Tag Archives: cardmaking
- Stamps –
- Visible Image – from Flower INKcognito set (free stamp on April Craft Stamper)
- Hero Arts – sentiment from CL738 Messages with Flourish set
- Cardstock – Neenah Solar White
- Inks – Ranger Distress inks: Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac and Salty Ocean
This card is a quintessential clean and simple one! The flower image, from Visible Image, was the freebie on the cover of the April Craft Stamper magazine. I applied the Distress Ink to the clear stamp that I had mounted on my new Misti with a sponge applicator tool. The Misti allowed me to keep the stamp positioned and apply as much ink additional ink as I wanted. This was a great help in planning for this card. The Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge for March is Anything Goes, so this seems quite appropriate for that! I’m also submitting this to the Paper Players Challenge #287 – Celebrate Spring. It has been nice to have a little extra time to create during the last few days! Thanks for stopping by.
5 Comments | tags: cardmaking, clean and simple stamping, distress techniques, flora, stamping | posted in Challenges, Clean & Simple, Craft Stamper, General Cards, Paper Players
- Stamps – Hero Arts
- CL416 – “Sweet Owls”
- CL738 – “Messages with Flourish”
- Dies –
- Hero Arts – DC150 – “Happy Stamp & Cut”
- Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
- Sakura Glaze Pens
- Cardstock – BoBunny
I created this card in response to a challenge on the Hero Arts Flickr site. We had 90 minutes to create a card with some part of the inside showing from the outside–even when the card is closed. I decided to die cut a “window” on the outside looking into where I stamped the owl. I colored the owl with gel pens, used a die for the happy part of the sentiment and used half of one of the clear stamps in the “Messages with Flourish” set for birthday. This was a fun challenge so that I would pay more attention to the inside of my card! I pieced the patterned cardstock for a little variation. Thanks for visiting today.
Leave a comment | tags: bobunny, cardmaking, clean and simple stamping, die cuts, Hero Arts, spellbinders | posted in Birthday, Challenges
- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas, “Raining Cats” and “Simply Said”
- Dies –
- The Cat’s Pajamas, “Stitched Clouds” and “Easy Stitched Bow” Cut-ups
- Spellbinders Nestabilities, “Deckled Rectangles Large”
- Patterned Paper –
- My Mind’s Eye – “Remarkable” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Echo Park – “A Perfect Summer – Chevron Lines”
- Epoxy dots – Doodlebug Designs – “Sprinkles Spring Assortment”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
This card features a stamp I’ve had for quite a while. The wood-mount stamp is dated 2006. My how that 10 years flew by! I layered some patterned papers to give the kitty a festive environment, and even used a tiny bit to paper piece the umbrella Miss Kitty is holding. There are some Spring heart showers descending from the cloud, appropriate for the TCP Tuesday Challenge #309: Spring. I stamped the cloud with my sentiment (also from TCP) and adhered it with some dimensional adhesive. As a finishing touch, I added the die-cut bow which turns out so great when you fold it! It also repeats the stitching seen on the cloud to help tie the elements together. Finally, I popped on three little epoxy dots and it was done. Thanks for stopping by.
6 Comments | tags: cardmaking, Cat's Pajamas, die cuts, echo park, fauna, my mind's eye, paper piecing, spellbinders, stamping | posted in Anniversary, Challenges, TCP
- Stamp – Technique Tuesday “Greenhouse Crocus”
- Die – Technique Tuesday “Crocus”
- Ranger – Dina Wakley Media Clear Gesso
- Ranger – Texture Paste – Transparent Matte
- Patterned paper – 7 Gypsies
- Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists
- Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray – White Linen
- Tim Holtz Stencil – Dot Fade
- Zig Clean Color markers
- Cardstock – Bazzill and Paper Accents
- Ribbon – Michael’s
I created the background for this card when I made a number of them a couple of weeks ago. There are layers of gesso, texture paste, and inks on patterned paper. To see details, check out my previous post.
I stamped this pretty crocus and then watercolored it with Zig Clean Color markers and a water brush. I then cut it out using the matching die and completed watercoloring the edges of the image before popping it up on the background. This qualified me for the Shopping our Stash Challenge #241 – White Out (No white paper showing)! It also fits the bill for the Mixed Media Mojo March 2016 Challenge: Springtime and Watercolor. Since we have crocus flowers popping up right now, this seemed appropriate for this time of year: almost Spring! Thanks for visiting.
