And More Cards from Those Backgrounds

 

Day three of making cards using the wrinkle free distress backgrounds that I made on June 20.

Background ink: distress salty ocean, picked raspberry and abandoned coral

Circle stencil from a Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media kit sponged in picked raspberry

Flower stencil SA152 Flower Swirls Stencil Pairs from Hero Arts sponged in abandoned coral 

Stamps: Lonely Girl D1005 by Dina Wakely, Sentiment from a large wood mounted Dawn Houser/Inkadinkado stamp labeled 95241-Y 

Ink: Versafine onyx black

Stencils:

Flower stencil SA152 Flower Swirls Stencil Pairs from Hero Arts 

Circle stencil from a Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media kit

sponged with distress worn lipstick and broken china

Stamps and Happy die: Hero Arts Happy Stamp & Cuts

Used Versafine onyx black to to stamp the "happy" stamp. I had trouble matching up the die and so some areas were white. Decided to color that with a distress broken china marker.

Used Versafine ink to stamp the anniversary stamp. Then embossed with Stamp N Stuff white embossing powder. 

Used Gina K's ribbon die from Master Layouts 4 to cut the anniversary panel. I trimmed the edges by hand to make the panel shorter.

So good of you to visit! Peace and All Good!

More Background Cards

Three more cards today using more of backgrounds I shared yesterday. 

For this card, I added stenciling with distress abandoned coral and salty ocean. Used distress hickory smoke to stamp the lady, feather and flower from Bella Blvd, distributed by Hampton Art. Happy Birthday from Stampendous is stamped in Versafine onxy black. Used colored pencils to color the images. 

Used a scalloped rectangle die from the Gina K Master Layouts 4. I'm really loving this die! And it cuts easily every time (unlike some other brands of dies-which is so discouraging!)

After adding some stenciled circles using distress picked raspberry, I tried to stamp and clear emboss two flowers using distress ink. In the past this has worked fine for me. But today, the embossing powder was not sticking well. My ink pad must need to be re-inked! So, I switched gears and tried a Gina K technique that I saw on her recent YouTube, Emboss in Any Color and a Touch of Patterned Paper - Stamp and Chat  Using my misti, first I stamped the flower with distress broken china. Cleaned the stamp and inked it with Versamark and then stamped over the blue flower then added clear embossing powder and embossed it. This worked great! I repeated this method for the picked raspberry leaves stamps. 

On this card, I am using the other lady stamp from Bella Blvd, distributed by Hampton Art. The flowers and leaves are from an Altenew set called Wildflower Garden. The Happy birthday and curvy layer was made with Hero Arts, DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut set.

I stamped the lady in distress antique linen as a kind of a test. I read somewhere that someone liked to use antique linen ink to stamp an image before coloring it. I cannot remember who, sorry! Added color with colored pencils. I am not sure which ink color I like better, the hickory smoke in the first card or the antique linen here. What do you think? 

This anniversary card is similar in style to yesterday's yellow card. Again I'm using Gina K's Master Layouts 4 scalloped die and the same circle stencil to sponge with Stampin' UP's Lavender Lace ink. Used distress broken china  for the best wishes from Hero Arts, DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut.

Thank you for taking time to visit! Peace and all good!

Backgrounds for Cards

 

I should have taken a picture of all the backgrounds I made before making these cards. Above you see the five cards I finished.  Below are the rest of my backgrounds that hopefully will become new cards.

Made my backgrounds using wrinkle free distress and acrylic block stamping techniques.

For this card I used an acrylic block, dabbed it with Gina K's Bubblegum pink and Sea glass ink pads. Then I spritzed with water and pressed it onto my paper. After it was dry, I stamped sewing images from a small 5 piece Stampabilities set called Sewing. The happy birthday sentiment and curvy layer is from Hero Arts Stamp & Cut.

Inks: 

distress salty ocean, weathered wood, spiced marmalade, wild honey and  brushed corduroy, which was added to just the edges of the sewing machine stamp and happy birthday sentiment after being inked with wild honey, Gina K bubblegum pink for the button

Another acrylic block stamped background using Jane Davenport's Mermaid Markers, which are like "ink filled aqua pens". Colors, starting with lower right corner: Starfish (hot pink), Jellyfish (purple), Pirate's Gold (yellow), Seaweed (green). Applied to acrylic block, "coloring it" as you would with markers, then spritzed with water then pressed onto paper.

