TCC31 Birthday Wishes- A Mixed Media Monochromatic Card

Hi Stampers!!

It’s time for the new Card Concept #31 “Cupcakes” using our fun inspiration photo.  My Mixed Media card was inspired by the pink in the frosting as well as the beautiful crocheted lace doily.

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 decided to combine our challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers Free for All F4A257 Challenge (see details here and gallery here) as well as the Mix-Ability MIX104 Pick A Color, Any Color Monochromatic Challenge (again, see details here and gallery here). 

So pull your supplies together and come join in on the fun!! 

To create this card:

Apply a layer of Gesso to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and allow to dry (or use a Heat Tool to speed up the process).

Using Gelatos®, apply color to the background and spritz with water to dilute and allow to spread.  Again, dry with the Heat Tool and repeat the colors as needed.

Apply additional color with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Worn Lipstick and Festive Berries spritzing with water and allowing the stain to dilute and spread over the background, dry with the Heat Tool.

Background before adding the QR Die Paper

Ink the retired stamp, Bella Toile using Stone Gray Stāz-On Ink and stamp onto the background panel.

Once dried, de-static the background panel using the Embossing Buddy® and stamp the Hello, Doily background stamp using Versamark™ Ink.  Apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool. 

Tear the Ultimate Crafts Quick Release Die Paper into small pieces and apply Mod Podge® over the background around the doily, applying the Release Die Paper and adding additional Mod Podge® over the paper.

Allow the panel to dry, use the Distressing Tool to add distressing to the edges.

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), print out the dress form image and the sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock. 

“Fussy-cut” the dress form image, color the image using the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker and apply Mod Podge® to the dress form- set aside to dry.

Add the strip of crocheted lace trim along with the 5/8” Basic Black Triple Satin Ribbon bow. 

Mount the panel onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, distress the edges with the Distressing Tool and mount onto the Pretty In Pink card base.

Use the XL Oval Punch to punch out the sentiment and mount onto two ovals from Basic Black cardstock (punched with the XL Oval Punch and overlapped to create a frame for the sentiment).

Mount the dress form and the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Create the rolled roses using the ⅞” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches (punch the scallop circles from Pretty in Pink cardstock, hand cut a wavy spiral toward the center of each scallop, roll up and adhere in the middle).    Add the rolled roses to the dress form and bow along with the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Established Elegance, Watercolor Trio (both MDS Versions), Bella Toile and Hello, Doily background stamps

Ink: Stāz-On® Stone Gray Ink, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Worn Lipstick and Festive Berries Distress Stain, Gelatos®, Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Marker- Sahara Sand, Versamark™

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Pretty In Pink, Ultimate Crafts Quick Release Die Paper

Accessories: Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Punches- XL Oval, Scallop Circle- ⅞” and 1 ¼”, Mod Podge®,  Pearls, ⅝” Basic Black Satin Ribbon, crochet lace from my stash

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and find time to visit us at  The Card Concept and check out the rest of the Design Team samples  as well as pull out your supplies and play along!! 

CC492 Corner Garden Birthday Wishes

Hi Again Stampers!

Here is my last card that I created for the CC492 Color Challenge atSplitcoaststampers-   Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink and So Saffron and the dessert option is “Dessert”- this time I decided to skip “dessert”   :-)

Again, I hope you will take the time (if you have not done so already) to visit the gallery to  check out all of the wonderful examples and inspiration!!

To create this card:

Using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the Corner Garden background stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Use Stampin’ Write Markers- Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and retired Pretty In Pink to color the flowers and leaves.  Add additional color using Stampin' Blendabilities™- Light markers from the Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Crumb Cake Collections.   Use the Chalk Marker to add a few highlights.

Distress the entire panel using Ranger© Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- first Antique Linen followed by Tea Dye and Vintage Photo.   At this point, the background was too dark so I spritzed with water and decided to lighten the panel using Picket Fence (wiping off the flowers).

Ink the Dictionary stamp using Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and stamp in a random pattern over the panel (place the image face down onto the Dictionary stamp and press randomly over the image with heavier and lighter pressure).

Cut the panel in thirds and mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of retired Pretty In Pink cardstock and add the 5/8” Satin Ribbon triple bow.

Mount the panel onto the Chocolate Chip card base.

Add the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®  (I used an image that I had previously printed from My Digital Studio (MDS) from Watercolor Trio).

Add a few Pearls to the sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Corner Garden, Dictionary, Watercolor Trio (MDS version)

Ink:  Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Stampin’ Write Markers- Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pretty In Pink (retired); Stampin' Blendabilities™ - Light Daffodil Delight, Light Melon Mambo and Light Crumb Cake markers;  Ranger© Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Picket Fence; Chalk Marker

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink (retired)

Accessories: Pearls, 5/8” Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

This card was a bit difficult to photograph- the background has alot of dimension and looks better in real life :-)

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a fabulous Sunday! 

Clean and Simple- Color and a Sketch

Hi Again Stampers!  

I am still trying to work on my Clean and Simple style (which is a real struggle for me- I always want to add more embellishments, etc. :-)) so I decided to try the CAS(E) This Sketch #50 Challenge  along with the DD75 Dynamic Duos Coluor Challenge (for card #2). .

If you have the time to stop by their sites, check out their Design Team cards as well as the other entries!!

To create the 1st card:

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the Sunflower background stamp image and re-size to fit the A2 card size. 

