Patterned Paper card

I made this card for the StampTV Kit Addicts challenge - Use Patterned Paper and have a Sentiment as your Focal Image.

I used the foilable image sheets that came with the Made With Love StampTV kit and foiled the Happy Birthday and the frame with gold. I rounded the corners of the frame, cut out the Happy Birthday with the Creative Memories circle cutting system, and centered the sentiment inside the frame. I cut two pieces of patterned paper, layered them onto some Sweet Mango cardstock and popped up the frame with foam squares. I adhered the whole layer onto a white cardbase.

Materials used:

Gina K. Designs: Made With Love StampTV kit - patterned paper, foilable image sheets and                                            Sweet Mango and White cardstock.

Lisa Pavelka foiling sheets

Creative Memories circle cutting system

foam squares

Gingham Card

This week for the StampTV MIUM Challenge we were to use Gingham on the card. I decided to use some gingham patterned paper and ribbon. I'm also entering it in the Mod Squad Challenge - Springtime.

I stamped the image and sentiment and coloured the image with Spectrum Noir markers. I sponged the edges and matted it with a piece of black gingham that I turned on the diagonal. I adhered this to a piece of Applemint cardstock and the whole thing was put on a white cardbase. I added a red gingham bow.

I used the following products:
Gina K. Designs: Better With You stamp set
                             Applemint ink
                             Applemint and White cardstock
                             Cold Snap patterned paper set
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: DR3, LG4, TN3, TN5, TN7, TB3, TB5, GB1
Mini Glue Dot
Ribbon from my stash

Happy card

Today I have a card that I made for the Mod Squad Challenge - The Rainbow Connection. This one is fairly obvious - we had to have the colours of the rainbow on our card.

I raided my scrap folder and punched each colour with a border punch. I adhered them onto a white piece of cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with VersaMark ink and embossed with a siver embossing powder. It seemed like a good sentiment to use because rainbow colours always make me happy!

I attached a piece of ribbon, matted with black and attached it to a white card base. A quick and easy card.

Here are the supplies I used:

Gina K. Designs Massive Messages stamp set

                            Black Onyx 5/8" ribbon

                            White and Black cardstock

VersaMark ink

Martha Stewart Sterling embossing powder

Recollections border punch

Scraps from my stash

Purple Flower

I made a card this week for the StampTV MIUM Spring Combo challenge. We have to use a die for embossing and have a flower as our focal image. Here's what I came up with.

I found it hard to get a good picture. This looks a little more blue than my card.

I used a flourish die and embossed the four corners of my card front. I sponged over them to bring out the embossing. 

I stamped the flower and coloured it with Spectrum Noir markers. I die cut it and then cut out a mat. I used one of the markers to colour the edge of the mat so that it would match. I also coloured a piece of ribbon and the mat for the card front.

I stamped the sentiment, attached the ribbon and popped up the flower with foam squares. I adhered everything to a white card base.

I used these products:

Gina K. Designs Especially For You stamp set

                            White layering weight and base weight cardstock

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Corner Flourish die

Stampabilities Violet dye ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Spectrum Noir markers: HB1, HB2, HB3, CT2, CT4

Dies that came with my Evolution Advanced machine

Foam squares and ribbon from my stash

Green One Layer Card

This week, the StampTV MIUM challenge is to make a one layer card, the Mod Squad challenge is to have only the colour green plus neutrals on our card, the Simon Says Wednesday challenge is to have some green on our project and the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge is to make our own background. Here is the card that I made.

Since this is a one layer card it came together fairly quickly. I stamped the sentiment and cut out an oval to use as a mask. With the mask in place I randomly stamped the background image all over the card front with VersaMark ink. I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I sponged two different colours of green over the background to reveal the pattern.

I used the following products:

Gina K. Designs White heavy base weight cardstock

                            Better With You stamp set

                            AppleMint ink

VersaMark ink

Recollections Clear embossing powder

Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn Distress ink

Spring Colours

This week I made a card for a few challenges: StampTV MIUM Spring Fever, Mod Squad Blog Feature a Creature and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Take a Leap into the Unknown.

For the Simon Says Stamp challenge, we were asked to try a new technique. I have recently made my own alcohol inks so I thought I would give them a try. I added different colours of ink onto a piece of photo paper and then used a straw to blow the ink around. It gave some interesting colours where the inks blended together.

I stamped the image and sentiment onto some white cardstock and cut out the oval shape. I die cut the oval mat and layered the two together. I matted the background layer with black cardstock and adhered everything together. I added a few rhinestones to capture some of the colours in the background.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Cardstock - Black Onyx and White

                             Stamp set - Better With You

Creative Memories Oval Cutting System

Spellbinders Nestibilities Big Scalloped Ovals Large

VersaFine Smokey Gray ink

HP Photo Paper

Homemade Alcohol inks - Turquoise, Banana, Pink and Boysenberry

Rhinestones from my stash

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