Alesa Baker Stamps

I have always loved how feminine Alesa Baker stamps are. She also has some fabulous Winter stamps. The card I created today is pretty straight forward. I am still marveling over the Cover-A-Card stamps too as you can see below:


1. My main images area all Alesa Baker at Impression-Obsession:

• E8311 - A Star Is Born
• B8290 - Snow Baby 2
• CL196 - Swirl Tree (Clear Stamp Set)

2. All snow people were stamped with Brilliance Galaxy Gold. The Tree was stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy.
3. The snow people and trees were painted with Twinkling H2O's.
4. The background with the snow dots is Cover-A-Card CC003 - Dots. They were stamped on Bazzill Bling Glamour using my Mega Mount and Brilliance Moonlight White, immediately Heat & Stick powder applied, heated to gloss and Deco Art Glamour Dust glitter applied, extra poured off. Then heated again and brushed extra glitter away.
5. The bottom portion is Neenah Classic Laid Solar White (it has an embossed look and fee to it) cardstock torn at an angle and then placed on top one another. A Quickie Glue pen was used with more Deco Art Glamour Dust for sparkle on the torn edges here and there. Mark Richard's crystal Red Ruby 2mm Rhinestones were added to the bottom right.
6. Wal-Mart ribbon was added to the tall tree and the snow babies neck as a scarf.
Thanks for stopping by to look and share!

 

 Shirley

 

Wow! The Mega Mounts and Shaker Pouches and Kits

At the online store have arrived. I almost forgot to tell you. If you have been waiting for the arrival of the Impression-Obsession Mega Mounts and the Shaker Kits and Pouches, they are at the store!!! They are busy mailing them out to those who have already ordered too. If you want to know what I am talking about you can look Here for the Mega Mounts. Here is where you can see Mitra showing the Shaker Pouch at CHA the end of July. To see these items in our online store, go HERE. To see the Cover-a-Card stamps, go HERE and they follow over to the next page!!
Oh, and don't forget the Impression-Obsession Holiday Gift Challenge is on tomorrow!! You have until Saturday midnight to email me your Gift using only IO stamps so I can post it on the IO blog and in their Customer Album on that blog.
All right everybody, let me see your gifts, and thanks for stopping by to get motivated and say hi!

 

 Shirley

 

Quilt Weather Is On Its Way

When I see background stamps or the new Cover-a-Card™ stamps I immediately think of using them for paper piecing, quilt cards, or ways to show off the great patterns.  For today's tutorial I am going to use 2 of the new Cover-a-Card™ stamps for a Quilt card.  I already had one of my backgrounds.  I made it to show you how to use these bigger than life stamps for different techniques HERE, remember?  So there's our start.....Make your backgrounds.

Swirls CC002 (Cream and Gold) and Tapestry CC024 (Greens and Gold)

 Quilt Card Piece Patterns and Background:

1. The first paper piece was created applying 3 different shades of green dye ink on White cardstock.  Then VersaMark ink was applied to Cover-a-Card™ CC024 Tapestry. Next Egyptian Gold embossing powder was applied and heat embossed.
2. The second paper piece was done using Cover-a-Card™ CC002 Swirls.  Next Egyptian Gold embossing powder was also applied and heat embossed.  An extra one was made for one the backgrounds.
3. Cut (2) 4X4 pieces of white, bone, ivory, or vanilla cardstock to be the bases for your quilt pieces.  You will have enough for 2 cards.

 Creating Quilt Pieces:

Cut 1, 2, and 3 as described below.

 Each 4"X4" Piece of Patterned Paper:

1. Cut a 4X4 inch piece from each of your stamped pieces of paper.  Cut the first piece in half as shown by the blue number. You have 2 pieces.
2. Cut those 2 pieces in half again as shown with the green numbers.  You have 4 pieces.
3. Cut those 4 pieces in half as shown with the orange numbers.  There will be a final 8 pieces.

Swirls CC002 (Cream & Gold) and Tapestry CC024 (Greens & Gold)

Building the Background and Embellishments:

1. One piece of green cardstock 5.25X5.25
2. One piece of prepared Swirl cardstock 5X5 mounted on the Green in1.
3. Using a piece of the light cardstock (not embossed) punch the edge using Fiskars Apron Lace border punch.  Each side is separately mounted as shown.
4. Using the leftover Tapestry cardstock cut into:

• turn the 'Quilted 4X4' over and tape the back.
• cut the green embossed leftover remnant into .5 inch strips
• mount each strip to abut each other as shown and trim extra where needed.

