Wheels

 

Hello and Welcome

Today's card is one I made for a special friend; a young boy that loves lots of action.  

I thought that this fun image fit the bill.

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

• I wanted to make a collage style background for my card.  I pulled out a variety of stamps and 3 ink colours (Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks)
• I just randomly stamped the various stamps all over my piece of white cardstock, filling in all the areas as I went along.  
• When I was happy with the stamping, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the biker with some Versafine black ink.  I stamped it a few times to be sure to get a deep, dark impression.
• To help make the biker stand out a bit more from the background, I diluted some Salty Ocean Distress ink with water, then watercoloured in the biker.  By filling in the open areas, it helped to make him more visible.
• I stamped the sentiment along the bottom, glued the panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a heavy white card base.

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

I so appreciate you taking the time.

Use Your Stuff- TIC TAC TOE

(I used the left hand side vertical row)

Allsorts- FROM BOYS TO MEN

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Off Road (Raisin Boat); Graffiti (Kaisercraft); Happy Birthday (Studio G);

Background Elements (WPlus9..it may be discontinued as I can't find it on the website)

Inks- Distress Oxide inks; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paint brush

Holiday Greetings

Good Morning
Today, I am playing with some cling wrap and my Distress Oxide inks.  You can get some really great looking backgrounds easily using the stuff.

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

• I began by inking up a piece of heavy white cardstock, starting at the bottom with the lightest colour and worked my way up.  I added some Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans and Blueprint Sketch.  I used a Ranger Blending tool to add the ink, blending the colours together.
• Next, I took out a piece of plastic wrap, wrinkled it up, sprayed it with water and laid my inked panel onto the wrap.  (The DOX inks are reactive with water so it lifts the inks.)  
• There are other ways to use this technique.  Try applying the ink directly to the plastic wrap, spray with water and put your cardstock onto that for a more intense colour lift.
• I let the wrap sit on the panel for a bit, removed it and then dried with my heat tool.
• When the panel was completely dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the trees from Impression Obsession.
• I stamped the sentiment from Studio G and clear heat embossed it. then using my Posca white pen, I splattered the panel with some white to look like snow.  
• I mounted the panel on a piece of white, then black, then onto a heavy white card base.  I think it has a nice peaceful feeling.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
CAS on Fridays- NATURE
Shopping Our Stash- KISS
ABC Christmas- 'P' PINE TREES


Supplies
Stamps- Season's Greetings (Studio G); Pine Trees (Impression Obsession)
Inks- Distress Oxides (listed above); Versafine Clair
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Cling Wrap; Ranger Inking Tool; Posca pen; Misti; clear eb powder; heat tool

Pretty in Pink

 

Good Morning

Meet today's card using this beautiful large Poinsettia stamp from Picket Fence Studios.  If you like to colour, it is the perfect one for that!  

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

• I pulled out my Gel Plate to create a simply background.  First I positioned my Marvelous Rectangle mask over my cardstock panel.  (I did that because my Gel plate is larger then the background I wanted and I like the look of the white border when finished.  These masks are just so perfect for this kind of technique as they don't stick to the Gel Plate and can be easily wiped clean after removing.)
• Using my brayer, I rolled some Candied Apple Distress Ink all over my Gel Plate.  I diluted some Faded Jeans and splattered that along the edges to add interest. *Using your Distress inks on your Gel Plate is a really easy way to get an instant bkg.  
• I took my masked white cardstock panel and rubbed it over my Gel plate to get the panel inked.
• I dried that, then leaving the mask in place, I stamped the poinsettia using my Misti.  I then removed the mask and simply wiped it clean with a damp cloth.
• I rubbed some reds and a bit of purple onto my non-stick craft sheet, and watercoloured areas of the flower for interest.
• I splattered using my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment from Studio G with some Versafine Clair Noir and clear heat embossed it.  I mounted it with some pop dots into the corner of my panel over the flower.
• I added the panel to some black cardstock, then 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.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- USE YOUR FAV TOOL

(Misti)

CAS on Friday- NATURE

Creations in Pink- ANYTHING MOSTLY PINK GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Poinsettia Star (Picket Fence Studios); Season's Greetings (Studio G)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Candied Apple, Faded Jeans, Barn Door, Dusty Concord Distress

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

Accessories and Tools- Marvelous Rectangle Mask (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gel plate; 

Brayer (Speedball); pop dots;

Clear Embossing Powder; paintbrush; White Posca Pen

Summertime

Hello and Welcome

A very clean and simple card today depicting Summer and the happy smiles it brings.

I think we all are so happy to see the sunshine and warmer temperatures arriving.

So onto my card...just a few simple steps.

I began by taking a sheet a acetate and rubbing some Peacock Feathers DOX inks onto it.  I gave it a spray of water and pressed it onto my paper, trying to stay just to the side where I knew I wanted to stamp the girl image.  I repeated that process using Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch DOX ink. I tried to depict the sense of warm summer breezes blowing.

