TCC39 To Everything There is A Season

Hi Friends!!

Woohoo!!  It is time for The Card Concept Challenges to resume and this card was created for #39 Photo Challenge!  I love the blues and the daisies in this fun photo and used those for my inspiration :-)

I also incorporated the Splitcoaststampers' F4A264 "Baby Pinks and Blues" Challenge (blue only, of course) along with the WT529 "It's About Time Challenge :-)

The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a number 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.  

I hope you can find some time to gather your supplies together and come join in on the fun!! 

To create this card:

Apply Gesso® to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and allow to dry (it dries fairly quickly but you can use the Heat Tool to speed up the drying process).

Start layering color using Gelatos® (Bubblegum and Metallic Blueberry), Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Picket Fence along with water (spritzing as you go), drying with the Heat Tool between layers, adding Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste with the Mini Harlequin Stencil (allowing the paste to dry) and adding more Distress Stains to create the background.

Once you achieve the desired effect for the background, apply Frost White Shimmer Paint to portions as well as using a baby wipe with the Mini Punchenella stencil to remove some of the ink in areas.

Trim the panel, mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim again and add the clock charm with a brad, the crocheted lace trim along with the 3/8” Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon.

Mount the panel onto the Midnight Muse card base and use your finger to apply Gesso® over some of the stenciling and edges of the card.

Stamp the daisy image three times using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, color the flowers with Stampin’ Write Markers- Hello Honey and Sahara Sand and “fussy-cut” the daisies.

Stamp the verse from the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) God’s Timing using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, cut out with the Big Shot™ and the MFT Die-namics™ Blueprints 20 Die (also cutting another die the same size from Midnight Muse cardstock), trim the top of the die to size and adhere the Midnight Muse layer behind the sentiment.

Mount the sentiment layer along with the daisies to the card front using dimensional foam and add the Pearls to the corner of the verse sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Bloom with Hope (retired hostess), God’s Timing (ODBD)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Ranger® Tim Holtz®  Distress Stains- Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Picket Fence; Gelatos®- Bubblegum, Metallic Blueberry; Frost White Shimmer Paint

Paper: Whisper White, Midnight Muse

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Die-namics™ Blueprints 20 Die, Stencils –Mini Punchenella (Balzar Designs®), Mini Harlequin  (The Crafters Workshop®), Nautical Charms (The Paper Studio®), retired 3/8” Stitched Midnight Muse Satin Ribbon, Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste, Misc. Crochet Lace, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful week and come play along with us at The CardConcept!

Card Concept #26- A New Design Team and Anniversary Challenge :-)

 Hi Stampers!!

Woohoo!!  This is my first card as part of the Design Team at The Card Concept and the  #26 Challenge is their One Year Anniversary Celebration!  

I will be designing under the new "Mixed Media" category (along with the talented Yoonsun Hur) and am thrilled to be part of this wonderful Design Team! 

In case you are not familiar with the challenge, The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a number 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 (see here for the style descriptions).

I loved the romantic feel of the inspiration photo and used the colors and flowers images to inspire the creation of my card :-)    I hope you have a chance to check out The Card Concept Challenge  site- choose a style and join in on the fun!!

To create this card:

Apply Gesso to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and allow it to dry (you can use the Heat Tool to speed up the drying process).

Once dried, apply Gelatos™ (Bubble Gum, Guava and Bubble Gum) to the background, add water and use your finger to smooth onto the background.

   

Ink the Notable Notions script stamp using Jet Black Stāz-On® Ink and randomly stamp over the background. 

Use a honeycomb stencil with a palette knife to apply Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste to the background.  

Allow the texture paste to dry-  use a Mini Mister to apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Festive Berries, Pickled Raspberry Worn Lipstick Distress Inks over the texture paste.

Once the background panel is dry, adhere a portion of a paper doily to the upper right hand corner.

Trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

Create the rolled flowers using Blushing Bride and Marina Mist cardstock (use Scallop Circle Punches- One from Marina Mist using the 2 ⅜” Scallop Circle Punch, Two using Blushing Bride cardstock using the 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punch and Two from Blushing Bride and Marina Mist using the 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punch).  

Hand cut a spiral from the outside edge of each scallop circle toward the center of the cardstock, scrunch the cardstock to break up the fibers and hand roll the flowers and adhere to the center of each scallop (I used Hot Glue to hold the flowers together)- here is a basic tutorial from Splitcoaststampers :-)

Create the leaves using the Bird Builder Punch from Wild Wasabi cardstock, crease in the center of each leave to mimic veins.  

Adhere the leaves behind the flowers and mount the flowers onto the card front (I used Hot Glue to attach the flowers as well as the leaves).

Using your finger, lightly apply Gesso to the flowers and add a bit of distressing.

Stamp the sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, trim and create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.

Add the sentiment to the card front.  Adhere the Pearls to the corners of the card as well as the sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Occasional Quotes (hostess set), Notable Notions

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Jet Black Stāz-On® Ink , Gelatos™ -Bubble Gum, Guava and Bubble Gum , Ranger® Tim Holtz® Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry and Worn Lipstick Distress Inks 

Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride

Accessories: Gesso, Wendy Vecchi® Crackled Texture Paste, Punches- Hexagon, Bird Builder, Scallop Circle- 2 ⅜” , 1 ¾” , 1 ¼”; Paper Doily, Pearls, Palette Knife, Honeycomb Stencil (not sure of manufacturer)

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- again, I hope you will find the time to visit us atThe Card Concept and join in on the fun!!

