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Big Shot, Copics, Die-namics, My Favorite Things 25 Responses »

May 132010

Did I mention that I love the new MFT Die-namics cloud and scallop die I have? Dang they are so cute!!! For this sample I wanted to try out how the dies cut the fabric and felt ….. the answer is…LIKE BUTTER. I did have to run the felt through the machine twice to make sure it cut all the way through. It was cheap 29 cent felt from Michaels.

I taped my fabric border and felt flowers to a 3 3/4″ square of My Minds Eye Just Dreamy 2 paper and stitched it to a 3 15/16″ square of Chocolate chip cardstock. The felt clouds were also stitched to the layers for extra texture. A 1/2″ circle was punched out of fabric adhered to cardstock (okay, it didn’t cut all the way through, but after punching it left a mark and I cut it with scissors). It was adhered to Stampin’ Up! Build A Brad. It was attached to the layers on the upper left hand side with a small strip of Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon. Everything was attached to a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of textured Real Red cardstock folded in half with dimensionals.

I stamped Rainfall Flopsey in Black Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it in with Copic Markers (BG000, BG01, R27, R29, E11, E13, E15). I stamped the umbrella on fabric, cut it out and layered it on the cutout umbrella. I added Glossy Accents over the boots and the puddle and adhered Flopsey to the card with dimensionals.

For the inside of the card I adhered my cloud masks to a 3 3/4″ square of Whisper White cardstock and sponged Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over the cardstock.. A strip of fabric that had been cut with the scalloped scallop die-namics was adhered to the bottom of the square, then the square was stitched to a 3 15/16″ square of Chocolate chip cardstock.

I couldn’t fit a sentiment to the front of the card, so I stamped it on the largest cloud die cut with Black Memento ink and adhered it over the sponged clouds.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Tutorial on SCS - Rolled Flowers

3-D items, Nestabilities, Verve Stamps 14 Responses »

May 122010

We are running another flower tutorial on Splitcoast today. This time it is for Rolled Paper Flowers and it is written by the wonderful Joanne Basile. Wait until you see her samples. Your jaw will drop to the floor.

For my sample I used a 3 1/4″ square of My Mind’s Eye Just Dreamy 2 paper to create the rolled flower. Once it was done I added Rock Candy Stickles with a paint brush. The leaves were cut also out of Just Dreamy 2 paper with Sizzix Little Leaves die, sponged with Peeled Paint Distress ink and covered with Shabby Shutter Distress Stickles ( I really need to get the Peeled Paint Stickles).

My card base was cut with Stampin’ Up!’s Scallop Square Big Shot die out of Neenah Solar White cardstock. The edges were sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I am kind of stuck on that color right now. It’s such a soft blue.

The edges of four 1 3/4″ squares of My Mind’s Eye Just Dreamy 2 paper were distressed and the square were sewn to a 3 3/4″ piece of white cardstock. That was layered to a 3 15/16″ square of Basic Black cardstock and taped to the card base.

The sentiment is from Verve’s Just For You stamp set. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was cut out with Circle Nestabilities and sponged with the die still on the cardstock with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. It was layered first on a slightly bigger black cardstock circle, then on a scalloped white circle.

I kept the inside very simple and just added a dash of green with a 1 1/8″ x 3 3/4″ strip of Just Dreamy 2 paper. All layers were the same size as on the card front and were sewn together before adhered to the card base.

I hope you have fun with these cute flowers. Thanks for stopping by. Hugs and smiles

Case of Double Casing

Big Shot, Challenge, Copics, Die-namics, My Favorite Things, Nestabilities 13 Responses »

May 112010

I created this card for a Featured Stamper Challenge week after last. Michelle, aka eliotstamps, was the featured stamper and I picked this card from her gallery to case. I also cased Cindy Lawrence idea of sponging the Nestabilities shape behind the Pure Innocence image. I saw it on a card of hers and had to try it out.

