Belle and Friends - Card 2 You've Got a Friend in Me

For the second card featuring Belle and Friends, I decided to do 2 things differently.
First of all, I decided to make my own DSP featuring this little dog on the front of the card.
Secondly, I used the masking technique to give Belle two other friends.

• As you can see Belle has 2 other friends today.  All 3dogs were coloured with blender pens and ink pads.
• The three pals were die cut using the labels framelits.  This was matted with a later of Crumb Cake cardstock, and then attached to the card front using dimensionals.

Belle & Friends DSP

• The DSP was made by randomly stamping the image of Belle all over a piece of Whisper White  card stock- using Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede and Black Memento.  Then some interest was added by stamping dots from the Timeless texture stamp set.  The entire surface was lightlyspongedwith Crumb Cake ink, and embossed with clear embossing powder.

To make the card, I used a 4 by 8 piece of Crumb Cake cardstock scored in half to form a   4  by 4 " card.This was layered with Whisper White, the edges of which  were  spong ed with Crumb Cake ink.
Images from The Timeless Texture stamp set  were randomly stamped on this Whisper White surface before I attached the DSP.
I only used 1 1/4" of DSP, the inside edge of which was covered with Burlap ribbon.

The sentiment was stamped on a strip of sponged Whisper White, and both edges notched and curled up.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Belle & Friends, Timeless Texture
Inks:   Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Real Red, Emerald Envy, Islalnd Indigo
Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder. Labels Framelits, Dimensionals, 5/8" Burlap ribbon

Peace on Earth

My trip to Toronto went well.  We did get freezing rain over night, but by morning the roads were messy but okay for driving.  It took me a while to scrape the ice off the car though.

My card today is one inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  It is a card I also used for my all day Christmas card making class on Nov. 17.

The basic card is Cherry Cobbler card stock, layered with Whisper White cardstock embossed with the wreath embossing folder.  A piece of 5/8" Cherry Cobbler seam binding was attached horizontally along the middle of the card and a bow adhered on the right side.
The sentiment is stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink on Whisper White card stock and then die cut with the labels framelits.  It is matted with a larger die cut of Cherry Cobbler card stock.

Stamp: Greetings of the Season
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Accessories: Wreath embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, Labels framelit

Gently Falling - an Autumn Card case

I saw this card on Pinterest and tried to track down the original artist but could not find out who it was.  This card is almost a CASE of this card.  I did change a few things.
If you recognize this card as yours will you please get in contact with me and I will give you credit.

Technique:
The card itself - I embossed a second Very Vanilla layer with the Fancy Fan folder and die cut a Label framelit shape in the middle of it.  Into this shape I stamped the sentiment.
The leaves were stamped with Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White paper and sponged different colours on them before cutting them out.  I used a combination of Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango and Old Olive.
After cutting them out, I adhered them to the outer left edge of the die cut.

Stamps: Gently Falling, Word Play
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive
Papers: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Accessories: Fancy Fan embossing folder, Labels Framelits, Victorian crochet ribbon, Naturals Button

Building Snowmen - Happy Memories - Challenge 188 LNS Color Me Happy

This week we are challenging you to find your 'inner-child' and grab those blender pens, markers pens and aqua painters and start coloring. There are so many fabulous ways to add that extra bit of hand coloring to your creations so share your talents with us this week.

You can share: cards, scrapbook pages, altered items or anything else you can think of is ALWAYS WELCOME!

So, that's the challenge!
So, I colored an image using chalks and a blender pen.
Here is my card:

Technique:
The base card is Gumball Green, which is matted with Very Vanilla card stock.  The next layer is the new Early Espresso Core'dinations cardstock which was embossed with the Polka dot folder and then sanded with a sanding block.

Image:
It was stamped with Black Stazon ink, and colored with chalk and a blender pen.  Versa mark ink was then applied to the entire surface, iridescent ice embossing powder applied followed by heat embossing.  Labels framelits were used to cut out the image and then mat it with Real Red card stock.  It was attached to the card using dimensionals.

Stamps: Winter Memories, More Merry Messages
Inks: Black Stazon, Versa Mark, Stampin' Pastels, Blush Blossoms marker
Papers: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dinations card stock, Candlelight Christmas designer paper, Real Red
Accessories: Polka dot folder, sanding block, Scallop edge punch, Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, Labels framelits, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, blender pen

Sitting on a Pumpkin - Sketch Frenzy Friday

The temperature is finally a bit cooler this week, making it more bearable to be outside.  This week I've been able to dead-head some perennials and some geraniums and my garden looks a bit tidier.
I'm still having some problem with bats in my house, so Halloween is on my mind.
So, for this Friday's mini blog hop with Sketch Frenzy Friday I made a Halloween card - using today's sketch by Sharton Wheet.

Here's my interpretation:

 

Technique: Rich Razzelberry ink was applied to the front of the Spider Web embossing folder using a brayer.  Then a piece of  Whisper White card stock was inserted into the folder and run through the Big Shot.

Neat effect heh? (Sorry, I'm Canadian!)

Note:  To clean the folder and the brayer run them under the tap using cold water, and dry with a paper towel.

To obtain the notched edges on either side of the Tangerine Tango strip, a strip of card stock was cut to the correct length, and wide enough to fit into the Decorative Label punch.  Then insert each end of the card stock into the small end of the Decorative Label punch from the top of the punch and punch.

The image was colored with watercolor pencils and blended with mineral spirits.  Crystal Effects was applied to the pumpking to give it more of a 3D effect.

Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Wicked Cool

Inks: Black Stazon, watercolor pencils, Rich Razzelberry, Basic Black, Blush Blossom marker

Papers: Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Decorative Label Punch, Labels framelit, Window Frames framelit, Spider web folder, stipple paint brush (non Su), 3/8" Tangerine Tango taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, Brayer, Crystal effects

Now it's your turn to create something using Sharon's sketch.  When done upload it to the Sketch Frenzy home page here

Because its a blog hop, take some time and visit the blogs of the other team members - to see how they interpreted the sketch.  Don't forget to leave some comments.

Your next stop is Patrice's blog here

Hope you enjoyed your tour.

Stay well, and I'll see you next week.

Making Snowpeople - Stamping 411 #267

One has to be politically correct these days.  Since the image has both a male and female snowperson, one can't say the children are making snowmen.
The card is for the Stamping 411 sketch challenge here

 

The base of the card is Gumball Green; the next layer Very Vanilla which was double embossed with the Stripes folder and Iridescent Ice embossing powder.

The image was stamped with Black Stazon and colored with chalk and a blender pen.  Dazzling diamonds created some wintery glitter.

Unfortunately the sentiment was stamped slightly askew.  I was going to fix it but decided to leave it as the card is hand made and one can accept some imperfections.

After the image was die cut with the labels framelit die, the edges were stippled with Pool Party ink and a stipple brush, after with they were sponged slightly with Gumball Green ink.

Stamps: Winter Memories, Joyous Celebrations

Inks: Black Stazon, Chalks, Basic Black, Versa Mark, Pool Party, Gumball Green

Papers: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer designer paper, Whisper White

Accessories: Labels Framelit, mat pack &; paper piercer, Stiple brush, dazzling diamonds, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Stripes folder, dimensionals, blender pen