Ink Cube Thumping

I have another birthday card to share. This one uses the Ink Cube Thumping technique on the bird.

I started with a gate fold card base, and stamped the Petite Flourish background stamp with Grass Green ink on the front.

For the bird, from the Birthday Blessings stamp set, I first inked it up with Blue Raspberry ink and then used my Blue Denim ink cube around the edges of the design. It gives a shaded effect and a bit of dimension.

The sentiment is also from the Birthday Blessings stamp set. I stamped it with Obsidian Amalgam ink, and cut it out with one of the dies in the Decorative Label die set. I used one of the other dies in the set to cut out the background piece for the bird. I blended some Blue Raspberry ink on it, cut out the bird with the coordinating die, and attached it and the sentiment. I adhered one side of this to the card front, so it can open.

All of my supplies are from Gina K. Designs.

March Scor-Pal More Than One Score

 

It's the beginning of a new month, so it's time for another Scor-Pal More Than One Score project. I recently received some new markers, so I made a box to store them in.

To keep the markers from falling over, I wanted some dividers in the box, so I thought the easiest way to do this was to make 4 small boxes and tape them together.

To make this box, you will need:

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

The Stacker

4 pieces of heavy cardstock, measuring 6" x 8 1/2"

1 piece of cardstock, measuring 4" x 4"

Patterned paper, cardstock to decorate

With the 8 1/2" side of one of the larger pieces of cardstock at the top of your Scor-Pal, score at 2", 4", 6" and 8". Turn the cardstock a quarter turn to the left, and score at 4". Trim the piece as shown below.

Fold along the score lines, and add Scor-Tape, as shown.

Make the box by attaching the tab to the other side, and then folding in the bottom flaps, making sure to fold the flap without tape last. I find the easiest way to attach the tab, is to fold in the first section with the tab, remove the tape liner, and then fold in the other side. Here's a picture to make it clearer!

Once you have the first box made, repeat with the other 3 pieces of cardstock. Tape the 4 boxes together to make a large box. The 4" x 4" piece can be taped to the bottom, to make it look neater and to make it a bit stronger.

Then you can decorate it. I used 4" x 4" pieces of cardstock, and 3 3/4" pieces of patterned paper to decorate mine.

Butterfly Wreath

This is the season for birthdays in my extended family, so I made another birthday card. 

For this card, my supplies are from Gina K. Designs.

I used the Wreath Builder template with the Bitty Botanicals Mini stamp set, and inked the images with Jelly Bean Green, Bubblegum Pink, and Ocean Mist ink. I added this to a Jelly Bean Green layer and attached it to a white card base.

The sentiment is from the Star Flower stamp set, stamped with Jelly Bean Green ink, and added to a Jelly Bean Green layer before being attached to the middle of the wreath.

I am looking forward to having real butterflies in the garden!

Rainbow Birthday

I have a colourful rainbow card today. I am entering it in the Penguin Palace Challenge #22 - Anything Goes.

One of the stencils in the Penguin Palace Sacred Lotus Stencils 360° set gives this lovely pattern. I inked it up with a rainbow of Gina K. Designs inks (Passionate Pink, Cherry Red, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green, Turquoise Sea, Blue Denim, Dark Orchid).

The penguin is from the Penguin Agenda stamp set, and I finished it off with the sentiment, from the An Amazing Friend stamp set.

   

98th Birthday Card

Today, I have a card for a friend who is turning 98 this week!

All of my supplies are from Gina K. Designs, except the gold foil cardstock.

I started by blending Lucky Clover ink through the Thick Brush stencil to make a light background. On a separate piece of white cardstock, I blended Lucky Clover, Powder Blue, and Medium Orchid ink. I then cut out the back part of the Floral banner dies from this, and cut the detailed part of the die from gold foil cardstock. I glued these two pieces together with some Connect Glue and attached them to the front panel.

The butterfly is from the Butterfly Kisses Stamp 'n Foil set. It was stamped with Powder Blue ink, foiled with Brilliant Blue Fancy Foil, and cut out with the coordinating die.