I cut a piece of Neenah White cardstock with a curved rectangle Nestabilies die, left the die on and sponged the entire piece with Wild Honey and Aged Mahogany Distress ink. Next I layered it on a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock that had been sponged with Walnut Stain Distress ink. I cut around in shape of Nestabilities die cut to create a second layer.

The image is from My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Better get Better stamp set. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (E51, E53, E47, E57, R24, R29, W2). The dress was paper pieced with October Afternoon The Thrift Store Patterned Paper.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half. Next is a 3 15/16″ x 5 3/16″ piece of sponged Chocolate chip cardstock topped with a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Thrift Store paper. The red horizontal strip is from the same paper pack and was cut with the Scalloped Scallop Die-namics border die. 1/2″ Silk Seashell Ribbon was tied around the layers. The card was finished off by three small Prima Flowers.

The inside of the card is pretty simple. I kept the same measurements and layers like the card front. A 1 1/8″ x 3 3/4″ piece of October Afternoon Paper was adhered to a 1 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Ruby Red cardstock that had been sponged with Aged Mahogany Distress ink. The white cardstock layer had been sponged with Wild Honey.

Wild Thing

Big Shot, Copics, Die-namics, My Favorite Things 18 Responses »

May 102010

I don’t know about you, but whenever I see Wild Thing, I start hearing the song in my head: “Wild Thing, you make my heart sing…”. While I was stamping with My Favorite Things new stamp set Loveosaurus, I heard that song the entire time.

For this card, I used a sponged cloud cardstock I created when I shot the video for this technique. I cut the cardstock down to a 3 1/2″ square. It was layered to a 3 3 3/4″ square of Chocolate Chip cardstock that had been sponged with Walnut Stain Distress ink. I cut a 7/8″ x 3 1/2″ strip of My Mind’s Eye Penny Lane patterned paper, colored it with a copic marker and cut the top edges into grass. I sewed the layers together and adhered them to a 3 15/16″ square of Whisper White cardstock.

The Loveosaurus was stamped twice with Black Memento Ink, once on Neenah Solar White cardstock, once on Penny Lane cardstock. Both were cut out, adhered on top of each other and colored with Copics ( E51, E53, E47, YG21, YG23, YG25). The teeth were covered with Glossy Accents. The image was adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

The sentiment was also stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on a medium size cloud. The cloud was attached with dimensionals and outlined with Waterfall Stickles.

For the inside of the card I used the same layers and measurements as on the card front. I cut another piece of Penny Lane paper, this time with the Scalloped Scallop border Die-namic die. Happy Birthday was stamped in Black Memento Ink on a medium size cloud and attached to the inside of the card with dimentionals and outlined with Waterfall Stickles.

Sponged Cloud Tutorial

Big Shot, Die-namics, My Favorite Things, Tutorials, Video Tutorial 16 Responses »

May 092010

Here is another sample made with the cloud stencil from My Favorite Things. I cut stencils out of Mask Sheet, adhered them to a 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and sponged the entire piece of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Two strips of October Afternoon Thrift Store patterned paper were cut with the Scalloped Scallop Border die and adhered on the bottom of the cloud layer. I stamped the tree from Grow Love Plant a Tree. with Black Memento ink once on Neenah Solar White cardstock, once on October Afternoon patterned paper. I cut them out, layered them on top of each other and colored the tree trunk with Copic Markers (E27, E29). Next I layered it on a 1/4″ bigger piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and sewed around the edges. Then it was adhered first on red cardstock, then on a 4 1/4″ x 11″ white card base.

To dress up the card a bit, I outlined the clouds with Starlit Stickles. Tiny Twinkles were adhered to the tree with Mono liquid glue.

