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Tutorial on SCS - Pastels on Black

CAS, Faber-Castell, Nestabilities, Tutorials, Verve Stamps, Video Tutorial 20 Responses »

Feb 152012

There is a new product review on SCS today. We got to play with Design Memory Crafts Mixed Media Sampler (Faber-Castell products). After checking their blog and finding this cool card, I wrote a tutorial for the technique for SCS. My sample is a lot more subdued then Jill Foster‘s, but I still like it. Those Pastel Pencils are a lot of fun.

I started by cutting a piece of black cardstock with a Classic Square Nestabilities die. Flowers from Verve’s Great Friend were stamped in Embossing Ink and embossed with silver embossing powder. The flowers were colored with PITT Pastel Pencils and the edges were smudged with a white gelato stick.

The card base was embossed with the Elegance M-Bossibilities folder and the image panel was adhered over it with dimensionals. A piece of Solar White cardstock was cut and embossed with a Tailor-Made Classic Keyhole die. A sentiment was stamped over it in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and the right edge was cut straight. It was adhered to the lower right hand side of the image. It was topped with a black button, tied with Lemondrop twine.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

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Simple Psalm

CAS, Copics, JustRite Stampers, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 16 Responses »

Feb 032012

Today I want to share with you a simple card I made with a new JustRite Stampers set called Cast all your Cares. I started by stamping the flower stamp in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was masked and the frame image was stamped over it. The image was cut out with the Out of the Box Nestabilities die and a Label 16 Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Flowers: Y11, Y13, Y17, Y38, E25 Leaves: YG21, YG23, YG17 Frame: E97, E99, E37 inside: B0000, B000).

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Solar White cardstock folded in half. The bottom corners were rounded and the card front was embossed with the Provocraft Brocade Embossing Folder. A 1 3/8″ x 4 1/4″ piece of MME Lost & Found 2 Breeze Patterned Paper was adhered to the lower half of the card front and Yellow Organdy Ribbon was tied over that strip. The image was adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals. Part of a Finesse Rhinestone swirl finish off the card.

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Life is a Succession of Moments

CAS, Scor-Pal, SCS - VSN challenge, Want2Scrap 20 Responses »

Jan 012012

I have one more card to share with you that I created for a December VSN challenge. We were to use a Frosted Image Technique. You stamp an image in a colored in, then stamp over it in white ink and rub to get a frosted look. Well…that didn’t work with Distress ink and Adirondack Snow Cap ink.

I started by stamping images from an old PTI set that I had for a while (called Life) in Spruced Ice and Scattered Straw Distress Ink. Next I pressed those ink pads in my craft mat and did the same with my Snow cap ink. I rubbed white ink over the colored inks and then smudged that mix over the images.

A sentiment from that set was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink and topped with one tiny Baby Bling Rhinestone. To finish the card off I added a double scored border around the edges with my Scor-Pal.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Happy, Healthy and Successful 2012.
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Penguin Triplets

CAS, Copics, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, SCS - Featured Stamper Challenge, Want2Scrap 11 Responses »

Dec 272011

I created this card a while back for a Featured Stamper Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. The featured stamper that day was Tenia Sanders-Nelson. She has an amazing gallery of CAS cards. While those are not easy to make for me, I gave it a whirl. I picked Tenia’s Trick or Treat card and used Winter images from Lawn Fawn’s Cute Critters in the Snow.

I cut and embossed three circles out of Neenah Solar cardstock with Classic Circle Nestabilities dies. The small penguin image was stamped in each center with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers (Y15, Y17, YR15, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, BG10, BG11). Glitter was added underneath each Penguin.

The card base is a 6″ x 6″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half. The card front was embossed with a Snowflake Embossing folder from Sizzix. A 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ piece of Echo Park Walk in the Park was stitched to a 1 1/2″ x 5 3/4″ piece of Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas cardstock, after the bottom corners were rounded. Before the layers were adhered to the card base, May Arts Organdy Ribbon was tied around the paper strips. The ribbon was topped with a Basic Grey Button tied on with May Arts Silver Curling Ribbon.

