Paper Hugs

 

Hello and Welcome

Today's card is a simple one I did on my Gel Plate using Distress Oxide inks.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock that would become the front panel.  I got out my Gel Plate and brayer along with some Carved Pumpkin and some Fossilized Amber Distress ink.  
• I pressed the pads directly onto the plate, leaving a bit of space between them.  Using my brayer, I blended them together.
• I laid on some leaves that I picked in my garden right onto the plate over the ink.  I like to use the end of a paint brush to press and get good contact with the leaves and the plate.
• I took the white cardstock panel and rubbed it over the plate, pressing firmly to get the whole surface covered with ink.  
• THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT TO GET THE LOOK.....  lift the cardstock up just enough that you can access the leaves...do not lift it totally off of the plate.  I removed the leaves with a tweezer and then pressed the paper back down onto the plate to pull the print.  
• I put the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, then splattered using my white Posca pen.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then some rust cs then onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamp- Paper Hug (Picket Fence)

Inks- Distress Oxide; Versafine Clair

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; white Posca pen, leaves from garden;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia) 

Heirloom Roses

Good Morning

I hope you are all well in these unusual times.  I do find myself at loose ends some days, but I am grateful to have a hobby that I enjoy.

Here is a card I made while playing with Vicki Boutin's Art Crayons. They are highly pigmented and are easy to dilute with water.  

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

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  I took a pink VB Art Crayon and scribbled it onto my acrylic sheet.  Using a wet paint brush, I diluted the crayon then painted the pink onto my roses and stamped.  I repeated that process with some red and then some green until the whole image was painted.  

I used the diluted crayon still left on my palette to splatter the background to add interest.

When it was dry, I stamped the sentiment using my Misti again.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio); Rosa Eden Roses (Picket Fence)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Vicki Boutin Art Crayons

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush; acrylic sheet

Be Unique- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Are you ready for another fun theme at 

The Flower Challenge

This month we are adding leaves

We also welcome our Guest Designer this month:

Our Guest Designer this month is Galina Filippenko

So onto my card details.

I am still on a mission to use some of the inked backgrounds I have sitting in a box, so I decided to look for one to create this card.  The one I found had been previously inked with Distress Oxide inks, then I had done some stencilling over the top.  It was interesting and had a unique look to it, so I decided to go ahead and use if for my flowers.

I placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped the Roses with some Versafine black ink.  I removed the stamped roses and leaving the stamp in place inside my Misti, I stamped it again onto some heavy white cardstock with grey ink.  That grey stamped panel would become my card front.

I took the roses that I stamped over the inked piece and fussy cut them out.

I glued them over the grey inked piece and then stamped the large sentiment. Lastly, I splattered the whole front with black acrylic paint to add more interest.

I mounted the piece onto some blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you will come and play along with us!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Arty Divas- ANYTHING GOES

Artsystamper- FLOWERS/HEARTS

Supplies

Stamps- Rosa Eden Roses (Picket Fence); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX inks
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black acrylic paint; paintbrush; stencil

Simple Christmas

Hello and Welcome.

I hope you enjoyed a lovely Christmas yesterday.  It comes and goes so quickly.

We celebrated with a big turkey dinner, our 2 boys and friends.  It was really special.

This was a quick and simple card as I needed just a few more to send out.

So here's what I did.

I began by placing my heavy white cardstock into my Misti.  I inked up the Polka Dot Grunge with some Bundled Sage Distress ink and stamped onto my card front.  I have found this stamp to be so useful for creating a quick and simple background.

Next, I stamped the trees, extending them just past the circle for interest.  

I stamped the sentiment, then added the doodled line to pull it all together and the 3 small buttons under the sentiment.

I mounted it onto a piece of co-ordinating green cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Here are 2 more card I created using that same bkg stamp.

These Tim Holtz stamps fit perfectly inside the circle.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Sentiment (Right at Home); Forest (Mark's Finest-no longer in business); 

Polka Dot Grunge (Picket Fence); Christmas (TH)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress ink (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); green cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black buttons; fine line marker

Woodland Friends

Good Morning.

Time for a super simple card, one that could be easily reproduced in different colours.

I was so thrilled at how this background stamp married with this great die.

So onto my card details.

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

Next, I inked up the Polka Dot Grunge stamp with some Memento gray ink and stamped onto my paper.  While that dried, I die cut the deer twice and glued them together.  This die is an ornament but I decided to cut off the top portion before gluing it over the dot background.

Using my Misti again, I stamped the sentiment from Penny Black along the bottom of my card.

I mounted the front panel onto a piece of gray cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS on Fridays- USE A FRAME

The Paper Girls- FAMILY

Crafty Friends- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Polka Dot Grunge (Picket Fence); Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink- London Fog Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); gray cs

Accessories and Tools- Fancy Deer Ornament (HA); Cuttlebug; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Christmas Poinsettia- The Flower Challenge

Welcome

Time for a reminder card for 

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE 

You still have time to play along with us!!

We are being sponsored by Top Flight Stamps this month. They are kindly giving our winner an e-gift card for $25. Please check out there website as they have some amazing crafty things there.  

Our guest this month is Tracy from whoistracy.

So here are my card details.

I picked up a few new goodies and wanted to play with them.  I love this poinsettia stamp from Picket Fence and just had to add it to my collection.  

I placed the flower into my Misti and stamped it with some Versamark ink, then white heat embossed the image.  Using my Zigs and a wet paintbrush, I coloured and painted in the flower.  I splattered the whole flower with some white acrylic paint for my spots.

When it was dry, I fussy cut it out and set it aside.

I also just picked up this stitched square die from Paper Smooches.  Using a piece of heavy white cardstock, I die cut the square close to the top of my paper once, then moved the die down and cut the rest of the card front as I wanted it to be all covered.

I pop dotted the flower over the die-cut bkg then added the sentiment from Penny Black at the top.

I simply mounted that onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Poinsettia (Picket Fence Studio); Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Inks- Zig Watercolour Markers; Versafine Clair Noir

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Stitched Square (Paper Smooches); Cuttlebug; paintbrush; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); pop dots; white acrylic paint

Rose Garden- Acrylic Block Coloring

Welcome

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

The challenge I chose is called Acrylic Block Stamping.

So awhile back, I watched a video by Lydia Fiedler and was so intrigued by the look that she achieved using this technique.

Here is the video that explains about how she did it:

Acrylic Block Coloring

So I began by stamping the Rosa Eden Roses stamp onto my card front with the black Verafine ink.

I didn't have a block that was big enough to colour the whole flower so I used a smaller one and worked in sections

I placed my small block over the stamp upside down and coloured directly onto my acrylic block with my Zig markers.  I sprayed with a bit of water and then pressed onto the stamped image.

I continued that process until my whole flower was inked.

I love the unique look it gives to a stamped image with little effort.

I stamped the sentiment with more black ink and simply mounted it onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will give this easy, fun technique a try!!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps- FOR A LADY/GIRL

Crafty Friends- SPECIAL OCCASION

Supplies

Stamps- Rosa Eden Roses (Picket Fence); Scripted Bold Sentiments 2 (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Zig Watercolour pens; Versafine Clair Nocturne

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- acrylic block; Mister (TH)