Joyful cards

 Joyful cards

 Don't look if you are on my mailing list, and want to be surprised. teeheeehee  If you know me, I like to make multiple designs for my Holiday cards.  This year is no different.  Only difference is I did a JOY theme this year on most of my cards.

stamps/supplies:  GinaKdesigns tapestrey stamp set, Altenew stamp co. Joy die/stamps-embossing folder, Sizzix lamp post die

I used gold and white inks on some of them.  Also used embossing folder and embossing powder.  Yes, embossing powder!  If you know me I used embossing powders seldomly.  Anyway hope you like.

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Poinsettia

 Poinsettia 

stamps used:  MFP poinsettia, sayings from various stamp companies

I actually got out my embossing powder!  Haven't done that in years, but had to go back to basics for these holiday cards.

Basic instructions

1. Stamped poinsettia image with clear embossing ink.

2.  Sprinkle gold embossing powder over stamped image. Heat with embossing tool till melted.

3. Make a mask with masking paper or post it note.  Place mask over image.

4.  Add darker color of cardstock over masked image with any blending tool.  Remove mask.  See the image pop!

5.  Stamp and emboss saying.  Adhere to card.  

6.  Adhere stamped layer to gold metallic cardstock, then adhere to base card.

I created slimline and A2 card for this technique.

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Trying my hand at watercoloring

stamps used:  Altenew stamps 

I'm still not sold on watercoloring but I keep trying.  This is my attempt of watercoloring on one of my favorite Altenew Build-a-flower Anemone.  

I started out by embossing the outline of the Anemone with a couple of different embossing powders ... a gold and a white embossing powder.  My embossing powders are old but they still seem to work and I'm not a big fan of embossing so I will just use what I have for now.  I picked up the 36 set of Altenew watercolor pan set when it was on sale, so I would have lots of colors to play with on my cards.  I started by wetting the embossed flowers, then laying down a light wash of color to the full flower.  After that I just added a darker color to add shading ... not too sure I accomplished what I set out to do ...... but ..... it is what it is.  For the background I wet all around the card and just did a light wash again of color, then dropped darker color around the edge of the flowers.  

Well, that is my attempt of watercolor for now, I guess I need a lot more practice ... NO ... I know I need to go practice some more. 

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Tags and stencils

Having fun making some tags ..... haven't done that in ages.  

stamps used:  Unity stamp co. cuddlebug bat/beaver
stencils used:  TimHoltz collection wonky branches, gothic, shattered
pattern papers: SU, Memory Box

Top tags:

bat tag - added wonky (my name don't know proper name given by company) branches with distress twisted citron ink.  gothic stencil started out using distress hickory smoke but wasn't dark enough for me so did some black soot on top of it.  bat was embossed with white embossing powder over the citron wonky branches then blended some black soot over him.  buff with paper towel to make him white again.  added SU DSP to top of tag and white embossed saying on strip of black cardstock.

beaver tag - used wonky branches stencil with distress tea stain ink.  stamped saying with black ink.  stamped beaver on kraft cardstock ... white washed beaver with white pigment ink.  added Nuvo glitter to his heart.  adhered burlap ribbon to bottom of tag and Memory Box pattern paper to top of tag.  Beaver is mounted on tag with foam mounting tape.

Bottom black tags:

For these two tags I placed the shattered stencil on the black tag and sponged white pigment ink through it.  The bats was embossed with white embossing powder onto black cardstock then fussy cut, and mounted on tags with foam mounting tape.  sayings were also white embossed.  add some clear self sticking gems on the tags and tied on ribbon.

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Floral layers

stamps used:  Unity stamp co.

The main image for this card is using Floral Tapestry and die borders from MFT.  I also got out my embossing powders and perfect pearls ... haven't used either of those products in a long time.  

Basic instructions:

1.  cut black cardstock to 4" x 5 1/4".  Stamp Floral Tapestry big background image with VersaMark ink.  After using VersaMark ink you can either sprinkle on embossing powder, in this case the gold and purple cards, or dust on perfect pearls with a dry fluffy brush.  

2.  For the embossed cards use a heat tool to embossed.  For the perfect pearl cards buff with a soft tissue or brush to remove excess.  

3.  die cut all the cards with MFT border dies then adhere to white or cream note cards.  stamp sayings with black ink.

4.  add ribbon if desired and you are done.

