Swipe Your Credit Card

Good Morning.

Today, I am hosting the Technique Lovers Challenge at 

Splitcoast Stampers.

I am calling this Challenge 'Swipe Your Credit Card'.

After making this card last week using the Distress Oxide inks and a credit card, I though it would make for a fun mini-tutorial and a challenge.  It is pretty simple to do and the nice thing is that you most likely have all the supplies already on hand.

 I have 2 cards I made using this technique.

This first one was done using Distress Oxides inks in four different colours.

Just a hint, I used a heavy weight cardstock instead of watercolour paper so the ink would sit on top of the paper and not soak in. 

I rubbed the ink directly onto my non-stick craft sheet, sprayed with water and dipped just the edge of my credit card into the ink and then dragged it across my paper.

I touched the edges of my credit card onto my black ink pad to create the black lines on my card and some white acrylic paint for the others.

I added the Tim Holtz die cut flowers some flowers from Memory Box across the bottom and used a stitched frame die on the edges.

So now onto my second card.

For those of you that have not ventured into the world of Oxides, I wanted to give this technique a try using my regular Distress inks.  I figured most of you had at least some of these inks on hand or others that were water-based. 
I will say that the Oxides do layer better then the regular Distress inks.

I did exactly the same technique as above but this time, I stamped on my card front instead of using the die-cuts.  By using the Misti, it was easy to get good coverage when I repeat stamped a few times.

I added some white acrylic paint splatters to this one too and stamped a sentiment as well.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

City Crafter- SUNSHINE
(card #2)

Time Out- INSPIRATION QUOTE

Love to Create- MIXED MEDIA

I hope you will check out my mini tutorial and give it a try.

Thanks again for coming by and taking a look.

 Supplies

Card #1

Stamps- none

Ink- Broken China, Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint, Iced Spruce Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy weight (bulk from local store)
Accessories and Tools- Cuttlebug, Dies- Wildflowers (TH), Meadow Clover (Poppystamps), 
Stitched Frame (Memory Box), credit card, wh acrylic paint

Card #2
Stamps- Clover Silhouette (Magenta), Wildflowers (TH), Live..Laugh..Love (Rubbernecker)
Ink- Ripe Persimmon, Carved Pumpkin, Fired Brick, Fossilized Amber Distress (TH);
Tuxedo Black Memento
Paper- heavy weight (bulk from local store)
Accessories and Tools- MISTI, wh acrylic paint, credit card, paintbrush

Watercoloured Roses

Good Morning.

Meet today's card inspired by this beautiful basket and the challenge at Splitcoast.

Here is what I did.  

I began by stamping the roses onto a piece of watercolour paper with Versamark ink and white heat embossed them.   Using my Zigs, I did a loose watercolour on them by putting down a bit of colour then pulling the inks into the stamped image with a wet paintbrush.

Next, I pressed some Distress ink directly from the pad onto my non-stick craft sheet and used the wet paintbrush to fill in the background.  There was some leftover ink on my sheet when I was done that I didn't want to waste, so I sprayed water over it and pressed my whole card front into the wet ink.  It gave a lovely texture and added depth to the whole piece.

I stamped the sentiment from Stampendous using my Misti and Tuxedo black ink.

I scored my card front (sorry, it's a bit hard to see in the photo) and then glued the piece over that.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

A Vintage Journey- USE A QUOTE

Just Add Ink- CHOOSE TWO

(flowers, watercolour)

The Crafty Addicts- ADD A SENTIMENT

Have a great weekend and thanks for coming to visit.

Supplies

Stamps- Flower Path (Stampendous); Bamboo Roses (Altenew)

Ink- Peacock Feathers Distress, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

 Paper- Canson 140lb watercolour

Accessories and Tools- Misti, white eb powder, heat tool, paintbrush, Zigs, non-stick craft mat (Ranger),

ScorPal, ScorBug

Abstract- No Stamping

Meet today's card.

No Stamping...can you believe it!!??

The challenge at Splitcoast today did it to me.  It's called, "Look Ma, No Stamping".

 So this is the very simple card I came up with. 

I started with a piece of Yupo paper.  It is unlike any paper as it is a synthetic, waterproof paper with unique qualities and ideal for using with Alcohol inks.  It has a plastic coating so when ink is applied, you never know what results you will achieve.  The ink goes where it wants.

