Coloured Vellum

The current challenge at Mod Squad Challenge is Color Your Vellum - we need to have vellum that we have coloured as our focal image. I am also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Easter/Spring Inspiration, and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Easter Inspired. Both of these challenges have a beautiful set of photos for inspiration. I chose the flower and colours for my inspiration.

I stamped the flower on the vellum with a pale lavender ink and heat embossed it in clear. I coloured it with alcohol markers and then stamped and embossed the sentiment.

I had a piece of silver sequins foil that I had used to foil a background (I had used a foilable image sheet from the Sending Love StampTV kit), and decided to attach it to a piece of pink cardstock with an adhesive sheet. I should have just left the top covering on the foil, but I removed it which left sticky spots where the tiny heart flowers were from the original foiling. I used some fine glitter to cover these spots. You can see the tiny flowers under the vellum as they are hard to see in the picture in the foil.

I folded the top and bottom of the vellum over the foiled piece, attached this to a pink layer and adhered this to a white card base. 

Supplied used:
Gina K. Designs: Especially for You Stamp set
                            Silver Sequins Fancy Foils
                            Passionate Pink cardstock
                            Lovely Lavender ink
Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers: PL5, PL3, PL2, CT4, GY4
Sookwang adhesive sheet
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Warm Highlight Crystal Glitter Ritz
vellum, clear embossing powder, white cardstock from my stash

St. Patrick's Day card

I needed to make a St. Patrick's Day card so I decided to make it for the StampTV Monthly Mix Challenge - Black and White with a Twist.

I started by stamping the green shamrock in the middle of the card front. I then stamped the black shamrocks all over the rest of the card front. I added Stickles to the green shamrock and set it aside to dry.

I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with a stitched circle die. I cut out the scalloped circle, layered it behind the sentiment and added Stickles to the scalloped circle layer. I set this aside to dry, as well.

When everything was dry, I added the sentiment with a foam square and added the bow with a mini Glue Dot.

I used these supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Square Pegs stamp set

                             Grass Green ink and cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Crystal Stickles

Cottage Cutz Stitched Circle die

Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles Large die

Mini Glue Dot

white cardstock, ribbon from my stash

Black and White with a Twist

I made this card for the StampTV Monthly Mix challenge - Black and White with a Twist. We need to add a pop of colour and a bow to our black and white project. I am also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.

I began by stamping the background images with VersaMark ink on a piece of black cardstock. I heat embossed them with white embossing powder. 

I stamped the lighthouse in black and embossed it with clear powder. I coloured in the stripes and top part of the lighthouse to give the pop of colour. I matted this in red and adhered it to the background panel which was then added to a white card base. I didn't plan my background images well so I offset the focal image to show more of the background. I added the bow with some foam squares.

I used the following supplies:
Gina K. Designs By the Sea stamp set
VersaMark ink
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Spectrum Noir: Alcohol Marker CR11
                         Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock
black cardstock, foam squares, ribbon, white and clear embossing powder from my stash

Die Cut Images

This week there was a new release at Gina K. Designs, so I made this card for the Release Party Challenge - Cut It Out. We are to use die cut stamped images as our focal image. I made a matching envelope for the StampTV Monthly Mix challenge - And the Envelope, Please. I am also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Make your own Background.

For the card: I started with a piece of watercolour paper. I tapped some blue ink pads on my craft mat to get some ink to watercolour with. I started with the darker colour at the top and blended down to the lighter colour at the bottom. I let this dry thoroughly. I stamped the boughs and pine cones and cut them out with the matching dies. I layered the watercoloured layer onto a blue mat and then a white card base. I adhered the boughs and cones with some foam squares and added the sentiment which was stamped on a small white rectangle.

For the envelope: I stamped the boughs and cones and then die cut a rectangle using a square die by partially cutting it and then moving the die and partially cutting from the other side. I sponged the edge of the rectangle with blue and adhered it with adhesive tape.

Supplies used:
Gina K. Designs: Seasonal Sentiments Stamp set and coordinating dies
                            Ink: Blue Denim, Powder Blue, Christmas Pine, Dark Chocolate
                            Blue Denim and White cardstock
Cottage Cutz Square Stitched die
Canson Bristol XL Recycled paper
paint brush, foam squares, sponge dauber, adhesive tape from my stash

Daffodil card and envelope

The challenge for February on StampTV is And The Envelope Please. We are to decorate an envelope and can make a matching card if we want.

I needed to make a birthday card for a good friend and decorated an envelope to go with it.

For the card, I stamped the daffodils, butterfly and sentiment in black and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. I coloured the flowers and butterfly with alcohol markers and matted this layer with a piece of white cardstock that I had coloured with one of the green alcohol markers. I just coloured the edges that would be showing. I then attached this to a white card base.

