Red and Gold Card

The challenge this week on StampTV was to make a card using mostly red and gold. When I think of red and gold I think Christmas, so here is my Christmas card.

I started with a piece of red cardstock, stamped the Fabulous Frame with Versamark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder. I coloured in the border of the frame with a metallic gold pen. Then I stamped one of the borders from Fabulous Holiday Fillers in gold ink and filled in some of the circles.  I stamped the tree on a piece of white paper, cut it out and ran it through my Xyron.  I stuck it onto the middle of the oval, stamped and embossed "happy holidays" underneath and adhered it to a white card base.

Supplies used:
Gina K Designs stamp sets: Fabulous Frame, Fabulous Holiday Fillers, and Square Pegs
Ink: Versamark, Brilliance - Galaxy Gold
Embossing powder - Recollections Tinsel Gold
Pen : Sakura Pen-touch Calligrapher Gold
Xyron sticker maker

Stitched Fall Card

Today I have a card that I made for 4 challenges: StampTV - You Have Me In Stitches, Mod Squad Challenge Blog - Get your FALL on, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Autumn is in the Air and Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day.

I was inspired by Gina's video and the way she made her background. I used a piece of photo paper for my background, coloured it with alcohol markers and spritzed it well with rubbing alcohol. Once it was dry, I stamped it with Perfect Medium sprinkled PearlEx over it and die cut it.

I stamped the sentiment, embossed it, cut a banner around it and stitched it to a piece of satin ribbon. I sponged the edges of the banner, wrapped the ribbon around the background and attached it to an ivory card base with foam tape.

I used the following products:

Gina K Designs stamp set: Birthday Blessings
Ink: Perfect Medium, Versamark and Stampin' Up! Cajun Craze
Embossing Powder: Martha Stewart Copper Penny
PearlEx: Sparkling Copper
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: OR1, GB7, TN5 and TN7
Die: Simon Says Stamp Postage Stamp Edge Frame
Ribbon: Celebrate It Harvest
From my stash: foam tape, rubbing alcohol, photo paper, cardstock

Another Fall Card

I liked the last card I made so much that I decided to make another one, with slight changes. I am entering this in the Scrapbook and Cards Today World Card Making Day Colour Suite Challenge and in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Autumn is in the Air.

I decided to use the Colour Suite from June, 2012 which can be found Here. 

I started with a piece of ivory cardstock and sponged on ink in a random pattern to create the background. I stamped the leaf image all over the background with Versamark ink, used clear embossing powder and heat set it. I then sponged over the entire background and wiped the ink off the leaf images. I matted the background and added a piece of ribbon across the lower half.

I cut an oval from the ivory cardstock, stamped the sentiment, sponged the edges and matted it. I popped it up with foam squares onto the middle of the ribbon. I adhered the entire thing onto an ivory card base.

I used the following supplies:
Gina K Designs stamp sets: Square Pegs, Birthday Blessings
Stampin'Up! ink: Really Rust, Ruby Red, Only Orange, More Mustard, Old Olive and Cajun Craze
Stampin' Up! cardstock: Old Olive
Versamark ink
Recollections clear embossing powder
Creative Memories Cutting System - Ovals
Foam squares
Ribbon and ivory cardstock from my stash

Square Fall Card

This is another Fall birthday card. I'm entering it in the StampTV Release Party challenge Autumn Squared.

I started with a piece of ivory cardstock and sponged on ink in a random pattern to create the background. I stamped the leaf image all over the background with Versamark ink, used clear embossing powder and heat set it. I then sponged over the entire background and wiped the ink off the leaf images. I matted the background and added a piece of ribbon across the centre.

I cut an oval from the ivory cardstock, stamped the sentiment and matted it. I popped it up with foam squares onto the middle of the ribbon. I adhered the entire thing onto an ivory card base.

I used the following supplies:
Gina K Designs stamp sets: Square Pegs, Birthday Blessings
Stampin'Up! ink: Really Rust, Ruby Red, Only Orange, More Mustard, Old Olive and Cajun Craze
Versamark ink
Recollections clear embossing powder
Creative Memories Cutting System - Ovals
Foam squares
Ribbon and cardstock - stash

Fall Birthday card

I love the colours of Fall. Some of the leaves are just starting to turn here. I have a few Fall birthdays coming up so here is a card I made for one of them. I'm entering this in the StampTV Time for FALL challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - No Designer Paper.

I started by stamping the leaves in different colours along the edges of a piece of ivory cardstock. On a smaller piece of cardstock I stamped the flower with Ranger Perfect Medium and used a paintbrush to apply Pearl Ex to give a shine to the flower. I masked the flower and stamped the leaves. To fill in the small gaps sometimes left between the leaves and the flower I used a Spectrum Noir marker and went over all the leaves. I stamped the sentiment and sponged around both pieces of cardstock. I matted both and attached them to an ivory card base.

