Booooooooo

 Booooooooo

These Halloween cards are a little different for me ... I say that because of the color scheme.

dies used:  TH Sizzix Fright Night and Gothic Protraits

I had the backgrounds done and laying out on my table, along with a bunch of dies I had die cut ... so ... why not use them together.  And that is how these cards came about.  Also when I stenciled these backgrounds ... guess what ... you guessed it ... those color ink pads were out on my table, so there you have it.  You could say I was being creative or just lazy.  what do you think creative? or lazy?  Either way I like them with all their quirks of color and theme.

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Masking off

 Masking off

Another masking technique for Jen Rzasa #altenewchallengelive.  

supplies used:  Altenew Retro Plantines, Enamel dots

I did a technique I have done years ago that, I think is called grid sections.  I masked off sections with masking paper, but you can also use post it notes.  You can see more here in this post.  Just type in grid, and you will see more cards with this technique.

Here is a bookmark, and another card I made for this challenge.

supplies used:  Altenew Painted jellyfish/mini seashells, Dovetail butterflies

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Masking fun

 Masking fun

It's Altenew Tuesday #altenewchallengelive with Jen Rzasa, and the theme is masking masterpiece.  

supplies used:  Altenew Meadow Reflection stamp set, masking tape, and inks

I had fun making these backgrounds using masking tape.  I took Jen Rzasa at her word ... Masking! 

I pressed a strip of masking tape onto an ink pad, then pressed it onto a white panel.  Viola! masking tape backgrounds.

supplies used:  Altenew Paint a flower white swan echinacea stamp set

I got a little carried away, and made three set of cards with different color masking tape strips.

See more on this technique in this post ... you can type masking tape in search bar to see more ideas using masking tape.

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Magic

 Magic

Had to get out my (so call Harry Potter images) faux Harry Potter images for this Tuesday #altenewchallengelive.  The theme was Magic or Mystery!  Jenn Rzasa picked a theme I could get into this time.

supplies used:  Altenew cloud stencil, Unity something magical stamp set

I had fun bringing back an interactive card I haven't made in years!  A ribbon slider card.  Just pull the ribbon and watch the image slide up and down the card.  Check out this post for written instructions, and a short video I did back in 2016.

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Enjoy the flight

 Enjoy the flight

Just had some fun making more shaker cards.  I forgot how much fun these cards are to make, and shake ... shake ... shake.

supplies used:  Altenew Enjoy the flight stamp/die set and of course holeless beads

I know I mentioned this recently but I will say it again it has been years since I've made shaker cards!  This time around I used clear envelopes to hold the holeless beads for the shaker part of my cards.  The green card is an A2 card, and the white one is an A6 card.  Look in this post to see how to use clear envelopes for the shaker card.  If you type shaker in the search bar you will find more shaker card ideas I've made over the years.

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B & W tiny but mighty

 B & W tiny but mighty

I made several more tiny but mighty 3" cards.  These cards 

supplies used:  Altenew embossing folders: Natural wicker, Organic linen. dies: Sizzix vault fright night, vault gothic portraits.

can be used as tags, also.  I figured since I was making tiny... they might as well be some sort of tag.  I do like the addition of the embossing folders in the background for texture.  I forgot to say I'm entering these tiny but mighty card/tags in Jen Rzasa #altenewchallengelive  Tuesday challenge.  These are in the configuratations of the rules, being 3" or smaller BUT I did have to make them in the spirit of Halloween.

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Tiny but Mighty

 Tiny but Mighty

This week for Jen Rzasa #altenewchallengelive theme is Tiny but Mighty.  There is one rule, and that is, our cards/projects have to be 3" or smaller.  Needless to say I made a couple of 3" cards. 

supplies used:  Altenew Paint-A-Flower White Swan Echinacea, Botanical 3D embossing folder

What I did first was blend/sponge on some ink colors for a simple background of color.  On the first card I just stamped the images with black ink, and added a few enamel dots.  For my second card I used an embossing folder over the colors, then sanded a bit to reveal the white card.  Stamped the saying, and cut it out.  Again added a few of my favorite embellishments ... enamel dots.

