Peaceful Deer in Welcoming Woods

 It's been a while since I posted in my blog.  I had neck surgery 2 weeks ago and have been unable to sit up for any length of time.  I am still in quite a bit of pain, but feel well enough to sit in my comfy chair and type this post. My stitches have yet to be removed but I am getting more mobile every day.

Today was the first day in a long time that I was able to sit at my craft table and create something. So I pulled out a card I had started before my surgery.  The silhouette of the birch trees in the Welcoming Woods stamp set really intrigued me  bringing back memories of strolling in the woods near my home.

Before I had surgery I had made several cards featuring the Welcoming Woods stamp set, placing the trees against a brilliant sunset.  But today I want to do something different...

I've also been playing with the Peaceful Deer stamp set, and my something different was to use the two stamp sets together in a card for the holiday season.

Here's what I did:

Using the stamparatus, the silhouette of the trees was stamped using Whisper White ink onto a 3 1/2 by 4 3/4" piece of Misty Moonlight card stock.   I did this several times to get good Whisper White ink coverage.  Then I did the same with the horizon stamp moving it up and down to get a well defined horizon.

Once the ink was dry, I stamped the leaves with Whisper White ink and again with Misty Moonlight ink.

Then using a fine tipped black marker, I drew bark lines on all the birch trees and some of the branches, and with a blender brush applied some Whisper White ink below the trees.  Tiny stars between the branches were made using a fine tipped white paint pen.

At this point I decided to bring in the deer and the bunny.

On a separate piece of Basic White cardstock, the image of the deer and bunny were stamped using Black Memento ink and coloured them with Stampin' Blends. I also stamped 2 clusters of trees from the Peaceful Deer stamp set using Misty Moonlight ink. And because there are no dies for these images, I fussy cut them.  

The deer was added using liquid glue; the trees and bunny with dimensionals.

Then using a Smokey Slate marker, I drew footprints and shadows under the trees.

A sentiment was stamped with Misty Moonllght ink on Basic White, and punched with the Everyday Label punch.  It was added to the top of the image piece, and die cut snowflakes were added on either side.  On top of the larger one I added a bow made with some 3/8" white organza ribbon coloured with a Misty Moonlight Blend,

The completed art piece was adhered to a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Dazzling diamond glimmer paper and then added to a Misty Moonlight card base.
                                                                                                         

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Peaceful Deer, Welcoming Woods

Inks:  Whisper white, Misty Moonlight, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Basic Black for the deer; Smoky Slate for the shadows and the rabbit; Misty Moonlight and Whisper White for the trees)

Papers:  Misty Moonlight, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, Basic White

Accessories:  Everyday Label Punch, Fine tip black marker, 3/8" glitter organza ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots, So Many Snowflake dies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Ornate Wedding Card

The Ornate Border Dies are absolutely gorgeous in gold foil, so I paired the gold foil floral border die cut with the gold patterned Ornate Garden DSP.  The result - a wedding card.

 

Supplies:

Stamp:  Peaceful Moments - gold embossed sentiment punched with Everyday Label Punch

Inks:  Versa Mark

Papers:

• Thick Whisper White card stock 4 1/4 by 5 1/2"- card base
• Whisper White 4 by 5 1/4" - for inside
• Whisper White 2 3/4 by 3" for sentiment

• Ornate Garden DSP (white- with gold floral pattern)  5 1/8 by 3 1/8"
• Ornate Garden DSP (same pattern) 5 by 1/4" - adhere along inner edge of inside Whisper White piece
• Gold Foil 1/8" by 5" - adhere next to DSP on inside

• Gold Foil 5 1/4 by 3 1/4" - mat for DSP
• Gold Foil 1/2 by 4 1/4" - die cut with Ornate border die - floral

Accessories:

•  Ornate border dies
• 3/8" gold metallic edge ribbon  11"
• gold embossing powder
• gold rhinestones 7
• Dimensionals - to adhere sentiment to card front

Easter Greetings

Yes it is only January, but when you do classes one works ahead.  So....on to Easter!

The stamp set "Fable Friends" has some cute characters that can be used for Easter, new baby, or even children's birthday.  My card today focuses on Easter.

Meet Mother Goose wearing an outfit in Highland Heather. The outfit is actually 3D as the image was stamped nd coloured twice and the second image had the outfit fussy cut and then added on the original image using dimensionals.

