We are to the half-way point of the two week challenge and we invite you to join the fun over at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge for our Patriotic or 4th of July theme.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Retro Rubber Blog Challenge 17 Reminder
We are to the half-way point of the two week challenge and we invite you to join the fun over at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge for our Patriotic or 4th of July theme.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
By the Seashore at Ruby's Rainbow Challenges
I am pleased to announce that I am now on the design team
for Ruby’s Rainbow Challenges. Our
challenge for the next fortnight is By the Seashore. Come play along and enter your project by July 8th. Stop by the blog and check out what the
DT have created to inspire you!
This card features an image of an iconic Oregon Coast
landmark, Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.
It is an amazing monolith very close to the shoreline. I believe the image is from Stamp
Cabana. The front images are by
Art Impressions. I used a stamp
positioner and masking technique shown in this blog post, Tie It on Birthday Card.
The images are stamped in Tsukineko StazOn Jet Black on
white card stock and then colored with a variety of Rexel Derwent Watercolor
pencils: Dark Violet, Crimson Lake, Orange Chrome, Deep Cadmium, Golden Brown,
Cooper Beech, and Brown Ochre. The
Niji water pen does a great job blending and finishing the watercolor
technique.
The frame is brown molted Mulberry Paper that I have had in
my stash for at least 15 years, but perfect for this card! To get a rolled edge I used wooden
skewers from the kitchen trimmed to fit inside the frame. The Mulberry paper is adhered to Kraft
cardstock. The edges were adhered
with Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive.
Just a thin line goes a long way!
The outer frame is white card stock colored with Rexel Derwent Watercolor
pencils to match the interior scene and extend the idea of a sunset at the
seashore. The layers are
attached to a Kraft card stock base.
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| Creating the rolled edge frame |
I hope that this has inspired you to make your own By the
Seashore project and join us over at Ruby’s Rainbow Challenges!
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
USA Patriotic Card for Retro Rubber Blog Challenge #17
Our challenge for the next two weeks over at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge is a Patriotic theme.
This is one of the few categories that I have limited choices for Retro
Rubber images. Fortunately I do
have this retired set from Technique Tuesday that was perfect for this
challenge.
The flag image from the “Made in USA” was best stamped in
the coloring technique directly on the stamp. I colored each of the sections with Memento Markers in Rich
Cocoa, Cantaloupe, Lady Bug, and Paris Dusk. By breathing on the stamp surface I reactivated the ink
before stamping. By referring the
black image you can determine how to color directly on the stamp surface. The image was stamped on a 2 ¼” square,
with the backing squares in 2 ½” and 2 ¾”. The white and red card stock were inked on the edges with
Tsukineko Versa Magic Night Sky.
The blue card stock was trimmed to 4 ¼’ x 5 ½” (A2 size) and
pressure embossed with Darice Stars Assorted. The raised portions were inked with Tsukineko Versa Magic
Cloud White. Red card stock was
trimmed to 1 3/8” x 5 ½”.
Two of the images from the set were lined up and stamped in Tsukineko
Versa Magic Night Sky. The first
image was lined up from the top then the second right below. The bottom image was stamped next with
the fourth just above it. The
edges were inked as well. The
layers were adhered to a white card stock A2 base. The central image is adhered with dimensional foam
adhesive.
Plus come on by and share your Patriotic themed project over
at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge.
I would like to enter my card in the following
challenges:
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Father's Day Card
The final Father’s Day card of the season is for my husband. I started with the very fun sketch from Pals Paper Arts, which is clean and simple.
I searched out a few scraps from my color bins and found brown
card stock with a white core made by SEI.
The patterned paper is Dream Street Papers, Jack collection. I also had a bit of ribbon left from
cards several years ago that was perfect with this combination.
I wanted a bit of texture in the background, but also wanted
the sentiment on the bottom corner of the card. I’ve had the Darice Easy Frames for a while and this was a
perfect opportunity to use a frame for the sentiment area. The frame is placed on the outside the embossing folder and held in place with removable tape before running the sandwich through the Cuttlebug. The embossing folder is
Diamonds in Diamonds by Sizzix.
The surface was sanded to bring on the dimension of the embossed areas. The sentiment is a Studio G image
stamped in Tsukinkeo Versa Magic Cloud White and heat embossed with white
embossing power.
The flags are hand-cut and are adhered to the textured layer
with dimensional foam adhesive.
The ribbon is adhered and the ends are wrapped around the back of the
brown card stock before adhering it to the white A2 sized card base.
