True Friend- A Quick Card from Scraps

Hi Friends!!

Today I am sharing a quick Clean and Simple (CAS) Mixed Media card designed with scraps from my stash- lol! 

Sometimes I will start a project and realize that it is not turning out the way I had hoped and set the stamped images (r die cuts aside). or as in this case, I will save negative die cuts along with previously embossed background panels.  

I spent this evening organizing a few containers of scraps and pulled out a previously stamped/embossed background as well as a negative die cut to create this quick card.

I wanted to participate in this week's  Freshly Made Sketches #295 Sketch Challenge as well as the Word Art Wednesday#290-#291 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not already had a chance to visit the above challenge sites, I hope you will do so- they both have fantastic Design Teams as well as inspiration in their galleries.

To create this card:

1). Using Versamark™ ink, stamp the retired Bella Toile background stamp onto Whisper White cardstock, apply white embossing powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. 

Once the embossing has cooled, use sponge daubers to apply Pool Party, Marina Mist and Midnight Muse Classic Ink over the embossing, wipe off the excess with a slightly damp paper towel.  Ink the Chicken Wire background stamp with Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp over the entire image, allow the ink to dry and once dried, use a paper towel to wipe off the excess ink from the embossing. ***Again, this background was ready to go in my scraps and was a bit "busy" so I think it works well using the negative space in the cat die :-)). 

2). The circular element in the sketch was created from a die cut using Basic Black cardstock (Poppystamps™ Sitting Cat Die and the Circles Framelits™- also in my scraps). 

3). Die cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock with the My Favorite Things (MFT) Stitched Rectangle STAX Dies (again, this was already in my stash), trim a piece of Whisper White to fit within the frame. 

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

4). Trim a small piece of the heat embossed Bella Toile background to fit behind the window of the cat die.

5). Trim a piece of retired designer paper and mount onto Basic Black cardstock, add this horizontal layer before mounting the circular die with dimensional foam.

6), Mount the digital image from True Friend (again, this sentiment was in my stash and had been printed onto Whisper White cardstock using MDS and punched out with the Small Oval Punch).

7). Finish off the card with Nuvo™ Crystal Gloss Black Drops.

Stamp Sets: Bella Toile Background, Chicken Wire Background, True Friend (Digital Version)-all retired Stampin’ Up!

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™ Onyx Black, Printer Ink- Black; Classic Ink=- Pool Party, Marina Mist, Midnight Muse; Nuvo™ Crystal Drops- Gloss Black

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Stampin’ Up! DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Rectangle STAX, Poppystamps Sitting Cat Die, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Small Oval Punch

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

With Sympathy- Cards for A Cause using a Color, Sketch and Pretty Patterned Paper

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend!!  This card was designed using the Watercooler Wednesday Challenges #65 Sketch along with The Paper Players PP294 Color Challenge, the Free For All #324 “Pretty Patterns” Challenge and the May 2016 MISSION- Cards for A Cause Challenge (see details here)- both at Splitcoaststampers.

Rose's Fund for Animals is the recipient of the Cards for A Cause this month, so I decided to create a sympathy card with this soft color palette.

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

I used quite a few scraps, die cuts from my stash and retired designer papers to create this card:

On a piece of Pink Pirouette Designer Series Paper (from the retired Stampin’ Up! Bella Birds DSP), age the paper with a Sponge Applicator and Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink. 

Add additional texture using the graph stamp along with the scroll, border and splatter stamps from Timeless Textures stamps along with Wisteria Wonder Classic Ink (stamping the images off onto scrap paper before stamping onto the DSP).

Trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Basic Black card base.

Trim a piece of retired Afternoon Tea DSP and mount onto a piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock, trim again and mount onto Basic Black cardstock.  Adhere to the card front for the vertical element of the sketch.

Stamp a scrap piece of Pink Pirouette DSP with the Timeless Texture stamp using Wisteria Wonder Classic Ink, trim and mount onto a piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock, then again onto Basic Black cardstock. Adhere the strip to the card front (per the sketch).

Use the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things™ (MFT) Open Oval Scallop Doily to cut out the scallop oval from Pear Pizzazz cardstock (I had this already cut in my stash) and cut an oval with the Oval Framelits™ (Stampin’ Up!) from another pattern of the Afternoon Tea DSP for the center piece and another plain oval the same size from Basic Black cardstock, split the Basic Black oval in half and mount behind the DSP oval.

Mount the layered DSP oval to the scallop oval and mount the entire layered oval to the card front using dimensional foam.

Add the die cut cat, sentiment and Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Timeless Textures, Teeny Tiny Wishes (MDS version)

Ink/Mediums: Wisteria Wonder Classic Ink, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink; Printer Ink (sentiment)

Paper: Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder, retired Afternoon Tea and Bella Birds DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Scallop Oval Doily Die, Sitting Cat Die (Poppy Stamps™), Sponge Applicator, Hexagon Punch, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope you have a wonderful week!