Sunshine Silhouette Card

 

Made this sunshine card after seeing Gina K's Sunshine Silhouette - 5 Minute Cards YouTube. This was fun and quick and easy! I didn't use the dies to cut the layers. Just cut "freehand" with my Fiskars cutter. 

I masked the bottom portion as shown by Gina. Using her Sunshine Stencil and a blending brush, added distress scattered straw ink first, working around the edge of the sun and the rays and getting lighter further out. Then I added spiced marmalade ink to get some contract at the edge of the sun and up into the rays slightly. Gina described and demonstrated this method of adding color in the great video. I did not have the ink colors she used.

I do not have the Gina K's Wild Blossoms stamp. I tried to arrange a few sprigs stamps in the Misti. Stamped a sample, but it did not look great. Luckily I found an Inkakindado Meadow stamp that I stamped with Versafine onxy black ink. 

I like how Gina used a 1/8 inch strip of black cardstock at the masking line. I glued it with some nice thick white glue from my stash. I had put the glue in a small bottle with a needle nose tip. However the tip always gets clogged and I have to play with getting the glue to flow. 

Happy birthday stamped in the Versafine black onyx ink using a Stampabilities stamp.

Thanks so much for visiting! Peace and all good!

Block Stamped Birthday Card

I'm still playing with Block Stamping. This time I applied distress spiced marmalade and ripe persimmon inkpads on my acyrlic block. Then I spritzed with water and placed the block onto a piece of watercolor paper. Once dry, I stamped a clear acrylic Inkadinkado stem from #97623 Garden Delight using Versafine onyx black. The sentiment is from a little clear acrylic Fiskars set called Birthday Bash.

Thanks for visiting. Hope you are finding little moments of JOY in your life!

Another Stencil Butterfly Card

 Another Stencil Butterfly Card

When I was making my other stencil butterfly cards, I stamped the big butterfly in Versafine onyx black ink. At that time, I thought the black was much too dark, so I set that aside. 

Now, after seeing Arjita's butterflies here I decided to use my black butterfly. I colored it with yellow number 050 Zig clean color real brush marker and fussy cut it. 

I used Gina K's water droplet stencil again, sponging it with distress inks: scattered straw, shaded lilac and can you believe it, worn lipstick. I know that's not the color of worn lipstick! The velcro sponge I used was contaminated with an orange inkpad. So the worn lipstick has an orange look! I recently saw that Tim Holtz has a new red ink...and he's calling it crackling campfire! I wonder how close my mixed up worn lipstick is to his crackling campfire color!

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up, stamped in Versafine onxy black. I added some of the Zig yellow 050 marker to the edges.

Thank you so much for visiting! Hoping you are having some fun this week and that you are staying safe from Covid-19.

Stencil Butterfly Cards

After seeing Hetty's beautiful card here, I was inspired to pull out my stencils, inks, sponging tools and blending brushes.

I liked how Hetty created a circle of intense color by making her own circle mask.  I gave that a try, putting my circle mask on top of my stencil. Then removed it and tried to add softer color outside the circle. I decided to sponge the edges of the card. 

I am using a cream cardstock from my stash that has a laid texture. Was surprised that it was easy to add color to it with a sponges and blending brushes. 

Stencil is from Gina K - Water Droplets.

Stamps are from Michael Strong - Mini Cloisonne Wings

Stencil is from a Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media kit.

Stamps are from Inkadinkado - 96723 Garden Delight

Inks:

Stampin' Up! green galore, tempting turquoise, taken with teal, lavender lace,

Distress: worn lipstick (note...by mistake I used a sponge that had an orange ink on it, so the worn lipstick looks orange-y) twisted citron, mermaid lagoon

Aug. 20, 2020...thought I'd add a photo of the stencils used...

The stencil on the left came in a Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media kit. I couldn't find the name of it. The stencil on the right is Gina K's Water Droplets stencil.

Thank you for visiting! Please stay safe and healthy!

December 28 Stampfest at Lynette's

Lynette and I had our last Stampfest of the year at her house on December 28.

We had a great time visiting and enjoying food and treats...

yummy chili for our dinner

and snacks...

cheese and crackers, tortilla chips and salsa, 

fresh fruit, cookies,

and we had a great time making cards!

Used a map for the background

Stamps: Lost and Found CSS25887, Boundless Flight CSS30188

French Market CSS30232,

Stamp Francisco 1982-94

Stamp: Inkadinkado #98045

Vintage photo distress ink 

Sponged distress inks peeled paint, mustard seed and peacock feathers on faces

Stamps: Acey Deucy Spring K2-836, 1034-lady

Club Scrap

Distress inks: walnut stain, aged mahogany

Twill, staples

Sizzix Texture Fades embossing folder called Leafy by Tim Holtz

Stamp set: Stampin' Up! Best Blossoms

Distress inks: pickled raspberry, wilted violet, mermaid lagoon, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron

I think Lynette used the Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder.