Since it is Father’s Day I would like to enter this card in
the following challenges:
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Test of Time Father’s Day Card
This is the second of three cards I will make this
year. I once again used the
Heartfelt Creation’s Everyday Heroes.
The background stamp “My Hero” is stamped in Tsukineko
StazOn Saddle Brown. It is colored
with Rexel Derwent Watercolor Venetian Red and Deep Cadmium. Then I blended the colors
with a Niji Water Brush. The laces
and seams in the boots didn’t seem to stand out enough so out came the Zig
marker in Pure Brown to color in these areas. I fussy cut both the watch face and the boots. The die cut edge is Spellbinders
Classic Decorative Inserts Two. To get just the length with out cutting farther on the
card I used a piece of removable tape to mark where I wanted the die cut to
stop (sorry no photos, it was late!) then placed this right on the edge of the cutting
platforms. I was glad it worked so
neatly! I selected a few
complementary colors from the Everyday Heroes paper set and layered the card
together. The fussy cut images are
adhered with dimensional foam adhesive as it the top sentiment layer.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Birthday Wishes Card
It has been a busy card-making month! Graduations, weddings, anniversaries,
Father’s Day and family birthdays have all been topics for the month of
June. Today I am sharing a card I
made for my fabulous sister.
I started with the sketch over at Sketch Saturday and played
with a few other challenges to keep my crafting mojo going strong.
All of the papers and card stock came from a layout scrap
kit that I kept together from this layout, Fashion Statement or Yes I had to scrap this! I stamped the Hero Arts
sentiment from the “It’s Your Day” set onto the yellow card stock with
Tsukineko Memento Luxe Sweet Plum and heat embossing it with clear embossing
powder. To get an idea of
placement I lightly traced the exterior of the die onto the card stock. Spellbinders Labels 9 and Want 2
Scrap Nestabling worked perfectly for the stacked sentiment on magenta card
stock. Spellbinders Nested
Pennants die cut the two layers of pennants from patterned paper and magenta
card stock.
The next layer is the yellow card stock pressure embossed
with Darice’s Large Petal Background.
After sanding the card stock I chalked the different embossed flowers
and swirls with EK Success Craft Chalk.
I really like this effect as it is not something I have tried
before. To not over power the
overall design elements I decided to use the netting as the sketch
element. The card is backed with
purple card stock. The finishing
touch is a stacked set of Prima flowers along with a bling center. The card base is white card stock.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Make It Monday Embossing I used both heat and dry
Creative Artist Challenge Bingo row (Bling, Embossing, Free
Space, Chalk, Purple) To be honest
this was my inspiration for using the chalk on the pressure embossing.
Monday, June 15, 2015
My World Father's Day Card
It is time to create and send Father’s Day cards. This is the first of three I will make
this year. I recently purchased
The Everyday Heroes I want It All set, and felt like I could put it to great
use for Father’s Day cards.
The background stamp for this card is “My World” and it is
stamped on cream card stock with Tsukineko StazOn Black. I colored it with Rexel Derwent
Watercolor pencils in Smalt Blue, Brown Ocher, and Sap Green. Then I blended the colors with a Niji
Water Brush. The water brush is so
easy to use and put the water to blend right where you want it. Just a slight squeeze and there is
water at the tip to blend.
The edges were torn using the Plaid Deckle Edge ruler. I selected a few complementary colors
from the Everyday Heroes paper set and torn the edges as well. All the torn edges are inked with Tsukineko StazOn Saddle Brown. An ornate die from the set was left
over from another project so it was cut in half and adhered in with the layers
of paper.
Two more of the globe portions of the image were also stamped
and colored then die cut using the Everyday Heroes die set. Just the globe from one was trimmed and
the second was left complete. An
ornate die from the set was also die cut. I shaped the globe portion with McGill tool set. The globe was adhered with dimensional
foam in the center and Dries Clear adhesive around the edges.
This was a quick and fun card to put together. It may not be considered CAS, but it
was simple to put together using the Everyday Heroes set.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
It is wonderful that this card was selected as a Design Team Favorite for TWO challenges!
Thank you!
Eureka Stamps #145 Father’s Day
Amusing Challenges Father’s Day
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Anything But a Card Challenge #48, Out and About
We have a very fun challenge this month at Anything But a Card, Out and About. I was
inspired by the nature right out my front door. I have a wonderful wild rose bush in my yard that smells
lovely in the mornings and evenings.
This time of year I also have a perennial, which I think, is a type of
Blue Phlox, but I am not sure.
Every morning the blooms at the ends blossom, and by evening the petals
have all fallen off. If the wind
blows they do not last the day!
Here are a few photos that inspired me to make my project, a flower
wreathe.
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| Blue Phlox |
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| Wild Rose |
I started with a Darice twig wreathe with a 6”
diameter. I used the following
dies to create the wild rose: Spellbinders Rose Creations and Foliage. To create the blue phlox I used: Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret and Spellbinders
Foliage. The stamens were created
from the Sizzix Flower, Gazania. I
carried in samples of the flowers from my yard and matched card stock from my
paper stash to the color of the flower.
For the wild rose I inked the center of the flower with Tsukineko Versa
Magic Cloud White and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The edges were inked with Tsukineko
Versa Magic Perfect Plumeria. I
snipped between the petals before shaping the flowers around the stamens. The stamens for both flowers were shaped
or rolled and glued before adding Recollections Banana Flocking to the
ends. The blue phlox were inked
with Tsukineko Versa Magic Night Sky and a Fantastix bullet tip. The edges were inked with Tsukineko
Versa Magic Purple Hydrangea.
The flowers stems were arranged around the twig wreathe and
hot glued into place. I added
Super Moss around the stems. The
flowers were adhered to the stems with hot glue.
I enjoyed making the nature inspired flower wreathe to
remind me of the early summer season around my home. Come join us over at Anything But a Card and share your
creation that is inspired by being Out and About!
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:
Ladybug Crafts Use your dies
Allsorts Week 315 Flower Power
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #120 Anything Goes
Selected as a winner at:
As You Like It Challenge Favorite Flower
The wild rose is one of my favorite flowers because of it's beautiful fragrance!
Allsorts Week 315 Flower Power
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #120 Anything Goes
Selected as a winner at:
As You Like It Challenge Favorite Flower
The wild rose is one of my favorite flowers because of it's beautiful fragrance!
Thursday, June 11, 2015
50th Wedding Anniversary Card
Not only is it wedding season, but that also makes it anniversary
season too! We have extended
family that is celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year, a big
one! I had fun digging out scraps
and dreaming up a themed card for them.
I started with the sketch challenge over at Techno Stamper.
Cream card stock is trimmed to 10” x 7” and folded in half
for the card base. Spellbinders
Labels Twenty-Two is die cut from cream card stock and the large “50” by
Recollections Big One image is stamped in Tsukineko Brilliance Galaxy Gold and
heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Technique Tuesday’s Say It happy stamp and die set also
stamped in Tsukineko Brilliance Galaxy Gold and heat embossed with clear
embossing powder complete the sentiment.
The “happy” is die cut from Canson Gold card stock as is the
Spellbinders Decorative Labels Twenty-Two.
The patterned embossed paper is from a Costco paper pack and
is trimmed to match the sketch.
The bottom layer is a DCWV gold card stock. All the layers are adhered together. The “happy” die cut is adhered with my
favorite small die cut glue, Sakura’s Quikie Glue.
I would like to enter this card into the following
challenges:
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Teacher Thank You Card
School may be out in most of the
US, but here on the West Coast we are finishing our last week of school this
week! Yeah for the kids and
teachers. My younger son had a
fabulous teacher this year, my favorite one of his 4 years. They really connected and he had a
great team to work with for his reading and math challenges. I sat down and made Thank you cards for
the teachers on his team.
This is an A2 sized card, the
white card stock is trimmed to 4 ¼ x 11” and then folded in half to make a tent
card that will stand up on the teacher’s desk. The school colors for his school are green and white, so I
used Coordinations Black Magic in light green and trimmed it to 4” x 5 ¼”. Cuttlebug Thanks embossing folder
pressure embossed the sentiment into the card stock and then it was sanded to
bring out the raised areas.
Technique Tuesday’s School Seal
and Seal Companion – Star are stamped on white card stock with Tsukineko
Memento Luxe Love Letter and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The images were fussy cut and adhered
together. The textured
background is adhered to the card base and the seal is adhered with dimensional
foam adhesive. This is a quick and
easy CAS thank you card! I made 4
of these cards in about 30 minutes and they were ready to use and send to
school with my son.
I would like to enter the
following challenges, all anything goes as it seems thank you cards and teacher
cards are not in season? :)
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Retro Rubber Blog Challenge #16 Tie It on Birthday Card
We have another fun challenge over at Retro Rubber for the
next two weeks. Tie It On with
twine or ribbon. Please remember
to use your Retro Rubber that is more than a year old, and tell us how it came
to join your collection and when if you can remember!
