Happy Birthday Christine!

Today is my dear friend Christine's birthday!  Hope you are having a wonderful day Christine!!

This card is another experiment with stencils that I haven't tried before.  I used Brushos through a fern leaf stencil onto mixed media paper. See my video tutorial on how I stencil using Brushos.

After it was dry, I fussy-cut the leaf.  Basically my stencil became a stamped image, fussy-cutting to create the focal point for my card.  It worked well and now I will be looking at my stencils in a whole new way. :)

I thought the fern was so pretty, I didn't want to add anything to take away from it, so just used a simple white frame to add some dimension and interest.

My CAS Mix Up card has stamping, spraying (brushos and water mister), and die-cut frame, to I'm adding it to the CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays.

Thanks for coming by for a visit.

Stamps:  Sunny Sentiments (Amy R)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Brushos:  Turquoise. Leaf Green, Lime Green; Smoky Slate (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Fern stencil cut with my Silhouette Cameo, water mister, Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays

Christmas Snowflake

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a Christmas card made with Brushos.  I love these little pots of goodness ... just sprinkle a little, spray with water and wait for the magic to happen. :)

I used just two colours ... Turquoise and Ultra Marine, but there are lots of pigments within each colour, so lots of pretty tones from soft blue to deep blue to purple. :)

After it was dry, I place a large snowflake stencil over top, pressed with versamark, and then heat embossed in white.  So simple and fun to make! :)

I'm entering this over at Time Out #63 - Holiday and I've followed the twist of no stamping (except for sentiment). :)

I'm adding this to the gallery over at CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays.  Hope to see you in the gallery!

Stamps: Sentiment - Swanky Dudes (Paper Smooches)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Brushos:  Turquoise, Ultra Marine; Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, Snowflake Stencil cut with my Silhouette Cameo, white embossing powder, heat tool

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays
Time Out #63 - Holiday

Thank You and Have a Great Day!

Hi everyone.  Sharing a card I made as a sample for a challenge being run by my good friend Nancy (scandinancy creates).  Splitcoaststampers has a big yearly event (Dare to Get Dirty), with a week of challenges (5+ per day) run by past and present design team members, called "Dirty Girls".  Lots of fun for the Fan Club Members who support Splitcoaststampers with their membership fees.  Nancy is hosting one of the challenges, so I'm helping out with a sample card ... well, two actually --- I was having so much fun! :)

I started by sponging randomly over a stencil in soft green.  I stamped my hibiscus and leaves onto mixed media paper in black archival ink, and watercoloured them with distress markers in soft colours (spun sugar and worn lipstick for the flower, shabby shutters for the leaves).  I fussy-cut them out and mounted then over the stenciling, along with a few black die-cuts I received as a gift from my good friend Hazel (My Card Attic).  Love how dramatic the black is again the soft green and pinks.

I splattered diluted black acrylic paint for the background and added a white heat embossed black sentiment banner.  Had lots of fun making this card.

Here's my second card ...

This time I used two stencils for my card.  The background is a stencil monoprint of honeycombs done with watercolour sprays.  The design is subtle, but makes a great background for my bold sunflower.  The sunflower was sponged over top of the honeycomb monoprint, then I spread Glass Bead Gel over the sunflower.  It's so pretty and sparkly as the glass beads catch the light.  I added a simple stamped sentiment to finish.

Another fun product to use with stencils.  There's just nothing like glass bead gel ... it's so unique and beautiful.

Since the background of this card is sprayed, I'm adding this to the CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays. :)  Hope you'll come join us!

Thanks for coming by for a visit!

Thank You Card:
Stamps:  Wild Hibiscus (Altenew); Sentiment - Painted Butterflies (Altenew)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media for flower and leaves (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Distress ink:  Shabby Shutters and Distress Markers:  Shabby Shutters, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick (Tim Holtz); Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Quadrefoil stencil cut with my Silhouette Cameo, sponge, paintbrush, black acrylic paint, black die-cuts (gifted)

Have A Great Day Card:
Stamps:  A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media card front (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Distress ink:  Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry, Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Watercolour sprays made from Liquid Concentrate in Yellow, Orange and Magenta (Dick Blick), Honeycomb stencil cut with my Silhouette Cameo, Mini Joyful Sunflower stencil (The Crafter's Workshop), sponges, glass bead gel

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays

CAS Mix Up August Challenge

Hi everyone.  Welcome to the start of the CAS Mix Up August Challenge!  This month we are all about using sprays.  Any type of spray you want ... pre-mixed colour sprays, shimmer sprays, watercolour sprays ... or even just plain water spray.
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I love working with water misters to do a lot of different techniques.  Today's card is smooshing with Inka Gold.  I love the shimmer and shine from this amazing product ... mist with water, and you can easily create beautiful backgrounds or pieces for die-cutting. I'm including a link to my video tutorial on Smooshing with Inka Gold.

In my video, I used gold Inka Gold, mixed with Peacock Feathers re-inker ... works great.  Today's card I used both gold and turquoise Inka Gold.  The look is very similar.  I added a little bit of stenciling (white heat embossed chevrons), then added a die-cut corner flourish and punched some little flowers from a deep turquoise and gold sprayed piece that I received from my friend Mary.  Thanks Mary!

This card has a lot going on, and it's still Clean and Simple.  On mixed media paper, I have smooshing with Inka Gold (spray), stamping, stenciling, heat embossing, die-cutting, and punches which have been shaped with my stylus.  :)

We are so happy to have Joanna (Jo-Jo's Spot) as our Guest Designer for August. Joanna won the June Die-cutting challenge with THIS AMAZING card.  Welcome Joanna!

Pop by the challenge blog to see Joanna's gorgeous Guest Designer card, along with the beautiful creations from the rest of the Design Team members.

Since I used snippets for the corner die-cut, flowers and sentiment, I'm popping in for a little bit of play time at the Snippets Playground. :)

Stamps:  A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.), Turquoise and Gold sprayed card (gift from Mary)
Ink:  Gold (Delicata)
Accessories & Tools:  Gold and Turquoise Inka Gold (Viva Decor), water mister, Chevron stencil cut with my Silhouette Cameo, white embossing powder, heat tool, Madera Corner die (Memory Box), Hydrangea punch (Martha Stewart), Gold Pearl Paint, Stylus (McGill)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays
Snippets Playground - Week 240