Simon Says Stamp Exclusives
I got my dies in from the Diecember order, and I love them! the bold painted (brushstroke like) sentiment and the scribbly flowers from painted roses really caught my fancy so I ordered them! ha
I'd like to enter my card to:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: anything goes with Simon Says Stamp exclusive products
and
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday January 2016: something new
So for my new I used these fabulous dies and the new Distress inks Candied apple, carved pumpkin and an old one mustard seed.
I started by painting 2 panels with the Distress inks, diluted with Perfect pearls mist instead of water, for a glorious shimmer.
I wanted the roses and the sentiment the same, but I changed my mind ;-) Chose black instead.
I diecut the roses from white cardstock first, but I also changed my mind here and went for black also, the white dissapeared against the white cardbase, so I diecut them again from black and glued them on top of the white, I didn't do a perfect job, on purpose, I kind of liked the drop shadow effect it gives, altough white, not shadow colored ;-)...
I then cut the roses out with scissors.
I diecut Happy Birthday from the card panel and placed the other watercolored panel behind it.
I thought it was too samey and was detracting attention from the roses and well, we can't have that!
I really like stamping sentiments in black and love bold sentiments so I diecut it all again from white carstock and placed a black card behind the Happy Birthday
I adhered the roses with foamtape at different heights so one, two layers or just flush agaisnt the panel.
I tucked the leaved behind the flowers.
Few dew drops here and there.
Mounted the panel onto the cardbase with tape runner
For more information about these challenges, click the links
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: anything goes with Simon Says Stamp exclusive products
and
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday January 2016: something new
Thursday 28 January 2016
CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #158
CAS
Colours & Sketches Challenge #158
This is
my last card as Guest designer for CAS Colours & Sketches.
I hope
you’ve enjoyed my entries, I sure had a ball making them.
This
card is a bit special as I used the Spectrum Noir aqua markers I won on this blog
a few challenges ago.
These
markers came in last week and I just had to use them.
Now I
chose the floral set as it had lovely purples ;-)
But it
has no browns, just a few oranges and
greens and yellows and purples, flower colours...
So for
the cat I layered leafy green with marigold to get a orangey brown cat.
His eyes
are bud green with meadow yellow.
The
background is heather.
I used
hot pressed and smooth water colouring paper from Schut 300grams (I think
that’s 140lbs).
The idea
here was the photo frame, with a picture, maybe a flower, but then I matched
the grumpy cat with the sentiment I feel everyone shouts before taking a
picture, it all seemed to go together perfectly.
To make
the photo frame I used my biggest rectangle die and a square one for the
opening.
I die
cut a piece of black foam for dimension but also because instant photos always
seem(ed) to have a black backing. I haven’t used any instant photos in decades,
so excuse me if wrong, I’m ancient ;-)
I then die
cut two pieces of white cardstock and layered those.
The
sentiment is from Uniko stamps (all occasion sentiments #6) and I stamped it
with Versafine black ink.
The
grumpy cat is from Katzelkraft (les chat russe) and I stamped him
with StazON because of the water colouring.
Hot
pressed paper I think works the best with these markers as it’s less porous so
I had time to apply the marker in the places I thought there should be shadows
and then faded them out with a brush and water. If you use more porous paper, blending it out is very difficult as the marker ink absorbs into the paper.
Also work on small areas at the time.
Or scribble some ink onto an acrylic
block and pickup the ink from there with a brush. To me that defeats the
purpose of the marker though.
If you have these markers or are looking to
get them, try different papers, I’m glad I did ;-) I got to know them well..lol
Attached
all layers with tape runner adhesive.
For more
information in the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge, see this
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Less is More Challenge #260: silhouette
Less is More Challenge #260: silhouette
For my card I was torn between a stamp of silhouette birds and this die.
I chose the die in the end as it involves a few more techniques, mainly partial die cutting
and inlaid diecutting.
I don't know the brand, I've die cut it from black cardstock and the same from marble like patterned paper for the sky.
the stamp is Dutch for sincere condoleances and is from Marianne Design, stamped with Versafine black ink.
I've adehered it all onto the cardbase with tape runner.
I'm not good at partial diecutting, so for me this was quite the challenge, but I think it turned out well.
