy-cut again before adhering to the focal image panel.

Stamp the sentiment from AO The Golf Club with archival black ink into white cardstock, die cut with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies, layer onto black cardstock, trim close to the edge before mounting onto the focal image panel with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, mount the entire focal image panel to the card front with dimensional foam.

I am so thankful that you visited me today and hope I have inspired you to create something this weekend- hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!

Artistic Outpost The Golf Club

Artistic Outpost Grunge Elements

Pierced Rectangles Dies

Joys of the Season

Hi Friends! 

Today I am sharing another quick card featuring the brand new Our Daily Bread Designs stamp set, Joys of the Season along with the new Merry Christmas Border Die from the ODBD October 2016 Release.

I have also incorporated a few of my favorite online challenges in the design- the Merry Monday #215 "Pink, Grey or Silver" Challenge along with the Pals Paper Arts PPA320 Sketch Challenge , the Simon Says Monday “Powder Power” Challenge and the Addicted to Stamps and More #213 "Holiday" Challenge.

In addition to the gorgeous galleries at the challenge sites, if you have not had a chance to stop by the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from my Design Team “Sisters” (affectionately known as the “Breadbasket” or “Breadsticks”).

To create this card:

Stamp the tree image from the ODBD Joys of the Season using embossing ink onto a piece of the ODBD Christmas Collection 2014 6x6 Paper Pad and heat emboss with silver embossing powder.

Distress the edges of the paper, add the thin strip of the ODBD Christmas Collection 2014 6x6 Paper Pad  (I distressed the pink layer a bit as well), adhere the panel onto rose cardstock, distress the edges once more and mount the entire panel onto the white card base.

Die cut a piece of silver foil and white cardstock using the ODBD Merry Christmas Border Die, split the words on the die (in order to fit the layout), layer with the white a bit offset to the right and mount onto the card front.

It is so difficult for me to photograph silver embossing and foil-
side view to try to capture some of the silver elements :-)

Use a silver metallic pen to color the bows and cords on the ornaments and use a clear glitter pen to add glitter to the poinsettias on the ornaments as well as around the edges (the clear glitter is difficult to see in the photo but did seem to give the ornaments a bit more dimension). 

Die cut the ODBD Mini Bow Die from silver foil paper, assemble the bow and adhere to the card front (I used the bow versus the banner in the sketch) :-).

Add the rhinestones to the ornaments as well as the iced rhinestone embellishment to the center of the bow to finish off the card.

Quick and easy- I love the pinks and the silver! Reminds me of the frosted artificial trees from the late 60’s – oops! Now I am starting to "date" myself :-)!!

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

Joys of the Season

Merry Christmas Border Die

Mini Bow

Christmas Paper Collection 2014

Birthday Blooms- A Color, Sketch and Inspiration Challenge

Hi Friends!

I hope you are enjoying your week so far!   

I needed to create a few more birthday cards for September and decided to incorporate the Pals Paper Arts PPA318 Sketch Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers’ CC601 Color Challenge and the Just Add Ink JAI329 Inspiration Challenge into the design (love all of the pinks and greens in this photo).

Woohoo!!  I was even able to use up a small piece of retired Designer Series Paper from the Print Poetry DSP Stack (even though the main background is Midnight Muse, the lettering appeared to be close to the Dapper Denim :-)).  Love using up part of my "stash"- lol!!

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites, I hope you will find time to do so- such inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the sentiment from Rose Wonder with the Basic Black Stampin’ Archival™  Ink Pad and stamp onto the lower portion of a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Add a bit of texture with the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using ink from the Dapper Denim Stampin’ Write Marker.

Trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Dapper Denim cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

Use the Basic Black Stampin’ Archival™  Ink Pad to stamp the floral image from Birthday Blooms onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and heat set with the Heat Tool .

Color the flower using an AquaPainter™ along with ink from the Stampin’ Write Markers (FYI- I "scribble" the ink from the marker onto an acrylic block or a silicone craft mat and lift with the water brush).  I used Melon Mambo for the flower petals and Mint Macaron for the leaves  (adding darker shadows with the marker directly to the image and blending with the AquaPainter™).

Fussy cut the flower and add the white highlights with the White Gel Pen.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Mint Macaron cardstock and mount onto a piece of Dapper Denim.

Cut a 2  1/4" square piece of the retired Print Poetry Designer Series Paper (DSP) and mount onto a piece of Dapper Denim cardstock.

