Something Old And Something New Two

I'm back with the kind of new thing again!  I created the background using a technique from my Online Watercolor Class.  I had the images from an earlier card and just changed them around a little.  Here is how this card was created:

CARDFRONT:

1. Stamped Rose Pitcher on white cardstock with Brilliance Galaxy Gold, painted with Twinkling H2O's.  The roses and the bud with stem were both stamped 3 more times and painted with twinks.  All were fussy cut, embossed from the back and mounted on the cardfront with 3D pop-dots and w/o on other areas.  The lace tablecloth open areas were cut out with an X-Acto Knife and a healing mat.
2. The background area was created with CAC Craquelure and Twinkling H2O's using a technique I learned in the Online Watercolor Class series.

 Building Card:

1. Front -  White Laid cardstock was used for the base.
2. The Craquelure BG was mounted on that.
3. The image was mounted on die cuts from Spellbinders Lacey Squares using white and natural cardstock.  It was then mounted on the Craquelure.
4. Inside - Die Cut edges were mounted with strips of the Craquelure BG.
5. A small die cut was used for the Rose and a rose with stem was mounted to the right.
6. Envy - Two of the Lacey Square edges were mounted back to back and a rose with stem added. The lacey edges were peeled to thin before mounting and so was the rose with stem.  I start the separation by flipping the edge back and forth with my X-acto knife, see it starting a little and open it up enough to gently a little at a time holding one side flat or with the free hand.
7. The bow is May Arts and the heart pen is Maya Roads with a Czech bead added by applying Glossy Accents to the stem.

Off to clean some rain gutters.  LOLOL  No rest for the wicked....or is it the stamping.  ;-)  Thanks for stopping by to  look and share.

 Shirley
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Victorian Spray

WOODWARE - VICTORIAN SPRAY CARD FRONT WITH ENVY

All I can say is it's a mixed bag!!  It started when I ran my hand across the stamen of the flower, while it was wet with glitter glue.  Yuk!!!  I almost always paint with Twinks and since most everyone else uses Copic, Shinhan, etc., I haven't listed the H2O colors.  If you ever want them, feel free to email me.  I also started out with something totally different in my head and here is how I got the above:

IMAGE:

1. Stamped image on white cardstock twice with Golden Glitz ink and used heat gun to dry ink; painted all of one with Twinks. Painted all but the flower on the second.  Fussy cut around the outside of the completely painted image.  Fussy cut around one corner, the leaves and the berries of the second image.

CARD FRONT:

1. Used largest die cut, from Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics - B, as a stencil for a piece of dark purple card stock.
2. Used an old 4.25"X5.5" Lavender striped piece of DP with the largest die cut; daubed the smallest cirles corner of Circle Explosion stencil on upper left and lower right of die cut and mounted on the dark purple piece.
3. Mounted the image in the middle of that.
4. Embellished with Stickles orange and yellow glitter glue - rubbed my hand across it before it was dry. :-(
5. Applied Stickles Golden Rod to spots and berries on image; applied here and there on the Circle Explosion area.  Brushed just a touch of Wink of Stella Clear along the darkest purple lines of the flower.  The ribbon for bow was a gift for a purchase somewhere.  I secured the heart bead with GA to diamante stick pin.

INSIDE CARD

 INSIDE CARD and ENVY:

1. Cut two pieces of dark purple cardstock .75"X5.5"; taped to each side.  
2. Used the IO Circles Cut Out on a piece of the striped paper ( NOTE - There are no borders on the circle die.  You can place it anywhere on any piece of paper, (i.e. in the middle if you want) and you just get holes.  Saved the negative holes.  Cut it in two pieces with 2 rows on one and one row on the other.  Taped to purple as shown.
3. Taped to right and left as shown.
4. Mounted fussy cut leaves and added Golden Rod glitter glue as shown.
5. Applied the "leftover dots" from the Circles Cut Out here and there using Glossy Accents applied with needle-nosed bottle and a QuickStik for the dots, embellished with Golden Rod glitter glue.
6. Used GA and needle-nosed bottle to apply corner of image to envy and berries with leaves; embellished with glitter glues.

That's it for now.  Almost have a Christmas card done!!  Thanks for stopping by to look and share!

 Shirley

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A Belle Flower Hello!

BIG BOLD BACKGROUND BELLE FLOWERS

Okay, so the minute I see a background stamp with distinct image, I often think how I can also use them for the inside and envelope.  I am sure because when I was growing up the insides of cards always matched the outside and sometimes even the envelope too.  So when I saw Chocolate Baroque's Belle Flowers that's exactly what I pictured.

IMAGE:

1. Stamped Big Bold Background Belle Flowers with Golden Glitz on white cardstock twice.  Once for cardfront and once for inside and envy.  Painted with Twinkling H2O's.  Used AtYou Lipstick around the pink flower.  Embellished with Viva pens and Stickles glitter glues shown in supplies below.
2. Trimmed BG to 5 1/8" square and Mounted on piece 5.25" piece of Phoenix cardstock.

DIE CUTS:

1. Die Cut the 'hello' sentiment using white cardstock.
2. Die cut sentiment tag from Polka Dots long narrow die using the red Phoenix cardstock.
3. Mounted 'hello' on red die cut.  Ran gold cord through holes on red die cut and attached to back.  Tied bow.  I didn't want to cover any of that wonderful Belle Flower background!!
4. Added Maya Road white pearl pen and Viva Bronze glitter pen dots too.

INSIDE AND ENVY:

1. Fussy cut pieces of the second background for inside and envy as shown.
2. Used X-acto knife to separate cardstock so I could peel the images for the envelope and inside.
3. Attached trim form the largest Polka Dot die to top and bottom as shown.  Attached images to inside and envy with Glossy Accents from my needle-nosed bottle.
4. Hints about bottle.  (I keep the bottle on its side so the needle part hardly ever gets clogged.  When it does I use long fine bead needle to unclog it.)  *Hint - When I flattened flowers sometimes the GA gets on the cardstock.  It comes right off any paper or cardstock with the non-abrasive Pentel eraser shown in my supplies.

That's it for today.  I am off to get my box for the winner of the blog candy ready to mail and to address the card and color page images ready to mail to Lauryn!  I want to thank all of you for your contributions of cards and/or donations.  Big hugs!  Thanks for stopping by to look and share!!

 Shirley

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I Heart This Watering Can!!

Heart Watering Can - G16007

This is another fabulous and pretty Tara Caldwell image called "Heart Watering Can".  You can view all of her new images HERE.  Below is how I created my card:

IMAGES:

1. Stamped the image twice with Golden Glitz.  Stamped the Heart design once on text Neenah paper for envy, and once on white cardstock for inside card.  Painted them with Twinkling H2O's.  Embossed the cardstock one with stylus.
2. Trimmed around the watering can and flowers, on base image embossed from the back with stylus.
3. Painted table cloth and Zinnia on second image.  Cut out the red Zinnia and table cloth (leaving a bit of the can on top to attach to main can image, embossed both from the back.  (If I'm not embossing the whole image, like the table cloth squares, I line it on the front with a stylus, so I can see the lines, and then emboss from the back.) Attached the Zinnia with 3D pop-dots.
4. Mounted the flowering can on table cloth flat.  Applied 3D pop dots on the top portion and set aside.

Card Front Base:

1. Cut 6.25"X4.25" piece of Phoenix for base.
2. Die cut largest die from white card stock.  Placed die cut over Natural cardstock as background for center.  I think I would do it white if I did it again.
3. Stamped CAC Ticking with SU Barely Banana (discontinued) on white cardstock.  Stamped over that image with CAC Dotted Argyle inked with Brilliance Moonlight White and embossed with White embossing powder.
4. Used next die down over this.  Saved punch outs for inside.
5. Mounted watering can with flowers/tablecloth.
6. Added 3mm hearts to corners, added Glossy Accents to heart.  Attached tulip Czech bead to heart pearl pin with GA.  Mounted behind Iris on card.  Added depth to flowers with Spica glitter pens and Stickles glitter glue.  (Honestly, the ribbon matches the reds in the table cloth and heart.  I think the yellow in the BG threw it off).

Inside Card And Envy:

1. Inside Card:  Attached two .5" strips of Phoenix cardstock to each side.  Used the 3rd die down on the Ticking/Dotted Argyle BG and mounted.  Used one of the stamped hearts and added GA to it.  Used the left-over punch outs from the front die cut on the left for a heart and added the 3mm white pearl heart.
2. Envy:  Added heart on text paper to envy and added some of the left-overs from the front die cut.
3. I didn't do a sentiment and will save for Valentine's Day, a birthday, or some other special occasion for a friend or family.

In case any of you are looking for a great free feed reader, I found Feedly and I am loving it.  Let me know if I can be of any help.  Several of you were great to let me know what you were doing and how you felt about it.

I should be back sooner since I've been working on three cards.  LOLOL   Thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 Shirley

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A New Artist At IO

Swirl Vase

When I saw Impression Obsession's new Spring images and dies, and I fell in love with Tara Caldwell's images!!  I also said to myself, "That flower pitcher will go perfectly with the CAC Swirls stamp".  Above is one of many I bought!!  Below is what I did:

Card Front Base:

1. I stamped CAC Swirls on white cardstock with Delicata Golden Glitz.  Heated with heat gun to set.
2. Put largest and second largest die (taped in place inside largest) from Spellbinders Marvelous Squares through the machine with embossing sandwich. Trimmed around the outside as shown. Removed the slots where you see the pink ribbon with X-acto knife.  Threaded ribbon through as shown.
3. Using larges die as a template, traced around it on the Swirl BG with 3/8" disc and trimmed as shown.
4. Cut 5.25"X5.25" white cardstock square and rounded corners with Rounder punch.
5. Mounted layers as shown.
6. Cut white cardstock 5.25"X10.5" and folded in middle.  Mounted cardfront and trimmed around the rounded corners.

