TCC115 Mosaic Madness

Hi Friends!

It's time for The Card Concept #115 {Mosaic Madness} Challenge!  

Look at this great photo? I absolutely love all the bright colors and the patterns- they inspired my Classy and Elegant/ Mixed Media card!

As I mentioned in my previous posts, I have such a large collection of stamps of which many of them have never been inked or not inked  in years, so I am trying to give them some “love”.   

I created this card with a set that I have never inked yet from Joy Clair Stamps – Paisley Bouquet and paired it with a digital sentiment that was in my stash from Power Poppy by Marcella.

I am linking this card to The Flower Challenge #32 “Embossing (Heat/Dry)” Challenge (this card has both), the Retro Rubber #110 “May Flowers” Challenge (the main stamp image used is several years old) and Word Art Wednesday #386-#387 “Anything Goes” Challenge.  

If you have not had a chance to visit us at The Card Concept or the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will find time to do so- such gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Score and fold a piece of 4.25” x 11” heavy white cardstock in half.  Cut a piece of turquoise and white cardstock, both to 2 ¼ x 5 ¼” .  Emboss both with a Mandala embossing folder, mount onto a piece of espresso cardstock, add a strip of espresso cardstock to cover the seam before mounting the entire panel onto the white card base.

2).  De-static another piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the main image from Paisley Bouquet (Joy Clair Stamps) using Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.  Once the embossing has cooled, color the image with water-based markers.

3). Die cut the colored image with an oval die.  Also cut two additional ovals from espresso cardstock (using the same size oval as the main image), layer the two espresso ovals together to create a small frame for the main oval image.  Layer together and adhere to the card front using dimensional foam.

4). Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the flower petals (difficult to see in the photo) and an extra fine white paint pen to add highlights and details to some of the flowers.

5). Using a software program (I use the retired My Digital Studio™  from Stampin' Up! but you could use Word®  or another photo editing software program), import the digi stamp image, re-size and print out onto white cardstock.  Trim the sentiment, create the flag ends, layer onto espresso cardstock (trim again to match) and mount onto the card front using dimensional foam.

6). Using distress oxide ink along with a flourish stencil, stencil around the main image and over the sentiment.

7). Add a few rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Paisley Bouquet (Joy Clair Stamps), Rose and Chamomile (digi stamp- Power Poppy by Marcella)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black,  Printer Ink; Zig ® Markers- Clean Color Real Brush- 031 Cobalt Blue, 050- Yellow, 070- Orange, FB- #036 Lt. Blue, #060- Deep Brown; Tim Holtz™ Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White and Extra Thick Whisper White, Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise (all Stampin' Up!)

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot™, Darice™ Mandala Embossing Folder, Sizzix™ Ovals Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Memory Box™ Flourish Stencil, Claritystamps™ Stencil Brush, Rhinestones

Thank you, again, for taking the time to stop by!  Just a reminder that The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a suggestion of design styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and Elegant and Mixed Media (or you can combine several styles for your own style).

I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Mosaic Madness} photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see your interpretation!! The challenge is open until Monday, May 27th at noon (EDT).

I hope you will be inspired to create a card and join us at The Card Concept!

You Are In My Prayers

Hi Friends!

I am sharing a card today designed with Power Poppy by Marcella Hawley digital images for the Power & Spark “Portion Control” November 2017 Challenge.

For this card, I decided to use a portion of the main image from the Climbing Clematis Digital Stamp Set along with the sentiment from the Rose and Chamomile Digital Stamp Set.

I also incorporated the Splitcoaststampers CC661 "A Real Crush at the Marina" Color Challenge into the design along with the Simon Says Monday “It’s A StitchUp” Challenge.

 If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites yet, I hope you will take the time to do so- gorgeous inspiration from the Design Teams as well as their galleries!

To create this card:

1). Open an 8 ½” x 11” document in your word processing/photo software program, import or insert the Climbing Clematis Digital Stamp Set main image into the blank document (I enlarged it quite a bit) and import the sentiment from the Rose and Chamomile Digital Stamp Set into another area of the document (again I enlarged the image a bit).  FYI- I positioned them both on the same page but made sure I had enough room to cut out the main image in half (for two cards) and that the sentiment would be the correct size for the 4 ¼” card.   Print out the image onto Whisper White cardstock (I have an inkjet printer).