The images were adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals. Silver Rhinestones and part of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirls finish off the card front.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Hope You can Cling To Challenges

CAS, Nestabilities, SCS - HYCCT Challenge, Taylored Expressions 7 Responses »

Oct 012011

It’s the first of October, that means it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For the second year in a row Splitcoaststampers is hosting at least one challenge a day. We call it Hope You Can Cling To Challenges. We have sponsors and prizes….so head on over there and check it out. We work with a hospital in Austin and ask that all the cards made for the challenges will be sent to that hospital. Last year 2100 cards were sent to that hospital. We are hoping to beat that this year.

Today starts out with a bang and three challenges. Lori, Lydia and I are hostesses. I will blog about my challenge card later next week. Today I want to show you my entry for Lydia’s challenge. Her challenge is to use a pink animal somewhere on your card.

I decided to use Taylored Expressions Summer Afternoon stamp set for that. I started by stamping the frame image in Coffee Archival ink on Victoria Garden Echo Park Paper. It was cut out with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die, layered first on a slightly bigger white cardstock circle, then on a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with a Floral Doily Motif die.

A sentiment from the same set was stamped in Coffee ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and cut and embossed with a circle die. The dragonfly stamp from that set was inked with the Ballerina Pink Watercolor Marker (Inkadinkado) and stamped on the upper right hand side of that sentiment panel. The circle was adhered with dimensionals in the center of the frame.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Solar White cardstock folded in half. The lower corners were rounded and the upper half of the card was dry embossed with a Polka Dot embossing folder.

A 4 1/4″ long strip of canyon brown cardstock was cut and embossed with the border die from the Floral Doily Accents pack. It was stitched under a 3 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Victorian Garden paper. White Organdy ribbon was tied around the panel and topped with a button. The paper layer was adhered to the card base and the sentiment layers were adhered on top with dimensionals.

I hope you have time to play with us in these challenges. I hope to make at least 15 cards to send to the hospital.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Tutorial on SCS - Crayon Rubbed Embossing

CAS, Challenge, Edgeabilities, Nestabilities, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 17 Responses »

Sep 212011

Lydia Fiedler wrote the tutorial today on SCS. She shows us how to use Crayons and Embossing folders for a new resist technique. As a variation, she shows the same technique with solid stamps. I created my sample with the technique Variation.

For my sample I used Sweet ‘n Sassy Wildflower stamp set. I used the big flower image for the technique and Neenah Solar White cardstock. After rubbing white crayon over the cardstock, Shabby Shutter Distress ink was sponged over it. The cardstock was cut and embossed with the second largest Lacy Square Nestabilities die.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set. It was stamped on the lower right side of the image with Peeled Paint ink. A slit was cut to the left of the sentiment. White organdy ribbon was pulled through the slit and slide into a bow. The bow was topped with a button.

The card base is a 4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. The bottom was cut and embossed with a Edgeabilities die from the Classic Scallop and Classic Postage sets.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Wild For Watermelon

CAS, Copics, Flourishes - Timeless Tuesday, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 41 Responses »

Aug 092011

It’s time for another Timeless Tuesday challenge. This time the Timeless Tuesday Blog team paired up with the Design team to show you samples for the soon to be released Flourishes Wild For Watermelon set. Isn’t it gorgeous? I say “SWEET (Action)” all the time….the sentiment is perfect for me!

This weeks challenge hostess is Tammy. She challenges you to use fruit on your card. Either as an image or on paper. Create a card, post it on your blog or an online gallery and link it over at the Flourishes Blog for a chance to win a $10 gift code. Make sure to comment on each Timeless Tuesday designer to be eligible to win.

For my card base I cut and embossed a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock that had been folded in half with the largest of the Lattice Rectangle Nestabilities die. Another single Lattice Rectangle was cut out of the same cardstock. The big watermelon image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers (Watermelon: YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17 Prismacolor Pencil Olive Green (911) Watermelon slice: YG0000, YG00, R22, R24, R29 Leaves: YG61, YG63, YG67 Ground: E30, E31, E33, E35 Prismacolor Pencil Sepia (948)). The sky was airbrushed with Copic Marker B12.

