Reverse Acetate Acrylic Painting

 Hey There,

Our challenge can be found here. TLC1108 - Reverse Acetate Acrylic Painting - 05/18/2025 by snietje at Splitcoaststampers

This technique is fun to do, it looks difficult but you just need to stamp and cover with some paint strokes, for those who have drawing skills, don't hesitate to paint your own scene.

This is Anita's Card.

So how does this work?

Step 1: Take an acetate sheet or a transparent (school stuff) sheet, we're going to paint on the reverse side so on the back side

Step 2: Stamp or paint your image, if you stamp use an ink that doesn't run such as stazOn, if you paint, think about what you want to see in the foreground, gold, black, white are the best, but color works also

Step 3: Now it's dry you cover the stamped or painted image/scene with acrylic paint strokes, yes you paint directly over the dried part so still on the back side, try with several colors, or if you've stamped in color cover with black or white

Step 4: Turn it on the right side after drying and finish your card

You can add white copy paper to turn this on the right side if you don't want to wait till it's dry, it will stick to the paint, or wait till your paint is dry to use your image, frame it or not...

Take care if you want to add a sentiment, stamp it on the front side if not you'll get mirror mistakes like me. 

I hope some of you will give this a try and I'm convinced you'll make more!!

Here's the card I made.

I stamped my image with a stamping platform a couple of times with Stazon black ink.The Image is from Unity Stamps called, Take Heart.

 I colored the image with Markers. I painted the back with light blue acrylic paint. When It was dry I added a black frame then added it to a pretty in pink card base. I stamped the sentiment with Stazon black. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

Keywords: TLC1108

Stamps: Unity Stamps-Take Heart

Paper: basic black, pretty in pink

Paper Size: A2

Ink: stazon black

Accessories: acetate, Markers, Light blue acrylic paint, paint brush

Techniques: Reverse Acetate Acrylic Panting

Well, what did you think?  I tried to find a video but most of what I found was on glass and drawings of people, not stamping and coloring.

It's an interesting technique and different from an ordinary way of making a card. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue

Ink Blending to Make Sunsets

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Ardyth chose Sharon for today's featured stamper. You can find it here. 

Here is my inspiration for my card from Sharon's gallery. Thinking of You by stampscout at Splitcoaststampers.

Here's my card.

I kept the orientation the same but changed the colors a bit. I used different stamps and sentiments. I used the domed sponges to blend the distress oxide inks onto white cardstock. Then I dipped one of the dome sponges in water and set it on the paper for a few seconds to make the sun. Then I spritzed the card with water to make the stars in the sky. I stamped the flowers in versafine black ink and added the butterfly and sentiment.

The stamps I used are very old and some of my favorite to use when I need flower silhouettes.

Keywords: FS1006

Stamps: Stampin' Up!-Scalloped Blooms, Inkadinkadoo-Meadow Floral

Paper: white, gorgeous grape

Ink: versafine onyx black, distress oxide inks candied apple, fossilized amber, spiced marmalade, worn lipstick, wilted violet

Accessories: sponge domes and handles, water

Techniques: color blending

I found a video to show you how you can blend backgrounds for sunsets using Distress Oxide inks. I didn't use this video but it looks great. 

Here is another video to show you how to blend Stampin' Up inks into a sunset.

It's really a lot of fun to make this type of card. Then you can add whatever you'd like on top of it. You could use flowers, trees, silhouettes of people, anything you like.  Look through your stamps and see what you have that you can try.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue

Sketch Challenge Time

Hey Everybody,

Todays sketch challenge can be found here. 

Here's my card.

I turned the sketch and cut the paper into 2" strips and added them side by side. This designer series paper is called, Floral Charm. It has some gorgeous flower papers. I used the lace trim between the pieces. The background berry burst pieces were dry embossed with the damask designs embossing folder by Stampin' Up!. The stamps and dies I used are called Friendly Foliage by Stampin' Up!
I cut two image panels, one in vanilla and one in blackberry bliss. I stamped the flowers on the blackberry bliss flowers. I off-set the image dies. I added the image panel with dimensionals. This will go to a local nursing home for them to use.

Keywords: SC1114

Stamps: Friendly Foliage, a note

Paper: vanilla, Stampin' Up!-Floral Charm designer series paper, berry burst, blackberry bliss

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black, blackberry bliss

Accessories: Friendly Foliage dies, Stampin' Up!-Damask Designs embossing folder, SU-very vanilla scallop lace trim

Techniques: dry embossing, die cutting

Here's what the stamp and die set look like.

How would you do this challenge?  Would you do it as designed or would you turn it like I did?

What would you put in the center rectangle? Would you use paper or ribbon to divide your panel in half?

Sometimes for a card like this, I like to look at my ribbon to see what I have. It seems that lately I haven't used ribbon as much as before, so it's sitting in my drawer. I want to try to use ribbon more. How about you?

