Paisley Print- Miss You from Scraps :-)

Hi Again, Stampers!

Here is the second card that I created using the colors from the CQC153 ColourQ Challenge (from a scrap piece of my own DSP created with the retired Paisley Print background stamp).  FYI- This was the second card from the one piece of background paper created using the Paisley Print stamp (if interested, see the previous post for the first card).

Again, you have not had a chance to visit the ColorQ site, I hope you will take some time to check them out!  They have a wonderful team of Designers as well as a number of submissions each week that provide so much inspiration !

To create this card:

On Whisper White cardstock, sporadically sponge Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Soft Sky (retired) Classic Ink.  After sponging, “spritz” the paper with water to soften the sponged areas and merge the colors a bit.  Once the paper is almost completely dry, ink the background stamp using Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and stamp over the watercolored area. 

Cut a piece of your newly designed background paper (or DSP) and adhere a piece of So Saffron cardstock. 

  

Use the Big Shot™ with the Large Scallop Edgelit™ Die to cut two pieces of Whisper White cardstock and line up and emboss with the Delicate Designs (Lace) Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder. 

Lightly ink the interior of the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder with Calypso Coral Classic Ink ( I used the folder after creating the card for the  previous post so it was technically the second embossing after inking the folder) and emboss a piece of Soft Sky cardstock (retired). 

Layer all of the elements, add the 1” Chocolate Chip Satin Bow and adhere to a base of Chocolate Chip and again onto So Saffron cardstock. 

The flower was created from the embossed background scrap from the previous card (Lacy Brocade inked with Calypso Coral and embossed onto Calypso Coral) and punched with the XL Fancy Flower Punch.  Punch another flower using Whisper White and cut apart each petal.  Adhere to the petals to the back of the petals on the embossed flower.

The center is the small circle stamp from Lacy & Lovely stamped in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink onto So Saffron cardstock and colored with the Calypso Coral SU! Marker.  Punch this center out with the 1 ¼” Circle Punch and layer onto Chocolate Chip cardstock (punched with the 1 3/8” Circle Punch).

Add the sentiment and pearl to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Lacy and Lovely, Paisley Print (background)

Ink: Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Soft Sky (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Soft Sky (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade and Delicate Designs Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Large Scallop Edgelit™ Die, Sponges, Punches- Fancy Flower, 1 ¼” and 1 3/8” and 1 ¾” Circle, Pearl, 1 “ Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon (retired)

Thanks again for your visit – I hope all of you have a wonderful week and are able to take some time to stamp and have fun! 

Paisley Friendship- Two Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!

I finally had the opportunity to spend some time in my craft room and to create a card using one of my favorite color challenge sites, the ColourQ :-).  The inspiration picture for CQC153 ColourQChallenge reminds me of the retired background stamp, Paisley Print so I decided to use this stamp to create my own background paper or DSP (Designer Series Paper) :-).

I also decided to incorporate the FMS51 Freshly Made Sketch Challenge as well- if you have not had a chance to visit either site, I hope you will take some time to check them out!  They both have terrific Design Teams and provide wonderful inspiration ideas!

  

To create this CAS (Clean and Simple) card:

On Whisper White cardstock, sporadically sponge Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Soft Sky (retired) Classic Ink.  After sponging, “spritz” the paper with water to soften the sponged areas and merge the colors a bit.  Once the paper is almost completely dry, ink the background stamp using Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and stamp over the watercolored area. 

Cut a piece of your newly designed background paper (or DSP) and adhere a piece of So Saffron to the one side (set the other piece aside for another card). 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Adorning Accents Edgelit™ Die to cut the one side of a piece of Whisper White and mount the entire panel onto the embossed Whisper White panel.

Ink the interior of the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder with Calypso Coral Classic Ink and emboss a piece of Calypso Coral cardstock. 

