Cosmos in Sage

I made this card a while ago. It is very simple without any added accessories. I think I have said this before ..... I love Sage Shadow and Chocolate Chip together!

Card Dimensions:

Chocolate Chip card base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
Kraft: 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
Sage Shadow: 4 x 5 1/4

Chocolate Chip: 2 7/8 x 3 3/8
Kraft: 2 3/4 x 3 1/4
Naturals White: 2 5/8 x 3 1/8

Supplies:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Much Appreciated (retired)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Sage Shadow, Naturals White
Ink: Brown Stazon, Sage Shadow
Accessories: Dimensionals, Aquapainter, Papersnips

4.25 x 5.5 card

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October Stamp Club Cards

These are the two cards we made for the October Mystery Hostess Stamp Club. Here are the details for both cards.

Inspired by Nature: Misting with Watercolor Crayons Technique

1. Using watercolor crayons (Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard and Old Olive) colour two flowers of the Inspired by Nature stamp set. Colour directly on the rubber.

2. Hold your stamp away from you and spray it with a water spritzer bottle with one or two sprays 6-8 inches away.

3. Stamp your image onto watercolor paper.

4. Once image is dry, use a 1" Circle Punch to punch a half circle in the watercolor paper.

5. Tape onto Chocolate Chip card stock. Punch the largest hole from Crop-o-dile in the centre of your "circle". Place Jumbo Eyelet through hole and use Crop-o-dile to press and complete eyelet.
6. Adhere Designer Series Paper to Chocolate Chip card stock. Add dimensionals to back of flower image, place ribbon through eyelet and adhere to DSP. Tie ribbon.

7. Stamp sentiment (Happy Thanksgiving) with Chocolate Chip ink on Creamy Caramel card stock.

8. Adhere and finish card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Autumn Splendor DSP (Mini Catalogue), Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Pewter Jumbo Eyelet, Crop-o-dile, 1"Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Earth Elements Watercolor Crayons, Spritzer Bottle, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Dimensions:

Vanilla Card Base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Chocolate Chip - 5 3/8 x 4 1/8
Creamy Caramel - 5 1/4 x 4

Chocolate Chip - 4 1/2 x 3 5/8
Autumn Mead. DSP - 4 3/8 x 3 1/2

Chocolate Chip - 4 1/8 x 2 3/8
Watercolor Paper - 4 x 2 1/4


Autumn Splendor: Watercoloring with Aquapainter

1. Stamp leaves onto watercolor paper using Black Stazon ink.

2. Squeeze inkpads so ink will pool on inside lid of pad.

3. Use an aquapainter to pick up ink from lid and colour in leaves.

4. Stamp sentiment on watercolor paper with Black Stazon. Use a stamp-a-ma-jig if you like perfect placement.

5. Adhere all pieces of cardstock together (except card base), tie on ribbon and complete card.

Note on watercoloring leaves: For every leaf, I used at least three colours of ink. I began colouring all leaves with the lightest colour of ink. For the Five-Leaf Leaf (??huh??) I coloured the entire leaf with More Mustard and then used Creamy Caramel on the outer edges and blended inwards. On the Maple Leaf I used More Mustard and then blended in Really Rust over most of the leaf. I used Close to Cocoa on all the leaf stemas. Taken with Teal ink was used to blend lightly around the outside edges of the leaves. If an area was too dark, I pressed on my aquapainter so that it would add more water and help lighten and spread out the colour.

Supplies:

Stamps: Autumn Splendor, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Taken with Teal, Watercolor Paper, Autumn Meadows DSP
Ink: Black Stazon, Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Really Rust, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Tempting Torquoise 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

Dimensions:

Chocolate Chip Card Base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Taken With Teal - 4 3/8 x 3 1/8
Watercolor Paper - 4 1/4 x 3
Autumn Mead. DSP - 3 x 1


All cards are 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.



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Embrace Life - Faux Silk

This is a card that was done at a number of Stamp Classes in February and March.



Card Dimensions:


Whisper White card base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Chocolate Chip - 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
Blush Blossom - 4 x 5 (then scalloped)
Close to Cocoa - 3 7/8 x 4 3/8 (stamped with Tres Chic)


Blush Blossom - 2 3/8 x 3 1/8
Chocolate Chip - 2 1/4 x 3
Whisper White - 2 1/8 x 2 7/8
Tissue Paper - larger than 2 1/8 x 2 7/8)



Here it is with Old Olive instead of Blush Blossom.