I kept the inside of the card very simple. I just added a strip of October Afternoon that had been cut with Scalloped Scallop Border die.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

P.S.: Happy Mother’s Day!!! Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Triple Challenge post

Challenge, Just For Fun Rubber Stamps, Nestabilities, Our Craft Lounge 12 Responses »

May 082010

I made this card for three different challenges. It feels so good to be back participating in the challenges. I made this card for yesterday’s Free for All Challenge on Splitcoast, Just For Fun Stamps Color Challenge and Our Craft Lounge’s Sketch challenge.

I started by stamping Just For Fun Stamps Queen Anne’s Lace in Jet Black Archival Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image was cut out with Label 8 Nestabilities and sponged with Wild Honey, Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint Distress inks while the die was still placed over the cardstock. Highlights were added with a white gel pen. It was adhered to a scalloped rectangle that I cut to the size I needed with the Long Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ strip of Neenah Solar White cardstock folded in half. A 3″ x 3 1/2″ square of Pink Paislee’s 350 Degree paper was distressed, sponged with Wild Honey and adhered to a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of paper from the same paper pack. Then the layers were attached to a 3 15/16″ x 5 3/16″ piece of Basic Black cardstock.

White May Arts Lace was wrapped around the layers. A small hole was punched on the right side of the image and white organdy ribbon (Michaels) was tied through it. Five Pearl colored Kaisercraft Pearls were added to the top right of the image. To balance everything out I added the sentiment on the lower left.

The sentiment is from OCL’s Life Is stamp set. I thought the script of that set would go Fabulous with the image. It was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink on Neenah white cardstock and cut out with Petite Oval Nestabilities. I sponged Wild Honey over it while the die was still over the cardstock.

For the inside of the card I stamped the Queen Anne’s Lace in Faded Jeans Distress ink on Baja Breeze cardstock. The edges of the layer were distressed and sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. It was stitched to a 3 15/16″ x 5 3/16″ piece of Basic Black cardstock and adhered to the inside of the card.

I hope you have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by. Hugs and smiles

Fairy Jolinne

Big Shot, Copics, Die-namics, My Favorite Things 21 Responses »

May 072010

My Favorite Thing Stamps are so much fun to color with Copics. For this card I stamped the image from Fairy Sweet Jolinne in Black Memento Ink. It was colored with Copics ( R32, R35, R39, E50, E51, E53, E97, E99, C1, C00, BG72, BG78, G40, G82) and small dots were added to the wings for more texture with Rangers white gel pen.

I cut the image out and mounted it on a 3″ square. The corners were rounded with a corner rounder and it was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Basic Black cardstock. The sentiment is from the same set and was stamped on the top left of the square before adhering the fairy to it.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of textured Dusty Durango folded in half. A scallop border was cut out of Neenah White cardstock with the Scalloped Scallop Die-namics Border and adhered to a 4″ square Fly A Kite October Afternoon patterned paper. Both top and bottom of the patterned paper were stitched with a straight stich. To add a bit of flair I tied a ribbon around both layers and topped it with a button before adhering everything to the card base with dimensionals.

Product Review on SCS - Die-namics from My Favorite Things

Big Shot, CAS, Die-namics, My Favorite Things, Video Tutorial 9 Responses »

May 062010

Yesterday Splitcoast posted a Product Review on My Favorite Things new dies called Die-namics. So far they released three dies, two scallop borders and one super cool cloud die. I LOVE that die. It makes such great projects and the cloud sizes are prefect for cards.

My card base is Neenah Solar White cardstock cut with Stampin’ Up!’s Scallop Square big shot die. A 3 11/16″ square of October Afternoon Thrift Store paper was stitched to a 3 7/8″ square of Chocolate Chip cardstock and the center of each circle filled with a red dot with Copics Red Spica pen.

Several clouds were adhered to the square. Stardust Stickles was used to outline the clouds. The letters are from the Grungeboard Alphabet Soup. It was colored with Adirondack’s Red Pepper Acrylic Dabber, adhered to the cloud with Glossy Accents and covered with Stardust Stickles.

To add a splash of red, I added a Basic Grey red button with a small piece of Chocolate Grosgrain ribbon on the top right.

For the inside of the card I used the same measurements for the chocolate and white squares. the patterned paper strip measures 1 1/4″ in with. A cloud with a red button was added to the right of the strip.

Here is a quick video about the Die-namics dies:

Tutorial on SCS - Dimensional Flowers

3-D items, Big Shot, Challenge, Nestabilities, Stampers Anonymous, Tutorials, Video Tutorial 14 Responses »

May 052010

If you read my blog, you have already seen my grunge flower tutorial, that I learned at Ranger U from Tim Holtz. Today’s tutorial on SCS is the same flower. I called it dimensional flowers since they also work with patterned paper and with a bit more effort (in rolling the edges) with cardstock.

For my flower I adhered dictionary pages to grunge paper before I cut the flowers with Tattered Floral Alteration Die. The die cuts were sponged with Wild Honey and Fired Brick Distress inks.

The sentiment is from the stamp set Good Thought. It was stamped in Jet Black Archival Ink on Neenah White cardstock. It was cut out with Nestabilities Label 2 dies. I left the die on and stamped the swirl from Mini Ornates in Shabby Shutter on the top left and bottom right. Then I sponged over the cardstock in the same color.

The layout for this card is from last week’s sketch challenge on SCS. My small squares measure 1 15/16″ and are from Tim Holtz Retro Grunge Paper Pack. They were adhered to a black scallop square cut with Stampin’ Up!’s scallop square die. Each edge was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink with the sewing stamp from Spring Sprung.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Video tutorial - Reflection Technique

Copics, Nestabilities, Unity Stamps, Video Tutorial 13 Responses »

May 042010

I am working on adding videos to older tutorials. Here is a card I made for the Reflection technique (Mirror Image, Reverse image).

I used a tree line from Unity’s Simply Tiny stamp set. It was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah White cardstock. Next I stamped it in the same ink on Acetate, flipped the Acetate over and placed it underneath my first tree line. The iI drew a ground with a black Copic Multiliner. The image was cut out with Label 1 Nestabilities and colored with Copic Markers (BG000, E55, E57, YG63, YG67, G82). The sky was sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress inkwhile the die was placed over the cardstock.

The images was layered on a slightly bigger piece of Always Artichoke cardstock. The edges had been colored darker with the YG67 Copic marker to match the image better.

Now…you know how Nestabilities Labels come 1/4″ increments. That’s too big for me when I want to layer the images. You can either cut one size, adhere it to another piece of cardstock and eyeball your next layer, or…..

Place the same Label you used face down on the cardstock you want to use as your layer.

Trace around it.

Cut it out.

Use as your layer. It will be 1/8″ bigger then your die cut.

Both labels were adhered to a black Square Nestabilities die cut. The card base was cut with Stampin’ Up!’s Scallop Square Big shot die out of Artichoke cardstock. Again I colored the edge with YG67. A 3 3/4″ square of October Afternoon Fly a Kite Patterned Paper was sponged around the edges with Antique Linen, distressed and stitched to a 3 15/16″ square of Basic Black cardstock.

The sentiment is from Unity’s Nothing but blue Skies stamp set. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a 7/8″ x 2 1/4″ strip of Gina K. Ivory cardstock. The edges were sponged with Antique Linen. It was formed into a wavy banner, the right side was cut and the right side was attached to the image layers with three Vintage brads (SU). I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the right side of the banner to keep it in place.

A button from my Mom’s button collection was stitched to the top left of the image layers with Waxed Linen.

For the inside of the cards I sponged a 3 3/4″ square of Ivory cardstock with Antique Linen, stitched a sponged 1 1/8″ x 3 3/4″ strip of October Afternoon paper to the lower part and stitched that to a 3 15/16″ square of Basic Black cardstock. The sentiment is also from the February KOM stamp set.

Here is a video for the visual learner: