Relax

Good Morning.

Here is a collage style card I made a few weeks ago but just never had time to post.

I do enjoy making this style of card as it uses lots of different stamps and has a lot of interest.

I began by creating my background. 

I rubbed Tea Dye Distress Oxide ink over my stencils in various areas, varying the patterns for interest.  I set that aside and started working on the main panel.

I masked a small piece of cardstock that I had leftover from another project with some Post-It tape and stamped away using a variety of stamps but staying with the same colour as the stenciled background.  I find the look of the card is more cohesive is I stay in the same colour family.

When I was happy with the stamping, I splattered with some more diluted ink and then placed the piece inside my Misti to stamp the flowers and the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Insightful Meadow (Unity)= Relax (Art Journey)= THMM101 Stencil and Stamps (TH)

Inks- Tea Dye DOX (TH)= Burgundy Red (Adirondack)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia)= Post-It Tape= Stencil (TH)= sponge applicator (TH)=

 paintbrush

Sunrise

Hello and Welcome.

Here is a very simple card using this great stamp from Technique Junkies.

I just spent a few day at the beach so this card makes me smile with the good memories I have.

Here's how I created my card.

I began by masking my white card front with some Post-It Tape.

I then placed the paper inside my Misti, stamped the image and clear heat embossed it so it would resist the ink I was about to put over it and still shine through.

Next, I took a piece of clear acetate, rubbed some Distress Oxide inks onto it, sprayed with water and pressed the ink over my image. 

I have a pictorial about how to do it here:

ACETATE INKING

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2017/12/acetate-inking-cas-watercolour-challenge.html

When the ink was dry, I removed the tape and simply mounted it over a piece of blue cardstock to match the blue background.

I think this would make a great card for a guy.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamp- Old Pier (Technique Junkies)

Inks- DOX- Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans (TH), Memento black

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

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

Live Big

Hello and so happy you stopped by.
I'm trying out a new-to-me technique called
Alcohol Marker Marbling
(the link takes you to Splitcoast Stampers)

This is a very simple technique using alcohol based markers like Copics.
Here is what I did to create my card.

I took a plastic sandwich bag and coloured onto it with my Copic markers in purple and blues.
I then sprayed it with a good amount of rubbing alcohol and then dabbed my photo paper into the wet ink.  I was left with a lovely, unique looking bkg.
The piece dried very quickly, so I placed it into my Misti and stamped the thistles and the sentiment.
Pretty simple CAS card.

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

Adding my card to these challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES
The Creative Crafters- ANTHING GOES
Creates and Makes- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey)= Live, Laugh (Rubberneckers)
Inks- Archival Black (Ranger)
Paper- Canon Photo
Accessories and Tools- Misti= Copic Markers= Rubbing Alcohol= plastic sandwich bag

Awesome

Hello and Welcome.

Today, I'm sharing a card I had fun with.

I created it using my Brushos.  For those of you who don't know what Brushos are, they are highly pigmented powder that you activate with water.  You can watercolour with them or just sprinkle them onto your cardstock, spray with water and watch them come alive.

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

I laid my circle stencil down onto a piece of scrap paper, sprinkled some Brushos onto the back of it, sprayed with a good amount of waterc then pressed my paper into the wet inky stencil creating a monoprint.  When I lifted it, I was left with a fun pattern from the stencil.

After that dried, I stamped the biker then the sentiment and clear heat embossed them to help make them pop against the colourful background.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- WILD AND FREE

The Crafty Addicts- ALL ABOUT BOYS AND MEN

Scrap From Your Heart- ONE FOR THE GUYS

CAS Mixup- MONOPRINT

Supplies

Stamps- Biker (Flonz)= Awesome-So 80's (Wplus 9)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- clear eb powder= heat tool= Brushos= Ringer Stencil (TH)

Magic- Quick CAS card

Hello and Welcome.

Here is a simple, one-layer card I made using my Distress Oxide inks.  

I love playing with them and combining colours to see what kind of look I can come up with.

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

I began by masking off my card front using some Post-It tape to help create a framed look.

I sponged on some Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks, blending them as I went along.

I sprinkled on some water to help lift some of the ink and give more interest to my background.

I also lifted some of the colour by using a piece of drywall tape rubbed over with a wet paper towel.

I removed the tape I had used to mask from the sides, then placed the piece inside my Misti to stamp the flowers.  

I stamped the sentiment from Penny Black and done.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Flower Challenge- ONE LAYER

Crafting By Designs- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Moments- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey)= Growing Free (PB)

Inks- Distress Oxides: Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean (TH)= Memento black

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti= sponge applicator (TH)= Post-It Tape= drywall tape

Woven Background

Scraps, scraps and even more scraps.

Do you save your scraps like I do, then scratch your head and wonder why you saved them?

Well, here is just one idea about what to do with them.

I decided to create a woven background.

Super easy and fun too.

Here's what I did.

I began by cutting my 'scraps' into strips of different width.  Some were 1/2" and some were a 1/4" wide.  I placed a piece of tape along the top of a piece of white cardstock then laid down my vertical strips in a colour combination I was happy with.  Then I took the coordinating strips and wove them horizontally into the first ones by going over and under. 

When I was done weaving them together, I glued the ends in place then used a stitched die to cut the piece out.  I simply glued that onto a white base then die cut the flowers to add to the front.

I hope you will give it a try.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cards 4 Galz- PUNCHES AND DIES

Moving Along with the Times- TEXTURE

Crafting by Design- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX, DI

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

Accessories and Tools- paper scraps= Dandelion Posies die (Creative Expressions)= Cuttlebug

Rainy Day in the City

Hello and Welcome.

It's a super rainy day here today so I thought I would post my Rainy Day card.  We sure need the rain after this dry, hot summer we have had.  It also gave me a chance to play with this fun stamp from Technique Junkies, one of my favs.

Using a piece of heavy white cardstock, I placed the stamp inside my Misti, inked with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink and stamped onto my paper.  I moved my paper slightly inside my Misti, inked my stamp with some Faded Jeans DOX and stamped again.  I repeated that process with some Hickory Smoke and I was left with a blurred image like you would have on a rainy day.

I then took a wet paintbrush and blended the colours together, then using some more ink, I did a watercolour wash on the sky.  I splattered on some diluted ink to give the effect of rain then stamped the sentiment along the bottom.

The rain is making me 'smile' today.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Craftaholics R Us- ANYTHING GOES
House that Stamps Built- INSPIRATION PALETTE
Moo-Mania- SUMMERTIME

Supplies
Stamps- New York (Technique Junkies)= Smile (Daisy Bucket)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento= DOX: Blueprint Sketch, Faded Jeans, Hickory Smoke (TH)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook Waterloo Ont)
Accessories and Tools- Misti- paintbrush