Hello June

Welcome

It's an exciting day as we start a new month with a wonderful new lineup of stencils.

So I'd like you to meet 2 new ones for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Gear Mask and Connected Cogs

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate and pressed my Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto the plate.  I used a brayer to spread the ink flat and then placed the Gear Mask over the plate.  
• I used a scrap piece of paper and rubbed over the stencil to remove some of the ink, lifted the stencil off and rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to lift the print.
• Next, I rubbed some Dusty Concord DOX ink onto the plate, brayered it smooth and placed the Connected Cogs stencil onto my plate.  I repeated the above process and finally rubbed the previously inked cardstock right over the top, layering the print. It turned out very pretty.
• I inked up the stamp with the same colours used above, sprayed with a bit of water and then stamped it onto a piece of white cardstock. I splattered it with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the gel plate print onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of purple, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the thistle over the middle of my card front.
• I inked another scrap of white cardstock and used that to die cut the sentiment. I die cut it a few times, glued them together and glued that to my card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

Gear Mask

Connected Cogs

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Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FRIENDSHIP

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Cut It Up- ANYTHING GOES

We Love Stamping- NATURE/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Thistle (Fred Mullett)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Gelli Arts Gel Plate; 

Speedball Brayer; white Posca pen; Friend die (Amazon); foam tape

Friends Become Family

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

Something I made using my Gel Plate and some grasses I picked up on my walk.  I love being able to use natural elements on my backgrounds to give interest.
Someone told me this effect is call 'cyanotype'.  I looked it up and it is an old photographing process...interesting.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and got out my Gel Plate.
• Using my Speedball brayer, I rolled on some blue and purple paint that I got from the Dollar Tree.  The paint is a lot more watery then the better quality paints.  I find it doesn't cover as well, leaving some white areas behind which I like.  
• After I covered the plate, I carefully laid down the grasses onto the paint.  *I found using a tweezers for this process to be most helpful....I didn't want to get my fingerprint in the paint.
• I immediately laid my cardstock panel over the plate and rubbed all over.  When I lifted off the paper, I was left with a white area where the grasses had been.
• I let the piece dry completely before going onto the next steps.
• I placed the dry print into my Misti and stamped the thistles and the sentiment.  I clear heat embossed them to make them pop more over the painted background.
• I simply mounted the panel onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Mix it Up- ANYTHING GOES> embossing

The Artistic Stamper- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Knockouts- SOMETHING TO SAY

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey); Friends (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Acrylic Paint, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Speedball Brayer; Misti; clear eb powder; heat tool; grasses 

Playing with Ink

Good Morning.

Super simple note card today.

I had some time to just play around with ink; something I love to do.

Here are my card details.

I planned on making a clean, CAS card so I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock for my card front.  Instead of inking directly onto my stamp, I wanted to try and get more of a watercoloured look so I rubbed my Distress Oxide ink pads onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with a bit of water and wiggled my stamp into the wet ink.  I was so pleased with the stamped image I achieved. 

Simple yet elegant looking.

I scored a simple frame around the edges to define the area with my ScorPal and mounted it onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- FOLIAGE

Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPED

Supplies

Stamp- Thistle (Fred B. Mullett)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Peacock Feathers, Bundled Sage (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- ScorPal= non-stick craft mat (Ranger)= Mister (TH)

Beautiful Background

Good Morning and Welcome.

Yesterday over at Splitcoast Stampers, we were challenged to use our background stamps to create a card.  What great incentive that was for me to re-visit my small collection of background stamps that have gone untouched for so long.

When I saw this one from Serendipity called Jen's Zen, it inspired this card.

I began by masking off my card front with some Post-It tape.  I placed the stamp into my Misti and inked it up with grey ink and stamped.

Leaving the mask in place, I stamped the thistles by coloring them with my Tombow makers, spraying with water and stamped over the bkg.

I removed the masks and mounted my card front onto a piece of soft lavender cardstock.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you get a chance to take a look at your background stamps and get inspired.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Artistic Inspirations- ANYTHING GOES/ USE FLOWERS

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Cute Card Thursday- ONE WORD SENTIMENT

Supplies

Stamps- Jen's Zen (Serendipity); Nature Flowers (Art Journey)

Inks- Tuxedo Black, London Fog (Memento)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Post-It tape; Mister (TH); Tombow Markers

Sweet Silhouettes

Happy Saturday!

Great time to play with some new toys.

I just picked up this stencil by The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Sweet Peas.

I wanted to do a monoprint using Brushos so I laid down my stencil over a piece of scrap paper, sprinkled on some Brushos pigment powder over the back, sprayed with water then pressed onto my paper.  I quickly lifted up the stencil so the ink wouldn't run underneath it to create a lovely monoprint.  It is a great way to get a different look from the stencils you already own.

After the piece had dried, I placed it in my Misti and stamped the wildflowers and the sentiment.

Pretty straightforward and simple.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES 

4 Crafty Chicks- BLACK< WHITE AND ONE OTHER COLOUR

Craft Rocket- STARTS WITH 'F' (flowers)

Supplies

Stamps- Dans la Nature (Carabelle Studio)/ Nature Flower (Art Journey)

Inks- Brushos-Leaf Green/ Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tool- Misti/ stencil- Mini Sweet Peas (TCW)/ mister (TH)

Simple Pleasures

Hello and Welcome.

I haven't had much time for stamping these days.

Very happy to be able to create a card today.

This card is simple and clean looking using a fresh colour of green Distress Oxide ink.  Love how you can easily stamp over these inks and they are great for creating layered backgrounds.

For this bkg. I must give a big shout-out to my friend Loll Thompson and her video:

Splash Watercolour

Very fun and easy tutorial to follow too!

Hope you check it out.

I used Peeled Paint DOX for my background and when dry, I stamped the images over the inky green using my Misti.  To add further interest to my card, I stenciled the clock face to one side and the dots on the other.
 I love how this card turned out, simple and quick to create.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Enjoy your weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Art Journey- Pastel Colours

Little Red Wagon- CREATE A BKGD
Craft Stamper- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES
Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES
Simon Says- STAMPtember STAMP IT

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers- (Art Journey)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento/ Peeled Paint DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy weight white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ Stencils-Clockworks, Dot Fade (TH)/ applicator tool (TH)