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

Watercoloring for fun...

Decided to try a couple of watercolor techniques that were new to me... been seeing a lot of really pretty watercolor cards out and about! 

Materials:
Paper: Watercolor paper, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Lawn Fawn - Many Thanks, Versafine - Onyx, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Sentiments, Impress - Outline Poppy
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Watercolors, Distress markers, dimensional adhesive, ribbon

Clean and Simple 3: Days 9/10

Days 9/10: Textural Effects...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Just Rite clear stamps - Large Fancy Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folder, MFT - polka dot greetings die
Misc: Copic markers, Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter pen

More Stenciled!

Just had to get in one more card... (feeling much better today)...

Here it is (from Day 1 - Sponging):

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, TH Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Just Rite - Large Fancy Clear Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine silver embossing powder, MFT MPD Scallops, PTI - Tag Sale #3 Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Verve seam binding, enamel dots, sequins

Day 2 continued...

I love die cutting...

Day 2: Die Cutting for Holiday Cards - Negative and Positive and Layered Die Cut Inlay

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments, Memento - Paris Dusk, Impression Obsession - Textural Dots
Cutting/Embossing: Unsure of brand snowflake dies, Stamp-n-Stuff embossing powder - Winter Wonderland (opaque)
Misc.: Glitter Ritz - microfine clear and liberty blue, dimensional adhesive, twine from The Twinery, jewel embellishments

Holiday Card Workshop 2013 - Day 1 continued...Creative Insides for Holiday Cards

Day 1 actually had a few different techniques, all focusing on interesting things to do with the inside of a card. Yesterday was one of the four, so I decided to try a couple of the others today...


Unique Fold

Honestly, I tried using a pretty HA background stamp on two other attempts, and it was too messy, and I was too impatient, so I decided to just stamp a bunch of snowflakes to create my own background. Much cleaner. Much easier. The snowman card used the Colorbox white - goopy. I actually liked the Fresh Ink a lot better (and it's hard to tell that it's gray on the green background)!


Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Colorbox - Frost White, Fresh Ink - Provincial Gray, Versamark, HA - Designer Snowflakes, Waltzingmouse Stamps - 2011 Holiday Ornaments , Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments, Paper Smooches - Swanky Snowdudes and Joyful Greetings
Cutting/Embossing: Paper Smooches - Coordinating die for Swanky Snowdudes, Ranger Superfine Silver embossing powder, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Lawn Fawn sequins, Copic markers

Positive and Negative

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Waltzingmouse Stamps - Alpine Christmas, Avery Elle - Holiday Fill in the Blank clear stsamps
Cutting/Embossing: PTI - Wonderful Words: Holiday Dies, Waltzingmouse coordinating dies, Judikins Opaque White Embossing Powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

Summer Card Camp 2: Week 2/Day 2

I really enjoyed today's examples with heat embossing (and this week's color combination)...

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Archivers watercolor paper, kraft cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Pool, HA Shadow Ink - Soft Pool and Field Greens, Versafine - Vintage Sepia, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Sentiments, PTI - Sweet Life and Turning a New Leaf
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery, dimensional adhesive, bundled sage distress marker, prismacolor pencils

Bellarific Friday and a new WPlus9 Release

This week's challenge over at Stamping Bella is to create a card based on one of the two sketches below.

Here's mine:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Little Yellow Bicycle Poppy paper pad
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Stamping Bella - Posie Pixie, Just Rite Large Fancy Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles and Cookie Cutter Circles, EK Success border punch
Misc.: Copic markers, prismacolor pencils + gamsol, Wink of Stella Glitter Brush - Silver, orange peel stickles, twine from the Twinery, dimensional adhesive

And another card....

This card was completely inspired by Dawn's use of two of WPlus9's new sets together. It was the deciding factor for purchasing both sets. And they came SO fast in the mail.


Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Soft Pool, Stone Wash, Soft Cantaloupe, Butter Bar, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Amuse Ink - Evergreen, Fresh Ink - French Lavendar and Mojito, WPlus9 - Fresh Cut Florals and Milk & Cookies
Cutting/Embossing: Coordinating Wplus9 dies for Fresh Cut Florals and Milk & Cookies
Misc.: Dimensional Adhesive

His & Hers - Day 3

Day 3....

Topic: Sympathy Cards
Card 1:
I loved Heather Nichols' techniques - wasn't adventurous enough today to do the pocket card technique, but I loved the soft look of her watercolor stamping. Wasn't as happy with mine, but I think bigger stamps would have been better.

Materials:
Paper: Kraft, Lily Bee Design - Victoria Park
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Brushed Corduroy, Pumice Stone; Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Sentiments, PTI - The Sweet Life
Misc.: May Arts Twine, button

Card 2: 
Hand-Drawn technique with sparkling H2Os...

Materials:
Paper: Watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Just Rite Clear Stamps - Large Fancy Sentiments, Penny Black - Delicate Florals
Cutting/Embossing: Corner Rounder
Misc.: Sparkling H2Os, Copic multiliner, dimensional adhesive

And, just for fun, some clips made over the weekend using a variety of dies - Spellbinders and TH.

Day 4: Clean and Simple 2

Day 4...