I dropped Alcohol inks onto the paper and used some Ranger Alcohol Blending Solution to help move the inks around.  When dry, I cut the piece into panels and mounted them in an interesting layout on my card front.

I die-cut the 'smile' with heavy white cs then glued it over the panels.

Quick and easy card to make.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- STASH

Stamplorations Never Ending- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

 Stamps- NONE

Ink- Alcohol (Ranger)

Paper- Yupo; heavy white cs

Accessories and Tools- Blending Solution (Ranger), Smile Die (STAMPlorations), Cuttlebug

Footprints on Our Hearts

Good Morning.

Had some time to play and this is what I came up with.

I began by placing the flower stamp into my Misti, coloured directly onto the rubber with Tombow markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I cleaned off my stamp then inked it up with London Fog Memento ink and stamped across the bottom of my card front to fill in the empty areas.

Next, I stamped the sentiment with black Memento then heat embossed it with clear powder.  I did that so when I sponged on the blue, it would resist the ink.

I inked in the whole background using Distress inks and a blending tool then sprinkled water over the whole piece to lift some of the colour.

To add additional interest, I stamped the squares around the edges and white heat embossed them.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Always Fun Challenges- ANYTHING GOES

Cards in Envy- FAV COLOUR/ ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Cardmakers- FLORAL PROFUSION

AAA Cards- EMBOSSING


Have a great week and thanks so much for coming to take a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Insightful Meadows (Unity), Footprints (Inkylicious), Arty (Kaisercraft)

Ink- Memento, Tombow markers

Paper- Strathmore Bristol

Accessories and Tools- MISTI,  white and clear eb powder, heat tool, inking tool (TH)

Distress Oxides and a Credit Card

Meet today's card.

Just a fun one created with some new-to-me Distress Oxides and an old credit card.

This is the first time I have used them and wanted to find out how they would work for creating a background because as you all know, I love making backgrounds! 

 Love how it turned out and it was so easy...maybe I even created a new technique for using them.

I began by smooshing (a technical term!) the Oxide ink pad directly onto my non-stick craft mat and sprayed with a touch of water.  I dipped the edge of an old credit card into the ink then dragged it onto my paper.  I repeated that process being sure to drag in different directions using the colours I have.  To add more interest and depth to the inked piece, I pressed the edge of the credit card onto my Black Soot Distress ink pad and then instead of dragging, I just touched the surface to create the black lines you see.  I also did that using some white acrylic paint; no dragging just lightly touching to transfer the colour.  Love how the inks layered over each other.

I stamped the 'Smile' using Memento black ink and clear heat embossed it.  I was pleased at how easily it stamped over the Oxides.

I die-cut the Wildflowers and glued them onto my card front.

Like I said, I was so happy with how it turned out...now I need more Oxides!! LOL

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Creative Artiste Mixed Media- ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA

Cardz 4 Galz- ADD SOME TEXTURE

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Gals- FLOWERS

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPED

  It's a long weekend for us here in Canada.

Enjoy yours and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look!

Supplies

 Stamps- SMILE (Daisy Bucket)

Inks- Wilted Violet, Iced Spruce, Broken China, Peeled Paint Oxide Distress ink (TH)

Black Soot DI (TH), Memento black

 Paper- Strathmore Bristol

Accessories and Tools- old credit card, clear eb powder, heat tool, non-stick craft mat, Mister (TH)

white acrylic paint, Wildflower dies-(TH)

Happy Wishes- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome.

Time for another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

This month is an easy one....flowers.  

I just picked up this sweet Blossom Bunch stamp last month at Scrapfest and wanted to play with it.  One of the reasons I liked it was all the open space on the flower petals which makes it ideal to do a loose watercolouring on.

I began by stamping the flowers onto watercolour paper then watercoloured the petals using my Zigs and a wet paintbrush.  When they were dry, I fussy cut them out and set them aside.

I die cut the stitched frame using my Cuttlebug and added some blue gingham paper behind the frame.  I think the gingham always adds such a fun and summery look.

