I hold you in my heart

This JustRite "With Sympathy" is the card that was designed for the Fond Memories Workshop.  Hope you enjoy.

Directions:

**Mask off the leaves on the left flower .  Using the Tuxedo Black prepare the image to stamp.  Remove the masking tape and stamp on the Classic Oval largest die (2.75 x 3.75).

**Color the flower with YR 27 shading portions darker than others.  By going over an area more than once will make the image darker.  Color the leaves starting with the YG 95 on the veins and finishing with YG 93.

**Spray Goose Bumps 2-3 mists from 12 inches on the flower image.  Let Dry.  When dry Distress with the Vintage Photo

 **Mount the Kaisercraft “Tradition” on the Kaisercraft “Reunion” floral side.

 **Stamp the sentiment on the Memory Box die and Distress with Vintage Photo.

 **Wrap the Twine around the card 3 or 4 times.  Add the tag and tie a small bow on the right side of the card. 

 **Mount the stamped image on Kaisercraft Reunion (solid side) that was cut with the JustRite Custom Die #5 (being the largest). 

 **Mount the assembled card on the card base.  

Supplies and Paper Cuts:

Paper:  Neenah Solar White  (for stamping )

            Royal Fiber Birch cut to 5.5 x 8.5 (card base)

            Kaisercraft  These Days “Reunion”  cut to 4.25 x 5.5

            Kaisercraft These Days “ Tradition”            cut to 3.75 x 5

 Ink:     Memento Tuxedo Black

            Distress Ink:  Vintage Photo

 Twine:  30 inches

 Eclipse masking tape

Dies:   Justrite Custom Die

            Spellbinder Classic Oval large

            Memory Box Tags           

Copic Markers:  YR27, YG 93, YG95

Goose Bumps Spray

A card for any occasion

                                                                                                

  A sneak peak at one of the stamps being used for the Fond Memories workshop this weekend.  The card shown here is a sample I made and not the workshop project.  This is a card for most any occasion made using the JustRite "With Sympathy set",  Spellbinder Grand square scallops  and regular squares were used for the base of the card.  Antique Linen distress was used on the white paper.  (sorry I do not remember the paper used for the top of the card).  A Spellbinder die (name slips me) was used to cut the floral image which was colored with Copic markers and distressed.  A bow, some gems and a pin finish off the card.  Fun to make.  Hope you enjoy

Special Wishes to those with an April Birthday

This card was made for the Mojo Monday 235-challenge. 

Both stamp sets used are from Penny Black:  Big Wish and Gratitude.  This Penny Black set reminds me of my Granddaughter.  Copic markers (pictured below) were used to color the image.  Antique Linen distress ink was used to finish off the image circle cut with a Spellbinder Die.  The patterned paper is from a 6 x 6 Cosmo Cricket "Pixie-Licious".  The solid papers are ones I created using a technique from Tim Holtz.  I used distress ink to color the paper and then added Ranger Fine detail clear embossing powder and then heat set it. This was used on  the background behind the stamped image, the green border cut with a Spellbinder Edgeabilities and the paper ribbon.  Archival black ink was used to stamp the sentiment before adding the embossing powder on the paper ribbon.  The Distress Ink colors used were Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint and Tattered Rose.  A purple bow was added to finish off the sketch challenge.  A fun card to make.  Hope you enjoy.

 

 

Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter weekend.

This card was made with the Hero Arts/Sizzix set used in another post, a Penny Black sentiment, memento inks and paper from Echo Park.  It is on display at Fond Memories in Walnut Grove.

Happy Birthday

JustRite Stampers Friday Challenge this week is to create a spring card with a butterfly.  I Started the card with BasicGrey "Picadilly" paper and a JustRite "Breath of Spring" stamp.  The flower image was stamped and cut with a Spellbinder oval.  Copic markers were used to color the image and Antique Linen distress finished off the oval.  The stamped image was mounted on the new Spellbinder Floral oval.  A JustRite "Happy Everything" "Happy Birthday" was stamped and cut with a Spellbinder Tag.   While taking the Tim Holtz online class he showed how to use the Rock Candy Crackle Paint and I thought it would make a perfect butterfly.  Hope you can see it in the picture on the right (it will enlarge if you click on the picture).   I cut the butterfly using the Sizzix die and added the paint and allowed it to air dry.  After it had dried I used my Memento markers on it and added some pearls to finish it.  I put this on a ribbon that was colored with Antique Linen Distress ink and added a pearl pin colored with a Copic Marker-RV32 . This is a 4.25 x 5.5 card.  Copic markers used include  Y15, Y18, RV32, B21, YG91, YG93    Hope you enjoy.

