CC800_CC752 Sound of the Sea

Hi Friends!

I have been busy this week creating a few cards for the #800 Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers(SCS).  Normally, the SCS Color Challenge consists of one set of colors but this week to celebrate the milestone of 800 challenges (wow!) they have six different color combos (one for each hostess).

I did not think I would have time to participate with all the combos but decided to make that a challenge for myself :-)  I was able to complete them all and will be posting each card in a separate post.

In order to save time (posting is so time consuming for me, lol!), I will be summarizing the creative instructions.  If you have any questions about any of the techniques or steps taken , please let me know in the comments.

This card uses the C800_CC752  Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight and Flirty Flamingo along with the dessert option of an embossing folder.

 

This color combination reminded me of summer so I decided to pull out an Artistic Outpost stamp and paired it with a verse sentiment from Divinity Designs, LLC.  

The main image was stamped with a waterproof ink and watercolored using ink from the ink pads in the color challenge.

The image and sentiment were hand trimmed and matted onto cardstock before using the Splitcoaststampers SC412 Sketch for the layout (another one of my personal challenges is to make a card with every one of the SCS Sketch layouts- this sketch was from 2011).  

I am also linking this card to the Hand Stamped Sentiments #343 Photo Inspiration Challenge (I was inspired by the beach theme as well as the seashells and ocean).

Stamp Sets: Sound of the Sea (Artistic Outpost), Scripture Collection 9 (Divinity Designs, LLC)

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Pacific Point

Ink/Mediums: Stampin’ Classic Pads- Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Pacific Point

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr™, retired Square Lattice Embossing Folder, AquaPainter™, Heat Tool, 1 ¼” Pacific Point Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestones

Thanks again for stopping by- I will be posting the remaining five cards shortly, I hope you can check back again soon!

PP465 The Open Sea

Hi Friends!!

I am sharing another card today that I created using scraps that I discovered during my recent craft room reorganization. 

The main focal image and compass had been printed out from My Digital Studio (The Open Sea) a few years ago and decided to watercolor using the Splitcoaststampers CC763 "Lovely Coastal Blueberries" Color Challenge and included the optional dessert- Nautical. 

I am also linking to Ann's  PP465 Sketch Challenge at The Paper Players for the layout and the Word Art Wednesday #410-#411 "Anything Goes" Challenge.

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

To create this card:

Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Ink the sentiment with Memento™ Tuxedo Black ink and stamp onto the lower right-hand portion of the panel. 

Scribble the dark blue marker onto a silicone mat, spritz with water and press the panel into the ink to create the splatter background.  Add a bit more texture with the splatter stamp inked with black ink.

Mount the panel onto a piece of aqua cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of hot pink cardstock. 

Add the strip of corrugated blue cardstock, add the knotted silver cord (wrapping the ends behind the panel) and adhere the entire panel onto a white card base.

Watercolor The Open Sea images with water-based markers, trim and mount onto aqua cardstock, trim and mount onto hot pink cardstock.

Add the small photo corners from hot pink cardstock, insert silver brads and mount the layered image onto the card front with dimensional foam or chipboard.

Punch the compass image out using circle punches, die cut a piece of aqua cardstock and adhere the enter part of the compass with dimensional foam.  

Insert a silver mini brad in the center and mount the compass onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Finish off the card with a clear glitter pen over the water and an extra fine white paint pen for the tops of the waves.

Stamp Sets: The Open Sea (digital images – Stampin’ Up!), New Mercies (retired Verve Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Brilliant Blue, Coastal Cabana, Lovely Lipstick; Wink of Stella™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Lovey Lipstick, retired Brilliant Blue

Accessories: Big Shot™, Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Sizzix Circles Dies; 1” and ¾” Circle Punches; AquaPainter, Silver Cord, Mini Silver Brads

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope all of you have a wonderful week!

In His Word I Put My Trust

Hi Again Friends!

I wanted to create another fairly quick card using the Splitcoaststampers (SCS) TLC588 “Stencil Monoprint” Challenge (see details here and gallery here) along with the CAS379 “May Flowers” Challenge and the Just Us Girls #345 Photo Week Challenge.  

This was a fun technique and I will have to try this again with some of my other stencils:-)

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge galleries yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous cards and inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

Using the SCS Stencil Monoprints tutorial (see here), apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber Distress Inks directly to the back of the Texture Flourish stencil from Memory Box™.

Lay a piece of Whisper White cardstock over the stencil and use your hand or a clean towel to rub the ink from the stencil onto the paper (I found this to be easier than flipping the stencil over onto my paper).

Use a Heat Tool to dry the ink, de-static the area for the sentiment with an Embossing Buddy®, ink the verse from Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Scripture Collection 9 and heat emboss with Gold Embossing Powder.

Trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock, trim and mount onto the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

Ink the flowers from Fragrance (ODBD) using Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black Ink, heat set with the Heat Tool and color with Stampin’ Write Markers- Pink Pirouette, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke and Crushed Curry.

Carefully fussy-cut the images and mount onto the card front (I used dimensional foam for the lower two blossoms).

Add Clear Wink of Stella® to the blossoms and use the Faber-Castell® Pitt Pen Gold and White Markers to add highlights to the flower centers.

Add the Pearls to the opposite corners to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Fragrance, Scripture Collection 9 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Versamark™, Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black ; Stampin’ Write Markers- Pink Pirouette, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke and Crushed Curry ; Ranger® Tim Holtz® Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber Distress Inks; Faber-Castell® Pitt Pen Gold and White Markers; Clear Wink of Stella®

Paper: Extra Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Crushed Curry

Accessories: Memory Box™ Texture Flourish Stencil, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- hugs to all of you!

CAS Floral Watercolor Wash

Hi Again Friends!!

Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry,
Mossy Meadow 

I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend! 

In creating my card in my previous blog post for the Splitcoaststampers’ CC555 Color Challenge, I had a few scrap pieces that I had set aside (sometimes I am just not inspired to use what I start to create at the time- lol! ), so I decided to finish up one of the "tossed aside" background panels into a floral Clean and Simple (CAS) card.

These colors also seem to work well for the Just Add Ink JAI287 Inspiration Photo Challenge. I love the purples and greens in this photo as well as the brown tones :-)

If you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to visit both of the linked challenge galleries- such fabulous designs by all of the Design Teams and entries!!

To create this card:

Using Sponge Daubers, apply Mossy Meadow and Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink onto the Watercolor Wash background stamp.

Spritz the stamp with water, daub sparingly with a paper towel and place a piece of Whisper White cardstock over the inked image, rub the panel to absorb the ink, lift up the panel and once it has dried, stamp the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Soft Suede Classic Ink.

Ink the floral image from Flower Shop several times using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Use an AquaPainter™ with Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink to watercolor the petals and the Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker for the centers.

Carefully cut each petal out by hand and use a Sponge Dauber to add additional Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink to the petals.

Use a fine point paintbrush with Titanium White Acrylic Paint to add the white highlights to the flower centers and the AquaPainter™ with Frost White Shimmer Paint to cover the petals.

Ink the leaves from Choose Happiness using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Color with the Mossy Meadow and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers, fussy-cut the branches and leaves and spritz with water to blend the ink from the markers.

Trim the background panel, stamp the sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Scripture Collection 9 using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and mount the panel onto a piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock.

Adhere the panel to the Whisper White card base and add the leaves with the flowers to the front to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Flower Shop, Choose Happiness, Watercolor Wash, Gorgeous Grunge (all Stampin’ Up!); Scripture Collection 9 (ODBD)

Ink:  Stāz-On® Jet Black, Mossy Meadow, Rich Razzleberry; Stampin’ Write Markers- Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede; Titanium White Acrylic Paint, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Paper: Whisper White, Mossy Meadow

Accessories: AquaPainter™, Paint Brush

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

In His Word- A Graphic Quilt Card for Two Challenges :-)

Hi Stampers! 

I hope all of you had a fabulous weekend!  I had a chance to design a few more cards this evening and wanted to share a card that I created using the CMCC71 Colour Me…! Challenge along with the FabFri64 Sketch Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to visit the challenge sites- they have wonderful Design Team samples as well as fabulous inspiration from their galleries!

To create this quick, easy Clean and Graphic card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the WPlus9 Design Studio, LLC Quilt Cuts 2 Die to cut the “quilt” from Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz and Melon Mambo cardstock.

Assemble the quilt onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock and adhere the quilt square on an angle.

Emboss a piece of retired Melon Mambo Designer Series Paper (DSP) with the Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and adhere to a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Trim a piece of Basic Black cardstock, mount onto the Whisper White card base and add a panel of Whisper White cardstock to the background.

Adhere the embossed Melon Mambo panel to the card front and mount the quilt focal image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add the Pearl to the center of the quilt to finish off the card.

Stamps:  Scripture Collection 9 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, retired Melon Mambo DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, WPlus9 Design Studio Quilt Cuts 2 Die, Pearl

Thanks again for stopping by- I will be sharing one more quick, easy card shortly :-)

Psalm 130:5- In His Word I Put My Trust :-)

Hi Stampers! 

Happy Mother’s Day!!   I hope all of the Mothers are having a wonderful day being pampered by their families :-)

I had a chance to stamp yesterday and wanted to share a card that I created using the Our Daily BreadDesigns ODBDSLC237 Color Challenge along with the Mojo396 Sketch Challenge ( I  decided to flip the sketch on it's side- love the versatility of sketches :-))

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to visit the above sites- they have wonderful Design Team samples as well as fabulous inspiration from their galleries!

To create this card:

Ink the sea image with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Color the image with an AquaPainter™ and the ink from Hello Honey, Calyspso Coral, Marina Mist and Sahara Sand Classic Ink Pads.  

Use Stampin’ Write markers in the same colors to add more definition and color, spritzing with a bit of water along the way to soften the marker edges (be careful not to get the paper too wet since it will start to “pill”).

Use the Night of Navy Stampin’ Write marker to darken the waves and apply Titanium White Acrylic Paint to whiten the wave caps.

Use the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things® Stitched Rectangle Die to cut out the image and mount onto a piece of Marina Mist cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock and the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss the triangular piece of Cajun Craze cardstock.

Adhere the Cajun Craze embossed triangular piece to the Sahara Sand woodgrain background, trim and mount onto a piece  of Marina Mist cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

Add the two flags to the corner with the retired Antique Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware clip- the banners were created using the Banner Punch along with retired Cajun Craze and Marina Mist Designer Series Paper(DSP) mounted onto the corresponding cardstock.

Mount the focal image to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Stamp the sentiment using with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and cut out with the Big Shot™ and the Chalk Talk Framelits™. 

Use a Sponge Dauber with Sahara Sand Classic Ink to sponge around the edges.

Add the retired Hemp Twine loops to the bottom corner of the focal image and mount the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamps:  The Sea, Scripture Collection 9 (both Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, Hello Honey, Calypso Coral, Marina Mist, Sahara Sand Classic  Ink, Stampin’  Write Markers- Night of Navy; Titanium White Acrylic  Paint

Paper: Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Marina Mist, Sahara Sand; retired Cajun Craze and Marina Mist DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain and Fancy FanTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, MFT Stitched Rectangle Die,  Banner Punch, retired Hemp Twine, retired Antique Pewter Hodgepodge  Hardware Clip, AquaPainter™

Thanks again for visiting…hugs and God Bless!!