Rose Garden- Acrylic Block Coloring

Welcome

Today, I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.

The challenge I chose is called Acrylic Block Stamping.

So awhile back, I watched a video by Lydia Fiedler and was so intrigued by the look that she achieved using this technique.

Here is the video that explains about how she did it:

Acrylic Block Coloring

So I began by stamping the Rosa Eden Roses stamp onto my card front with the black Verafine ink.

I didn't have a block that was big enough to colour the whole flower so I used a smaller one and worked in sections

I placed my small block over the stamp upside down and coloured directly onto my acrylic block with my Zig markers.  I sprayed with a bit of water and then pressed onto the stamped image.

I continued that process until my whole flower was inked.

I love the unique look it gives to a stamped image with little effort.

I stamped the sentiment with more black ink and simply mounted it onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will give this easy, fun technique a try!!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps- FOR A LADY/GIRL

Crafty Friends- SPECIAL OCCASION

Supplies

Stamps- Rosa Eden Roses (Picket Fence); Scripted Bold Sentiments 2 (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Zig Watercolour pens; Versafine Clair Nocturne

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- acrylic block; Mister (TH)

Christmas Joy

Hello and Welcome

Penny Black has a great new release happening and this Homespun wreath stamp is one in the Christmas series.

When I saw the stamp I loved the look but when I put it into my Misti to stamp with it, a new idea came to mind to use it in a new way. 

So here is the stamp and what I did.

I began by positioning the stamp into my Misti, using just the evergreen and cones at the top of my card front.  Using my Tombow markers, I coloured in the evergreens with 2 different shades of green and pressed onto my paper.  I coloured the cones with some brown and did the same.  

By using the markers, I was able to apply ink only where I wanted it and was able to eliminate the branches part of the stamp.

When I was happy with the inking, I left the stamp right where it was and rotated my card in the Misti so the top stamping was now at the bottom.  I repeated colouring in my stamp and pressed onto my card front.  The two areas met up and merged perfectly together to create the wreath.

I took a wet paintbrush and pulled some of the colour on the pinecones to colour them in.

I stamped the sentiment from the Thrill of Hope sentiment set, then mounted the wreath onto a piece of dark green cardstock and onto a heavy white card base.

To finish off my card, I added some little red pearls to look like the berries.

It was so simple to get this unique looks from this stamp and it's nice to be able to get a totally different look using it.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Winter Wonderland- USE A FAV EMBELLISHMENT

(small pearls)

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Homespun (PB); Thrill of Hope (PB)

Inks- Tombow Markers; Versafine Clair Nocturne

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); green cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); red pearls; paintbrush

Trick or Treat

Morning.

I don't tend to make Halloween cards, but when I saw this great TH set on for a steal at Michaels, I just had to own it.  I love the spider web and the set has some really cute images in it.

So onto my background.

As most of you already know, I love playing around creating bkgs.  I was using some shaving cream and re-inkers for another project and had some leftover on the plate I was using.  I didn't want it to go to waste, so I pressed a piece of cardstock into the inked shaving cream and put the dry piece away in my stash.  I like to have backgrounds ready and waiting for quick card making.

How to do this technique.....spread some shaving cream onto a paper plate (that makes for easy clean-up).  Drop some re-inkers onto the shaving cream and swirl it around.  I used a little spatula but you could use the end of a paint brush or a popsicle stick.  Gently press the paper into the shaving cream, set aside to dry.  Scrape off the excess with an old credit card to reveal a beautiful bkg.

I placed the inked bkg into my Misti and stamped the images and the sentiment. 

To give it an even more eerie look, I rubbed the edges with some Black Soot DOX ink and splattered with some black acrylic paint.

I mounted it onto a piece of white, then black, then onto a heavy white cardbase.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FALL IT

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamps- Halloween Cutouts (TH)

Inks- Versafine Clair Nocturne; Black Soot DI (TH); Carved Pumpkin, Dried Marigolds Distress Re-inker (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black acrylic paint; shaving cream; 

Gather

Welcome

Fall arrives tomorrow. 

 I can't believe how quickly the summer has past, but I welcome the splendor that is all the Fall colours.  That is what inspired my card today.

I decided to create a card for Thanksgiving.

I began by making the background, using a piece of heavy white cardstock.

I used a credit card dipped into some DOX inks and I dragged the ink across and down my card front.

To see more cards done like this, search Swipe Your Credit card on the search tag ---->

It's easy and fun to do.

When I was happy with the coverage of ink, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the trees using some black ink.

Next, I took a piece of black cardstock and stamped the sentiment from IO with Versamark and then white heat embossed it.  I cut it out and then popped it over the trees.

I mounted the piece onto some orange cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Use Your Stuff- TAGS AND FRAMES

Alphabet Challenge- M FOR MASCULINE

Cardz 4 Galz- WELCOME FALL/AUTUMN

Supplies

Stamps- Cover a Card Tree Line (IO); Gather (IO)

Inks- Carved Pumpkin, Cracked Pistachio; Spiced Marmalade; Festive Berries DOX ink (TH);

Memento black, Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black and orange

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white eb powder; heat tool, old credit card

Autumn's Arrival

Hello and Welcome.

With the weather changing and the crisp mornings, Autumn is in the air.

I decided to make a Fall card after reading about the TLC Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.

The challenge was to 'stencil smoosh'.  Basically, you ink up the back of a stencil as you would for making a monoprint, spray with water and press onto areas of your card.  The challenge was to use at least 3 stencils, overlapping them.

So, I grabbed 3 of my stencils and got to work.

I began by inking up the back of my Messy Dot Grid stencil with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto areas of my card.  Next, I did the same with the Fleur Grillwork stencil and some more of the same ink.  I also cleaned off the ink left behind on that stencil right onto my card front.  Lastly, I inked up the Simple Grid stencil with some Carved Pumpkin ink and applied it to areas overlapping the first stencil impressions.

When that was dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the flowers and the sentiment.

I simply mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

AAA Birthday Game- USE A STENCIL

Always Fun- FALL COLORS

Craft Stamper Magazine- TAKE IT/MAKE IT 

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Here are the stencils I used:

Messy Dot Grid

Fleur Grillwork

Simple Grid

Supplies

Stamps- Leaf Prints (TH); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh)

Inks- DOX: Candied Apple, Peeled Paint, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber (TH);

Versa Fine Clair Nocturne

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); 

Mister (TH)