Flaky Friends- Three Challenges in One!

Hi Again Stampers!

Here is the second card that I created using the CQC270 ColourQ Challenge along with The Card Concept #24 Snowman Tag (or Winter) Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers SC517 Sketch.   

This card is a mixed media card that I believe qualifies for the "Shabby Chic" style and I just love this retired sentiment (since I know a few of my friends probably think I am bit of a “flake” lately- lol!!)

Again, I hope you will find time to visit the challenge sites- wonderful designs and inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the snowman image from the retired set, Holiday Woodcuts using Early Espresso Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  Color the image using Stampin’ Write Markers-  Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pistachio Pudding and retired Blush Blossom. 

Cut the snowman to approx. 1 ¾” and create the tag using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.  Add the punched border at the bottom (I used a previously punched strip in my stash using the retired Lace Ribbon Border Punch).

Apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Stain to the paper to “antique” the white and once dried, use a paint brush to apply Soft White Acrylic Paint to the snowman to lighten the snow area and small snowflakes over the entire tag.

Apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Stain to the 3/8” Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon to “antique” as well :-)

Once the ribbon strips are dry, apply a strip at the bottom of the tag to hide the seam of the punched border and to the top of the tag (tying with Natural Linen Thread and fraying the edges).

Add a knotted piece of Natural Linen Thread over the Calypso Coral ribbon strip at the bottom of the tag and adhere the Calypso Coral and Island Indigo snowflakes to the sides.

Ink the mittens from the retired set, Flaky Friends using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  

Color the mittens using Stampin’ Write Markers-  Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pistachio Pudding and Blush Blossom (retired), add the snowflakes using the Blush Blossom marker as “ink” to the stamp and apply  Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Stain to distress the paper.  

Add additional distressing using the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Island Indigo Classic Ink. 

Distress a strip of Whisper White cardstock using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Stain, trim and mount onto a piece of Island Indigo cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Calypso Coral.

Add the distressed mitten background panel onto a piece of Calypso Coral and mount the layered horizontal strip to the card front, trim and mount onto the Island Indigo card front.

Add the snowman tag to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Ink the sentiment from Flaky Friends using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Apply  Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Stain to distress the paper, add a bit of Island Indigo using the Stampin’ Write markers around the snowflakes and add the white highlights using a Faber-Castell White Pitt Pen marker.

Use the 1 ¾” Circle Punch to punch out the sentiment- punch another circle from Calypso Coral and Island Indigo cardstock.  Split the Calypso Coral and Island Indigo circles in half and mount behind the sentiment. 

Mount the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Holiday Woodcuts, Flaky Friends, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink:  Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Island Indigo; Stampin’ Write Markers- Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pistachio Pudding, retired Blush Blossom; Faber-Castell Pitt Pen White Marker; Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Stain; Soft White Acrylic Paint

Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo

Accessories: Punches- Scalloped Tag Topper, retired Lace Ribbon Border, 1 ¾” Circle, non-SU snowflake (Martha Stewart); 3/8” Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon, Natural Linen Thread, Rhinestones

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a fantastic weekend!

Merry Christmas- Garden Snowmen Fun!

Hi Stampers!

I had a chance to play in my craft area last night and pulled out a few of my favorite retired Stampin’ Up! snowmen sets to have some marker fun  :-)

The first card was created was a Clean and Simple card using the CQC270 ColourQ Challenge along with The Card Concept #24 Snowman (Make A Tag) Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers WT507 "Easy Does It" Challenge.

  

If you have not done so, I hope you will find time to visit all of the challenge sites- inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the snowman image using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.

Use Stampin’ Write Markers to color the image- Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pistachio Pudding and Blush Blossom (retired).  Use the Basic Black marker to color the buttons and branches.

Apply Two-Way Glue to apply Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the snowman and ground area.

Trim the panel and create the tag using the Scallop Topper Tag Punch.  Use the Project Life® 0.3” Corner Rounder to round the corners.   

Cut another tag a bit larger using Island Indigo cardstock, creating the tag topper and round the corners. 

