hello...sunshine

Hey friends!!   Today is the Super Bowl and loads of people here in Washington State are going to be cheering on the Seattle Seahawks as they play in their second Super Bowl in two year!  Yep... back to back Super Bowls!  Excited doesn't describe how people feel.  I'm not a huge football fan, but I will be catching the game today... GO HAWKS!!  In the meantime I have a card to share that I made using another technique I learned from the Online Card Classes Clean and Simple Cards 4, day 6.  This technique (masked striped background) was taught by Tasnim of Altenew Stamps and is super fun and super easy.    I used the layout from CAS(E) this Sketch.   Tasnim used distress inks for her technique and so I decided to do the same.  I didn't have the post it tape so I just used some extra wide washi tape that I had on hand.  The distress inks I used are Wild Honey and Crushed Olive.  I kept to those two colors when I stamped my balloons (from the SSS set Celebrate) and inked up the word "sunshine" (also from SSS).    The little pinked edge rectangle is from the same die set that the sunshine came from and coordinates with the SSS set Bring the Sunshine.   The "hello" is from the Lawn Fawn set Hello, Baby.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp; Dies:  Simon Says Stamp; Inks:  Distress ink and Memento Tuxedo Black


 

online card class...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a few cards that I made using techniques I learned from Online Card Classes Clean and Simple Cards 4.   There are lots of fun techniques, but I have only had a chance to play with a few of them.

Day 1 featured different clean and simple embossing techniques.  I made this card using that technique.  Some of you already saw this card on the Precious Remembrance Shop blog as I made it for my {Create it Wednesday} post.   The stamps I used are from the new PRS set "This Moment", as well as two other PRS sets (Coffee Love and DIY).   The embossing powder I used is Ranger's Enchanted Gold.   Enchanted Gold is really pretty, but really pale so I actually had to repeat the embossing step twice.

Day 3 featured some fun inking techniques.  I made the first card using one of the techniques.  Thankfully I had the right kind of ink or I would not have been able to give it a try.   I used Simon Says Stamp Smoke Grey ink to cover my white cardstock.  The stencil is from Memory Box.  Versamark ink was applied and allowed to dry.  The cool look you see is the end result.   This card also features a technique from Day 5 direct to paper inking (I used it on the heart).  The stamps are dies are from SSS and since the current SSS flickr challenge is hearts I will be popping this into that challenge.

The last card also uses a technique from day 3... "velveteen" stamping.  Unfortunately I did not have a background stamp that had a solid enough image on it and so my "velveteen" stamping didn't show up too well.   I used the Hero Arts background stamp Large Canvas Stripes, PTI's Turning a New Leaf and a butterfly from the Stampin Up! set Papillion Potpourri.   The sentiment is from the SSS set Hand Lettered Winter Wishes.  The inks are from Stampin Up! and Memento.   This close up shot shows the "velveteen" stamping a little better.

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some colorful cards...

Hello, hello!!   We have been having some absolutely GORGEOUS weather here in the Puget Sound area!  Just a taste of hopefully what is to come this summer!  Have a couple of cards to share that I made for several challenges.   One card uses a technique that Julie Ebersole demonstrated on day four of the Online Card Class Watercolor for Card Makers.

 

First up is my card for ColourQ and the current Make It Monday challenge.  I used one of the large words from the PTI Wet Paint set and two circular designs from the PTI Bits & Buttons set.   Following Heather's instructions I stamped the word in VersaMark, applied the clear embossing powder and heat set it.   Then I stamped away using the brown, turquoise and aqua colors.  Once I finished stamping those colors I stamped a few circles using Delicata Golden Glitz ink and then carefully wiped the ink of the sentiment.  I added a few sequins in turquoise, aqua and clear before mounting the card on the turquoise card base.

The second card was made using the Julie Ebersole watercolor technique from the Online Card Class and the colors from the current Color Throwdown challenge, lime and bright pink.  For my card I used Ranger Distress inks in Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint.  Both colors were applied to my craft mat and spritzed with water.  The dots were stamped using a clean pencil eraser.  Because I was only stamping with two colors I didn't put down as many dots as I might have.  After the dots were stamped I die cut the piece with a TE butterfly and then added the silver sequins.  Mounted everything on a white cardstock base.  I'm also popping this one into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  die crazy since I used a die to cut my butterfly.

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Supplies:  Card #1:  Cardstock: PTI white; SU! Tempting Turquoise & Pool Party; Stamps:  PTI; Ink:  Stampin Up!, Delicata & VersaMark; Embossing Powder Ranger UltraFine clear; Sequins:  Lawn Fawn & Pretty Pink Posh
Card #2:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Prescious Remembrance Shop New Day; Ink:  Ranger and Memento; Die:  Taylored Expressions; Sequins:  Lawn Fawn

some online card class... cards

Hello, hello... have a few more cards that I made using a few of the techniques that I have been learning in the Online Card Class Watercolor for Card Makers.   The first card uses a technique that I learned from Shari Carroll on day five of class.

Her technique involves watercoloring on an embossed background.  This month I am guesting designing for the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge and I decided to use this technique for my card for this week's challenge:  Red, Yellow and Olive Green.  I stamped the background (from Penny Black) in VersaMark, applied white embossing and heat set.  I then colored different portions of the background using Ranger Distress markers in Crushed Olive, Squeezed Lemonade & Barn Door and water. I created the little button embellishment by die cutting olive green and yellow cardstock using my PTI Button Stack dies.  I adhered them together and they applied Glossy Accents to make it look more like a button.  Once dry I added some red baker's twine to the "button" and adhered it to my sentiment banner.

 

The second card I made using a technique that Jennifer McGuire taught on day six of class.  She used a shimmer mist as her water to add subtle shimmer to her image.  I stamped the image from the Stampin Up! set So Very Grateful on watercolor paper using VersaMark, applied white embossing powder and heat set.  I then colored the image with Ranger Distress marker and some Perfect Pearls mist that I poured into a small cup.  The shimmer is hard to see, but it is very pretty in real life.  The image was die cut using some Stampin Up! labels dies.  The sentiment (stamped in Barn Door) is also from the So Very Grateful set.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Old Olive; Ranger Distress Watercolor paper; Stamps:  Stampin Up! & Precious Remembrance Shop; Ink:  Ranger Distress Makers:  Barn Door, Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw & Wild Honey; Dies:  Stampin Up!/Sizzix; My Favorite Things, PTI; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery

i really miss you...

Hello, hello... stopping by with a card for this week's CASology challenge (earned an honorable mention for last week's challenge!  made me smile... thanks, Joyce!).  I used one of the techniques from Online Card Class - Watercolor for Card Makers - day four.  It is a technique taught by Shari Carroll.

I used some Penny Black stamps (irises and eloquence) and Tim Holtz distress markers.  I only have 5 distress markers and so I wasn't able to get much depth of color, but I do like how it turned out.  After I finished all my stamping I added three little metal brad up in the one corner.  Given the neutral colors I used I think this would work well for a guy or a gal.

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Supplies:  SU! Crumb Cake; Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper; Inks:  Distress Ink markers:  bundled sage, wild honey, dried marigold; VersaFine Onyx Black; brads;  unknown