      5.  Turn over and mount with 3D pop dots in the center of the background. 6.  Using leftover remnants of
           the Swirls Quilt piece and Spellbinder Frameabilities Scalloped Edge Flower die, cut 3 flowers.  One for
           the center and the other two halved as shown. 7.  Paint the flowers as shown and mount the pearls.  One
           Mega 10MM and 4 5MM. 8.  Tie bow using Bow-Easy and mount as shown.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Cover-a-Card™ CC024 Tapestry and CC002 Swirls
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth and Natural cardstock, Green cardstock to match the patterned paper.
Inks:  VersaMark; 3 different shades of Green dye ink.
Accessories:  Egyptian Gold Embossing Powder, Spellbinders Frameabilities Scalloped Edges (Flower), Organdy Ribbon, Bow- Easy, Mark Richards 10MM and 5MM pearls.

 Shirley

A Quilter's Card

When I see background stamps or the new IO Cover-a-Card™ stamps I immediately think of using them for paper piecing, quilt cards, or ways to show off the great patterns. For today's project I used 2 of the new Cover-a-Card™ stamps for a Quilt card.

I am listing the materials below. If you would like to see the details they are on the IO blog as a tutorial.

Supplies:
Stamps: Cover-a-Card™ CC024 Tapestry and CC002 Swirls

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth and Natural cardstock, Green cardstock to match the patterned paper.
Inks: VersaMark, Stampin' Up Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Handsome Hunter, etc.
Accessories: Egyptian Gold Embossing Powder, Spellbinders Frameabilities Scalloped Edges (Flower), Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch, Organdy Ribbon, Bow- Easy, Mark Richards 10MM and 5MM pearls.
Thanks for stopping by to look and share!

 

 Shirley

 

Another Question

Okay, this has been the start of a difficult day. I store all of the cards I receive and some that I make in large binders I purchase at SAMS. I used clear photo pages I purchased from Century Photo online. The pages were for Polaroid photos. They had 4 pockets and were perfect for 4.25X5.5 cards. The pockets measure approximately 4.5X5.5. Two cards back to back would do 8 cards per page that way. I still have some empty in my supply. I used the 2 pocket 5"X7" pages for larger cards, etc.

Well, Century no longer makes the pages. Does anybody know where I can get pages like this. They measure approximately 9"X11.5". Almost 10" wide if you measure the area used for the rings of the binder.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Thanks for stopping by too!!!! :-)

 

 Shirley

 

It's IO Challenge Thursday

The challenge for today is to create a card using a stamp(s) for other than what they were intended. The challenge is open to anyone who uses only IO stamps and submits their card by midnight this Saturday. Their card will be posted on the IO blog and also to the IO Customer Photo Album there.

My card was done early because I confused the dates. I was so busy cleaning my house and yard that it really did seem like 2 weeks had passed by last Thursday.


The image was stamped on White cardstock with Galaxy Gold and heated before painting with Twinkling H2O's, using the colors listed below. Then it was cut out.
The Eyelash ribbon is wired. It was shaped in a circle and then the back taped with double sided tape.
The bottom part of the background was stamped on Glossy White cardstock using the Cover-A-Card Thick and Thin stamp and Pearlescent Chocolate ink. It was heated to speed up the drying time. It was then cut to 1.5"X4" and mounted on a piece of Solar White Laid cardstock as shown.
To do the top portion of the white background:
1. Make Merry was stamped with StazOn Blazing Red. A mask was made by punching a circle out of Eclipse material especially for masks. I placed it over the words to protect them.
2. Cover-A-Card Small Dots was inked up to the 2.75" line of dots. A ruler was laid along the stamp while it was on its back. (Easy-Peasy as Deb Neerman would say).
2. This next part may sound hard, but it was easy too, surprisingly!! I held the background stamp in both my hands and carefully slid it down along the edge of the glossy cardstock. It fit like a glove. Mitra's stamps are trimmed pretty even. It came out like a charm.
3. Heat and stick powder was applied to the 'inked dots' and then heated until clear. Transparent glitter was added to the clear area. Excess was poured back into the container and then the dots were heat embossed again. I brushed it afterward to remove the excess. Then I removed the mask.
The Green Eyelash Rug was mounted, followed by the image. The leaves were stamped, cut out, and then mounted with the rhinestones as shown.
That was then mounted on the red cardstock. The Bow-Easy was used with long long tails that could be turned here and there.
Supplies:

Stamps: Spa Day - G2346, Make Merry - A8147, Cover-A-Card Thick & Thin - CC008, Cover-A-Card Small Dots - CC003, Branches Of The Tree - CL 168

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth and Laid cardstock, Glossy White, Curious Inferno

Inks: Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Pearlescent Chocolate and Moonlight White, StazOn Blazing Red; Twinkling H2O's Forest Green, Garnet, Natural Linen, Heavenly White, China Black, Warm Pecan, and Solar Gold

Accessories: Heat and Stick Powder, May Arts Green Satin and Green Eyelash Ribbon, Stickles Diamond Glitter Glue, Mark Richards 2mm Ruby Red Crystal Stickers, 3D Pop Dots, Bow-Easy.

It actually sounds more detailed than it is. It went relatively fast....and it was fun!! Ho Ho Ho!~!

Below is a list of the Design Team members blogs where you will see some really cute and pretty cards:

 

 Shirley