Direct to paper technique

 

Hi Everyone! Can you believe that it is the last day of August? Not really sure where the month went but it went fast! I am really looking forward to fall and cooler days. I also love all fall colors and so I am excited to play with all the fall products, colors and then to start working on Christmas cards! Have you picked a favorite Christmas stamp set yet? I am getting a little ahead of myself. 

For today's card I had so much fun playing with direct to paper technique. I had forgotten about this until I saw a video that Kristina Werner had made a beautiful card using this technique. If you are not familiar it check out her video. For my card I used the tree stencil and a few of my small ink pads that I had from some of the older paper pumpkins. I think the technique works great with the small cubes ink pads.

I started with a piece of white card stock and placed the stencil down, gently swiping the ink across the openings on the stencil. I started with the lightest color. When I switched to the next color I let it over lap a little to get some mixing of color. So fun! If you have a hard time with your stencil moving you can sponge on some multipurpose liquid glue on the back, wait for it to dry and then it will be a little tacky and will stay in place. But you must let it dry or it will stick permanently. 

I am not sure why I had the little dots at the ends of the trees branches. I think that the ink kind of soaked up a little drop at the end if that makes sense. After it dried I stamped with ridiculously awesome stamp set in black ink and then cut out with the stitched so sweetly dies. I popped that up with foam dots to make it really stand out.

Thanks for stopping by, give this technique a try. It is really fun and I can't wait to make another card with it.  Also check out Kristina's cards and her fun capsule project. Have a great Monday! Stay healthy and thankful for all your blessings!

Whale done candy pocket

 

Hi stampers! Quick little gift idea with the whale done bundle. I scored a piece of white card stock around a piece of candy and made a little matchbox covering for it. I am sorry I do not have the dimensions for it, but I plan to make more and so I will get those to you at a later date. After I made the wrap for the candy I cut a little piece of the whale dsp to fit the top half. I stamped a whale and punched him out including his adorable little spout. I stamped the greeting on the bottom and then stapled it before adhering the greeting so that I could hide the staple. This was a fun treat to make and I think that it is so adorable. Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Whale of a time dsp

Whale done bundle

I did it!

 

Hello! Well I did it! I cut up my whale of a time dsp. It was a little scary but I am so glad that I did because it made such a cute card. This card started with a piece of fluid 100 water color paper and I used the wide water painter to add stripes of several of the different blue colors. Then when it was dry I spritzed some of the white ink refill on the paper.

I used the stitched shape dies largest circle to use for the background for my whale. I wanted to keep him a little neutral and so I stamped him in basic grey and then using the whale punch, punched him out.  

I stamped the greeting and using the so sentimental dies cut that out. It fit perfect! Don't you love when that happens! I added a few of the holiday rhinestones, which went so nicely with the colors of this card. They are so much more than just holiday.  

Thank you so much for stopping by and I look forward to more ideas with this wonderful suite! Have a blessed day! 

 

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Whale of a time DSP

Whale done!

 

Hi! Thank you for stopping by today! I have really been on a color journey lately. Today's card is really an example of that. I finally had a chance to play with the whale done stamp set. I have to tell you I was a little intimidated with all the wonder ideas out there with this set. Does that ever happen to you? You love a set and then get it and then because you have seen so many people using it you are nervous yours will not be as good or you don't want your card to look like someone else's? So I just did the opposite of everything that I had seen and used bright bold colors. I did not use any of the dsp because I love every piece and don't want to cut it up. But I will! 

I grabbed a few of the brights colors and just started to stamp. As you can see some of my stamping was not the best. Remember when using the photopolymer stamps you will want to stamp a few times on scratch paper and rub your finger across it to get it ready to stamp. Not sure why they suggest this but the ink does go on more smoothly. 

After stamping the images I stamped the greeting in black ink, I think that stood out nicely.  All in all I think this card is really fun. I will continue to play with the set and try and not look at all the amazing projects out there.  Social media can be a good thing and a bad thing. Let me know what you think of this card? Have a blessed day and go be bright and bold!

Whale done

Awesome!

 

Hi, this is just a quick card for a quick post! I had fun creating this watercolor wonder. It is so fun and easy to do. No skills necessary! If I can do it you can to! Start with a sheet of water color paper (Fluid 100 is great!) Wet the entire piece with a water painter and then using ink refills dab small amounts of ink on the wet paper. If you do not have refills just take the ink pad and swipe it on one of your acrylic blocks and use that ink. If you do not wait for the paper to dry between adding each different color you will get a nice mix of colors as the water moves. So fun and it turns out different every time.  If your color is not moving add a little more water. One thing to remember is that the color will be lighter when it dries. So if you would like it more vibrant add another wash of color. I then stamped the sentiment with black ink. You might want to use a stamp positioner for this step.  Since the water color paper has so much texture you might need to stamp it a few times to get in all the little nooks and crannies.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you give this fun technique a try! Have a blessed day!

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Fluid 100 water color paper

You got this!

 

Hi! You got this! Something I think we all need to tell ourselves everyday lately! Times are so strange and so much is different in out world. When I read this card it reminds me that I only  "got this" through the grace of God. It is by His hand that I am able to get through everyday and I know that He is in control. So no need to worry or stress. I made this quick card with more masculine colors because I can never have enough men cards. I kept it simple and I love the colors together rich razzleberry and crumb cake.. I heat embossed the stars in white on white card stock and then ink blended the colors.

