Card Captain Day 2

Tuesday's card features Michael Strong's cloisonne pumpkin,
a free digital image.
I printed Mike's pumpkin on lighter weight card stock with the laser printer.
Once thoroughly dry, I used an aqua painter dipped in inks to add color.
Used bister papers from yesterday,
embossing them with the Sizzix Thankful set
which includes the Rickety Fence.
Pieces were fussy cut as shown.
I added punched leaves and a mini tag,
sponging inks on the edges of the layers.
INKS:
Versafine onxy black
Stampin' Up-pumpkin pie, old olive
Distress-wild honey, spiced marmalade, tea dye

Card Captain, Day 1, Nov. 17, 2014

 This week I am card captain at the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Yahoo Group.

Today I have two cards to share.

Here I'm using Michael Strong's Mini Flower and his Leaf stamp.
For my background I started by sprinkling some bister granules on my craft sheet.

Spritzed them with water and placed my paper onto the color on the craft sheet.

Let it dry thoroughly, then dry embossed with the Sizzix Thankful folder.

Used a distress tool to fray the edges, then sponged edges with distress ink-forest moss.

INKS:

Distress-dried marigold, wild honey, forest moss

Mike's mini flower stamped in distress dried marigold and wild honey.

Mike's leave stamped in distress peeled paint.

Velvety fiber tied on bottom.

I had some left over "bister and water solution" on my craft pad 

so I kept making bister backgrounds with scraps of paper.
INKS:
Distress-forest moss, rusty hinge, dried marigold and wild honey.
Added green gemstone to the flowers and wrapped fibers around the fold of the card.

EMS group Oct.-Nov. 2014 Sketch

This is the October-November sketch from the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Yahoo Group

My card measures 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches.
I stamped Mike's Cloisonne Mosaic Frame on 3 white pieces measuring 1 x 3-1/2 inches each,
placing them "together" and stamping Mike's Frame stamp on them.
It would have been better to leave the piece "whole" before stamping.

The word stamp is from PrintWorks.

INKS

Stampin' Up!-old olive, so saffron

Distress-shabby shutters

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!