Black Gingham Ribbon from May Arts was threaded through the lattice border and tied around the upper part of the layer after part of a Want2Scrap Rhinestone swirl was adhered to the upper right hand side. A Recollection Rhinestone brad finishes off the bow. The stamped layer was adhered to the card base.

Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:
Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Cindy Lawrence
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
Allison Cope – August Guest Designer

I hope you have time to participate in this challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Copic Certification coming to town!
Lori Craig and Jennifer Balcer will be teaching a Copic Certification class here in Oklahoma City on the 26th of August. I will be there as well. It will be fun! I hope to see some of you there!!!

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #46

CAS, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 23 Responses »

May 072011

I think Claire really wants me to get good at CAS cards. This weeks sketch really calls for another one. I wish I already had the new Doily stamps from Waltzingmouse stamps, but I just ordered those on Thurday. So I picked my Victorian Frippery set.

I stamped the big circle of the set in Broken China Distress ink twice on a 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of white cardstock. Around the upper circle I added more stamps from Victorian Frippery in Spiced Marmelade and Shabby Shutter Distress inks.

The two bottom corners were rounded before the layer was adhered to the card base, a 7 3/8″ x 5 11/16″ piece of black cardstock, folded in half. The bottom corners were rounded and the edge that was not stamped on, was paper pierced.

A sentiment from Fancy Phrases was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink to finish off the card.

I hope you have time to play with the sketch! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Butterfly Thanks

CAS, Copics, Crafty Secrets, Nestabilities, SCS - CAS challenge, SCS - Color Challenge 13 Responses »

Apr 262011

We are back home in Ohio. Ohio greeted us with a horrible rain storm and of course….gray skies. It was WONDERFUL to lay at the white beach at Destin, staring at turquoise water and blue skies. I miss living there a lot! Hopefully Oklahoma City will be nicer to us then the Ohio weather is. I miss seeing blue skies every day. Two more month…

I created a card this morning for yesterday’s Clean and Simple Rule of Third challenge as well as today’s Color challenge Certainly Bashful Breezes.

I started by stamping the thank you sentiment and double butterfly image from Crafty Secrets Sew Special in Rich Cocoa Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock, that had been cut and embossed with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Butterflies: YR21, 1/5th YR31, YG21, YG23, 2/3rd BG72, BG72, BG75 Background: B0000, B000). The layer was stitched on a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with one of the new Floral Motif Spellbinders dies.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Solar White cardstock folded in half. The bottom corners were rounded with my Corner Chomper.

A 1 3/4″ x 4″ piece of Early Bird Cosmo Cricket Paper strip was stitched to a 4″ square of the same paper pack. The bottom corners were rounded and May Arts Organdy ribbon was tied around the strip before the layers were adhered to the card base.

The image layer was adhered to the card with dimensionals. Stardust Stickles over the the butterflies and a Recollections Pearl swirl finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Retro Circles

CAS, Nestabilities, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 25 Responses »

Apr 232011

Today’s Waltzingmouse sketch is another fun one. Some embossing, a sentiment panel and BAM, you are done. I am starting to get the hang of CAS cards. They are still not easy for me, but they are getting easier.

For this card I used the Teeny Trees stamp set. Ever since I got that set, I was itching to try out the circles as a background. I stamped several in Shabby Shutter, Wild Honey and Tumbled Glass Distress inks on the lower half of a regular size Solar White card base.

The lower corners of the card were rounded before 2/3rd of the card front were embossed with Tim’s Retro Circle Embossing Folder.

A 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece of MME Fine and Dandy patterned paper was adhered above the embossing and two brown brads were added.

The sentiment was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink on a piece of Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with Classic Circle Nestabilities. The layer was adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock that had been cut and embossed with a Parisian Accent die.

I stamped another small circle image in Tumbled class, cut it out and adhered leaves stamped in Shabby Shutter under them. The flower was adhered to the upper left hand side of the sentiment panel to finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!
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