You are the Nicest - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #275

The theme with the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday is Sun and Sand. Please note I turned the sketch on its side.

Here is what I came up with:

•  The base cardstock is Crumb Cake, layered with Whisper White, and then Crumb Cake DSP with a strip of scalloped crumb cake trim adhered to the long end.
•  A smaller image rectangle features the images from several stamp sets - the Sandpipers from Wetlands in Soft Suede; the Crumb Cake sand from Work of Art, and the sky colours (So Saffron, Soft Sky ) from Work of Art.
• A crumb cake scalloped trim is adhered to the lower end.
• All edges are sponged with Soft Suede cardstock

Peeking out from under the left edge of the smaller image piece is tucked a  Starfish.  This was created using 2 step stamping (Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand), cut out, the edges sponged with Soft Suede, and the surface embossed with clear embossing powder. It is from the stamp set "Picture Perfect"

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Wetlands, Work of Art, Picture Perfect
Inks: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, So Saffron
Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Crumb Cake DSp
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Scallop border punch

A Wetlands Masculine Card - The Paper Players #248

Yes, Father's Day is approaching quickly, so it's time to make some special cards for that special man in your life. But even if you don't have a special man, it's always good to have masculine cards on hand. This week with The Paper Players  the theme is to make a masculine card.  I immediately thought of the stamp set "Wetlands".  I can remember breathing a sigh of relief that this stamp set was not retired when the new catalogue came out.

• The base card is Soft Suede cardstock, layered with Whisper White.  On top of that are 2 layers of cardstock.  The top half is Whisper white which was coloured using theSoft Sky ink pad directly on the block and stamping it on the cardstock.  The bottom of this top piece was die cut with the Large Scallop edgelit die.  Using the Four Feather's stamp set, feathers were randomly stamped over it using Soft Sky ink.

If you look closely you can see the feathers that were stamped in the background.

• The bottom piece is Soft Suede cardstock, the top of which was die cut with the same large Scallop edgelit, but the edgelit was placed so that it was upsidedown.  The image of the sea grass was stamped all over this surface using Soft Suede ink.

• All edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink prior to them being adhered to the cardstock base.
• The smaller image panel was coloured in the same manner.  The top part with Soft Sky ink directly on the stamping block and the bottom with Crumb Cake ink.
• The clouds in the sky were made by adhering 3 pieces of 1 3/4" scallop punchies together and sponging the edges with Soft Sky ink in a random pattern.
• The sand pipers were stamped with Soft Suede ink at the water line.
• The image of the goose was stamped on a separate piece of Whisper white paper and coloured with markers.  It was then cut out and adhered to the panel with dimensionals in such a way that the goose was in front of the sandpipers. The grass was stamped separately using Old Olive ink, cut out and sponged with Soft Suede ink.  It was adhered to the bottom of the image panel beneath the goose.
• The sentiment is from "A Dozen Thoughts", made into a banner, sponged and adhered to the card by the goose.

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• A natural buttom, with a Black Baker's Twine bow on top was adhered to the upper right of the image panel.
• The image panel was adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

A Father's Day Card from 2013

I am at a 2 day craft show at Buckhorn, Ontario right in the heart of cottage country.  This is a long weekend in Canada - Victoria day (in celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday) and most people take this opportunity to open their cottage, or go camping.  I don't know about the camping bit because its been very cool (yes we've had some nice warm days, but not many), but the cottage yes.  Traffic to Buckhorn was very heavy today.
It was actually a very beautiful drive.  The leaves are almost fully on the trees, and the Trilliums are blooming in the woods.  Along the streams, the Marsh Marigolds are thriving  providing that nice splash of yellow that we all crave after a severe winter.

The stamp set below is from "Wetlands" and the image is die cut using the Windows Framelits

Check the link here for a list of supplies used.

It's nice to go down memory land once in a while.

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.
- See more at: http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.ca/2013/06/happy-fathers-day-technostamper-267.html#sthash.xRviKjSj.dpuf

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.
- See more at: http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.ca/2013/06/happy-fathers-day-technostamper-267.html#sthash.xRviKjSj.dpuf

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.
- See more at: http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.ca/2013/06/happy-fathers-day-technostamper-267.html#sthash.xRviKjSj.dpuf

Birthday Greetings - The Traveler Just Add Ink #260

This is a masculine birthday card for the challenge with Just Add Ink , which this week is a sketch challenge.  I haven't used the Traveler stamp set very much, and the sketch was calling for a train in the middle.