The stamp images are all from Art Impressions, purchased
sometime in the early 2000’s. If
you like the images they are still available! The forefront images are stamped first in Tsukineko Memento
Tuxedo Black on cream card stock and then masked. Create a mask by stamping the image on a post-it note. Fussy cut the image just inside
the most exterior line. This
prevents a blank shadow where the images met while stamping. The background is stamped over the top
of the masks. The images are
colored with Decorator Chalks; a quick and easy way to color and add shading.
The frame is made by pressure embossing craft card stock
with Craftwell Teresa Collins Woodgrain Cottage and inked with Tsukineko StazOn
Saddle Brown. The largest size of
Coluzzle was used to cut the inner portion of the frame with the exterior edge as
the guide to cut the outside edge.
The corners of the card
were rounded with the old Creative Memories corner rounded. The frame was adhered into place over
the images on the card stock.
Sizzlets Tag, Oval was used to die cut the back from the
wood grain card stock and the front from cream card stock. Boxer Scrapbooking sentiment is stamped
in Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black.
The tag had one hole so a second tag was die cut and placed over to
punch the second hole. Darice Hemp
cord #20 is looped through the holes and the tag is adhered with dimensional
foam adhesive the background. The
tag is adhered in place on the card for the finishing touch.
Come on over to Retro Rubber Challenge Blog and join in the fun with ribbon or twine and a retro stamp!
Come on over to Retro Rubber Challenge Blog and join in the fun with ribbon or twine and a retro stamp!
I would like to
enter this card in the following challenges:
Monday, June 8, 2015
Congrats Grad Card #3
This is the third of the graduation cards I have created in
the last week. This one is for a
special niece so a feminine touch seemed to be appropriate with the heart
patterned paper.
This is an A-6 size card that was inspired by the challenge
over at Time Out Challenges CASE card.
My version features the Technique Tuesday’s Grad set. Both the image and
sentiment are stamped with Tsukineko Versa Magic Cloud White ink on black card
stock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The "Congats Grad" was colored with Chameleon Pens RD4
Crimson Red. (An idea from
Splitcoaststampers.) The top edge
is die cut with Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One on a diagonal to match
the CASE card. A second layer of
red card stock helped the little stitch line in the die cut show up with out
the distraction from the fun black, red, and white patterned paper.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Time Out Challenges #2 CASE this card
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Congrats Grad Card #2
It is graduation season here in Oregon. We typically don’t start school until
around Labor Day, so school is in session and graduations happen in early
June. I like to make the cards in
the high school colors of the graduates.
It just so happens that the three I have made thus far this year all use
red and black!
The Sketch Saturday provided a great jumping off point to
get this card started and finished quickly! I do have a stash of red and black patterned papers from the
days that I coach a High School Dance Team that was of course . . . red and black!
This is an A-6 size card to allow room for the image and
design. The image is Technique
Tuesday’s Grad, along with the sentiment.
A recent purchase that was a lot of fun to get inky! Tsukineko Versa Magic Cloud White ink
was stamped on black card stock and heat embossed with white embossing
powder. The sentiment is stamped
in Technique Tuesday red ink on white card stock. The patterned papers were trimmed and adhered to black card
stock, with each of the layers backed with opposing color card stock. Quick, easy and ready to sign and
present to the graduate!
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Mema's Crafts June AG Graduation
Inky Impressions #212 Make it for a Man
Top Pick at
4 Crafty Chicks #249 Graduation
Inky Impressions #212 Make it for a Man
Top Pick at
4 Crafty Chicks #249 Graduation
Friday, June 5, 2015
June Birthday ATC
It is time for the June version of my ATC (Artist Trading
Card) Birthday swap. When I need
to jump-start my creativity I look at the leftovers sitting on my table. I was
inspired by the punches from the Tonic Butterfly border punch to make a
butterfly ATC. They were from the card that is in the post from Thursday!
The background is Stamp Out Cute stamp that I have owned
since the mid 90’s, purchased unmounted at the Portland Stamp Convention. It is stamped in Tsukinkeo Versa Mark
and embossed with clear embossing powder on Bristol 100 pound paper. Using a heavier card stock is my
preference when working with techniques that involve water. I colored swatches of the stamped area
with Faber Casteel Gelatos in Cotton Candy, Lime, and Guava then spritzed it
with water. I moved the
color around with a paper towel and removed the excess from the embossed
areas.