2). Use watercolor pencils and water-based markers along with a water brush to color the entire image (I used various brands and will list the colors and brands below- I also used a bit of pastel pencil).  After you are satisfied with the coloring, use a water soluble graphite pencil to add shadows.  Use an extra fine white paint pen to add highlights to the flower centers and a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the flower petals along with the butterfly.

3). Die cut the image with a rectangle stitched die, mount onto Basic Black cardstock and trim close to the die cut edge.

4). Trim a piece of Whisper White cardstock to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”, mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock and adhere to the white card base.

5). Die cut a piece of Real Red cardstock with a square stitched die, split in half and mount onto the card front (knowing that the main image panel will cover the gap).  FYI- I already had this square of red cardstock pre-cut in my stash, you could use the appropriate size rectangle die as well.

6). Trim the sentiment, create the banner points and mount onto Basic Black cardstock. 

7). Mount the main focal image and sentiment onto the card front with dimensional foam.

8).To finish off the card, add a few grey mist jewel drops to the leaves and pearls in the corner.

Stamp Sets: Climbing Clematis , Rose and Chamomile (both digital stamp sets from Power Poppy)

Ink/Mediums: Inkjet Printer- Black Ink,  Real Red Watercolor Pencil (Stampin’ Up!), (SU!) Markers- Real Red, Cucumber Crush, Marina Mist; Rexel Derwent® Watercolor Pencils- #19 Madder Carmine, #21 Rose Madder, ; Faber-Castell® Colour-Me-Grip Red & Green Pencil, Faber-Castell® Polychromos Pencils- Emerald Green, Scarlet RedDerwent® Water Soluble Graphite Pencil- HB Light Wash; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen, Conté ά Paris Pastel 1655 #30 Pencil; Nuvo™ Gray Mist Jewel Drops

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red (SU!)

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Rectangle and Square STAX Dies, AquaPainter™, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a very blessed week!

Power Poppy Winter Pick Me Up

Hi Friends! 

With our snow storm this week, I had a chance to spend some time in my stamping studio and wanted to create a card for the Power Poppy March “Let’s Go Green”Challenge. 

I decided to print out a few of the Power Poppy digital stamps- the floral image from Winter Pick Me Up and the sentiment from Rose & Chamomile.  I have owned both of these Power Poppy digi stamps for quite a while but had not had a chance to play with them yet- I thought that the snow day would be a great reason to do so :-).  

I decided to use the retired Stampin’ Up! My Digital Studio software to import the images before printing but you can also use Word or other photo editing software to insert the photo file and crop, rotate, etc.

I am also linking this card to Time Out Challenges 3rd Birthday Celebration  #80 “Love and Friendship” Challenge, #thedailymarker30day Challenge and the Simon Monday “Handmade Flowers” Challenge.

Again, if you have not stopped by any of the challenge sites yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- fantastic inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

1). Print the digital images from Power Poppy Winter Pick Me Up and Rose & Chamomile using Black Printer Ink onto white cardstock.

2). Die cut the Winter Pick Me Up image with a MFT Die-namics Stitched Die and watercolor the image with watercolor pencils and water based markers.  Add white highlights with an extra fine white paint pen and shimmer to the petals with a clear shimmer pen.

3). Mount the panel onto black cardstock, trim close to the edge and hand cut the curved corner.  Adhere the layered panel onto the olive card front and mount onto a white card base.

4). Trim the sentiment, create the banner (I used a hexagon punch), mount onto black cardstock and adhere to the card front using dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Winter Pick Me Up, Rose & Chamomile (Power Poppy digital stamps)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Derwent™ Watercolor Pencils, Stampin’ Up! Marker- Old Olive, Wild Wasabi; Spectrum Noir® Clear Shimmer Pen, Extra Fine White Sharpie® Paint Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Blueprints™ 22 Die, AquaPainter™, Hexagon Punch

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