Supplies:

Stamps: Embrace Life, Tres Chic,
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom, Whisper White, Tissue PaperInk: Brown Stazon, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Ruby Red, Close to CocoaAccessories: Glue Stick, Dimensionals, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Scalloped Edge Punch


4.25 x 5.5 card


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Sketch Challenge 222

It's been a while since I've tried a Splitcoaststampers challenge. This one came together fairly quickly.

Card Dimensions:

Kraft Card Base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Chocolate Chip - 4 1/8 x 5 3/8

DP - 4 x 5 1/4 (Cut at 2 1/4 and flipped over one side of double sided dp)

Choc Chip strip - 3/4 x 5 1/4

Kraft - 2 5/8 x 3 1/4

Choc Chip - 2 1/2 x 3 1/8

Naturals White - 2 3/8 x 3

Supplies:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Live Your Dreams (retired)

Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Designer Paper (My Mind's Eye), Naturals White

Ink: Brown Stazon, Close to Cocoa, Sage Shadow

Accessories: Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals, Slot Punch, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Hemp Twine (Michael's), Edger Punch (EKSuccess)

4.25 x 5.5 card

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Inspired by Nature - Reverse Masking

This is one of the cards was made at a number of Stampin' Up! workshops during February and March. I love this card and cased it off someone from Splitcoaststampers but cannot remember who it was.




Details about the card: I made a template for the Reverse Masking Technique as well as for the sponging and paper piercing. That way we created an assembly line and making the square grass image went a lot quicker. Also, the flower was inked up by using markers only.


Dimensions in inches:


Naturals White card base - 4 1/4 x 11
Chocolate Chip - 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
Bravo Burgundy - 4 x 5 1/4
Naturals White - 3 3/4 x 5


Template - 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 (I used my Scorpal to score a 3/4" line down each side, then used my hobby blade and ruler to cut the square out.)


Supplies:


Stamps: Inspired by Nature, It's Your Birthday (retired)
Paper: Naturals White, Chocolate Chip, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red Marker, Bravo Burgundy Marker, Old Olive Marker

Accessories: Square Masking Template (homemade from cardboard), Sponge, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon, Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware (retired)

4.25 x 5.5 card

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P.S. This card is dedicated to Val who has mentioned that I haven't posted in a while. Thanks for the nudge. :)

Sagely Crazy for Cupcakes

This morning I attended my Thursday morning MOMS group and had two cups of coffee and then topped it off with a cup of black tea (along with a wide variety of snacks, of course). Let's just say I have a bit of a buzz going on. LOL So on that note, here is my card:



Just a note about the cupcake: I actually stamped it three times. Once on patterned paper (cut out cupcake minus the candle), then on white card stock (cut out only the top part and candle) and finally again on the sagey coloured card stock (cut out only the candle stick). I cut a small slit in the "white" cupcake, glued it on top of the patterned cupcake and then stuck the sage candle stick slighly in the slot of the white cupcake. Does that make sense? I hope so..... Hmmm. I am thinking how I could have explained that differently. Must be the coffee.....


By the way, I used tweezers to handle the beads and get them on top of the dabs of glue. Very tricky. :)



Supplies:


Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Paper: Designer Paper & Card Stock (SEI 6x6 paper pack), Basic Grey, Whisper White
Ink: Black Stazon, So Saffron (candle flame)
Accessories: Celery Beads, Tombo Liquid Glue, Paper Snips, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Dimensionals, Grey Ribbon (Michael's), Blender Pen, Tweezers


4.25 x 5.5 card


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One Last Yeehaw!!

Okay. This is the last cowgirl card that I have. But hey, who knows, I might decide to make a few more. I just LOVE the stickfigures. Maybe because that is how I draw and can relate. LOL

This is was a very quick and simple card to make. I did add a border to the inside of the card to jazz it up a bit. Sometimes it is nice to have a simple card! The cowgirl stands out and says, "Hey dude, look at me." :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Cowgirl (clearly wordsworth)

Paper: Basic Black, Designer Paper (Basic Grey), Embossed Card Base (DCWV)

Ink: Black Stazon

Accessories: Scalloped Edge Punch, Paper Snips, Tombo Liquid Glue

5.5 x 5.5 card

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