Tag Archives: clean and simple stamping

OWH – Sketch Challenge #108

  • Stamps -Fred B. Mullett “Thistle” and Hero Arts “Mother’s Day Message”
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Lemonade: Lime Cooler” and K&Company “Jubilee Purple Burst”
  • Corner punch
  • Ranger Distress Stains: Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord, and Bundled Sage
  • Perfect Pearls Mist – Biscotti

I played with my few colors of Distress Stains and Operation Write Home Stars & Stamp Sketch #108 to make this card. This is one of the wonderful images that Fred B. Mullett creates with Pacific Northwest botanicals. We are trying to concentrate on cards for Mom right now for OWH. Thanks for visiting today!


OWH – Clean & Simple Blog Skip

  • Stamps – Memory Box “Tree Border” and Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings” clear stamps
  • Distress Inks – Ranger in the following colors: Everygreen Bough, Stormy Sky, Peeled Paint, Iced Spruce, and Broken China
  • Detail White Embossing Powder – Stampendous
  • Corner Punch – Marvy Uchida
  • Watercolor paper
  • Perfect Pearls Mist in Biscotti
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny

Welcome to the last stop on today’s OWH Blog Skip! I hope you’ve enjoyed all of the clean and simple techniques we learned from the Online Card Classes “Clean and Simple” class. What a great class! I created this card in a techniques lesson about Watercolor Blocking. This technique works very well with Distress Inks and water or Perfect Pearls Mists. I first heat embossed the stamped images in Detail White and then watercolor blocked over with the Distress Inks on water-saturated ink blending foam pads. For more cards I created in the class, click on the thumbnails at the bottom of this post. Thanks so much for stopping by! Please leave a comment for a chance to win a bit of blog candy from me and a chance to win Online Card Classes or other prizes just for skipping today. Make sure you leave your email address when you leave your comment and I’ll draw a random winner on Monday! To return to OWH Stars and Stamps, Click here.

I must say that I’m really excited because I just received my first “thank you” email from an Air Force Major in Afghanastan–just as I was posting this! I’m so thrilled to have received a personal note. It makes what we do mean even more!

              

               


Cardmaking Friends – January Sketch Challenge

  • Patterned paper – Graphic 45, “Tropical Travelogue Colllection: Rainforest”
  • Stamps – Northwood Stamps “Capital For You” and Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings” (little sprig)
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Shapeabilities “Fancy Tags”
  • Ribbon – Offray

This is a very simple sketch a group of us challenged ourselves to use. Sometimes the simpler the sketch, the more challenging it is! The tropical patterned paper here is the star, to be sure. Thanks for stopping by.


Mojo Monday Sketch #225

  • Stamps – Hero Arts “Scattered Leaves” clear set
  • Cardstock – Bazzill Basics, Bazzill Dots and Worldwin
  • ColorBox Chalk Ink: Charcoal

I made a simple, color-blocked card with this fun sketch from Mojo Monday this week: Mojo Monday Sketch #225. The images in the Hero Arts set lended themselves well to the design and once I stamped each piece, I simply edged them with ColorBox Chalk charcoal ink. I popped each piece up with double-sided tape and Voila! Thanks for visiting.


OWH – Sketch #105

  • Die cut – Spellbinders Shapeabilities “Ironwork Motifs”
  • Stamp – Kodomo, Inc. “Thank You”
  • Patterned papers – K & Company “Verbena & Peabody” Paper Pad
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

I was inspired by the current sketch over at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps: Sketch #105, when I made this card. This is a very simple design that showcases the pretty die cut. I was able to use some paper I’ve had for quite awhile, which is always a good thing. Thanks for stopping by.


Clean & Simple Class – Day 3 – Die Cuts

  • Die cuts – made from Memory Box “Vivienne Butterfly”
  • Stamp – Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

This is a very simple card. I layered two butterflies cut from the same cardstock as the base card and glued them together. I also did the same with a strip of cardstock that ran vertically along the right-hand side. Then I heat embossed the sentiment at the bottom. These lacey die cuts make the effect of the monocromatic card work really well. Thanks for visiting today.


Clean and Simple Class – Day 9 – Another Take

  • Stamps – Hero Arts “Two Flourish Flowers” and “Everyday Sayings”
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft
  • Gems – Mark Richards “Lavendar Dots”

This is another take on the technique I learned in the Online Classes Clean and Simple class I’m taking. It is a completely flat card with no layering. I’ve scored lines at the top, bottom and right edge for some visual interest. The image is stamped in white ink and then colored with Prismacolor pencils. I added the pearls and gem stickers for a little bit of dimension, but it is definitely a simple card! This will be a nice note card for me to ship via Operation Write Home. Thanks for checking in.

 

 


OWH – Sketch #104 – Botanicals

  • Stamps – Kodomo “Leaves Collection 1”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Velvet ribbon – Wrights

I made this card using Sketch #104 at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps. I colored the stamp direct to rubber with water-based marker, then sprayed it with Perfect Pearls Mist. I stamped it on watercolor paper so when the color bled a bit the paper held the ink and water nicely. Thanks for stopping by.

 


Clean & Simple Class – Day 9

  • Stamp – Layers of Color “Flutterescent” clear set; Sentiment – Penny Black “Flourish Birthday”
  • Card buttons – Hero Arts “Flowers”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Colored Pencils – Prismacolor

I made this card based on our latest lesson at the online Clean & Simple Class. I stamped the image in white ink (Popcorn Colorbox Chalk Ink) and then colored it with Prismacolors. Thanks for visiting today.

 

 


Clean & Simple Class – Day 1 / Sketch 2

  • Stamps – Sentiment – Penny Black – “bold b’day” and Crafty Individuals “Decorative Diamonds”
  • Flower – Bazzill “Neutral Halloween Poppies”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
  • Ribbon – American Crafts
  • Corner rounder – EK Success

This is another card I made from a sketch in the Online Clean & Simple Cardmaking Class. I stamped the background for the sentiment with Distress Ink sprayed with Perfect Pearls Mist. Thanks for checking in.