Image:

1.  Stamped Swirl vase once with Delicata Golden Glitz for the vase and twice with Memento Cocoa Brown for the flowers.  
2. Trimmed around vase, embossed with stylus from the back.
3. Painted flowers with Twinkling H2O's, embossed with stylus from back, and mounted over vase.  Applied 3D pop-dots on the upper portion.  Mounted to cardfront as shown.
4. Painted 6 of the flowers, embossed from the back, and mounted with 3D pop-dots.
5. Added some highlights with stickles and Spica Glitter pens to the flowers and Glossy Accents to the vase.
6. Made a bow with my Craft-Dee Bowz.  I couldn't believe how easy it was to use!! I usually have to use a crochet hook to get the ribbon through on the Bow-Easy, but this was just....Well see it HERE.
7. Added a Maya Road stick pin with an added 6mm cream heart bead.

I did the inside too, but haven't decided what I will do for a verse.  Will leave it to see to whom I give it!!!  See you back here soon with another card.  Thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 Shirley

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Twisted Peppermint Moon

I was inspired to use this stamp by Ellen Taylor, who used it in her post HERE.  The colors on my cardfront match the bottom of the card in real life, but somehow when I took the picture it looks like different colors were used on the bottom.  Go figure!

I really like twisted easels and so do my friends.  I used to think they limited my ability to write extra if I wanted, so I started using the back side of the card for my note.  Some said they liked that so they could stand it up for others to see without sharing the personal writing.

CARD FRONT AND IMAGES:

1. Stamped Peppermint Moon with Espresso Truffle on white cardstock twice, painted with Twinkling H2O's, cut out, embossed with stylus from the back, and mounted on Lacey Circles largest die cut from white cardstock.  Cut out extra sash and tree, painted with H2O's, embossed from the back with stylus, and mounted with 3D pop-dots on main image.
2. Stamped two more trees from the main image, painted and trimmed (one for the easel bottom and one for the envelope).
3. Created card front and bottom bases using the outised of  the Curved Matting Basics largest die as a stencil on white cardstock. Used as a die to get 2 red die cuts.  Stamped CAC Thick Stripes on white 8.5"X11" cardstock with SU Real Red twice along the length. 
4. The bottom was built just like the top, only Lacey Ovals was used for the sentiment.  The sentiment from Round Ornaments was stamped with Real Red too.  The extra tree was mounted on the smallest Lacey Circles die cut.
5. 2mm round and 5mm heart pearls, Glossy Accents for the stars, Glitter, a bow, and heart pen were added to embellish.
6. *I've had the glue bottles you see in Supplies for nearly 6 years.  I use them for Glossy Accents and other adhesives.  They're great for small places.  **At first I thought the QuikStik would be awkward, but after using it I love it!! Thanks to you, Kitty Caracciolo. It doesn't grip it as hard as the AIG Sticky Sticks and means the Glossy Accents doesn't have to have started drying for the item to release.  Also, that green stuff you see on the tip lasts forever.

TWISTED EASEL BASE:

1. I did the easel base the same as my tutorial HERE.  As an extra step on this card I trimmed around the rounded corners on the front so they lined up after mounting the cardfront.

Thanks for stopping by to look and share everyone!!

 Shirley

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It's A Chair Affair!

I know, I have used Impression-Obsession's Fall Serenity image before, but I saw a card HERE, that made me want to use it again!  So this time I stamped the image twice with Stazon-Timber Brown, so I could use one as a base, and painted with Twinkling H2O's Warm Pecan, Buttercup, Dreamsicle, and Ginger Peach.  I always paint with a Niji waterbrush.  (I never spray my pots of color, and I paint directly from the pot.)  I cut both images out.   I turned the painted image over and embossed on a Perganamo embossing mat and embossed with a stylus.  I spot stamped the pumpkin on the chair and the little pumpkin on the floor with a dauber of the Timber Brown.  I painted, cut them out, and embossed them too.

Here was the fun part!  I used my Mega Mount to stamp the upper 'wallpaper' behind the chair with Impression Obsession Cover-A-Card Round Floral, inked with Memento Bamboo Leaves, on SU Saffron cardstock (I think) .   Then I stamped IO Cover-A-Card Wood Grain, inked with Memento Rich Cocoa, on Bazzill Monochromatic Walnut cardstock.