Next, I stamped the sentiment using my Misti then popped the flowers in behind the frame.
Added some black pearls to the flower centers.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe- BIRTHDAY

The Crazy Challenge- MONOCHROMATIC

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Monochromatic Magic- MONOCHROMATIC

Please come and play along with us this month.  

Supplies

Stamps- Blossom Bunch (Stampendous), Fond Expressions 2 (STAMPlorations)

Ink- Memento black

Paper- Canson 140lb watercolour

Accessories and Tools- Misti, black gems, Cuttlebug, die- MFT, Zigs, paintbrush, pop dots

Casing Myself- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

This month at The Flower Challenge we have something fun for you to play along with.

It's time to Case a DT and you should see the inspiring cards there to case!

Some of you may have seen my first card I added to the challenge to be cased.

I began by die cutting out the framed area.  First, I cut out the opening for the frame using my Cuttlebug. Then to get the embossed stitched edge, I placed the next larger size of die from the same set into my machine but placed it onto a silicone pad instead of directly onto a cutting plate.  You may have to try it using a few different types of shims but it will emboss you paper instead of cutting through it.

This time, instead of doing the folds on my inky paper like my original card, I created a piece of woodgrain paper using Elmer's glue and Distress inks.  To see my full tutorial about how to do this go here:

 Woodgrain Tutorial

 Again like my first card, I die cut flowers from white cardstock to keep it simple and stamped the sentiment.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More-ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES

As You Like It- FAV DIE AND WHY
(I love hollyhocks but can't grow them in my garden as it is too wet.
I just love their majestic, tall and beautiful blooms)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Happy Birthday (Studio G)

Inks- Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean, Stormy Skies Distress (TH), Memento black 

  Paper- Strathmore Bristol

Accessories and Tools- Cuttlebug, silicone mat, Elmer's glue, ScorPal, hollyhock die (Impression Obsession),
stitched frame die (Memory Box)

Reflections

Happy Friday.

Meet today's card.  

Spring has arrived and the garden and trees are abounding with shades of greens.

I began my card by placing the leave stamp inside my Misti.  I coloured directly onto the stamp using my Zig markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  

After the leaves were dry, I stamped the sentiment using my Misti again with black Memento ink.

I cut the panel down to a smaller size then scored lines top and bottom of my card front to give more interest when I added the stamped panel.

That's it....a very clean and simple card.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

City Crafters- ARRIVALS

(arrival of Spring)

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPED

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Reflections (Paper Smooches), Life's Path (High Hopes)

Ink- Memento black

 Paper- Strathmore Bristol

 Accessories and Tools- Misti, Zig Realbrush markers, misting bottle (TH), ScorPal

May Flowers

 

Hello. 

Meet today's card.

Nature is coming alive and I wanted to make a very clean and fresh card and here's what I came up with. 

I began by die cutting a circle from lightweight paper and used the negative part as a mask for the circle.  I sponged on green Distress ink on the bottom and blue at the top.

Leaving the mask in place, I put the piece inside my Misti and stamped a portion of the flowers at at bottom using black ink.  I removed the mask and stamped the whole flower again just to the side of the circle.

The sentiment is from a new PB set called Happy Times.

I removed the mask and doodled in a border using a fine line black marker.

Adding my card to these challenges: 

City Crafter- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Crafting When We Can- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Hiding In My Craft Room- MAY FLOWERS

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Have a great week and thanks for coming to visit.

Supplies

Stamps- Clover Silhouette (Magenta), Happy Times (Penny Black)

Ink- Memento black, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers Distress (TH)

Paper- Strathmore Bristol

Accessories and Tools- Misti, circle die- Spellbinders, fine tip black marker (Staples), sponge applicator (TH)

Mother's Day

Meet today's card.

With Mother's Day quickly approaching, I wanted to create a Springtime card.

Playing with some new stamps from Penny Black.

I began by masking the edges of my watercolour paper, then placed my paper inside my Misti to stamp the Penny Black  Full of Glee flowers randomly with Archival ink.  I tried to stamp them around the outside edge of my card so I would have some white space left in the background.  

Next, I loosely watercoloured the flowers using my Zigs and let dry.

I stamped the sentiment from the Special Thoughts set using my Misti and clear heat embossed it.

