Happy Day Wetlands - The Friday Mashup #121

What happened to summer?  I know we had the heat wave in the middle of July, but since then the weather has been a bit on the cool side.  There is somehow a feel of fall in the air and its early August.  The weather forecasters do not see another heat wave in the foreseeable future!  However, it is still nice enough to play and work outdoors.
I hope you have some wonderful plans for this long weekend.  I'm busy getting ready to fly to Vancouver the middle of the week, so after Tuesday there will be no blog posts until I get back on the 21st.

This card is for the challenge with the Friday Mashup here is to create a card using polka dots, using the word "happy" on it.
The card I made was a version of a card I saw on Pinterest.

Technique:

I punched a 1 3/4" circle to make a mask for the moon, and a piece of photocopy paper as a mask for the sky line.

The sky was made using Midnight Muse and finger daubers.  Some Strawberry Slush was applied around the moon.

After removing the masks, the pond and grass area were coloured using finger daubers - Coastal Cabana for the pond and Pear Pizzazz for the grass.  The reflection of the moon on the water was not coloured.

All images were stamped as shown.  The Canada Goose was painted with Summer Starfruit and an aqua painter.

A close up shows the polka dot paper used.

Stamps: Wetlands, Ciao, Baby

Inks: Midnight Muse, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit

Papers: Basic Black, Old Olive DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: 3/4" Basic Black Chevron ribbon, 1 3/4" circle punch, finger duabers, aqua painter, Small curly label punch, 1" square punch, dimensionals

Happy Boot Day - Technostamper Sketch Challenge #260

What a disturbing week it has been!  The events in Boston, the explosion in Texas, the earthquake in China, and yesterday, word of an arrest of 2 terrorists about to do harm to people on Canadian soil!  Honestly, it makes a person feel vulnerable!

This card is for the Monday Lunchtime Technostamper Sketch Challenge here.

I started by stamping 2 boots on a scrap piece of Whisper White paper using Black Stazon ink.  The boots were coloured with a Baja Breeze marker, and then covered with Crystal Effects.  While they were drying, I assembled the rest of the card.

The base of this A2 card is Baja Breeze card stock, layered with Whisper White, and then Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP.  I then took a strip of another pattern from the same DSP, matted it with Marina Mist card stock, and attached it to the card near the right border.

A rectangle was made using Whisper White card stock, matted with Marina Mist.  Once the boots were dried, I cut them out and attached them to the Whisper White surface using dimensionals.

This unit was attached to the lower card using dimensionals.

The sentiment was punched with a 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch and mounted on a Marina Mist Modern Word Label punch.  This was adhered to the card above the focal image centered on the strip of DSP.

Here's a summary of the stamps/materials used:

Stamp: Bootiful Occasions

Inks: Black Stazon, Baja Breeze marker

Papers: Baja breeze, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP

Accessories: Crystal Effects, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Modern Word Label punch, dimensionals.

Hope you enjoyed the card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Cards Made Using Bubble Wrap Backgrounds

In this week`s class we are going to have some fun with bubble wrap, creating some fun backgrounds!  I have a lot of bubble wrap lying around for use in my craft shows and this week I thought I would put it to another use.  Even Stampin`Up is using Bubble wrap in their shipping boxes rather than the `snake``

I`m going to show you 3 different cards with 3 very different backgrounds made using bubble wrap.  For all these backgrounds, I used glossy paper cut into 4 1/4 by 5 1/2

To begin, I used the F acrylic block and cut a piece of bubble wrap a little bigger than this block.  This was taped down to the back of the block.

When inking and using, don`t press too hard as you don`t want to pop the bubble wrap.  Yes, I know it makes that fun sound------

Do check the bubble wrap to make sure some of the bubbles have not been pre popped before using it on the back grounds.

Simply ink up the bubble wrap just like any other stamp and press down with even pressure onto the glossy card stock.

Card 1:  Fabulous Florets

For this background, I inked up the Bubble wrap with Primrose Petals ink and stamped onto the glossy card stock and let it dry.  Notice that each little bubble is a little different in shape and texture and makes a different impression.
I decided to make it into an Anniversary Card.

Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Primrose Petals, Black Stazon, Versa mark
Papers: Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Glossy card stock, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Wild Wasabi embossing powder, Clear embossing powder, Word Window punch, Modern Word Label punch, 3/8`` white taffeta ribbon, Large rhinestones, medium rhinestone, dimensionals, scallop trim border punch, Bubble wrap

Card 2:  Forever Young
A different way of creating the background was used on this card - referred to as the kissed bubble wrap background.
To do this, apply Primrose Petals ink to the entire piece of glosssy card stock, then spritz lightly with water - so the ink pools ever so slightly. The first piece I tried I spritzed too much and the resultant background, although interesting, did not demonstrate the bubble wrap pattern.  It can be used on another card.
Then apply a clean piece of bubble wrap over the paper, press down and wait a moment before peeling off.  Set aside to dry thoroughly.  I love the pattern this created.

I decided to emboss an image directly over the background - using the tree from Forever Young and black embossing powder.
The base card is Basic Black, layered with Whisper White, and finally the background paper.  I notched out the corners of this layer.
A piece of black dotted scallop ribbon was attached just below the tree, and the sentiment punchie was attached just underneath the ribbon.

Stamps: Forever Young, Friendly Phrases
Inks: Versa Mark, Primrose Petals
Papers: Basic Black, Whisper White, Glossy white
Accessories: Black embossing powder, 1/4`Black scalloped dotted ribbon, Decorative Label punch, corner notching punch, bubble wrap

Card 3:  By the Tide:
This next version is simple as well as it is basically emboss resist.
Using a clean piece of bubble wrap, ink it up with Versa mark ink and press it against a piece of glossy card stock.
Cover the paper with clear embossing power, tap off excess, and heat set.
Using a second piece of bubble wrap, ink with desired color (I used Pacific Point), and press onto embossed background.  Dye based inks work best.
Take a clean cotton ball, gently rub in circles over the card stock.  This will rub off any ink that has adhered to the embossed bubbles and will give your background a softer look.

The bubbles reminded me of an aquarium, so I made a masculine fish card using By the Tide. 
First I die cut the background using the Apothecary accessories framelits. The edges were sponged with Midnight Muse ink.
Then using the sea weed stamp, I stamped that image twice on the die cut.  They stamped lightly, but that was what I wanted - they looked like they were under water.
Next I stamped 2 fish using Midnight Muse ink and cut them out.  They were placed on the die cut background using dimensionals.

The base card is Midnight Muse, layered with a chevron embossed Whisper White layer that had its edges inked.  A piece of stitched Midnight Muse satin ribbon was attached near the top of the card under the die cut, which was attached to the card using dimensionals.

Stamps: By the Tide, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Pacific Point, Midnight Muse
Papers: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Glossy white card stock
Accessories: Clear embossing powder, Chevron folder, Word Window punch, Modern Word Label Punch, Apothecary accessories framelits, 3/8`` stitched Midnight Muse satin ribbon, dimensionals, bubble wrap.

Hope you enjoyed these quick and easy ways to use bubble wrap to create WOW backgrounds