Something Different

 

Welcome

I'm calling this post 'Something Different' because it's just that for me.

Trying out a new fold for my card base....so easy but gives a different look.

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

• I decided to challenge myself to create a different style of card.  In the end, it was so super easy that I will be doing it again.  I began by making a standard card base that was 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" when folded.  
• Next, I scored and folded the front side panel in half. It creates a 'Z' fold card.
• I found this piece of painted cardstock that I had done on my Gel Plate and thought it would look nice as the base colour.
• I cut it and adhered it to the outside folded part of the panel and also to the inside of the card base.
• After I had the blue gel print glued to my card base, I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Paper Swirls stamp into my Misti.  I sprayed the stamp with lots of water, then pressed it onto my cardstock.  
• I sprinkled on some Brushos and let dry completely.  I love the look as the colour bursts to life with the Brushos.  For those of you that are wondering what Brushos are, they are little crystals filled with lots of pigment, that are activated by spraying with water.
• When it was all dry, I brushed away the excess Brushos, leaving behind this lovely stamping.
• I placed it into my Misti again and stamped the sentiment.
• I glued the inked piece onto some lavender cardstock and then glued it just to the front fold of the card base. (finished size was 3 x 4 1/4")
• I added 3 black gems to finish it all off.

A really simple fold to do and still room to write on the inside of the card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- WITH LOVE

Creative Creases- ANYTHING GOES WITH A FUN FOLD

Krafty Chicks- STAMP ACT

Supplies

Stamps- Paper Swirls (Frog's Whiskers); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Brushos

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

Accessories and Tools- ScorPal; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; gel plate print

Lots of Leaves- Stencil Layering

Welcome

Have you ever stenciled over a stencil??

It's fun and what a unique look it can give.  

That's what I did to create the background for my card today.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I placed the Lots of Leaves stencil from ACLD over my cardstock and using a blending brush, I applied some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  
• When I was happy with the inking, I left the stencil in place and put the Simple Grid stencil right over top of it. Be sure to secure well.  
• Using some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink, I inked right over the leaves, giving them some wonderful pattern.
• I removed the stencil, splattered with some water to lift the ink in places, then set aside.
• When dry, I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment from Pinkfresh Studios.
• I cut a strip of black cardstock and stamped the strip with Versamark ink, then white heat embossed it.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.  
• I pop dotted the black sentiment strip under the large sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Lots of Leaves

Simple Grid

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you have a great week.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Dare 2B Artzy- FALL

2 Sisters on the Blog- MEN'S CARD

The Crafter's Cafe- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios);

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair; Versamark

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils- (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

TE Blending Brushes, pop dots; Lawn Fawn white EB powder

 

Inky Leaf Botanical Print

 

Welcome

I love using things from my garden to create with.

This one was done using a fern leaf growing in my backyard.

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

• This print was done using my Gel Plate and Distress Oxide inks.  So I went out into the garden and picked this leafy fern, then got out my Gel Plate, brayer and some Distress Oxide inks.
• I pressed some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink directly onto my plate along the side, then pressed some Rustic Wilderness on the other side, leaving a bit of space between the colours.  I used my brayer to blend the colours together.
• I laid the leaf onto my plate, then rubbed my white cardstock over the print.  I partially lifted my paper that was on the print, carefully removed the fern and pressed my paper back down on the plate.  By doing the printing this way, you get such details from whatever you are using. The trick for getting this look is to NOT remove your paper from the plate all the way before removing the leaf.
• I placed the print into my Misti and stamped the large sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
• I splattered with my black Posca pen, then glued it onto a white card base.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamp- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Distress Oxides (TH); Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate, Brayer, Posca pen, fern from garden, 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia), clear eb powder (Lawn Fawn)

Spinner Ink Background Tutorial

Hello and Welcome

I have the pleasure of writing a tutorial for Splitcoast Stampers called

Spinner Ink Background

You may remember the backgrounds I made using the Salad Spinner?

You can see my other cards HERE, HERE and HERE

Here is the link to my Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/spinnerinkbackground

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

• I used my salad spinner to create the background on a piece of Yupo paper using my Alcohol inks. See the tutorial for all the details.
• I used the Diagonal Stitched Plaid Die to add interest to the inked background.
• I splattered using my black Posca pen...I like a little bit of black as an accent.  I set that aside to dry.
• I found a piece of paper I had inked in similar colours in my stash and die cut the sentiment from Simon Says using that.  It is a 2 piece die.  After I cut out the letters, I glued it onto the white outline piece of the die.
• I glued the inked panel onto a white card base, then foam taped the sentiment over the background.

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Alcohol ink (Ranger)

Paper- white cardstock (Scribes Nook, Waterloo, Ont.); Yupo paper (Amazon)

Accessories and Tools- rubbing alcohol, die- SSS, Salad spinner, 

Spellbinder Platinum die cutting machine, Posca paint pen, 

Diagonal Stitched die (Pinkfresh Studio)

From My Garden

Welcome

So happy to have the weekend to play.

I hope you aren't getting sick of seeing all the Gel Plate leaf prints I have been making.

I made a bunch of them while playing so now it's time to make them into cards.

This was a super simple one using my Distress Oxide inks.

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

• I cut my white cardstock for the panel, then pulled out my Gel Plate, brayer and some Distress Oxide inks: Rustic Wilderness, Evergreen Bough.
• Next, I took the fern and laid it flat onto my work surface.  I inked up my brayer with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink, being sure to cover all the surfaces and then laid that onto my plate pressing over it with a piece of scrap paper to make good contact.  I carefully lifted the leaf off and pressed my cardstock onto the plate to pick up the impression.
• Since this was going to be a simple print, I wanted to add some interest to the background, so I inked up the Leaf Ledger background stamp from Impression Obsession with the inks mentioned above and stamped directly onto my plate, then rubbed the leaf print back onto the plate.  >>watch that your stamp doesn't slide or you won't get a good image impression<<  
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment, then splattered the whole panel with my black Posca pen.
• I mounted it onto a white card base.....easy right?

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios); Leaf Ledger (IO)

Inks- Distress Oxides (mentioned above); Versafine Clair Nocture

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

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); leaf from garden; black Posca pen

Shadow Leaves

 Welcome

Here is a card I made awhile ago and never had a chance to post.

I just played with my inks and this great leaf set from Tim Holtz to create my card.

So here is what I did.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock. Using the Leaf Prints stamp set (love these) I inked up a leaf with some Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and stamped.  
• Without reinking, I stamped again and again onto the panel to give a faded, shadow effect.  
• I repeated that process covering my card front using various stamps from that same set. You can see where I accidently dropped on some water but it added to the look so I left it.
• When I was happy with the coverage, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair, then clear heat embossed it.
• I simply mounted that onto a piece of white then brown, then onto a white card base.

Well that's it for today.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Everybody Art- MONOCHROMATIC

Stamps & Fun= Creativity- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafting Challenge- AUTUMN

Supplies

Stamps- Leaf Prints (Tim Holtz); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- Distress Oxide; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Mister (TH); clear eb powder; heat tool

Sunny Days

Welcome
Hope you are well during these unprecedented times
Being creative certainly has helped me feel happy.  Having some extra time to play has been good.
I had this stencil sitting out on my desk after using it last week so decided to try a totally different colour palette to create a sunny, summery looking card.

So onto my card details.
I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I'm using the Altenew Dahlia stencil which is a 2 part stencil meaning that you add colour over Stencil A, remove it and position Stencil B over to add another colour and the details.
I laid Stencil A down first and rubbed over it with some Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink.  When I was happy with the coverage, I removed that stencil and positioned Stencil B over then panel and inked with some Mowed Lawn DI using a blending sponge.
I placed the piece into my Misti, then stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair black ink then clear heat embossed it.
I mounted the panel onto a piece of matching yellow, then onto a heavy white card base.




Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Allsorts- YELLOW
Just Us Girls- SUNSHINE
My Time to Craft- USE A STENCIL


Supplies
Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)
Inks- Distress (TH); Versafine Clair
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); yellow cs (Michaels)
Accessories and Tools- Dahlia stencils (Altenew); sponging tool; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 
clear eb powder; heat tool

Simple Sympathy

Hello and Welcome

Meet my card.  I like to have some extra sympathy cards on hand.  They aren't the easiest to make during such a sad moment and to have some done is a welcome relief.

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

I began with this leaf embossing folder and inked it up with some Distress Oxide ink.

I sprayed it with some water, then ran it though my Cuttlebug machine.  I really like the imprint it left behind.  

Next, I took my Simple Grid stencil and added some details in the corners for interest using some Hickory Smoke DOX ink.  I also rubbed some along all the edges with the same ink, using an inking tool.

I placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and added a few black enamel dots for interest.  

I mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

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.*

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Versafine; Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Simple Grid Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Leaves EB folder (Darice);

Domed inking tool (Scrapbook.com); Mister (TH); black enamel dots