Live in the Sunshine- A Sketch and Color Challenge

Hi Friends!

I had a chance to spend some time in my stamping studio this morning and created a  Mixed Media card using The Outpost and Grunge Elements from Artistic Outpost by Our Daily Bread Designs.

I wanted to play along with a few of my favorite online challenges so I incorporated the Nance’s PP310 Sketch from The Paper Players along with the ColourQ CQC357 Challenge into the design.

I hope you have a chance to visit us at the Artistic Outpost blog as well as the other challenge galleries – wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Using the largest die from the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies, cut and emboss a piece of pumpkin cardstock and mount onto the black card base.

Using bright melon ink, stamp the AO Grunge Elements grid image along with the border image over the edges of the pumpkin layer.

Die cut and emboss a piece of black cardstock with the largest die from the ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles Dies and mount onto the card front.

Ink the house/tree image from AO The Outpost with archival black ink and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock.

Create a mask for the house, mask the house and apply pumpkin and melon dye-based inks for the sky area (I used blending brushes as well as sponge daubers).

Stamp the script image from AO The Outpost and the large splatter image from AO Grunge Elements with bright melon ink over the sky area.

Cut the panel and mount the two pieces onto black cardstock, trim close to the edge and mount onto white cardstock (trimming close to the edge as well).

Adhere the smaller panel onto the card front and mount the larger panel with dimensional foam.

Ink the sentiment from AO The Outpost with archival black ink, stamp onto white cardstock, trim and mount onto black cardstock and mount the sentiment using dimensional foam over the panels.

Stamp the leaf image from AO The Outpost three times with archival black ink onto white cardstock, swipe the pumpkin and melon ink pads over the images, fussy-cut the leaves and add the leaves to the corner, building up the layers with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, use a clear glitter pen to the sheen to the leaves and window panes.

Thanks for taking the time to visit- I had fun designing this card! Hugs and have a great weekend, my friends!

Artistic Outpost The Outpost

Artistic Outpost Grunge Elements

Pierced Rectangles Dies

Double Stitched Rectangles Dies

The Ornament of A House....

Hi Friends!

I am sharing my Mixed Media card on the Artistic Outpost blog today and I am featuring the Artistic Outpost stamp set,  The Outpost .

I love the images and sentiments in this stamp set and designed my card using the top row colors in the Splitcoaststampers’ CC573 Bingo Color Challenge  along with the MIX163 “To Die For” Challenge (I used a rectangle die for the main image) as well as the Mixed Media Card Challenge #21 Trees (with optional bird).  

I hope you will find the time to visit the Artistic Outpost Blog as well as the Splitcoaststampers' galleries for the challenge sites linked above- so many creative ideas and inspiration!

To create this card:

Use an Embossing Buddy® to de-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock and using Versamark™ Ink, stamp the main house image from The Outpost onto the prepared panel.

Apply Stampin’ Emboss® Early Espresso Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, create a mask with a 1 ¾” Circle Punch and add the mask to the panel (also create a mask for the house image).

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Strawberry Slush and Soft Sky Classic Ink to the sky area and an Aqua Painter to add Old Olive Classic Ink to the foreground.

Ink the script stamp from The Outpost using Soft Sky Classic Ink and stamp over the sky area (a bit difficult to see in the photo).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Double Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut the panel (I used the die that fit the height of the image but it was a bit too long on the length, so after the initial die cut, I re-inserted the panel back into the die on the one end and ran it back through the Big Shot™ to shorten the rectangle length).

Mount the die cut panel onto Early Espresso cardstock, trim and mount onto Soft Sky cardstock. 

Use a Sponge Dauber with Early Espresso Classic Ink to add a bit of “antiquing” to the image., create the “photo corners” using a 1” Square Punch and add to the opposite  corners of the main die cut panel using Antique Brass Brads.

Mount a piece of Soft Sky cardstock to the Early Espresso 5.5” square card front, use a Distressing Tool to distress the edges of a piece of Beautiful Boho Collection 6x6 Paper (ODBD) and use a Sponge Dauber to apply Early Espresso Classic Ink to the edges.

Add the strip of Old Olive cardstock at the bottom of the card front and cover the edges with white lace and 1” Dark Brown Satin Ribbon (both were from my sewing stash).

Mount the entire layered panel onto a 5.5” square white card base, add the lace to the corner of the focal image and mount the embossed house panel onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Using Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, emboss the sentiment onto prepped Early Espresso cardstock and allow the powder to cool before cutting the words apart.

Add the sentiment to the card front using dimensional foam and add pearls to the upper right hand corner as well as diagonally on the lace corner of the house image panel to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: TheOutpost (Artistic Outpost)

Ink: Versamark™, Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink- Old Olive, Soft Sky, Early Espresso, retired Strawberry Slush

Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Soft Sky; Beautiful Boho 6x6 Paper Collection (ODBD)

Accessories: Big Shot™, ODBD Double Stitched Rectangle Dies, AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® White and Early Espresso Embossing Powder, Pearls, Ounches- 1 ¾” Circle, 1” Square; Antique Brass Brads, 1” Dark Brown Satin Ribbon and White Flat Lace (from my stash)

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!

The Outpost- Live in the Sunshine :-)

Hi Friends!!

I hope all of you are having a great week leading up to New Year’s!  

I am working on re-arranging my stamping area and took a break to create a card using my new Artistic Outpost stamps (Christmas present to me :-)) for the December Artistic Outpost “Anything Goes” Challenge along with the Mojo Monday #428 Sketch Challenge and the Inkspirational #98 “Bah-Humbug- Anything but Christmas” Challenge.

If you have not already had a chance to visit the above sites,  I hope you will take the time to do so- fabulous inspiration  from all!

To create this card:

Stamp the Artistic Outpost (AO) The Outpost stamp images onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the images and add a bit of Titanium White Acrylic Paint to the foreground and clock face, trim the barn/windmill panel and mount onto Basic Black cardstock.

Color the edges of the clock with the Stampin’ Dazzle™ Gold Marker and add additional white highlights with Titanium White Acrylic Paint.  

Fussy-cut out the clock image, use a foam brush to apply Modge Podge™  to the entire clock (this will help stablize the clock and give it an appearance of glass) and add the Gold Trim to the fob.

Create the background panel using a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, distress the edges, sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Ink , emboss with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and add Picket Fence Distress Stain over the entire panel. 

***FYI- I stamped with the large tree and house image from the set using Steel Gray Dye Ink (My Favorite Things ™) onto the panel first,  but by the time I added all of the Distress Inks and Stain, embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and added the layers, you can only see the shadows of the stamped image.***

Distress the edges of the embossed background panel and use a sewing machine with a zig zag stitch to adhere it to a piece of asic Black.

Distress the edges of the Basic Black panel, add the Ivory Crochet Lace along with the Dark Brown Satin Ribbon wrapping the edges behind the panel and mount onto a Whisper White card base (sponging Tea Dye Distress Ink over the white edges to “antique” the paper).

Card #2- View with Shimmer Paint 

Mount the focal image panel and clock to the card front using dimensional foam and add the sentiment to finish off the card.

Card #1 was finished at this point but I thought I needed to add one more thing so Card #2 shows the same card with Frost White Shimmer Paint added to the background and focal image panel.

Stamp Sets: The Outpost (Artistic Outpost)

Ink: Stāz-On Jet Black, MFT Steel Gray, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Picket Fence Distress Satin, Titanium White Acrylic Paint, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Stampin’ Dazzle™ Gold Marker

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sewing Machine, Gold Trim, Sponge Daubers, Distressing Tool, Mod Podge™

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and have a wonderful New Year week!