I wanted to give my card a sunny feel, so I inked around the edges with yellow Distress ink and went in and did some stenciling with my drywall tape.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Little Red Wagon- TIME TO CELEBRATE

Watercooler Wednesday- FEMININE

Crafty Calendar- FLOWERS

Quick Notes- MOTHER'S DAY

Just Us Girls- MOTHER

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Full of Glee (PB), Special Thoughts (PB)

Ink- Archival black, Mustard Seed Distress (TH)

Paper- Canson 140lb watercolour

Accessories and Tools- Misti, drywall tape, applicator tool (TH), drywall tape, Zigs, paintbrush

Very CAS

Good Morning.

A very simple, CAS card today.

For those of you that don't know what 'CAS' means it is a short form for Clean and Simple.

I love the style and it can be interpreted in many ways.

Today at Splitcoast, the challenge is to create a CAS card.  If that is our typical style, we are asked to dial it back even more.  

So, here's what I came up with.

I began by inking my heavy weight cardstock with Peacock Feather Distress ink and an inking tool.  Next, I placed the Peacock Feathers stamp into my Misti, sprayed with water and pressed onto the paper.  Since the Distress inks are water-based, the colour lifted to reveal this gorgeous image.

Simple right?  

I dried the piece with my heat gun then using my Misti again, stamped the sentiment from SSS and clear heat embossed it.  I added the black pearls for interest.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations- ANYTHING GOES
 

Loves to Craft- MAY ANYTHING GOES

Inspiration Destination- ANYTHING GOES/MASCULINE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Peacock Feathers (Technique Junkies) Thanks (MFT)

Ink- Peacock Feathers DI (TH), Memento black

Paper- 120lb cardstock (bulk local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti, clear eb powder, heat tool, black pearls, Mister (TH)

Case a DT- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Welcome to another new addition for 

The Flower Challenge

This month we are having such a fun time with our theme to case one of the DT member's cards.

You should see all the amazing beauties there are to case...so much inspiration.

So, do you have some pieces of inky paper in your stash that just didn't work out for a project or card you were working on?  That's how this card came together.

I began by looking at this inked paper I had made that was sitting in my stash.  I love the colour blends.  I achieved that by inking my acrylic block with Distress inks, sprayed with water and pulled the colour over the card surface instead of letting it soak in.

I cut out the frame using a stitched die, added some folds to my inked paper for interest and then glued the die-cut flowers over that.  

I tried to keep my card simple in case you decide to case me! (wink, wink)

*EDITED:  I had a lot of questions about the folds.  They are not glued down and all I did was fold them back and forth onto themselves.  It does help to really crease them using a bone folder or you could add scored lines to crease using your scoring tool before folding.  
Hope that helps! 

Also adding my card to these challenges:

City Crafter- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG.

Watercooler Wednesday- ANYTHING GOES FEMININE

The Crafter's Cafe- FEMININE

Dies R Us- FLOWERS

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.  

Hope you will come and play with us.

Supplies

Stamps- By the Sea 2 (Gina K)
Ink- Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, 
Peeled Paint Distress Ink (DI), Memento Black
Paper- heavy weight cs (bulk from Local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti, Stitched die (Memory Box), Wildflower dies (TH), 
long acrylic block, Mini Mister (TH), ScorPal

CAS Watercolour Challenge- Flowers

Hello and Welcome.

Meet today's card.  Time for a new challenge at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

This month our theme is an easy one....flowers.
This month we are so happy to have Mac Mable as our Guest Designer.

I began my card by using Painter's tape to mask the edges of my watercolour paper.  I stamped the marigold flower in the bottom left hand corner using my Misti, masked it and stamped it again on either side of the first flower.  I love the look achieved by using a masking technique.

 I coloured in the flowers using my Zig markers adding colour only to the inside edges of the flowers then using a wet paintbrush, pulled the colour to the outside edges to give a watercoloured look to my flowers.

 I stamped the sentiment using my Misti again, removed the painter's tape and doodled in the border.

I always forget how fun it is to doodle on my cards.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

 STAMPlorations- NEVER ENDING/ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- FLOWERS


Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- French Marigold lg (STAMPlorations), Noteworthy (STAMPlorations)

Paper- Canson 140lb watercolor paper

Ink- Archival black, Zig markers, fine tip black marker

Accessories and Supplies- Painter's Tape, Misti, paintbrush