For the envelope, I stamped the sentiment along the bottom of the envelope. I then stamped the butterflies and heat embossed them with clear powder. I stamped the daffodils on the flap of the envelope and heat embossed them with clear, as well. I then coloured them, holding the envelope open when I coloured the butterflies so that it wouldn't bleed through the back of the envelope.

Supplies used:
Gina K. Designs: Sending Love and Happy Birthday to You stamp sets
                            Grass Green ink
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Spectrum Noir: Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock
                         Alcohol markers: CT2, CT3, GY4, LG4, LG5, AG4
Envelope, clear embossing powder from my stash

Card with Matching Envelope

This week I made a card and envelope that I am entering in a few challenges: StampTV Monthly Mix challenge - And the Envelope Please!; Mod Squad challenge - Have a Heart; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - It Must be Love.

For the envelope, I used an embossing folder along the bottom and sponged on some red ink to bring out the design. I then stamped the hearts along the side.

For the card, I stamped VersaMark ink through a stencil and then heat embossed it in red on a piece of white cardstock. I matted this with black and added it to a white card base. On another piece of white cardstock, I stamped the heart and sentiment and cut it out in a heart shape. I used a gold metallic marker to add a border. I popped this up with some foam squares and added a gold bow.

Supplies used:
Gina K. Designs: Square Pegs Stamp set
                            White and Black cardstock
                            Cherry Red ink
VersaMark ink
Sizzix embossing folder
ColorBox Lovely Art Screen stencil
Sakura Gold Calligrapher marker
red embossing powder, foam squares, ribbon from my stash

Pop-up card

I made this card for a friend. She loves pop-up cards, so I thought I would make one for her. I am entering this in the StampTV Monthly Mix challenge - Kindness and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Layer it up.

Here is what the inside looks like:

I started by making the pop-up element that I found on Pinterest. Using yellow paper, I cut out the flowers and then flicked the middle and edges with a regular marker. I attached them together and set them aside.

For the front of the card, I stamped the flowers after I had stamped off on a sheet of scrap paper. This made them a lighter colour, although they look quite bright in the photo. I punched them out and sponged the edges. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with a die.

I embossed the front of a white card base with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I fastened some ribbon around the top of a piece of patterned paper and adhered this to the bottom half of the card base. I popped up the sentiment and the flowers with some foam squares.

Supplies used:
Gina K. Designs: Made with Love Stamp set
                             By the Sea Stamp set
                             Sending Love patterned paper
                             Wild Dandelion, Wild Lilac ink
ek tools 1 1/2” circle punch
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Scor-Tape
white cardstock, die, sponge dauber, yellow paper, markers, foam squares, ribbon from my stash

Rose Bouquet

I made this card for the StampTV Monthly Mix Challenge - Kindness. I am also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment.

I started by stamping the roses and the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and colouring the roses and leaves with alcohol markers. I adhered some washi tape onto the bottom of a piece of red cardstock and attached this to a white card base. I sponged the edges of the focal image layer and added it to the red layer. 


Supplies used:
Gina K. Designs: Rose Bouquet stamp set
                             Red Velvet cardstock and ink
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Spectrum Noir: Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock
                          Alcohol Markers: AG1, AG2, AG3, AG4, DR1, DR3, DR4, DR7, CR6
sponge dauber, washi tape, adhesive from my stash

Lay It Out Both Ways

There was a new release from Gina K. Designs last week and there is a card challenge to go along with it called Lay It Out Both Ways. We are to make two cards, one horizontal and one vertical, using the same stamps for the focal image. I am also entering these in the StampTV Monthly Mix Challenge - Kindness.

I love Gina's heavy base weight cardstock because you can make a one layer card and use alcohol markers without them bleeding through to the other side. I started by punching the bottom edge of the card bases and then lined them with pink cardstock. I stamped the floral images, coloured them with alcohol markers and then stamped the sentiments. I coloured some adhesive pearls with a marker that matched the pink cardstock and attached them to the cards.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Sending Love Stamp set
                             Heavy Base Weight White cardstock
                             Bubblegum Pink cardstock
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: MG4, MG3, BP1, CT3, AG4, AG2, BP2
edge punch, adhesive and pearls from my stash

Black, White and Kraft

The current challenge on the Mod Squad Challenge Blog is a Color Throwdown. We must use the colors Black, White and Kraft and no other colors. I am also entering this in the StampTV Monthly Mix Challenge - Kindness.

I stamped the cute cat silhouettes and the matching sentiment on a piece of white cardstock and cut it out with a scalloped oval die. I wrapped a piece of ribbon around a piece of black cardstock and attached brads in the four corners. I taped the oval onto the black cardstock and layered this onto a kraft card base with some foam squares. 

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Better with You stamp set
                             White cardstock
                             Black and White Gingham Fancy Ribbon
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
scalloped oval die, brads, black and kraft cardstock from my stash