When it was totally dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the girl image and clear heat embossed it to make it pop against the inky bkg.  I stamped the sentiment and finished it off by mounting it onto a piece of blue matching cardstock then onto a plain white card base.

That's it.  Simple card with a happy vibe.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SUMMER FUN

(going to the beach, playing in the sand and water and feeling the breezes)

CAS on Friday- PEOPLE

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Laugh (Impression Obsession); Happy Birthday (Studio G)

Inks- DOX (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); blue cs

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

LOVE Brushos

Morning.

It's that time of year again when we talk a lot about 'LOVE'.

The challenge at Splitcoast today is called just that, L-O-V-E.  The challenge though, is not to use a heart on our card but to think outside of the box and create a card with elements using the letters of the word.  

So here is what I came up with.

I began by masking the edges of my heavy weight white cardstock and the center area using tape.  I like the look of a fresh, crisp, white border.  

Next, I attached my Shattered Glass stamp from Local King onto my MISTI.  I painted on some Brushos that I had mixed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the results of colour on my paper.  Leaving the masks in place, I took a wet paintbrush and pulled some of the colour on the outlines into the white areas to help blend the colours and to give a more watercoloured look.

I then removed the masks and added a panel with the Happy Birthday sentiment stamped onto it with pop dots. 

 I think it makes for a great card for a guy.

So here was my take on the challenge:

           L - Layered- I layered the colours by first painting Brushos onto my stamp 

           then stamping and painting again until I had the colours I wanted. 

The sentiment is also layered over the front panel.

                     O- Outlines- I pulled the colours from the outlines of the stamp to paint in the 

background with a wet paintbrush.

V- Violet- was the colour I used on the bottom portion of my card

E- Explosion- The explosion of colour. and embossing- the birthday sentiment 

was heat embossed.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Add Ink- ADD 'V'

Sweet Stampin- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Inkspirational Challenge- POP

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Local King, Studio G/ Brushos/ paint brush/ painter's tape/ Memento ink/ pop dots/ MISTI

Mask, Sponge and Stamp

Morning.  Looking for a fun challenge that will have you scratching your head?  Well I've got a good one for you.  

Here is the card I made for the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge this month where the challenge Susan gave us is to create a one-layer card using only sentiment stamps called Word, Words, Words.  Well, I did have to scratch my head and think about this one.  I wanted to add interest in some way yet keeping true to the clean and simple look of a OLC card.  Here is what I came up with.

I began by masking my card front and started rubbing on Distress inks in these colours:  Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac and Seedless Preserves.  I splattered the panels with water to add some depth and interest.  When that was dry, I grabbed some birthday sentiment stamps and started stamping away.  I found my Stamp-a-ma-Jig helped me with positioning the stamps into the panels.

That's it....done. 

Adding my card to these challenges too:

Seize the Birthday- FOCUS ON THE SENTIMENT

Shopping Our Stash- I MADE THIS

Use Your Stuff- CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- The Old Island Stamp Comp., Studio G/ Distress ink/ Mini Mister/ Memento ink

Sending Sympathy

I always like to have sympathy cards on hand for that unexpected moment when you need one.  So today, I am playing along with the Featured Stamper Challenge at Splitcoast.  To make my card, I masked with an oval then sponged on Distress inks.  When dry, I stamped the trees then added the sentiment and the twine to finish it off.  It is mounted with pop dots onto a plain card front.

Great to have a bit of time off to replenish my card supply.

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

Supplies:  stamps; Northwoods, Studio G/ Distress inks/ Memento black/ pop dots/ oval mask

Shining Bright - card #3

Well here it is.  The last of 3 cards that I challenged myself to create using this Fred Mullett stamp.  

If you are just tuning in, this weekend, I challenged myself to make 3 different cards using the same image stamps.  I went for different colours and different layouts on all three.  

This one is very CAS but I think it has a real elegant feel to it.  Saw the photo below and used those colours.

I started by stamping the image using a combination of Distress inks and spraying with water before stamping.  I added the sentiment and then the scoring lines to help pull it all together.

Special thanks to everyone who so kindly left me a comment or who came to take a peek to see what I was up to.  So very appreciated!!  I may try this again with another image stamp that has some dust on it from sitting in the drawer.

Hope you have a great week.

Supplies:  stamp; Fred Mullett, Studio G/ Distress inks/ Scoring tool

Happy Hello

It has been such a crazy busy week and I didn't plan on playing along with the Ways to Use it Challenge today at Splitcoast (use chevrons) and the CASology Challenge (cool; chevrons are so cool and in style right now) so this card was a happy accident.  I just got this mask from The Crafter's Workshop in the mail today and I started to play with it by rubbing Distress inks over the top.  When I was done, I cut the panel up and TA-DA this card was born....gotta love that!!  Very simple with clean lines.  

Thanks so very much for taking the time to come by and have a look.

Supplies:  stamps:  Studio G/ The Crafter's Workshop/ Distress inks/ pop dots