I wrapped a piece of linen thread around a few times and mounted on a piece of dsp from the neutral colors. A quick and easy card that you could do with all the greetings in this stamp set. Thank you for stopping by and if you are having a hard day remember you also "got this", take a deep breath and stamp a little.Have a blessed day!

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Sunshine for the TGIF #277 sketch

 

Hello and welcome! Today I played along with the card challenge over at TGIF card challenge. They have a fun sketch that you could really come up with a million different card ideas. Since I had the Ridiculously Awesome stamp set on my desk I made a quick watercolor wash with pumpkin pie, crushed curry and daffodil delight. After it dried I added a quick swipe of frost white shimmer paint. It is hard to get a picture but in real life it is so shiny and shimmery!

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The sentiment I stamped with versamark and white heat embossed on vellum.  The only problem with vellum is trying to hide the adhesive and so I wrapped it around the watercolor paper and adhered to the back. A quick and easy fix! I want to use the flowers for every season gems on all my cards and so I had to add a few to this card. I am very fond of the clear gems. Check out all the amazing cards created by the artist on their website. Thank you so stopping by today and I hope you come back soon! Have a blessed day!

Sending sunshine

 

Hi! Today I would like to send sunshine, but if you are living in Southern California where I am, you may not want it! We have been in a heat wave and more sunshine just means more heat. So luckily like everything these days it will be virtual sunshine. For the card today I decided to play with watercolor paper, ink refills and water painters (aquapainters renamed). It was fun to just play and not put any pressure on it looking any certain way. (which is a little hard to me)

This is the sun that I created. I know a preschooler could have made this, but how fun is it to just be a kid again.  I decided to cut the image in half after it dried to create 2 cards with the one painting.

The first card was kept very simple. I love the new bumblebee ink and paper color. I used the stitched rectangle dies for the greeting that I adhered with dimensionals.

Here is a close up of the greeting.

For the second card I just had a picture of the close up. I am not sure why I did not have a full size picture. Luckily it is the card in front on the first picture.  For this card I mounted it all on a piece of whisper white and cut out the greeting. I stamped the "shine" around the word "sunshine" and then mounted that with dimensionals also.  I really had a fun time created these cards. I hope that you like them and give some time to create your own sunshine. Plus it is not hot and do will not get sunburned. Stay cool if you are in So Cal and if not enjoy your cooler weather. I am looking forward to fall! Have a blessed day and thank you for stopping by!

Which color do you prefer?

 

Hi! A quick post today to say which color do you prefer? When I get stuck in a rut (can't seem to stamp anything that I like) I just take my images and try them in different colors. So I did that with the new See the good stamp set. I stamped the artichokes in several colors (excuse the highland heather one). So which color do you like? It is amazing how fun it is to stamp things with colors you would not typically think.

Next I stamped the pear. For this one I stamped the first one full strength and then stamped it again without reinking. It is really fun to see how different the second generation stamping is. Our ink pads have such a wide array of colors, if we only take the time to play with them. Next I would like to stamp these both with a few different colors on the same image. I will need to use my stamp positioner for that since this stamp set is in red rubber. Let me know which of the pear colors you like the best. Thank you for stopping in today. And remember you are the artist and can make anything any color you pick.  Enjoy the process and take the chance to find a new color you like! Blessings!

Artichoke thanks

 

Hello! So glad you are here! I wanted to share with you another card idea with the see the good artichoke. I have really been having a lot of fun with this stamp set. I have been trying many color and techniques with the pear and the artichoke. 

I also tried to make a fun new background. I die cut a few branches in pear pizzazz and then glued them on to a strip of pear pizzazz then ran the entire piece through with the subtles embossing folder. I think this adds a fun element of texture to the card.

The artichoke was inked with pear pizzazz and a little old olive and then used a aqua painter to blend the colors a little. When using this technique you will lose a little of the detail but I think the painter look is so fun and unique. Every time you stamp it, it looks different. 

Thank you for stopping by. I would love any comments you might have!  Thank you! God bless!

                                                                                      

                                                                                                 

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Gather together belly band

Hi and welcome! So glad that you are here. I wanted to share with you today a quick little gift that I made for one of my customers. I made a few cards with the gather together bundle and placed them, along with envelopes in our acetate card boxes. Then I made a belly band to jazz up the outside.  A belly band is a quick way to add a greeting or a decoration to the outside of a box.

I measured 2, 2" strips of dsp and adhered them to each other. I connected the long strip without attaching it to the box, but so that it can slip off and on easily without tearing it apart.

I used a negative cutout from a leaf that I had die cut earlier, for my focal point. Added a few scraps I had sitting on my desk and a little bow of linen thread and my box was completed.

The greeting is from the see the good stamp set. I just colored the "thank you" with pear pizzazz marker and stamped on whisper white.

This is a picture of just the belly band without the acetate box and cards. The acetate boxes are perfect for 5 cards and envelopes. I sure hope that my customer enjoys this fun gift. Thank you so stopping by today and I hope you have a blessed week!

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