Thanks for stopping by today. It's always appreciated.

Blessings,

Sue

Using Orange and Olive

 Hey Everybody,

Our challenge was the letter O this week .This is part of the alphabet challenge where each week we have a new color to go with the letter. You can find the challenge here. 

 We were to use olive and/or orange. I used one of my favorite retired Stampin' Up sets called, Serene Sunflowers. It was a wood mount set. I removed all of my stamps  from the wood that I kept. It is so much easier to store stamps. Doesn't it take you back?  I remember when that's all we had, wood-mounted stamps.

When we got a stamp set, we had to cut out the stamps, then mount them. Then they cut the rubber so that all you had to do was stick it to the wood block and add the sticker.

I stamped the larger sunflower in mango melody then stamped the smaller flower on top in pumpkin pie. I added cherry cobbler to the centers full strength or stamped off once. I filled in with old olive leaves.

 I took white ribbon and colored it with an old olive marker and added it to my image panel. I stamped my sentiment and backed it with a larger punched shape. These were from my already punched stash. I added the sentiment with dimensionals. I colored the bees and added wink of stella to the bees and flower centers. The background of the card was embossed with the eyelet blooms die. I added my rubber mat to the stack and ran it through my machine. I pulled pumpkin pie across the surface so the pattern would be more pronounced. This will go on a patient dinner tray at a local hospital.

Keywords: ABC24O15 sunflowers

Stamps: Stampin' Up!-Serene Sunflowers, SU-Thinking of You

Paper: white, black, pumpkin pie, cherry cobbler

Ink: Versafine black, pumpkin pie, mango melody, cherry cobbler, old olive

Accessories: Stampin' Up!-Eyelet Blooms die, punches, white ribbon, olive copic marker, clear wink of stella

Techniques: two-step stamping, embossing, direct to paper

What would you do with the colors orange and olive? Many people have a difficult time using orange. If it's fall, it's easier to use. I'm not one of those people. I find I reach for pumpkin pie often. I think because it goes well with old olive. Old olive is a color we've had in the Stampin' Up! color collection for a long, long time. It's a green color that goes well with many colors.

Many times when I have to use a color that is a little more difficult for me to use, I look in my flowers section of my stamp sets. I have many, many flower stamp sets so it's usually easy to find something to use. LOL

You might be the same way. I think flowers are a large percentage of stamps sold by companies.

Well, I hope you give this challenge a try.

I've got to get back to cutting paper and die cutting for classes next week.

Blessings,

Sue

June 2026 Newsletter and Class Information

Hey Everybody,

It's June 2nd and there's lots going on at Stampin' Up!  More items have been added to the Last Chance List, there is a new product of the month, there are two new kits and a new Scenic Coast Craft Class offered by Stampin' Up!  Whew, that's a lot I know. Take you time to check out all of the new things.

June classes are next week. There are a few spots left if you want to make some amazing cards.

June Classes:

Monday June 8th at 10 full

Tuesday June 9th at 1  2 spots

Thursday June 11th at 10  4 spots

Friday June 19th at 7 p.m. full  *This date was changed due to a schedule conflict.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Blessings,

Sue                 

        

167821   SHADED PETALS KIT  $26.00 167823  WASHES OF GRATITUDE KIT   $19.00 171476  SCENIC COAST CRAFT CLASS    $30.00 Craft along with our Stampin’ Up! product experts during the Scenic Coast  Craft Class. They’ll use the Scenic Coast Suite Collection to create four  completely unique cards, exploring the versatility of suites with four  different paper crafting styles: shabby chic, artful, traditional, and modern.  By the end of the class you’ll have lots of tips, techniques, and inspiration  to continue crafting long after the class is over. After you’ve purchased the class, we’ll send you an email within  2–3 business days with a link to the exclusive Facebook group where  we’ll host the class. DETAILS- Access to 1 digital video class- Make 4 projects using the  Scenic Coast Suite Collection and other select products, all sold  separately- Available for streaming: June 18 at 2:00 p.m. (MT)-  Class available for purchase before and after June 18

Relaxing Waterside Color Challenge

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Karen's challenge today was to use the colors, petal pink, soft sea foam and pecan pie. Dessert is scallops. You can find the challenge here.

I stamped then die cut the bird and plants. I die cut the chair and the arms of the chair. I used a dauber to color the top of the grass with pecan pie. I used the blending brushes to color the sky with soft sea foam and the sand, pecan pie.

 The water was a piece of Waterside Retreat designer series paper. I masked off the water so I wouldn't ink that with anything but the plants that I wanted. I stamped the plants in the sand once then stamped them off once. The images were added to the card with dimensionals. The card base was dry embossed with the Stampin' Up!-Timber 3D embossing folder.

