My third and final entry to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This week is their 7th anniversary and so their theme is Happy birthday and to showcase SSS products. For my card I used the SSS single roses die and the painted happy birthday die. I used us the last bits of my watercolored panel I also used for card one and two. In all fairness the yellow and green rose I had left over from another card. I diecut the happy birthday from black cardstock and inlaid it with red glitter. I attached the roses with multi medium matte and mounted the black panel onto a white cardbase, just so it's easier to write inside.
I thought the black would make the colors pop and look very modern and striking and I think it does ;-) For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this
My second entry for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy birthday and SSS products. I usually only enter once, but this is such a happy occasion: 7 years of challenges! For this card I used the congratulations die from SSS and I backed a piece of black cardstock with some Stick-it and then die cut it. I love this dainty scripty diecut, but I'm not dainty myself, so working with it is hard for me ;-) I could have used the stamp ;-) I used the Lawn Fawn Finley 123 for the numbers and I diecut it from some watercolored paper I had left over from the first card. I cut a strip of vellum and attached it to the cardfront with black and silver washi tape. then attached the numbers with multi medium matte onto the vellum/washitape strip. Few matching rhinestones to help your eye travel across the card. Again Happy Birthday Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wedneday Challenge, see this
Over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge they're celebrating their 7th anniversary or birthday if you like. The theme this week is : Happy birthday and to use Simon Says Stamp products. For my card I used the birthday cicrle die from SSS and the baby party animals also from SSS. For this card I'm revisiting a card I made a long time ago with Lawn Fawn monsters. I now used the SSS critters and their sentiment. Also ommited the rhinestones I used on my first card as I thought the little hearts are embellishment enough. I started by making a rainbow panel with watercolors on watercolor paper. Let it dry and fixed it with fixative spray. I forgot to put double sided adhesive on the back prior to cutting so I stuck it down with multi medium matte from Ranger, that was quite the challenge, with this dainty diecut. I used a circle diecut to cut out the window. I traced the window onto Solar neenah white and stamped the little pary animals with Memento tuxedo black ink and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers was thinking to color the background, but I left it white to make the animals the focal point. raised the window panel with foamtape attached the animal panel and then stuck it onto a cardbase. I have two more card in my head, to enter this week, but for now:
Happy birthday SSS Wednesday Challenge, I love you and your challenges!!!! For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this see my "old" card below...
Well I hope it's a little masculine at least ;-) This week's Monday Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is about resist techniques with Ranger. For my resist I was debating what to use then I chose a method I think not many people know about: a candle! I rubbed the candle through a stencil (Tim Holtz Splotches). This when I realised not everything Tim Holtz is also Ranger, like my bird crazy
stampset I was planning on using, it's Stampendous ;-)..I have one Ranger stampset (clearly under the sea) but that was too dainty to use on top of this busy background. So I decided not to use any images and keep it fairly minimal and masculine. The sentiment is from Sizzix (happy birthday) I tried the Happy birthday from Simon Says Stamp Birthday Balloons, but that was also too dainty, I love it, it's so pretty, but it dissapeared ;-) Aynway back to the making: I rubbed the candle through the stencil, but you can also just scribble it on, it's a very distressed looking technique, I like that.
I used 300grams Schut hot pressed watercolor paper and I sprayed Distress spray stains (mermaid lagoon and wilted violet) on it, dried it with the heat gone and dipped in in what remained on the table, dried it again, dipped it again etc. I then used the nozzle of the spray bottles to add splatter in the same colors with the addition of white linen and anitgued bronze. dried it again. I used a piece of vellum for the sentiment
and wrapped it around the panel. I raised the panel with foamtape and as it's always a tiny bit smaller than my cardbases I used a dotted washi tape at the side. For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this
I had too many ideas for the Less is More challenge: white space but not white, I had them all go through my head yesterday, then this morning I saw the Addicted to CAS cards Challenge: inlaid diecut and it crystallized to this card. I made an underwater scene with Distress re-inkers (mermaid lagoon, wilted violet, wild honey and fossilized amber) on thin watercolor paper. I made an ombre effect as the sun never quite reaches the bottom of the ocean. I diecut the anchor from Nellie's Choice from the panel and twice from my very own reactive paper. I developed this paper together with a copy service that helps disabled or sick people learn a trade and reintroduce them to paid work, hopefully. You can order this paper A4 sheet is only 1 euro and all proceeds go to them. It's nice and sturdy 250grams paper or 120lbs so if you diecut it it holds up as an embellishment. I foiled it with rose gold foil from Decocraft and gold from fabfoil (WoW!) and chose the rose gold in the end as the godl was too similar to the sandbank I taped sticky tape on the back and inlaid all the small bits so it essentraill becomes one layer again. I stamped the sentiment from Joy! craft seashore with Versafine black onyx. one diy enamel dot and two i think from Hero Arts silver backed dew drop like things. I thought they could be bubbles. I plpace the sentiment next to the anchor to maximize the empty space but the bubbles help your eye travel up. In the video I also show the Studio light stampset as you could add a fish or a few shells on the sand if you weren't making a CAS card ;-)
GIVEAWAY follow up: (closed) this is card #971 and I have around 80 Youtube subscribers and although not as many as some have I cherish them all, so when 100 subbies and 1000 cards coincide (or around the same time) I will give away 1, 2 or 3 gift cards I will purchase from Simon Says Stamp as they send worldwide. I am yet thinking how to translate it into a giveaway contest and if I will do one big or three smaller prices, depending on my budget at that moment too. Anyway if you know people you'd like to win please invite them to come and joing my little channel.
Sparkle and Shine Challenge #27 For my card I made a panel of Neenah Solar white and I cut it at an angle. I then traced a stencil from Scrapberry's (dotted pattern) with pencil and filled the dots in with colors from the inspiration photo/umbrella. I don't have any umbrella or rain themed stamps, so I chose to use the colors and the dots as my inspiration. I've used my Spectrum Noir markers to color the dots and then traced the stencil again with a black multiliner and erased the pencil lines. I had trouble staying inside the lines, so I am not wondering of that piece of solar white was indeed solar white ;-), or just juicy markers... I don't mind, it's handmade afterall.
The sentiment is from Create a smile ( time to say thanks) and I stamped it in Versafine black onyx on the cardbase. I mounted the dotted panel on the cardbase with foamtape for some added dimension and interest. A few (PPP) sequins dotted around the card to finish this fun colourful card. I hope it will make the recipient smile ;-) For more information on the Sparkle and Shine Challenge, see this
I got this stamp from Wild Rose studio today and I had to use it straight away, ofcourse! I had the Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesdays in mind, where the theme is: pastels. I think dragons can be any color you like so I chose a really pale blue, pale purple, pale green and a darker blue for contrast for my little scene. I stamped it all in Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers. I used Neenah solar white paper for the cardpanel For more information on the Simon Says Stamo Work is Wednesdays, see this
