Christmas Card Tutorials 2015 - Week 14 - White Space

I made two cards this week, because the first didn't turn out quite right. I masked with rubber cement, watercolored the background, and got impatient. I think that trying to dry the watercoloring affected the rubber cement, so the poinsettia, which was intended to be white, had a whitish green look to it... so I just colored it. I'm still including it, because I'm happy with how it turned out (after a little copic coloring).

Here they are:

Materials:

Paper: TH watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum

Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Inks - Field Greens, Memory Box - Blooming Poinsettia, Wplus9- Fair Isle Backgrounds, Hero Arts - CL359 Holiday Cheer, Versafine - Onyx Black ink

Cutting/Embossing - Ranger superfine clear embossing powder

Misc: Gansai watercolors, zig wink of stella clear glitter pen

Materials:

Paper: TH watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: Unity Stamp Co - Cheer & Joy and Birds of a Feather, Versamark, Ranger Archival Black ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass

Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine opaque white embossing powder

Misc.: Zig Clean Color water brush pens, Penny Black Stencil - Snow Dance

Hero Arts Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I participated in the Hero Arts Flickr Group's 90 minute challenge, and my card will also work for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge --- watercolor, circles, and background stamp.

Here it is...

Materials
Paper: Tim Holtz watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Memento - Paris Dusk, TH Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers, Hero Arts - Best of the Best, Large Solid Flower, Small Solid Flower, Collage Background Stamp, and Best of the Best
Cutting/Embossing: PTI tag die, ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc: SSS moonshine sequins, dimensional adhesive, seam binding ribbon from Verve

Catching Up

Quiet on the blog, but very busy in real life!

We attended a Stampin' Up card class. Here are some of the projects Sandi R. had for us to put together...

I participated in another online card class.

This is an Impress build a Snowman set, with an Impression Obsession Background stamp, and a Lawn Fawn die cut.

And Secret Santa gifts are still in progress...

 Taylored Expression Sack-It dies.

 Some holiday knitting for Baby Gifts....

And some new DeNami stamps!

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts sentiment, DeNami - Chickie on a Star, Candy Cane Chickie, and Holly Chickie
Cutting/Embossing: Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Film Strip Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, liquid pearls, zig wink of stella clear glitter pen, sequins, Copic Markers

Online Card Class - Holiday Card Workshop 2014

It's been quiet on the blog, but I have been busy! I have been taking Holiday Card Workshop 2014, and slowly plugging away on my Christmas cards. A little of knitting, but we'll save that for another post.

The classes have been wonderful. I've been focusing on making multiples of each card, so it's taking me a bit longer. I'm going to combine the first two days into one post...


Day 1: Easy to Duplicate Cards

Materials:
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk, TH Distress Ink - Black Soot, Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings, Mama Elephant - Arctic Penguins
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Corresponding Mama Elephant dies, SSS - Falling Snow stencil, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders, Wendy Vecchi white opaque embossing paste
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery, dimensional adhesive, copic markers

 Day 2: Interactive Cards                                                           

Materials
Paper: Gold Foil paper, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Versamark, Mama Elephant - Season's Greetings, PTI - 2008 Holiday Tag Collection
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Snowflakes, PTI - Tinsel and Tags Tag Die/Ribbon die
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery

Hero Arts 90 minute Challenge --- and Online Card Class Holiday Card Workshop

I was so excited to see that the 90 minute scramble (which I haven't been able to participate in for QUITE a while) could be overlapped with my homework for the Online Card Class Holiday Card Workshop.

Theme: Wreath (with some embellishment - subtle zig wink of stella glitter brush, in this case!) --- combined with watercoloring from the OCC Holiday Card Workshop

Materials
Paper: Watercolor paper, gold foil paper, misc. DP, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx black, Hero Arts - Pinecone Wreath CG222 and Holiday Sayings CL343
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine gold embossing powder, Lawn Fawn stitched snowflakes
Misc.: TH Distress Markers, glue dots, zig Wink of Stella clear glitter pen

Stretch Your Stamps 2

Been a little quiet over here. Life has been busy. Excited for this class!!