Keywords: CC1104 beach

Stamps: Relaxing Waterside

Paper: petal pink, white, soft sea foam, Stampin' Up!-Waterside Retreat designer series paper

Paper Size: A2

Ink: pecan pie, soft sea foam, old olive

Accessories: relaxing waterside dies, stamp, cut and emboss machine, copic Markers, blending brush, dimensionals, dauber, Stampin' UP!-Timber 3D embossing folder

Techniques: ink blending, stamping off/generational stamping, coloring

This was a fun card to make. It was made with the Relaxing Waterside stamps and dies.

I had to get the dies with this set because of the chairs. Did you know you can make two different chairs with this set of dies?

I like the die cut chairs a bit better than the stamped and die cut chair. I'm not sure why except that you can add the little arm covers on the die cut chair.

We are making a card with this stamp and die set in my classes next week.

Don't forget to sign up for a class. They are the week of June 8th.

Monday June 8th  10 a.m.  Full

Tuesday June 9th at 1  3 spots

Thursday June 11th at 10  4 spots

Friday June 19th*  at 7 p.m.  1 spot available   *This class is one week later due to a schedule conflict.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue

Clean and Simple Card-Things That Grow

Hey Everybody,

Our challenge is anything that grows. You can find it here.  This is a clean and simple challenge today, so not a lot of layers, or other things. This type of challenge is a little bit harder for me believe it or not. I'm one who likes to add layers and other things to my cards.

This is an older House Mouse stamp called, Poppy Cot. This little cutie is called Amanda. I stamped and colored her with Derwent watercolor pencils. I used a blender pen to blend the colors. I used a dauber to put ink around the frame of the image so I wouldn't have to add another layer since it's clean and simple. I added the designer paper to the pumpkin card base then stamped my greeting. I added the image with dimensionals. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

Keywords: CAS898 House Mouse

Stamps: House Mouse Poppy Cot, SU-hello

Paper: white, pumpkin, SU designer paper

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black, pumpkin pie

Accessories: Derwent watercolor pencils, blender pen, dauber

Techniques: coloring

Our poppies are so much larger this year. Tim said he did something different for this year. He's been watching videos and reading about how to care for the many different flowers in our garden. His garden is just gorgeous! 

He had to put up a small fence to keep the rabbit out. Each evening a couple of raccoons traipse over the fence and into the garden looking for food. 

 

The other night one stood on two legs for a bit studying the chickadee feeder that has thistle seed in it. He gave up and went on his way.

Well, that's my card for today. Do you use colored pencils or watercolor pencils?

I really like watercolor pencils because I can use a water brush with them to get a softer look on my images or I can use the blender pen like I did for my card today.

Thanks for stopping by today.

God's Blessings to you.

Blessings,

Sue

Blossoms Abound A Favorite Oldie Stamp Set

Today's challenge is called Featured Stamper. Ardyth chose Barbara (bejoyce) as the featured stamper this week. You can find the challenge here. 

Here is the inspiration from Barbara's gallery for my card.

This is one if my all-time favorite stamp sets, so when I saw it in Barbara's gallery, I had to use it. The stamp set is called, Blossoms Abound.

I stamped the flowers with highland heather then gorgeous grape. I stamped the stem with garden green and the leaves with garden green stamped off once. The background looked so bright and white, so I added a background stamp, French Script stamped off once. I added linen thread to compliment the crumb cake background on the image panel. I stamped the sentiment directly on the image panel and added purple gems. The background panel was run through my embossing machine then I pulled garden green ink down the front, lightly. I liked getting a lighter and darker green on the same panel. The image panel was added with dimensionals. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

Keywords: FS1005 Lilacs ferns

Stamps: Stampin' Up!-Blossoms Abound, Rolling Waves, French Script

Paper: white, gorgeous grape

Paper Size: A2

Ink: crumb cake, highland heather, gorgeous grape, garden green

Accessories: Stampin' Up!-Linen thread, purple gems, Stampin' Up-Fern 3D embossing folder

Techniques: dry embossing, direct to paper, two-step stamping

Do you have a favorite stamp set or two? Have you ever looked at samples online to see what other people have made with your stamp set?

When you look at that sample, what can you change?  What can you do to make the card similar but your style?

If you look at my card and Barbara's card, you can see similarities but nothing but the stamp set is the same.

Same-stamp set

Different ink colors

                backgrounds-mine is dry embossed and inked

Different sentiment

Different my image panel has a background stamp lightly stamped before the lilacs.

Different she inked the border of her image panel

Different I added linen thread

Different embellishments hers are light colored and mine are dark

Different I added my image panel straight and hers is tilted to the right

Well, there you have it lots of ways to make a card yours.  Sometimes it's handy to write down ideas to use on cards. Some people keep a notebook of ideas. You could write some of these things to try.

    add ink to a dry embossed background

    dry emboss a background

    tilt your image panel

    use a background stamp on your card and stamp it lightly

    use a stencil on your card

    color with different things such as glitter pens, markers, alcohol markers, crayons, watercolors, colored pencils, chalk and even sprays

Have fun trying new things.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue