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

Garden Delights

Hello and Welcome

Glad to have some time to play with this new-to-me die from Paper Rose called Daisy Circle.

The daisies are blooming in my garden right now, such a pretty flower.  Simple white petals but they stand out so well in the garden.

I wanted to add a punch of colour too for fun, yet keep the daisies white, so I added lots of colours using the Stained Glass stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.  

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

• I began by cutting a square piece of white cardstock 4 x 4 inches.  I laid the Stained Glass stencil over my panel and inked it up with a variety of Distress Oxide colours randomly overlapping each other.  It added such a fun pop of colour to an otherwise plain background.
• I die-cut the daisies from a piece of black cardstock, then again from a piece of white and set all the pieces aside.
• I glued the black framed daisies over the stenciled background, then glued the white flower petals back into place.
• Lastly, I glued that all onto a square card base that was 4 1/4 x 4 1/4.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the stencil I used:

Stained Glass

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Country View- USE A STENCIL OR TWO

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides 

Paper- black cardstock; heavy white (Scribes Nook-Waterloo, Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- Stained Glass stencil (ACLD); Daisy Circle (Paper Rose); 

TE Blending Brushes; Nuvo glue

Colour Wheel

 

Welcome to the weekend.

So appreciate that you dropped in to see what I am up to today.

I just picked up this fun die from Paper Rose called Color Wheel Love.

I was inspired by the card I made a few weeks ago after watching one of Vicki Boutin's lives.

here is that card

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

• I began by creating some inky backgrounds using Vicki Boutin's Art Crayons and a piece of acetate.  I simply scribbled the crayons onto the acetate, used a wet paintbrush to blend it out, then pressed onto my white cardstock.  I did add some stenciling and splatters as well to each piece. When I was finished, I had 3 inked pieces.
• Next, using a piece of black cardstock, I die cut the Color Wheel and set that aside.  
• I then die-cut my inked pieces using the same die with each inky panel I had created.
• I glued the black outline onto a piece of white cardstock as a base, then fussy cut around it.  I then glued in all the different colours, fitting them all back into place varying the colours.  
• I set that aside to dry and cut a 4 x 4 inch piece of white cardstock and got out my Gel Plate.
• Using a brayer and my Distress Oxide inks, I inked up my Gel Plate and then took a print. 
• I placed the square panel into my Misti and stamped the 'Just Be Happy' sentiment from the Just Be Happy set by Visible Image, repeating it across the panel.
• I die-cut the Celebrate 3 times from white cardstock and glued those together.  Using my foam finger dabber, I added some Picked Raspberry over the die applying more at the base and fading out as I reached the top.
• I glued the Gel Plate print onto a white card base, then pop dotted the Color Wheel over that.  
• Lastly, I glued the 'Celebrate' over that.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Just Be Happy (Visible Image)

Ink- Vicki Boutin Art Crayons (warm and cool sets); Distress Oxides (Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint,

Cracked Pistachio, Kitsch Flamingo, Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook: Waterloo Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- Color Wheel die (Paper Rose); acetate sheet; Celebrate die (MFT); 

Posca black pen; various stencils (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Wee One

Hello and Welcome

Here's another card I made as I had a request to make some gender neutral baby cards.

I like the soft shades of the beige with the green...looks very calm.

If you have never thought about dry embossing over a stenciled background, give it a try...nice results and adds a lot more interest.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and positioned the Plaid stencil from The Stamp Market over my panel.  
• I began by inking over the stencil with some Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink with my inking brush.  I added some Rusty Hinge over that, blending the two colours together.  

• The panel looked so flat to me, so to add interest, I placed the piece into the Dot Embossing Folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug.  It added just the right amount of interest to my background.
• Next, I took the panel and using the Hemstitch Oval die, I cut an oval border into the center of the card and set that aside.
• I cut a smaller oval from white cardstock and then stamped this beautiful image from Stampin Up.
• with Versafine Clair ink.  *If anyone can help with the name of this set, that would be great.  I bought it at a garage sale* edited...thanks to someone on FB  called Mother and Child
• I pop dotted that image oval right into that die-cut border area.
• I stamped the sentiment from the Baby Sentiments 1 from Paper Rose with more Versafine Clair ink.  I stamped the little banner around it using my Misti and then fussy cut it out.  I pop dotted that just over the bottom of the image.
• Finally, I glued the panel onto some white cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

 Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Galz- MOTHER'S DAY or THAT SPECIAL LADY

Cute Card Thurs.- FEMININE

Supplies

Stamps- Stampin Up; Baby Sentiments 1 (Paper Rose)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress Oxides (listed above)

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (The Stamp Market); Blender Brushes (TE); 

Hemstitch Oval die (Spellbinders); Dots EB Folder (Provo); pop dots; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Magical Garden and Transform

Good Morning

Today, I am posting 2 cards I created for the DTGD event over at Splitcoast.

They both were created using some Yupo paper and Alcohol inks.  It's so fun and kind of addicting playing with those inks.  They blend and move in so many unexpected ways.

The card above was created with a piece of Yupo and lots of shades of blues and oranges as I was trying to use opposite colours on the Colour Wheel.

After dropping the Alcohol inks onto the paper, I used a straw to blow them and spread them across my paper.  I splattered with some Rubbing Alcohol and Rangers Blending Solution.

I die-cut the flower overlay and glued it onto the inky background and done.

I didn't add a sentiment so I could use this card for any occasion.

Here is my next card:

This was a very easy one since I used a previously inked piece of Yupo for the butterfly.

I began by stamping the script using similar colours to match the butterfly across a strip of paper.

I decided to keep this one very clean and simple with lots of white space.

I glued it all together then placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.

While that dried, I die-cut this beautiful butterfly from the AI inked Yupo and glued it over the script.

Another simple card for a friend.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Card #1

Stamps- none

Inks- Alcohol inks in blues and oranges

Paper- Yupo, heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Paper Rose Blooming Flowers die; Tombow Clear glue, Cuttlebug

Card #2

Stamps- Script (Penny Black); Creative Chaos (Visible Image)

Inks- Alcohol inks in purples and blues; Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass DOX (TH)

Paper- Yupo; heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Butterflies die (TH); Cuttlebug