Maple Card and Envelope

Stamped a maple leaf on a bister background.

Sponged several inks on it for additional color.

STAMPS

Stampers Anonymous, Stampin' Up!

 INKS

Memories-soft rose

Versafine-onxy black

Distress-spiced marmalade, scattered straw, wild honey,

shabby shutters, pumice stone

 

I splurged and bought the 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

So far I like it. Fast and easy!

They call this a 6-Bar envelope.

It's made with a 9-1/4" square piece of paper, 

using the 4" score line for a card size of 5 x 6-1/2". 

I needed a larger envelope because the "thanks" tag extended past the card.

November 5th Stampfest with Lynette

Lynette and I spent the day stamping at her house last Wednesday.
You can see our cards and also her latest amazing Owl ATC printer's tray.

Inspired by Jette Pedersen's Flickr Card.

STAMPS
Hero Arts- Real Dill

Stampin' Up!-Garden Silhouettes,
Aged to Perfection (oval),
Travels Abroad (postage stamp),
Carte Postale (Bonjour)
Inkadinkado-Chelsea Sentiment (merci)
Wendy Vecchi-A Form of Art (ledger text)

INKS
SU-creamy caramel
Distress-faded jeans, pumice stone

Inspired by Margaret's Isle of Scraps Autumn Leaves card

A variety of stamps used along with the faux postage template.

 INKS:
Distress-scattered straw, ripe persimmon, spiced marmalade, wild honey, rusty hinge
SU-old olive and mellow moss

 

Inspired by Sylvia Nelson of Sylvia's Stamp Corner

STAMPS-Rubber stampede

INKS

Distress-tumbled glass for background

spiced marmalade, rusty hinge, wild honey, 

peeled paint including the peeled paint marker.

Inspired by Lisa Addessa's I'm In Haven

Trimed off portions of Tim Holtz Branch Tree

Punched leaves from printed paper

INKS-really rust, rusty hings

When Lynette showed me the leaf card she made, I just had to make my own.
We used the marker thumping technique with her distress markers.
Debbie Naylor of Unfrogettable Stamping! has a nice video tutorial.

Here is Lynette's latest and greatest AMAZING

7 Gypsies Printers Tray

featuring her little Owl Friend.

Here we are after a great day of stamping and visiting!

Bister Thanksgiving Card

This bister background was made with an assortment of left-over bister granules.

I emptied the remaining granules of some bister samples onto a craft sheet, 

then spritzed with water.

A 4 x 5-1/4" piece of cardstock was placed on the dissolved bister water.

Once dry, I dry embossed it with the Sizzix Thankful texture fades folder.

Distressed the edges with a tool, then sponged with spun sugar ink.

Attached this layer to a card made with light pink cardstock.

Added a home made lace flower and some fibers.

The Hero Arts " happy thanksgiving" sentiment was stamped with Stampin' Up! really rust ink.

Then I sponged  distress spun sugar and some SU creamy caramel on the edges.

Halloween Pumpkin Cards

Thanks to my stamping friends, 

Heidi Wegman, Lynette Stewart and Michael Strong 

for motivating me to make Halloween cards.

How did they do that, you ask?

Heidi sent me Bister samples.

Lynette shared her Sizzix Branch Tree die and wanted to try the Bister.

Michael Strong generously shared his digital cloisonne pumpkin image on his blog.

 Here you can see that I printed Mike's digital pumpkin and colored it with an aqua painter.

Just touch the brush to an ink pad directly, or add some ink to a non-porous surface. I used my craft sheet. The brush picks up color and you "paint" it on the paper. Easy-peasy!

 The pumpkins in the two cards above were cut from left over pieces from our Stampfest. 

The set is Lynette's. I am not sure of the name of it.

When I ran out of die cut trees I cut my own branch trees, 

then dry embossed them with Woodgrain by Sizzix Tim Holtz.

I hope I have not overdone it with too many cards here. 

Wanted to show the various Bister backgrounds.

Materials

Sizzix Branch Tree Die

Bister-various colors

 1-3/4 inch circle punch

  Stamps: Hero Arts, Stampin' Up!

 Inks

 Stampin' Up!--Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Romance, Wild Wasabi

Distress-- Dried Marigold, Seedless Preserves, Stormy Sky, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Pumice Stone, Black Soot

Stampfest with Lynette Oct. 22, 2014

 Lynette and I enjoyed a day of stamping last Wednesday.

 We thoroughly enjoyed working with the Bister from my friend Heidi at The Reluctant Blogger.
We made some Pin-inspired cards too.

Below are some close-ups.You can always click on an image to see a larger view.

Lynette started this card with a bister layer, adding 3 Michael Strong's Cloisonne Leaves
stamped with

Brilliance Pearlescent Purple
Distress Walnut Stain
and Distress Seedless Preserves.
Coordinating fibers were added.

This card was inspired by Krystie Lee's Clean and Simple Cards blog.
In two places we stamped a rectangular shadow stamp, inking just the edges to create a "soft frame".
Stamps:
Dimensions Clear-on-Clear Dawn Houser
Hero Arts rectangular shadow stamp
Stampin' Up! Nature Walk
Inks:
Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou
Color Box Yellow Ochre chalk ink

Our pumpkin card was inspired by Lisa Johnson's Poppy Paperie post.
Lynette stamped repeatedly with a harlequin stamp on a cream strip, 2' wide by 5-1/2" long.
We punched three 1-1/2" wide circles in it.
Then we stamped the pumpkins on a layer behind it.
We made pencil dots on 4 places on each circle to guide the stamping of the pumpkins.
With a Peeled Paint Distress marker, we drew the pumpkin stem and curlicue.
Stamps:
Hero Arts Harlequin Border C3192
Stampin' Up! Little Layers II for the middle pumpkin
I am not sure of the name of Lynette's pumpkin stamp-1st and 3rd image.
Inks:
Stampin' Up! Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie

This design was inspired by Heather Telford's Autumn Reflections post.
We stamped the trees in brown on the paper.
Then we stamped the trees in brown on an acrylic block and pressed that below the trees for the reflection.
Inking the tree stamp in orange, we stamped the trees again, between the brown trees.
Using a post it masks, we sponged brown distress ink at the center.
From the edge of card to the center, we sponged Distress Inks-
Stormy Sky, scattered Straw and Dried Marigold.

And here is a special treat...Lynette's amazing 7 Gypsies Printers Tray all ready for Halloween!
Her little Owl Friend has many Halloween Costumes!

Here we are with our cards at the end of the day.