Winter Berries

In looking at ideas on the internet I found a card that inspired this project.  The stamps are from Penny Black.  The background is "Winter Berries" and stamped with Adirondack "Hazelnut".  The greeting is another Penny Black "Christmas Cheer" stamped in archival black and clear embossed.  The deer is a die from Tim Holtz and Sizzix cut with the new mirror product by Tim Holtz.  If you look close you can get the image of the camera.  The paper is from Kaiser " Just Believe".  The larger berries were highlighted with Glossy Accents.  The finished size of the card is a 5.5 square.  Grand Labels One by Spellbinders was used to cut the card.  Do Hope you enjoy.

Country Landscape

Country Landscape was inspired by the Online Holiday Card class.  The background was distressed with Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers.  The landscape is "Country Landscape" by Memory Box and was cut out of white card stock with scor tape and Ranger distress dry glitter : clear rock candy was added.  The Starry Sky is a punch by Martha Stewart with a paper distressed with Tarnished Brass distress stain placed behind.  A bow was added above the sentiment from Penny Black "Christmas Cheer".  Hope you enjoy.

Warm winter wishes

"Warm winter wishes" was inspired by a card designed by Kristina Werner for the Online Holiday Card class.  The stamp used is Hero Winter Trees stamped with Ranger archival black.  The stamped image was then distressed on the bottom right with Ranger Iced Spruce distress ink.  Peacock feathers was added to the bottom left and Black Soot to the top left.  The snowflakes are from the Penny Black set "A bright tomorrow" and were heat embossed in white.  The dear was cut with a Sizzix die and distressed with Tea Dye Ink.  My sentiment was on a clear block and I do not remember the company, but think it is from a set by Jillian Vance.  The paper used is from Bazzill and cut to 4.25 x 5.5.  Hope you enjoy.

Tag "You're It"

The JustRite Friday Challenge #077 is to create a custom tag or use a tag in your project.  I choose to make a tag for this project.  The stamps used for this project are the JustRite 'Noel Xmas Ornament" and JustRite "Snowfall Background Stamp".  Both of these are new summer released and will be lots of fun to work with.  I used a new color from Memento to stamp the tag "Teal Zeal".  The Ornament was stamped, then distressed with Antique Linen and finally cut with a Spellbinder die.  A small piece of Authentique music paper was used in the center.  On the tag the swirls and snowflakes were highlighted with a silver pen.  Small clear gems from Bo Bunny highlight the snowflakes.  On the ornament the silver pen was used again but the gems are Crystal Candy dots by Pebbles.  A bow was added and then a snowflake was cut from American Crafts white with the new Spellbinder "Create-a-flake four" die. A Pebbles dot finishes off the the snowflake.  The tag used is from Ranger "Inkssentials".  Hope you enjoy.

Background Stamps

Hello.  I am doing the Online Card Class--Stretch your stamps  with Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner.  The first day showed how to take a background stamp and the many different ways to use it.  I decided to try the Impression Obsession Cover-A-Card "Ticking" stamp pictured below.  I stamped it with Distress Ink "Faded Jeans" and then turned the paper and stamped it with Distress Ink "Stormy Sky".  I really like the pattern it created.  This was mounted on a Bazzill navy paper.  The butterfly is from a Hero Arts - Sizzix set and the Sentiment is from Penny Black.  Copic markers were used to color the butterfly using two shades of yellow  -Y13 and Y 18 and one of blue (B32).  Faded Jeans was used to distress the sentiment.This is an A2 card and was rather simple to make.  Hope you enjoy.  (edit:  I used Memento on the butterfly and Ranger archival jet black on the sentiment.)

JustRite Friday Challenge #074 - "Vintage Masculine"

The JustRite Friday Challenge #074 is to create a vintage Masculine card.  This is my take on the card challenge.  I began with the "Anchors Away" stamp set.  Since it is nautical I looked for paper that reminded me of water.  Authentiques new Fresh "Free" paper fit my criteria.  The next step was to make it look even more like water so I went into my pile of embossing folders and found my Cuttlebug "Swirls" to emboss the DP paper.  I wanted to give the illusion of waves and rough water in an ocean.  The next step was to distress the paper so I used Antique Linen over the front and went back with Walnut Stain on the edges and a few areas on the main card.  Earlier I had tried Picket Fence  to see if I could make it look like white caps but that did not work.    The die shaped map was stamped on white with Archival Ink and distressed with the Antique Linen and Walnut Stain.  I cut this by hand since I do not have the die set.  I cut the center out with a Spellbinder circle die and added what I hope looks like a nautical rope.  The string used was black and white and I distressed it with Rusty Hinge and then used glossy accents to get it to stay in place.  The old ship image was stamped in black on a Bazzil blue (the backside) and distressed with Antique Linen.  This now reminded me of a ships port hole looking from out from one ship to another. The sentiment was stamped on white and distressed with Antique Linen, cut by hand and popped on the card front.  This was all mounted on Kraft paper edged with Walnut Stain to give that older look.  I had fun making a card without coloring, ribbon bow or gems.  Do hope you enjoy.

