MIX93- Just for You

 Hi Again Stampers!!

Here is the 2^nd Mixed Media card that I created for the Mix-Ability MIX93 Challenge at Splitcoaststampers.   The challenge is Artist Inspired and the featured artist is France Papillon .

I hope you have a chance to check out all the entries in the MIX93 gallery here – wonderful inspiration from all!

The panels for both cards were created using similar colors and techniques- I described in detail the technique for the background in the first part of my previous post here :-)

To create this card:

Once you create the distress main background panel from my previous post (see link here), use the Distressing Tool to distress a piece of Basic Black cardstock, mount onto the card base (again, I used the same heavier weight of cardstock that was used for the background panel).  Use a Sponge Dauber to add Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Stain to the white areas of the card base.

Add a few strands of 1 ½” Burlap Ribbon strands onto the front of the card and mount the distressed, ink background panel to the card front.

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), insert the Touch of Nature 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 had printed both of these out onto the same type of cardstock as noted above for the background panel.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Ovals Collection Framelits™ to cut the flower image and also cut a larger oval from Basic Black cardstock.  Use the Distressing Tool to distress the edges of the Basic Black oval.

Color the floral image using Stampin’ Up! Watercolor pencils and wet with the AquaPainter™.  Add the white highlights using a Faber-Castell White Pitt Artist Pen and stamp the Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink.

Use a Sponge Applicator to apply additional Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink over the entire image and apply Gesso (I used my finger) with stencils in a few areas.

Add the floral oval to the distressed Basic Black oval and mount the focal image onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Create the rolled flowers using Elegant Eggplant and Blackberry Bliss cardstock (I had a few of these flowers on hand so I used both colors).   To create the flowers- use Scallop Circle Punches- One each using the 2 ⅜”, 1 ¾” and 1 ¼”.  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 like to use Hot Glue to hold the flowers together)- here is a basictutorial...

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).

Stamp the butterflies onto Whisper White cardstock using Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink and punch out using the Elegant Butterfly Punch.  Sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink onto the image and add white highlights with the Faber-Castell White Pitt Artist Pen.   

Punch out the Basic Black butterflies using the Elegant Butterfly Punch and mount the sponged butterflies onto the Basic Black butterflies. Add the two butterflies to the card front.

Add the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and adhere Pearls to the butterfly centers as well as the corners to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Touch of Nature, Teeny Tiny Wishes- both MDS versions, Papillon Potpourri, retired French Script background

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

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, misc. cardstock (not sure of manufacturer)

Accessories: Big Shot™, Ovals Collection Framelits™, Gesso, Stencils, Distressing Tool, Sponge Dauber, Craft Mat, 1 ½” Burlap Ribbon, Punches- Elegant Butterfly, Scallop Circle Punches- 2 ⅜”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼”; Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I am planning on posting more of the HYCCT challenge cards later this evening – have a wonderful Friday!!

SUO100 Celebrating Our First 99 Challenges :-)

Hi Stampers! 

Wow!!  We are celebrating our 100^th SU-Only Challenge and we love for you to choose one of our past 99 Challenges and participate in our “Celebrating our First 99 Challenges" and this card also qualifies for the Paper Players Tic Tac Toe Challenge (Birthday, Patterned Paper, Pearls) :-) 

I decided to use the SUO70 Butterflies theme for my card and I cannot wait to see what you decide to choose:-)    Stop by and check out our Design Team projects and hope to see your project in the gallery!

I love using My Digital Studio (MDS) images and coloring them with our Stampin’ Blendabilites™ so I decided to use several retired stamp images that are still currently available in MDS- again, love using MDS for cards!!

To create this project:

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the French Foliage script image (enlarge a bit), flowers from Touch of Nature (re-sizing each to different sizes), sentiment from Feeling Sentimental and butterflies from Wonderful Wings (re-sizing the images).  Print the images out onto Whisper White cardstock (I use a Kodak inkjet-works great for MDS and cardmaking)..

Cut the French Foliage script image out using the Big Shot™ with the Window Frames Collection Framelits™ cutting a frame the same size from Basic Black cardstock.  Cut the frame in half and mount behind the script image background.

 Using the Stampin’ Blendabilities™ , color the flowers using the Coastal Cabana, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Collections , color the butterflies with the Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Coastal Cabana Collections and carefully “fussy-cut” the images.  Add a few highlights using the Chalk Marker.   

Use the 1” Square Punch to punch out the squares from the Back to Black Designer Series Paper (DSP) and mount onto the 5 ½” square Basic Black card base.  

Cut a White Tea Lace Paper Doily in half, adhering half of the doily to the lower part of the frame and mount the second half behind the right hand side of the frame.

