CAS443 -- Sweet Birthday Wishes

Love the CAS challenge today at Splitcoast Stampers. "Sweet Birthday Wishes" I immediately thought of this stamp by Penny Black called "Sweet thing". It took me a while to find it. Then it was ready, set, go. I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used my Prisma Colored Pencils (with Gamsol) to do the coloring. I cut the image out with Spellbinder dies, found some coordinating card stock, a piece of Designer Series Paper and the perfect birthday stamp. Finished. A very simple card. Just took a little bit of time to do the coloring.

A Couple of Special Cards

I was just looking over some of my pictures taken in March. I found two cards that I had not posted. The first one was for my daughter's birthday. We had been traveling the first of March and got back home the day before her birthday. It took me about a week to get her card made. It was a little too late to say "Happy Birthday"; I had talked with her by phone on her special day. When I saw this sentiment, I knew that it was what I wanted to add to her card. Purple was always her favorite color when she was in high school. I came across the purple card base and the white embossed panel. I heat embossed the sentiment using white detailed embossing powder. After cutting the leaves with one of my dies, I used some punches to make the flowers. I am truly thankful for Angela; she is a very special daughter.

This was a thank you card even though it does not have any "words" on the front. I made the front panel a long time ago when I was doing some watercolored background washes. It had been in a scrap box for many months just waiting to be used. The rose is a Penny Black stamp that I had colored with markers, spritzed with water and stamped. It made the perfect card when I was in a hurry and needed to get the card done. What do you have lying in your scrap box just waiting to be used?

Foggy Morning

The past week, here in Michigan, we have seen several days with really heavy, dense fog. I was inspired to try to create a foggy scene on a birthday card. I spent most of the morning working on the card. I first started out by stamping the image on white card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then I tried sponging over the image with Stampin' Up's Whisper White craft ink. It was working but not like I wanted it to. Next I tried stamping the image on light gray card stock using VisaFine Onyx Black ink. Now it looked like I was on the right track. Finally, I began sponging over the stamped image. I tried to add more sponging in the center of the image to create more depth to the scene. I used Memento Gray Flannel ink to stamp the deer and then did more sponging. Finally I was getting the look that I wanted. I love the finished result.

The stamps used were: "Woodland Wonder" from Penny Black, "Forest Silhouettes" from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and the "Happy Birthday" from Stampin' Up's set called "Bloom With Hope". The card base is SU's So Saffron card stock with a small piece of designer paper that I found in the scrap box.

SC550/SC537 -- Brush Rose

Today, we were to choose any sketch between 501 and 549. I chose to use sketch # 537. I could find no record of ever having done that challenge. It is one of those that is simply, elegant and has lot of possibilities.

Lately, I have been loving this stamp. Why? I'm not real sure, but I think that part of the reason is that I love the watercolor look. I colored the stamp with SU markers -- Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Old Olive and Always Artichoke, spritzed it with water then stamped it onto a color wash background that I had made. The card base is SU Raspberry Ripple card stock, Old Olive card stock is layered behind the image. Finally I used Raspberry Ripple Designer Series Paper and Raspberry Ripple stitched ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by today.

This card was on the "Favorites for the Week" ending July 26, 2015 at Splitcoast Stampers.

PP254 -- Frame It

This week's challenge at the Paper Players is to use frames.

 

I made the frame by using Spellbinder dies. It was cut from Bermuda Bay card stock. The rose (a Penny Black image called "Brush Rose) was colored with markers, spritzed with water and stamped onto a water colored background. The card base is SU's Pool Party card stock.

Two Challenges

My card today is for two challenges. The first was from The Paper Players.

The second challenge was at Splitcoast Stampers. It was this weeks Clean and Simple challenge to create a card with the theme "Love".

The little hedgehog is from a clear set by Penny Black colored with Copic markers. The heart outline stamp is from SU's "I {heart} Hearts" set and the sentiment is from SU's "Filled With Love" set. I cut the image out using a Spellbinders pierced rectangle die. The image was then layered with black and red card stock (both from my scrap box). To add a little bling I used three little heart rain dots.

 

February 8, 2015  My card was chosen for "A Cut Above" at The Paper Players.

Inks, Stencil and Dies

I had been doing some research on different ways to use stencils. I came across a blog with wonderful videos regarding stencils and different ways to use Distress Inks. I have a few of the ink pads but have not used them all that much. Here is the link to the blog titled Jennifer McGuire Ink.

 This is a photo of the full piece of paper that I colored. I used three different colors of the Distress Ink -- worn lipstick, tumbled glass and spiced marmalade. I laid a stencil over the paper and sponged over the stencil with water. Before I finished sponging, I sprayed some water on my craft mat, added a pinch of Perfect Pearls powder and sponged that over the stencil.

I took my "Bashful" die and cut the image out in the center of the paper. I cut the same die out of black card stock. I inlaid the cut dies in the opposite pieces of paper.

It this point I began to assemble both cards. For this one I used SU strawberry slush card stock for the base. The next two pictures show the card from different angles.

This card features the die cut from the sponged piece of paper on black card stock accented with a white oval.

This is my cards using inks, a stencil and die cuts.

CAS274 -- Bashful Birthday

May Flowers  That is the theme for today's CAS challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. I love flowers! It is hard to past up a new flower stamp or a new flower die when I see one. I have been wanting this die from Penny Black called "bashful" ever since I saw it. I finally found it on Friday in one of my favorite scrapbooking stores in Northville, Michigan -- Stampeddler Plus Memories. I used a watercolor wash background that I had in my paper file and did an inlay of the die cut. I also used a leftover piece of the watercolor paper to stamp the birthday greeting which was from the SU Watercolor Trio stamp set.

I had leftover pieces and I just could not see myself throwing them out so I made another card. It is much the same but different. Does that make sense? I guess.

"This is the day that the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it."
                              Psalm 118:24