The clouds in the sky are from "Let the Good Times Roll" and are second generation stamping using Balmy Blue ink.  The full strength ink was too overpowering.

Laying Oval Framelits were used to die cut the image with the scallop oval cut in Gorgeous Grape. The two layers were adhered together using dimensionals and then added to the card front.

The card base is Highland Heather, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Tin Tile Embossing folder.  A strip of the new Gingham Gala DSP (smaller pattern) is added towards the left side.  Two pieces of the SAB organza ribbon are placed on the left side of this strip - one in Highland Heather, and the other in Mango Melody - the latter picking up the colours of the beak and feet of the goose.  Bows in their respective colours are added at the top.

The sentiment, stamped in Highland Heather, is punched with the Everyday Label punch.  It was reinserted into the punch a couple of times to get it to the size I wanted.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Fable Friends, Let the Good Times Roll

Inks:  Black Memento, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, Stampin' Blends (Highland Heather light and dark, Mango Melody light and Pumpkin Pie dark, Soft Seafoam dark)

Papers:  Highland Heather, Whisper White, Gorgeous Grape, Gingham Gala

Accessories:  Layering Oval Framelits, SAB Organza Ribbon in Highland Heather and Mango Melody, Everyday Label Punch, Dimensionals, Tin Tile Embossing Folder, Glue dots

Count My Blessings - bleaching technique

I have been following the catastrophic events in Houston, Texas as they unfolded over the last couple of days. I can't believe the amount of rain that Hurricane  Harvey has dumped on this large city, and from all reports Harvey is about to strike again before heading inland. My heart goes out to all the victims of this flood.!  I hope you, my followers especially, are safe and not trapped on a roof somewhere!
In Southern Ontario, some impact of Harvey will be felt later in the week, with mild rainy, windy weather, certainly nothing compared to my neighbours to the south.
Stay safe my friends!

I was thinking of the victims of  Hurricane Harvey when I made this Thanksgiving card.  I used a technique I have not used in a long time - bleaching!

On a Chocolate chip piece of card stock, I black embossed these acorn images randomly over its surface.  Then, taking a fine tipped paint brush, I carefully applied bleach to the insides of each embossed image using my heat tool to dry.  This had an unusual effect of making parts of the images appear lighter in colour.

This art piece was adhered to a sponged Very Vanilla layer and before adhering it to the Cajun Craze card front, I wrapped linen thread 3-4 times around the left side and tied it into a knot at the front.

I used the Everyday Label Punch to punch out the sentiment, which I matted with Cajun Craze card stock before adhering it to the middle of the card.

It's not evident on the picture, but I did apply some clear Wink of Stella over the bleached images.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Count My Blessings
Inks:  Soft Suede, Versa Mark
Papers:  Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Linen Thread, Everyday Label Punch, Bleach, Black embossing powder, Clear Wink of Stella

Painted Harvest Birthday - Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday #335

The theme with Dawn's sketch at Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday #335 is embossing.  I've been playing quite a bit with Stampin' Up's new Embossing Paste, so I incorporated that into my design team card for this week's challenge.

Would you believe the top flower is cut directly out of the Painted Autumn Harvest DSP?  The flower below was stamped with Crushed Curry using the Painted Harvest Stamp set and fussy cut.

Before adhering the two layers together I clear embossed both and adhered some gold metallic thread between the layers.  A gold faceted gem was placed in the middle of the Sunflower.

Since embossing  is the optional theme for this sketch, I thought I would apply some coloured Embossing paste (coloured with Crumb Cake reinker) on a 3 3/4 by 5 piece Very Vanilla  cardstock using the Playful Decorative Mask from Stampin' Up.  I applied it only in 2 areas as I wanted to stamp the leaves for the Sunflower directly onto the background in between. 

Before adding the flower, I adhered some 5/8" Burlap ribbon near the top, and stamped two leaves using Garden Green ink below and in the middle of the art piece.

The sentiment is from "Special Celebrations"

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Painted Harvest, Special Celebrations

Inks:  Crumb Cake reinker, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Garden Green

Papers:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Painted Autumn Harvest DSP 

Accessories:  Embossing Paste, Clear embossing powder, Everyday Label Punch, Gold Metallic Thread, 5/8" Burlap ribbon, Happy Backgrounds Decorative Masks, Gold Faceted Gems, Dimensionals

Now it's your turn to create something using Dawn's sketch.  When finished upload it to the Try Stampin' on Tuesday blog, or to their Facebook page