Tuning Into Retro

Good Morning

Today's card was a fun one to create using this new Portal stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and the new to me Music to My Ears stamp set by Catherine Pooler.

I went for a Retro looking card using this vintage radio.

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

• I got out a piece of white cardstock, placed it into my Misti and stamped the Tie Dye using some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stamped panel, placed it onto my Make Art Station and inked up the Portal stencil over the stamped pattern using some more Hickory Smoke DOX ink.  I took some more of that ink, diluted it with water and used that to splatter the panel to add more interest.
• While that dried, I stamped the radio in black and die cut it out.  I used a grey Copic marker to add some details to the radio.
• I placed the dry stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.  I clear heat embossed it to help make it pop.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto some grey cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to pop up the radio in the center.

Here is the stencil I used:

Portal

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Mon.- TRANSPORT IT

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Music to My Ears (Catherine Pooler), Tie Dye (Stampin Up); Stay Tuned (Lawn Fawn)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes

Wonderful Time of Year

 

Hello and Welcome

Have you ever used some low tack tape to create a card front panel?

It is super easy and fun to try with different colours.  

Today, I am using some traditional colours for Christmas.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and got out my low tack tape.  I pressed the tape onto my Lucky Clover Distress Oxide pad, inking up the length of the strip of tape, then lifted it off and pressed it onto my piece of cardstock.  If you don't get a good transfer of ink, just press the tape onto the pad again, match up the lines and repeat.
• Next, I repeated that process using some Candied Apple DOX ink.
• When I was happy with the inking, I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• When it was dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment into the center.
• I rubbed my Versamark ink pad along the edges of the panel and white heat embossed them to add to the snowy look.
• I stamped the snowflake along the outer edges and white heat embossed them as well.
• I popped the panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto a white 4 1/4" square note card.
• Finally, I added 3 red gems for another little pop of colour.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafty Friends- TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS 

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting Happiness- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Wonderful Year (SU); Snowflakes (?)

Inks- Versamark, DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- low tack tape, Misti, Lawn Fawn white EB powder; red gems

Sanded Snowflake

Welcome

Today's card was truly a fast one to make using a piece of cardstock that I rolled my brayer off onto while Gel Plate printing.  I find it's so great to have them on hand and I always keep some scrap paper nearby when I've got my plate and brayer out.

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

• I began by pulling this inked background out of my stash.  I had rolled my brayer off onto it while Gel Plate printing.
• I placed it into this Snowflake Embossing Folder and ran it through my machine.  
• Next, I took out my sanding tool and sanded off the raised areas to reveal more of the design.
• I did some second generation stamping around the edges of the panel by inking up my stamp with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink, stamping off onto a scrap paper and then stamping on the card panel.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen to give a more snowy look.
• I glued that onto a white A2 size card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment strip across the middle of the snowflake.
• Lastly, I added some silver gems to add interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure?-  Anything Goes Embossing With A Twist of Wreaths

Creative Knockouts- ANYTHING GOES

As You Like It- NON-TRADITIONAL COLORS

(love the blues, so calm and soothing)

Supplies

Stamps- Friendship (Hero Arts)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Snowflake EB folder (Stampin Up); sanding block; 

white Posca pen; Christmas Sentiment strips (SSS); foam tape; silver gems

Happiest Season

Welcome

Meet today's card.

A simple one using the Festive Flurry stamp from Stampin Up.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  
• I inked up the snowflake with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink and stamped it onto my white cardstock.
• I wanted to add some interest around the snowflake, so I took the piece of foam that surrounds the snowflake when you get it in the package and used that as a mask to sponge some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink all around and over the snowflake.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the simple snowflake panel onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• I added the sentiment with foam tape over the middle of the flake.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

We Love Stamping- CHRISTMAS

Stamping Sensations- CHRISTMAS

Use Your Stuff- WINTER/SNOW

Supplies

Stamp- Festive Flurry (Stampin Up)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Misti, Christmas Sentiment strips (SSS), foam tape, white Posca pen

CAS Christmas

Welcome

Today's card is a quick, clean and simple one.

