Saturday, October 26, 2024

Rock on & Santa's Sweets

Hi everyone.  Here's another adorable image from Penny Black's Christmas release, Rock on. This image is so cute ... I smiled the whole time I was watercolouring him. :) 

I stamped him in black pigment ink, heat set and then watercoloured the image with distress inks.  I used the matching die to cut out the image (Rock on cut out).  To finish the bear, red chalk was added to his cheers with a white dot.

Next I stamped Christmas Story (Penny Black) onto a piece of white card stock and heat embossed in white.  I used the circle stencil from Penny Black's Background Basics, to sponge lightly with Evergreen Bough ink.  This shows off the stamped background.  I used a white paint pen to add a stitching on the circle.

The image was popped over top to give it some added dimension, and a red sentiment banner with white embossed sentiment (from the same stamp set as the bear) was added.

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Second card for today, this time using Penny Black's Santa's Sweets.  

I stamped the image in black pigment ink, heat set with my heat gun and then watercoloured with distress inks.  I used the matching die (Santa's Sweets Cut Out) to cut out the image.

I used a piece of removable tape to mask a horizon line and sponged a little Lost Shadow distress ink below the line for a shadow under the chair.  I adhered the image over top and stamped a sentiment (Bright & Light in black ink to finish the card. :)

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Sending this card to Simply Clean and Simple October Challenge where anything CAS goes.
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Card #1:
Stamps:  Rock On (Penny Black
Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Black Pigment ink (Versafine Clair Nocturne); Distress Inks:  Pine Needles, Candied Apple, Lumberjack Plaid, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs, Unchartered Mariner (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Rock On cut out (Penny Black), Background Basics (Penny Black), white embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, watercolour paint brushes, sponge, Red chalk, White paint pen (Posca)

Card #2:
Stamps:  Santa's Sweets; Bright & Light (both from Penny Black)
Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Black pigment (Versafine Clair Nocturne); Distress Inks:  Pine Needles, Candied Apple, Lumberjack Red, Black Soot, Mustard Seed, Lost Shadow (Tim Holtz); Zigs:  Flesh
Accessories:   Watercolour paint brushes, Santa's Sweets Cut Out, Tape for masking, sponge


Sunday, October 20, 2024

Penny Black - Mistletoe

Hi everyone.  I'm sharing a CAS (clean & simple) card using an adorable image from PB's Christmas release, Mistletoe (31-084).  I stamped in black ink and watercoloured with Distress Inks.  I cut out the image using the matching die-cut, Mistletoe Cut Out (51-846).

The background is debossed using Geometric (65-007), a Penny Black embossing folder, adding a torn snow hill at the bottom and popping the image up over top of the embossing.  A simple sentiment (Shine Upon You (30-928), Penny Black finishes the card.

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Sending this card to the following challenges:
1) Darnell's IDEAS October Challenge - Dies - used dies to cut out the two images
  
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Stamps:  Mistletoe (Penny Black); Shine Upon You (Penny Black)
Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Black Pigment (Versafine Clair Nocturne); Distress Inks:  Unchartered Mariner, Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn, Black Soot, Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany (Tim Holtz)  
Accessories:   Mistletoe Cut Out (Penny Black), watercolour brushes, Geometric EF (Penny Black), red chalk

Monday, October 14, 2024

More Stencil Monoprint for Gof7

Hi everyone.  Another card for Group of Seven's Stencil Monoprint technique.
I used a lovely stencil called Layered Poinsettia from Tim Holtz.  I pressed two colours of Distress Ink pads directly only the stencil (Brushed Corduroy, Candied Apple).  Spritzed with water and flipped the wet stencil onto a piece of mixed media paper.  Used a paper towel to blot over the stencil to remove the ink that escapes from the open design.  I ended up with a piece that has the background of the stencil images coloured.  I let it dry thoroughly and then placed the cleaned stencil back over top, lining up the design.  I added embossing paste over top, using a palette knife to smooth it out.  I removed the stencil right away and washed it off.  The piece was left to dry.

I finished be adhering the panel to my white card base and attaching a lovely gold foiled sentiment (gift from a friend).  

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Sending this card to Peace on Earth Challenge #73 - Anything Christmas Goes.
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Stamps:  n/a
Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Ink pads:  Brushed Corduroy, Candied Apple (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Layered Poinsettia Stencil (Tim Holtz), water mister, White embossing paste (Dreamweaver), palette knife, Foiled sentiment (unknown)

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Autumn Leaves

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a card that I had a LOT of FUN making! :)  This combines two of the techniques that we've explored at Group of Seven: 1) Dry Embossing with Re-inker Watercolouring; 2) Kaleidoscope.

Instead of watercolouring, I sponged autumn colours of Distress inks (Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Crackling Campfire) onto a piece of mixed media paper.  The coloured panel was dry embossed (Vine Canopy EF - Simon Says Stamp) on the de-bossed side of the panel.  I then took Versafine Clair Chianti ink and used direct to paper, swiping the inkpad over the debossed and sponged side of the panel.

Once the panel was dry, I cut it into different-sized widths horizontally.  I adhered the some of the strips to my card base (not all), leaving a bit of space between each strip.  I stamped the sentiment (Simply Sentiments - Lawn Fawn) in Carved Pumpkin ink.

This was a quick and easy card to make.

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Stamps:  Simply Sentiments (Lawn Fawn)
Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Carved Pumpkin, Crackling Campfire, Gathered Twigs (Tim Holtz); Purple Pigment ink:  Versafine Clair Chiani
Accessories:   Vine Canopy embossing folder (Simon Says Stamp); sponges