First Stampfest in the Condo

 

Lynette came over to visit us at the condo yesterday. It was her first visit here! We had a wonderful time visiting and stamping.  She graciously catered to my wish to make Valentines. She brought a big tablet of 12 x12" Valentine printed papers for us to use.

Lynette made these cards. The background and the "hugs and kisses" strips are from the printed papers she brought. The heart die cuts are from my stash.

The printed paper Lynette brought was perfect! I had been thinking of stamping my own background. Using her paper for backgrounds made this quick and easy. The Love stamp is from a small Hero Arts February stamp set.

Lynette left early. I continued working on my cards and  made four more cards.

Used a printed paper scrap from my stash for this background. The heart was cut with a Gina K Master Layouts 4 die. The sentiment is from Gina K's Fluttering Fall stamp set. I stamped with Distress Black Soot ink and used clear embossing powder on it.

Thanks for visiting!

Peace and all good!

Time to Coast Cards

 

I had so much fun making these seaside cards with Gina K's Time To Coast stamp set and her cool window dies from the Master Layouts 5 die set.  

This was my first card. On a quarter sheet of white cardstock, I stamped the lighthouse with my Misti using Marvy #1 black ink for all 3 cards. The lighthouse, clouds and rocks are one stamp. 

I should have cut out a mask for the clouds and lighthouse before blending the colors of the sky!

I used sticky notes at the horizon line, to separate the sky from the ocean.  Using blending brushes, I added ink to the sky starting at the horizon and going upward with the following: 

distress spiced marmalade

distress scattered straw

Gina K ocean mist

Gina K blue lagoon

distress faded jeans at the top. 

For the ocean I covered the sky at the horizon using sticky notes, applying distress oxide salty ocean with a blending brush.

Then I colored the lighthouse red and the tops of the rocks grey using "Simply" Daler Rowney colored pencils. 

Used black cardstock to frame the lighthouse piece and then attached to a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" white card.

For this card and the next one, I made a mask to cover the clouds and lighthouse, so my clouds stayed white. I also used sticky notes at the horizon line to mask the ocean. 

Using blending brushes, I added ink to the sky starting at the horizon and going upward with the following:

Gina K wild dandelion

Gina K ocean mist

distress faded jeans.

For the ocean I used distress salty ocean (not the oxide this time). 

In addition to the "Simply" Daler Rowney red and grey colored pencils used in the previous card,  I also used a Jane Davenport colored pencil called "ink" to add shading to the clouds where there were "lines". 

I made the window using white cardstock and Gina K's faux woodgrain technique explained on  her  Sunset Window Scene with Master Layouts 5 - Stamp and Chat Live Replay. The woodgrain appears almost like magic! Love this technique.  For the window, I used distress pumice stone on a quarter sheet of cardstock to create faux woodgrain. Then I cut Gina's frame and rectangle from the Master Layouts 5 dies set. 

For the scene behind the window,  I used the same method for the sky previously described, except I used these colors:

distress dried marigold

distress scattered straw

Gina K ocean mist

distress faded jeans

I used a Faber Castell #152 colored pencil to add blue to the ocean. 

I followed Gina's Creating an Ink Blended Window Scene - Stamp and Chat Live Replay very helpful for details in positioning the window over the scene as well as Gina's blending ideas. 

Used Gina K's scalloped rectangle (3.85" x 5") from Gina's Master Layouts 4 die set to cut the blue layer behind the window.

Thanks for visiting! Peace and all good!