The background was a piece I found in my stash.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I found this background in my stash.  It was a sheet I used to roll Distress Oxide inks off of my brayer while Gel Plate printing.  I always save those sheets as they are easy to stamp onto and the blended inks left behind are beautiful. I will have to guess at the colour combo though....Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio and some Peeled Paint.
• I placed the previously inked panel into my Misti and stamped the tree boughs and the sentiment.
• I splattered with a generous amount of ink, then added 3 silver gems.
• I glued it all onto an A2 sized card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

 CHNC Challenge- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Winter Wonderland- LET IT SNOW

Supplies

Stamps- Evergreen (Darkroom Door); Encircled in Warmth (SU); 

Ornamental Pine (SU)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Speedball Brayer; Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Simple Stamping

Good Morning

If you are a stamper or card maker, you get it.

It is the middle of summer but if you send out cards for Christmas, we need to start well in advance creating them before all the hustle and bustle the holidays bring, are upon us.

Today's card is done with some simple stamping.  I picked up this Ornamental Pine set recently.  

It's an older one I've admired for a long time and a great one for the holidays.

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

• I began by looking through my stash of inked backgrounds.  I found this one done as I rolled the ink off my brayer.  To get the hint of a design in the background with the Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink, I sprayed the brayer with water before rolling it onto the paper.
• I placed the inked panel into my Misti and stamped the tree boughs near the top and the sentiment from the same set, near the bottom.
• To give it a wintery look, I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- SPRITZ AND SPLATTER

Stamps & Fun= Creativity- Monochrome

Use Your Stuff- NATURE

(my son and I go and cut evergreen boughs every yr to fill our urns)

Supplies

Stamps- Ornamental Pine (SU)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca pen; Speedball Brayer

Hello My Friend

Welcome

A new month means some exciting new stencils to play with.

This pretty one is called Overall Shells from A Colorful Life Designs and works so great when creating a background.

I decide to make a very clean and simple card using it.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and positioned the Overall Shells stencil over my cardstock.
• I wanted to keep the inking just in the center of my card panel, so I randomly inked it up staying away from the outside edges.
• I removed the stencil and stamped the birds and the sand with some Versafine Clair in my Misti.
• I centered and stamped the sentiment right under the birds.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of matching blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Overall Shells

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS AND /OR STENCILS

Moving with the Times- MASCULINE/ FATHER'S DAY

Double D- WHITE AND ONLY ONE OTHER COLOUR

Supplies

Stamps- High Tide (SU); Word Bubbles (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Overall Shells (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)

From Within

Good Morning.

Meet my card of the day.  

I just love this sentiment from Daisy Bucket and wish the company was still around.  They had so many wonderful sentiments and sayings.

  (Sometimes you can still find them on Ebay.)

 I had the flower from my Stampin Up set called Blooming with Kindness out so thought I would play with it again using some Brushos.
I began by painting the Brushos onto my stamps.  I find it best to use the stamps in my MISTI. That way, I can paint, stamp and paint again if needed.  Also, by using my MISTI, I was able to create 2 panels that were the same as I had planned to add one on top of the other.
TIP:  when painting with the Brushos I use as little water as possible.  If too much
water is added, the paint solution gets too runny and the stamped image will blur.

So...less is more in this case.

 When the panels was dry, I mounted one to my card front and pop dotted the over directly over top.
Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner.


Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers-'T' IS FOR TECHNIQUE

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

Simply Papercraft- ANYTHING GOES


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- SU, Daisy Bucket/ Brushos/ paint brush/ Memento bl ink/ pop dots/ MISTI

Enjoy!

Morning.

Hope you enjoy this card.

You all know how addicted I am to Brushos and playing with inks.  I had a piece of cardstock that I had inked with Brusho, stamped on and played around with.  

As a large sheet of paper it just didn't work
....so.....