For the sentiment, I used the So Many Sentiments stamp set and Obsidian Amalgam ink.

I added the front panel to a gold foil layer and then onto a white card base.

I hope that I am as healthy and active as my friend when I am 98!

 

Sympathy Card

I needed a sympathy card for a friend, and thought I would make a wreath card to enter in the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge.

The Gina K. Designs (GKD) Wreath Builder template makes it so easy to create a wreath. You can use any small stamps you have, so for this card I used the GKD Embroidered Flowers stamp set, by Melanie Muenchinger. I used GKD Fresh Asparagus, Sweet Corn, and Medium Lilac ink.

The sentiment came from the GKD Natural Silhouettes stamp set, and was stamped with Fresh Asparagus ink. 

I added a strip of Fresh Asparagus cardstock above the sentiment before adding the front panel to a  Fresh Asparagus layer, and then to a white card base.

February Scor-Pal

 

It's time for the first Scor-Pal post of 2023! This month, I made a Tri-fold Shutter Valentine's Day card.

When you open it, it looks like this:

To make this card, you will need:

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

The Stacker

Cardstock - 5 1/2" x 10 1/2"

Patterned paper to decorate

With the 10 1/2" side of the cardstock on top, score at 1 3/4", 3 1/2", 7" and 8 3/4". Turn the cardstock 90 degrees, and cut 1 1/2" from each edge, just between the score lines.

Fold along the score lines to make the following shape:

Then, you can decorate it. I couldn't find any patterned paper in my stash that I liked for this card, so I made my own. I picked out heart shapes from about 10 different stamp sets, and stamped them with 4 ink colours. The solid pieces are from the DCWV The Shimmer Stack, and the sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Sketched Wreath Builder.

Coloured Pencil Resist

The Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix challenge has moved to Facebook (Gina K Designs & Stamp TV Friends), and this month the challenge is Coloured Pencil Resist.

The coloured pencil resist technique is similar to the emboss resist technique. After I stamped the image, I used a white coloured pencil to colour in parts of the flower and leaves. Then I blended the ink over the image, and wiped the ink off the coloured pencil areas.  The coloured pencil resists the ink and stays mainly white.

I cut out the image with an oval die, and cut a slightly larger white oval for the layer. I blended ink over the edges so that it matched the ink on the image. 

The embossed background was attached to a black layer and then added to a white card base. After the ovals were attached, I added the sentiment.

I used the following products:

Gina K. Designs: The Best Flowers, So Many Sentiments stamp sets

                             Wild Lilac, Grass Green ink

                             Obsidian Amalgam ink
Hero Arts Infinity Oval dies
Embossing folder
White coloured pencil

Lotus Shaker card

Today, I have a card for the Penguin Palace Challenge #21 - Interactive. 

I chose to do a shaker card.

I used the Penguin Palace Sacred Lotus Stencils 360° for my image. I decided to cut the image in half and make a mini slimline card. I die cut a circle off the edge and used the cut off piece as the background for the shaker portion. I used a small bag to hold my shaker bits, so they wouldn't escape!

The sentiment is from the Penguin Palace An Amazing Friend stamp set.

Snowflake Blizzard

My last card of 2022 is for the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge - Let it Snow. It's hard to believe that we are at the end of another year!

I stamped the snowflakes, from the Gina K. Designs Sparkling Snowflake and Seasonal Sentiments stamp sets, with VersaMark ink, and heat embossed them with white embossing powder. Then I blended Gina K. ink over the background, using Blue Raspberry, Medium Lilac, and Medium Orchid. I received the new Lilac and Orchid sets of ink for Christmas, and this was the first time I tried them. I love the Medium Orchid colour - it's so pretty and vibrant! I adhered the front panel to a black panel, and then onto a white card base.

For the sentiment, which came from the Sparkling Snowflake set, I heat embossed it on a piece of black cardstock, and then cut it out with a die from Gina's Master Layouts 3. It was a square die, but I cut it twice, lining up the stitches on the side, to make it a rectangle. I attached this to the card with some foam tape.

I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2023!