Favourite Techniques

This is a card I made for the StampTV Kit Addicts challenge - Your Favorite. We could use our favourite technique when we were making our card. I combined several of my favourites into one card.

I love to make my own backgrounds, different folds and embossing so I used them all! I made the background using alcohol inks and layered it before adhering it to an ivory gatefold card base. I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink, heat embossed it, die cut it and matted it before attaching the left side to the left side of the card.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Painted Autumn stamp set

                             Ivory and Fresh Asparagus cardstock

Homemade alcohol ink: Brown, Orange, Green and Yellow

VersaMark ink

Mix of Recollections Tinsel Vintage Mahogany and Stampendous Clear Bark embossing powder

dies that came with the Evolution Advanced machine

Night Scene

The challenge this week for StampTV MIUM is to create a scene. I chose to do a night scene. This is also one of my favourite techniques so I am entering it in the StampTV Kit Addicts challenge.

I cut a circle out of a post-it note and stuck it on a piece of ivory cardstock. I sponged around it with a light blue, then cut some mats for the hills. I sponged some darker blue over the rest of the sky. 

I sponged the hills with two different inks, blending as I went. I stamped the fern several times before inking again to get variations in the colour. 

I originally stamped the sentiment directly on the card but ended up with a big smudge so I stamped it on an oval, sponged the edges, matted it with a scalloped oval and added a ribbon bow. I matted the front layer and attached it to an ivory card base.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Happy Birthday to You and Made with Love stamp sets

                             Prickly Pear ink

                             Ivory, Honey Mustard cardstock

Stampin' Up! Pacific Point, Brilliant Blue and Cajun Craze ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Mini Glue Dot

scalloped oval die and ribbon from my stash

Marbled Background

This week the StampTV MIUM challenge is Let's Play with Marbles. We had to make a background with a marble and ink technique that can be seen in this video: http://stamptv.ning.com/video/making-a-background-using-1. Here is my card:

I made the background by rolling the marbles in some ink I had placed in a plastic container that would close. Then I taped the cardstock to the inside of the lid, turned it upside down and rolled the marbles on the cardstock. This transfers the ink onto the cardstock in a random way. The video explains it in a much better way!

I stamped the sentiment and the acorn in VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder. I coloured in the acorn with markers and die cut it. I layered the background layer with brown and then placed it on a cream card base. I added the sentiment layer which was also matted with brown and popped the acorn up with a foam circle.

Here are the supplies I used:

Gina K. Designs: Birthday Blessings and Give Thanks stamp sets

                             Coordinating die

Stampin' Up! Copper Metallic re-inker and Cajun Craze ink

VersaMark ink

Martha Stewart Antique Gold embossing powder

cream and brown cardstock, markers, marbles, foam dot from my stash

Christmas card with snow

This week I made a card for the StampTV MIUM challenge It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. We had to make a Christmas card that had snow of some type. I am also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Stamp it and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Stamp it.

I started with a piece of watercolour paper which I taped onto my craft mat with washi tape. I squished three colours of blue ink pads onto my craft mat and wet the entire piece of paper with water. I picked up some of the ink with a paint brush and dabbed the colour onto the paper until I achieved the desired look. I let this dry completely.

I used my embossing bag over the top half of the paper to make sure the powder would only stick where I wanted. Using VersaMark ink I stamped the star, sprinkled on the gold embossing powder and heat set it. I mixed some white paint with water and flicked the droplets onto the paper to look like snowflakes. After this dried it didn't show up very well so I dabbed tiny bits of glue and sprinkled them with flocking powder. I also used glue and flocking powder at the bottom of the paper for a pile of snow. I matted the paper with blue and adhered this to a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of white cardstock, cut it out and cut out a scalloped oval for a mat. I popped up the sentiment with foam squares.

Materials used:
Gina K. Designs - Sentimental Holiday stamp set
                            - White cardstock
Hilroy watercolour paper
Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue and Brilliant Blue ink
VersaMark ink
Recollections Tinsel Gold embossing powder and White flocking powder
VersaFine Onyx Black ink
Creative Memories Oval Cutting System
Spellbinders Nestabilities Big Scalloped Ovals Large
Tombow Mono Adhesive
blue cardstock, embossing bag, foam squares and white paint from my stash

Fall Fair

This week's challenge at StampTV MIUM - Fair Fun was quite a challenge. We were to use the theme State Fair as our inspiration. I looked through my stamps and came up with this card. I am also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.

I stamped the jar image onto a piece of white cardstock 3 times. Then I stamped it twice on a scrap piece of paper, cut them out and used them as masks to stamp the 3 jars in the back. I coloured the jars and lids with alcohol markers. I cut out the labels and adhered them to the jars. 

