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

SUPPLIES:

Well, I'm Back And It's The Color Purple

First let me say all of the images I am using today will be released at CHA on January 29.  Also, when they are available in the on-line store it will be announced on the IO blog.

It's the Impression Obsession Color Purple Challenge!  I stamped the background using Cover-A-Card^TM  Heart Swirls  and Memento Grape Jelly ink.  I stamped Leigh Hannan's Cabbage Roses with Gold Galaxy ink and then heat embossed it so it could rise (See my tutorial for emboss without embossing powder in my left side bar).  The Roses were painted with Twinkling H20's Wild Plum and English Lavender. 

I did paper piecing by stamping the image again on white cardstock and went over it with the Heart Swirls.  Then I cut out the pieces and mounted them on the cup and saucer.  I shaded the background with Twinks Olive Green.

I placed one of the Spellbinders Curved Rectangles over the image and marked of what part of the roses I wanted to overlap as shown.  Then I trimmed the roses with scissors across the top, not going past the marked points.  I placed the die over the image making sure the roses were above the die, so they wouldn't be cut when I put it through.  I tuned the image over with the die in place and put it back through to emboss it. I took a piece of the purple cardstock and put it through to cut and then emboss with the same die.  I trimmed around the white die cut at the emboss edge and then mounted it on the purple die cut as shown.  The corner adornments are flattened gold bead caps with 2mm pearls mounted with Glossy accents.

The words are one of Alesa Baker's new stamps A Loving Note.  They were stamped using the Memento Grape Jelly and then mounted using one of the technique with one of the smaller dies from the same set.

The ribbon is May Arts and the pearl heart stick pin is from a Making Memories stash.  The flower finding is a left over from items I bought at a convention.

I mounted the main image using pop dots, followed by the ribbon underneath.  Then I did the Bow-Easy with the bow and mounted it, added the finding with the pearl heart stick pin, followed by the words.........and done with the card front.

I took the left over ends from the Heart Swirls background and lined the inside of the card and left lower hand corner of the envelope.  That's just one of the things I love about the Cover-A-Card^TM  background stamps.  Another is that, while using the Mega Mount with them, I have never had a bad impression.  This time I wanted a little aged look, so I took my Niji waterbrush and went over them here and there, blotting after with a Kleenex.

Supplies:

Image: Impression Obsession - Cover-A-Card^TM Heart Swirlsnd, Cabbage Roses, and A Loving Note.

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth cardstock, Purple Cardstock

Inks: Memento Grape Jelly, Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Twinkling H2O's Olive Green, Wild Plum, and English Lavender

Accessories: Niji Waterbrush, Glossy Accents, Spellbinders Mega Curved Rectanglels, 2MM from Hong Kong and 1 5mm pearl sticker, 4 Gold Bead Caps flattened, 1gold random flower finding, May Arts Ribbon, Bow-Easy, Making Memories pearl heart stick pin.

Next you can have some more fun by checking out the IO Blog to see what other stampers are doing to join the challenge and why.  Anyone who emails me a card using at least one IO stamp will have it posted on the IO blog and will also have a chance to win $25 worth of free stamps.   

• Daniela Dobson
• Deborah March
• Dina Kowal
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Menzies
• Kelli Richardson
• Laura Fulcher

Don't forget, if you have any questions, you can email me by going to near the top of the left-hand side bar.  I hope you enjoy the cards you find and I hope your week is turning out great.  Thanks for stopping by to look and share everybody!!

 

 Shirley

 

I'm Back....At Least For Today And It's An IO Challenge

I know I haven't posted in like forever!! I apologize to anyone I have worried. I have been busy with personal things and still am, but when I saw the new IO images, I knew I wanted to do at least this challenge. I have really missed posting and stamping, but most of all blog hopping to enjoy the view. LOLOL

IO is going to be releasing their new Spring stamps at CHA the end of this month. You may want to get in touch with your local store or stay tuned for them in the online store HERE. There are tons of new images and Cover-A-Card stamps, not to mention the really wonderful new individual and sets of phrases and words. Enough already, here is my card. :-)


The image I used is not available yet. It is Leigh Hannan's Heat Hive. I fell in love with the bees and the hearts behind it too. You can't tell by looking, but I cut the heart out and then also cut out the flower with the leaves and curlicues. They are mounted with pop dots.

Behind that is a Spellbinders die. I used the die and while it was still on the white cardstock I stamped it with Cover-A-Card^TM Swirls. The background is DP from eons ago mounted on white cardstock. I used the smaller die for the bottom tag and hand wrote the word.I painted the image with Twinkling H2O's. People may think they are not available anymore, but they can be purchased through Creative Imaginations HERE. I used 2, 3, and 5mm pearl stickers to adorn the image and the edges. The ribbon is from Michaels.  Don't take my word for it, but check out the IO Design Teams blogs for more new images!!!

• Daniela Dobson
• Deborah March
• Dina Kowal
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Menzies
• Kelli Richardson
• Laura Fulcher
• Shirley Ross

And that's not all. If you send a card to me for the current challenge you could win a $25 gift certificate to use in the online store. We have a drawing at the end of the challenge Friday night at 9 p.m. Random.org chooses the winner.

I almost forgot to tell you this post almost didn't happen. When I checked in to post around 10 p.m. last night it wouldn't let me even start a post. I had to go to the "Help" forum and 3 other people were having the same problem. Luckily a person there knew how to get around it and here I am. Pheewwwwww!~!

So, that's about it. I want to wish you all a late Merry Christmas and a very Happy Healthy New Year. I keep hoping I'll have more time to stamp and maybe I will. Hope your week is turning out great and thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 Shirley