While in MDS, insert a rectangular punch, re-size to cover the center of the Sunflower image and fill in with Whisper White (send the Sunflower to the “back”).   Insert the stamp brush sentiment of choice – for the 1^st card I used Heard from The Heart and the 2nd card, Watercolor Trio (both are from retired stamp sets in rubber but still available in digital- another reason I love using MDS for cards :-)).

Print the images onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and for the 1^st card, color around the Sunflower with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker and also draw a Sahara Sand line at the edges of the image.  Trim and mount onto the Basic Black card base.

Stamp Sets:  Sunflower (background),  Heard from the Heart – both MDS

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Marker- Sahara Sand

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories:  none

To create the 2nd card that uses the DD75 Dynamic Duos Color Challenge: 

Create the images as noted above and color around the Sunflower image using the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker and the petals using the Tangerine Tango Stampin’ Write Marker .  

Draw the lines above the sentiment using a Stampin’ Up! retired Watercolor Pencil.  Trim and mount the image onto Basic Black cardstock and again onto Tangerine Tango cardstock.

Using Illuminate ink, stamp the En Francais background onto Basic Black cardstock and adhere to the Tangerine Tango card base.   Adhere the focal image panel to the card base.

Add the Tangerine Tango button with a scrap strip of Basic Black cardstock as “thread” to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Sunflower (background),  Watercolor Trio – both MDS

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Marker- Sahara Sand, Tangerine Tango, SU! Watercolor Pencil   

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango

Accessories:  Tangerine Tango button

Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful Tuesday!

Birthday Wishes- Fall Florals for Three Challenges :-)

Hi Stampers! 

I wanted to take to take a break from creating Christmas cards and share this card created using the colors from this week’s DD74 Dynamic Duos Challenge along with the AtlanticHearts Sketch Challenge #25 and the monthly theme at the Stampin' Celebration SCIC71 Inspiration Challenge.

If you have not had the chance to visit any of these sites yet, I hope you will take the time to do so – again, great inspiration!

To create this card:

Using So Saffron Classic Ink, ink up your brayer roller and roll the ink a bit sporadically onto a piece of Vary Vanilla cardstock.

Stamp the larger flower (dotted line) image from Stippled Blossoms using Calypso Coral Classic Ink, stamping off for some of the images to create your own Designer Series Paper (DSP).  Trim this panel to 4” x 5 ¼”.

Add the Crochet Lace and Satin Ribbon (both from my stash) per the sketch.  Adhere the entire panel to the Calypso Coral card base.

Create the rolled flowers using Scallop Circle Punches (2 3/8”, 1 ¾” and 1 ¼”) from So Saffron and Calypso Coral cardstock.  Spiral cut from the outside using a wavy pattern toward the middle, roll up starting from the outside toward the center and use Mono Multi Adhesive to adhere the layers together.

Punch out a few leaves using the Bird Builder Punch from Pistachio Pudding cardstock and punch out the sentiment using the XL Oval Punch (this sentiment is from the retired set, Watercolor Trio and was printed from My Digital Studio onto Very Vanilla cardstock). 

Also punch out two additional XL Ovals from Calypso Coral cardstock for the frame behind the sentiment, attach the two Calypso Coral ovals together (spread apart a bit) to create a frame for the sentiment and adhere the sentiment to the center.

Mount the sentiment onto the background layer (per the sketch) and add the rolled flowers and leaves.  Add a few Pearls to the sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Stippled Blossoms, Watercolor Trio (MDS)

Ink: Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Printer Ink- Black

Paper/Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding

Accessories: Brayer, Punches- Scallop Circle- 2 3/8”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼”, Bird Builder, XL Oval;  Pearls, Crochet Lace and Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a terrific Thursday!!

Hexagons and Butterflies- A Wonderful Color Challenge :-)

Hi Stampers! 

I hope you are having a great weekend so far!  As soon as I saw the fabulous CCMC262 colors from this week’s Create with Connie and Mary Challenge   I decided to stay up late again (or early depending on your point of view) to create one more card. 

Again, if you have not done so yet, please take a moment to stop by and check them out!

As I studied this color combo, I knew that I had the perfect background image already printed and ready to go from My Digital Studio (MDS) so I pulled out my scraps to finish off the card.  

  

To create this card:

Print the images from MDS using the Six-Sided Hexagon Brush stamp set onto Whisper White cardstock (I resized and positioned the hexagons to create a piece of my own Designer Series Paper).  I fussy cut around the images and adhered them to a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock embossed with the Argyle Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Add a piece of 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon across the lower part of the card and adhere the flower (created from Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Basic Black cardstock previously embossed with the now retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder).

Add the sentiment from MDS using the Watercolor Trio Stamp Brush Set onto Whisper White cardstock- punch out with the Large Oval Punch.  Punch two additional Basic Black ovals with the same punch and layer together to leave a bit of the cardstock show behind the sentiment.

Stamp the butterflies using Basic Black Classic Ink and punch out with their corresponding punch- adhere using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Add the Pearls to the ribbon and the butterflies to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Papillon Potpourri, Six-Sided Hexagon (MDS), Watercolor Trio (MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Basic Black Classic Ink

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Argyle and (retired) Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Punches- Fancy Flower, Pansy, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle, Large Oval, Elegant Butterfly, Bitty Butterfly;  Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a blessed Sunday!!