I cut the piece of patterned paper so that it fit in between the jars and taped it in place. I made the 1st place ribbon and used a Glue Dot to pop it up a bit. I matted the front panel with some red cardstock which I attached to a white card base.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Birthday Blessings stamp set

                             Cold Snap patterned paper

                             White cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Stampin' Up! Word Window punch and Banner Flag punch

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: CR11, CR8, CR4, GB1, TB3, True Black

Glue Dot

red cardstock and ribbon from my stash

Thank you card

The new Painted Autumn StampTV kit was released this week. The release party challenge is to create our own background paper. I am also entering this card into the StampTV MIUM challenge - Pop it Up and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - It's Hip to be Square.

I started with a piece of white cardstock, stamped the flowers and leaves, matted it with some Grass Green cardstock and attached it to a white card base.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it out. I realized I didn't have enough of the Grass Green to mat the sentiment so I used some patterned paper. I did have enough scraps of the Grass Green to cut out the bow. I stamped an extra flower on a scrap of white cardstock, cut it out and popped it up with a foam square.

I used the following supplies: 

Gina K. Designs: Made with Love and Square Pegs stamp sets

                             White and Grass Green cardstock

                             Grass Green ink

                             Delicate Essentials patterned paper

Stampin' Up! Peach Parfait and Daffodil Delight ink

VersaFine Onyx Black ink

Creative Memories Oval cutting system

Spellbinders Nestibilities Big Scalloped Ovals Small

Multi Bow die (in with a magazine)

foam square

Sketch Card

There is a year long challenge at StampTV.  We have to make a card for each week's challenge. I was away last week so this is my entry for the Sketch Challenge so that I can be entered into the year long challenge.

I decided to turn the sketch on its side. I punched the edges of a piece of Wild Lilac cardstock and layered a piece of patterned paper on it. I stamped the flower, butterfly and sentiment on a piece of white cardstock. I coloured the images and matted the panel. I adhered the patterned paper panel to a white card base and added the focal image panel with foam squares.

Materials used:

Gina K. Designs Sending Love and Art from the Heart stamp sets

                            Wild Lilac and White cardstock

                            Sending Love patterned paper

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: HB2, CT1, CT2, CT4, CG1, CG3

Recollections punch

Back to School

This week's challenge on StampTV MIUM is Back to School. We have to make a card with a back to school theme.

I looked through my stamps and realized the pencils were perfect for a back to school theme. Using my homemade stamp positioner I stamped a row of pencils. I then stamped the sentiment. Then to make it match the theme I cut out the word 'school', highlighted the edge and popped it up with foam tape.  I coloured the pencils and trimmed the panel. I used a piece of patterned paper for the background, added the pencil panel, and using a Glue dot attached a button with some baker's twine threaded through it and made into a bow. I put all this onto a white card base.

Materials used:

Gina K Designs Art from the Heart and Square Pegs stamp sets

                           Delicate Essentials patterned paper

                           White cardstock

                           button from a grab bag

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: GB2, GB3, FS3, CR2, PP3

Staedtler Fineliner Black marker

homemade stamp positioner

baker's twine from my stash

Glue dot

50th Anniversary card

I have a card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Celebrate! and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Fabulous Florals.

I needed a card for a 50th Anniversary so I decided to make a card with some dimensional flowers. I stamped, cut out and coloured the three fuchsia flowers. I shaped them and glued them together.

I stamped the fuchsia background and coloured it. I took a piece of green cardstock, cut an oval out of it and scored a diamond pattern. It's hard to see the pattern in the picture. I stamped the sentiment, cut it out and cut a mat for it.

I attached the background to the front panel, attached it to a card base, attached the sentiment with some foam tape and glued on the fuchsias.

I used the following products:

Heartfelt Creations: Cascading Fuchsia and Fuchsia Clusters stamp sets

Gina K. Designs Sending Love stamp set

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: JG1, LG5, LG3, PP6, BP4, BP1, PL4, PL2, PL1

Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock

Creative Memories Oval Cutting System

Green and Pink cardstock, foam tape from my stash

Martha Stewart Scoring Board 

Pierced card

This card is for two challenges - StampTV MIUM - Piercing and Mod Squad Blog - Bordered Sentiment - No Flowers.

I don't have any piercing templates so I decided to use the inside of a die for my piercing shape. I taped the die on the cardstock and pierced the corners first. Then I filled in the 4 sides, hoping my spacing was right so that I would end up with an even space at the corner. I think I did fairly well. I used a smaller die in the set to cut out the middle.

I stamped the sentiment, masked it and stamped the background. I stamped over the piercing which makes it a little hard to see in the picture. I scored a line above and below the sentiment to set it off. I stamped the focal image onto the card base and attached the front panel with some foam tape.

Supplies used:

Gina K. Designs: Turquoise Sea and White cardstock

                             Art from the Heart stamp set

                             Blue Lagoon ink

Stampin' Up! Sizzix Window Frame Framelits

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

piercer

foam tape