Accessories: Sharpie black pen, Copic Markers, SU-Tiny Bee Trinkets, circle die, SU-retired Woodgrain embossing folder, Washi tape
Techniques: inking with tape, plaid
I started by tapping a piece of washi tape into pineapple punch ink, then placing it on my cardstock. I did this all across my cardstock. Next I used the same washi tape and made lines of pumpkin pie ink the opposite way across the card. Next I drew black lines vertical and horizontal on the card front. I colored and cut out the animals. I embossed pecan pie cardstock so it would look like a fallen tree. One cutie is peeking out on the side and one from inside. I added the sentiment and images with dimensionals. Lastly, I added the little bees which if turned to the back look like butterflies. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.
Have you ever 'stamped' by dipping tape into ink, then putting that tape on your card? It's kind of fun but has the possibility to be messy. It is a good way to make a quick background. Sometimes I like having something other than designer series paper for a background, you know?
Amy's challenge for us can be found here. The inspiration for my card is here.
I went with all of the greenery for my inspiration and because I saw lots of mushrooms, my mind went to gnomes so I added a gnome to my background panel then added a sentiment. The background panel was made with a turn about stamp using different colors. This will go on a patient dinner tray at a local hospital.
Stamps: Concord & 9th A Bit of Paradise Turnabout Stamp, Jessica Lynn Original digital image-Coffee Gnome
Paper: white, tahitian tide
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Tahitian tide, old olive, pretty peacock, granny apple green, memento tuxedo black
Accessories: dauber, dimensionals
Techniques: turn about stamping
Transform any project into a tropical paradise with the A Bit of Paradise Turnabout™ Bundle! Pick out up to four of your favorite C9 colors and you’ll be ready to stamp lovely lush backgrounds in no time! This set also includes four sentiments, a fun little pattern stamp, a cluster of leaves, and a heart. Coordinates with the A Bit of Paradise Dies. 6" x 6". 8 stamps.
Turnabout image is in gray.
Here's a video so you can see how to use this type of stamp.
I don't have the mat they say you need. I just put it in the corner of my Stamparatus and turned it each time to use a different color of ink.
Have you ever used this kid of stamp? It's different, that's for sure.
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Paper: Stampin' Up-Gathering Together designer series paper, white, early espresso
Paper Size: A2
Ink: versamark, memento tuxedo black
Accessories: heat tool, gold embossing powder, Copic Markers, black fine line sharpie marker
Techniques: heat embossing, coloring, masking
When I saw this challenge, I immediately thought of the Stampin' Up background stamps I had that were maps. Then I thought instead of doing plain black, I'd do it in gold.
Then I thought of having to use paper maps back in the day and sometimes even with the best intentions, you'd get lost.
Then I saw my Unity birds as I was getting the map stamp and knew which bird I'd use. I used him because he looked like me when I got lost even with a map! LOL
I masked the first bird and added two more. I layered the image and the map panel then added the sentiment which was handwritten. How's that for a play on words?
How's that for a rabbit hole to go down, for a card? LOL
If you were to do this challenge, do you have any type of map stamps?
I found a cool map when I looked for treasure maps.
If I hadn't had a map this would have been a perfect map to use. It's old fashioned and I would have printed it on basic beige paper and weathered it with different colors of brown ink. Did you know you can use coffee or tea to make your paper look aged? Here's a video to show you how. There are many ways to do this.
You can also tear it to make it look old.
I just might have to try to use this for a card. How about you?
You might even have a real map somewhere that you could use as your background. That would really be fun.
Well, I hope you give this a try.
Thanks for taking time with me today. I'm having a cup of coffee as I write this today.
Today's card is from the Featured Stamper Challenge. You can find it here.
Here is my inspiration from Katherine's gallery.
I used different Christmas paper and stamps. Instead of banners, I added a strip of paper to my base piece of designer series paper. Instead of a banner, I added the ribbon treatment in and vertical position. I stamped the sentiment then added the ribbon to the back. I added it to the card with dimensionals.