The only thing I don´t like it the photo, I´ve taken it over and over , but somehow I can't get rid of the white edges from the bach flap, so it looks like I didn´t adhere it properly, it bugs me ;-)
For more information on the Less is More Challenge #260: silhouette, see this
For my card I was torn between a stamp of silhouette birds and this die.
I chose the die in the end as it involves a few more techniques, mainly partial die cutting
and inlaid diecutting.
I don't know the brand, I've die cut it from black cardstock and the same from marble like patterned paper for the sky.
the stamp is Dutch for sincere condoleances and is from Marianne Design, stamped with Versafine black ink.
I've adehered it all onto the cardbase with tape runner.
I'm not good at partial diecutting, so for me this was quite the challenge, but I think it turned out well.
The only thing I don´t like it the photo, I´ve taken it over and over , but somehow I can't get rid of the white edges from the bach flap, so it looks like I didn´t adhere it properly, it bugs me ;-)
For more information on the Less is More Challenge #260: silhouette, see this
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Guest Designer call over at Gerda Steiner
Guest Designer call over at Gerda Steiner
A few days ago I got the newsletter with the guest designer call.
It's for the month of March and you can apply too via the link at the bottom of this post.
I used a digital image from Gerda Steiner (kitten in the movingbox) and it's a free one!
I don't have a creditcard so I've never been able to purchase anything but the freebies, but I've just seen that Gerda Steiner now accepts Paypal, so I might have to go and shop later ;-)
I love anything kitty and this image just melted my heart. Cats and their love of boxes....
here's one of my cats helping me open a box...lol
As the Love and fun boxes were ticked I ignored the moving house part and made it into a Hello card.
I foiled a heart diecut with red foil and I diecut the hello from black cardstock (not from Gerda Steiner).
On the cardbase I sponged Mermaid lagoon and cracked pistachio Distress inks, the green to ground the image.
I've applied a double layer of foam tape to the image I have cut out. I wanted to give this box some real dimension.
I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers on Neenah Solar white cardstock. The box is much darker than a "real" box, on purpose..it makes the kitten stand out better.
Being invited as a guestdesigner on a couple of blogs lately really has given my the confidence to apply for this opportunity, what an honour it would be!
I encourage you to apply too, all the inforamtion you need and the link up can be found here
I am not really sure what they're looking for and as I love CAS cards I tried to showcase my style
Anyway: good luck!
A few days ago I got the newsletter with the guest designer call.
It's for the month of March and you can apply too via the link at the bottom of this post.
I used a digital image from Gerda Steiner (kitten in the movingbox) and it's a free one!
I don't have a creditcard so I've never been able to purchase anything but the freebies, but I've just seen that Gerda Steiner now accepts Paypal, so I might have to go and shop later ;-)
I love anything kitty and this image just melted my heart. Cats and their love of boxes....
here's one of my cats helping me open a box...lol
As the Love and fun boxes were ticked I ignored the moving house part and made it into a Hello card.
I foiled a heart diecut with red foil and I diecut the hello from black cardstock (not from Gerda Steiner).
On the cardbase I sponged Mermaid lagoon and cracked pistachio Distress inks, the green to ground the image.
I've applied a double layer of foam tape to the image I have cut out. I wanted to give this box some real dimension.
I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers on Neenah Solar white cardstock. The box is much darker than a "real" box, on purpose..it makes the kitten stand out better.
Being invited as a guestdesigner on a couple of blogs lately really has given my the confidence to apply for this opportunity, what an honour it would be!
I encourage you to apply too, all the inforamtion you need and the link up can be found here
I am not really sure what they're looking for and as I love CAS cards I tried to showcase my style
Anyway: good luck!
Monday 25 January 2016
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: red
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: red
I made a little gift, a little box for one of those jumbo or xxl scented tealights. Mine are from Ikea but I think the size is standard.
I used Simon Says Stamp (schoolhouse red) cardstock and for the patterned cardstock a piece of 12x12"paper from Jillibean Soup (heart healthy red bean soup-bay leaves) for the heart.
I also used the new Lawn Fawn XOXO die in red and white and instead of a cigar band or belly band I closed the box with some unbranded washitape.
At first I only diecut the xoxo in the same red, but it was all too matchy match, it almost disappeared, so I slightly offset a white one, to give it a kind of drop shadow.
few clear rhinestones from Hero Arts and foamtaep to raise the heart diecut off the box
To make the box you'll need a piece of paper that is 4"1/8 by 7"1/4
you score it on the long side at 7/8, 3"1/4, 4"1/8 and 6"3/8
on the short side you score it at 7/8 and 3"1/4
cut and glue as indicated on the photo (not precisely to scale as my grid is in centimeters)
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this
I made a little gift, a little box for one of those jumbo or xxl scented tealights. Mine are from Ikea but I think the size is standard.