Layer the focal image onto the Island Indigo tag, add the 3/8” Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon and tie with Natural Linen Thread.   Fray the ends of the ribbon to mimic the scarf on the snowman :-)

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim and mount onto a piece of Island Indigo cardstock, trim and mount onto the Island Indigo card front.

Ink the sentiment in the corner using Calypso Coral Classic Ink and mount the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

 Stamp Sets: Garden Snowmen,  Christmas Greetings  

Ink:  Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Calypso Coral; Stampin’ Write Markers- Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pistachio Pudding, retired Blush Blossom

Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot™,  Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,  Scalloped Tag Topper and Project Life® .30” Corner Rounder Punch, Dazzling Diamonds, 3/8” Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon, Natural Linen Thread

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

Peace on Earth- Three Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to relax and stamp last night and wanted to create a card using the PP224 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge  (I chose Tree, Embossing and Glitter :-)) along with the CC507 Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge (dessert option of a Tree on your card)  and the SC92 Holiday Inspiration Photo Challenge. 

Again, if you have not visited the above sites, I hope you will do so- great inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Use a scrap piece of paper or a sticky note to mask the snow banks.  Use a Sponge Dauber with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink onto the sky area and ink the retired stamp, Evergreen using Early Espresso Classic Ink and repeatedly stamp the trees in the background.

Use a Stampin’ Write Early Espresso marker to darken the trees and add highlights with a Faber-Castell White Pitt Pen.

Add additional highlights with a paint brush and Soft White acrylic paint as well as applying highlights to the snow banks.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Ovals Collection Framelits™ to cut the image into an oval, cut another oval the same size from Early Espresso cardstock- split the Early Espresso oval in half and mount behind the masked image.

Use the Two-Way Glue Pen to apply glue onto the branches and add Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

Use the Big Shot™ with the retired Holiday Frame Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock (ink the interior of the folder before embossing with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink).  Carefully cut out the embossed panel.

Adhere a piece of Early Espresso cardstock to the end of a piece of Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper (DSP).  Mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and adhere to the Early Espresso card base.

Add the embossed frame and oval image using Stampin Dimensionals® to the card front.

Stamp the sentiment from the retired Greetings of the Season stamp set using Early Espresso Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  Create the banner using the Hexagon Punch, mount onto Early Espresso cardstock (creating the banner with the Hexagon Punch as well). 

Add the sentiment to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add the green Satin Ribbon bow to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Evergreen, Greetings of the Season

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso; Faber-Castell White Pitt Pen, Soft White Acrylic Paint

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Early Espresso; Trim the Tree DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, retired Holiday Frame Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Oval Framelits™, Sponge Dauber, Dazzling Diamonds, Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!!

SUO111 Merry Christmas- Season of Tags :-)

Hi Stampers! 

This card was created for the new SUO111 “Tag, You’re It” Challenge along with the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC331 Sketch Challenge.

Instead of one tag, I decided to create a card with three tags :-)

If you have not done so yet, I hope you will find the time to check the rest of the Design Team projects at SUO-Challenges as well as the wonderful samples at Create with Connie and Mary :-)

To create this card:

Using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the cardinal image from Beauty of the Season onto Whisper White cardstock.

Color the cardinal using Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Light, Medium and Dark Cherry Cobbler for the feathers and berries, Light Smoky Slate for the branches and Light Pumpkin Pie for the cardinal’s beak and legs.

Trim the panel to 4 ½” and cut into three strips 1 ½” wide.  Insert the strips into the Note Punch and punch the end with the angle, flip and re-insert to punch the other end (this gives you a longer tag than the original punch was designed to create).

Punch size regular size tags using the Note Punch from Basic Black cardstock.  Layer two tags behind each of the cardinal tags allowing a bit of the Basic Black to show.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim to approx.  4” x 5 ¼”.

Adhere the left and right tags to the woodgrain panel, add the retired Silver cord to the card front and adhere the center tag using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.   

Mount the entire panel onto the Basic Black card base.  

Create a bow using the Silver Cord and add to the top of the card along with Basic Black button.

Stamp the sentiment from Endless Wishes using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, trim and create the banner points using the Banner Punch, punch two banners from Basic Black cardstock and add to the ends of the sentiment.