Stars made with a punch for this card.

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!

Thank you for visiting!

Birthday Booklet

I made a birthday booklet for my dear Aunt Laura who is turning 82 in May. Yes, I was named after her. She's my mom's sister. This booklet is very similar to the booklet I made for her 60th Jubilee two years ago.You can see it HERE along with details on the construction and a photo of the two of us. Aunt Laura's favorite color is purple. 
I am continuing with the embossing folder stamping using Richard Garay's Pine Needles embossing folder.

Stamps: Michael Strong, Stampin' Up, Hero Arts, Stampendous, Inkadinkado Studio K, Stampabilities and Unknown

Distress Inks: wilted violet, fossilized amber, broken china, worn lipstick, crushed olive, vintage photo, hickory smoke, dried marigold, 

Stampin' Up!: wild wasabi, 

Versafine black onyx

Zig and Tombow markers and fun fur fibers.

April 13 Stampfest with Lynette

On April 13 Lynette and I spent the day stamping at my house.

Lynette brought some cards she made recently.
I am so glad she was willing to make these cards again with me!

We always have a great time together...making cards, visiting and just hangin' out!

Stamps: Stampin' Up's Tropical Blossoms, Hero Arts, Inkadinkado and Judith stamps.

Inks: Distress fossilized amber, abandoned coral

SU summer sun, certainly celery

Versafine black onyx

Markers for outlines on some of the images

Washi tape from Lynette's stash

We used a kind of embossing folder stamping by adding faded jeans ink
directly onto the raised part of the Sizzix Tim Holtz Wood planks embossing folder.
Spritzed the ink with water. Placed blue cardstock paper inside and ran it through the cuttlebug.

Dried the wet paper with heat tool.
Then we enhanced the details with the distress faded jeans marker.
We colored the SU Serene Silhouettes stamp with faded jeans and forest moss markers.
Huffed before stamping. Our card base is gray with a fiber look.

For this card, we searched through many stamp sets to find the perfect "flowers", using stamps from 

Hero Arts-Clear design thinking of you

Stampin' Up!-Fresh cuts and sentiment

Inkadinkado-Branches

Fiskars Heidi Grace Cherrywood Ln.

Stamps by Judith-AA-08 Solid flower (stick stamp)

Used Tombo Markers-green 158, yellow 055, purple 636

What to call this type of card...rectangles or tile card or ?

Lynette was inspired by Michelle Gleeson's Flowering Fields Birthday Wishes card
on her Stampin' Mojo blog.

Thank you, Michelle for sharing the dimensions of the pieces!!!
That saved us gobs of time!!!
white card: 4-1/2 x 5-1/2"

kraft layer: 3-7/8 x 5-1/8"

9 rectangles in white: 1-1/8 x 1-3/8"

sentiment rectangle: 1/2 x 3-5/8"

Stamps:

Impression Obsession

Inkadinkado-Branches

Stamps by Judith

Fiskars Heidi Grace Cherrywood Ln.

Hero Arts

Used Tombow Markers-green 158, yellow 055, purple 636

Here is a "Z-fold" card using SU's Serene Silhouettes.
So glad Lynette brought that stamp set! Just love it!
Used Tombow markers red 847 and green 158 to apply color directly to the stamp.
Stamped a 2nd time without adding more color for the inside.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Framed Stampscapes Scene

I finally finished this 5 x 7 inch Stampscapes scene 

on glossy cardstock of unknown origin-my friend Lynette gave it to me.

Referring to  Kevin Nakagawa's YouTube tutorial 

Stampscapes 101: Video 68. Stylus Tools Do's and Don'ts

I splurged and bought several Colorbox stylus tools and foam tips. 

When done, I stored them in a ziplock bag as Kevin recommends.

This keeps the foam from drying out. You can clean the tips with water. 

Kevin warns to hold the stylus at the very bottom so you don't break the tool.

Kevin has a great  text tutorial on his stampscapes website:

Lesson: Stylus Tools and Applying Color Streaks

I love how he shares so many tips and techiques!

I love watching Kevin create his art!

I wrote notes on this image so I would remember how I made this.

I tried to use light pressure, going one way with the foam tips

otherwise the foam will rip. Kevin shows this in the video.

I was not able to get the light "right".

Here is the framed piece that I'm giving to my son-in-law as a belated birthday gift.

Stamps: Stampscapes, Stampin' Up!, Inkadinkado (small pine trees)

Distress Inks: scattered straw, spiced marmalade, ripe persimmon, forest moss, 

pine needles, faded jeans, frayed burlap, brushed corduroy

Halloween Test Tubes

These simple Halloween cards were fun to make
with an Inkadinkado Clear Stamp Set called Test Tubes
and a Tim Holtz Clear stamp set, called Lost and Found (birds)

 

...and a fussy cut bird from printed paper.