Hope you like my tiny but might 3" cards.

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Copycat challenge

 Copycat challenge

This week for Altenew Tuesday #altenewchallengelive with Jen Rzasa, she wants us to copycat one of our past projects. 

Here is a picture of my card from 1999.

It was back in the day when I was sending cards to stamping magazines hoping to get published.  In fact, this was the very first time I had one of my cards in a magazine.

Here is the card I made to copycat the card I made back in 1999! I found the same roll of cork I used all those years ago.  Guess when it comes to stamping stuff I'm a bit of a pack rat.  With my clothes and stuff around the house I can throw just about anything out.  What I did is stamp on the cork (it's a thin cork) with black ink, heat set it then spot colored with markers.  

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Red & Green opposites

 Red & Green opposites

Altenew challenge with Jen Rzasa opposite colors continued an extra week, so I decided to do another color scheme.

supplies used:  Altenew enjoy the flight stamp/die set

I had fun doing red and green for opposite colors.  This small, but mighty airplane stamp/die set is easy to assemble, and stamp.  For the say hi card, I even used Altenew glitter cardstocks.  Can you believe I had red/green glitter cardstocks?!?!?!?  It just fell into place when I saw the glitter cardstocks.  I will even admit ..... it's been so long since I made a shaker card ..... when I was assembling this card I forgot the window plastic to hold in the holess beads!!!!! Too funny!  Oh well, guess that just means I need to make more shakers so I don't forget. See more on shaker cards here, here, and here.  Just call up shakers cards to see more.

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Opposite colors

Opposite colors

This week Altenew  Tuesday challenge with Jen Rzasa is opposite colors for #altenewchallengelive.  I decided on purple and yellow for this one, it is a silhouette card in honor of a long passed visit to Disneyworld.  

Check out this silhouette card actually made back in the late 1980's at Disneyworld!  I happened on this when I was cleaning out a drawer, and yes our boys were so young...maybe 9 and 3 years old.

These dies are from a TH Sizzix vault gothic protraits die set.

Now I couldn't resist making a Halloween card with another TH Sizzix vault Fright night die set.

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Neon sign

 Neon sign

We had two weeks to do Jen Rzasa Use special effect techniques #altenewchallengelive this time.  It has taken me almost the whole two weeks for me to this week. 

Here are the effect techniques that we had to choose from for the challenge:  1. Neon Sign  2. X-ray  3. Blurr   4. Glitch

This time I decided to try the Neon sign technique.

stamps used:  Altenew you are beautiful stamp set

Basic instructions (what I did)

1.  stamp image with white ink.

2.  color over white image with Marvy Metallics blue marker.  repeat to thicken the lines.

3.  with white Posca marker pen draw lines inside colored lines of the image. repeat to deepen the white lines.

4.  add color pencil around white lines inside colored lines of the image.  again repeat to intensify the color.

5.  add color pencil shading outside the image.  this creates the glow effect.  smooth out the pencil lines with a blending stump.

6.  add white pencil around the glow.

A little involved but a good technique.

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X-Rays!

 X-Rays!

This is a fun technique called ... as in the title ... X-rays! These cards are being entered in Jen Rzasa's Altenew Tuesday #altenewchallengelive #20 Use special effect techniques.  She showed four techniques but I'm only doing two of the techniques for my entries.  The first technique I am showing is the X-ray technique, which I think is the easiest but very effective.  The stamps I am using are so old, and on wood, that the company names are worn off ..... too hard to read to give credit to the proper companies.  

Here is what I did for this X-ray technique.  On black cardstock I white heat embossed the images.  With a white color pencil I added color to the inside of the images.  To smooth out the white pencil I went over it with a white pastel (chalk) pencil.  Next I added some "stars" in the background by watering down the ink ..... then just splattered the so called stars to the background.  Yes, I actually spattered!  I had fun, and do like the way these two cards came out. 

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