Layer to Whisper White and Chocolate Chip cardstock and add the embossed flower (created with punches and the center from a scrap of the background DSP).  Add the sentiment and pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Paisley Print (retired Background Stamp), Best of Everything

Ink: Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Soft Sky (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Soft Sky (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Edgelit™ Die, Sponges, Punches-XL Fancy Flower, Word Window, Modern Label,  1 ¼” and 1 3/8” Circle, Bojo Blossoms;  Pearls

I was able to create a second card from the scraps of this one and will post in a few minutes as well (one of the reason I love background stamps)! 

Thanks again for your visit and encouragement- have fun stamping this week!  

French Poppies #2- Three Background Stamps in One!

Hi Stampers!

Here is the second card created with the other part of the Pleasant Poppies background stamp from the previous post.   Again, this one uses the colors from the CQC152 ColourQ Challenge along with the En Francais and Ex Libris background stamps :-)

To create this card:

As mentioned, the poppies focal image is the left-over piece from the previous post- I stamped the floral image using Basic Gray onto Crumb Cake cardstock and with the watercolor technique, used the Aqua Painter with Gumball Green and Bermuda Bay Classic Ink to add color to the stems and flowers. 

Using a combination of watercolor and markers, I colored in the background with Basic Gray and once dry, used the Basic Gray marker and cross-hatched the background.   FYI- I also used the Basic Gray marker to highlight the centers of the flowers and a few petals.

Ink the En Francais background stamp using Basic Gray and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

The background behind the poppies was created using Whisper White cardstock and watercolor with Classic Ink.  Use the Aqua Painter to add water to the lid of the Gumball Green and Bermuda Bay Classic Ink pads and mix with the ink.  Apply to the paper using Sponges to achieve the desired effect.  Apply Basic Gray Classic ink to the Ex Libris background stamp and stamp over the slightly damp watercolor background (this will give you a soft muted appearance). 

Layer the poppy focal image onto Whisper White and add the ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding bow and lightly sponge Crumb Cake ink to soften the white edges.

  

Tear and curl the edges of the Ex Libris background and sponge with Crumb Cake ink to distress.  Mount onto the Whisper White layer and then onto Basic Gray.

Use the SU! White Watercolor pencil to add highlights to the flowers to finish off the card.  

Again, I purposely did not add a sentiment yet- I will wait until I need it for a special occasion and then add the sentiment.

Stamp Sets:  Pleasant Poppies, En Francais, Ex Libris (all three are background stamps)

Ink: Basic Gray, Gumball Green, Bermuda Bay (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay (retired)

Accessories:  Aqua Painter, Sponges, SU! White Watercolor Pencil, ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding

Thanks again for stopping by to visit !  If you have the time to view the previous post and compare to this one, let me know which one you prefer.  I like this one better since it shows more of the cross-hatching and the white highlights on the flowers seem to brighten them a bit :-)  

I hope all of you have a blessed week and a restful Labor Day!

French Poppies- Two Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!

Another weekend and another chance to stamp!  This time I decided to use the colors from the CQC152 ColourQ Challenge along with the RS27 Sketch from Retro Sketches- again, if you have the time, stop by both sites for tons of inspiration :-) !!

To create this card:

I have not had a chance to use a few of my background stamps lately so decided to use  Pleasant Poppies and stamped the floral image using Basic Gray onto Crumb Cake cardstock.  With the Aqua Painter, watercolor the stems and flowers with Gumball Green and Bermuda Bay Classic Ink. 

Using a combination of watercolor and markers, I colored in the background with Basic Gray and once dry, used the Basic Gray marker and cross-hatched the background (it was a bit splotchy from the watercolor for my taste).  FYI- I also used the Basic Gray marker to highlight the centers of the flowers and a few petals.

Ink the En Francais background stamp using Basic Gray and stamp onto Crumb Cake and Whisper White cardstock.

Cut the Pleasant Poppies piece (I love this background stamp- two cards from one image!) and layer onto Whisper White.  Add the punched border piece at the bottom and the ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding triple bow.

Add the layers per the sketch (I used a few pieces that were previously embossed with the Big Shot™ and the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder), additional ribbon scrap tabs and pearls to finish off the card.

I purposely did not add a sentiment yet- this card could be used as a sympathy, birthday, thinking of you or just as a notecard…I will wait until I need it for a special occasion and then add the sentiment :-).

Stamp Sets:  Pleasant Poppies and En Francais (both background stamps)

Ink: Basic Gray, Gumball Green, Bermuda Bay (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Pearls, ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding

Thanks again for stopping by for a visit- I hope all of you have a wonderful week and a restful Labor Day!

CQC151 Full of Blessings

Hi Stampers!

I decided to create a card this evening and with fall on the horizon here on the East Coast, I chose to use the CQC151 ColourQ colors- they seemed so "fall-like" to me.

This is another quick, easy CAS card:

Use Basic Black Classic Ink to stamp the focal image onto Whisper White cardstock.  Watercolor the image with the Aqua Painter (I used the ink from the Tempting Turquoise and Pumpkin Pie pads) and colored the bird and a few shadows with the Gray Watercolor Pencil.

Center the Apothecary Accents Framelit™ over the image and cut using the Big Shot™.  Cut another piece using Basic Black cardstock and layer behind the watercolored image (I cut the label die piece in half). 

Punch a hole in the corners, attach the 5/8” Black Stain Ribbon and the Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button Brad (both are retired). 

Layer over Basic Gray Designer Series Paper (retired Hostess Level I pack) and a Whisper White layer cut with the Adorning Accents Edgelit™ and embossed with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder ( stamp the sentiment before adhering to the layers).   Layer a piece of Pumpkin Pie DSP under the Adorning Accents layer and mount onto Basic Black Cardstock.

Add the 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Full of Blessings

Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, SU! Gray Watercolor Pencil

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Basic Gray DSP (retired Hostess Level I pack)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Apothecary Accents Framelit™ , Adorning Accents Edgelit™ , Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button Brads (retired), 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon (retired) 

Thanks again for dropping in for a visit- I hope all of you have a blessed week!

"Paper Pieced" Pinto for The Paper Players

Hi Stampers!           

                                                                                                    

This week has been an unusual week with a lot of computer issues at work and sporadic connections at home – difficult to get our work done but it gives me a break from the computer and time to stamp :-)

This week the PP109 Challenge at The Paper Players is "Paper Piecing" (not to be confused with Paper Piercing).  Paper piecing is one technique that I do not use that often- not sure why, I love the results that I see on all of the Design Team projects as well as the other entries so I may have to try this one more often :-).

I decided to pull out a new favorite stamp set, Horse Frontier.  I have several women (and young ladies) in my life that love horses so when this set came out this year, I knew that I would have to own it.

To create this card:

Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, stamp the horse image on your patterned paper (two different colors if you want to create a pinto type horse or sometimes they are referred to as a "Paint" ).   I used Comfort Café (the brown tweed piece) and the Whisper White Designer Series paper from the current Neutrals paper stack (the one with small words – you can barely see them).

Carefully cut out the horse image from the brown DSP and set aside.  With the White DSP, cut pieces to resemble the pinto spots, tail, mane and “boots’).  I used Two Way Glue to adhere to the brown horse image matching up the stamped lines (fyi- this was the most time consuming part of this card so I am not sure if I would describe this technique for me as "simple"- easy but took a bit of time  :-)

I stamped the grass area onto the Lucky Limeade Poppy designed paper in the Floral District DSP and cut out the area for the horse ‘s hooves and feathered the grass a bit.

Close-Up of Horse "Paper Piecing" 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Large Scallop Edgelit™ to cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Emboss with the Big Shot™ and the Delicate Accents Lace Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Stamp the Estrucan Elegance Jumbo Wheel with Early Espresso Classic Ink (lightly stamping off a bit of the ink) and stamp onto your background paper – I used a piece of the retired Bella Chateou DSP.   Emboss this panel with the Big Shot™ and  the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (the image side was accidentally on the reverse side of the EF but I think it worked better for this card). 

