Welcome to my blog! I’d like to share two cards I recently made using brand new stamps from Stampendous! The larger blossom stamp is called Small Hellebore and the floral spray is from another set, Hummingbird Vine! I didn’t intend to combine them originally, but they just seemed to be made for each other, so here they are! I actually colored the floral spray while visiting my Mom a few weeks ago and later colored in Small Hellebore. I searched through my patterned paper scraps and found this beautiful brown, pink and green paisley print and although you can’t see much of it, I think it beautifully enhances the colored image, don’t you? I embossed an ivory card base with the lovely Floral Tapestry embossing folder by Sizzix then attached the layered panel and finally, mounted the larger flower with some bits of foam tape. I stamped the sentiment in brown ink directly to the card base. Here’s a close up shot of my water-bespeckled blossom! I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color it because they’re so juicy and inky and water-reactive! In retrospect, I can’t believe I didn’t add my usual spatters of paint!! Can you see my mistake on this photo?! I’d stamped the sentiment (from Unity Stamp’s My Condolences set) onto the inside panel, but it was crooked so I flipped it over and stamped it on the other side, not noticing that the first one shows through! Argh! But don’t worry! I’ll redo this inside panel which shows a larger portion of that pretty patterned paper I used on the front! In case you’re wondering if this is the exact same card, I assure you, it isn’t! I decided to make two of these because I liked how the two stamps paired so nicely! The background on this card is a piece of patterned paper from Simon Says Stamp’s June 2018 Card Kit! I stamped a few Small Hellebore over it and attached it to my white card base. Again, I used the same patterned paper behind my floral spray panel and mounted the larger blossom in the same manner as well. So….an interesting thing about THIS card!! I didn’t see that a brown ink pad had dropped onto my layered panel until AFTER I took pictures and then began my editing!! I couldn’t believe it!! My beautiful panel, ruined!! But I decided to go with it as it does look as though I did it on purpose to add shading! But, ARGH!! Oh well! I stamped the sentiment onto the front and called it a day! I hope you enjoyed this and be sure to go check out all the beautiful stamps by Stampendous! As always, thank you for your visit to my blog!
I’m having so much fun choosing which Glitterstock color to use for a new project and decided to use Tangerine for this card! The color itself prompted a Halloween card with it’s gorgeous rusty-orange glitters! To begin this card, I tapped Carved Pumpkin distress oxide ink onto my craft mat then spritzed it with water and dragged my watercolor cardstock through it. After drying with my heat tool, I used Black Soot next, again drying before adding my final color, Dried Marigold.
If you look closely you can see the faint impression of Winnie & Walter’s Scenery stencil which I foiled using Thermoweb’s Deco Foil in Copper! It made me think of a spider web! Anyway, after dusting the surface with my Embossing Buddy, I heat-embossed my Inkadinkado stamp in black right over all the colors!I have a skulls and crossbone stamp which I use on my biker cards, and thought it’d make a fun accent so stamped that in Raven Detail ink over the background. Next I used my Stitched Rectangle dies to cut the panel and also cut the edge of a strip of Tangerine Glitterstock and attached them together with Thermoweb’s Sticky Tape Runner, then mounted it to a panel of white card stock. I used my scissors to rough up the edges of the white paper.I adhered the panel to a black card base which I embossed with Tim Holtz’ Gridlock Set folder, then added some copper sequins for a bit of bling to accent the Glitterstock on the left! The sentiment is from a retired CTMH set called Thriller and I heat-embossed it onto white scraps, trimmed it down and mounted it with Thermoweb Sticky Dots! I love how all the pieces came together in this card! If you’re looking for a great glitter card stock, be sure to consider Brutus Monroe’s Glitterstock! It comes in a variety of colors, doesn’t leave glitter “crumbs” at all and cuts like a dream!
I love it when I try something new and it works! This die coordinates with a beautiful stamp called Gentle Whisper by Penny Black. The problem is that the stamp is much larger than the die, so they don’t really coordinate at all! I sold the stamp but hung onto the die in order to try this new-to-me technique of coloring on the die cut! As always, I used Zig markers and a water brush. After the image dried, I sprinkled droplets of water for that speckled effect. Next I cut a black oval using Gina Marie Designs Stitched Oval dies, then placed it into an embossing folder for added dimension. Another oval of fuschia brings out the purples in the flower. I stamped Stampin Up’s Dictionary in black onto a white card base; I like how the type is a cool contrast to the organic/nature feel of the rest of the card! Lastly, I lifted the flower with bits of white foam tape, but in retrospect, I should have used black fun foam! 🙂 Nevertheless, I think this card is stunning and I’m glad I kept this die! I just love this die which coordinates with the poppy in Penny Black’s Blooming Garden set! I cut this from watercolor paper then colored with Zig markers, blending the colors with a water brush. Again, I die-cut the oval in black then embossed it in a folder and added an orange layer beneath it for contrast. I took photos of these cards in the early morning because the light is so great and casts wonderful shadows!
This is the second card I made today using the Brusho/embossing folder technique described in the post before this one. I love the beautiful design of this Sizzix Textured Impressions-Floral Tapestry folder! I created the top layer first by sprinkling purple, green and yellow Brusho crystals onto the recessed side of the folder, spritzed with water then laid my card stock over the ink and pressed it closed. Setting that panel aside to dry, I then used my Cuttlebug to dry emboss the purple layer using the same folder. I used Wplus9’s Hello die and cut four of them from Bristol Smooth paper, then glued them together with Glossy Accents. I painted some Nuvo Drops Wisteria onto the top layer, then sprinkled on Stampin Up’s Dazzling Diamonds glitter. When it was dry, I touched up the color using a Zig Clean Color Real Brush marker in lavender to deepen it. To finish my card, I heat-embossed the word “friend” from Stampendous’ Big Word Thanks set with white embossing powder onto a scrap of green, trimmed it down and mounted it with a piece of foam tape. I added Nuvo Drops Wisteria on the top layer, and tore the bottom before adhering it to the purple panel. I can’t wait to make more cards using my Brusho backgrounds!
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