It's Snowing- Slimline

 Good Morning

I hope the start of your New Year is going well. 

Meet today's card.  

Just a fun one with lots of detail and of course, one of my favourite snowflake stamps ever. 

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and spread some Gesso with a palette knife randomly over the panel.  (like you are buttering a piece of toast) I set that aside to dry completely.
• When dry, I rubbed some Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord and a bit of Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks directly onto my non-stick craft mat and sprayed with water to dilute it.  Using my brayer, I picked up the colour and brayered over the Gesso background.
• I then placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped the Sweater Pattern Maker stamp from Picket Fence Studios using some Faded Jeans Archival ink. Love the look it gave.
• I dried the piece completely, then rubbed all over it with my Anti-static bag.  I stamped the snowflakes from Colorado Stamp with some Versamark ink, then white heat embossed them.
• Next, using my Posca white pen, I splattered to add to the snowy effect.
• I die cut the sentiment from STAMPlorations in white and glued it over the corner of my card panel. I added a white pearl to the center of the main snowflake.
• I mounted the piece onto some dark navy cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life- SNOWFLAKES

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafting Challenge- SOMETHING NEW (sweater pattern stamp)

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp); Sweater Pattern Maker (Picket Fence)

Inks- Versamark; Distress Oxides; Faded Jeans Archival

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); navy cs

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

brayer; Gesso; Posca pen; die (STAMPlorations)

Snowflake Collage

Good Morning!

Hope you are doing well in your part of the world.

Meet today's card.  

I'm trying to get a few more made before it's time to mail them all out.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I placed the panel into my Misti and inked up the snowflake from Colorado Stamp with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with some water and pressed onto my paper.  I added some Peacock Feathers to just the very center of my snowflake.  I kept moving the panel around until the whole front was stamped.
• Next, I rubbed some Salty Ocean DOX ink onto my glass mat, added some water to dilute it and watercoloured in the background around the snowflakes. I dried that all using my heat tool
• Now it was time to add a bit more detail, so I used the Overlapping Texture from AALL and Create and randomly stamped around the snowflakes.
• I splattered with white using my Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the sentiment from the Santa's List set with some Versafine Clair and backed it with a small piece of white.  I pop dotted that over the bkg. and mounted it all onto a heavy white card base.

 Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Bastel-Traum- BACKGROUND

Creative Craft Cottage- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Stamping Pals- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp); Sentiment (YNS); Overlapping Texture #307 (AALL and Create)

Inks= Distress Oxides (TH); Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Posca white pen; pop dots; paintbrush

Warm Winter Wishes

Welcome

So glad to be posting another holiday card.  

I am back to work and so super busy that I have had no time to stamp. I have been keeping all the little daycare hands busy crafting and creating for Halloween which has been so super fun.

So here are the details on how I created my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  Whenever I am using my Gel Plate, I keep a stack of paper nearby to brayer off the excess paint.  This panel was one of those roll-offs.  I just used some acrylic paint from The Dollar Tree.
• The panel looked a bit dark, so I used an old credit card and scrapped a bit of white acrylic paint over it to help break up the colour a bit.  This is always a good tip if you have made your background too dark.
• Next, I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the large snowflake from Colorado Stamp with some Versamark ink.  By using my Misti, I was able to stamp twice and get a good impression.  I poured on some white Wow embossing powder and heat set.
• I placed the panel back into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from the same set with some Versafine Clair Noir.  I clear embossed that as well so it would show up better over the painted background
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered with white to mimic the look of snow.
• I simply mounted the panel onto another piece of white cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

 Hope you are having fun creating some holiday cards.  With so little time, I am glad to have some backgrounds made that I can pull out from my stash.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- THINGS THAT BEGIN WITH 'B'  (brrrrrrr)

A Perfect Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Wow Clear EB powder; white EB powder;

Posca Pen; brayer; acrylic paint; credit card

Greetings

Welcome

Hope you are not totally sick of my posting another Christmas card!!

With me getting back to work and having little to no time to stamp, I'm glad I had some time to get ahead of the game during the lockdown and get some cards made.  

I always have a hard time trying to give my cards a name.  I think I should have called this one the power of inking, DOX inks and adding water.  The results you can achieve with water lifting are truly amazing when using these inks on a simple piece of cardstock.  

I've been watching a lot of Vicki Boutin's FB lives and she's such an inspiration.  She loves playing with all the 'stuff' as she calls it.  I love that she's a Canadian too!  She's been doing lots of inking and blending so if that's something you like to do, go check out her videos.