I decided to stamp the flower from a Stampin Up set with Versamark onto the paper and embossed with white.  I fussy cut them out and thought they looked so beautiful.  They reminded me of the iridescent orchids I see in the grocery store. 
I die cut a circle frame twice, glued those together then glued that over my sentiment to draw your visual interest there.  I then glued and pop dotted the flowers around the circle and added the pearls to the centers.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

A Gem of a Challenge- FLOWERS

Hiding in My Craft Room- FREESTYLE

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards- SUMMER FUN
 (mine is being in the garden)



Thanks so much for your most kind and generous comments.  I so appreciate you!

Supplies:  stamps- SU, Daisy Bucket/ Brusho/ half pearls/ die- Spellbinders/ wh eb powder/ heat gun/ Memento bl ink

Wildflowers

Morning.  A quick card this a.m. using some loose watercolouring.

I began by stamping the flowers from Stampin Up with black Memento ink.  To colour the flowers, I scribbled Memento markers onto my acrylic block and using a paint brush dipped in water, picked up the marker colour  to paint the flowers. 

I added some blue sponging around the edges for interest and stamped the sentiment.  

That's it.  Simple and easy.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS on Sunday- TIC TAC TOE

(birthday, male/female/ off the edge stamping)

Simply Create Too- KEEP IT SIMPLE

Brown Sugar- FAVOURITE COLOURS

(blues)

Showcase Your Style- FRIENDSHIP

Big thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Stampin Up, PSX/ Memento markers and ink/ acrylic block/ paint brush/ mini mister/ Distress ink/ ink applicator

Birthday in Blue

What are two of my favourite things....blue and playing with my Distress inks.  That is how I came up with this card.  I started by covering my non-stick craft sheet with Distress ink in blues and sprayed with water so I could drag my cardstock through the wet ink.  When it was dry, I stamped the flowers and cut them out and added some white details with my Signo pen.  For the bkg. I placed drywall tape onto my paper then using the blue wet ink, painted it over the tape.  

I am putting my cards in a few challenges today.  Splitcoast; backgrounds, Addicted to CAS; summer and The Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Supplies:  stamps; Stampin Up/ Distress inks/ Bl. Memento/ pop dots/ drywall tape

Sending Sympathy

Welcome to the weekend.  Played along with the a challenge at Splitcoast yesterday; Field of Flowers. I really like to have some sympathy cards on hand and my stash needed to be refilled so here is a card I made using the watercolouring effect.  I used a set from Paper Smooches, inked with Distress inks then sprayed with water before stamping.  By adding the water, it gives a great  watercolour look to the stamped image.  The purple flowers remind me of the lilacs blooming in my garden right now.

I am also adding this to the challenge at Addicted to CAS; circles (I think it qualifies as the little flowers are circles).

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look and have a great weekend.

Supplies:  stamp; Paper Smooches, Stampin Up/ Distress ink/ mini mister/ pop dots

Blue Blocking

Hi there.  Here is a card I made for the CAS challenge today at Splitcoast; based on a sketch.  I was playing with my distress inks again and created the bkg. by inking up my acrylic block with blues, spraying with water and randomly stamped it being sure to overlap areas...re-inked it every time.  I added a swipe with my ink pad directly to my card front, mounted the flowers and added the sentiment.

I am also adding my card to the challenge at Moxie Fab; Create Your Own Background Paper.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Stampin Up, Studio G/ Distress ink/ eb powder/ pop dots/ acrylic block

OLW107- Masking

Welcome to another week for me to be hosting the OLW (One Layer Wednesday).  This week I am challenging you to:

create a card using a MASKING TECHNIQUE

I don't have any sympathy cards on hand and they are sometimes difficult to create at the last minute so here is what I came up with.  For my card, I picked a fern from my garden then laid it onto my cardstock.  I tried to flatten it out a bit then I sprayed using Mr. Huey's colour mists and added a few flecks for interest.  Last I stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up for a quick one layer card.

 Don’t forget about the Gratitude Campaign! See Susan’s blog for details.

OLW107 Rules

1. Create a one-layer card.  That is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed!

2. Make a card that incorporates masking in some way.   Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum and NO ADDITIONAL LAYERS of card stock.

3. Post your card online and link it to the InLinkz button underneath.  If you link to your blog, please link to the specific post, not your blog’s main page.

4. HAVE FUN! I am looking forward in seeing what you create!