Mount the frame onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  Add a strip of Rich Razzleberry cardstock to cover the edge of the paper doily, mount the sentiment layer using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the Antique Brad to the corner. 

Adhere the flowers and butterflies to the card front and add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Wonderful Wings, Touch of Nature, Feeling Sentimental, French Foliage (all MDS versions)

Ink: Printer Ink- Basic Black, Blendabilities™ Collections- Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie; Chalk Marker

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Back to Black DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Window Frames Collection Framelits™, Hexagon Punch, Pearls, Antique Brad, White Tea Lace Paper Doily

Thanks again for stopping by - I hope you have a chance to join in on our “Blast from the Past” Challenge!  Have a blessed week!!

JUN14VSNA- One Touch of Nature (A Moth to the Flame) :-)

Hi Stampers! 

It is that time again for a  Splitcoaststampers Virtual Stamping Event - this year's theme is Summer Vacation and is being held on Friday and Saturday June 6^th and 7^th .   

I was able to participate last year and decided to go for it again!  One main rule is that you have to create your card, start to finish (not including photographing and posting) within 60 minutes, but I found that that time limit was perfect and I loved it!!   Allows me to focus on the design and work more efficiently- plus I was able to use up a few scraps in the process- yea!!

If you can find the time, here are the details- we would love to have you join in to play (deadline to upload to the Splitcoaststamper Gallery is 10Pm EST Saturday, June 14th).  

Here is my card for the first challenge- JUN14VSNA “Sittin’ by the Campfire”  and I decided to incorporate the colors of fire along with a moth (possibly butterfly).   

I recall the memories of camping as a kid and how the flames of the fire would draw some unique and beautiful moths.  

This image is from the My Digital Studio (MDS) Wonderful Wings stamp brush set (a currently available set, in fact, I was able to utilize MDS for all of my “hybrid” cards for these challenges and it truly saved time- some of the images I already had printed out and ready to go :-) ) .

Color the moth image using Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collection-Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Cherry Cobbler.  Increase the intensity of the black in the wings using a Stampin’ Write Basic Black marker, add the shadows with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker and a few white highlights with the Chalk Marker.

Trim the panel, mount onto Basic Black cardstock, trim and mount onto Tangerine Tango cardstock, trim and mount onto Basic Black cardstock.

Mount the sentiment (from MDS Touch of Nature) in the same order as above.

Adhere a panel of retired Real Red Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper (DSP) onto the Basic Black card base and mount both the focal image and sentiment panels onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

Add the retired Antique Copper Hodgepodge Hardware embellishment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Wonderful Wings, Touch of Nature (both MDS versions)

Ink:  Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Basic Black, Sahara Sand; Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collections- Daffodil, Pumpkin Pie and Cherry Cobbler; ™Chalk Marker

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, retired Polka Dot Parade DSP

Accessories:  Retired Antique Copper Hodgepodge Hardware

Thanks again for stopping by!!   I hope you have enjoyed this card and come join in on the fun with us!!  

I will be posting the remaining three cards from the Friday evening challenges throughout this evening so come visit again soon- love and "virtual hugs" to all of you- God Bless!

Feel Better Soon- A Color and Inspiration Challenge

Hi Again Stampers!

I wanted to take the time to share one more card that I created using the DD91Dynamic Duos Triple Threat Color Challenge along with the Fusion #4 Challenge and the LOVEFEST2014E Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. 

Both sites have wonderful inspiration (of course, I am a bit biased regarding the Dynamic Duos site :-)) and hope you will take a chance to check them out!

To create this card:

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), insert the butterfly from the Touch of Nature stamp brush set and resize.  Print out onto a piece of 8.5x11 Whisper White cardstock and color using a Melon Mambo and Tangerine Tango Stampin’ Write marker (add a few shadows with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker) and punch out using the 2 ½” Circle Punch.

To create the layers- emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Big Shot™ along with the Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  Cut in half and layer onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock (approx. 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”) and add the piece of Tangerine Tango Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the retired Summer Smooches DSP to the lower part of the card front.

Add the layered Top Note Bigz™ die cuts to the top half of the card (both from scraps and the Wild Wasabi piece was previously embossed using the Argyle Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder). 

Use the Fringe Scissors to “fringe cut” a piece of Whisper White cardstock, add to the horizontal panel of embossed Melon Mambo and Basic Black cardstock (all from my scraps) and add to the front of the card.

Add the split circle of Basic Black cardstock- cut the 2 ½” punched piece in half and adhere at the top and bottom of the Melon Mambo strip.  Add the Butterfly focal image and adhere the sentiment banner using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add the two Brights Buttons with retired Black Hemp Twine in the center of the Melon Mambo strip and mount the entire panel onto a Tangerine Tango card base to finish off the card (FYI- my husband says the buttons look like eyes- lol!!)