 Days 1 and 2... Background Stamps

 Materials:
Paper: Neenah- Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Versamark, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy sentiments, Hero Arts - Floating Flowers CG124
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Hearts, Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc: Dimensional adhesive, pearl embellishments, Perfect Pearls - Perfect Pearl and Forever Green

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, watercolor paper
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts - Floating Flowers, TH Distres Ink - salty ocean, peacock feathers, evergreen bough, faded jeans
Cutting/Embossing: Lawn Fawn - Scripty Thanks Die
Misc: Dimensional adhesive, Zig wink of Stella Clear glitter pen

A note of appreciation

I have been wowed by Penny Black's recent flower sets... so pretty!!

Here's a little note of appreciation I made:

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, watercolor paper, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Penny Black - Blooming Garden, Hero Arts - Basic Grey - CL614 Best of the Best
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: dimensional adhesive, wink of stella clear glitter brush, neat and tangled sequins, TH Distress Markers

Con-grad-ulations!

It's that time of year again!

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, glitter cardstock, misc. DP
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, DeNami - E128 Graduation Owl and C78 Chickie Graduate, Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday
Cutting/Embossing: Lawn Fawn - Speech Bubble border, Spellbinder Nestabilities - Standard and scalloped circles
Misc.: Copic markers, google eyes, dimensional adhesive, silver sequins, metallic twine

HA 90 Minute Scramble #85

The 85th Scramble (Hero Arts Flickr group) - 90 Minute Challenge

The Challenge: 

1. with ONE OR MORE WHITE FLOWERS, and
2. a SCRIPT (or cursive) style SENTIMENT -
3. USING PHOTO for inspiration.

Here's mine:

Materials:

Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: Memento - Paris Dusk, Versamark, Hero Arts - CL443, sentiments

Cutting/Embossing:  Judikins Opaque white embossing powder

Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble/Quickcard 82

Baby is washed, fed, and hopefully diapered, so a rare opportunity to craft/simultaneously participate in the Hero Arts 90 minute scramble...

"Welcome to today’s Scramble #82! Our theme today: Paper piecing!
A crafting website describes the paper piecing technique: More popularly known as paper foundation piecing in quilting craft, it is basically the piecing together of paper, similar to making a puzzle. This technique makes use of colored – solid or patterned – scrapbooking papers to form pictures."

Important information:
* Use at least 1 Hero Arts stamp, digi image, embossing folder, stencil or die on your project. Please identify it in your project description & tag with the product # if known.
* You have 90 minutes to create, photograph, upload your project to your Flickr photo stream, & post here.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - solar white, Bo Bunny - Key Lime collection, American Crafts - Amy Tangerine - Yes, Please
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, HA - OWH Lil' Hoot and Archiver Stamp & Cut - Thanks Bubbles
Misc.: Dimensional Adhesive

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white, Bo Bunny - Double Dot Designs
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen, HA - Dolls and CL596
Misc.: Amy Swapp Primrose shine, Verve seam binding

Distress ink backgrounds/Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog

These cards were inspired by Jennifer McGuire's post/cards for today --- although I'm not big on the iron-off embossing. I just left them embossed! I happened to make a birthday card that fit in with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for this week... they are celebrating 5 years of blog challenges --- Happy Birthday!!

The Card for the SSS Challenge...

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Bahama Blue and Tuxedo Black, Versafine - Onyx Black,Versamark, TH Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey, and Shaded Lilac; HA - Flower Bursts Pattern CG315, SSS - Handwritten Borders
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, perfect pearls mist

And a couple of other similar cards using the same technique...

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Bahama Blue and Tuxedo Black, Versamark, TH Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Wild Honey, and Shaded Lilac; HA - Large Lotus Pattern CG350, and Floating Blossoms CG147; MFT - Polka Dot Greetings, Verve - Treasured Words
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, perfect pearls mist, May Arts Twine

Clean and Simple Days 5/6

Days 5/6: Backgrounds into the Foreground

Topic: Graffiti Stamping

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, HA Shadow Inks - Red Royal, Butter Bar, and Corn Flower, Simon Ink - Green Leaf, Paper Smooches - Joyful Greetings, HA - CL622 Designer Snowflakes, CL359 Holiday Cheer, CL711 Message Bursts, and CL343 Holiday Sayings
Misc.: Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

Baby Fun

Some Baby Crafting/Knitting...


