Feeling Festive

Welcome

Meet today's card.  

Just having some fun with my Distress Oxide inks and a few tools.

I've been watching many of Eileen Godwin's FB videos during this lockdown.  She does workshops all the time in the UK and her creative style is one of clean and simple.

Some of the cards she has posted show a simple technique using her Stencil Pal as her flat edge to create lines, creating a grid like effect on her cards.  I thought I would give it a go. It is so simple and needs no special tools.  

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  Using my Stencil Pal, (a stencil Pal is a plastic tool that you use when applying pastes over a stencil and has a flat edge on one side) I randomly used it to create lines on my card panel by pulling ink with an inking tool away from the straight edge.  You could use a ruler, piece of heavy card or anything that has a flat edge.  I made sure the lines crisscrossed each other using different colours.  

When I was happy with the grid design, I stenciled in some areas to add interest.

I dried the inks using my heat tool to be sure the inks were dry before the next step.

I rubbed over the panel with an anti-static pad, stamped the image, then clear heat embossed it to help make it pop.

I die-cut a frame using a Stitched die from Memory Box to add, then I pop dotted the panel over a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- EMBOSSING

Crafty Gals Corner- FANTASY

Southern Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Dream On (Prima)

Inks- Distress Oxide (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord, Cracked Pistachio)

Verafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Stencil Pat; Dotty Stencil (AAll and Create); Stitched Rectangle die

(Memory Box); sponge applicator; Cuttlebug; clear embossing powder

Inky Collage

Good Morning

I hope you are well as we all deal with this isolation.  

Time for some inky fun.  I've had some time off now and I have been playing and getting inky; love it!

 Every time I make a card or play with ink, I just hate wasting the leftovers.  I always try and have some extra cardstock nearby at hand to soak up the extra inks left on my mat.  Often with just a little spray of water, a background is created.

That is how this card was born.

So, I began with this inky background....I think I soaked up some Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers and some Broken China onto my white cardstock.  

I placed it into my Misti and stamped this collage style stamp using some black Versafine ink.  I did heat emboss it with some clear powder to help make the black really pop.

Using a square die, I cut a square from the inked panel and used it to stamp my sentiment on to.

I mounted that small square onto a piece of white cardstock, then pop dot mounted it back into the piece, matching up where it had been cut away from.

Keeping with the simple theme of this card, I mounted it onto some more white and then onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and visit.  

I also want to thank you for all your most kind and generous comments.  I do truly appreciate them all and find them so encouraging during this difficult time.

Take care and stay safe.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- LEFTOVERS

Supplies

Stamps- Find Joy (High Hopes); Collage Butterfly (Prima)

Inks- Versafine; Distress Oxide (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Mister (TH); square die (Spellbinders)

Deck the Halls

Good Morning

Well the big day is almost here.

I've been so busy with all the preparations, that I haven't had time to post, so I am taking a moment to get this done now.

This was a super simple one, I like the monochromatic look it has and I think the red is so festive looking.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, placed it into my Misti and stamped the script background.  It is a large stamp that has a variety of scripts on it.  I stamped the Outline Snowflakes right over the script, then using the Oval Hemstitch die, I die-cut it in the center of my card front.

I stamped the sentiment inside the oval cut then added some red pop dots.

I glued it onto a heavy white card base.  

That's it....simple.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Outline Snowflake (SSS); Script (Prima); Sentiment (Right at Home)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Festive Berries DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Oval Hemstitch die (Spellbinders); 

red buttons

In the Shadows

Good Morning

I wanted to challenge myself to create a very non-traditional card and this is what I came up with.

Also the challenge this morning over at Splitcoast Stampers was called 'In the Shadows' so I gave it a go.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, placed it into my Misti and stamped the Script bkg.  

I just love the look of the mixed fonts and scripts.

Next, I placed the piece into my Cuttlebug and die-cut the deer.  I cut it again 3 more time with some extra white cardstock and stacked and glued them all together.  Before I placed the deer back into my card front, I rubbed some black along the edges to help define the image.  I stamped the sentiment from PB at the bottom in red then glued the card front onto a piece of red cardstock then glued the dear head back into place.  

I added it onto a heavy white card base then added a drop of red Nuvo to his nose like Rudolph would have lol.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Christmas- CRITTERS

Cardz 4 Guyz- CHRISTMAS CRITTERS

STAMPlorations- NEVER ENDING CHALLENGE

Supplies

Stamps- Script (Prima); Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Lawn Fawn red

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); red cs (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- Deer die (STAMPlorations); Cuttlebug; Red Nuvo; inking tool

Brusho Butterflies

Welcome

Here is another card I made for our Colourful Butterflies theme at the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

We are so happy to have a Guest Designer joining us too.  