9 Comments | tags: cardmaking, die cuts, flora, mixed media, Ranger, stamping, stencils, technique tuesday, watercolor, zig clean color | posted in Backgrounds, Challenges, Mixed Media Mojo, Shopping Our Stash, Spring, Uncategorized
- Stamps – My Favorite Things “Valentine Flopsey” set (bunny and sentiments)
- Patterned paper – Echo Park “Yours Truly: Adore”
- Dies – My Favorite Things “Blueprints 13” (tag and banner)
- Epoxy Heart – Pebbles
- Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I created this Valentine using My Favorite Things Sketch #267. I colored the bunny image with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a waterbrush. It was a very simple interpretation of the sketch. I used the dies in the Blueprints 13 set for the first time and boy, are they first rate! Such great quality! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentine’s Day!
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- Stamps – Poppystamps “Ooh La La” clear set
- Dies –
- Poppystamps “Ooh La La” and “Ivy Tendrils”
- Spellbinders Nestabilities “Standard Circles Large”
- Cardstock – Paper Accents and BoBunny
- Copic markers
What could be better than a little round Valentine on which to place this Parisian penguin scene? It is perfect for Poppystamps Challenge #17 Crazy in Love. I colored the die cut elements with Copics. This also fits the bill for the Shopping our Stash Challenge #238 Bent out of Shape, to make a shaped card. Shaped cards are perfect for Valentines. Thanks for visiting today and Happy Valentine’s Day!
10 Comments | tags: cardmaking, die cuts, penguins, poppystamps, spellbinders, stamping | posted in Shopping Our Stash, Valentine
- Die – Memory Box “Flicker Hearts”
- Stamp – My Sentiments Exactly H178 “Valentine’s Day”
- Crystal Stickers “Ruby Round 3mm”
- Cardstock – Neenah Solar White and Bazzill (red)
This is the first Valentine I’ve made so far this year. It features the lovely die from Memory Box that really deserves to be the focal point in this clean and simple card. I really like the detail that you get with this die. I backed the cut area with red cardstock and added the red bling in honor of Addicted to CAS Challenge #80 “Code Word Red”, and which follows the basic layout of Paper Players Sketch #279. Thanks for visiting.
5 Comments | tags: cardmaking, clean and simple stamping, die cuts, memory box, stamping | posted in Addicted to CAS, Clean & Simple, Paper Players, Valentine
- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas
- Die – The Cat’s Pajamas “Holiday Toppers”
- Stencil – Hero Arts with Basic Grey “Scales”
- Cardstock – Neenah and Paper Accents
- Distress Ink – Chipped Sapphire
- Bling – Mark Richards
I colored the bunny image with Zig Clean Color markers and did some watercoloring with the ink using a water brush. I created the background using the stencil over Distress Ink and spritzed with water to create a subtle pattern. I added some sparkly gems in the center of the snowflakes. Thanks for stopping by!
1 Comment | tags: cardmaking, Cat's Pajamas, die cuts, distress techniques, watercolor | posted in TCP, Winter
- Stamps – Altnew “Fresh Freesia”
- Corner punch – Fiskars “Spiral”
- Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers
- Cardstock – Worldwin
- Watercolor paper – Canson Aquarelle 140 lb. cold press
This clean and simple, one-layer card features the lovely Altenew Freesia stamps. I’ll be giving this card to a friend who recently lost her mother. The coloring is done with Zig Clean Color markers and a water brush. It is so fun to watercolor with these–the results are actually quite remarkable (bad pun–sorry!). Thanks for visiting.
2 Comments | tags: altenew, cardmaking, clean and simple stamping, flora, stamping, watercolor | posted in Sympathy
- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Make Merry” set
- Dies –
- The Cat’s Pajamas “Dots”
- Spellbinders Nestabilities “Mega Ovals LG”
- Spellbinders Shapeabilities “Ribbon Banners”
- Patterned paper – Echo Park “A Perfect Summer: Chevrons”
- Gel pens – Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust series
- Cardstock – Paper Accents and Bazzill
I’m still making a few New Year’s cards. I have not had a very good week for creative accomplishment, so it is sort of relaxing now to make some new cards. The “real” job is really getting in the way! But it does pay for the craft supplies! I used a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches as inspiration for this card: Freshly Made Sketches #217. I used stamps from The Cat’s Pajamas for both the kitty image and the sentiment. Wishing you a very Happy 2016!
4 Comments | tags: cardmaking, Cat's Pajamas, die cuts, echo park, fauna, spellbinders, stamping | posted in Challenges, Freshly Made, New Year, TCP
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