Stain Glass Technique for Cards two ways -video

Today I made another video, and I still have a lot to learn. You can also watch the video on my You Tube Channel

The video tutorial describes how to use 2 methods for creating a stain glass look on cards.  Both techniques use a window sheet or some sort of transparent film like over head projector film, and both use Stazon ink for stamping.

Method 1:

• Stamp image using Black Tuxedo Stazon ink - on Window Sheet
• Colour image using 4 colours of Stampin' Blends - on the wrong side i.e.opposite side of stamping
• Cover entire image with a type of liquid glue that dries clear
• Add dazzling diamonds over entire glued area.  Gently shade off excess
• Set aside to dry
• When dry, trim around image
• Make card

Method 2:

• After colouring image as in Method 1, add glimmer paper using glue dots
• trim around image
• butterfly above uses this method

A Daisy Birthday - The Paper Players #448

Happy Canada Day everyone.  Canada is 152 years young and all over the country people were celebrating.  And what a perfect summer day it was!

I spent the day on my patio surrounded by the plants in my garden, plants that are desperately trying to bloom after a cool rainy Spring.  My daisies are not yet blooming and I look forward to their appearance.

For the Tic Tac Toe challenge at The Paper Players # 448 I decided to use Daisies as my floral element for the vertical column of the challenge.  The other two elements in the column are the use of punched shapes, and ribbon. 

My friend is having a birthday soon, so this will be my card for her.

The thick Whisper White card base is layered first wotj some Daffodil Delight card stock and then a Whisper white layer embossed with the new Eyelet Lace embossing folder.  That folder had been  brayered  with Daffodil Delight ink making for a delicate lacy layer, a perfect foil for the Daisy flowers.

Three Daisy flowers were made using the new Medium Daisy punch.  Each flower was made by punching two flowers, shaping the petals with a bone folder and then adhering them together alternating the petals.  Leaves were stamped using the Daisy Lane stamp set, fussy cutting them, and adhering a Leaf to each Daisy.  Before adhering them together, Daffodil Delight was applied in the centers of the punched Daisies using a finger dauber. A Daffodil Delight glitter gem was added to the center of each flower.

The Daisies were adhered to an embossed  3D Oval Heirloom Frame, the top of which was sponged with Daffodil Delight ink.  The birthday sentiment, from Beautiful Day, was added in the center of this frame.

To finish the card, a bow was made using the 5/8" Polka dot organza ribbon and adhering it to the top of the oval die.

Here's some more pictures of the completed card.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Daisy Delight, Beautiful Day

Inks:  Basic Black marker, Black Memento, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight,.

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper white, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Medium Daisy Punch, Eyelet Lace Embossing Folder, Heirloom Frame 3D Embossing Folder (Oval), Heirloom Frame and Die (Oval ,5/8"Polka dot organza ribbon, Daffodil Delight glitter gems

Beautiful Day - SUO Challenge #161 Coloring

Coloring images for my cards is something I really enjoy doing and I like using a variety of media to do so.  One of the media I love to use is the Stampin' Blends, sometimes combining them with the watercolour pencils.

The challenge with SUO Challenge #161 is coloring - using any of the media Stampin' Up offers.  I chose to use Stampin' Blends to colour the flowers from the "Beautiful Day" stamp set.

The Stamparatus was used to stamp two of the flowers set onto Whisper White card stock. and coloured with Stampin' Blends.

The following colours were used on the flowers and leaves:

Flower 1: Mint Macaron Light and Dark with shading done in Bermuda Bay

Flower 2:  Melon Mambo Light and Dark with shading done in Pacific Point

Centers of both flowers:  Daffodil Delight Light and Dark and some contrast done with Crumb Cake Light.

Leaves  Granny Apple Green and Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Light

After colouring, they were fussy cut and adhered to a lacy white die cut (Beautiful Layers Thinlet die) on the card front,

The card base is Melon Mambo layered with Whisper White and then Garden Impressions DSP (Mint Macaron colour)_.  A strip of the reverse side of the DSP  (Melon Mambo) was placed along the left side.