So onto my card details.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock cut into a panel.  I like to cut them 3 3/4 x 5".
• Using my Tim Holtz inking tool, I rubbed on Broken China, Speckled Egg, Blueprint Sketch and some Salty Ocean onto the panel, blending as I went along.
• When I was happy with the inking and the whole piece was inked, I started to water mark.  I lifted some ink using water through the Tim Holtz Mosaic layering stencil, splattered with water and dried.  I also picked some colour up by spraying a script from the Faded Text stamps by TH and stamping it over the inky background. You can continue to layer and lift colour by drying each layer before adding more ink and water. 
• When I was happy with the look, I placed the dry panel into my Misti and stamped the large snowflake down in the corner with some Versamark ink and then white heat embossed it.  *Be sure your panel is totally dry and rub with an anti-static bag before embossing or the powder will stick to anywhere wet and you won't get a crisp image.
• While that cooled, I stamped the sentiment with some more Blueprint Sketch and clear heat embossed it.  
• I splattered my panel with white paint using my Posca Pen.  I just tap it over my project with a heavy duty metal ruler to deposit the paint.  
• I pop dotted the sentiment over the snowflake.
• I mounted the piece onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Stinkin Inkers- MONOCHROME
Allsorts- GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES

Christmas Card Throwdown- MAKING SHADOWS

Supplies

Stamps- Greetings (Paper Smooches); Faded Text (TH); Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp)
Inks- DOX (TH); Versamark
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- white EB powder; heat tool; pop dots; inking tool (TH); Posca Pen; 
stencil (TH)

Sending You Peace

Happy Saturday

Another clean and simple card for the holidays.

I was inspired after checking out the IC Challenge today at Splitcoast and found this pin from the inspiration Pinterest Board of these vintage ornaments.

So here is what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, my Misti, Deco Foil Stencil Pat, inks and some small sponge dabbers.
• I laid down the Stencil Pal and using Distress Oxide inks, I inked the lines on my card panel going in a diagonal fashion.  Super simple. The Distress Oxide colours I used were Shaded Lilac, Cracked Pistachio, Mustard Seed, Abandoned Coral, Broken China and Picked Raspberry.
• Next, I placed the piece into my Misti and inked up the snowflake with some Versafine Clair and pressed onto my inked panel.
• I splattered the panel using my black Posca pen to add interest.  I just remove the cap and tap with a ruler over the whole piece.
• I stamped the sentiment from Impression Obsession on a separate piece of  white cardstock and clear heat embossed it.  I mounted that onto a piece of black and pop dotted it over the bottom of the panel
• I glued the finished panel onto some black and then onto a heavy white card base.

For those who have asked what a Deco Stencil Pat is, here is a picture of what it looks like:

It is a great tool for applying Gesso, Texture paste etc. through a stencil to get a nice smooth application.  One edge is flat, so that's what I used.  

Hope that helps.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Tinker Dream- CAS

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafters Cafe- DOTS AND OR STRIPES

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp); Peace (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; clear eb powder; Stencil Pal; heat tool; pop dots; Posca pen; ink dabbers (Dollar store)

Christmas in July

Happy Saturday!

Meet today's card.

Having fun with some simple inking and my favorite snowflake stamp.

I am using the same technique as my card from yesterday inspired by Eileen Godwin.

Here's what I did to create my card.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  Using my Stencil Pal, (a stencil Pal is a plastic tool that you use when applying pastes over a stencil and has a flat edge on one side) I randomly used it to create lines on my card panel by pulling Distress Oxide inks with an inking tool away from the straight edge. 

You could use a ruler, piece of heavy card or anything that has a flat edge.  

I made sure the lines crisscrossed each other using different colours.  I added a variety of colours and when I was happy with the inking, I stenciled in some circles using some more DOX ink.  

I dried the ink then placed the piece into my Misti.  I stamped the large snowflake with Versafine Clair and clear heat embossed it.

I used an old label maker to print my sentiment and glued it over the snowflake.

I splattered the panel with some black using my Posca Paint pen, then added some clear jewel dots.

I mounted it onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Stinkin' Inkers- I SEE SPOTS

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Aud Sentiments- CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp)

Inks- Distress Oxides (Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed,

Blueprint Sketch, Picked Raspberry); Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook0

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Dymo Label Maker; clear eb powder;

heat tool; clear gems; Posca pen black

Abstract Snowflake

Welcome!

Meet today's card.

I thought having this time off was a good chance to get started on creating some Christmas cards.  