I used the following products:
Gina K Designs stamp sets: Square Pegs, Love and Prayers, and Birthday Blessings
Stampin'Up! ink: Ruby Red, Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze, Old Olive
Stampin'Up! cardstock: Old Olive
Spectrum Noir alcohol marker DG4
Ranger Perfect Medium
Pearl Ex: Antique Copper and Aztec Gold

White, Black and Kraft

I have a few birthdays coming up in September, so I thought I would cross one off the list with this card. I am entering it in the StampTV challenge to use only the colours white, black and kraft, and the PopUp challenge on "the daily marker".

The pop up challenge was all about lines so I started by stamping the triangle border several times with parallel lines. I didn't have any Kraft paper so I used the cardboard sleeve from my coffee cup and cut some rectangular pieces. I chose a sentiment that was in a long line and matted it and the border lines with black. I thought it was still missing something so I used some chipboard brackets and coloured them black.

Products used:
GinaK Designs: Fabulous Holiday Fillers and Happy Birthday to You stamp sets.
Ink: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake; Memento Tuxedo Black
1 Starbucks coffee cup sleeve
Bazzill Basics Bazzill Chips - Brackets
Black Sharpie marker

Gate Fold Card

There are a few birthdays coming up that I need to make cards for so I thought I would use one for a challenge. On the Mod Squad Challenge Blog we are asked to make a gate fold card. Here is what I came up with.

I started with a piece of white cardstock, scored and folded it and stamped the flowers and leaves on the front. I cut the two scalloped ovals and stamped the focal image. I stamped the sentiment and sponged the edges of all the white layers. I attached the focal image with tape, matted the sentiment and attached it with some foam squares.

I thought the card front needed something so I matted the whole card with some green cardstock.

Supplies:

Gina K Designs: Green Grass cardstock, Love and Prayers and Birthday Blessings stamp sets

Ink: VersaMagic Chalk ink - Spring Pansy, Aloe Vera

Dies: Spellbinders Nestibilities Big Scalloped Ovals Small and Large

Tissue Paper Card

Today I am sharing a card I made for the StampTV challenge - Get Out The Tissue and the Mod Squad Challenge - Water or Sky.

I started with a piece of blue tissue paper, misted it with water and crumpled it up. I carefully unfolded it and embossed it with an embossing folder that I got with a magazine. It was part of a set of three called Spring. After the tissue paper dried, I went over the embossing with a Ranger white gel pen to make the clouds stand out.

I took a piece of green tissue paper and stamped the flowers (from Gina K Designs Happy Birthday to You set) in VersaMark ink. I sprinkled Jewel Glitter Ritz Micro Fine Glitter in Deep Purple and Kiwi Green on the flowers and stems and rubbed it into the ink.

I stamped the sentiment, from the same stamp set, in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, cut the ends and layered it onto a piece of ribbon. I attached the tissue paper onto cardstock, wrapped the ribbon and attached it to a piece of blue cardstock. I then attached this to a white card base.

Triple Time with Patterned Paper

The challenge this week on StampTV is to make a card that has different layers with the pattern continuing through the layers. This video shows the technique. I decided to combine it with the Mod Squad challenge to use patterned paper.

I selected ovals for the smaller shapes and cut out three, one slightly bigger than the other two out of the patterned paper. After deciding where to place them I stuck them down with a tiny piece of tape on the back of each. I stamped the flowers and leaves. I matted the ovals and taped them back down matching the pattern that I had stamped.

I cut out a tag, stamped the sentiment and a few leaf parts, sponged the edge and threaded a piece of ribbon through. I matted the background, taped the ribbon on to the back and taped the whole thing to a white card base.

These are the products that I used:

Gina K Designs - cardstock - Prickly Pear and white

                           - patterned paper - Delicate Essentials

                           - stamp set - Love and Prayers

Creative Memories Cutting System

Provo Craft Die

ColorBox Ink - Orange and Fresh Green

Tombow Mono Adhesive

ribbon and foam squares from my stash

Christmas Card with a Twist

This week's challenge on the Mod Squad Challenge Blog was to make a Christmas Card. What's the twist? Stamp with a veggie!

For my veggie I chose a potato and cut out a star. It's not perfect but was as good as my potato and my carving skills would allow!

I started with a piece of Gina K Pure Luxury heavy base weight white cardstock. I used the frame from Melanie Muenchinger's Fabulous Frame set, stamped it with VersaMark and embossed it with Recollections Ebony embossing powder. I coloured in the frame with Spectrum Noir marker CR9 and stamped the houndstooth belly bands in ColorBox Scarlet.

I stamped the circle border from Melanie's Fabulous Holiday Fillers set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. To fill in some of the circles in the border, I stamped the star using Brilliance Galaxy gold and
the houndstooth circle using ColorBox Scarlet.

I stamped the sentiment from the Fabulous Frame set with Memento Tuxedo Black and my
potato star with VersaMark and then embossed the star with Recollections Gold Tinsel embossing powder.

I thought the right hand portion of the card looked empty so I stamped two more potato stars with Brilliance Galaxy Gold.