Feeling Blue

 

Hello and Welcome

Meet today's card.

I called it Feeling Blue because of the colour and not because of the way I feel although we are in another lockdown as the third wave here in Ontario is proving to be the worst so far!

I always try and stay positive and look ahead to happier days.

So onto my card details...here's what I did.

• I began with a piece from my stash. I had inked and stenciled it I think.  Since I'm always using my Distress Oxide inks, I'm guessing I used some of my favourite colours....Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and some Blueprint Sketch.  I placed it into the Letters Embossing folder from Carabelle and ran it through my Cuttlebug.  I sanded off the letters to give it a more unique look.
• I set that aside and got out my Misti.  Using this new to me stamp called Fragile Foliage, I inked it up with some more of the colours of Distress inks mentioned above, then I die-cut it out.
• I die-cut the 'Thinking of You' sentiment 3 times on some heavy white cardstock and glued them together for stability.
• I glued the sanded background onto a heavy white card base, then glued on the flowers and the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafter's Cafe- FLOWERS

Daisy Chain- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamp- Fragile Foliage

Inks- Distress Oxides (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook-Waterloo, Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Thinking of You die (Echo Park); 

Letters EB Folder (Carabelle); sandpaper; Cuttlebug

Plaid Thinking of You

Welcome

Meet today's card.

I'm always excited to get time to play especially with some new stencils.

This one is a great one called Tic Tac Toe from ACLD.

The great thing about this stencil is that it has no edge so is perfect for also creating slimline cards.

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

• I decided to make a print on my Gel Plate so I got that out and some of my Distress Oxide inks and my brayer.  The Oxides work so well for this simple technique.  I took some Blueprint Sketch and brayered that onto my plate.  I laid the stencil down and then rubbed over my cardstock to pick up the print.  (you can see some of that ink in the background)
• Without wiping the plate off, I brayered on some Broken China DOX ink onto the plate and using the same inked panel, I pulled another print right on top of the first one.  It gave a fun shadow like effect to my cardstock.
• I took the inked panel and dried it completely.  I then placed it into my Cuttlebug and die cut the 'Thinking of You' sentiment.  I set all of that aside and die cut the sentiment again 4 times more from some white cardstock.  I glued the sentiments together and set them aside to dry.
• I placed the inked background into my Misti, and stamped the Wildflowers Rest and Refresh from Simon Says with some Versafine Clair ink along the bottom.  I clear heat embossed the flowers to help them stand out more against the inked bkg.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then fit the layered sentiment back into the cut away area of the background for an Embedded Sentiment.  (I love using this technique as it doesn't cover up the background)
• I glue it onto a heavy white card base.

 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Tic Tac Toe Stencil

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Supplies

Stamps- Wildflowers (SSS)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair Noir

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

Accessories and Tools- Tic Tac Toe stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Wow clear eb powder;

heat tool; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gel Plate; Brayer (Speedball), Thinking of You die (Echo Park)

Vintage Elegance

Good Morning and Welcome.

Today, I am playing with a beautiful stamp from Penny Black called Blossom Branch and some Weathered Wood Distress Oxide ink.

I began by placing an acrylic mask from A Colorful Life Designs over my white cardstock as I wanted to be left with a clean, white border.  I placed the stamp inside my Misti, inked it up with some Weathered Wood DOX, sprayed with water and stamped.  I dried the piece a bit, then I coloured directly onto the stamp with some black and a hint of blue using  Memento markers, sprayed with more water and stamped again.  The blue and black added some great detail to the flower petals.  I sponged the edges very lightly with some more Weathered Wood.

Before I cut the piece down, I used my ScorPal to score a border around the edges to help define the stamped area.  I glued the piece onto some grey cardstock and pop dotted that over a dry embossed background.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Stamper Magazine- MAKE IT/ANYTHING GOES

The Flower Challenge- EMBOSSING HEAT/DRY

Always Fun- EMBOSSING FOLDER

Simon Says Wed.- FOR A SPECIAL LADY

Supplies

Stamp- Blossom Branch (PB)

Inks- Weathered Wood DOX  (TH); Memento markers

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); grey cs

Accessories and Tools- ScorPal; Mister (TH); Plaid eb folder (Echo Park); Cuttlebug;

pop dots