Create the Melon Mambo banner with the Banner Triple Punch, lightly stamp the grid image from Timeless Textures using Melon Mambo ink (from the marker), layer the embossed Mint Macaron layer directly to the card front and adhere the Melon Mambo banner over the edge of the Mint Macaron layer.

Adhere the fussy cut flower to the Print Poetry square layer and mount onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Finish off the card with a few Pearls in the corner and adding Clear Wink of Stella® to the blossoms.

Stamp Sets: Birthday Blooms, Gorgeous Grunge, Rose Wonder, Timeless Textures 

Ink/Mediums: Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad™, Stampin’ Write Markers- Dapper Denim, Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron; White Gel Pen, Clear Wink of Stella®

Paper: Whisper White, Dapper Denim, Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron; retired Print Poetry DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, AquaPainter™, Heat Tool, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and have a great week!

Hello Friend

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to stamp this evening and decided to participate in the Pals Paper Arts PPA317 Color Challenge along with the sketch from the FUSION “New Look” 09/08 Challenge.  

As soon as I saw this color combination, I thought of the retired Stampin' Up! Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper (yes, I still have some of this paper on hand) and decided to use it in the design of this card :-)

If you have not had a chance to visit any of the above challenge sites, I hope you will do so- fabulous Design Teams samples and entries from all!

To create this card:

Trim a piece of Whisper White cardstock and use a Clarity Stencil Brush to apply Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink over the Memory Box Pattern Heartwood Stencil.

Trim the panel, mount onto Tangerine Tango cardstock, trim again and mount onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock, trim and adhere to the white card base.

Ink the floral image from Butterfly Basics using Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, re-ink and stamp onto a piece of sticky note paper, heat set both images with the Heat Tool.

Use the Big Shot™ with the MFT Stitched Horizontal Strip Dies to cut a piece of the retired Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper (DSP), mount onto a piece of Tangerine Tango cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock.

Adhere the crochet lace behind the panel and mount the panel onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Stamp the sentiment from the Mama Elephant Sunday Sentiments stamp set with Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim the panel and create the banner points with the retired Hexagon Punch.

Layer the sentiment onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock, trim, use the Hexagon Punch again to create the banner and mount onto the card front.

Create the rolled flowers with the retired MFT Royal Rose Dies from Rich Razzleberry and Tangerine cardstock.

Add the flowers to the card along with leaves punched from Wild Wasabi cardstock to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Sunday Sentiments (Mama Elephant)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink; Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango; retired Razzleberry Lemonade DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Horizontal Strip Dies, MFT Royal Rose Dies, Memory Box Pattern Heartwood Stencil, Clarity Stencil Brush, MS Leaf Punch, White Crochet Lace

Thanks again for visiting- hugs and have a wonderful week!

SUO155 Cute and Cuddly- Made with Love

 Hi Friends! 

It’s time for the SUO155 “Cute and Cuddly” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges! There are so many fun stamp sets that could be used for this challenge so I decided to ink up “Made with Love” and create a Clean and Simple (CAS) baby card- babies are cute and cuddly, right :-)?  Plus I think that the sweet little animal images in this set are adorable:-)

I did a bit of stamping surgery (gasp! I cut off the sentiments from each of the animal images) before creating this card and incorporated the Pals Paper Arts PPA313 Color Challenge into the design.

I hope you will stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team projects as well as the Pals Paper Arts gallery- fabulous inspiration from all!

This card was very easy to create:

Ink the cute little rabbit, cat and deer image from Made with Love using Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Color the images with Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe.  Add a few highlights with the White Gel Pen to the eyes ad spots on the deer.

Cut each image out using the Big Shot™ with the Tags and Labels Framelits™ and also cut three of the coordinating larger tag from Flirty Flamingo cardstock for layering.

Layer the image tags onto the Flirty Flamingo Tags and add a Pearl at the top of each tag.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Peekaboo Peach cardstock, trim in half and layer onto a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink and layer at the top of the Flirty Flamingo panel.

Stamp the little heart from Made with Love using Tip Top Taupe ink onto a scrap piece of Tip Top Taupe cardstock, add the Delicate White Doily (cut in half and layered) to the card front and use the stamped Tip Top Taupe layer to cover the cut edges.

Add the cute little animal image tags to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Made with Love

Ink: Stampin’ Archival Pad™- Basic Black, Tip Top Taupe; Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe; White Gel Pen

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot™, Tags and Labels Framelits™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Delicate White Doily, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by and we hope to see your Stampin’ Up! Only project in our “Cute and Cuddly” Challenge gallery!

The Next One

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing this Mixed Media card on the Artistic Outpost (AO) blog using The Golf Club from the Artistic Outpost 2016 Spring Release.

I am also incorporating the Pals Paper Arts PPA306 Sketch Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers’ Ways To Use It WT588 “Make It Masculine” Challenge.

To create this card:

Ink the background map/ advertisement image from The Golf Club using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Walnut Distress Ink and stamp repeatedly over a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.

Trim the panel, emboss and die cut three circles using the Double Stitched Circle Dies from OurDaily Bread Designs (ODBD).

Trim the panel, use a Sponge Dauber to apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges, mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and adhere to the entire background panel onto the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

De-static a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, ink the golfer images along with the flags from The Golf Club using Versamark™ ink and stamp onto the prepared piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, apply black embossing powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Carefully fussy-cut all the heat embossed images, mount onto the die cut circles and add to the card front with dimensional foam.

Heat emboss the sentiment using white embossing powder onto Basic Black cardstock and add to the card front to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: The Golf Club (Artistic Outpost)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Walnut and Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Accessories: ODBD Double Stitched Circle Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Black and White Embossing Powder

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope I have inspired you to get out your stamps and play:-)

Hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!

What I Love- You!

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend!  I have been working on a few projects and wanted to share a quick, easy Valentine’s Day card using the new What I Love (2016 SAB set) along with the Bloomin’ Love (Occasions Mini set).

I decided to incorporate the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC388 Color Challenge as well as the Pals Paper Arts PPA282 Sketch and if you have not had a chance to either site yet, I encourage you to do so, fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this Clean and Simple (CAS) card: 

Trim a piece of Whisper White cardstock and mount onto the Blackberry Bliss card base.

Ink the heart image from Bloomin’ Love with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Using the Bermuda Bay and Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Markers, color the flower centers as well as around the leaves/ background and carefully fussy-cut out the heart (be careful as you color since the Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink will definitely run if you touch it too much with your markers :-)).

Ink the banner stamp with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, fussy-cut the banner and mount the banner behind the fussy-cut heart image.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Heart Framelits™ to cut a heart from Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss cardstock, split the Blackberry Bliss in half and adhere behind the Bermuda Bay heart.

Mount the fussy-cut heart/banner onto the layered cardstock heart using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Happy Heart Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and mount the panel onto the card front.

Ink the sentiment from What I Love using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock. 

Trim the sentiment panel and mount onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, adhere this panel to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Mount the heart layer to the card front to finish off the card.

Quick, easy and fun!!  You know me, I may have to add a few Rhinestones or Pearls but tried to leave it CAS for now :-)

Stamp Sets:  Bloomin’ Love (2016 Occasions Mini), What I Love (2016 SAB)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Stampin’ Write Markers- Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz

Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Big Shot™, Happy Hearts Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!

CAS Birthday Wishes

Hi Friends!!

Here is another Clean and Simple (CAS) card that I created with a quick watercolor technique using the Pals Paper Arts PPA275 Color Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple CAS351 “Fall Leaves” Challenge and the TLC524 "Stamped Acrylic Block Background" Challenge. 

 Again, if you have not already visited the above sites, I hope you will take a moment to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Lightly spritz water onto a piece of watercolor paper, ink an acrylic block with Hello Honey Classic Ink and roll into Tangelo Twist Classic Ink, pressing down onto the watercolor paper and re-inking.

Lightly spritz the inked acrylic block images to allow the ink to spread and dry with the Heat Tool.

Ink the branches from the retired Watercolor Trio using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp repeatedly over the acrylic block background, spritz with water to diffuse the branches and dry with the Heat Tool.

Once you are satisfied with the background, ink the branches again using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp onto the background, lightly spritz and dry again with the Heat Tool.

Use a paint brush to drop water onto the panel and dry with the Heat Tool.

Stamp the sentiment with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink, trim the panel and mount onto the Blackberry Bliss card base.

Stamp Sets:  Watercolor Trio (retired)

Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist

Paper: Watercolor, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Acrylic Block, Water Spritzer Bottle, Paint Brush

Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful week, my friends!