Northern Lights using Coloured Card stock and only one colour ink.

 This technique was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  The artist created the impression of Northern lights by sponging Night of Navy on Pear Pizzazz card stock, stamping trees on the bottom with Night of Navy as well as Mossy Meadow ink.  I do not know who created this card, and if anyone knows please let me know so I can give credit.

I cased the idea but added elements of my own. I not only did this technique on Pear Pizzazz card stock, but also on Mango Melody and Cherry Cobbler card stock as well.

Night of Navy ink was sponged around the edges of  Pear Pizzazz card stock, leaving an area in the middle uninked.

The trees at the bottom were from Merry Moose and were stamped in Mossy Meadow in both first and second generation stamping, as well as Night of navy.

The finished piece was matted with Pear Pizzazz and a 3/8" crinkled whisper white ribbon coloured with Pear Pizzazz marker was added near the bottom.  Some gold elements from the Laser cut DSP was added under the left side and the die cut work "happy" (Well Said) was adhered over the ribbon.  The remainder sentiment was stamped on a scrap piece of Pear Pizzazz and added below the die cut word. The finished card front was the adhered to a Night of Navy card front.

The stars in the sky were made using  a white gel pen.

Gilded gems were added randomly to the card front.

Card #2

After this card was done I used the same technique, only now on Mango Melody card stock.

This time I used the tree stamp from Mountain Air to stamp the forest.  The Cardinal was left over from another project.

The card front was matted with Mango Melody and then added to a Basic Black card base.

Card #3

Finally, Night of Navy was sponged on a Cherry Cobbler base.  Die cut trees from Mountain Air straddled the sentiment on the bottom.

Waterfall Card

I haven' made a waterfall card in a long time and it was nice to go down memory lane.  This type of card fold is a great way to display retiring DSP and coordinating stamp.

Source:  Splitcoaststampers tutorial here

Stamps:
Good Morning Magnolia
Well Said

Measurements:
Card Base:  Petal Pink  4 1/4 by 5 1/2"
DSP:  Magnolia Lane DSP  4 by 5 1/4"
Strip of Petal Pink card stock 3/4" by 4"
Main waterfall strip  2 by 9 1/2" Scored at 2, 2 3/4, 3 1/2, and 4 1/4"
Art pieces:  1 7/8 by 1 7/8"  (4 pieces)
Mossy Meadow mat pieces  2 by 2"  (4 pieces)

Inks:
Black Memento
Stampin' Blends:  Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink

Accessories:
Scallop top tag punch
Metallic edge petal pink ribbon and some 1/8" whisper white ribbon
Brads (retired)  2
Self adhesive sequins
pink rhinestones

Magnolia in Blue - Hand Stamped Sentiment #388

Magnolia flowers are starting to emerge from their branches even before their leaves.  I haven't seen any blue ones and this is were artistic expression comes in.  Today, for the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments #388 my magnolia is blue.

On a Seaside Spray card stock base layered with some Vellum Specialty DSP (retired), a Magnolia flower was added.  A bit of the flower and leaf were trimmed off and that I placed in the inside of the card.

The Magnolia was stamped on a separate piece of card stock, coloured first with and aqua painter filled with alcohol rather than water, and ink pads of the following colours:  Daffodil Delight, Seaside Spray and Pear Pizazz.  The Stampin' Blend Seaside Spray marker was then used to shade and highlight certain areas.  After die cutting with the coordinating Magnolia die, it was added to the card front as indicated using dimensionals.

No flower is complete without glitter, so some Glitter Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds was added to the flower edges.

The sentiment, stamped in Pear Pizzazz, is from "Well Said", die cut with the Ornate Frame die and added to the card front with dimensionals.

Some Old Olive glitter gems were randomly added to the card front

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Good Morning Magnolia, Well Said
Inks:  Black Memennto, Inks: Seaside Spray, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Stampin' Blends of the same colours
Papers:  Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Specialty Vellum (retired)
Accessories:  Magnolia Memories die, glitter Gems, Ornate frame die, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds

Sending My Thoughts - a fun fold

Sale-a-bration is drawing to a close.  There are only 2 days left to take advantage of those wonderful free products with a purchase of $60.

One of the items going is the Lily Pad DSP, this paper coordinating the Lily Pad stamp and dies.  A new fun fold, inspired by Patty Bennett, is used to feature this paper for the last time. This is a great fold to exhibit the two sides of any DSP.

A 5 1/4 by 11 3/4" piece of the Lily Pad DSP is scored at 1 3/4,  4 3/4 and 7 3/4" and accordion folded and then added to a 5 1/2 by 4 1/4" Flirty Flamingo card base. The DSP between the second and third score line are adhered together to make a more compact fun fold.

Whisper White sentiment pieces, die cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies, are added to the various inside fold areas, and decorations done using the Lily Pad dies. 

The sentiment on the front is from "Well Said", with the word "you" highlighted with a Bermuda Bay marker.  Because they are individual stamps, the stamparatus was used for stamping.

Two of the smaller Lily flowers are stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink and sponged with Blackberry Bliss, die cut, and then added as embellishments for the front sentiment piece. Also added was some Bermuda Bay enamel dots.

Along both edges, and along the edge of the next fold is added a Flirty Flamingo die cut.

 Below, the card is opened at the first fold to expose the first two sentiment pieces and the pattern on the other side of the DSP.

Open up the final fold and the last 2 sentiment pieces are revealed.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Waterfront, Positive Thoughts, Well Said, Lovely Lily Pad
Inks:  Bermuda Bay, Basic Black and Bermuda Bay markers, Flirty Flamingo, Blackberry Bliss
Papers:  Lily Pad DSP, Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories:  Lily Pad dies, Bermuda Bay enamel Dies, Stamparatus

Country Floral Birthday - The Paper Players #434

I love the Country Floral Embossing Folder, one of the latest SAB offerings.  The 3D images created when using this folder are fantastic.

For this card I wanted to try a different technique using this embossing folder to create a unique background which will be used for the sketch challenge with The Paper Players here

To create the background, Blueberry Bushel ink was applied directly to the Country Floral Embossing Folder, adding a piece of Whisper White card stock into the folder before running it through the Big Shot.

This was trimmed to  4 1/4 by 5 1/2" and added to  Blueberry Bushel top fold card stock base.  At the bottom a 1 1/4" by 5 1/4" trip of Blueberry Bushel striped DSP was added.

The sentiment, die cut using the Well Said framelits was die cut twice, once in Silver Foil, and once in Blueberry Bushel card stock.  After adhering the two together, slightly off setting each other, the sentiment was adhered to a 1 1/4" strip of Whisper White card stock, which was pointed at one end. Three sprigs punched in Silver Foil, and  Silver metallic thread was added to the card front and the sentiment panel was added over these using dimensionals.

The word "wishes" was stamped and placed below the sentiment.

Three butterflies punched with the Duet butterfly punch using Silver Foil were added to the card front - two on the sentiment panel and one at the upper right.  Two rhinestones were added to each butterfly.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Well Said

Ink:Blueberry Bushel

Papers:  Blueberry Bushel, Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel DSP, Silver Foil

Accessories:  Country Floral Embossing Folder, Well Said Framelits, Spring Punch, Silver Thread, Duet Butterfly Punch