Guest Designer:  Amy (Miss_Lomax_Art)

Such a pretty gallery this month.

This card was a simple, quick to create one using some Brushos and this beautiful butterfly stamp.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  I positioned my Collage Butterfly over my cardstock, then I sprinkled some Brushos onto the dry paper.  I sprayed the stamp with water and pressed into the Brushos, activating the colours.

I used a wet paintbrush to spread any wet, leftover ink onto any areas that didn't get colour and stamped again.

As that dried, I took another piece of white cardstock and scored two lines, one at the top and one down further where I was going to position the butterfly, then stamped the simple sentiment under the scoring. 

Finally, I glued on the butterfly panel and then glued it all onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will come and join us!

Supplies

Stamps- Collage Butterfly (Prima); Everyday Sentiments (YNS)
Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Brushos
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Mister (TH); ScorBug; ScorPal

Flowers for You

Meet today's card.

First, I want to say thanks so much to Shery Russ from STAMPlorations for this great stencil included in a prize pkg. I won.  I just got a chance to play with it and this is what I came up with.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and used my technique called Swipe Your Credit Card.  To see more, check out this post.

I rubbed some of my Distress Oxide inks onto a sheet of acetate, sprayed with a bit of water and dipped the edge of an old credit card into the wet ink then pulled that across my paper.  I love how you can leave some white untouched areas and put colour wherever you need it.

When that was dry, I placed the stencil over my inky piece and using a slightly darker shade of DOX ink, I blended over  the stencil.  Love how it turned out.

I then stamped some script along the sides then stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.  I added some white paint splatters then simply mounted it 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

Seize the Birthday- SPRING

STAMPlorations- NEVER ENDING/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- May Flowers Always Line (Stampendous), Script (Prima)

Inks- Seedless Preserves, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans 

DOX (TH); Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Peeking Dahlias stencil (STAMPlorations);  Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white eb powder; old credit card;  Mister (TH); heat tool; white acrylic paint; paintbrush

Collaged Greetings

Welcome

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Christmas.

So much preparations and it seems to be over so quickly.

Here is a holiday card I made by doing a collaged background.  I began by placing the Texture stamp into my Misti and randomly inked it up with some Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch DOX and stamped.  That gave my background a nice mottled color.  

I took the Simple Mosaic stencil from A Colorful Life and filled in some areas on the background to add more interest.

I inked the edges with more Blueprint Sketch, stamped the greeting and set it aside.

I had a leftover piece of inked paper, (more DOX inks I think) and die-cut the reindeer from STAMPlorations from that.  He was mounted over the sentiment using some pop dots and I glued it all onto a simple, plain white card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

STAMPlorations- CUTPLORATIONS

The Male Room- THE COLOR BLUE

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Greetings (MFT); Texture (Prima)

Inks- DOX- Blueprint Sketch, Tumbled Glass

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Reindeer die (STAMPlorations);

stencil- A Colorful Life; pop dots; Cuttlebug

Christmas is Golden

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

Lots of shiny gold although my picture doesn't totally reflect that.  It is pretty hard to capture the shine that the gold embossing powder gives so I apologize for the poor picture.

So onto my card details.

I began by placing this great Texture stamp from Prima inside my Misti and then randomly inked it with some Versamark ink.  I sprinkled on some shiny gold embossing powder and heat set.

Next, I die-cut this snowflake from SSS with some heavy white cardstock, rubbed it with some Versamark and gold embossed it as well.  

I cut a small piece of cardstock, stamped the sentiment from Penny Black using my Misti again and some Versamark ink and gold embossed that.

To put my card together, I glued the snowflake over the gold embossed background then pop dotted the sentiment over the snowflake.

I mounted it all onto a plain white card base, keeping it clean and simple looking.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- ALL THINGS CHRISTMAS

Use Your Stuff- CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAYS

Double D- LET IT SNOW 

Supplies

Stamps- Texture (Prima); Christmas Sentiments (Penny Black)

Ink- Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); gold eb powder; heat tool; pop dots; snowflake die (SSS)

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)

Dream On- Acetate Inking

Good Morning.

Today, I have the pleasure once again, of hosting the TLC Challenge (Technique Lovers) over at 

Splitcoast Stampers.

I decided to feature one of my favorite and easy techniques called 

Acetate Inking.

