Guest Designing at Color Hues #122

Hi everyone.  I'm so happy to be Guest Designing at Color Hues this month, hosted by the very talented Nanc' Leppek.  This is such a beautiful colour combination ... and perfect for Christmas cards.

   

For my card above I've used foil card stock for the main elements.  The ornament, Lavinia Snowflake Ornament - Poppy Stamps (long retired), is die-cut from matte silver (SU!) and shiny teal (Ranger).  I used the snowflake frame in silver and added the ornament piece cut from teal foil card stock.  A vertical strip was also cut from the teal foil card stock and both teal pieces were dry embossed with the Filigree Snowflakes folder (Simon Says Stamp).  After dry embossing, I used a sanding block to expose the silver foil underneath the teal layer, highlighting the beautiful snowflake design.

I added a simple stamped sentiment (Season's Gifts - Penny Black), stamped in Delicata Silver ink.

I had leftover pieces of embossed teal foil card stock, so I made a second card ...

I used a different, older die (Glowing Candles die - Memory Box).  Surprisingly, this die (released in 2013) is still on their website. :)  I cut the die twice, from Silver Matte Foil card stock (SU!) and more of the Teal foil card stock (Ranger).  I pieced them together and popped up the beautiful die over top of more of the embossed teal foil card stock with sanded, silver highlights. :)  I stamped the sentiment (Big Scripty Greetings Holiday - Simon Says Stamp - retired) with Silver Delicata ink to finish the card.

The challenge is open until the 29th, so there's lots of time to play along.  Hope to see you in the gallery!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Season's Gifts (Penny Black); Big Scripty Greetings Holiday (Simon Says Stamp - retired)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Silver Matte foil card stock (SU!); Teal foil card stock (Ranger)
Ink:  Delicata Silver ink (Tsukineko)  
Accessories:   Lavinia Snowflake Ornament die (Poppy Stamps - retired); Filigree Snowflakes embossing folder (Simon Says Stamp), sanding block (PaperArtsy); Glowing Candlies die (Memory Box - retired)

Challenges:

Color Hues #122 - Teal and Silver

Autumn Tree

Hi everyone.  I love the colours of autumn, and here they are again in a background from my stash.  This was a very quick and easy card, simply adding a new-to-me tree die (cut in white), over top of my smooshed background.  A simple sentiment (Memory Box Signature Greetings - gift from friend) is stamped in brown ink to finish.  This literally took me less than 5 minutes to make. :)

Congrats to Just Us Girls Design Team on reaching their amazing milestone of 800 Challenges!!  WAY TO GO!! :)

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Sending this card to:

Just Us Girls Challenge #800 - Special Week - Anything Goes

NBUS Challenge #80 - using a new-to-me tree die for the first time (second entry)

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Signature Greetings (Memory Box - retired)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Watercolour Paper (Arches 140 lb.)
Ink:   Yellow, orange, pink spray watercolours; Ground Espresso DOX inks (Tim Holt)
Accessories:   Tree die (Temu Canada)

Challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge #800 - Special Week - Anything Goes

NBUS Challenge #80

More Textured Tissue Paper with Dry Embossing

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing two more cards for Group of Cardmakers.  I am loving this combination of techniques!

This time I used the Rose embossing folder from Tim Holtz.  It is 3D, but not detailed with lots of open space around the roses.  Turns out the brayer is very attracted to the open spaces and I ended up with gold paint on the highlights of the embossing, plus a lot in the background.  The images still are beautiful, so I cut around the best parts and made two CAS cards. :)

I finished both cards the same ... simple white frame, and stamped sentiment (happy snippets - Penny Black) using Peeled Paint ink.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry (Tim Holtz) 
Accessories:  tissue paper, Rose embossing folder (Tim Holtz), sponges, gold metallic paint (Lumiere), brayer, Rectangle Nestability die (Spellbinders - retired)

Challenges:

Group of Cardmakers - Textured Tissue Paper with Dry Embossing

Peeking Snowmen

Hi everyone.  I recently bought this really fun die.  This just makes me happy! :)  There are lots of bits and pieces (a lot of the die sets these days are like this).  So it takes a while to figure it all out the first time you use it.  I was really happy with how mine turned out. That was until the last step of splattering white paint.  You know how it goes sometimes. :)

The dies were cut out twice, once from white card stock (for the faces and hands), and once from mixed media paper (all the other pieces).  Watercoloured the snowmen accessories with Distress inks, and outlined all the pieces in black (used the side of a black brush tip SU! marker for the edges of the dies, a fine (.05 tip) black pen for the details ... faces, trim on toque & hat, birds.  Adding the outline of black makes it seem as if I used a stamp ... I didn't. :)  Added red chalk for the cheeks.

Also cut out a wooden frame from The Greetery (Curio Cover die), swiped one of the longer pieces with Memento Toffee Crunch (direct from stamp).  The sentiment was stamped in Blueprint Sketch DOX ink to finish. 

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Sending the above card to the following challenges:

NBUS Challenge #80 - first time using both the snowman die and the curio cover die

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65

  

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Toffee Crunch (Memento); Distress Inks:  Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, Black Soot (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Peeking Snowmen die (Temu), Curio Cover die (The Greetery), red chalk, black marker (SU!), fine black pen, white acrylic pen (Posca), diluted white acrylic paint, splatter brush

Challenges:

NBUS Challenge #80

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65