I used Simon Says Stamp (schoolhouse red) cardstock and for the patterned cardstock a piece of 12x12"paper from Jillibean Soup (heart healthy red bean soup-bay leaves) for the heart.
I also used the new Lawn Fawn XOXO die in red and white and instead of a cigar band or belly band I closed the box with some unbranded washitape.
At first I only diecut the xoxo in the same red, but it was all too matchy match, it almost disappeared, so I slightly offset a white one, to give it a kind of drop shadow.
few clear rhinestones from Hero Arts and foamtaep to raise the heart diecut off the box
To make the box you'll need a piece of paper that is 4"1/8 by 7"1/4
you score it on the long side at 7/8, 3"1/4, 4"1/8 and 6"3/8
on the short side you score it at 7/8 and 3"1/4
cut and glue as indicated on the photo (not precisely to scale as my grid is in centimeters)
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this
Sunday 24 January 2016
4 boxes for 3 scented tealights from one sheet of 12x12'' or nearly 12x12" paper
I was making these boxes as per a pattern from Pootles.co.uk. with my envelope punchboard. and some were great and others weren't, I kept doubting myself, did I score it properly, did I do this or that?
Then I remeasured my paper, I always just assumed they were all the same 12x12" but I found out they aren't. Some of my papers are from Lawn Fawn, Jillybean and other (imperial) brands, those are fine, some I bought at my local craftstore, and those are probably made in cm sizes, resulting in papers about 11 7/8 of and inch instead of 12".
I thought that little bit shouldn't matter, but it did!
So I designed a box that still fits 3 tealights and you can still get 4 from a sheet, you even have a bit left over, but you'll have to make them with a scoreboard instead.
On the same day I found out that my metal ruler that has both cm and inches on it, isn't divided properly. The inches are the right size, but they've been divided up in 10 notches and not 8 or 16! No wonder I always mess things up!
I try to work in inches, altough very difficult for me (as a metric person) as my scoreboard just works better in inches, the scorelines in centimeters don't line up well, or at all.
So I would measure an item with my ruler and count the notches, say 4 down from an inch, but as the inch isn't divided properly it wouldn't translate to the scoreboard or envelope punchboard, driving me slightly insane to be honest....
Weird eh how you just assume things to be right? I mean I bought this ruler somewehre trusting it to be right...
Anyway I will order a Tim Holtz Ruler as soon as I'm able as I find my T square ruler a bit flimsy, I'm scared to break it. I can be assured an Amercian brand ruler is ok! and I like the Tim Holtz one as it had punch holes in it too, which should look cool on a card I think
Ok back to the box. You'll need a piece of paper, solid or patterned of 5"7/8 by 4"7/8
On the long side you score it at 5/8"of an inch, then turn the card 180 degrees and score that again at 5/8" this is a must as you'll see the first scoreline is now in between two scorelines and the box wouldn't end up symmetric.
then turn your card 90 degrees and score on the short side at:
5/8", 2" 1/8, 2" 3/4 and 4"1/4
burnish all scorelines and then cut all the little scorelines on either side as the photo indicates.
put glue, tape, gluedots on the little square tabs and stick your box together.
I start with the bottom and fold the lid around the bottom.
the bits left over from dividing hte 12x12 paper can be used to make the belly band or cigar band, the width is variable the length should be 6" so you can get at least 2 belly bands.
I like to mix up solid boxes with patterned bands or patterened boxes with solid bands. Then I decorate with different die cut sentiments and embellishments, even an envelope punchboard ribbon. Only your imagination is the limit, not the sky ;-)
If you can think it up, you can make it!
Then I remeasured my paper, I always just assumed they were all the same 12x12" but I found out they aren't. Some of my papers are from Lawn Fawn, Jillybean and other (imperial) brands, those are fine, some I bought at my local craftstore, and those are probably made in cm sizes, resulting in papers about 11 7/8 of and inch instead of 12".
I thought that little bit shouldn't matter, but it did!
So I designed a box that still fits 3 tealights and you can still get 4 from a sheet, you even have a bit left over, but you'll have to make them with a scoreboard instead.
On the same day I found out that my metal ruler that has both cm and inches on it, isn't divided properly. The inches are the right size, but they've been divided up in 10 notches and not 8 or 16! No wonder I always mess things up!
I try to work in inches, altough very difficult for me (as a metric person) as my scoreboard just works better in inches, the scorelines in centimeters don't line up well, or at all.
So I would measure an item with my ruler and count the notches, say 4 down from an inch, but as the inch isn't divided properly it wouldn't translate to the scoreboard or envelope punchboard, driving me slightly insane to be honest....
Weird eh how you just assume things to be right? I mean I bought this ruler somewehre trusting it to be right...
Anyway I will order a Tim Holtz Ruler as soon as I'm able as I find my T square ruler a bit flimsy, I'm scared to break it. I can be assured an Amercian brand ruler is ok! and I like the Tim Holtz one as it had punch holes in it too, which should look cool on a card I think
Ok back to the box. You'll need a piece of paper, solid or patterned of 5"7/8 by 4"7/8
On the long side you score it at 5/8"of an inch, then turn the card 180 degrees and score that again at 5/8" this is a must as you'll see the first scoreline is now in between two scorelines and the box wouldn't end up symmetric.
then turn your card 90 degrees and score on the short side at:
5/8", 2" 1/8, 2" 3/4 and 4"1/4
burnish all scorelines and then cut all the little scorelines on either side as the photo indicates.
put glue, tape, gluedots on the little square tabs and stick your box together.
I start with the bottom and fold the lid around the bottom.
the bits left over from dividing hte 12x12 paper can be used to make the belly band or cigar band, the width is variable the length should be 6" so you can get at least 2 belly bands.
I like to mix up solid boxes with patterned bands or patterened boxes with solid bands. Then I decorate with different die cut sentiments and embellishments, even an envelope punchboard ribbon. Only your imagination is the limit, not the sky ;-)
If you can think it up, you can make it!
the pattern above was drawn on centimeter gridded paper, don't pay attention to that, just follow the instructions and if you want redraw it on plain paper or paper with inch grids, this might not be accurate because of the cm.
Saturday 23 January 2016
Addicted to CAS Challenge #80: RED
Addicted to CAS Challenge #80: RED
For my card I used homemade red and clear enamel dots.
I hope there's enough red to meet the red requirement.
I tried the diecut sentiment in red, but it just didn't look right to me. I like bold black sentiments ;-)
it's a diecut from Marianne Design creatables (lr0301)
I made it into a sticker and I stuck the enamel dots on with gluedots.
For more information on the Addicted to CAS Challenge #80: RED, see this
Made these two first, the lips is a sticker with glittery lipstick, nice but I thought I shouldn't use a sticker ;-) I don't have a stamp like that but I actually like the card a lot! It's very CAS.
The one with the buttons wasn't just red, some pinks and something that looks purple in the photo but is actually a burgundy color, so I wasn;t sure if it would be ok to enter it, but I thought I'd show you the process ;-)
For my card I used homemade red and clear enamel dots.
I hope there's enough red to meet the red requirement.
I tried the diecut sentiment in red, but it just didn't look right to me. I like bold black sentiments ;-)
it's a diecut from Marianne Design creatables (lr0301)
I made it into a sticker and I stuck the enamel dots on with gluedots.
For more information on the Addicted to CAS Challenge #80: RED, see this
Made these two first, the lips is a sticker with glittery lipstick, nice but I thought I shouldn't use a sticker ;-) I don't have a stamp like that but I actually like the card a lot! It's very CAS.
The one with the buttons wasn't just red, some pinks and something that looks purple in the photo but is actually a burgundy color, so I wasn;t sure if it would be ok to enter it, but I thought I'd show you the process ;-)
If friends were like flowers, I'd pick you
I'd like to enter this card into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: best friends
and the
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: create with critters and Lawn Fawn
So, for my card I stamped a sentiment in Versafine Black Onyx, it's from Joy! crafts (cherry blossom tree)
and then I stamped all the images (from Lawn Fawn gleeful garden) with Memento black ink and colored them with my Spectrum Noir and (a few) Copic markers, then used the matching dies to cut them out.
I cut apart the antennas of the big snail and stuck a flower in it as if he's carrying it to his little friend...like the sentiment says... does that make sense?
I used the My favorite things snow drift dies to diecut green cardstock in 3 different hues to make hills. A blue panel for the sky,
I mounted the hills with foamtape so I could stick the flowers behind.
Was contemplating to do the sentiment in white embossing powder as if it were a cloud, but then decided against it as I like bold sentiments.
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge, see this
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this
and the
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: create with critters and Lawn Fawn
So, for my card I stamped a sentiment in Versafine Black Onyx, it's from Joy! crafts (cherry blossom tree)
and then I stamped all the images (from Lawn Fawn gleeful garden) with Memento black ink and colored them with my Spectrum Noir and (a few) Copic markers, then used the matching dies to cut them out.
I cut apart the antennas of the big snail and stuck a flower in it as if he's carrying it to his little friend...like the sentiment says... does that make sense?
I used the My favorite things snow drift dies to diecut green cardstock in 3 different hues to make hills. A blue panel for the sky,
I mounted the hills with foamtape so I could stick the flowers behind.
Was contemplating to do the sentiment in white embossing powder as if it were a cloud, but then decided against it as I like bold sentiments.
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge, see this
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this
Friday 22 January 2016
Cas Colours & Sketches CHallenge #157
Cas Colours & Sketches challenge #157
The colours
from Stampin’ Up:
I’ve used
Distress inks as a watercolouring medium:
Abandoned coral. Scattered straw and frayed burlap.
I’ve used
monsters as they can be any colour in my opinion, and I gave them googly eyes
because monsters need googly eyes ;-)
I’ve used a
Create a smile stamp set called Big time for both monsters and sentiment.
Stamped it all with StazOn black ink as
it’s waterproof. Because it’s watercolour paper , and although I stamped on the
smoother side, the stamping wasn’t perfect, so I used a black fine tip Sharpie
to fix the lines that weren’t perfectly stamped. If you have a MISTI you can
stamp more than once, I didn’t want to risk a second stamping, it never works
out if you freehand it..not for me anyway even with clear stamps.
I’ve only
used the three colours, even the ground their standing on is frayed burlap,
watered down more.
I’ve
attached my watercolour panel with foam tape to a card base.
For more
information on the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge, see this
Thursday 21 January 2016
Lawnscapingchallenge #122:watercoloring
For my card I watercolored a piece of watercolorpaper with Distress inks (barn door, worn lipstick and picked raspberry) I watered it down with perfect pearls mist, to get a lovely shimmer, which is probably lost on the photo, but it's there ;-)
I then managed to get two hearts out of the panel and for my initial card I just mounted the heart and sentiment with foamtape, dotted sequins around the card.
The xoxo diecut is from Lawn Fawn and the enamel dots are diy homemade, attached with gluedots.
At this time I thought the sequins made it too busy, I want the focus on the heart and the watercoloring.
So I made my final card by diecutting the xoxo out of the heart and red glitter paper.
Mounted the heart with foamdots as well, but not the xoxo diecut.
I'll just make another card for SSS lol.
I've been waiting 2 months go get this xoxo in, and I'm so glad it arrived before Valentine's day ;-)
Although I think you can use it all year round...
For more information on the Lawnscapingchallenge #122:watercoloring, see this
Sunday 17 January 2016
Less is More Challenge #259: kissing technique
Less is More Challenge #259: kissing technique
For my card I used the most solid stamp I have (or one of the few), it's a brush stroke from Marianne design (Eline's brush) very new, came out a few weeks ago.
I inked it up with pigment ink as they stamp better than Distress inks, also they stay wet a bit longer, useful for this technique.
this last version is one of 4, I started with purple on purple, liked it, but thought it to be too subtle, so I switched to black...way too overpowering for me..so instead of adding a color I stamped it with a dry stamp and took color away, almost looks like white on purple, like that!
for the kissing stamp I used Hero Arts la letter a woodmounted stamp. The words are now mirrored/backwards, but I'm not bothered, couldn't read them the right way up anyway. Just a bit weird
they lean to the left, even for a leftie like me ;-)
For the sentiment I used an Uniko stamp from All occasion sentiments #6 and I stamped it in Versafine black onyx.
I trimmed the panel as I stamped the sentiment a bit slanted ;-)
Originally I started out with a one layer in mind, but as I messed up a few I used their backs as well to practice, infact on the back of this final piece there's a pratice one as well...Love how paper has two sides lol.