Mount the sentiment to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Beauty of the Season, Endless Wishes

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Light, Medium, Dark Cherry Cobbler, Light Smoky Slate, Light Pumpkin Pie; White Gel Pen

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Note Punch, Hexagon Punch, Neutral Button, retired Silver Cord

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by – I hope that you will join in on in on the fun with your Stampin’ Up! Only creations and create your own “Tag, You’re It!” project!

Sending Love and Sympathy- Two Challenges in One!

Hi Again Stampers!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful Monday!  I was able to spend a few minutes in the craft room and decided to create a card using the Splitcoaststampers CC506 Color Challenge- Rose Red, Mossy Meadow and Basic Black (dessert option- ribbon) along with the PPA229 Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge.

Again, I hope you have the time to stop by both sites to check out the great inspiration from the Design Teams as well as the other entries!

To create this card:

Ink the floral stamp from Choose Happiness using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp repeatedly onto Whisper White cardstock (re-inking for each stamping). 

Use the AquaPainter™ with Rose Red Classic Ink, create a color wash and apply to all of the blossoms.  Apply darker ink to create dimension to the petals and carefully cut out each blossom.

Ink the leaf stamp using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp repeatedly onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock for the background panel. 

Color the leaves using the Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write marker. 

Use the AquaPainter™ with Mossy Meadow Classic Ink, create a color wash and apply over the entire background.   Using Mossy Meadow Classic Ink, stamp the lattice from Summer Silhouettes over the background and add a bit of distressing using the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge.

Sporadically apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Picket Fence Distress Stain over the entire background.  Mount the panel onto the Basic Black card front.

Adhere the flowers per the sketch and add the large flower in the upper left hand corner using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Stamp the sentiment using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock- create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch. Mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock (creating the points again with the Hexagon Punch).

Mount the sentiment onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®- add a piece of one of the flowers to the edge of the sentiment. 

Use a Faber-Castelle White Pitt Pen to add highlights to the flower centers and adhere the larger Pearls to the corners and a few seed Pearls to the flower centers to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Choose Happiness, Love & Sympathy, Summer Silhouettes, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Mellow Moss, Rose Red; Stampin’ Write Marker- Mossy Meadow, Faber-Castelle White Pitt Pen, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Picket Fence Distress Stain

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories:  AquaPainter™, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful evening!

HYCCT1416 What Direction To Take

Hi Again Stampers!!

Here is another card that I created for the annual Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (HYCCT) Card Drive at Splitcoaststampers.  

This card was designed for HYCCT1416 mrslaird aks Paula “Stampless” Challenge - (see the gallery here and the details here).  I decided to incorporate a Gelli Arts® Print as my background for this card.

The basic steps to create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Sizzix™ Tim Holtz® Textured Fades™ Compass Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock and set aside (for use in a few minutes).

Apply a few drops of silver acrylic paint onto the Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate and use a Brayer to thinly spread the paint but make sure it is thick enough not to dry too quickly. 

Lay down a piece of Watercolor Paper over the printing plate (this card was created using a scrap piece of the Watercolor Paper), smooth with the brayer or your hand to cover the paper and carefully peel away from the plate.  Reapply the silver paint and continue with a few more prints.

Apply a few drops of Soft Black, Soft White and Midnight Blue Acrylic Paints and smooth with the brayer to mix the paint.  

Lay the embossed piece of Whisper White cardstock over the paint, smooth with your hand or a brayer, lift up and set aside for use again.

Lay the silver side of the Watercolor Paper onto the printing plate, smooth with your hand or brayer and lift up (the raised areas of the embossing piece should show against the silver paint).

Once the initial panels were finished and dry (you can use a Heat Tool to speed up the drying process), re-insert the printed piece back into the same embossing folder that was used as the “stencil” and re-emboss using the Big Shot™.

Apply another thin layer of silver paint onto the printing plate and roll the paint from the Brayer onto the original Whisper White embossed panel (the one that was used as the “stencil” and is now covered with blue/black paint) – this way you can use the original embossing panels as well as the print panels- nothing is wasted!

Using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the En Francais background stamp to randomly stamp around the background- once dry, gently rub the Silver Encore™ Pigment ink pad across the top of the embossing to give the panel even more of a metallic look. 