I put a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb. cardstock and Spellbinders largest Lattice Rectangle die though the Cuttlebug.   I then used the same die as a stencil to get the wallpaper and floor.  I left a space in between as the 'baseboard molding'.  These were mounted to the die cut.

A piece of Bazzill Dotted Swiss Clover Leaf cardstock was mounted on white cardstock as the base.  The die, with wallpaper and floor, were mounted on to that.  I used my retired SU Small Horizontal Slot Punch to be able to place the May Arts ribbon. 

3D pop dots were used to mount the chair with pumpkins.  Next the larger pumpkin on the chair and the smaller one on on the floor, that were separately cut out, were mounted with 3D pop dots.  The ribbon was mounted.  I made the triple bow with my Bow-Easy.  I twisted each bow loop in the opposite direction to get the swirly effect.

The stick pin was created using a Maya Road Trinkit Crystal pin with Czech leaf and faux pearl beads added after adding a dab of Glossy Accents onto the shaft.  The pearls on the chair back and skirt ruffle were added using Viva Decor White Pearls.

I hunted forever to find a post for the really simple easel card fold I used to do this step and found it HERE, using white cardstock.  I layered the bottom portion with the Bazzill Dotted Swiss Clover Leaf cardstock, created wallpaper, and more white cardstock.

The sentiment is computer generated.  I didn't have a stamp I liked and didn't want to shop or wait.  I ran it through the Cuttlebug using a Spellbinders Fancy Tags One die.  Then I used my Magic Matter around the die cut.  Of course, I had to turn it over on the Pergamano embossing mat and use a stylus around these edges too.  The Self-Adhesive Pearl Jewels are some I've had a long time from Oriental Trading Post.

That's it for today and I hope you are having a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by to look and say hi!!!

 Shirley

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CR84FN40 Color Challenge And Christmas Is Coming

I have modified my post because a friend brought this color challenge to my attention.  When I looked into it, I was inspired when I saw the dedication.  This Color Challenge CR84FN40  is dedicated to Steve Jobs.  The challenge owner and administrator is Mona Pendleton and her husband, Scott, is a HUGE fan and chose a quote made by Steve himself to inspire all of us. R.I.P. Steve and Thank You for the difference you have made in all of our lives!

If any of you heard the speech that Steve Jobs gave as the commencement speaker in 2005 to Stanford University, you know just how special he was and what he did with life's challenges.  I wish I could have heard it 40 years ago.  He would have been 16 years old then.  :-)  You will find it HERE.

I have never ever done a challenge before, so this is a new experience.  I hope I do it right!!! LOLOL

And it's about time I got started with my cards.   I stamped The Artful Stamper fawn with Copper pigment ink (Challenge Color BROWN) on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth 80lb. cardstock, applied Copper embossing powder, and heated to set.  I couldn't find the image on their site and have asked them to send me the link.  The image was painted with Twinkling H2O's.  Stickles Diamonds and Glossy Accents were used to highlight the snowflakes and berries.  The spots on the fawn were done with Viva Decor Ice White Pearl.

I used Spellbinders Curved Rectangles for the shape around the fawn.  I put copper toned cardstock through the Cuttlebug and then, using the same die as a stencil for the fawn, mounted it on the die cut.

The background was created by applying SU Creamy Caramel Classic ink (Challenge Color KRAFT)  to Impression Obsession's Cover-A-Card Paisley Crystal mounted on my Mega Mount, then stamping on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth 80lb. cardstock.  Another piece of the copper toned cardstock was put though the Cuttlebug using the largest die.  The Paisley Crystal BG was mounted on top and the red ribbon (from Michaels) (Challenge Color RED) was added.

That was mounted over a piece of folded 6.25"X12" Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth 80lb. cardstock and used as stencil to create the card.  The image was mounted on top with 3D pop dots.  The bow was tied with the Bow-Easy and mounted.  The snowflake die cuts are from Cuttlebug's Snowflake #2 and the cardstock is Arrio Wiggins Curious Ice Gold.  I used Mark Richards 5mm pearl stickers for the centers of the snowflakes.  The tag is Spellbinders Ribbons Tag Trio, also cut from Curious Ice Gold.  The sentiment was done with Brilliance Rocket Red and Impression Obsession Sentiments I.

The stick pin was done with a Maya Road Trinket Heart pin and adding a Czech bicone crystal bead and a copper bead brought back to me from France by a friend, who is also a stampaholic (thank you LaVerne).  They are truly beautiful and shine to no end.  I added a little Glossy Accent above each bead on the pin before pushing them up next to the heart.  It dries really fast and then they don't slide around on the stick pin.

 

The inside and the envelope images were done by stamping onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Text, trimming around them and then mounting on to the cardstock on more text paper, which is what I used to make my envelope.  Yes, I made the envelope and it is really easy to do, but that's another story for another day.

 Shirley

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