Mounted the panel with foamtape.
For more information on the Less is More Challenge #259: kissing technique, see this
For my card I used the most solid stamp I have (or one of the few), it's a brush stroke from Marianne design (Eline's brush) very new, came out a few weeks ago.
I inked it up with pigment ink as they stamp better than Distress inks, also they stay wet a bit longer, useful for this technique.
this last version is one of 4, I started with purple on purple, liked it, but thought it to be too subtle, so I switched to black...way too overpowering for me..so instead of adding a color I stamped it with a dry stamp and took color away, almost looks like white on purple, like that!
for the kissing stamp I used Hero Arts la letter a woodmounted stamp. The words are now mirrored/backwards, but I'm not bothered, couldn't read them the right way up anyway. Just a bit weird
they lean to the left, even for a leftie like me ;-)
For the sentiment I used an Uniko stamp from All occasion sentiments #6 and I stamped it in Versafine black onyx.
I trimmed the panel as I stamped the sentiment a bit slanted ;-)
Originally I started out with a one layer in mind, but as I messed up a few I used their backs as well to practice, infact on the back of this final piece there's a pratice one as well...Love how paper has two sides lol.
Mounted the panel with foamtape.
For more information on the Less is More Challenge #259: kissing technique, see this
Saturday 16 January 2016
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: ombre with Hero Arts
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: ombre with Hero Arts
For my card I've used hot pressed smooth watercolor paper of 300grams ( 140lbs i think) and I've used Wilted Violet from the Distress inks line for the ombre background. I used the re-inker ink for this, to get the intense color wilted violet can be.
Dark at the top, fading to the bottom.I hiope you can see it on the photo, the ombre is pretty subtle.
I've used the Hero arts butterfly cling stamps and Versamark ink on vellum and then White embossed them with Hero arts white embossing powder.
Then cut them out, on the big one I chopped off the antennas, by mistake, so drew those in with a white pen, was more careful with the others. I've glued the butterflies to the background with a glue stick glue.
I stuck on some Hero arts rhinestones, few different colors and sizes.
I've diecut the sentiment from SSS (small hello) from glitter paper. Before diecutting I adhered some double sided adhesive onto the paper to make it into a sticker.
Mounted the panel with foamtape on the cardbase.
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this
For my card I've used hot pressed smooth watercolor paper of 300grams ( 140lbs i think) and I've used Wilted Violet from the Distress inks line for the ombre background. I used the re-inker ink for this, to get the intense color wilted violet can be.
Dark at the top, fading to the bottom.I hiope you can see it on the photo, the ombre is pretty subtle.
I've used the Hero arts butterfly cling stamps and Versamark ink on vellum and then White embossed them with Hero arts white embossing powder.
Then cut them out, on the big one I chopped off the antennas, by mistake, so drew those in with a white pen, was more careful with the others. I've glued the butterflies to the background with a glue stick glue.
I stuck on some Hero arts rhinestones, few different colors and sizes.
I've diecut the sentiment from SSS (small hello) from glitter paper. Before diecutting I adhered some double sided adhesive onto the paper to make it into a sticker.
Mounted the panel with foamtape on the cardbase.
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this
Simon says stamp Monday challenge: stencil it!
Simon says
stamp Monday challenge: stencil it!
and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: ombre
For my card
I used the Simon Says Stamp feathers die to
make a stencil from cardstock.
I used a
grid paper so I could line the dies (I haven’t taken apart) up straight.
I then
sponged Distress inks through the stencil (mustard seed, picked raspberry and
spiced marmalade).
Then I
thought about how some feathers have dots so I grabbed the Simon Says Stamp
falling snow stencil and with another Distress ink (barn door) I gave the
feathers measles..erhm I mean spots...lol
It was
pretty hard to push the dots through with the mini blending tool as the
homemade stencil from cardstock was quite thick, I managed though I chose bits
from the stencil here and there to get a few, not too many well distributed
dots.
Then I used
a new (to me) embossing paste, from Ranger: transparent glossy, I just got it in and it’s to replace
my Wendy Vecchi translucent one. It’s much smellier than the Wendy one, I mention this just in
case you can’t stand strong odours.
It’s drying now whilst I type a part of the
blog. The paper is bowing from the moisture a bit and the paste reactivated the
Distress ink, so I had to wipe my palette knife before dunking in in the top
again to get more. No biggie though, just having to get used to that.