Bold Pop Designs

The inspiration for this card came from a "Clean and Simple" card class I took a few months ago.  No it is not a windmill.  The stamp and die set used is from Hero Arts/Sizzix "Bold Pop Designs".   This card was made for Fond Memories in Walnut Grove and can be seen there.  I stamped the flower on white paper and inked with a Memento yellow and cut it.  The  blue was stamped with one of the flowers and a VersaMark pad for a watermark effect.  A circle was cut with Spellbinders on the blue paper, the corners were punched.  The next step was to take yellow twine wrapping it  around and then mounting on white.  The flower was added with a pearl gem in the center.  A Spellbinder tag was cut and stamped with a Penny Black "gratitude" sentiment.  I really like this Penny Black set from their "T for Transparent" series.  The card is rather simple and lots of fun to make.  Hope you enjoy

Tag inspired by Tim Holtz

Something a little different to share with you.  I am taking an online card class that is being taught by Tim Holtz.  (Creative Chemistry 101)This class is all about technique and I can say I have already picked up some really good hints.  He uses tags to demonstrate the different techniques on so that is why you see a tag.  This tag is made using Distress Stains and a water mister.  I started by misting the tag and then applying the color randomly on the tag.  I then dried the tag and applied a little mist again.  I will say that I tried this technique on different papers and found a good quality paper is needed.  On a manila file folder it seemed that the paper grew hairs.  The Distress stains used were Rusty Hinge, Worn Lipstick, Stormy Sky and Forest Moss. The edges were distressed with Walnut Stain.  The stamp is "Heartfelt" from Tim Holtz and was stamped using Ranger archival Jet Black.  A ribbon stained with the Forest Moss tops off the tag.  This was fun to make.  I can see I have a lot to learn about this technique and will continue to work at it.  Hope you enjoy

A black and white wedding card

JustRite Friday Challenge #68 is a black and white with one other color to punch it up.  I selected Copic R11 pale cherry pink as my punch color.  This card was created using a Spellbinder Romantic rectangle (4 x6) as the base cut in white (the picture is taken on black to see the detail).  Bo Bunny "Back to Basics" was mounted on the rectangle frame.  The corners were rounded with a corner  punch.  Using my Copic airbrush a little color was added to the paper.  A sentiment from JustRite "Wedding Nested Sentiments" was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, cut with a Spellbinder Floral oval and again airbrushed for color.  The flowers are made from white paper, cut with a Spellbinder Bitty Blossom and airbrushed with the R11 for a touch of color.   A bow was added from May Arts black sheer ribbon.  A fun card to make.  Hope you enjoy.

Good Wishes

Two stamps by Penny Black  "Flowers Sweet" and Gratitude" were the start to this card.  A scrap of paper from Kaisercraft "These Days Collection" and a solid green from Bazzill were the next step.  The image was stamped with Momento Tuxedo Black and colored with a total of 5 Copic Markers  (B 41,B12, B14, YG93 and YG 95).  The next step was to cut this with a Spellbinder Labels 16 (die 6 the largest) and distressed with Antique Linen.  The next step was to pop dot this on the card base which is a 4.25 x 5.5.  The sentiment was stamped and cut with a Spellbinder ribbon tag then distressed with Antique Linen.  The ribbon was a white from May Arts colored with Antique Linen Distress Stain.  Hope You enjoy what I think is a simple card.

Birthday Wishes

JustRite is hosting a birthday bash challenge this week.  I planned out what I wanted my card to be and I have to say this was not what was in my head.  The paper is from a 6 x 6 pad by My Mind's Eye "Stella Rose".  The main stamp is from the new JustRite "With Sympathy" set and the greeting from the JustRite "Topsy Turvy Cakes" set.  That rose is becoming one that just may be a favorite.  This was colored with Copic Markers  RV 11, RV 13,YG 93 and YG 95.  The  image was cute with a classic spellbinder oval and distressed with Antique Linen.  This was mounted on a green solid from the same paper pad with Spellbinders labels 19.  This paper also acts as the background for the card.  The flower is from my stash and mounted on a piece of green ribbon.  The gems too are from my stash.  The tag from Memory Box was stamped with Birthday Wishes and distressed with Antique Linen.  The finished size of the card came out to be a 5.25 square.  Hope you enjoy