Merry Christmas

Make It Monday #179

Emboss Resist Using Diecuts

 Make It Monday with Laura Bassen

another fun technique to stretch your die cuts by using them as a stencil to emboss resist

                                      I made a stencil from PTI's Triangle Cover Plate. 

                                      The little triangles reminded me of Christmas trees,

                                      so I used green inks to shade the background.

                                      Next I die cut a tree from silver foil paper and 

                                      directly adhered it to background panel,  embossed

                                      the sentiment on vellum, folding edges around the

                                      back of panel to secure before mounting panel with

                                      foam tape on a green A2 card.

                                Papertrey Ink Dies: Triangle Cover Plate, Christmas Tree

                                Inks: Versamark; Ranger Distress Inks Peeled Paint, 

                                          Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles

                                Embossing Powders: Hero Arts Clear, Platinum Tinsel

                                Stamps: Think Big Favorites #20

Celebrating with you

Make It Monday #176: Take 2 

Backgrounds with Embossing Paste 

Check out Laura Bassen's video at Make It Monday

                                         As I was lifting the Modern Cross Quilt 

                                         used on the previous card, I thought

                                        "What would the negative look like on a card?" 

                                         I quickly grabbed an A2 white card and carefully

                                         placed the still wet stencil face down on it, pressing gently.

                                         It didn't look too bad, more muted yet with some texture

                                         as you see in the second close up photo. 

                                         Hate to waste any of that fun embossing paste!

PTI Modern Cross Quilt cover plate, Tag Sale #8, and Circle Scribbles die.

Stamp: Ruby Reprise for sentiment

Previous card has Distress Inks used for coloring Dreamweaver Embossing Paste.

Gold & copper shimmer paper, vellum for tag & scribble circles, raffia ribbon for the bow.

With Sympathy

Make It Monday #176: Take 1 

Backgrounds with Embossing Paste

Papertrey Ink products used unless noted.

Stamps: Boutique Borders-Sympathy, Cutting Garden

Dies: Boutique Borders-Sympathy, Cutting Garden, 

Cover Plate-Modern Cross Quilt Die used to make stencil for background

Distress Inks - bundled sage, mowed lawn, picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, 

                         spiced marmalade, wild honey

Dreamweaver white embossing paste, white embossing powder & Versamark ink

Yellow embroidery floss and dimensional adhesive tape, orange cardstock

          

May your birthday be filled with....

Make It Monday #174 Diamond Wallpaper Stamping

Capture the moment: Make It Monday

    Stamps: PTI Stylish Sentiments: Birthday; Love Lives Here: Holiday;
                   Hero Arts XO
                   Lawn Fawn Schoolhouse Backdrops
    Dies: PTI Mat Stack #3
    Ink:  Hero Arts Pale Tomato, Navy; Ranger Sea Shells Cloudy Blue;
             Versamark
    Paper: Authentique, red glitter paper, Staples 110# white card stock
    White embossing powder,  dimensional foam tape

You rock!

Make It Monday #165

Artsy Watercolor Backgrounds

Stamp: PTI Watercolor Wonder, Recollections lower case alphabet

Distress Inks- Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn,

                       Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire

Versamark Ink & Platinum Tinsel embossing powder, sequins, alphabet stickers

Water color paper, water brush, Bazille blue top-folding A2 card

Linking this to Nichole Heady's blog - Make It Monday #165: 
Artsy Watercolor Backgrounds

Linking this also to Online Card Classes
Day 5 & 6 Watercoloring Stamped Images

Stamped Emboss Resist

Online Card Classes
Water Color for Card Makers

Day 2

                                       Stamped Emboss Resist + Watercolor Wash

Casing Kristina Werner

Stamps: Hero Arts Tiny Triangles, PTI Feather Finery

White embossing powder on background, 

PTI Feather Finery Dies
Platinum Tinsel embossing powder on feathers

Water color paints on background

Top folding A2 white card, water color paper panel, ribbon

Sending Sunshine

Watercolor for Card Makers

Day 2

casing Jennifer McGuire 

Stamps: PTI Doodlie-do

Distress Inks: Chipped Sapphire, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean

Versafine Onyx Black

Water color paper 90 lb, rubber cement,  Bazille blue A2 card 

celebrate

Make It Monday #164
Cluster Stamped Sentiment

                  Stamps: PTI - Think Big Favorites #15, Irresistibly Ikat
                  Stencil: Simon Says Stamp - Falling Snow
                  Inks: Hero Arts - Butter Bar, Pale Tomato, Pool, Soft Cantaloupe, Soft Pool
                           Distress Ink -  Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean
                           Versamark
                  Misc. : Staples 110 lb white cardstock, Shimmer Mist, Sequins, Foam Tape
                              white embossing powder
                       

                  Details to this technique are covered on Nichole's blog:  Capture the Moment

Love

OCC Watercolor for Card Makers

Day 3 & 4 

Watercolor Stamping

                            I used Distress Inks on PTI Meadow Greens stamps, misted with water, 

                           and stamped on watercolor paper. I wet a small round brush & gently 

                           washed over pink blossoms to blur slightly. PTI Wonderful Words: Love 

                           was stamped in Momento London Fog. This panel was adhered to a pink

                           card stock dry embossed with large dots Lifestyle Crafts folder and then 

                           mounted on a white A2 card with rounded corners on all layers. 

                           Inside stamped PTI Bold Bouquet phrase - "You're simply the best" 

                           to make this a Mother's Day card for my 95 year old M-In-Law.

Happy Birthday

PTI Make It Monday #161: Watercolor Splats

I daubed 4 different Distress Inks on a 4.25 x 5.5 white card stock panel

blending each color like Heather showed us. Used a small round brush to

create the water splats and adhered the panel to a top-folding white A2 card. 

I die cut the new PTI Cover Plate: Modern Cross Quilt Die and mounted it on top

of the colored panel with dimension tape. The sentiment from PTI Boutique

Borders: Birthday was stamped with Hero Arts Navy Mid-tone Shadow ink and 

fastened to die cut with a blue staple. Distress Inks used: Chipped Sapphire, 

Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, and Mowed Lawn.

Friend

Virginia's View Challenge #2 - Stencil

                                          Stencil: Heidi Swapp diagonal (pack of 3)

                                          Die: Lawn Fawn LF#491 

                                          Paper: My Mind's Eye, Ooh La La

                                          Stamps: PTI Ruby Rose Reprise, Irresistibly Ikat,
                                                        Bold Bouquet (inside)

                                          Ink: Hero Arts-Soft Cantaloupe, Pale Tomato
                                                 Momento-London Fog

Check out all the fun cards @     Virginia's View Challenge Stencil

Praying for You

Make It Monday #158: 

Stamping with Watercolor Mediums

Papertrey Ink Monday Challenge inspired by Heather Nichols.

                                 Stamps: PTI Cutting Garden, Boutique Borders: Sympathy

                                 Distress Inks - Festive Berries, Fired Brick, Victorian Velvet,

                                                         Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles 

                                                         and Versafine Black Onyx

                                  Lifestyle Crafts Chain embossing folder, Scott Foam Tape, water pen

                         Stamped Distress Inks on an acrylic block and used water pen to color stamps.