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Blog Post #281

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Just Add Ink had a sketch challenge that I just loved (42). I decided to use a set from Waltzing Mouse that I hadn’t inked up yet. I love the weave pattern image in this set and had to use it. I pretty much followed the sketch. For the the accent I decided to use the bird image from the set.

I wanted to give the wood of the tree trunk a wood grain look, so before stamping I used PTI’s Wood Grain background set to pull off ink. The end result looks more distressed than wood grain. I don’t mind it for this card, but next time I want to see wood grain I’ll have to come up with a different way.

Thinking of You
Stamps: Asian Garden (WMS);
Colors: Kraft, Vanilla (PTI); Espresso, Wasabi, Garden, Summer Sun (SU);
Other: New Leaf ribbon (PTI); Label die (Cuttlebug);

Friendly Four

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I CASEd this card from the StampinUp 2010 IB&C (pg 74). Since the card is for my mom’s November stamp camp, I had to leave off the sewing. Hopefully it still works.

I love the colors in this one. But I want to point out that I ended up using Pear Pizzaz on the card base stamping. The olive was just too dark.

Friend to Friend
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Funky Four, Teeny Tiny Wishes;
Colors: Old Olive, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip;
Other: 2 1/2″ Circle punch, Modern Label punch, Linen thread;

Turkey Dinner

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I’m a little behind in my challenges. This week’s Clean and Simple challenge at SCS was an inspiration challenge: be inspired by the word “delicious” (cas82). Well, I haven’t had a proper Thanksgiving meal in years (mostly because I am not good at cooking and I don’t want to cook for only 4 people, 2 of whom are picky).

I’m sure it helped that this cute little turkey was sitting on my desk fresh from unpacking my latest PTI order 😉 I love this new set! It is so adorable! I think one of my favorite parts of the set is the “gobble gobble” sentiment.

To make the tail feathers, I started with wet watercolor paper. I dropped a few different colors of reinkers onto the paper and used a wide brush to blend them. I ended up with more uniform color than I wanted, but I still like it. I *was* going to add a bit of sparkly with some glimmer mist but my bottle is clogged and I’m not sure how to fix that.

Gobble Gobble
Stamps: Gobble Gobble, Faux Ribbon (PTI);
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Cream (PTI); Watercolor paper (from Ms);
Ink: various Earth Elements reinkers (SU); Cocoa (Memento);
Other: turkey die (PTI); googlie eyes (Ms);

Tiny Pumpkin

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Hrm. I’m just not too sure of this one. There is just something about it I don’t like. I tried different pattern paper, but this was definitely the better. I’m pretty sure the punched edge should be on the left, not the right (but stuck is stuck). But there is something else. Oh well – not only is stuck stuck, but done is done (I feel I say that a lot, lol).

I love that PTI came out with a Halloween Tiny Treat set, but the frame is a bit too overwhelming for me. Next time I will try it with muted colors and maybe no DSP.

Happy Halloween
Stamps: Tiny Treats Halloween (PTI);
Colors: Orange Zest, Black, White (PTI); Copics;
Other: Creepy Crawly DSP (SU); edge punch (EK Success); Mat Stack 4 die (PTI); twill (PTI);

Unfrogettable Birthday

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The latest One-Layer Wednesday challenge is to use border stamps (olw17). I own a ton of wheels and don’t use them as often as I should.

Once I picked a wheel to use, the rest of the card fell together. Of course, after it was all colored I realized I should have added spots to the frog…but done is done – and it can’t be all bad…my youngest kiddo has already claimed this for their own birthday (9 months from now, lol).

I guess practice does help – I am definitely feeling easier about making one-layer cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hoppy Birthday
Stamps: Unfrogettable, Lily Pad wheel (SU);
Colors: White (PTI); Bashful, Celery, Coral, Olive (SU);

Fall Fashion

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The next round of competition for the CAS DT at SCS has begun – actually, it took me so long to come up with a card the round is almost over! The challenge was to use pattern paper. You would think with the amount of pattern paper I own and love that I would use it, but after looking at my cards – especially the clean-and-simple ones – it becomes obvious that I enjoy looking at the paper more than using it!

The optional part of the challenge was a theme – fashion. Um, didn’t get that worked in – unless you count the title of this post 😉

Made My Day
Stamps: Leaf Prints, Simple Little Things (PTI);
Paper: Rustic Cream, Vintage Cream (PTI); Autumn Vine DSP, Brushed Bronze (SU);
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU);
Other: Leaf dies (PTI); Fancy Tags die (Spellbinders); clear rhinestones (Kaiser) colored with Copic;

Skeleton Walk

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The skeleton image from SU’s Scary Skeleton is normally doing a jig. I’m not sure why, but it definitely makes working with the image a bit more difficult. For this card, I preformed surgery. I stamped the image a few times and cut it all up and rearranged the bones in a somewhat more natural appearance (just don’t look too closely 😉 ). It was a pain, but I would probably do it again because I love this little dude!

The top bit of the card was stamped with a stripey pattern then I went back over some of the lines with a glittery gel pen and other lines with a glossy gel pen.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Happy Haunting
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Scary Skeleton, Haunting Hill wheel, Background Sampler;
Colors: Elegant Eggplant, Black, Old Olive, White;
Other: border punch (EK Success); Gel Pens;

Thank You

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I was on a roll last night with my stamping, so I went ahead and worked on this week’s CAS challenge (cas81) – which was a color challenge.

I love this color combo – it is so refreshing. I went very simple with this card. I also used some stamps that haven’t had love (maybe ever). I am so happy that someone finally came out with kraft colored ink! My Hawaiian Shores doesn’t always stamp the right color, but I found a tip to ink up with Versamark first – I think that helped!

Man this photo needs some clorox though – I have such a hard time photographing white cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

TY
Stamps: Ancient Mariner (MaVinci); Define Your Life (SU);
Colors: White, Hawaiian Shores, Kraft (PTI); Crumb Cake ink (SU);
Other: Word Window punch (SU); Khaki brads (Pink Hedgehog);

Miss You

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One of my favorite stampers is Susan (aka LateBlossom on SCS – blog). She is a fabulous clean-and-simple stamper. She has a one-layer challenge every Wednesday. I love those challenges, but one-layer is hard for me. I’ve done just about all of them – but have only shared a couple of them.

This past Wednesday, her challenge was scene stamps (olw16). I have a few scene stamps and contemplated making a whole big scene, but in the end I opted for this simple stamp by Our Craft Lounge and coloring it with sunset colors.

My hubby is going on a trip later this week and I’ll tuck this in his suitcase before he goes.

i miss you
Stamps: Coastal Wishes (OCL); For Every Occasion (CTMH);
Colors: White CS (PTI); Black ink (Memento);
Other: Copic markers;

Birthday Fishes

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I made this card for the latest CAS challenge on SCS (cas77). I have a few fish images, but I opted for PTI’s Pond Life because it is a set I don’t use often (it intimidates me). I had a bunch of sketches on my scrap paper and when I saw the one from Sketch This (101), I knew it would work.

The card finished a bit less CAS than I usually do, but I think it still feels clean and simple.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Birthday Fishes
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Pond Life, Pond Life Sentiments;
Colors: Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Spring Moss, White; Close to Cocoa & Chocolate Chip (SU);
Other: Everyday Blessings DSP; Scallop Sq Nestie die (Spellbinders);