Stamp Sets: Express Yourself, Touch of Nature (MDS version)

Ink: Basic Black, Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Sahara Sand

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Summer Smooches DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Argyle, Chevron and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Top Note Bigz™ Die, Fringe Scissors, 2 ½” Circle Punch and Hexagon Punch, retired Brights Buttons, retired Black Hemp Twine

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- have a fabulous weekend, my friends- God Bless!!

Touch of Nature- Another Card using the DD77 Color Challenge :-)

Hi Stampers!!

I hope all of you are having a fabulous Wednesday!!  I wanted to share another card that I created using this week’s  DD77 Dynamic Duos “Bright and Sassy” colors- if you would like to join in on our challenge, it is not too late (the challenge ends tomorrow at 12 noon PST)!

I created this card from scraps, previously printed images and punched/die cut items :-)   I like to reduce the bulk of my cards by using punches or dies to cut out the layers that will be hidden and use for future projects.  I recently took the time to organize all of these scraps by type (i.e.  2 ½” Circles, Chalk Talk, etc.), so it is now much easier to use them on a daily basis- love my scraps!

To create this card:

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), print out the flower image from the stamp brush set, Touch of Nature onto Whisper White cardstock and color using Stampin’ Write markers in Real Red, Bermuda Bay and Sahara Sand (for the shadows).   Use the Chalk Marker to create the highlights around the center of the flower.

Use the Big Shot™ and the Oval Collections Framelits™ to cut out the flower, add the 2 ½” Circle of Basic Black cardstock (previously embossed with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder). 

Mount the flower image onto a Window Frames Framelit™ cut from Bermuda Bay cardstock and again onto a Chalk Talk Framelit™ cut from Basic Black cardstock. 

Add the 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon Bow (retired) along with the sentiment from the MDS brush set, Simple Friendship (printed onto Whisper White cardstock and punched with the retired Small Oval Punch).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock and again onto a piece of Real Red cardstock and adhere to the Basic Black card base. 

Add the focal image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

I decided to leave this card as clean as I could- I really had to resist the urge to add Pearls or Rhinestones- lol!!

Stamp Sets:  Touch of Nature, Simple Friendship (both MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Chalk Marker

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Real Red                                                   

Accessories: Big Shot™, Framelits™- Chalk Talk, Window Frames; Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Chevron, Square Lattice, Punches-2 ½” Circle, Small Oval (retired), 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by!   If you have not done so yet, I hope you will have a chance to enter your project into our DD77 DynamicDuos Color Challenge- we would love to see your creations! 

Have a wonderful evening- God Bless!

True Friend- "Hybrid" Card for Freshly Made Sketches

Hi Stampers! 

I have been busy trying to catch up on creating my Christmas cards and decided to take a quick break from the Christmas cards and create another My Digital Studio (MDS) “hybrid” card.

I love this week’s FMS63 Freshly Made Sketch by Rita and incorporated a previous printed  image from MDS along with the Festival of Prints DSP stack.  If you have not checked out the Freshly Made Sketches' website, I highly recommend it- they have a wonderful Design Team as well as numerous entries each week!!  It never ceases to amaze me on the different interpretations of a sketch or color challenge:-)

To create this CAS (Clean and Simple) card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of the DSP from the Festival of Prints stack.  Layer this onto Whisper White and again onto Lucky Limeade cardstock.

Color the MDS image using Stampin’ Write markers in Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy and Summer Starfruit.  Use the Big Shot™ with the Decorative Accents Framelits™ to cut the image out and alos cut a piece of Not Quite Navy (NQN) to layer behind the image frame (cut the NQN frame in half and adhere as a layer).

Use a Circle Cutting Tool (or Big Shot™ Die)  to cut the 3” and 3 3/8” Circle from the Festival of Prints DSP and Whisper White.  Adhere the DSP to the middle of the Whisper White circle.

Using scraps of Summer Starfruit DSP (from Patio Party DSP) to create the banners.

Layer the elements, add the Decorative brads and sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  None- My Digital Studio- Touch of Nature, Simple Friendship

Cardstock: Whisper White,  Not Quite Navy, Festival of Prints DSP, Patio Party DSP

Ink:  Printer Ink-Black, Stampin’ Write markers- Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Summer Starfruit

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Decorative Accents Framelits™, Circle Framelits™ (or Circle Cutter), Small Oval Punch (retired), Everyday Enchantment brads (retired)

Quick and easy- that’s why I love using MDS to create cards!  

Thanks again for stopping by- if interested, I will be posting more cards tomorrow eve so stay tuned :-)!!  Hugs to all of you and God Bless!!