The base card is Early Espresso cardstock, layered with Whisper White stamped with "The World" background stamp.

In the middle is a piece of Sweet Dreams DSP matted with Early Espresso.  Layered on that is a 1 1/2" piece of Early Espresso double notched banner. 

The train is stamped with Early Espresso ink, and die cut using the Circles Framelits.  This was adhered to the middle panel using dimensionals.

The sentiment is from "Wetlands".  It was stamped with Early Espresso, punched with the small oval punch, and layered onto an Early Espresso Modern Label punchie.  This was attached at the lower end of the panel - the top half with adhesive, and the lower half with a dimensional.

All edges were sponged with Early Espresso ink.

Supplies Used:

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Father's Day Double Side Step Card

It took me a while to figure this card fold out, but the tutorial by Dana and Sabrina was very helpful.  I decided to make this double side step card into a Father's Day card, and use one of the stamp sets "Walk in the Wild" that is retiring.

The basic cardstock is Soft Suede which I cut and scored as directed in the tutorial.
The images were stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock, matted with Basic Black.  The edges of all Very Vanilla cardstock were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

On the left panel, the image of the goose from "Wetlands" was stamped with Memento ink, and then masked the goose to stamp the sea grass in Old Olive behind it.  At the bottom I stamped the multi circle edge stamp in soft Suede.  I coloured the goose with blendabilities.
At the upper left corner, the sun, from "Kinda Eclectic" was stamped with Hello Honey.
Then with a sponge, I lightly sponged the sky with Marina Mist ink.

The first think I did on the right panel to use a stamp from "Work of Art" in Soft Suede ink in two places.  Above that another stamp from the same stamp set was stamped in Marina Mist ink.  Then the sandpipers from "Wetlands" was stamped in Early Espresso ink.  I also stamped the same edge stamp on the bottom of this panel.
Using a sponge, the sky was first coloured with Marina Mist ink, and then Blushing Bride.

The Moose, from "Walk in the Wild" was stamped with Memento ink on Very Vanilla on the middle panel.  The leaf from "Kinda Eclectic" was stamped using Pear Pizzaz twice on the upper left, after which the sky was lightly sponged with Marina Mist.  The image and grass were coloured with blendabilities.
A butterfly from "Kinda Eclectic" was stamped in Marina Mist ink and punched with the Itty Butterfly punch, attached to the panel with a glue dot and rhinestones adhered to its middle.  I drew two antennae using a fine black pen.

Both sentiments are  from "Best Dad Ever".

The embellishment is a clay button made using SU clay and the button clay mold.  I coloured it with a Soft Suede marker and adhered a bow made with Early Espresso baker's twine.

Supplies Used:

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Wetlands Happy Birthday - Blendabilities Background on Photopaper

I tried the blendabilities background technique on photo paper and it worked fairly well.  Here is my sample using the following colours:  Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, and Smoky Slate.

 So, of course I had to make a card.  The colours screamed Masculine card to me, so I used the Wetlands stamp set.

The image was stamped onto the coloured photo paper using Black stazon ink.  One thing I noticed that was different from the Glossy cardstock was that the stamp stuck to the paper more.
After I had stamped, I discovered that I could do some colouring of the image with the blendabilities, so I used Coastal Cabana on the body of the bird, Smoky Slate on the neck and Daffodil Delight on the beak and legs.  Some Old Olive was applied to the tips of the grass.

After colouring, the image was die cut using the ovals framelits.  Then I made an oval frame using Crumb Cake cardstock (I placed two sizes of oval frames on the Big Shot at the same time) and sponged the edges with Early Espresso ink.

The image was then applied to the middle a piece of DSP from the Adventure Bound Series DSP pack.  I then wrapped a piece of Linen Thread twice around the oval (glueing it down with tombo)

You can see this in the side view.


The DSP was matted with Very Vanilla cardstock, the edges of which had been sponged with Early Espresso ink.  This was attached to the Always Artichoke cardstock base.