But I'm just having a bit of trouble getting into that mind set since Spring has just arrived and we finally have some warm temperatures.

As I have mentioned in some of my previous posts, being off work has given me time to play more with my supplies.  I've been making some backgrounds with my Geli Plate.  When using a Gel Plate, you need to brayer off some of the excess paint to give a thin layer.  I always like to keep some extra pieces of cardstock nearby to roll off my brayer and this bkg. is one of those.  It is messy but still interesting with all the different colours of paint brayered onto it and I thought it would make a good back drop for my snowflake.

So, I placed the painted background into my Misti, inked up the snowflake from the Colorado Stamp Company with some Versamark ink, stamped and white heat embossed.  I repositioned my background in my Misti and stamped it again just moving my panel over a bit, with some blue Distress ink.  It created a shadow effect that I love.

As the white embossing will create a resist, I used a dry cloth to wipe away the excess DI over the snowflake.  

I stamped the sentiment using my Misti with some black ink and clear heat embossed it.

Lastly, I splattered using my white paint.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you are all safe and well.

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp)

Inks- Versamark; Versafine Clair; Mermaid Lagoon DI 

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); brayer, acrylic paint; white eb powder; 

Winter Moment

Hello

Meet today's card.

It is still winter here where I live, the snow is melting a bit and Spring is trying to get here.  

I just couldn't resist playing with this great snowflake stamp again from the Colorado Craft Company.

So here is what I did to create my card.

I began by inking up the inside of my Numbers Embossing folder with some Versamark ink, ran it through my Cuttlebug and white heat embossed. 

I rubbed some Distress Oxide inks onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water and slapped my paper into the wet ink to create my blue background.  When I was happy with the inking, I dried it with my heat gun.

Next, I placed the panel into my Misti and painted the snowflake with some Brushos and stamped.

I repeated that process until the snowflake was totally visible over the embossed bkg.

I had some diluted Brushos left over, so I used that to add the splatters.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and white heat embossed it onto the black cardstock.  I added it to the side of my card panel.  

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

ABC Christmas Challenge- E, EMBOSSING

Cardz 4 Guyz- USE INK AND/OR PAINT

Supplies

Stamps- Moment (Art Journey); Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp Company)

Inks- Brushos, Versamark, Distress Oxides (Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs, blue cs (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush; white embossing powder; heat tool; 

Numbers Eb Folder (Carabelle Studios)

Red and White- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

A new month means a new theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

This month we have a colour challenge for you to use Red and Black.

This month we welcome my talented friend Michele as our GD.

Guest Designer:  Michele (I Card Everyone)

So onto my card details.

Love is in the air this month with Valentine's Day right around the corner but I decided to use those colours, commonly found with that theme, in a different way.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.

I inked up the large snowflake by colouring directly onto my stamp with my Memento markers, sprayed with water and pressed it onto my cardstock.  I repeated that process using a variety of red markers until I had a deep, rich red on my snowflakes.  I turned my paper around and stamped the snowflake again at the top using the same process.

Next, I stamped the sentiment then die-cut the hemstitch border.  I love the simple interest the border  added to my card.

Keeping it all clean and simple, I mounted it to a heavy white card base and added a few black gems.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look and I hope you will come and play along with us.

Supplies

Stamps-  Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp Company); 

Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- Memento Markers; Versafine

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems, Mister (TH); Hemstitch die (Spellbinders)

Snow Storm

Good Morning.

Meet today's card inspired by the snowstorm we are in the middle of.  It's been such a weird winter here, not much snow up to this point but lots of rain.

So onto my card details.

I just had to pick up this wonderful stamp from the Colorado Stamp Comp. after seeing it on social media.  Love the look and how big it is.  I had such fun playing around with it.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  I positioned the stamp,  painted it with some diluted Brushos and a wet paintbrush, then pressed onto my white cardstock.  I repeated that process until all areas of the snowflake had been inked with colour.

I just love the bold colour the Brushos give.

I had some diluted Brushos left on my palette, so I took a wet paintbrush and splattered the bkg.  No sense in letting good ink go to waste right?  Besides, I love the look of the splatters.

When it was all dry, it looked a little plain, so I die-cut it, then pop dot mounted it back over my card front then onto a heavy white card base.  I added a blue jewel to the center of my snowflake as the finishing touch.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- FROSTY

CAS on Friday- WINTER

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp Company)

Inks- Brushos

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- paintbrush, Hemstitch die (Spellbinders); blue jewel; pop dots