Used Versafine onyx black ink for the stamping: 

Heart shaped script with flower in center-no stamp manufacturer listed

Happy birthday and curvy layer, from Hero Arts, DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut.

Background inks:  distress mustard seed and twisted citron for the wrinkle free distress technique. 

Heart stamp, L1900 Poppy HeartPrint from Hero Arts

Flourishes, Love with a Flourish by Autumn Leaves/Rhonna Farrer

Sentiment, best wishes and curvy layer from Hero Arts, DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut

Ink: Versafine onyx black

Background inks: distress raspberry, salty ocean and abandoned coral for the for wrinkle free distress technique

Circles stencil from a Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media kit

Bricks stencil sponged in abandoned coral. The stencil is from an old Tim Holtz Stampers 

Anonymous Mixed media stamp and stencil set labeled THMM102. Here is a photo that I've used before here.

Flower stencil SA152 Flower Swirls Stencil Pairs from Hero Arts, sponged in distress salty ocean

Stamped the happy birthday stamp from Dimensions using Versafine onxy black ink.

 

Background ink:  distress abandoned coral, picked raspberry, twisted citron for wrinkle free distress technique

Flower stencil SA152 Flower Swirls Stencil Pairs from Hero Arts, sponged in distress abandoned coral.

Stamps: Thinking of you by Dimensions and Gina K, On My Mind and In My Heart

Inks: Versafine onxy black

Thanks so much for visiting. Peace and All Good!

Water Droplets Stencil Cards

Inspired by cards made by Sandi Lax viewed on the Gina K Designs & StampTV Friends Facebook, I made these three cards. This one is for my 87 year old Aunt Laura, my mom's only sister. She likes to ask me if I'm happy that I am named after her. Of course, Aunt Laura, I love being named after you! Her favorite color is purple, so I try and make purple, lilac, lavender cards for her.

I used Gina K's Water Droplets stencil applying distress shaded lilac ink with blending brushes. The hollyhocks are from Stampin' Up's Two Step Stampin' Spring Garden set. Used Stampin' Up's lavender lace on the flowers and wild wasabi for the stem and leaves. Since I hand delivered this to Aunt Laura, I added the stick on pearls. I wrote the sentiment with a Faber-Castell PITT pen.

This card was very similar, minus the stick on pearls because it was going to the recipient via the postal system. Also I used the same distress shaded lilac to stamp the flowers and SU's lighter green, certainly celery for the stem and leaves.

My last card is a friendship card. Sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped in distress shaded lilac. Decided to use just the white layer oval, sponging the edges on this instead of backing the oval with a second oval of purple cardstock.

Thanks so much for visiting! Peace and All Good!

Butterfly Embossing Folder Stamping

To made these Embossing Folder Technique cards I dabbed the inkpad directly onto the raised side of the embossing folder, then spritzed with water. Placed a piece of white cardstock on it, closed the embossing folder and pressed down on it with my hands. I sometimes use a brayer to press down.

I set aside the paper to dry. Then after it was dry I ran it through my Cuttlebug. I generally do not run my embossing folder technique cards through the Cuttlebug, but this time I wanted to try something different. The purple card was made with Park Lane's Brush Dot embossing folder.

For the butterfly background I used the embossing folder from Momenta's Cut and Emboss 5 piece set. After the ink was dried, I tried to match the butterfly images to the embossing folder. Had to turn the paper over inside the embossing folder.

Materials Used:

Park Lane large circle embossing folder called Brush Dot, Momenta butterfly dies 

Stampin' Up 

Inks: 

Distress shaded lilac, worn lipstick, squeezed lemonade, dried marigold, abandoned coral, ripe persimmon

Stampin' Up tempting turquoise, going grey

Gina K bubble gum pink,

Stamps:

Momenta, Stampin' Up, Stampendous

Thank you for visiting. Peace and all good!