Trim the panel and adhere to a layer of Whisper White cardstock and again onto the Basic Black card base.

This is a fun technique- love using my Gelli® Arts Plate! 

Stamp Sets: En Francais

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Midnight Muse, Encore® Silver, various Acrylic Paints

Paper: Watercolor, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Gelli® Arts Plate, Big Shot™, non-Su! Embossing Folder (Compass)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a fantastic week!!

HYCCT1415 Beary Best Friends

Hi Again Stampers!!

Here is another card that I created for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (HYCCT) Card Drive at Splitcoaststampers. 

 

This card was created for HYCCT1415 dougnat aka Natalies’s “Soft and Cozy” Challenge - (see the gallery here and the details here) along with SC494Sketch Challenge :-)

To create this card:

Ink the bear image from the retired set, Beary Best using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and color using Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils along with the AquaPainter™.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Circle Collection Framelits™ to cut out the bear image along with another circle (the same size) from Pacific Point cardstock.  Split the Pacific Point circle in half and adhere behind the focal image.

Mount a piece of Whisper White cardstock onto a piece of Pacific Point cardstock, trim and mount onto the Real Red card front.

Add a piece of retired Maritime Series Paper (DSP) to a piece of Pacific Point cardstock for the center vertical panel of the sketch.

Adhere a piece of Pacific Point DSP to a piece of Real Red cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Pacific Point cardstock.  Add to the card front for the horizontal strip.

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

Add the focal image and sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Adhere the Real Red Corduroy Button to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Beary Best, Heartspeak

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink,, Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Pacific Point, Maritime and Pacific Point DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Circles Collection Framelits™, AquaPainter™, Hexagon Punch, retired Real Red Corduroy Button

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

HYCCT1414 The Fabric of Friendship

Hi Stampers! 

I hope all of you in the U.S. had a great Thanksgiving!!  We are truly blessed :-)

It has been a busy month with my husband’s chemo treatments and doctor appointments along with Thanksgiving, so I apologize for not posting these cards sooner :-)    

I hoping to be able to finish posting the remaining cards that I created for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (HYCCT) Card Drive at Splitcoaststampers over the next few weeks- the goal of the card drive is to provide cards to the patients and their guests to send as encouragement, etc. for their personal use.  

With that in mind, I tried to find sentiments that I thought could be used for various occasions and tried to limit the layers so they would not have to include additional postage :-)

This card was created for HYCCT1414 berlycece aka Kim’s “It’s Time to Step” Challenge - (see the gallery here and the details here) along with tutorial for the step card that I used from Splitcoaststampers (here) 

To create this card:

After cutting the base for the card from Very Vanilla cardstock, I covered the card with Early Espresso cardstock.

Ink the stamp images from the retired Fabric of Friendship stamp set using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and color using Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils along with the AquaPainter™.

Use the Distressing Tool to distress the edges of the dress from and sewing basket images.

Use the smaller images (button and scissors) with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink and stamp over the sentiment- punch the sentiment out using the Note Punch.  

Clean and re-ink the sentiment using Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink and stamp around the dress form image to fill in the background.   Ink the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink and stamp repeatedly over all of the images.

Use a Sponge Dauber with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink to distress all of the edges and panels (“antiquing” the paper). 

Add the sewing Washi Tape to the side panels and center lower panel as well as the corner of the dress form panel.

Mount the dress form image to the center piece of the step panel and add additional sewing Washi Tape to the corner.

Mount the sewing machine image to piece of Early Espresso cardstock and add to the front of the card. 

Mount the punched sentiment image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.   Add the Venetian Crochet Lace with the Vintage Trinket.   Add the button to the tag and lower left corner of the center panel.

Add the White Tea Lace Paper Doily to the sides of the center panel to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Fabric of Friendship, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Baked Brown Sugar, Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils

Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso

Accessories: Distressing Tool, Sponge Daubers, White Tea Lace Paper Doily, Washi Tape (non SU!), Vintage Trinkets, retired Night of Navy and Real Red Button, 3/8” Venetian Crochet Lace Trim

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope to post a few more cards over the next few days :-)  Have a great week, my friends!