Day-Tripping

 

Welcome

Meet today's card.

Simple painted piece pulled from my stash.

I had rolled off the excess green paint from my brayer while using my Gel Plate.  I like to save them all for future use and also I don't like to waste the paint on my brayer.

I love the sentiment with this card too since we have all missed being together and doing things.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I pulled out this brayered painted background and placed it into my Misti.
• Using some Vintage Photo Archival Distress ink, I inked up the Country Life stamp from Penny Black and pressed it onto the paper. * By stamping using the Misti, it gives you the chance to stamp more then once which is sometimes necessary when stamping over a painted bkg.*
• I removed and cleaned the stamp, then positioned the sentiment from the Destination Sentiments set also from PB and inked and stamped it with the same colour.
• I glued the finished panel onto a matching piece of brown cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- SUMMER LOVIN

Supplies

Stamps- Penny Black

Inks- Vintage Photo Archival Distress ink

Paper- heavy white- (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.); brown cs (Michaels)

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

The Journey

 

Welcome

Meet today's card.

I made this background while having a play with my Gel Plate and acrylic paints from the Dollar Store.  Why waste the extra when you can use it for a card background.

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

• I began with a heavy white cardstock panel.  Using a brayer, I rolled different colours of paint onto my cardstock.  It was the excess from using my Gel Plate.  (For those of you unfamiliar with a Gel Plate, it is a gel like flat piece that is used for printing.  After applying paint to the surface of it, you brayer to smooth it out evenly and there is usually excess paint on the brayer and that's what I used for my card background.)
• I set the panel aside to dry completely before moving on to do the next step.
• When the panel was totally dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment called Destination Sentiments from Penny Black with some Versafine Clair Noir ink and clear heat embossed it.  I did that so it would show up better over the painted background that can be sometimes tricky to stamp over.
• I took the panel and die-cut the Cozy die from Penny Black along the side. 
• Next, I glued the cut card panel onto a heavy white card base and then pop dotted the die-cut piece back into place.  
• I added some matching blue gems to the die-cut centers.

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 STENCIL

Craft Rocket- USE DIES or SPRING

Creative Artiste Mixed Media- ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Destination Sentiments (PB)

Inks- acrylic paint (Dollar Store); Versafine Clair Noir

Paper= heavy white (Scribes Nook(

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear eb powder; Cozy die (PB);

blue gems; Speedball Brayer

Spring Flowers- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome 

Are you ready for a new month and for a new challenge?

This month we will be celebrating Spring at the

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

So this month our host Susan has asked us to create some cards for Spring using those kinds of flowers.  So think snowdrops, daffodils, tulips, crocuses, apple and cherry blossom, dogwood, etc.

I can't wait to see my Spring flowers.  They are slowly beginning to emerge.  It is such an exciting time of year when all comes to life.

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I positioned my rectangle acrylic mask over the center area of my card panel.  I set it up in my Misti, then using my Tombow markers, I coloured directly onto the stamp which reminds me of crocuses, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the inking.  

Leaving the mask in place, I sponged along the edges with some Shaded Lilac Distress ink and splattered just to one side using some of the DI ink diluted with water.

I removed the mask and stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner.

I mounted it onto a piece of purple cs then onto a heavy white card base.

I hope you will come and play along with us.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies

Stamps- Lofty (Penny Black); Treasured Sentiments (PB)

Inks- Shaded Lilac DI; Versafine; Tombow markers

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); sponging tool; paintbrush;

Mister (TH)

Rectangle mask- Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

Friends Make it Better

Welcome

Another card ready to go out to a friend during this time of 'social distancing'.

I am playing with my Vicki Boutin acrylic paints again and used the same technique I show in yesterday's video.

To see that short video, go here.

I began by dabbing some acrylic paint onto my card panel and using my stencil paste spreader, I moved the paint around in a circular motion.

When the paint was dry, I stamped the sentiment and flowers using my Misti.  I heat embossed it with some clear powder and added some black splatters to add interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you are keeping safe and sound.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- CIRCLE

Use Your Stuff- SPRING

Artsy Divas- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey); Friends (Penny Black)

Ink- Versafine; acrylic paints

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

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

EDITED:  It is called Deco Foil Stencil Pat

Always Friends in Blue- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

I can't believe we have turned another page of the calendar but that means it's time for another fun challenge at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Our theme this month is Something Blue.

Guest Designer:  TaeEun (rainbow in November)

So you have to know that this challenge is right up my alley!!

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and secured my Rectangle Mask over it as I wanted to be left with a clean, white border when finished.  

I wrapped my acrylic block with some elastic bands, then inked it up with some Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks, sprayed with water and stamped.

Here is a picture of what my block looked like wrapped with the elastics:

Next, I placed the piece into my Misti and inked up the Silhouette Leaves with some Mermaid Lagoon DOX ink and stamped to the side.  I sponged the edges to define the stamped area with some Tumbled Glass DOX then added the sentiment using my Misti again.  

I removed the mask and scored around the inking with my ScorPal to add a framing effect.

I mounted the piece onto a piece of blue cardstock then onto a plain 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:

CASology- SUMMER

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Happy Little Stampers: FUNNY

Supplies

Stamps- Silhouette Leaves (Impression Obsession); Always Friends (IO)

Inks- DOX (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); blue cs

Accessories and Tools- Rectangle Mask (A Colorful Life Designs); ScorPal; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); makeup brush (Dollarama)