Leaves, Sunflowers and Pumpkins

Happy September!

Fall is right around the corner and the leaves are turning colours.

So meet 2 of the new stencils from A Colorful Life called:

Blowing Leaves and Layered Sunflower Pumpkin

I decided to use these 2 stencils together, so here's what I did.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and put the pumpkin from the Layered Sunflower Pumpkin stencil over that. I inked up the pumpkin first using some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.  To add some shading, I added just a touch of Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink to the top of the pumpkin.
• I cleaned the stencil off and then moved it to stencil the sunflowers with Fossilized Amber and some Mustard Seed DOX ink.
• I moved the stencil again and then finally inked the flower centers and the leaves of the flower.
• Next, I stenciled some of the leaves from the Blowing Leaves stencil just under and around the pumpkin.  I did have to mask it off in a few areas to add the leaves around the base of the pumpkin.
• I splattered just the pumpkin with my white Posca pen and set it aside to dry.
• I cut another piece of white cardstock and placed the Blowing Leaves stencil over that.  I inked them up with some Ripe Persimmon, Fossilized Amber, Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I glued the Blowing Leaves stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I fussy cut out the pumpkin and sunflower portion of my cardstock out next and used some foam tape to pop it over the leaf background.

Here are the stencils I used:

Blowing Leaves

Layered Sunflower Pumpkin

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

TICTACTOE- LEAVES/INK BLENDING/ MULTIPLES

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

white Posca pen; foam tape

Hello

 

Happy Hello to you!

Meet today's card.

A pretty simple one done with a piece of Yupo paper that I had previously inked up and stuck in my stash....you know, the one that didn't quite work for what you were doing.  

I decided to transform it.

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

• I began with a piece of Yupo paper and dropped some red and blue Ranger Alcohol inks (sorry I don't know what colours I used as I did this a long time and it's been sitting in my stash) onto the paper.  I used some Blending Solution to help move the colours around. 
• I pulled out this stencil from The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Joyful Sunflower and placed it over the inked background.
• Using a paper towel and some Ranger Alcohol Lifting ink, I pressed over the stencil, removing the ink from the background over the stencil.
• I lifted the stencil off to reveal the image.  I used a bit of Rubbing Alcohol to clean off my stencil, then washed it off with soap and water to remove any residue.
• After it dried, I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto some red and then onto a white card base.
• I wanted to keep the sentiment very simple and not cover up the flower.  I remembered I had my Dad's old Dymo Letter Printer so I got that out.  I can't believe it still works 50 yrs later!!!!  I printed out the 'Hello' and glued it to the front of my card.

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

I'm so, so sorry that I am way behind at visiting your blogs.  I am feeling swamped with my 5 little daycare ones at the moment and finding it hard to spend much time on social media.  

I will get there though so thanks for hanging in there with me.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Ranger AI inks, Ranger AI Lifting ink

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (TCW); Dymo Letter Printer; paper towels; Blending Solution 

Trace Your Stencil

Hello and Welcome.

It's my turn to host the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) over at Splitcoast Stampers this week.

So many of us are working on getting cards made to enter the Dare to Get Dirty Event, held each year for all the members there. 

I thought I would keep the challenge really simple and fun.

So my challenge will be 

Trace Your Stencil

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Joyful Sunflower.
• I rubbed some Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean and some Blueprint Sketch on the back of my stencil, sprayed with water and pressed onto my card base creating a monoprint.  Remove the inky stencil soon after pressing it onto your paper or the ink may seep under the stencil.
• I set the piece aside to dry completely before doing the next step.
• When the piece was dry, I was left with a lovely print of the flower.
• Using a black Signo pen, I traced around the inked outlines of the flower, giving it more of a defined presence and making the stenciled bkg look a bit different. *For more detailed stencils, lay the stencil back over the pattern and trace inside the stencil.
• I splattered using my black Posca pen for interest.
• Using a Spellbinder square die, I cut a frame to place over the flower image using pop dots.
• I chose not to add a sentiment so I can use this card for so many different occasions.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
My Time to Craft- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Krafty Chicks- ALL OCCASIONS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (TCW); mister (TH); Signo #1 pen; Spellbinder Square die;

pop dots

Full Bloom- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome

Time for another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

https://caswatercolour.blogspot.com/2018/08/cas-watercolour-august-reminder.html

Our theme this month is Sunflowers.

Check out the wonderfully sunny gallery and our guest Izzy (Izzy Scrap).

To create my card, I placed this large flower stamp into my Misti and stamped it with black Memento ink.  Next, I cut it down around the edged and fussy cut out the flower petals at the bottom for more interest.

I then watercoloured it using some diluted Brushos and a paintbrush, blending the yellows to keep my flower sunny and bright.

When that was dry, I added lots of Glossy Accents to my flower head; just too bad you can't see that in the photo.

I stamped the sentiment using my Misti again, then added a few black gems for interest.

Using a fine line black marker, I traced around the whole outside to help define the outline of the flower then lastly, I simply mounted it onto a white card and done.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamp- Large Daisy (Sandi Miller)= Live Life (High Hopes)

Inks- Brushos (orange, lemon, yellow)= Distress inks-Rusty Hinge, Gathered Twigs (TH)

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia)= Glossy Accents (Ranger)= paintbrush= black gems