The Heavens Declare The Glory of God:-)

Hi Again Stampers! 

Here is my final Splitcoaststampers’ Virtual Stamp Night card for the JUN15VSNJ  “Your Happy Place” Challenge (see details here and gallery here) along with the SC545 Sketch Challenge (see details here and gallery here) and the ColourMe...Subtle! CMCC76 Challenge.

For the past 20 years or so, my husband and I have only been able to take a day off here and there from work, therefore, we have not been able to travel too far from home so our favorite “Happy” place right now is Shenandoah National Park :-)  

We love the majestic vistas and overlooks and this was the first place I thought of when I saw this challenge :-)  

I used masking along with sponges to create this landscape card but it is very difficult to capture the splendor and glory of Shenandoah with mere stamps and sponges...this card made me long for Shenandoah- I think we need to visit our “happy” place again soon!

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you visit the linked sites to check out the marvelous inspiration by all!

To create this card:

Create a mask for the mountains using scrap paper and just tearing the edge.

Position the mountain mask along with a circle for the moon onto Whisper White cardstock and sponge Coastal Cabana ink along with just a hint of Elegant Eggplant for the sky area.

Remove the masks and re-mask the sky area and mountain ridge, sponge Elegant Eggplant onto the cardstock, remove the masks and repeat to create the mountain ridges.

Add Old Olive at the bottom of the scene.

Ink the tree images from Lovely As A Tree with Stāz-On® Jet Black ink and stamp onto the sponged background, mask the hills,  re-ink the stamp and stamp again.

Add a bare tree to the left using the Faber-Castell® B Black  Pitt Pen marker and  add a  few birds as well.

Emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Big Shot™ and Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim the panel and mount onto the Elegant Eggplant cardstock.

Print out the verse sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock and create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch.

Use the Big Shot™ with the MFT Stitched Circle Die to cut out the focal image and mount the sentiment onto the front.

Create a few banners from scraps of Elegant Eggplant, Coastal Cabana and Old Olive cardstock using the Hexagon Punch and adhere behind the sentiment.

Mount the entire focal image layer onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add a few Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Digital Verse from Word Art Wednesday

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Coastal Cabana, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive; Faber-Castell® B Pitt Pen Black marker

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, MFT Stitched Circle Die, Hexagon Punch, Sponge Daubers, scrap paper for masking, Rhinestones

Thanks again for stopping by- off to do some neglected housework now :-)  Have a fabulous weekend, my friends!

CAS April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to spend some time stamping this weekend- it is so relaxing! 

This Clean and Simple (CAS) card was created for the Our DailyBread Designs ODBDSLC235 “April Showers bring May Flowers” using the Splitcoastampers CC516 Color Challenge (see details here or gallery here) along with the FM206 “Singing in  the Rain”Challenge.

 I hope you will have a chance to visit and check out all of the wonderful Design projects and other entries at the above sites!

To create this card:

Ink the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Sentiments Collection #9 using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamped on Whisper White cardstock.

Ink the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge with Melon Mambo Classic Ink and repeatedly stamp onto the panel.

Trim the panel and mount onto the Melon Mambo card base.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Spellbinders Umbrella Trio die to cut the umbrella from Whisper White cardstock.

Adhere the umbrella to the card panel and mount the umbrella interior panels using  Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Create the rolled flowers using Pink Pirouette and Melon Mambo cardstock using the 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches (punch the scallop circle, hand cut a wavy spiral from the outside of the scallop circle toward the center, use the retired Crimper Tool to distress a bit, roll up from the outside edge and adhere using Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive or a Hot Glue Gun).

Punch out the leaves from Wild Wasabi cardstock using the Bird Builder Punch, adhere the leaves behind the rolled flowers and add to the center of the umbrella die to finish off the card (again, I used a Hot Glue Gun since I had it on my desk and ready to go).  

Stamp Sets: Gorgeous Grunge, Sentiments #9 (ODBD)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, Melon Mambo

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Big Shot™, Spellbinders Umbrella Trio Die,  Punches-  1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle, Bird Builder

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful day!!