More Inside Shadow Box Beach Cards

 

Here you see the fronts of two Inside Shadow Box cards that I made. I found a "new for me" Hero Arts Stamp & Cut set called Beach Please (DC238) at JoAnn's on clearance for $6. Used that on the card front.

I stamped the images with distress black soot and colored with coloring pencils. Here is a closer look at one of the fronts of the cards. You can always click on an image to see an enlarged view.

Here you see the inside of one of the cards. Both cards are the same inside-an Inside Shadow Box card. I followed Jennifer McGuire's instructions.  

For the water scene inside, I cut a separate panel, which goes behind the oval cut out. Used my Misti and stamped the waves (Hero Arts Color Layering Waves CM316) with Gina K's inkpads, stamping with the lighter blues and going to the darker:

ocean mist

turquoise sea

blue lagoon.

The cloud is stamped in distress broken china.

The islands are stamped in Stampin' Up! wild wasabi. I used the 2 smaller cloud stamps for this, stamping the bigger portion once and the smaller portion (for dimension) a couple times to make that a darker green.

For the sand, I applied oxide antique linen ink with a blending brush. Left a little white before I reached the waves. Stamped some dots in distress tea dye ink with a Judith peg stamp. Afterward, I noticed that the Beach Please set HAD a stamp of 4 tiny dots that I could have used!

For the boat, birds and sentiment, I used distress black soot.

I stamped the chair in Stampin' UP! peekaboo peach ink multiple times using my Misti. Then I fussy cut and glued part of it to the oval opening.

Footsteps are stamped in distress tea dye ink.

The "Thinking of you sentiment" is from an old (2012) Hero Arts set called Everyday Sayings, CL342.

Thanks for visiting. Peace and All Good!

Geocaching Stamping with Grace

My sister, Grace asked me to help make some SWAG for Geocaching. She came over on Holy Saturday, April 3rd and we had a blast playing with stamping and also just hanging out! 

Since I don't know much about geocaching, I found some information about it online. According to the Geocaching site, geocaching is..."a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location." There is a lot more information about Geocaching at that website in case you are interested.

I think the SWAG stands for "Stuff We All Get". Click HERE for info on SWAG and trackables.

Grace brought some wooden tags and chose some stamps from my stash. 

Stamped:
FTF (first to find) from various clear alphabet stamps

Birds on a line from Tim Holtz/Visual Artistry/Stampers Anonymous CSS25870 Life's Possibilities, 

Sun outline from a Sunshine stamp set labeled: JB0844 Jillibean Soup/Hampton Arts,

Sentiment from Stampscapes Scenic Sentiments Sheet #4,

Tiny flowers from Stamps by Judith

fuzzyace printed by hand with Faber-Castell PITT pen-black

Inks used: VersaFine onyx black. I cannot remember if I used Stampin' Up or Distress inkpads for the tiny flowers.

Grace took a couple photos of me at my stamping desk. I thought you might like to see how I look now, at age 67!

Thanks so much for visiting! Peace and all good!

Beach Birthday Cards

I have been playing with my new (for me) Hero Arts Beach sets: Color Layering Waves CM316 and Color Layering Sea & Sky CM317. 

These cards were inspired by Nichol Spohr's video tutorial from June 2017. Using my new Gina K inkpads, I started with lighter then worked to darker blues: Ocean Mist for the bottom water stamp which is solid, Turquoise Sea for the next layer and Blue Lagoon for the uppermost layer of waves.  This worked out well in my Misti (thanks Grace!)  I cut my paper 3-1/2 by 4-3/4 inches so that the waves would extend all the way to the edge of my panel. 

I applied distress oxide antique linen with a blending brush, for the sand, leaving some white right before the edge of the waves. 

Brushed regular distress broken china for the sky. Nichol Spohr reminds us that because distress oxide inks  have pigment in them, they take longer to dry. So I used a heat tool.

I stamped the clouds with a Versamark Watermark inkpad, then used American Crafts Zing Opaque White embossing powder. Experimented with stamping the birds in distress Black Soot (above), and Memento Tuxedo Black (below). 

The Happy Birthday stamp is from an old Dimensions Clear Stamp set called Thoughts of Fancy. I used distress tea dye ink for the happy birthday and vintage photo for the footsteps on the card above. 

I mounted the layer on turquoise paper from my stash. The card base is kraft paper. The front side is dry embossed with Park Lane's Mini Heart embossing folder.

In the card above, the happy birthday was stamped in distress vintage photo and the footsteps in tea dye. I think I like this combo better.  I used a narrow border with black paper and then added that to a turquoise card base.

On this card, I left the sky plain and stamped the clouds in distress broken china. The birds and boat were stamped in Stampin' Up's Going Grey. Sentiment from Stampin' Up! stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black. Shell and starfish are from Michael Strong's Mini Cloisonne Creatures. They were stamped in SU's Pink Pirouette and So Saffron then fussy cut.

Thanks so much for visiting! Peace and All Good!

Easter Cards 2021

 

I had lots of fun with wrinkle free distress technique on my Easter cards.

Used Georgia Pacific 110 lb cardstock. 

Inkpads used:  Stampin' Up! peekaboo peach. Distress shaded lilac, worn lipstick, salty ocean, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade

After the papers were dry I flattened them with my hands. Then I stamped with Versafine onyx black ink using an Embossing Arts Co. stamp called "He is Risen!"

On a white card base, with distress worn lipstick, stamped the left side with swirly stamps from Autumn Leaves called Elegant Flourishes by Rhonna Farrer. Used distress squeeezed lemonade and worn lipstick on the other two cards, using an old Hero Arts Cleardesign set called Borders.  The borders stamp was short so I had to stamp multiple times. Decided it was much easier to arrange the Elegant Flourishes stamps in my Misti. I experimented with mounting the panels on yellow and pink paper.

Here you see the panels mounted on black paper. Used distress shaded lilac, worn lipstick and SU peekaboo peach for the swirls.

Below you can see more detail in the individual cards. You can always click on an image to see a larger image. On some cards I sponged additional color onto some of the panels.

Below I switched to using ink sprays, for these four cards:

Used Dylusions ink spray: London bridge (blue) and fresh lime. I sprayed color on my craft sheet and spritzed with water. Then placed cardstock on the wet ink and turn the paper a bit to "collect" the colors.

Thank you for visiting me! Hoping you are well and healthy. Wishing Easter Blessings for all who celebrate.