Tuesday Card of the Day

Happy Tuesday my dear friends! Hope things are going well for you!
Today's Card of the Day for the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Groups.io
features Michael Strong's Mini Hummingbird from his Mini Wings set.

The embossed layer was a scrap I saved.
It was made with an embossing folder stamping technique
where I DID run the paper through my Cuttlebug afterward.

1. Dabbed distress broken china and walnut inkpads
onto my Sizzix Retro Circles embossing folder
-the side with the logo

2. Spritzed with water, added the paper, closed the embossing folder

3. Ran it through my Cuttlebug.

Normally for this technique, I would skip the 3rd step
and just press the paper down with my hands.
There would be no raised surfaces, just color.

It's fun to experiment with this. Here are two tutorials I really like:
Heidi Wegman's Embossing Folder Stamping
and
Audrie Magno-Gordon's Embossing Folder Stamping

For the rest of my card, I added a strip of turquoise paper
which was dry embossed with the Flowers and Leaves folder from Spellbinders.

I made my own background on the front
by stamping repeatedly repeatedly with a "thanks" word stamp
from Stampin' UP! in distress antique linen ink.

The curvy banner is from a Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts set.
Used a piece of fiber/ribbon from my stash to tie around center layer.

Here is a look at the inside of the card
where I stamped Mike's Mini Hummingbird and sentiments from Stampin' Up.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Flower Cards

Here are some cards I made recently.

Stampers Anonymous: Tim Holtz Flower GardenCMS215
Hero Arts: DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut
(all cards shown use that die and one of the stamps from this set),
C2773 Scatter Joy
Stampin' UP!: Letters from friends, Seaside Sketches
Inks: Distress seedless preserves, peeled paint, antique linen
Spellbinders Grid SES-003 embossing folder
Wooden butterfly charm from my stash

The trees and birds layer is from my stash.
Think the trees are SU's Serene Silhouette
and the birds are from a Tim Holtz set.
Spellbinders Flowers and Leaves SES-008 embossing folder
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Twine from my stash

Used Stampin' UP's watercolor pencils (gift from my neighbor who was getting rid of them)
to "color" the Rubber Stampede Solidago Sprig 2875F. At first I added a drop of water to my craft sheet and dipped the pencil in it then colored onto the rubber, then stamped. There was a lot of color on the stamp, so I spritzed it with water. I'm thinking that spraying a fine mist onto the rubber first, then coloring in might be a better method. I was very fun playing with the watercolor pencils.
I used a piece of mulberry paper over my white oval spellbinders Labels 10 shape. Used Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder  on background layer.
Stampin' UP! Lavender Lace ink
Fibers from my stash

This image and the next are of the same card.
 I cut a scalloped oval from the front.
Then cut an oval (Spellbinders Labels 10) from white cardstock.
Dry embossed that with Cuttlebug's Script.
 I adhered that to the inside.

and added a fussy cut,  watercolor pencil colored flower on top.
Fibers from my stash.

Another view, with a peek to the inside of this card.

Thanks so much for visiting!

May 2 Stampfest at Lynette's

Lynette and I spent the day stamping at her house yesterday.

Here's a pic of all the cards we made.

Our inspiration for this was Katherine Schaefer's "Bee Yourself" card in the Winter 2016 Stamper's Sampler Take Ten magazine.

Stamp:  PSX Rose Topiary

Ink: Stampin' UP! night of navy

Spellbinders nestabilities labels 10 die

Martha Stewart edge punch

Book paper

Julie Davidson's Window Flip card was our inspiration here.

Stamps: SU serene silhouettes and unknown stamp

Tombow markers: red 847, brown N37

Lifestyle Crafts Zig Zag embossing folder

other embossing folder unknown.

Kraft base: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2"

White layer: 3-1/2 x 5-1/2"

the length of the Kraft and white were trimmed slightly during assembly.

Red: 11 x 3" score in half

2" circle cut out of red front as shown

1-3/4" black scallop circle

1-1/4" white circle

Our flower drapery card was inspired by Connie Babbert's Drapery Card.

Used double sided printed paper: 4 x 11-1/2"

Scored at: 3", 4", 6", 7", 9", 10"

A diagonal cut is made from the point at the 3" score line to 1-3/4" from the opposite edge.

The paper is folded at the score lines to create the drapery look. So easy and fun.

We could add a sentiment on the blank blue area...or not.

We were happy to find Jan Farring's Tea Cup Drapery Card 

and we substituted the tea cup from Lynette's SU set: Tea Shoppe .

Used double sided printed paper, 2-1/2 x 9" for drapery.

Scored at 1", 1-1/2", 2-1/2", 3", 4", 4-1/2",5-1/2", 6", 7", and 7-1/2"

Fold your paper so that it looks like the photo.

A diagonal cut is made from the corner at the 9" to 1" lower than the opposite corner.

I looked at the photo of Jan's card to lay out the folds like hers.

Then I could see where to draw the diagonal and which side would be 1" down from that corner.

This sympathy card is inspired by Leonie Schroder's card. 

Here is the pinterest pin for it: 

We embossed the just the top of our blue card. Sorry, I didn't write down the name of Lynette's embossing folder. Using SU's Serene Silhouettes, we inked the flowers in distress stormy sky and the stems and leaves in distress peeled paint (both of these markers look different than the corresponding ink pads, by the way). 

Stamped the sentiment in PSX sympathy stamp.

Variations on a Theme-Birthday Cards

I would like to give credit to my inspiration for these cards, but I cannot remember where I saw the idea. I love the distressed look, especially when using old book prints.

Materials Used: 

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Daisy Heads Flowers

Cuttlebug Victoria and Sizzix Flowers embossing folders

Hero Arts, Stampin' Up stamps

Ranger Distress and Stampin' Up inkpads

Large Brads, Sheer Organza Ribbon, Tulle cut into strips and used as ribbon, pages from old book