I've waited untill Saturday evening incase my last order from SSS would come in, according to the tracking list it has departed the Dutch airport on the 8th, I guess it's walking, it's not here yet and I really had my heart set on using the brush stroke sentiment dies, hello and happy birthday.
I hope they come in soon, so for now I used the SSS small hello die on red glitter paper. I stuck the sentiment on vellum, made easy by first putting some double sided adhesive on the glitter paper and then diecutting both at once, basically I made a sticker.
I've torn the edges of the vellums strip for interest and stuck on 3 rhinestones from Hero arts, pale pink on the background.
For more information on the Simon says stamp Monday challenge: stencil it!, see this
For more information on the Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge: ombre, see this
Thursday 14 January 2016
Cas Colours & Sketches Challenge #156
Thank
you again CC&S for having me as a guest designer the whole month.
For my
card I made a panel narrower than the card base as the sketch indicates (two
grey borders, i left mine white)
For the
focal point I made a mask with an oval
die and then sponged a sunset into it.
I’ve
used Distress inks for it (wilted violet, picked raspberry, ripe persimmons,
mustard seed and for the sea chipped sapphire over the mustard seed)
I then
removed the mask to reveal the sunset.
On
hindsight I wish I hadn’t sponged the blue on, blue and yellow, of course make
green and here it went into a greyish greenish hue I don’t like very much, I
thought the chipped sapphire would be dark enough to cover the yellow... oh
well you live and learn
On the
sketch there’s a circle I chose to use a sailboat die cut instead. And I made
it black as it’s in front of the sun.
I
thought of adding another circle with a
sentiment but I like it this way to be
honest and it’s closer to the sketch, although I put the boat on the other
side...
I
mounted the panel with foamtape.
For more
information on the Cas Colours & Sketches challenge #156, see this
Sunday 10 January 2016
Addicted to CAS Challenge #79: cake
Addicted to CAS Challenge #79: cake
For my card I made a window by diecutting a circle in the cardbase, same size as the Simon Says Stamp die (birthday circle) the cupcake is also from that die set.
I've used purple glitter paper for the outline and sentiment. I made them into a sticker by adhereing double sided tape (elizabeth crafts) prior to diecutting.
I kept the birthday circle in the die whilst peeling off the backing, so it would be easier to place. Somehow I lifted it anyway and it went wonky. Now the Elizabeth Crafts tape is super sticky, so once down on the paper, it's stuck for good.
I thought about cutting away the inner edges, but frankly was worried to make it worse, and hey, it's handmade afterall ;-)
I diecut the inside of the cupcake from some watercolored paper scraps, I just happpened to have this glorious purple/lilac whipped cream and blue wrapping paper. adhered those in place with some liquid glue.
On the inside I used a stamp by Dovecraft, from the cupcake boutique and I stamped it in Versafine black onyx.
To stamp the sentiment I taped the card to the craftmat and when I peeled of the tape I damaged the cardstock..sigh...I covered that up with some glitter washi tape.
For more information on the Addicted to CAS Challenge #79: cake, see this
Saturday 9 January 2016
Less is More Challenge #258: one layer with a flourish
Less is More Challenge #258: one layer with a flourish
For my card I made a mask with a heart die and then sponged Distress ink spun sugar on it.
Then I stamped a swirly twig with leaves and heart several times, to fill the heart. It's from Imaginisce (heart vines)
I used red pigment ink to stamp it, then filled in the hearts with a red marker and used grey markers to give it a drop shadow, as if there's dimension on a one layer card.
The Love you is from Technique Tuesday (say it -love you by Ali Edwards) and I used Versafine black onyx to stamp it.
For more information on the Less is More Challenge #258: one layer with a flourish, see this
For my card I made a mask with a heart die and then sponged Distress ink spun sugar on it.
Then I stamped a swirly twig with leaves and heart several times, to fill the heart. It's from Imaginisce (heart vines)
I used red pigment ink to stamp it, then filled in the hearts with a red marker and used grey markers to give it a drop shadow, as if there's dimension on a one layer card.
The Love you is from Technique Tuesday (say it -love you by Ali Edwards) and I used Versafine black onyx to stamp it.
For more information on the Less is More Challenge #258: one layer with a flourish, see this
edited January 10th:
I've added a link to a video I made about washi tape, different shape, same technique, and a close up for the shadow...
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