Any of you that are regular visitors to my blog already know how often I use this technique.

I thought if would be so fun to see what others can create using it too.

To see the original post here on my blog go here or search 

Acetate Inking to see all the cards I have tagged using this technique.

For today's card, I inked the acetate sheet using Peeled Paint, Iced Spruce and Cracked Pistachio Distress inks, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.   I did each colour separately so I could dry each in between inkings using my heat tool.  Love the chalking look the Oxides give.

When it was all dry, I stamped this wonderful image from Prima using Memento black then clear heat embossed to help all the details pop.

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

Addicted to CAS- OMBRE
Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES
Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

Supplies

Stamp- Dream On (Prima)

Inks- Distress Oxides (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- acetate sheet; clear eb powder; heat tool

More Favorites- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Here is another card to celebrate our 1st Birthday at 

The Flower Challenge

You must check out all the great prizes to be won...it's going to be a great month.

The theme is such an easy one, 

Use Your Favorite Flower

Now you may be wondering about my card and the flowers I chose to stamp with.  I have so many favorite flowers and yes, some of them are weeds. 
As much of the garden flowers die off at Fall's arrival and cold nights, I love the lacy elegance of seeing all the Queen Anne's lace blooming in my area and so that's what I decided to stamp with.

 I created the background first using my Distress Oxide inks and the Splash Watercolour Technique which is so easy and fun.  Basically you rub ink onto a non-stick surface, spray with water and slap your cardstock into the wet ink.

When that was dry, I stamped the Love Letter (butterfly) in the background using the same colours of DOX that I had used to splash onto my cardstock.  I wanted the butterfly to be faintly visible.

Next, using my Misti, I stamped the flowers and the Queen Anne's Lace then the sentiment.

To add a bit more depth and interest to the background, I stenciled using some drywall tape.

 Please come and play along with us and have a chance to win some great prizes too!!

 Thanks so much for the visit.


Adding my card to these challenges as well:

 Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES
 A Vintage Journey- CRAZY FOR FALL COLOURS
4 Crafty Chicks- FALL
Crimbo Crackers- CREATE A SCENE

 Supplies

Stamps- Love Letter (Prima)/ Nature Flowers (Art Journey)/ Dans la Nature (Carabelle)

Ink- Distress Oxides: Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber (TH)/

 Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ drywall tape/ non-stick craft mat/ Mister (TH)

Love Letter- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

It's time for another card for the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

 This month our theme is silhouette...right up my alley!

This card came together so quickly.

I inked the background using an acylic sheet and some Brushos.  The acrylic sheet is a backing from one of my stamp sets that is thin and flexible.

So, I sprinkled some Leaf Green Brushos onto the acrylic sheet, sprayed it with a bit of water to activate the ink and pressed onto my paper.  I repeated that process using some Turquoise Brushos and water until I was happy with the colour placement.  Since the acrylic sheet is so thin, I could bend it and place the ink exactly where I wanted it to go.

 Next, I placed this Love Letter stamp (new-to-me) into my Misti, inked with Archival Black ink and stamped.  It has all the details and splatters already on it so it's a super easy stamp to use and get great details and interest with little effort.  I clear embossed the image to get it to really pop.

I did add a hint of stenciling behind the main image using a Tim Holtz stencil and some Distress ink.

 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

You still have time to come and play along with us too.


Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Less Is More- TAKE FLIGHT
Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Craft Stamper Magazine- STAMP IT
A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Love Letter (Prima)

Ink- Archival Black (Ranger)/ Brushos- Leaf Green, Turquoise/ Lawn Green Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ Mister (TH)/ paintbrush/ cl embossing powder/ heat tool/

stencil- Dot Fade (TH)/ acrylic sheet

Say Cheese!!

Here is a card I made for the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoast today, Seize the Birthday challenge (new to me) and for the Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.  For those of you that are unfamiliar with the FS challenge at Splitcoast, a stamper's gallery is chosen and we must case a card from that gallery and then change 2 things about it on our card.  

I got this mask by Prima just a few weeks ago and wanted to play with it.  It reminded me of the gears of a camera so hence the bkg.  I sponged Salty Ocean Distress inks over the mask then flicked water onto the blue to give a mottled effect.  I stamped the sentiment then the camera was stamped onto designer paper and cut out so I could pop dot it onto my card. 

I think this card would be really fun for a birthday.
Hope your wknd is going well and thanks again for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Unity, The Cat's Pajamas/ Distress ink/ Prima mask/ pop dots