Spring card

This week I made a card for three challenges: StampTV MIUM - Spring is in the Air, the StampTV Release Party Challenge - Mixing Patterns and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

For the Mixing Patterns challenge, we need to use at least two different patterned papers. I decided to make a starburst pattern for my background and glued it to a white card base.

For the focal image, I stamped the sentiment, the flowers and leaves. I sponged the edge and matted it before adhering it to the background.

I used the following products:

Gina K. Designs: Delicate Essentials Patterned Paper

                             Especially for You and Made with Love Stamp Sets

                              Applemint Ink

                              Applemint and White Card Stock

ColorBox Ink: Pink and Purple

Stampin' Up! Ink: Daffodil Delight

Watercoloured Embossed card

This month, the StampTV Kit Addicts challenge is to use watercolour on our card.  For the StampTV MIUM challenge we have to use the emboss resist technique. I decided to combine the two challenges in one card. I am also entering it in the Mod Squad Challenge - The Great Outdoors.

I stamped the butterfly image on watercolour paper with VersaMark ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder. I brushed water over the entire piece of paper and added the blue and green background colours. Then I wet the butterflies and used Prickly Pear to colour them. After everything dried, I found that they didn't stand out as much as I wanted, so I went over them with Lipstick. Once that was dry, I used Clear Wink of Stella on the butterflies to give them sparkle. I matted the card front with black and attached it to a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment, used a circle punch to punch it out and matted it with a black circle that I cut out with the Creative Memories cutting system. I popped it up with foam squares and attached it to the card front.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Made With Love stamp set

                             Blue Lagoon, Grass Green, Prickly Pear, Lipstick ink

                             White and Black cardstock 

Hilroy watercolour paper

VersaMark ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Recollections: Clear embossing powder

                         2" punch

Creative Memories circle cutting system

Clear Wink of Stella pen

foam squares

        

One Layer Kraft card

This week's challenge on StampTV MIUM is to use kraft on your card. I made a one layer card as I am also entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: One Layer.

I started by stamping the flowers and leaves with black ink using masking paper to overlap the images. I coloured over the black ink with a white coloured pencil and added accents with green and magenta. I stamped the sentiment and used a glue dot to adhere a button with a baker's twine bow.

Materials used:

Gina K Designs Made With Love stamp set and Black Onyx button

VersaFine Onyx Black ink

Inkadinkado stamping mask paper

Laurentien coloured pencils - cotton white, sky magenta, emerald green

kraft cardstock

glue dot

bakers twine

Splash of Colour

Today I have a card that I made for the StampTV MIUM challenge - Make a Splash, the Mod Squad Challenge - Hearts and Flowers and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Have a Heart.

My StampTV kit came this week, so I had to use it to make this card!  I started by smearing ink pads across a piece of white cardstock. On another piece of white cardstock I used the stencil from the kit to make the heart panel. I stamped the flowers and leaves, cut them out with a die that came with my Evolution Advanced machine. I used the next biggest die to make the frame.

I layered the heart panel onto the background, splattered watered down ink over the layer, put a piece of ribbon over the join and popped up the flower layer with some foam squares. I matted the whole thing with some black before placing it on the white card base.

I used the following products:

Gina K Designs:Ink - Apple Mint, Lipstick, Blue Lagoon

                           Stamp set - Made With Love

                           Cardstock - White, Black Onyx

                           Ribbon - 3/8" Black Onyx

ColorBox Stencil - Lovely

Dies - came with Evolution Advanced machine

foam squares from my stash