A Little Card Set

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, OWH Hero Arts - Lil Hoot (CL7550)
Misc.: Prismacolor pencils, gamsol

And Some Knitting:

My little bunny.

Pattern: Bunny Tail Hats
Yarn:Plymouth Yarn Dreambaby DK
Needles: 7
Size: Newborn and 0-6 mos

Clean and Simple 3: Day 7/8

Day 7/8: Creative Coloring

Topic: Tracing Images

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - solar white
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Antique linen, Onyx black - versafine, Verve - Treasured Words, HA - Floating Blossoms
Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive, gold gel pen

Clean and Simple 3: Day 2 (More Faux Effects)

Day 2 of Clean and Simple 3: 

Faux Letterpress: 

Materials:
Paper: Kraft
Stamps/Inks: Stampin' Up - Whisper White, HA Shadow Inks - Mint Julep and Peach, Versafine - Onyx Black, Neat and Tangled - Party Dots, Hero Arts Stamp & Cut (with Archivers) - Poinsettia, Simon Says Stamp - Handwritten Borders
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Silver sequins from Neat and Tangled, Mister Huey's mist, jewel embellishments

Addicted to CAS Challenge

I heard about this challenge over at Addicted to CAS, and it seemed perfect for all the thank you's and announcement ideas I've been thinking about over the last couple of weeks.

So, here it is!

Materials
Paper: DP, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, HA - CL662 New Baby, Lawn Fawn - Claire's ABCs
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: HA - Baby Motifs, Wplus 9 - Clear Cut Stackers - Pinking Squares
Misc.: Glossy accents, copic markers, dimensional adhesive

Stenciled: Day 4

Stenciled: Day 4 - One Step Further

DIY Stencils/Ink Blending in Layers

My stencil was created using the giraffe die from the Clear and Simple Stamps Large Baby Shower Dies.

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Rhubarb Stalk, TH Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, and Squeezed Lemonade; HA - CL662 New Baby
Cutting/Embossing/Stencils: Heart die cut, Corner rounder, Clear and Simple Stamps - Large Baby Shower Dies, Heidi Swapp stencil - Lattice
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, glossy accents, Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, twine from The Twinery

Stenciled - Day 1

Short class, but A LOT of topics!!

Sponging and Heat Embossing:

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzil cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts sentiment, TH Distress Ink - Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, and Worn Lipstick
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger Superfine clear embossing powder and holographic embossing powder, SSS - Mosaic Heart
Misc.: Pearl embellishments, dimensional adhesive

DeNami Design January 2014 Blog Hop

Welcome, everyone arriving from My Paper Tales. If you've arrived here and would like to head back to the beginning of the hop, click HERE to go back to the DeNami main page.

Who:Anyone who has a DeNami image and can make something Valentine related

When: The blog hop starts on January 12th at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until January 13th, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize) 
Why: To be inspired by fun DeNami Design creations and also the chance to win mini shopping sprees on the DeNami Design website!

Prizes: We are giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to our website! We'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then we'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!     

Here's mine:

(And you'll have to pardon the use of a non-DeNami stamp for the sentiment -- I need to get a DeNami Happy Valentine's Day... Maybe a good excuse with DeNami's very recent release of some VERY cute new stamps!)

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, HA Shadow Inks - Red Royal, DeNami - E137 Small Cloud, E138 Chickie in Balloon, E146 Parachute Chickie, TH Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, HA - CL498 Celebrate Everyday
Cutting/Embossing: Lil' Inkers - Rainbows & Clouds die set and Small Sunshine die
Misc.: Copic markers, glossy accents, dimesional adhesive, silver stickles, Inky Antics cloud stencil


Thank you for stopping by! You are now off to Larissa Heskett Designs. Don't forget to leave a comment before you take off for a chance to win a gift certificate.

First Hero Arts Scramble of 2014

Off and scrambling... today was the first Hero Arts Flickr group scramble of 2014. 

The challenge:
"Something Old, Something New, Something Shiny, Something Blue!"
 (in 90 minutes, of course...)

Here's mine: 

Materials
Paper: Watercolor paper, misc. Bazzil cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: HA: sentiment sampler and F4733 Fancy Vase, Versamark, Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Broken China
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Memory Box - Vines Stencil, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive, Neat and Tangled Red Raspberry sequins, yellow stickles, white gel pen, perfect pearls