a day to celebrate

Wanting to make something a little different I looked at Joan"s Garden Challenge for this week and here it is.  The challenge is to use flowers and make a pretty card. I hope you can see the many flowers in the design of the card.   I started with Bo Bunny "Back to Basics"  paper and a die from Memory Box "Twirling Vine Frame (cut in white). Very small pearls were added on what appears to be small flowers on the frame.    The card itself is a 5 x 7 in size.  The flowers are from the same paper using a Spellbinder Die "bitty blossoms".  The flowers were tipped with a Copic Marker R85.  The sentiment from Penny Black "Gratitude" was stamped on another Bo Bunny "Back to Basics" paper and edged with the Distress marker Worn Lipstick.  The paper was cut with a Spellbinder oval and placed on top of a Spellbinder "Floral" oval cut from white.  Three pearls were added to finish off the oval.  A butterfly was cut with a Memory Box die from the DP and distressed with Worn Lipstick Distress Stain .  The center of the butterfly was distressed with an distress marker.  This was placed on a silk bow and a pearl pin added.  Close ups can be seen of both the butterfly and the flowers (taken from a top view).  This was 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.

 

 

Christmas gift card holder

JustRite is hosting Friday challenge #63: Christmas to help all of us in getting those holiday cards done.  This is not only a card, but a gift card.  I used an 11 x 5.5 piece of paper.  I scored at 4.25 on each end as well as the center line.  This was folded and of course I used score tape to hold the card together.  I made a cut with a square Spellbinder die for the card to sit in and covered it with the same paper used on the front of the card.   The inside has a little border using a Spellbinder Edgeabilities die.  The Happy Holiday sentiment is from the JustRite Christmas Nested sentiments.  This is pictured below.

The front of the card is made with a Spellbinder Heirloom Ornament 2010 cut from  red Bazzill paper.  This was layered over paper by Graphic 45.   A frame using two circle dies was made to frame a cutout I made.  (you could just cut the image with the circle too).  Copic markers were used to color this cute little snowman from JustRite Warmest Wishes. Ranger Enamel and Hero Arts glitter were used on the white for a little sparkle.   A small tag using JusRite Christmas mini sentiments distressed with Antique Linen was added too.  The bow is made with seam binding colored with Ranger Bundled Sage Distress Stain.  A twine bow was added to finish the bow. Gems and embellishments are from AMuse, Hero Arts and 7 Gypsies.

Merry Christmas

A fun little Christmas card made with Spellbinder circle dies for the shape.  The stamp is one from Penny Black "berry wreath' that was stamped on Kraft paper with Color Box white.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento 'tuxedo black" from a Hero Arts cling set.  The new holiday seasonal distress ink red from Ranger was used on the edges to make it stand out.  Hero Arts gems were used on the project.  The poinsettia was cut out of white paper with a Spellbinder die and distressed with Antique Linen distress ink.  The Kraft project was mounted on POW glitter paper from American Crafts.  A circle card base was cut and the project was mounted on it.  Hope you enjoy.

Bella Rose Wedding

This card was inspired by one we saw at CHA created by Heartfelt Creations.  Heartfelt stamps Bella Rose Wedding and Shabby Chic lace were used for this.  Bazzill papers (brown and teal)  were used and glimmer brown ( company unknown).  Both the Shabby Lace and the ring image were embossed.  The embossing was done with a Versa Mark stamped image and Ranger Copper embossing powder.  A Spellbinder heart and Parisian accents were used along with Hero Arts and Amuse pearls.  The ribbon is from May Arts.  Hope you enjoy


Supplies:


Stamps:  Heartfelt Shabby Chic Lace  HCPC 3403 and Bella Rose Wedding HCPC 3398
Paper:  Bazzill
Accessories:  Spellbinder Heart and Parisian accent dies, Ranger copper embossing power, Hero Arts and amuse pearls, ribbon by May Arts
Inks:  Versa Mark embossing