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SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa, Set #355530, 2019

INKS:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

OTHER: random colored pencils, Sakura white gelly roll pen, white detail embossing powder, Pazzles Chalkin' Easy pompom

STEPS

1.   Cut kraft cardstock to fit a standard top fold card

2.   Mark off blocks lightly as shown with white pencil

3.   Stamp figures wherever desired with black ink

4.   Sketch snow drift lines lightly and fill in with white pencil, highlighted by blues

5.   Color images in with colored pencils (If you like deep black outlines, restamp with black ink using a stamp positioner, or outline with fine point permanent marker)

6.   Stamp sentiment with Versamark, cover with embossing powder and heat emboss

7.   Use white Sakura pen to add snow dots to blocks and figures

8.   Allow ‘snow’ to dry and shade in squares lightly with white pencil

9.  Glue pompom to the naughty little snowball thrower's mitt

10.  Mount kraft panel to white card front

Playing along with the following challenges:

The Paper Players #PP518 Sketch

                                                            

Art Impressions Challenge Borders

We Love Chocolate Baroque Christmas

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge Christmas / Winter

WISH BRIGHT

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SUPPLIES

STAMP:  Rare Image Rubber Stamps (from my own sheets of rubber - this is from the Vintage Children sheet.  See sidebar for more samples.  If you have interest is owning one you can email me nancyj208@gmail.com :o)

INKS:  Versamark, Momento Tuxedo Black

PENCILS:  assorted including Prismacolor

EMBOSSING POWDER:  PSX Silver Pearl (I know! probably an antique!)

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Stampendous Diamond Dot Stickers dots, PSX paper, rock, scissors by Duncan star 

STEPS

1.  Cut kraft cardstock to size

2.  Stamp figure in lower corner and color in with pencils

3.  Draw a faint border in blue pencil with a ruler as guide

4.  Use blue pencils to fill in sky, starting with darkest in corner

5.  Affix bling elements as shown

6.  Fill in around figure with the two darker blue pencils

7.  Ink sentiment with Versamark and stamp as shown.  

8.  Cover sentiment with silvery powder and heat emboss

9.  Affix image panel to white card base

There is some glare from the wax in the colored pencils.  Very tricky to get an angle where the silvery embossing showed in a photo without the accompanying glare. 

Playing in the following challenges:

Double D Winter Blues

Rainbow Card Challenge #23 Sparkling Sapphire

Retro Rubber They Say It's Your Birthday #rrbc148

This image is from a stamp sheet copyright 2011 and I have been using it that long, but is still available so not sure if that counts per Challenge rules?!

Best wishes!!

 

AUTUMN CELEBRATION

Hello!

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  child scene - Rare Image Rubber Stamps -Vintage Children sheet *Note* if you are looking for this to purchase it is from my own sheets of rubber, which are available if you send a note to me nancyj208@gmail.com (see sidebar for more sample cards, etc  :o) sentiments - Stampin' Up! assorted

INKS:  Distress Stormy Sky & Vintage Photo, Memento Tuxedo Black

MARKERS:   Copic

STENCIL:  clouds - Chalk Talk

DIE:  banner - Stampin' Up! Framelits Bitty Banners (please note that it is shorter and I extended it when running it through the Big Shot partially from both ends)

CARDSTOCK:  Neenah White Classic Solar White 110 lb

STEPS

1.  Cut white cardstock to desired size to allow for border

2.  Lay cloud stencil on card and repeatedly add ink using blending brushes and dye ink

3.  Stamp main image near base as shown in black ink.  

4.  Stamp same image on scrap cardstock, color with markers, and fussy cut

5.  Color in grasses and leaves with markers

6.  Blend brown ink up from bottom of panel as shown

7.  Die cut banner and score two lines for folding under as shown

8.  Stamp sentiment on banner, and another on main panel

9.  Affix banner to panel with foam tape in the center and double sided tape at ends

10.  Use foam tape to adhere child figure cut out over original image

11.  Adhere image panel onto top folded white card front

Playing along with the following Challenges:

Retro Rubber They Say It's Your Birthday

This image is from a stamp sheet copyright 2011 and I have been using it that long, but is still available so not sure if that counts per Challenge rules?!

AAA Birthday Game #19 For a Child

Lemon Shortbread #133 Anything Goes

Fab n' Funky Handstamped or Die Cut Sentiment

Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes

 Thanks for visiting!!!

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

Exciting news...

...for you if you love the Rare Image Rubber Stamps GARDEN sheet! Check out the Stamp Something blog March 13 and on for the fun!! :o)

Here's a shadowbox card I just finished up featuring both the RIRS GARDEN and PETS sheets images. I've been so inspired by Pat Moore's art on the RIRS site that I wanted to start stamping some scenic artwork again. The shadowboxes can be a little putzy and you have to concentrate when you're measuring and cutting LOL but when they are finished I really get a kick out of having these little dioramas sitting around on my desk for a bit. I have a few more I finished last year and had thought they were on my blog but I couldn't find them anywhere. I'll post the three of them here in the next few days...

