Happy Trails - Try Stampin on Tuesday #611

 I loved going camping when I was a few years younger.  I have fond memories of sleeping in tents (although the mattresses weren't too soft) and making meals over the camp fire - something that might be too dangerous to do today.

So for the themed sketch challenge with Try Stampin on Tuesday #611  I chose to go with a camping theme to reflect "Summer time".  I used the Campology stamp set,

For the focal image, I stamped the larger forest image from the Campology stamp set, on a piece of Basic White card stock and die cut a select square part using the Stylish square die.  Using a blending  brush, I added some blue sky and filled in some Old Olive for grass below the trees.  The bird stamp from "On the Horizon" was used to stamp the birds over the tent.

The tent was stamped separately, coloured, fussy cut and added to the scene using dimensionals. Using a fine black pen I sketched back in the ropes holding the tent secure.

This was added to a Mossy Meadow rectangle embossed with the Rope 3D embossing folder.  Both were added to a piece of Basic White embossed with the Woodlands embossing folder. which in turn was added to a Mossy Meadow card base.

The sentiment was die cut with a small circle Stylish die and added below the image using dimensionals.

The three embellishments beside the image are from the In Color Opal Rounds.

All edges were sponged with Mossy Meadow ink before being added to the card.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Campology, On the Horizon

Inks:  Black Memento, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Basic Gray, Stampin blends (Daffodil Delight, Wild Wheat, Balmy Blue)

Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories:  Stylish Dies, Rope 3D Embossing folder, Woodlands Embossing folder, Corner Rounder punch, In Color Opal Rounds, Dimensionals

Animal Outing Thank You - Hand Stamped Sentiments #289

What a beautiful day here in the Kawarthas - with  a lot of sunshine, no humidity and just a hint of a breeze to make it comfortable to work outdoors.

My gardens are slowly taking shape.  The growth of the plants have been absolutely phenomenal, some plants doubling and tripling in size in the last week.  It's a wonder to behold!

For the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments I brought in some garden elements while using the Animal Outing stamp set.

I started with an Old Olive card stock base, layering it with a Whisper White layer embossed with  the Woodlands Embossing folder.  I sponged the edges and the top lightly with Basic Gray ink to bring out the pattern in the embossing .

The cute little rhinoceros with a colorful bird on his nose was stamped on a 2 1/2 by 3" piece of Whisper White card stock, matting it with a 2 3/4 by 3 1/4" piece of Old Olive card stock.  I stamped some extra leaves on the upper right, and some texture dots through out the rest of the piece.

The image was colored with Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.  Come Clear Wink of Stella was added to the animal alone.

This focal image was added (using dimensionals) to a 2 by 5" banner of Lots of Lovely DSP matted with Old Olive card stock (which was adhered to the embossed front layer.)  The bottom end was notched using the Triple Layer Punch.

The Classic Label Punch was used to punch out a sentiment from "Rooted in Nature".  This was added to the lower image piece using the small dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Animal Outing, Rooted in Nature, Timeless Texture

Inks:  Black Memento, Watercolor Pencils, Balmy Blue, Basic Gray

Papers:  Old Olive, Whisper White, Lots of Lovely DSP

Accessories:  Classic Label Punch, Woodland Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Blender Pen. Triple Layer Punch, Clear Wink of Stella

Woodlands Embossing Folder - a repost

This is a card I made using the Woodlands Embossing Folder after an announcement (2015) was made that this folder was about to retire.  However, a number of us petitioned Stampin' Up indicating that we would like this embossing folder to stay.  And stay it did.  It is our current annual catalogue.

The stamp set shown below did retire.

Here are some other cards made with this folder:

Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the cards I made using the Woodlands Embossing folder over the last  2 years.

A Woodlands Christmas

I made this Christmas card before heading off to Bancroft for a craft show.  I used the direct ink application to the Woodlands Embossing Folder to make this card.

Using a brayer, I first applied Marina Mist ink directly to the inside of the Woodlands embossing folder (the side with the label on it), followed by Pacific Point ink, which was applied only to the top 2/3.
Dazzling diamonds was applied only to the tree trunk and branches, and added snowflakes between the branches.
Before matting this art piece with Night of Navy I added some crinkled Night of Navy seam binding with a bow, around the bottom. It was then added to the Whisper White card base.
The sentiment, from Versatile Christmas was stamped in Night of Ink and die cut with the stitched oval framelits.  Behind the oval I placed a 1 1/4" Dazzling Diamond glitter circle using dimensionals

Supplies Used:
Stamp:Versatile Christmas
Ink:  Night of Navy, Marina Mist
Papers:  Whisper white, Night of Navy, Dazzling Diamond glimmer paper
Accessories:  Woodlands Embossing folder, Brayer, Dazzling Diamonds, 5/8" Crinkled Night of Navy seam binding, Stitched oval framelits, dimensionals

Merry Christmouse - Hand Stamped Sentiments #250 & Fab Friday #99

I had a bit of fun today learning how to make a different background using sponging technique, spritzing and an embossing folder.  I don't have a name for this technique, but it is a lot of fun and it has a wow factor.

This card combines 2 challenges - a colour challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments, and a sketch challenge with Fab Friday

 

The background was made first by sponging all 3 colours of the challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments i.e. Mint Macaron, Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim randomly on a piece of Whisper White so that the entire surface is covered.

Here's how I created the background:

On an open Woodlands Embossing Folder (on the side opposite to the side with the logo). I generously spritzed some water.  I then placed  the spritzed folder  upside down on the sponged art piece and left for a few seconds.  It looked pretty awful when I first took it off, but after the background dried the effect was "wow".  Of course, because I was impatient, I dried it with the heat tool. Below you see a close up.

The background piece was trimmed to 3 3/4 by 5", the edges sponged with Dapper Denim, and then layered with Emerald Envy.  A piece of 3/8" ruffled Dapper Denim ribbon was then adhered to these two layers after which it was adhered to a Whisper White layer and finally to the Dapper Denim card base.

The image of the mouse was coloured with Mint Macaron and Emerald Envy markers.  Some dazzling diamonds was added to the image. The image was die cut using the layering circles framelit and the edge sponged with Emerald Envy.  This circle was adhered to a larger dazzling diamond circle with dimensionals.  The final layer is a Emerald Envy scalloped circle. The entire unit is adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Merry Mousemous

Inks: Black Memento, Mint Macaron, Emerald Envy, Dapper Denim

Papers: Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Emerald Envy, Mint Macaron, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Paper

Accessories: 3/8" ruffled Dapper Denim ribbon, Layering Circles Framelits, Woodland Embossing Folder, Labels punch, Dazzling Diamonds,

Snowflakes - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #245

We have been so lucky this fall, especially so late in November, for not having snow.  Last year we had a ton of it- Buffalo was buried in it.
But the card today, for the challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday is  a card that includes snowflakes - a lot of snowflakes.

 

• The Night of Navy cardstock base is layered with Whisper White.  The remainder of the card is designed on this Whisper White layer.
• The embossing folder "Woodlands" was inked with Night of Navy ink and was run through the Big Shot with the piece of Whisper White cardstock inside.
• The trees were painted with Whisper White reinker, then Versa Mark was applied using the Versa Mark pen, heat and stick powder applied, heat set and then Iridescent Ice Embossing powder applied and heat set.
• The small snowflake from the "Among the Branches" was stamped randomly between the trees with Versa Mark and embossed with White Embossing powder.
• Silver cording was adhered to the front of embossed front as indicated in the diagram above.

 

• The silver cording can be seen better at this angle.
• 8 snowflakes were punched using the Dazzling diamond glimmer paper (punch is non SU),  They were combined in pairs using glue dots, and then adhered to the front of the card also using glue dots.

• A rhinestone was placed in the center of each snowflake pair, and also some smaller ones in the snowflakes in the background.
• The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy and embossed with Clear embossing powder.  It was then die cut using an oval die and applied to the front of the card.  A snowflake pair was adhered to the top of the sentiment oval.  The sentiment is from Penny Black.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Among the Branches, "Blessing" from Penny Black
Inks: Night of Navy, Whisper White reinker, Versa Mark
Papers: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer paper
Accessories: Woodlands embossing folder, Versa mark pen, Heat and stick powder, Iridescent Ice Embossing powder, White embossing powder, Clear embossing powder, Oval die, Snowflake punch (non SU), rhinestones, glue dots.