Comfort and Peace

Hello and Welcome

Today's card were part of a challenge to create one inked or stamped piece of cardstock, then cut in half to create 2 cards.

So, here's what I did to create my cards.

• On my walk, I collected some grasses and leaves that I wanted to use on my cards.
• I got out my Gel Plate and pressed some Bundled Sage, Cracked Pistachio and some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink directly onto my Gel Plate.  I used my brayer to blend the colours together.
• Next, I carefully laid the grasses I had picked up onto the plate, then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the Plate to create the print. 
• I used my black Posca pen and splattered over the images.
• When it was all dry, I cut the piece of white cardstock in half to create 2 A2 sized card.
• I placed the inked panel into my Misti and one at a time, stamped the sentiment onto them.
• I glued each finished panel onto a piece of green cardstock before adding it to the base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION TREES or LEAVES

The Sisterhood of Crafters- MAKE A SCENE

The Paper Funday Challenge- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION OUTDOORS

Supplies

Stamps- Comfort and Peace (Penny Black); Treasure (Verses)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; grasses picked on a walk; 

black Posca pen; black gems

Handmade

Good Morning

I had fun playing with this very unique Whirl Around stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a white cardstock panel and placed it onto my Waffle Flower Stencil Mat.  I laid the Whirl Around stencil over the paper, centering the design and inked it up with some Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil slightly and inked it again in some places with Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.  It gave a shadow look to the stenciled image.
• I die cut a circle from the center using the Stitched Circles from Penny Black, then set that aside.
• Using another piece of white cardstock, I stenciled again using the Dot Circle stencil also from ACLD.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti and stamped the flowers and the sentiment.
• I glued the panel with the flowers onto some dark green cardstock, then onto an A2 size card base.
• I popped the stenciled piece over the top using some foam tape, framing the stamped flowers and sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Whirl Around

Dot Circle

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Life Handmade Sentiments (Scrapbook.com); Flower Silhouettes (MFT)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Stitched Circles (PB); stencils (ACLD); Waffle Flower Stencil Mat;

TE Blending Brushes

Seashore

Hello and Welcome

Some simple stamping today.  

I decided to just leave my card in black and white.

I think going to the beach is on a lot of minds especially when the weather is sunny and warm.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock and placed the Fishing Boats stamp into my Misti and stamped with some black. 
• I cut out the stamped image and glued it onto a piece of black cardstock, then set it aside.
• Next, I die cut a frame from some white cardstock using a die from Penny Black.
• I glued the white frame to an A2 card then popped the image inside the frame.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- STITCHING SENSATIONS

Addicted to CAS- NAUTICAL

Supplies

Stamp- Fishing Boats (ISC- discontinued, company gone)

Inks- Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Zig Zag Stitch die (Penny Black);

foam tape

Walking With Me

Good Morning

Sympathy cards can be hard to make, that is why I like to have a few made to have on hand.

It was inspired by this background I made and this lovely Eucalyptus stamp.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by making the background.  I used my brayer and rolled different shades of Distress Oxide inks over the cardstock.  The colours I used were Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint and some Bundled Sage.
• When I was happy with the inking, I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, I took a piece of white cardstock and using the Hero Arts Infinity Hexagon dies, I cut out a large hex.
• I placed the hex into my Misti and stamped the Layered Eucalyptus to one side.
• I stamped the sentiment from Penny Black to the right side.
• I glued the brayered background onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• I popped the stamped hexagon over that.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Stamps and Fun= Creativity- MONOCHROME

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

The Male Room- MONOCHROME

Supplies

Stamps- Layered Eucalyptus (Gina K); Sympathy Sentiments (Penny Black)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Speedball brayer; Hexagon die (HA); white Posca pen; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Your Precious Soul

Welcome

For today's card, I decided to pull out this older stamp from Penny Black called Together.

I haven't used it for so long.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by looking through my stash of inked backgrounds.  This one was done using the Geometric stencil from ACLD.  I had used it to stencil another card with Distress Oxide inks.  When I went to clean off the stencil, I saw how much ink remained on it, so I pulled out a white card base and cleaned off the stencil onto that using a baby wipe.  It transferred the colour right onto the cardstock giving a more subtle, soft look to the inking.
• I took the stenciled panel and placed it into my Misti and positioned the flowers along the side edge.  
• I coloured directly onto the stamp using my Tombow markers in pink first, sprayed with water and pressed onto the panel.  I repeated that process using some red next just in a few places and not all over coloured.
• I used some green for the stems as well.
• When I was happy with the inking, I moved the stamp down to ink the last flower at the bottom.
• I used my white and black Posca pen to splatter just over the flowers, then set aside to dry.
• When it was all dry, I placed it back into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Geometric

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life- SPLATTERS

Inkspirational- WATERCOLOR

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Together (Penny Black); Be Still (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Tombow Watercolour Markers; Distress Oxide, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Geometric stencil (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

baby wipe; Posca pens

Birthday Wishes

Welcome

Today's card is made using some more of the many scraps I have saved to repurpose.

It made for a colourful, happy feeling card and was simple to create.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I pulled out my container with all my paper strips and found the ones I thought would work well together.  Most of the strips were made by inking and on my Gel Plate.
• I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 4" square that would be my base.  
• I folded the strips in half and then cut the flag ends on each one.  I did have to cut some down in length to fit on the card base.  
• Next, I glued all the pieces onto the white cardstock in a circular shape, alternating the colours as I went around.  Here is what it looked like:

• When I was happy with the positioning of all the strip, I set it aside to dry.
• I cut a white cardstock circle and stamped it using the Snowflakes Texture in my Misti with lots of Distress Oxide ink colours that matched the paper strips.  I glued that onto a black cardstock circle that was slightly bigger.
• I used some foam tape to stick the circle over the paper strip background.
• I die cut the sentiment from Penny Black in some orange and then some white cardstock and glued them offset.
• I glued the finished panel onto a 4 1/4" square card base.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- SIGNS OF SPRING

(Spring colours on my strips)

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflake Texture (Nellie's Choice)

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.); black cs (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- paper scraps, Happy Birthday die (PB); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Frame It

 

Good Morning

Hope you had a good weekend.

It goes by so fast!

So meet today's card.

I wanted to try and use a stenciled background in a different way.  I also wanted to play with this newly released stencil called Scribble Sphere from ACLD.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and place it onto my Waffle Flower stencil mat.
• Next, I pulled out some Distress Oxide colours that I thought would work well together.  They were:  Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin and some Wilted Violet.  I inked over the Scribble Sphere stencil, blending those colours together.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I started looking through my stamp stash to find a good sentiment to use for the center.  I came across this older one from Penny Black and decided to use it.  I simply stamped it onto a piece of white cardstock and glued it onto a piece of pink cardstock that matched the stenciled piece.
• I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 4 inches square.  
• I cut the stenciled panel into 4 pieces and mitered the corners to create a frame, taking into consideration the size of my sentiment.  By mitering the corners, it broke up the pattern and added more interest rather then just cutting away the center.
• I used some foam tape to add the mitered strips that would become my frame, then glued the sentiment into the center.
• I glued that onto a card base that was 4 1/4 inches square and finally added 3 orange gems.  It 

Here is the stencil I used:

Scribble Sphere

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Challenge Up Your Life- SPLATTERS

Supplies

Stamp- Write on Your Heart (Penny Black)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Scribble Sphere stencil (ACLD); Waffle Flower stencil mat;

TE Blending Brushes; white Posca pen, gems (Dollar Store)