I needed a thank you card. I broke out the Field Flowers set – one I love, but hadn’t inked up yet.
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I created this card for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge (#5 – sketch). I must say it was an intimidating sketch to begin with.
It didn’t take me long though to think about those intersecting bits of the sketch and how if I stamped the squares I could make a rainbow – my favorite color 😉
To finish up the card, I embossed a frame around the sentiment – that really helped with the focus and still kept the card simple.
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I found a new challenge 🙂 It is CAS Colours & Sketches. I made this card for their latest color challenge (challenge #2). The colors to use are: Garden Green, Lucky Limeade, Real Red. I did substitute Riding Hood Red as I prefer that slightly muted shade.
I like making Christmas cards out of non-holiday sets – it makes me feel like I’m getting the most out of them.
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Next week is the December InkUp stamp camp. I had two cards to create for the camp.
This first card is a holiday thank you card using Watercolor Winter. I love this stamp set and wish it was part of the big catalog so I could use it again next year.
The flower is cut-out and popped up, then finished with a few rhinestones. I used Old Olive as the base, but it seems a bit bright in the photo.
My assignment for this second card was to use heat-n-stick powder. It is hard to see in the photo, but above the mug is the steam image in glitter. Honestly, I’m not sure why StampinUp sells heat-n-stick. If I want to have a sparkly shape, I use the Iridescent Ice embossing powder. But I do use heat-n-stick for adding flock to images so I am glad I have it around.
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This is my second project for InkUp. My task was to use Stylin’ Snowfolk to make a whimsical style card.
This stamp set certainly makes “whimsy” easy! I went with brighter colors that I felt worked with the whimsy style.
I stamped the snowman body, including face and buttons, onto white paper and cut him out. The arms are stamped onto the Bashful Blue panel.
The hills are hand cut.
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This weekend I tackled a couple projects for my mom’s upcoming stamp camp. For my first project, my task was to use Perfect Plum and Lovely as a Tree to create a Christmas card.
I started this card by stamping the line of trees image using Perfect Plum ink. I stamped the same image on scrap paper and trimmed it along the landscape edge. I used temporary adhesive to attach my scrap-paper mask and sponged on the ink. I wanted the darkest bits to be in the center so the color fades out at the top and bottom.
I added some Dazzling Details glitter glue to the trees and ground and finished off the card with a panel mat of the Silver Glitter paper.
I do like this card, but I felt the sponging/masking was too time consuming for camp.
So, instead, I CASEd this card by Janet Yates and created my card:
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I created this card for my Mom’s September stamp camp. My assignment was to use Open Seas to create a masculine card.
Honestly, I haven’t stamped in weeks (between school, being on the new PTA board, and some web design clients – I just haven’t had time). I was a little worried when I sat down to get this done (and since I left it to the last minute, I *had* to do it – mojo or no). I am actually really happy with how this turned out. It is simple, but still pleasing.
I used most of the stamps from the set to create the collage. Ideally the “spine” of the card would have had the twine done through it like bookbinding, but since this is for camp I didn’t feel it was worth the time involved.
The sentiment is vague enough that it could be used for a few different occasions.
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Just like yesterday’s post, I used the layout by Lynn (here).
For this card, I wanted a more calm card (instead of yesterday’s bright colors). I started with a Crumb Cake card base (something not so dark that I could still stamp the sentiment without having to heat emboss it to show up). I used a bit Comfort Cafe DSP for the top portion.
Using the punches and DSP made this a really quick card!
I really like that this card can be used for just about any “sorry” situation.
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I really loved the layout on Lynn’s cards (here) – which were inspired by another card.
I really love this bright color combo. And I adore the border image from Summer Silhouettes. I used a stampa-ma-jig to get it stamped consecutively.
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This is the final card I made while at my mom’s house.
This time I wanted to have a bright sunny watercolored scene. I pulled out the hostess set – Summer Afternoon and went at it.
I mounted the watercolored panel on Daffodil yellow to help bring out the sunny background.
The sentiment is normally two lines, but I wanted all on one – so some simple masking and I got it done.
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