Take a Moment

Happy Saturday.

Today, I am playing with my Acetate Inking Technique again.  

It is so easy and fun and I can get great layering results using my Distress Oxide inks.

So here is what I did to create my card.

I began by taking a piece of acetate and inked it with Distress Oxide ink (colours listed below in the supplies list), sprayed with water and pressed onto my card, keeping the ink to the middle section of my card as I wanted to leave white space.  

 

It's a bit hard to see, but when that was dry, I stamped a butterfly collage stamp and a clock in the background using the same colour as the inking so it became more of a shadow and not a focal point.

Using my Misti, I stamped the thistles and flowers with black ink over the inky bkgd. 

I tucked the sentiment in beside the flowers.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- STAMP IT, ANYTHING GOES 

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Weathered Clock (Hampton Arts); Butterfly Collage (Prima); 

Nature Flowers (Art Journey);

Dans la Nature (Carabelle)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber, 

Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

 Accessories and Tools- Misti; acetate sheet; Mister (TH)

Do a Double Take

Good Morning.

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

I am calling my challenge:

Do a Double Take
 The challenge is to use 2 different stencils on top of each other for your card.

I came up with this challenge after playing with my stencils and my Distress Oxides to see how well they would layer over one another.  I was very pleased with the outcome.

So onto my card.

I began by inking the back of the Mini Harlequin Circles stencil using Peeled paint, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper to create a monoprint.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with monoprinting, it is another way to use your stencils. Ink is applied directly from the pad to the back of the stencil, sprayed with water and applied to paper.

When that was dry, I laid the Mini Circle Grid onto my paper and this time, I stenciled it using an applicator tool as you would with any stencil.  

I stamped some Graffiti down the left side using more of the Broken China then sponged the edges with that colour too to help tie it all together.

I stamped the flourish just off the edge of my card front leaving enough room to stamp the sentiment.

You can easily stamp over the Oxides which is another reason I just love using them.

I hope you get a chance to try this technique out.  It is a great way to get more mileage using your stencils in a different way!

Thanks for the visit...very appreciated.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK
Craft Stamper- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES
Mixed Media World- ANYTHING GOES
Love to Create- ANYTHING CREATIVE/MIXED MEDIA GOES
Simon Says Mon.- STENCIL IT

Supplies

Stamps- Art Soul (Hampton Arts); Flourish (Technique Tues. sorry, discontinued); 

Graffiti (Kaisercraft)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Peeled Paint, Broken China Distress Oxides (TH)

Paper- Heavy weight white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; stencils..Mini Harlequin Circle, Mini Circle Grid (TCW); mister (TH);

sponge applicator (TH)

Be Thankful

Good Morning.

Playing with some new stamps today.  

I found this sentiment at Michaels the other day and just wanted to make a card using it.  I love finding sentiments that speak to me.

I began by getting out this new wildflower stamp set I just got by Tim Holtz.  It has a great variety of wildflower stamps in it that I just love.  You can use them to stamp a silhouette or add colour to make them look more realistic.

 I chose 4 of the stamps from the set and placed them inside my MISTI one at a time.  I colored them with Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated this process adding darker shades of blue to the flower centers.  When that was dry, I sponged the corner with Salty Ocean Distress ink and splattered with some of the same diluted ink and a paint brush.

 

I stamped the sentiment with Memento black ink then mounted the piece on a piece of dark blue cardstock that I die cut using a new die from MFT.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- CAS 

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge- STAMP, DIE CUT and YOUR CHOICE

(my choice- sponging, watercolor)

Happy Little Stampers- ANYTHING GOES WITH A DIE CUT

Crafty Creation- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES/HOBBIES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Tim Holtz, Hampton Arts/ ink- Memento, Distress/ MISTI/ mini mister/ paint brush/ Memento markers/ Die- MFT/ applicator tool/ Cuttlebug

To the Moon

Morning.

A few weeks ago, I found this stamp by Hampton Arts in a bargain bin at Michaels.  I just had to pick it up as it was something I used to say to my kids.  

I got playing with my Brushos and then this card happened.  I was also inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast called Make it Metal.

So, I started with the Brusho background.  I just love playing with them because you never know what you will end up with.  I sprinkled them over my paper and then sprayed with water to activate the paint crystals.  When dry, I stenciled circles using white Colorbox ink over the background using a circle stencil that I made from a piece of acetate.  By adding the stenciling, it gave the piece the look of what they call 'bokeh' and reminded me of a night time sky.  

I stamped the sentiment then splattered the piece with white acrylic paint and glued on some metal stars to complete my card.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- SPLISH, SPLASH
 (I sprayed water to create my bkg.)

Inspiration Destination- ANYTHING GOES

Cards and More- CARDS FOR MEN

Deep Ocean- FOR THE BOYS


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp- Hampton Art/ ink- Memento, Colorbox/ stars/ Tacky glue/ ink applicator/ stencil/ Brusho/ Mini Mister/ paint brush/ wh acrylic paint

Change

Here is today's card.

The theme at Splitcoast today was Graduation.  Since I don't know anyone who is graduating, I made a card with this great sentiment which I think would work great for a grad.

I began by using an old Distress wheel from Stampin Up (sorry I don't know what it is called) and rolled it over my Versamark pad then onto my 90 lb. watercolour paper.  I then heat embossed it with white embossing powder and sprinkled Brusho in orange and yellow over the top; sprayed with a generous amount of water and let the colours blend together.

When my paper was dry, I stamped the flowers from Magenta and the sentiment from Hampton Art using Stazon ink.   

(The sentiment must be an old one as it was in a $4. bin at Michaels)

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- MAKE IT MASCULINE

Addicted to Stamps- MAKE YOUR MARK

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

Craft for the Craic- CELEBRATION

(graduation)

4 Crafty Chicks- GRADUATION

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies- stamps- Magenta, SU, Hampton Arts/ Versamark ink/ Stazon ink/ Brusho/ wh eb powder/ mini mister/ heat gun