Paper: white, SU Traditions of Christmas designer series paper
Paper Size: A2
Ink: night of navy
Accessories: navy glitter ribbon, everyday label punch, dimensionals
Techniques: stamping
Here is the designer series paper that I used for this card. It is one of the prettiest papers Stampin' Up has made recently. Maybe because it's got the gold designs on one side.
The blue and gold ribbon is now retired. What I liked about this card was the different way to use the ribbon. This was new for me. I showed ladies in my classes how to do this so they could use it on their cards. This is much easier to make than a bow. It is flat for mailing as well. This was one of my favorite ribbons.
The sentiment is from a new Online Exclusive called Bauble Blooms.
Here's a video to show you how to use this bundle.
Well, that's it for today. I hope you liked this simple card with the cool ribbon treatment. Thanks for stopping by. I'll see you soon.
Our Site for inspiration was The Blue Peony. The challenge can be found here.
I colored the flowers and leaves with Copic Markers. Then I dragged the pecan pie ink pad across the flowers and leaves. I added soft succulent for a card base and the same color for the sentiment piece which was stamped with pecan pie. This will go on a patient dinner tray at a local hospital.
The hardest thing about coloring this was distinguishing what was leaves and what was petals. It looks pretty obvious here, but when it's just embossed white paper, it's difficult. I had to keep turning the image over to double-check what color I needed to use.
I don't think I'd have made pink sunflowers if I hadn't seen this picture. I think of sunflowers as yellow or an orangish color, not pink.
Here is the inspiration for my card.
I have to tell you, sometimes on these Pinterest pages, I get side-tracked with the ads and pictures that have nothing to do with what I'm looking for.
It happened again today. I was looking at how people used a new stamp set I got. More and more though what I saw were items for sale, ads and lots of things to distract me. I actually saw some of the cutest animal ornaments and was considering buying them and trying to decide who would get which cute animal. LOL
I realized what was happening and I laughed, then got back to looking at samples of cards people had made.
Here is a picture of the cute ornaments I saw. They look so real. Now you can see why doing a challenge could take a bit more time than you'd think. Sometimes you just can't help it. Does that happen to you?
We're making cards following prompts using the alphabet. This week the letter is L-stained glass or oil lamp. I chose to color my stained glass lamp with pastel Copic Marker colors. I used my Jellyroll gold pen to trace the lines between the glass pieces. I used the Zig brush in gold, to color the lamp and the top of the lamp. I used gold paper and dry embossed it to help make the lamp look more old fashioned. I like it much better with embossing on the gold paper than plain. I added the lamp with dimensionals. The gold was added to black and the black was added to petal pink.
Accessories: SU Country Floral embossing folder, Zig gold brush marker, jellyroll gold pen, Copic Markers
Techniques: dry embossing, coloring
This wasn't an image that was stamped. I downloaded and printed a line drawing from the internet and colored it with multiple tools and I like how it turned out. I really enjoyed working with the pastel colors and gold.
The background looked so plain so I used dry embossing on it and I really love how it turned out.
This card will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.
Have you needed to make a card for something and you didn't have a stamp to make it? What did you do? That's when I look online for line drawings that I can trace or otherwise manipulate.
This weekly alphabet challenge is really a challenge since all of the things are antiques. Do you have stamps for any of these items which were challenges?
quill
ink well
butter churn
gramaphone
ink well
hat pin
I didn't either, so I had to try to figure out what to do for these. Here are some of the cards I made for those.
Ink Well
Jam Jar
Hat Pin
Gramaphone
Doily
So, for me this is the hardest challenge I participate in weekly. I do enjoy trying to find something I want to use. For the last card, I had the doily stamp and knew I had a tea cup and tea bag to use.
So that's a look into what I do for these weekly challenges. Maybe you have some ideas of what I can use for some that are coming up.
straight razor
vanity bowl
xylograph
zenith radio
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