The sentiment, from "Part of My Story" is punched with the new Storybook Label Punch

Stamps:  Beautiful Day, Part of My Story
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Blends (Mint Macaron, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake)
Papers:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Garden Impressions DSP
Accessories:  Storybook Label Punch, Dimensionals, Beautiful Layers Thinlet Dies.

Pop Up Card Using Hedgehugs

For my birthday, I was given a die that makes pop ups (non SU) and it makes a pop up card so easy to do.

For my friend who gave me this die, this card is for you

I used the Stamparatus to place and stamp the images from "Hedgehugs" and then added extra interest by using "Timeless Texture"

This Whisper White art piece is layered with Picture Perfect DSP

I just love these little Hedgehogs and the skunk is "stinkin" cute!  After fussy cutting them out they were added to the pop up mechanisms using dimensionals.

Tip:  When die cutting the inside, die cut the DSP at the same time.  The DSP then fits perfectly around the pop ups.

Above are close ups of the starring characters.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Hedgehugs, Beautiful Day, Timeless Texture
Inks:  Chocolate Chip, SU Markers (Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Always Artichoke, Berry Burst), Black Memento, Crumb Cake Stampin' Blender
Papers:  Early Espresso, Whisper White, Picture Perfect DSP
Accessories:  1/2" Early Espresso Seam Binding (retired), Dimensionals, Lucy Label Pop Up Die (non SU)

Happy Birthday with Gusto - another sneak preview for the Occasions Catalogue

It's been snowing for the last 3 days so a perfect time to experiment with some of the new products in the Occasions catalogue.
The one I chose to play with is the new Gusto crystal powders.  Expose these powders to water and amazing things happen. There were 2 tutorials that I came across that were particularly helpful.  One was by Splitcoaststampers here and the other here.  There are many other tutorials available on Pinterest that are also helpful.

On watercolor paper I embossed the image of the rose from the stamp set "Beautiful Day" which will not be available until Jan. 3, 2018, with white embossing powder.

After adding different colours of Gusto onto the paper, I spritzed water over the surface and watched the colours blend. Fascinating really.

After letting the watercolor paper dry naturally (I found using the heat tool lightened the brilliance of the colors) I cut the flower out and added it to an embossed piece of Whisper White card stock. 

This was matted with Island Indigo card stock with a strip of gold foil paper punched with the ticket punch added to the bottom edge.

The sentiment, embossed in gold on Whisper white was also matted with Island Indigo with a strip of punched gold foil on the bottom,

Both were added to an embossed layer of Whisper White, layered with gold foil and then adhered to an Island indigo card front.

Some sequins left over from December's Paper Pumpkin kit  were adhered randomly on the front.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Beautiful Day

Inks:  Versa Mark, Gusto powder

Papers;  Island Indigo, Whisper White, Watercolor Paper, Gold Foil

Accessories:  White embossing powders, Sequins from Dec. 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit, Gold embossing powder, Dimensionals.

A Beautiful Day - an Occasions Sneak Peak

The two images in this stamp set, which will be available on January 3, are perfect for colouring with the new blendabities , or the new Brusho crystal powders.
For today's card I used the blendabilities to color the butterfly.

The Berry Burst card stock base was stamped with the Playful Background stamp set using the same colour of ink.

The DSP is Whole lot of Lovely DSP, the long edges of which I punched with the Ticket Tear punch.  It was placed at an angle on the card base.

The art piece was coloured with Stampin' Blendabilities - Pool Party, Night of Navy, and Old Olive.  The background was stamped again with the Playful Background stamp but with  Pool Party ink instead.  Tiny pearls were attached to the end of the antennae.  Dimensionals were used to adhere this art piece (also at an angle) to the card front.

Some glitter pool party ribbon and bow was added to the left side.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Beautiful Day, Playful Background

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blendabilities, Berry Burst

Papers:  Berry Burst, Whisper White, Whole lot of Lovely DSP

Accessories:  Tiny Pearls, Ticket Tear edge punch, 1/4" shimmer pool party ribbon, Clear Wink of Stella.