Technique: Your assignment is to “embrace the space”—white space, that is!  Create a card that uses white or negative space to make your primary design elements pop!

I could not get the memento to pull with water in the stamped images - which it actually surprised me that it did in the video, because I know that it dries quickly. So, I picked up color from the top of the ink pad's lid.

Materials:
Paper: Hero Hues Watercolor Paper
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Paris Dusk, Tsukineko - Delicata Gold, Hero Arts - Pattern Hearts and Flowers, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Sentiments

Holiday Card Workshop Day 8

Day 8 is here...

Topic: Cards Using Dies

Technique: Simple Die Cutting/Distressed Background with Inks

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments and O Christmas Tree, TH Distress Inks - Iced Spruce, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bought; Memento - Rich Cocoa and blue, Versafine - Onyx Black
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Nested Pennants
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

Holiday Card Class - Day 7

Day 7... class is just flying by.

Day 7 – Cards with Reverse Stamps

Technique: Color Blending plus Layering

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Peacock feathers, iced spruce, black soot; Colorbox - Frost White, Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Hero Arts -Winter Tree, LOTV - Christmas grungy sentiments, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, stardust stickles

Technique: Inner Masking Alternative
Frankly, I found that masking and using two embossing powders to be impossible. I just embossed two sheets of paper, cut out the tree, and then adhered it so that it matched the pattern. Much less stressful. I couldn't get my mask to stick properly to the versamark, and it resulted in a huge mess.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Love Letter, Versamark, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments, Wplus9 - Fair Isle Backgrounds
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Scalloped Rectangles, Wplus9 Pretty Patches - Tree, Silver embossing powder

Technique: DIY Reverse Stamping
I loved this technique! Very simple one-layer card.

Materials: 
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Back side of LOTV circle holiday sentiments, Mama Elephant - Polar Pals (ornament strings and sentiment), Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Amuse Studio - Evergreen and Cranberry Ink, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Provincial Gray, Memento - Tuxedo Black

Holiday Card Workshop Day 1

Holiday Card Workshop has started!!! That means nonstop holiday cards for the next two weeks. Have to love it!

There were two card tutorials today.

1. 3x3 Card Set

I somehow was able to squeak four cards out, but no envelopes tonight!

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White, Doodlebug - North Pole - In a Flurry
Stamps/Inks: Mama Elephant - Polar Pals, Lawn Fawn - Belinda's Borders, Let it Snow, and Winter Fox, Memento Ink - Rhubarb Stalk, Tuxedo Black, and Summer Sky, Hero Arts Shadow Ink Midtone - Green Hills
Cutting/Embossing: Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Misc.: Copic markers, glossy accents, waterfall stickles

2. Mass-Producing Stamped Cards

 Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Impress Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Provincial Gray, TH Distress Ink - Iced Spruce, Memento - Rhubarb Stalk and Summer Sky, Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments

Stamping Bella - Bellarific Fridays

Here's this week's challenge over at Stamping Bella's Bloggabella....

Here's my take on this lovely sketch:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Annabelle's Christmas paper pack, Imaginisce - 1011 14436
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Stamping Bella - Snowbunny Bella, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments
Misc.: Copic markers, stardust stickles, button, hemp twine, dimensional adhesive

Stamping Bella - Bellarific Friday

Here's this week's sketch challenge over at Stamping Bella.... for Bellarific Friday!

Here's my take on it:

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white, unknown DP
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Stamping Bella - Uptown Girl Brigitte the beautiful bride, Just Rite - Large Fancy Sentiments
Misc.: Stardust stickles, jewel embellishments, glossy accents, ribbon

Stretch Your Stamps Day 11

It's here... the final day of Stretch Your Stamps! It's been a great class, and I've learned a lot.

Day 11: Reverse Stamps

These stamps have been very difficult for me to find multiple uses for, so I've been waiting for this topic for the last two weeks!

Technique: Color on Black

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Vellum, Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versafine - Onyx Black, Just Rite - Large Fancy Sentiments, Hero Arts - Cling Floating Flowers
Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing Powder
Misc.: Prismacolor Pencils, Glossy accenets




Technique: White on Acetate

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Vellum, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Sentiment set and Cling Floating Flowers, Memento - Lilac Posies, Versamagic - Cloud White
Cutting/Embossing: Martha Stewart Score Board
Misc.: Dimensional Adhesive

Stretch Your Stamps - Day 7

Day 7 of Stretch Your Stamps - Floral Stamps

 

Technique: Pieced and Layered Stamping

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paper Smooches - Word Salad, Impress - Outline Poppy
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive


Technique: Nested Stamps Background

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Katie and Co - unknown name rose stamp, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Just Rite clear - Large Fancy Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing: Zing Embossing Powder - Lavendar
Misc.: Copic markers, ribbon, dimensional adhesive

Stretch Your Stamps - Day 4

Sigh --- still catching up on being out of town. And, I'm a little out of order. Here's another fun photo from Oregon:

Vineyards outside of Portland, Oregon

Here's the main event, though...

Stretch Your Stamps - Day 4 - Graphic Stamps
Technique: Graphic Backgrounds/Punched Elements

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, PTI - Rosie Posie, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing: Stampin' Up - Heart Punch
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive