SO MANY HEARTS

Hello  :o)

TECHNIQUES

ink blending

heat embossing

shimmer spray

STAMPS

hearts background - Dawn Houser #106 by Inkadinkado #91079

sentiment -  Hero Arts Hello Stamp & Cut #DC151

SUPPLIES

mini heart punch - random unmarked

banner die -  Stampin' Up! Bitty Banners

shimmer Spray - Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray

white gel pen - Sakura Gelly Roll

Playing along with the following Challenges:

Rainbow Card - #31 Charmingly Cherry  (ends 7/31).

 

Great to have you here!

Scenic Valentine Monkey

SUPPLIES:

Stamps - Stampin' Up! MONKEY BUSINESS & unknown sets

Inks - Distress Inks

Die Cuts - Tonic Studios Rococo Petite Layered Clouds #1661e

Other - googly eyes, blending brushes

TECHNIQUE:

1.  Stamp monkey on white cs with brown ink.  Use watercolor brush to add fur to belly, and color to cheeks.

2.  Stamp hearts 6 generations as shown above monkey.

3.  Die cut clouds and stamp sentiment onto one in brown ink.

4.  Blend green and blue inks onto card as shown.  Add grass pieces using the flat side of any tool by swiping it onto green inkpad.

5.   Adhere clouds and googly eyes as shown.

6.   Mount image panel to white cs panel with foam tape.

Playing along with Lemon Shortbread Challenge #113 Anything Goes , Sweet Stampin' Challenge All You Need is Love , Try It On Tuesday Share the Love Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing....

Nancy

Thank You Cards

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb

Stamps - Stampin' Up! PUN FUN & I {HEART} HEARTS

Markers - Copic, fine point black marker

Inks - Stampin' Up! various reds & pinks, Memento Tuxedo Black

Other - Gelly Roll white gel pen

TECHNIQUE:

1. Stamp image and sentiment in black ink on cardfront and color in with markers, highlighted by white gel pen.

2.  Use a blank slick surface to stamp image on again and then transfer to white cs scrap. Trim and color same as front image, filling in any fainter lines with black pen, and adhere to inside of card, covering up marker bleed from front image.

3. Stamp a row of hearts in various ink colors on scrap white cs, making sure edges touch. Fussy cut, keeping hearts all attached.Score at connection points and mount only back of each end heart to inside of card as shown. (Tip: Before cutting hearts out, score and fold accordian-style to make sure you will have the backs showing on top and bottom of stack where you will need to affix to the card base - you may need to add another heart. You can then tape/glue each end heart on the reverse and lay the stack on the inside of the card, fold the cover closed and they should line up nicely.)

Playing along with the LESS IS MORE Challenge #412, Less / Tiny and Few

This next card was a thank you for a beautiful table runner given to us at Christmas-time, made from coffee bean sacks.  As I was going to send the thank you out after the holiday season, I wanted to retain the same feeling, but without the dark greens and reds.  It's hard to see in the photo without expanding, but the stamped band on the card had light red and light green sponged onto the stamp image.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps - Stampin' Up! BEAUTIFUL BATIK, sentiment from See-D's AGING GRACEFULLY

Inks - Stampin' Up, brown is a Distress Oxide

Other - watercolors, Gelly Roll white gel pen, medical gauze, tissue paper

Paper - watercolor, Neenah white

TECHNIQUE:

1. Spread watercolor wash over watercolor paper. While still wet, lay gauze over it and allow to dry.  Remove gauze and tear edges. Mount to cardfront.

2. Ink border stamp by dabbing wadded up tissue paper on inkpads and then onto rubber.  (Tip: Use different scrap of tissue for each color, and try to work in random areas with just one color applied although some overlap is okay. Guard against muddying the colors as some inks are juicier than others.)

3. Stamp sentiment in brown over border and trim to size. Adhere to cardfront.

4. Using brown ink, stamp images on watercolored paper. Add white gel pen to images and some dots around them.

Thanks for stopping by!  

May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing... 

Nancy

Toads, Frogs...it's all love!

Card for hubby, who loves all things cute

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Card is white IRL, and eyeballs are covered with gloss medium.

Playing along in the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs: November Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread #107 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #402 Anything

STAMPS: Stampin' Up! set "Unfroggetable" 

INKS: Stampin' Up! Barely Banana, Memento Tuxedo Black

MARKERS: Copic

OTHER: Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen, metal ribbon, Ranger Glossy Accents

1. Stamp frog on white cardstock, and off-stamp on Post-It for a mask.

2. Trim mask and place over frog image.

3. Lay stencil down and use dauber to sponge ink over and around mask, fading towards the edges.

4. Use black ink to stamp sentiment.

5. Unmask frog and color in with markers.

6. Highlight areas with white gel pen.

7. Appy gloss to eyeballs and allow to dry.

8. Layer with green panel to white cardfront.

Thanks for stopping in! 

May you be blessed and may you be a blessing.... :o)

Love in the Autumn Air

Following the guidelines for Challenge below but a little too late to enter card in:

Color Throwdown #568

STAMPS: background, tree and critter - Stampin' Up! "Woodgrain", "Love Bandits" set

INKS: Stampin' Up! Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss

MARKERS: Copic

OTHERS: paper piercer, white Sakura gel pen, hole punch, Ranger foam ink blender

1.  Stamp tree with green and brown inks.

2. Color tree leaves and tree trunk in with markers, and add grass and shadowing.

3. Use white gel pen to add highlights to leaves.

4. Use circle punch to punch out tree image and sponge caramel and brown inks around edges. 

5. Use paper piercer to punch small holes around circle edge and connect the dots with white gel pen for faux stitches.

6. Stamp woodgrain background on caramel cardstock and sponge corners lightly with brown ink.

7. Use paper piercer to pierce holes around border.

8. Use brown ink to stamp critter with phrase in lower corner of white cardstock panel and color flowers in with markers.

9. Affix panels as shown.

Thanks for stopping in!

May you be blessed and may you be a blessing...  :o)

Penguin Love

I always find it easier to start a card with a nice fresh sketch, especially on tired days.  

Entering this card into the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #410

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge Christmas/Winter

Penny Black and More November - Christmas

STAMPS: 
penguins - Inkadinkado Dawn Houser (#97180 - O), phrase - Uptown Rubber Stamps Susan Wheeler Holly Pond Hill "Love is in the Air" (#V13259), snowflakes - Stampin' Up! "Serene Snowflakes"

INKS: 
Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up! Taken with Teal, Not Quite Navy, Brocade Blue, Ballet Blue

MARKERS: 
Copic

OTHER: 
Enamel Accents in black, Sakura Gelly Roll pen in white, Stampin' Up! circle punches, fingertip blender


PROCESS:

1. Stamp penguins in black ink on white cardstock, and again on a Post-It note for masking.
2.  Trim mask so only white areas on adult penguins show when placed on top of main stamping. Remove mask.
3. Use blue inks and snowflake stamps to fill in belly/chest areas. Use fingertip dauber and teal ink to shade. Use white pen to highlight center of snowflakes.
4. Use markers to fill in yellow areas and draw a heart on the little guy. Use grey markers to fill in shadows and borders as shown.
5. Using teal ink, stamp large snowflake on white card, and smaller snowflakes on cardstock scraps.  Punch these out, centering.
6. Stamp phrase on a turquoise strip of cardstock in black ink, and cut a square to go underneath main panel as a border.
7. Affix all components as shown and dot center of circles with the black enamel accents.  Allow to dry.

Thanks for stopping by!  

May you be blessed, and may you be a blessing...   :o)