Believe

Hi there....here is a card I made for the CAS challenge at Splitcoast this week.  Our cards were to be based on this quote: 
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night- Galileo

I am enjoying working away making Christmas cards.  I started this card by punching out a star to create a mask then sponging the open area with Distress inks. I left the mask in place and stamped the manger and coloured it with Copics. Added the scoring lines to lead to the sentiment. Very clean and simple.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great weekend.

Supplies:  stamps: Recollections, The Old Island Stamp Company/ star punch/ pop dots/ silver twine/ Copics

Looking for the OLW this week....see HERE

My First Tutorial-Masked, Sponged and Stamped

Hi there..........I had many questions about creating THIS CARD and my local scrapbooking store asked me to do a tutorial so here it is....my first one.  It is super easy to do and since so many of us are visual learners, I hope these photos make the process more clear.

Step One

 I taped my paper down with temporary adhesive to my work surface. Then I added my mask on top of my paper (made by Mr. Huey) and taped that down to hold everything in place.

Step 2

These are the colours of Distress inks that I used and the application tool.

Broken China, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers

Step 3

I rubbed the inks onto my paper randomly with my inking tool until the whole piece of cardstock was inked.

Step 4

Next, leaving the mask in place after my cardstock was all inked, I stamped over it with the snowflake stamp using the same Distress ink colours.

Step 5

This is what the coloured and stamped sheet looks like when the mask is removed.

Step 6

I inked the edges using the same colours again to pull it all together.

Step 7

I stamped the sentiment and embossed it, then cut the piece for the front of the card.  I cut a snowflake using my Spellbinder die in my Cuttlebug and while still in the die, sponged on some more ink so when removed it would define the snowflake.  I attached it with pop dots and added a jewel in the center.

Here is a shot of the set from Penny Black that I used called

Let it Snow

Well that's it.  I have to say it was fun putting together this first tutorial.  Enjoy!!

Looking for the OLW this week....see HERE

OLW116, Scene It

Welcome to another week for me to be hosting the OLW (One Layer Wednesday).  This week I am challenging you to:

Scene It....create a scene on your card

I am most anxious to see what kind of scenes you create on your cards and how you set them up with only using one layer.  This stamp from Serendipity Stamps is wonderful to use to create a scene.  I especially love it because I live right near Mennonite farm country and this so reminds me of some of the farms nearby. 

To create my card, I masked the oval area then sponged blue Distress ink on the open area.  Next, I stamped the image then coloured it using more Distress inks and a water pen.  To do that, I just press my ink pad onto my acrylic block and pick up the colour with the brush from there.  Very easy and you can really achieve a nice watercoloured effect.  The sentiment is from Basic Grey.
I am also entering this card in the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays; Winter Blues

Sure hope you have time to play along this week. 

OLW116 Rules

1. Create a one-layer card.  That is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed!

2. Make a card that depicts a scene in some way.   Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum and NO ADDITIONAL LAYERS of card stock.

3. Post your card online and link it to the InLinkz button underneath.  If you link to your blog, please link to the specific post, not your blog’s main page.

4. HAVE FUN! I am looking forward in seeing what you create!

Masculine Christmas

Hi there....just me playing with my Distress inks again.  I started by adding ink to my acrylic block, spraying with water and stamping.  Next, I added the trees from Mark's Finest Papers, the sentiment and lastly the polka dots behind to perk it up for Christmas. 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  Hope you have a good week.

Supplies:  stamps; Paper Smooches, Mark's Finest/ twine/ acrylic block/ Distress inks/ pop dots

Oh, Santa

Today, Santa is strutting his new suit and saying, 'Look at my new outfit, I'm getting ready for the big day!'

I felt it was time for Santa to have some new clothes so I paper pieced his outfit and then mounted him with pop dots onto a bubble wrap background.  I am playing along with the Inspiration Challenge today at Splitcoast and the Addicted to CAS challenge: Snow.  (His beard is snowy white.)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  Hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend.

Supplies:  stamps: Paper Smooches, Clear Stamps, Santa (dollar bin at Michaels and no name), pop dots, Memento ink

Christmas in Red

Happy Friday....anyone seen my mojo??  Hoping this card made for the Free for All challenge at Splitcoast- glitter and the challenge at Addicted to CAS-Snow, helps jump start it again.

I started by cutting a circle, then sponged red Distress inks to cover it.  I embossed the stars and added some glitter to them then spritzed the red with water to give a mottled look.  Lastly, I added the die cuts across the front after adding the sentiment from Paper Smooches.

 This card was inspired by Annikarten at her blog. 

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

Supplies:  stamps; Paper Smooches/ stickles glitter/ Distress inks/ Die-Impression Obsession/ pop dots

Re-visit

Ok.....don't know if life is just too busy right now or I have lost my 'mojo' but I am not getting around to creating anything this week so I am posting a card I made for a challenge at Splitcoast last year before my blog started.  It was a simple one using one of my favourite techniques...colouring a stamp with waterbased markers and spraying with water before stamping.  I used one of my all time favourite stamps from Innovative Stamp Creations, drew in the black line after adding the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps:  Innovative Stamp Creations, Studio G/ Memento markers/ mini spray bottle