Comfort & Healing to You - Try Stampin' on Tuesday or Not #343

This week the optional theme with the sketch challenge is "leaves", and I made it into a sympathy card. The sketch is courtesy of Kaylin

I had earlier die cut some leaves from a background I created using the Baby Wipe technique.  These leaves came in handy for this card and became the art piece.

The card base is Cajun Craze card stock, layered with Whisper White card stock.

To the left are some retired DSP with leaf patterns on it.  The edges of these pieces were sponged with Cajun Craze ink and then mounted on Cajun Craze card stock.

The die cut leaves were arranged on the art piece, which is the reverse side of the retired DSP.  This was also matted with Cajun Craze card stock before adding it to the card front with dimensionals.
Attached to the right side of the art piece are 2 notched Gold Glimmer banners.

The sentiment. from "Flourishing Phrases" was stamped with Cajun Craze ink, punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch and matted with a Gold Glimmer scallop circle.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Flourishing Phrases
Inks:  Cajun Craze
Papers:  Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Autumn DSP (retired), Gold Glimmer, Whisper White
Accessories:  Seasonal Layers Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, dimensionals.

Climbing Orchid - Hand Stamped Sentiments #267

I made this orchid card for the color challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments
This is a stamp set I have wanted to play with ever since the new catalogue came out, but life happened.
When I saw the color challenge:  Lemon Lime twist, Rich Razzelberry, and Dapper Denim I knew I had my chance.  One of my down line told me today that her orchid is blooming today and in exactly these colors.

 

The orchids were first stamped with Rich Razzelberry and lightly colored in  the center and edges with a Lemon Lime Twist marker.  The center part of the flower was stamped with Lemon Lime Twist with the stamens stamped in Rich Razzelberry.  These  flower parts were die cut using the Orchid Builder Framelits. I also stamped and die cut two buds.

The center was added to each flower with a dimensional and Wink of Stella applied

To make a stem for the orchids, I die cut a branch from Layering Seasons Framelits in Dapper Denim and inserted it in a jar stamped with "Jar of Love framelits" and die cut with the "Everyday Jar Framelits".  Using a blender pen I colored with jar edges while the ink was still wet.  I also stamped in some water for the jar bottom , added some dot stamps from Timeless Texture and applied some Wink of Stella.

Before adding the branch in the jar, I stamped two floral images (not the stems) from the Jar of Love stamp set in Lemon Lime Twist. Then I added the flowers to the branch with dimensionals.

The buds were adhered to the top of the branch of the stem.

Finally, I stamped, die cut, and adhered a Dapper Denim bow at the neck of the jar.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Climbing Orchid, Jar of Love, Timeless Texture

Inks:  Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim, Rich Razzelberry

Papers:  Dapper Denim, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White

Accessories:  Orchid Builder Framelits, Everyday Jar Framelits, Layering Seasonal Framelits, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella (clear)

Colorful Seasons - Summer

I held a class this week focusing on the Colorful Seasons stamp set and its coordinating framelits "Layering Seasons Framelits".

The first card depicted "summer", and I brought in High Tide to help me along.

I just love those Muskoka (or Adirondack) chairs.   They are very popular in this area, and are made not too far from here using recycled materials.  Driving by they are lined up on the side of the road in a wide array of eye catching colors

I must admit though - as lovely as they are to look at they are uncomfortable to sit in. And once you sit in one it requires Herculean effort to extract yourself from its warm embrace.

Back to the card - the sand was stamped on a separate piece of card stock, torn into 2 pieces, sponged with Crumb Cake and then adhered to the art piece.  Some sea grass was added, and then the water was stamped also using a stamp from High Tide.

I love sunrises and sunsets, so sponging these colors was very enjoyable. The colors I used were Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist.  These colors were also reflected in the water.

The birds were stamped in Basic Gray, and then the sentiment was stamped.

Using the new multipurpose adhesive sheets to die cut the chairs was a god send.  No messy glue!!! and I was able to add the chairs on the send with just a little bit of a rub.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Colorful Season, High Tide

Inks:  Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray, Black Memento, Marina Mist marker

Accessories:  Layering seasons framelits, multipurpose adhesive sheets

A Shaker Colorful Seasons cottage scene

I never did use up all the elements of the Oct. 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit, so I had a brilliant idea to use some of them in this autumn card.

This week's class is on the Colorful Seasons - 3 cards, 3 seasons.  This will be an extra card on display for this class.

The base card is Early Espresso card stock, layered with Crumb Cake the edges of which were sponged with Early Espresso ink.

At the bottom I placed a piece of Wood Texture DSP which looks like logs stacked.  I only cut a few of the layers of wood to mimic wood stacked at a cottage. Again I sponged the edges with Early Espresso ink.

Beside the row of logs, I adhered a Muskoka chair die cut in copper foil.  Using the adhesive sheets to die cut makes the application of this die cut so easy.  No messy glue!! Have I told you how much I love, love those adhesive sheets??!!

The art piece is a window die cut using the Hearth & Home Framelit which I placed on a horizontal plane. I used the Wood Texture DSP to die cut the window and used tulle to turn it into a shaker.  The shaker elements are from the Oct. 2016 Paper Pumpkin, a perfect color for this autumn card.

Using chocolate chip card stock, I die cut a branch, and adhered 3 copper foil leaves.

The sentiment is also from the same Paper Pumpkin stamp set.

Supplies  Used:
Stamps:  Paper Pumpkin Oct. 2016
Inks:  Early Espresso
Papers:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Wood Texture DSP stack, Copper Foil
Accessories:  Hearth & Home window framelit, Layering Seasons Framelit, Shaker elements from Oct. 2016 Paper Pumpkin, Tulle (non SU)