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Resisting

An old technique with a twist.

stamps used:  Unity stamp co. smak kit Truest Life (sept. 2017), thinking of you from Sentiment kit ...every single day (june 2018)

First I stamped the big butterfly randomly on white card then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Now the next step was an accident ... you see all I wanted to do was over stamp the filmstrip and swirl with dye ink BUT I used some new (to me) Catherine Pooler ink pads.....which were very juicy.  So in turn when I tried to wipe the dye ink off the embossed butterflies it smeared on my card so I went with it!  What I mean to say is I took the baby wipe I was using to wipe off the embossed images and "smeared" it all over the card and got this lightly blended out color.  So there you have it sometimes in stamping there are happy accidents.  The one saying, "see beauty" was a big one so I cut it up and adhered it to my card.  See here for how it was supposed to look.

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Twist on resist

A twist on resist technique.

stamps used:  Unity stamp co. smak stamp set Truest Life Sept. 2017 and ...every single day sentiment set June 2018

Hard to see in photo but I stamped the big butterfly randomly over the card then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  Next step I over stamped it with the swirl with Catherine Pooler (new to me) dye ink pads.  These ink pads are very juicy so before adding sentiment or layering this piece I needed to allow it to dry ..... but ..... since I'm impatient I heated it a bit with my heat tool.  All was good so layered onto black card then onto a white note card.

I did this technique at a crop recently for a MITI ... I've done the resist technique where you do the embossing then stipple color over it but don't think I just stamped over it so, it was fun to do a new twist on an old technique.

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Happy Thanksgiving

stamps used:  Altenew stamps

For these cards I used Altenew with gratitude stamp set.  There are two different size leaves with layering images to go with the outline image ... plus a few sayings.  Having sayings with a stamp set is a plus for me.  I was think fall colors since I was making Thanksgiving cards.  I started out with a couple of the cards by gold embossing the outline image but I found it a little hard to match up the layering images after embossing ..... so .....  I went back to just stamping outline with black ink and layering which worked out better for me.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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Caterpillar white out

stamps used:  Unity stamp co.

supplies used:  white pigment ink, white embossing powder, stencil

1.  on colored cardstock place stencil and ink with same color ink.  In this case I used purple and green inks a shade or so lighter than the cardstock.

2. rotate the stencil 180 degrees then ink through it with white pigment ink.  remove stencil and allow to dry.

3.  after stenciled piece is dry cut in any fashion you wish and adhere to note card.

4.  stamp and emboss caterpillar image with white pigment ink and white embossing powder.  

5.  color in the caterpillar with white pigment ink that I squeezed onto my craft mat from re-inker bottle.  add a little water to create a white wash then paint it onto the caterpillar image.

6.  fussy cut the caterpillar and mount onto note card.

7.  white emboss saying onto the note card to finish.

beautiful flower

stamps used:  Unity stamps

For this card I made a background that I saw on Jennifer McGuire's post where you stamp an image or big background stamp with white pigment ink and let it dry.  I stamped the big dragonfly with white pigment ink and after it dried overnight I blended on distress black soot ink.  I over stamped the cloud with same white pigment ink (although in photo it looks blue) and flower burst with black ink.  I then die cut the background with circle die and adhered it to white note card.  stamped the stem with black ink on the note card over the circle background then stamped and fussy cut flowers out and adhered to note card.  used a embossing powder puff then stamped saying with white pigment ink then embossed with white embossing powder.
I like the way this card came out.
You can another sample of this technique using embossing ink and powder in this post.  please come back soon to see more with this technique.

Gray not green

stamps: Stampotique

I know it's St. Patrick's Day and I should be showing off some green but it just didn't work out that way for me here.  Check out this card I used embossing powder......not one but three colors!  decided to start using supplies that I have and I have a lot of embossing powders from way back ...... clear to just abut any color of the rainbow and more!  on this card I used the basics ... gold, clear and silver.  found some gold washi tape so cut out a banner and added that but finding it hard to stick to ep ... will have to put some liquid glue under it to make it stick.  stamped Gooseneck girl on some gray cardstock ... added a little color with Prisma color pencils then fussy cut her and mounted to the card.  Oh yeah, the background color under the stamped card is distress oxide background I did.  you can see all about those backgrounds here in this post and there is a video from Sue Wisniewski - YouTube showing how I played with the distress oxides.  time for me to go get my hair cut and do a couple of errands.  have a lucky day!