Perfect Sentiment Challenge No 1

My friend Jennipher has started a new blog challenge called Perfect Sentiments Challenge here http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/  I hope you all go check it out.  It's going to be a lot of fun.  I had time this week to play around a little bit and made this card for the challenge.  The idea was to make a sympathy card (you know you never have one of these when you need it).  But the twist was to use some lace on your card.

First, I inked up my stamp (SU Close As A Memory - I love this stamp set) with my SU Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie Markers which I stamped on watercolor paper.  I then spritzed it using Gold Glimmer Mist.  It's hard to see the shimmer in the photo, but it looks really pretty IRL.  I cut that out with my Marvy circle punch and adhered it to a scallop circle (cut with my Nestabilities) from a piece of dp from SU Linen Prints.  I added some small bling to the flowers to pop them out a bit.

The base of the card is SU Peach Parfait (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) over which I layered another piece of SU Linen Prints (4 x 5 1/4) and put a piece of lace (Recollections) over it and under the image layer.  I then stamped the sentiment (also from Close as a Memory) onto SU Very Vanilla c/s and layered it onto a piece of Peach Parfait and then added a little bling dot to it. and layered it on the top of the card.

I hope you like it.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

The Outlawz

Come join the fun at The Outlawz. They have daily challenges and lots of great prizes. They are having a 1000 member party from October 3 to October 9. Hope to see you there.

Lots of fun.  Don't let it pass you by!

Star Birthday Dry Emboss Resist Technique

Okay.  Starting on row 2 of the Techniques.  This one is dry embossing on glossy c/s and then using Tim Holtz Distress Ink to color it.  The instructions said to punch the images first and then emboss, but I found it easier just to emboss the c/s and then I added the colors to that and overlapped the colors somewhat which gave it a good effect.

I used the Paisley embossing folder and embossed a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch piece of SU White Glossy c/s.  After I embossed the c/s, I took a piece of light sandpaper and sanded the top of the c/s to remove most of the gloss off it.  I then used the Tim Holtz sponge applicator and applied Distress Inks around the paper with Broken China, Wild Honey, and Fried Brick.  Then I punch out the stars using the SU large and small Star Punches.  I cut a large circle of SU Chocolate Chip and stamped the sentiment from the SU Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set using Versamark and then embossed it with white embossing powder.  Then it was just a matter of placing the stars around the circle.  The base of the card is SU Confetti Cream.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Canvas Resist Technique

My sticky-back canvas finally arrived so I was able to finish up Row 1 of the Techniques class.  Life has been rather busy so it's taken me awhile to finish this up.  This was the first time I've done this technique and I'm enjoying using the Tim Holtz Distress Inks on these projects.  I can see that I'm going to have to purchase some additional colors.  The good thing is if you use the sponges to apply your ink, you can save those sponges and re-use them.

I used SU Confetti Cream for the base of this card using SU Crumb Cake to stamp SU Petite Print as the background.  I used an image from SU Day of Gratitude stamped with Versamark on the Sticky Back Canvas and embossed it using white embossing powder.  Then using the Tim Holtz Sponge Applicator, I used Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Fried Brick, and wild Honey and randoming inked up the image.  The added touches - stamped "hello" from SU Pennant Parade using Crumb cake on Confetti Cream and punched it out with the SU Window Punch.  I tied a bow using a piece of twine and adhered a flower sticker from Sandylion stickers to finish it off.

This is a photo of my first row of techniques.

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Thank You Kiss

I finally got to the last heart on the first row!  LOL!  I still have to work on No. 4.  This class really needed much more time than I had to give to it, but luckily I can still go back and watch all the videos that were presented and I've been able to download all the classes so I can still work on all the lessons.  This is what happens when you work all day and only have limited time in the evenings to be productive.

This card was made using the "Kiss" technique.  I actually left out a portion of the the technique - the resist part.  I liked the way it looked after I "kissed" the SU Boho Blossom b/g stamp which I inked up with Fired Brick Distress Ink onto the SU Big Blossom b/g stamp which was inked up with Versamark and stamped the Big Blossom onto GP white c/s.  I cut out the Big Blossom image and mounted it on a piece of flower pattern paper which I mounted on a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" SU Ruby Red c/s base.  I put a strip of white ribbon across the pattern paper and tied a bow.  The sentiment is from SU Day of Gratitude and I used the SU oval punch to punch it out and mounted it with Dimensionals.  I finished it off with a red button tied with a bit of twine.

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Technique Class - Paint Resist

This is the card I created using the Paint Resist Technique from the Inspiration Showcase Techniques Online class I was taking for the last 2 weeks.  (Heart No. 2 on the image below)  This card was sent off to a special new friend.  I hope she liked it.

  The image is SU French Flair.  I used Pearl Acrylic Paint Dabber on the stamp and stamped it on GP white c/s and heat set it to dry.  I then used a Ranger Blending Tool with foam and applied Wild Honey and Peeled Paint Distress ink to the image.  I used my Nestabilities Classic Oval Scallop to cut out the image and mounted it with dimensionals on another piece of GP white c/s which I had sponged some SU Crushed Curry ink around the edges.  I then mounted that on a piece of SU Crushed Curry over which I had put a piece of SU Ribbon and the whole piece was mounted on a base of GP white c/s.  The flower is a Prima that I received as a free gift from Simon Says Stamps for an order I had placed and it fit perfectly.

Life Is Beautiful

That is what is printed on the pattern paper.  This is the second card I did for the Inspiration Showcase Techniques online class.  It is called Patterned Paper Trapped Embossed Resist.  The pattern is trapped behind the stamped image.  And guess what ----  no Copic markers.  ;) 

  I started out with a base of SU Pumpkin pie.  I took SU Lavish Lace and smeared Versamark Ink all over it and stamped on top of the pattern paper.  Used my heat gun to heat set the Versamark and then took Ranger Wild Honey Distress Ink and spread that all over the top and then took a dry cloth and wiped off the excess ink.  Wasn't sure what to do with it and found these pretty Prima flowers that looked great with it.  I took my new Shapeabilities Foliage and cut out a spray of leaves and adheared them both to the front of the card.  With the words on the pattern paper, it didn't need a sentiment.

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