MIX93 Friend to Friend- Together Again

 Hi Stampers!!

This has been another busy doctor appointment week for my hubby and I – my hubby had his first chemo treatment on Tuesday, and so far, so good (he has not had adverse side effects yet- Praise the Lord!)

Recently I have been experimenting with mixed media, so I decided to play with some of my new “goodies” last night and created two different cards using a similar color palette.  

I will be posting the two projects in separate posts and I was inspired by the Mix-Ability MIX93 Challenge at Splitcoaststampers- we were encouraged to check out France Papillon's site to be inspired :-)

  

I hope you have a chance to check out all MIX93 gallery- such inspiration from all!

The panels for both cards were created using similar colors and techniques- here are the steps to create both background panels:

On your piece of cardstock, apply a coat of Gesso and allow it to dry completely (you can use a Heat Tool to speed up the drying process).  

NOTE- I used a cardstock that is quite a bit heavier than Whisper White and it has a bit of a sheen to the finish- I received a large amount of this cardstock free from my last employer (it was "Over" from an old print job) and do not know the name of the manufacturer… I would definitely recommend Watercolor Paper or Natural White  (versus Whisper White) due to the amount of water used throughout the background process…

Once the Gesso has dried, apply Faber-Castell Gelatos™ to your craft mat (I used Cotton Candy and Guava)- spritz  water onto the Gelatos™ and mix together with your fingers (yes, this is a messy project but oh, so much fun)! 

Lay the Gesso background onto the mat and pull up- allow the Gelatos™ to spread around and dry with the Heat Tool.

Clean your craft mat and apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains to the craft mat- I used Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Dusty Concord (I applied them to the mat close together but separate).  Spritz with water and lay the background panel onto the colors, twisting and picking up.  Again, allow the stains to swirl around, laying the panel down again for more color as needed- dry with Heat Tool.

Add some dimension with stencils and Gesso – dry with the Heat Tool (this layer will not be evident except when you look at the card from different angles). 

Add drops of Adirondack® Jim Holtz® Alcohol Inks directly to the background- I used Eggplant, Latte, Denim, Mixative Copper and Mixative Silver- spritz with water and rotate the background panel to allow the inks to swirl and merge together, dry with the Heat Tool (the ink will spread a bit more with the air from the Heat Tool), apply more drops and keep building up the background as desired. 

Once you are satisfied with the background layer (I wanted to mimic a stone wall), ink the retired background stamp, French Script with Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink.  Lay the panel onto the background stamp (with the background stamp face up on the table) and lightly press certain areas onto the stamp to give a sporadically stamped appearance.

Use the stencil with Gesso (I used my finger) and apply Gesso to a few areas with the various stencils and dry with the Heat Tool.

Use the Distressing Tool to distress the edges and sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Stain over the edges to “antique” the white part of the paper.

To create the first card:

Use the Distressing Tool to distress a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, mount onto the card base (again, I used the same heavier weight of cardstock that was used for the background panel) and use a Sponge Dauber to add Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Stain to the white areas of the card base.

Mount the distressed, ink background panel to the card front.

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), insert the Postage Due and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp brush images into a blank document and resize (I had both of these already pre-printed in my stash).  I printed both of these out onto the same type of cardstock as noted above for the background panel.

Color the Postage Due using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains – again, apply to the craft mat and lay the image into the stains, lift and dry with the Heat Tool.  Apply a bit of the Adirondack® Jim Holtz® Alcohol Inks – Mixative Copper, distress the edges and sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Stain over the edges to “antique” the white part of the paper.

Mount the panel onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, distress the edges of the Blackberry Bliss using the Distressing Tool and add the 3/8” Blackberry Bliss Stitched Satin Ribbon with the metal “Together” Embellishment (this was part of a scrapbooking kit from years ago- again in my stash).

Add the Postage Due focal image to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®, insert the Paper Studio clock embellishment below the ribbon detail on the focal image and mount the lower part of the clock using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Create the rolled flowers using Blackberry Bliss cardstock and Scallop Circle Punches-one each using the 2 ⅜” , 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches.  Hand cut a spiral from the outside edge of the scallop toward the center of the cardstock, scrunch the cardstock to break up the fibers and hand roll the flowers and adhere to the center of each scallop (I used Hot Glue to hold the flowers together)- here is a basic tutorial using Designer Series Paper (DSP)- I have found that cardstock makes a sturdier flower :-)

 Using your finger, lightly apply Gesso to the flowers and use the Faber-Castell™ Pitt Copper 252 Artist Pen to the petals to add a bit of metallic and mount the flowers onto the card front (again, I used Hot Glue).

Cut the sentiment apart, sponge a bit of Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Stain to distress the paper and mount to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Postage Due, Teeny Tiny Wishes- both MDS versions, French Script (retired background)

Ink: Faber-Castell Gelatos™, Faber-Castell Pitt Pen- Copper 252, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains, Adirondack® Jim Holtz® Alcohol Inks

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, misc. cardstock (from my stash)

Accessories: Gesso, Stencils, Distressing Tool, Sponge Dauber, Craft Mat, 3/8” Blackberry Bliss Stitched Satin Ribbon, Metal Embellishments- Clock- Paper Studio, Together- not sure of manufacturer, Scallop Circle Punches- 2 ⅜”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼”

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- you are all such an encouragement to me!!  I will post the second card along with a few more of the HYCCT challenge cards later this evening – have a fabulous Friday!!