Two stars were punched from the remnant of the blendabilities background and placed in each of the 4 corners.  A tiny circle, punched using the Owl Builder punch again from the background, was attached to each star.

Here are the supplies I used:

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Thinking of You - Wetlands - Card #2 Blendabilities Background

This is the second card is a series using the blendabilities backgrounds I created yesterday.  I again use the "Wetlands" stamp set (this is one of my favourite stamp sets) and the "Thinking of You sentiment.  I must be thinking about someone.  Actually I am.  My older sister in Vancouver had a heart attack this week, and she wants me to come and visit her.  I don't know if I can travel. Any way, that's another story.  I am thinking about someone.

For this background I used the dark shade of all the following blendabilites with the exception of the Crumb Cake which is also used the light shade:  Crumb Cake light, Crumb Cake medium, Bermuda Bay, and Daffodil Delight.

Here's how the card turned out.  For some reason the card is a little crooked.

This is the side view.  I intended to stamp 2 rows of sandpipers, but I goofed with the second row.  Glossy card stock is very slippery, and if you press on the paper too hard, the image smears, which is what happened.  As a result, I created a totally different looking card.  This time I used some embellishments.

The base card is Soft Suede, layered with Whisper White with a panel of Coastal Caban on the left side.  Attached to this panel is a strip of Soft Suede die cut using the large scallop framlet, and then attached a 1/4" Daffodil delight ribbon over the seam.  A knot made with the ribbon is attached at the top using a glue dot.
At the bottom, on the panel, are attached to round bitty buttons, with a small round punch of soft suede underneath.  That was punched with the Itty Bitty punch pack (the circle one).  Attached to the top of one of them is bow of Early Espresso Baker's twine.

The sentiment is from "Walk in the Wild"

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The bitty buttons are retired.
As well as the other papers, I also used Glossy Cardstock.

Thinking of You - Wetlands with Blendabilities background

I made quite a few samples of card fronts using the technique I described in my tutorial here Today I used the backgrounds to make cards.
I'll post each card separately, as I used various styles and different stamp sets to make cards.

For the background of this card, I used the following blendabilities on shiny cardstock (I have yet to try it on photopaper): Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive.  I used the dark shades of each of the colours with the exception of Crumb Cake.

Please note that it was hard to take pictures of these cards because the lights caused "flashes" on the card.

Here's how the card turned out:

This is the side view

Using Black Stazon, the image of the Sandpipers from the stamp set: "Wetlands" was stamped twice near the bottom where it appeared there was a brownish area.

I used no ribbons or embellishments letting the background be the focal point.

The basic card is Crumb Cake cardstock, layered with Bermuda Bay, and then layered with the blendabilities layer.

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In addition I used Glossy Cardstock.

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 Father's Day - Technostamper #267

It's not a nice day out there today - overcast and raining - but I hear its going to clear for the afternoon.  Yesterday I was at an outdoor wedding and it was absolutely a beautifully perfect day - except for the mosquitoes.
I hope you all have some plans for that special male in your life.

This card, a Father's Day Card, is for the Technostamper challenge #267 here  I used the masking technique,
 the Wetlands stamp set and the windows framellits.

I started by creating a mask for my Canada Goose, then I inked up my stamp with SU markers and stamped it onto Whisper White card stock.  Then with the mask in place, I stamped the image of the wild grass twice around and over the Goose.  I quite like the way it turned out.
Using the windows framelit, I die cut the image, pricked the edges using a template, and then sponged them using Early Espresso ink.  It was then layered with a larger die cut of Pear Pizzazz , the edges of which were also pricked and sponged.  The two layers were adhered together using dimensionals.

The basic card is Pear Pizzaz, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Honeycomb folder.  I also ran a piece of Gingham Garden DSP through the Big Shot using the folder, and cut out 6 Honeycomb pieces.  All the edges were sponged with Early Espresso and adhered to the embossed surface above and below the image.
Then I cut a strip of Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, embossed it with the Lines folder, and sanded the surface.  I placed it horizontally at about the middle of the card.
The focal image unit was attached to the card at its midpoint.
The sentiment is from Petite Pairs.

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.

Hope you all had a happy Father's Day