Adhere the background to the embossed lace edge piece of Whisper White.  Adhere the horse and grass image using SU! Dimensionals.  Add the 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon bow and little tag sentiments to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Horse Frontier, Estrucan Elegance (Jumbo Wheel), Tiny Tags

 Ink: Early Espresso

Paper:  Whisper White, Early Espresso, DSP- Comfort Café, Floral District, retired Bella Chateau

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Delicate Accents (Lace) Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Paper Snips, Jewelry Tag Punch, SU! Dimensionals,  5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you like my take on paper piecing :-).  As I  mentioned above, it was a bit time consuming gluing all of the little pieces but I did have fun!  I hope all of you have a great week stamping and creating!

Friendship- CAS with Butterflies

Hi Stampers!

While I had the Daydream Jumbo Wheel in my hand, I wanted to create one more Clean and Simple (CAS) card and decided to use the crisp and bright colors in the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC214 ColorChallenge. 

If you have not had the time to visit their site, I would highly recommend it.  The Design Team samples are wonderful and so diverse and the entries are as well.

To create this easy CAS card:

Ink the Daydream Jumbo Wheel using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp or roll onto Whisper White cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Gumball Green Core’dinations Specialty Paper and sand the embossing to expose the lighter core (FYI- just a friendly warning- this paper creates a lot of "fuzz" that you could save and make your own version of flower soft:-)).  

Also with the Big Shot™ cut a piece of Whisper White and Daffodil Delight with the Adorning Accents Edgelits™ and emboss with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Layer the Daydream panel onto Midnight Muse and the embossed curved panels (adding the sentiment before adhering to the Gumball Green embossed background).  

Stamp the butterflies using Midnight Muse Classic Ink onto Whisper White, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and also punch two butterflies from Midnight Muse cardstock (for the shadow layer). 

Add the butterflies to the panel, the ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon triple bow and Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Daydream Jumbo Wheel, Best of Everything

Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green Core’dinations Specialty Paper

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Fancy Fan and Adorning Accents, Adorning Accents Edgelit™,  Large Oval Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Rhinestones, ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope you like this card- have fun stamping this week and God Bless! 

A Vintage Merry Christmas

Hi Again Stampers!

I had a few minutes this evening in my craft room and decided to create another Christmas card using the HSSTC131 Hand Stamped Sentiments Vintage Theme Challenge- if you have not already had a chance to do so, stop by their site to see the wonderful creations from their Design Team as well as the other entries.

Originally I had signed up for the Splitcoaststampers CCC12 Christmas Card Challenge with the goal to create 25 cards a month and I am extremely behind schedule.  I believe what is hampering my progress is the idea of duplicating 25 cards:-).  There are no restrictions that they have to be all the same design,  so for the next month or so, I am going to try to create 5-6 Christmas cards a week (possibly all different designs) and see if this is a better way for me to meet my commitment....there, I said it out loud so you can hold me accountable :-)

To create this card:

Stamp the focal image using Basic Black Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  Color the image using SU! Watercolor Pencils with the Aqua Painter and once dry, distress the edges with the Distressing Tool along with your fingernail.  

Use a Sponge Dauber to lightly sponge Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink to “antique” the image and “spritz” with the Soft Suede marker and the Color Spritzing Tool.  Mount onto Early Espresso cardstock and distress the edges to mimic the focal panel.

With the Big Shot™ emboss a piece of DSP and a small piece of Early Espresso cardstock with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (I used a retired piece from this past year’s Sale-A-Bration "SAB").  Lightly sand the DSP with the Sanding Block to expose the white core.

Ink the interior smooth side of the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Assemble the back panel with the embossed pieces.  Add the Very Vanilla border cut with the Finishing Touches  Edgelits™ die,  string pearls, ½” Very Vanilla Seam Binding triple bow and punched oval with sentiment/pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Winter Memories, Bells and Boughs

 Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Paper: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Retired DSP (SAB 2012)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Finishing Touches Edgelits™, SU! Watercolor Pencils, Aqua Painter, Sponge Daubers, X-Large Oval Punch, Distressing Tool, Color Spritzer Tool, SU! Soft Suede Marker, ½” Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful week and God Bless!