Card measures 3 1/2" square and 1" deep

STAMPS: cat, birdbath and tree - Rare Image Rubber Stamps, path - V.I.P., cottage - PSX, mountain scene - Comotion, large grass - All Night Media, small grass - Stampin' Up!

INKS: Adirondack Willow, Lettuce, Pesto, Sandal, Latte, Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue

SUPPLIES: stamp positioner, ruler, pencil, eraser, stipple brushes, colored pencils, Flower Soft, Exacto knife, Micron 02 black finepoint marker

NOTES: see below

I generally start scenic work by drawing the approximate size of the finished piece on paper, and then stamping the images I'm planning to use so I can see how it fits together.



After I measure the cardstock for the total piece and mark where score lines go, I draw my opening and trim around it with an Exacto knife.

At this point I usually stamp the scene on the inside panel and if I screw it up (like this time LOL) I just stamp it on a matching piece of cardstock trimmed to fit. I like to continue part of the scene onto the inside side panels so the card looks good from an angle (and I do the outside side panels a bit too, if I'm not too lazy ;o)

For any areas that don't match up perfectly, or there is blank space, I use the finepoint black marker to add what's needed. A good example is the continuing line of the path on the frame area - once the card was folded together I drew in some grasses to continue the path stamped on the inside so it would look like it was coming into the forefront. This is where I also added the Flower Soft to start on the frame and draw the eye into the scene.

To apply color, I used the lightest colors and applied them with Airebrush stipple brushes, then filled in darker using the same and colored pencils. I kept a mask over the cat the whole time to retain the crisp white.

Hope you enjoyed - now go check out Stamp Something!

A couple Scenic cards

Here are a couple cards I whipped up tonight while watching a movie on TV (did you realize they can stretch them out to 3 hours with enough commercials? LOL) It snowed here last night up in the Midwest so I needed to make some "warm" cards!

Both cards feature the Technique Junkie technique Spectrum Roll from the August 05 newsletter which is just too quick and easy! (with a slight modification since I don't have the metallic markers yet) and 3 fabulous stamps by I Brake For Stamps (the two main stamps are large and sold as single images, and the crackle square is on the newest half-sheet of birds).

Not much else to say, these are pretty self-explainatory...enjoy!

(click on photos for detail)

I inked up just the weeds and stamped the rusty-red panel, crumpled the cardstock and roughed up the edges with a Tim Holtz distressing tool, then peeled the top corners a bit. I used the largest regular Nestibilities circle to cut this panel and then edged it with black ink and a sponge.

Southwest Indian Pot

This is a technique I've never tried till now. It's called Embossed Vellum, and it's on the brand new Technique Junkies CD #6, which is available to none-subscribers also!! But why in the world wouldn't you want to be a subscriber?! LOL It's such a great deal it's almost a steal!! Go to Pat's blog and you'll see a link for a free CD tutorial and all the info you need!

(click on photo for more detail)

All stamp images on this card, including the blanket background, are from I Brake For Stamps. Actually, the pot, cactus and building are all on the same half sheet, so that's a great deal. And check the site often - the sales/specials are awesome and change regularly. If you need some ideas for the IBFS images, go to my sidebar (under Index of Posts) and click on I Brake For Stamps and you will see all the cards I've posted using their stamps!

I have a couple hints when doing this technique:

*tips*

~ don't press too hard on the vellum or you will rip right thru it

~ pick a stamp with enough open area for the color to show

~ add shading around edges to tone down the white of the vellum (I used a sponge)

~ back the vellum by white so your colors pop

~ eyelets, brads and gemstones work well to hide tape at corners

I used Stampin' Up! inks in the Earth Elements family. I added a shadow for the pot using three colors to keep my images from floating. I used a sponge to edge the largest panel with Really Rust and then Close to Cocoa, and used some scraps of same to make corners for my main panel. The southwest border punch is by Marvy. It's hard to see, but I roughed up the edges of the rust and tan panels with a Tim Holtz distressing tool just a bit. I think that's about it for the details!

Thanks for stopping by!

Finally, a post!! LOL

This card is especially for Laurie, who's been waiting so patiently LOL to see a fresh card post ;o)

I've only used one stamp here but isn't it a great one, especially for this time of year?! This chair in the sand image is by I Brake for Stamps and is on a half sheet of rubber, #IBFS-RB09.

Card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

The background is a Technique Junkies technique from the current newsletter called Mesh Direct. I used Stampin' Up!'s Buckaroo Blue and Marigold Morning inks for that, and the same for the scene, along with SU's Apricot Appeal and Palette's Burnt Umber. The grass was colored in using an Adirondack marker.

The scene done all in inks and sponges was inspired by the style on the blog Freedom in Creating Michelle is truly an artist and one of my favorite stampers for her unbelievable use of color and perspective! When you go to her page, click on the Tutorials link and prepare to sit for hours oogling and absorbing! The chair was stamped in the Burnt Umber, covered with a Versamark pen and then embossed in clear powder to allow me to color in the scene over it without ink soaking in to the main image. I pop-dotted the main panel so it would stand out more which only really shows irl.

To get the corners I just cut a square of brown cs, cut it on the diagonal and notched out the triangle as shown. I sponged the edges of these and the Stampin' Up! punched window strips with coordinating ink as listed above. The brads are pearlized light blue.

Thanks for stopping in, and don't miss my note on the top of the sidebar - thanks! :o)

Arctic Seals

Just a quick hi and a winter-inspired card. I have a pile of work to do today! LOL

Card is jumbo! 6 /1/2" x 7 1/4"

The colors in the scan are a bit off, but you get the idea. Some things you can only see irl: there is a "pool" of water in front of the seals (Stamp Affair) made by using Judi-Kins Diamond Glaze, which dries 3D and clear (mine is a bit yellowed here :o( Also, I stamped the seals on textured paper, made by rubbing cs over a table edge repeatedly to break up fibers, and then picking at the corner to peel into two layers. This provides a fuzzy, suede type finish. (thanks Beate's blog Fresh & Fun under the Leather post for this cool technique!)

I started by doing two Watercolor Distress backgrounds, one in Weathered Wood, and one in WW and Walnut Stain. On the blue-only one I stamped the mountain range (Cowtown) in Staz-On Stone Grey and highlighted it with a Sakura Gelly Roll sparkle pen. It looked too stark so I ran a white pencil over the lines.

I stamped the seals in Staz-On Timber Brown and trimmed them out. I colored them in lightly with pencils for definition, and then pop-dotted them onto the bkgd (I had stamped just the head of the large one on first, so I wouldn't have to trim whiskers out.) It looked too plain so I stamped the sun (Stampin' Up Scenery Set), the birds and water (Just For Fun) in the WW.

I applied khaki photo corners to the main panel, and then adhered the layers as shown. The darkest layer is brown and not black like it appears.

Thanks for looking!

Tropical Sun

The first stamping magazine I ever picked up and browsed through was a RubberStampMadness, and I fell in love with scenic stamping.

I know a lot of collage and abstract has taken over as far as trends go, but I still can't resist plain old scenic stamping once in a while. This card is to all of us freezing in the snow and cold today - take a mental break and you can almost feel the sun and hear the birds calling over the water :o)

Now I made this card at the end of last winter and sent it out so it's not available for the drawing, and I don't remember the exact ink colors or brands I used so I'm going to be a little more generic in my terms than usual (though probably no less wordy, unfortunately! Never learned the fine art of putting things in a nutshell apparently LOL)

I started by stamping the gal on the towel image (Viva Las Vegastamps) two times on a scrap of white cs, and once on a scrap of beige. I colored the towel on one white image and the hat on the other. I trimmed the hat out closely and the body with swim suit from the biege stamping and layered them on the image with the colored towel, which I had already trimmed.

*tip*

You could certainly just stamp once on white cs and color it all in - I can't remember why I did it this way but I'm sure I had a good reason LOL

I opened up a gold jump-ring and attached it around her right wrist.

For the background I did the black silhouette stamping last, the sun, and footprints in sand next to last. So picture a blank piece of white card stock. I laid out my inkpads open, grabbed some of those round yellow airy synthetic sponges...

*tip*

Cut these round yellow sponges into quarters (it'll look like pie pieces - yep, always thinking about food! LOL) Then use just one color family per wedge, always inking the rounded edge for soft blending. I keep all of mine in an open basket as I use them quite a bit for sponging the edges of panels. You want to throw them all in a sink full of soapy water and then rinse once in a great while just to clean off buildup and start fresh.

...and sponged in colors freehand as shown blending at the edges. I sponged yellow first where I wanted the sun, and then a bit below that in a cone shape for reflection. Avoid sponging colors over one another where they will mix and turn into another color entirely (blue over yellow will give a greenish cast) unless you intend to change the color.

As I went along sponging, I kept laying the cut out image down to see where I wanted certain elements, like the sun and sand line.

To make the sun, I used a cheap plastic template with a circle area cut out, and sponged it in about 2/3 of the way around as you see it.

I stamped the sand line (Toybox) in the same color ink I had sponged the beach in, and then used a Q-tip to make faint footprints.

I stamped the birds (Just For Fun), the shoreline (Stampscapes) and the leaves (Paper Candy) in black ink, using a stamp positioner for placement, with my main image laying where I intended to place it. Some of the leaves are second generation stamping to add depth.

*tip*

Whenever you do a second stamping where there is an edge of cs involved, don't just stamp your image and then stamp again, or you will end up with uneven coloring on the second image because you will not have removed all of the first layer where your image didn't touch the surface (from hanging out over the edge). So stamp the image where you want it, wipe off stamp, ink again, stamp lightly on a scrap, then stamp your panel.

Lastly, I pop-dotted the main image, added black photo corners, and layered as shown.

Thanks for looking!