The tiny butterfly confetti is contained in an envelope made
from up-cycled plastic bag packaging die cut with Sizzix Card & Envelope
Mini Elegant die. The edges were
sealed with Designer Dries Clear Adhesive. I found that using a cotton swab I was able to apply a very
thin layer that dried more quickly, but still it took overnight! After the butterfly confetti was sealed
into the mini envelope, Vellum Glue Dots adhesive was used to adhere the
envelope to the ATC. The final
touch is the “Happy Birthday” sentiment by Studio G stamped in Tsukineko StazOn
Azure.
I would like to enter this ATC in the following challenges:
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Butterfly Birthday Card
It is time to make a special birthday card for a very
special person, my wonderful Mom!
I like playing along with Cardabilities, they have great sketches. Here is my take on this fortnight’s
sketch.
I flipped the sketch on it’s side to accommodate the wonderful
Tonic butterfly border punch. I
used a scrap of paper from the Basic Grey Lily Kate line for the bottom section
and some textured handmade paper for the top. The blue card stock is punched with the Tonic butterfly
border punch and the purple card stock is punched with the EK Success mini
scallop punch. The layers are then
adhered to the front of the lime green card stock base.
Spellbinder’s Classic Scalloped Circle Small die cut the
purple with silver embossed dots paper.
Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms were die cut out of coordinating pink,
purple, and blue card stock. The
blossoms were inked with Tsukineko Versa Magic Spring Pansy, Purple Hydrangea,
and Night Sky. Heartfelt Creations
die sets Chateau Gate, Cut Mat Creat 1B and 2A provide the greenery sprigs die
cut from lime green card stock.
The greenery was inked with Tsukineko Versa Magic Spanish Olive. The butterfly is form Cheery Lynn
Designs Exotic Butterfly Small #2 backed by Small Angel Wings. The purple background was inked with Tsukineko
Versa Magic Purple Hydrangea and the lime green die cut is inked with Tsukineko
Versa Magic Spanish Olive. The die
cuts were shaped and adhered with a combination of glue dots and dimensional
foam adhesive. The “happy
birthday” sentiment is one of my first 4 x 4 dies made by Quickutz. It is fun to use one of my oldest
dies!
I hope this card helps my Mom enjoy a special birthday! I love you Mom!
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Mr. & Mrs. Wedding Card
Once I decided on a sketch for this sweet clean and simple wedding card I was
good to go!
I started with cream card stock and die cut the heart shape from the Hero Arts Stamp & Cut “Yes” set. The image is stamped in Tsukinkeo Memento Luxe Love Letter and the edges of the heart were inked. I traced the die's outer edge and fussy cut a mask to stamp the background image behind the heart on to the card base. Unity Stamp Company’s “Love Is” heart stamp is stamped over the mask. The “Congratualtions” is by Boxer Scrapbooking and is stamped in Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black.
I started with cream card stock and die cut the heart shape from the Hero Arts Stamp & Cut “Yes” set. The image is stamped in Tsukinkeo Memento Luxe Love Letter and the edges of the heart were inked. I traced the die's outer edge and fussy cut a mask to stamp the background image behind the heart on to the card base. Unity Stamp Company’s “Love Is” heart stamp is stamped over the mask. The “Congratualtions” is by Boxer Scrapbooking and is stamped in Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black.
The pennants are die cut using Spellbinders Nested Lacey
Pennants, then pressure embossed with Quickutz mini hearts embossing die. The raised hearts are inked with
Tsukinkeo Memento Luxe Love Letter.
The pennants are folded over a length of red and white bakers twine,
which is adhered to the front of the card. The “Mr. & Mrs.” Heart is adhered with dimensional foam
adhesive.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Retro Rubber Blog Challenge #15
The theme this fortnight at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge is to create a vintage feel card and/or incorporate lace. You still have one more week to play along. You can go to this post to see my interpretation of the challenge.
Come join the fun at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge and
show us what you can create using vintage lace! The rules are simple:
follow the current theme AND use your retro rubber (more than a year
old). We like reading about your retro rubber and why it needed a little love for each challenge.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Celebrate Grad Card
We are sending a few cards out this week, so I needed to get busy and decided to go Clean and Simple and try my hand at a few challenges.
This card went together very quickly! I started with a Yvonne Albritton Grad
Cap image stamped in Tsukineko Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black on red card stock and
heat embossing with clear embossing powder. The image was die cut with Spellbinder’s Standard Circle
Large. Black card stock was
pressure embossed with Sizzix Diamond embossing folder and adhered to an A-2
size white card. Two sections of “Celebrate”
ribbon were adhered with glue dots to the back of the circle die cut before
adhering with dimension foam adhesive. I like to send graduation cards in the school colors of
the graduate, which is usually apparent by the graduation announcement.
Thanks for stopping by! I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
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