Paper Quilts- Use Your Scraps

 Welcome

I've been doing a series of cards over the last few weeks, showing how to use those scraps you know we all have hanging around in our craft space.  

I keep all mine in a container as I often have strips leftover when cutting down a Gel Plate print to make them card size.  I'm on a mission to use those scraps and hopefully, create some nice looking cards using them.

I used the strips to make 3 cards today, all made with scraps and inspired by quilt designs...I love quilts.

To see other cards I have done with scraps, just look above in the tutorials section.

All the paper strips were cut at 1/4 inch wide.

All the cards are 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches in size so they fit easily into a standard size envelope.

USE YOUR SCRAPS

Card #1

For this card I used a variety of scraps including some inked Distress Oxide inked pieces, some stenciled pieces and some stamped.  

The pieces are cut at 1/4 inch wide and glued in this 'quilt style' format starting with a square piece of cardstock that you can't see, (it's under the sentiment) right in the middle of the card front panel. 

I splattered it with my white Posca pen after all the pieces were glued into place.

 I stamped the Sending Love and Thanks in my Misti onto a piece of white cardstock and die cut it using the Hero Arts Hexagon Infinity dies.

I pop dot mounted it over the finished quilt style background.

Card #2

This one was again a combination of some stamped strips and some inked ones, glued together in the same way as Card # 1. This one has a much more wintery feel to it with the snowflakes and the colours of the strips.

I stamped the sentiment onto some white cardstock and again, cut that out using the Hexagon Infinity dies then was pop dot mounted over the background.

Card #3

This pattern was a bit different then the first two.  The strips are laid straight instead of on the diagonal.

I splattered using my white Posca pen on this one too.

I made this one into a baby card by stamping the sentiment and then used a circle die to cut it out and pop dotted it over the background.  

Well I hope you enjoy these simply done 'quilt' style cards all done using scraps.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Crafter's Cafe- MYO BACKGROUND

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Hexagon Greetings (SSS); Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- heavy white- Scribes Nook, Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca pen; Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts);

Infinity Hexagon dies (HA); foam tape

Celebration Time

Welcome

It's the weekend and time to play!!

I was looking through my stencils mindlessly, trying to think about what I wanted to create.  

I like to have birthday cards on hand, so decided to go with that plan.  

I love this fun stencil, just add a few bright colours and you can make a great card.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by pulling out my Stencil Mat and cut a piece of white cardstock.  
• I got out this fun stencil called Round Fragments from A Colorful Life Designs...one of my favs.  I decided to stencil these fun flower shapes in a totally random way, so I masked off around the largest shape and added that into the bottom corner of my white cardstock panel using some Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry and a hint of Rusty Hinge right in the very center.  
• I continued to move the stencil around over my card front, masking and placing some of the flower shapes into the corners and then more into the center area.  I inked the dots from that same  stencil to fill in the open areas.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the 'Happy' and die cut it out, then stamped the 'Birthday' onto another piece of white cardstock and cut that out.  
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of matching pink cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I glued the Happy onto the card front, then pop dot mounted the Birthday under that.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 pink gems just around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Round Fragments

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate with no extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Sketchy Girls- FLOWERS

Crafter's Cafe- MYO BACKGROUND

Supplies

Stamps- Happy (The Stamp Market); Birthday (SU)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook, Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Round Fragments stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes, 

painter's tape for masking; white Posca pen, orange gems (Dollar Tree); foam tape

Grazing in the Woods

Welcome

Today's card is a simple one.

I got this lovely die from one of my boys for Christmas and wanted to use it.

I pulled out this inked piece of cardstock found sitting in my stash, one that I had rolled ink off my brayer while Gel Plate printing.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• After I found this inked piece of cardstock, I placed the die into the center of sheet and die cut the deer in the woods and set it aside.  (the ink I brayered onto  the paper was Blueprint Sketch, Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink)
• To give the scene a shadow effect, I die cut a piece of white cardstock and glued it to the back of the inked die cut piece, off setting it a bit.
• Using my white Posca pen, I added splatters to look like snow and give more interest to the scene.
• I added some foam tape to the back of the piece and added it to a white card base.  (my finished card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2")

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look

Adding my card to these challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown- MASCULINE

Critter Crazy- FEATURE AN ANIMAL

Little Red Wagon- MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxide 

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- die (Amazon); white Posca pen; foam tape; brayer

Birthday Hugs

Welcome

Time for a bright, happy clean and simple card.

So easy to create using this fun Mid Century Shadow stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

So here's what a did to create my card.

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock and positioned it onto my Stencil Mat with the 4 Mid Century Shadow stencil over it.  (This stencil comes with the cut away masks, so it's easy to ink with different colours as you can pop the mask into areas you don't want to ink up)
• I started at the top and inked up the first panel with some Mustard Seeds Distress Oxide ink, then masked and moved down to ink up the next area with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.  I continued that process down the panel, inking, masking using some Cracked Pistachio then finally some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.  
• I removed all the mask and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I placed the inked panel into my Misti and stamped the flowers to one side, leaving room to stamp the sentiment in the bottom corner.
• I glued it onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white card base.

 

Here is the stencil I used:

4 Mid Century Shadow

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate with no extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS on Friday- SPRING FLOWERS

Less is More- BIRTHDAY

We Love Stamping- STAMPING optional STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Insightful Meadow (Unity); Birthday Hug (Penny Black)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes;

white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower)

Fly Away

Good Morning and Welcome to the weekend.

Here is today's card.  

Super simple but I think very fun.

This leftover piece was just big enough to make a mini slimline card which is a bit smaller then the regular size.  

A standard Slimline card is size is 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 whereas a Mini Slimline is 6" x 3".  

(to see an envelope I made the right size for this card, go HERE)

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I found this inked background in my stash.  It was the bottom cut off from a larger piece.  Now I'm totally guessing about what I did as it has been sitting in my stash for a long time.  I would have to say I did a 'smooshing' technique to add the colour.  Most likely my go-to colours of Distress Oxide inks would have been Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Cracked Pistachio.  When I say smooshing, I mean that I rubbed the inks directly onto my Glass Mat, sprayed with lots of water and smacked my paper into the wet ink.  I like to dry in between and repeat that process to get lots of splatters. I think I may have given it a spray with the blue as well.
• I placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some black ink.  I clear heat embossed it to help make it pop.
• I set that aside and stamped the vintage airplane onto a piece of white cardstock, then I die cut it out.  I left it white so it would show up better over the colourful background.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto my card base.
• I pop dotted the airplane at the top of the card front.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- SLIMLINE

Little Red Wagon- MAKE IT MASCULINE

CASology- AFFECTION

Supplies

Stamps- Smile Often (Impression Obsession); Sky is the Limit (SU)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Plane die (SU); Glass Mat (TH); Lawn Fawn eb powder; 

heat tool; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Soaking Up the Sun

Good Morning

I just can't wait for some better weather to arrive.  

Big snowstorm here where I live yesterday.  

I do live near a Conservation Area, so this stamp always reminds me of that.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by creating the background.  I did that using my Gel Plate and a fun technique I first saw Lydia Fiedler do on one of her lives.  
• So, I pressed Salty Ocean into the center of my plate, then some Blueprint Sketch along the sides and brayered the colours together.
• Now here's the fun part.......I gently folded my Gel Plate in half, letting the sides touch mostly in the middle.  I opened it back up, laid it flat and then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to take my print.  It looked so cool...like water.  (To see another bkg I did this way, go HERE)
• I got out this beautiful Egrets in Reeds and placed it into my Misti.  I inked it up with black ink and stamped over my Gel Plate print.  
• I cut my card base at 4 1/4 inches square, then glued the panel to a piece of matching cardstock, then onto the card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- MAKE IT MASCULINE

Crafty Animals- ANYTHING WITH AN ANIMAL GOES

Crafter's Cafe- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamp- Egrets in Reeds (Magenta)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; Misti

Thoughts of You- Use Your Scraps

 

Good Morning

I seldom play along with sketch challenges, but yesterday I found one on Splitcoast Stampers that worked out for me to try.  You can see it below.

It is also a great chance to add another card to the series I'm doing called 

USE YOUR SCRAPS.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I looked through my stash of scraps and found a small piece of this orange cardstock that I had inked up on my Gel Plate with acrylic paint.  These smaller scraps can come in handy when die cutting a shape.  
• So I die cut the Daisy from some white cardstock and set it aside, then cut it again using the leftover pieces of the orange and set them aside.  
• The blue background was done on my Gel Plate using Distress Oxide inks (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers)  I simply pressed the pads onto the plate and blended together with my brayer.
• After the print dried for a few minutes, I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• When it was dry, I glued the die cut flower outline onto the blue background.
• I glued the orange flower petals back into place on the daisies.  They really popped inside the white outline.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti, clear heat embossed it and then pop dot mounted it over the bottom of the flowers.
• I glued it all onto a white card base.

Here is what the sketch looked like:

Thanks so very much for taking the time to visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CASology- AFFECTION

Sisterhood of Crafters- FEMININE (FLOWERS)

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Word Fragments (Creative Expressions)

Inks- Distress Oxides, Versafine Clair

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Daisy Circle die (Paper Rose); Misti; foam tape; white Posca pen'

Gel Plate; Speedball brayer; Spellbinder Platinum

Much Loved

Morning

Hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day.

So meet today's simple card.  

I wanted to ink this stamp up with some non-traditional colours and give it a bit of a different look.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• Like I mentioned above, I wanted to give these little hearts a more unique look, so I rubbed some Distress Oxide inks (Twisted Citron, Dusty Concord, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn) onto my TH Glass mat, sprayed with a bit of water and used that as my stamp pad, dragging the stamp through the wet ink
• I pressed the stamp onto my piece of white cardstock and left it there for a bit to give the inks time to soak into the cs.  I loved the look of the hearts when I lifted the stamp off.
• When it was dry, I stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.  I find the embossing makes for a bolder, better look to the sentiment.
• To give the panel more interest, I die cut it using this scalloped and stitched edge die.
• I glued it onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto a white card base.
• Lastly, I added 3 black gems to match the black sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- BE MY LOVE/VALENTINE

Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS IT

Get Creative- HEARTS

My Time to Craft- ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

Supplies

Stamps- Hearts All Over (Penny Black); Happy Val Day (Printworks)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Oxide 

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Glass mat (TH); Scalloped Frame die (YNS); Mister (TH); 

black gems; Lawn Fawn cl eb powder; heat tool

My Valentine

 

Good Morning and Happy Valentine's/ Friendship Day.

Time to make another Valentine theme card.

This one was easy as I pulled out a previously inked background, so I just had to add the heart and sentiment.  

I think it works great for a guy.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• Like I mentioned above, I found this previously inked background in my stash.  I created it using Distress inks and this Dot Circle stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.
• So onto my Gel Plate I pressed some Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.  I blended them together using my brayer, then laid on the stencil.  I used the handle end of a paint brush to press the stencil firmly in place, making good contact.
• I carefully lifted the stencil off, removing some of the ink and rubbed a piece of cardstock over the plate to lift the print.
• While that dried, I got out the All Over Hearts stencil and inked up a heart with some more blue ink.  I fussy cut it out and set it aside.
• I stamped the sentiment along the bottom edge of the print.
• I glued the print onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a white card base.
• I pop dotted the little fussy cut heart in the middle of the card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

Dot Circle

All Over Hearts

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate with no extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I do truly appreciate your friendship.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- BE MY LOVE VALENTINE

Use Your Stuff- HEARTS/LOVE

My Time to Craft- ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

Supplies

Stamp- Happy Valentines Day (Studio G)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Distress Oxide

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Speedball brayer; Dot Circle Stencil; 

All Over Hearts stencil (ACLD)

Round and Round- Use Your Scraps

Hello and Welcome

In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that I will be doing a series of cards I'm calling

Use Your Scraps 

I know you most likely have scraps leftover just like me.  Mine have been sitting in a container for so long and now I'm happy that I will be using them to create.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• Like I said above, this card was made with lots of scraps I have saved from cutting down pieces done on my Gel Plate, pieces I have inked or even some sheets I rolled off my brayer when printing....too good to toss in the garbage.

Hey look....I even remembered to take a picture of some of the prints I had made before cutting them down.  They were done on a Gel Plate with acrylic paint.  I splashed water onto them to see how the paint would react, pretty ugly eh?

But I saved them anyways.

• I gathered up bits and pieces and using my Hero Arts Infinity circle dies, I cut numerous circles using the leftover papers.  (I just love this die set...It's a winner for me!)
• I cut a white panel to 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches and just started randomly gluing the circles onto my cardstock.  I thought it made for a fun look.
• While the glue dried, I stamped the sentiment with some black Versafine ink and clear heat embossed it.  I cut it out and glued it onto a piece of green cs.
• I glued it all together onto a 4 1/4 inch square card base.

So simple to do.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look and I hope you get to 

Use Your Scraps.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Snippets Playground- USE LOTS OF SNIPS

CAS on Friday- MALE

Supplies

Stamps- Word Fragments (Creative Expressions) 

Inks- Versamark Clair, Distress Oxides, acrylic paint

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Scraps, Infinity Circle Dies (HA); foam tape; 

clear eb powder; heat tool

Northern Lights

 

Hello and Welcome

It's the weekend and I have time to play...yeah!

So, meet today's card.

This is so super simple to create using some of that bleeding tissue paper I got from Amazon.  

Here is another card I made using it...such fun results.

Colourful Smiles

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock that would fit my card front.
• I set my cardstock onto a tray (so I could move it out of the way after wetting it) and tore lots of pieces of the bleeding tissue paper.  I covered the whole piece of cardstock with the tissue, then sprayed with a good amount of water.  It helps to push all the corners and edges down to make sure they are wet and are making good contact with the paper.
• After the piece was completely dry, I removed all the bits of tissue and checked to see if any areas were left without the colour transferred.  If so, just repeat the process above.
• I took the dried panel and placed it into my Misti and stamped the Winter Woodland trees creating the scene.  I did clear heat emboss the trees to help make them stand out.
• I debated about adding a sentiment, but finally decided to just leave it as is so I could use it for a number of occasions.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

 Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS IT

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Winter Woodland (Penny Black)

Inks- Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Bleeding Tissue Paper (Amazon); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

water mister (Ranger); clear eb powder; heat tool

Paper Scraps- Use Your Scraps

Good Morning

I've decided to do a series of cardmaking over the next few weeks, showing how to use those paper scraps you know we all have hanging around in our craft space. 

I keep all mine in a container as I often have strips leftover when cutting down a Gel Plate print to make it card size.  I'm on a mission to use those scraps and hopefully, create some nice looking cards using them.

To see all the cards I will include in this series go to the tutorials bar above and find

USE YOUR SCRAPS

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by cutting 4 squares that were 2 1/4 x 2 1/4" from white cardstock to use as the base for gluing all the strips onto.
• I got out my container with all the paper strips that I save.  Like I mentioned above, they are stenciled, stamped, gel plate printed or just just plain inked pieces that I got when cutting down larger panels to make my card fronts.
• I cut the strips down; some are 1/2" and some are 1/4" wide.  I randomly glued them onto the 4 white cardstock squares that I had cut from above.
• I splattered the panels with my white Posca pen.
• While they dried, I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out.  I cut a slightly larger circle from some bliue cardstock and glued them together.
• I cut my card base- finished card size is 5"x 5".  
• I glued the 4 squares together onto another piece of white cardstock and then glued that onto my card base.
• I pop dot mounted the sentiment into the center of my card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; (many Distress Oxide inks; acrylic paint etc used on strips)

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Infinity Circle dies) HA; pop dots; white Posca pen

Icy Snowflakes

Good Morning

This card started as a 'fail' but I tried to rescue it and was very pleased with the final results.

Icy cold is what we have had here where I live, so this card was a perfect one to speak to the winter weather all around me.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• As I mentions above, this card started as a 'fail'.  Why do I say that?  I had cut a white piece of cardstock and tried to use this new snowflake die I got for Christmas to cut it out.  WELL, the cardstock I was cutting was too thick and the die make an impression instead of cutting.  I looked at it and thought....hmmmmm.  Time to rescue it.
• I took the panel and rubbed some Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink all over the front of the panel.  I loved how the snowflake stood out and stayed white....SAVE!
• I cut the panel down to fit a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch size card when finished. 
• To add interest, I first splattered with a good amount of water to lift some of the ink, then splattered with my white Posca pen to add a more snowy look to my card.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment 3 times and glued them together.  
• When the inked panel was dry, I glued it onto a white card base, then added the sentiment and a few little blue gems.

 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- WITH LOVE

The Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES WINTER

Papercraft Challenges- WINTER WONDERLAND

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX 

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook, Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Snowflake die (Amazon); TE inking brushes; blue gems;

Peace die (SSS)

Many Thanks

Hello and Welcome

Meet today's card.

Again, I am using a previously painted Gel Plate print.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I looked through my Gel Plate prints and roll off sheets that I keep in a folder just for this reason.  This one wasn't pretty, so I decided to try and make it into something.
• I placed the piece into this lovely embossing folder called Scandinavian Christmas that I got as a gift and ran it through my machine.
• Using a sanding block, I sanded off the raised areas to reveal the design. Be sure to sand carefully over the cardstock as too much pressure may tear the paper.
• I brushed away the residue left from the sanding and glued the panel onto a heavy white card base.
• I splattered the panel using my white Posca pen to add a snowy effect.
• I stamped the sentiment and cut it out, then used some foam tape to mount it into the middle of my card front.
• I added 3 green gems under the sentiment.

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

Adding my card to these challenges:

CRAFT- WINTER

Crafty Gals Corner- SNOW MUCH FUN

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Thank you (Studio G)

Inks- DOX, acrylic paint

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Scandinavian Christmas eb folder(SSS); sanding block; 

foam tape; green gems; painted cardstock

You've Got my Heart

Welcome

Had some time to make a few Valentine cards to have on hand.

I made this one in more of a masculine style/ colour.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I pulled out my Stencil Mat and placed the Marvelous Mask Heart over my paper.
• Next, I layered this Pretty Victorian stencil right over the heart mask and rubbed some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink into the center, then rubbed some Peacock Feathers around the outside until all was covered with ink.
• I removed the mask and stencil and then fussy cut out the heart.
• I stamped the sentiment over the center of the heart.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and while that dried, I stamped the background.  To do that, I placed my cardstock into my Misti and stamped the dots with more Cracked Pistachio, turned the cardstock in my Misti 180 degrees and stamped again so the dots covered the center area of my panel.
• I glued the stamped panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I foam dot mounted the heart over that.  

Here are the stencils I used:

Pretty Victorian

Marvelous Masks Heart

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate with no extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- HEARTS

Simon Says Wed.- WITH LOVE

We Love Stamping- STAMPING/OPTION STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Happy Valentines Day (Studio G); Dots- WPlus 9

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

Paper- white- Scribes Nook, Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Marvelous Masks Heart and Pretty Victorian stencil (ACLD);

TE Blending Brushes; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca pen;

Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower)

Something Different

 

Welcome

I'm calling this post 'Something Different' because it's just that for me.

Trying out a new fold for my card base....so easy but gives a different look.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I decided to challenge myself to create a different style of card.  In the end, it was so super easy that I will be doing it again.  I began by making a standard card base that was 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" when folded.  
• Next, I scored and folded the front side panel in half. It creates a 'Z' fold card.
• I found this piece of painted cardstock that I had done on my Gel Plate and thought it would look nice as the base colour.
• I cut it and adhered it to the outside folded part of the panel and also to the inside of the card base.
• After I had the blue gel print glued to my card base, I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Paper Swirls stamp into my Misti.  I sprayed the stamp with lots of water, then pressed it onto my cardstock.  
• I sprinkled on some Brushos and let dry completely.  I love the look as the colour bursts to life with the Brushos.  For those of you that are wondering what Brushos are, they are little crystals filled with lots of pigment, that are activated by spraying with water.
• When it was all dry, I brushed away the excess Brushos, leaving behind this lovely stamping.
• I placed it into my Misti again and stamped the sentiment.
• I glued the inked piece onto some lavender cardstock and then glued it just to the front fold of the card base. (finished size was 3 x 4 1/4")
• I added 3 black gems to finish it all off.

A really simple fold to do and still room to write on the inside of the card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- WITH LOVE

Creative Creases- ANYTHING GOES WITH A FUN FOLD

Krafty Chicks- STAMP ACT

Supplies

Stamps- Paper Swirls (Frog's Whiskers); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Brushos

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- ScorPal; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; gel plate print