Sweet Hydrangea

Today I CASE'd a card from Jenna Barber.  I absolutely loved her card that was posted on Splitcoaststampers and had to try it.  I changed the colors slightly, and did a little less layering, but used the same layout and main stamp image.

"Sweet Hydrangea"

 

 

Stamps:  Because I Care, Baroque Motifs, Vintage Labels (sentiment) (SU!)

Paper:  Night of Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White (SU!)

Ink:  Night of Navy, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Marina Mist, Versamark (SU!)

Accessories & Tools:  Clear embossing powder, white embossing powder, heat tool, Aqua Painter, Flourish Texturz Embossing Plate, Kiwi Kiss 3/8" satin ribbon, small oval punch, medium oval punch

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I stamped the hydrangea (Night of Navy ink) and leaves (Old Olive ink) onto the 2" x 3" piece of Whisper White.  I clear embossed them and then water-colored them using Marina Mist and Kiwi Kiss ink along with the Aqua Painter.  I cut them out and set them aside.

I ran the large piece of Night of Navy cardstock and the 2" square piece of Kiwi Kiss cardstock through the Big Shot with the Flourish Texturz plate.  I inked the Baroque Motifs large stamp with Night of Navy ink and stamped it onto the 4" x 1 1/2" piece of Night of Navy cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I then layered the cardstock as shown in the picture, making sure to add the ribbon before adhering the front card panel to the card base.  I popped up the square layers of cardstock with dimensionals.

Snowy Trees Tutorial

Today I have a new tutorial on a brayered card.  This particular card uses more colors and more masking than previous tutorials, but is still a fairly simple card to make.  The colors are so vivid and striking ... a beautiful winter scene.  Click here to take a look.

"Snowy Trees"

 

 

Cherry Blossoms

One of my favorite color combinations is pink and dark brown.  They are absolutely perfect together.  This is a quick and easy card that has huge impact, mostly because of the colors.  Hope you like.

"Cherry Blossoms"

 

 

Stamps:  Embrace Life, Vintage Labels (sentiment) (SU!)

Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Sending Love Designer Series (SU!)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker (SU!)

Accessories & Tools:  Clear embossing powder, heat tool, 9" Chocolate Chip 5/8" Satin ribbon (approx.), small oval punch, medium oval punch

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I stamped the cherry blossom from Embrace Life Stamp set onto Whisper White with Chocolate Chip ink and heat embossed in clear - three times.  I inked the blossoms using a Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write marker.  I framed the three images in Chocolate Chip cardstock and adhered them to the Sending Love Designer Series paper, evenly spaced, on the left-hand side.

I tied a half-knot in the ribbon and adhered to the right-hand side of the front card panel, centering it between the images and the edge of the paper.  I then adhered the front panel onto the card base. 

I inked the sentiment in Chocolate Chip stamped onto Whisper White cardstock and punched out using the small oval punch.  I punched out two small ovals of Pretty in Pink cardstock and offset them onto the sentiment (I thought it needed some pink to balance with the left-hand side of the card).  I then mounted the framed sentiment onto a medium oval of Chocolate Chip and popped it up using dimensionals.

I framed the large Whisper White cardstock with the Pretty in Pink and adhered it inside the card.

Copper Leaves

A few weeks ago my friends Lili and Natasha came by for a brayering workshop.  They had been to several classes at "Cherish the Thought" scrapbooking store in Port Moody and had mentioned about a class they took working with copper sheets.  The process is to heat the sheets using a butane torch (like a creme brulee torch) until the metal changes color.  Lili had picked up a package of copper sheets and gave them to me and I've been dying to try them.  Today is the day!!

I really didn't know what I was doing, so researched the process on-line.  Not a lot of information for the average card enthusiast!!  Lots for serious artists and, of course, the copper they would use is much, much different.  But ... I thought I'd try it and just adjust the time for the thinner copper.  WOW!! Can't believe how beautiful my copper pieces turned out!!!  Just LOVE this technique.  Need to do lots of practicing before trying to write a tutorial, but wanted to share a picture of the card I made today.   Hope you like.

"Copper Leaves"

 

 

Stamps:  Vintage Labels (sentiment) (SU!)

Paper:  Basic Black (SU!), Copper, Indian Summer Designer paper

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories & Tools:  1 copper sheet (5" x 4") .005 thickness (K&S Precision Metals), butane torch, Little Leaves Sizzix die-cut, small oval punch, medium oval punch, 1/8" hole punch, 16" of black suede laces, copper embossing powder, heat tool
 

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First I cut out the copper using the Little Leaves die-cut in my Big Shot.  I added extra "shims" of cardstock to make it a tight fit.  The copper doesn't cut all the way through to release the shape, but if you press lightly, it will separate.  I used an emery board to smooth out the edges.  I used my medium punch to cut out a copper oval.  I put all the pieces of copper on a large brick (you need something heatproof and I'm going to look into getting something a little more user friendly :) ... the brick my husband "found" for me weighs about 20 lbs. - uggghhhh!  But it worked!!  You then run the torch above the surface of the copper, continuously moving it.  Once the copper starts to turn color, you immediately remove the torch.

I mounted the Indian Summer paper onto a frame of black and then adhered it to the left-hand side of the copper cardstock.  I punched holes and "laced up" the black suede.  I then mounted the whole thing on to the black card base.  I used glue dots on several of the leaves to hold the copper in place.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed with copper embossing powder.  I cut it out with the small oval punch and mounted it on the heated copper medium oval.  I attached the sentiment to the card using dimensionals to pop it up.