Adding White Elements

Hi everyone.   Today I'm sharing that my focus will be changing as we deal with a serious illness in our family.

At the same time, making cards brings me joy and is very therapeutic for me, so I will continue to create cards when I have time / energy.  I may not be posting as much, but I will still be posting.  I have hit pause on my two challenges (CAS Mix Up and CAS Christmas) for a while.

On to today's card ...

Here is a technique that I tried following the video by Altenew (Magic Effects with Water) ... with this particular technique starting at 6:55 of the video.

Basics are to sponge DOX inks (Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac used above) to cover a card front, place the panel into a 3-D embossing folder (Peony Bundle - Simon Says Stamp used above) after spritzing water (I used shimmer spray) over the deep embossed inside, and then running it through your embossing machine. Once dry, I lightly swiped my white pigment ink pad over the embossing to highlight the raised areas.  I wish I could have gotten more white ink on the raised design, but if I pressed harder, the white would also show on the background (guess how I know this!). :)

I finished by splattering the front with diluted white acrylic paint and then adding a white sentiment banner with hello sentiment (Happy Messages - Stampendous), stamped in Shaded Lilac DOX ink.

Close-up ... this shows a bit of the sparkle from the shimmer spray. 

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Stamps:  Happy Messages (Stampendous)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Oxide Inks:  Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass (Tim Holtz); Unicorn White Pigment ink (Hero Arts)
Accessories:   Peony Bundle 3-D Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp); sponges, shimmer spray

Kraft Christmas

Hi everyone.  I used a NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) stamp ... this gorgeous Pinecone Background (Simon Says Stamp).  Inked it with white pigment ink, stamped onto kraft card stock; then sprinkled with white embossing powder and heated until melted.

Used a different design for me (not CAS ).  Cut out a thin frame in the center (Thin Frames Wafer Dies - Simon Says Stamp), replaced it with a piece of black card stock slightly larger than the center panel, popped it up on foam and adhered to my card base.  Added a simple white heat embossed sentiment (Banner Sentiments - Penny Black) on black card stock.

Close-up ...

I'm sending this to a few challenges:

February Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes - 25th to end of month.

Merry Little Christmas Card Challenge #42 - Anything Christmas Goes.

And ... NBUS Challenge #35 ... first inking for the pinecone background stamp!

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Stamps:  Pinecone Background (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Kraft card stock (Carta Bella); Black card stock (SU!)
Ink:   White Pigment (Hero Arts)
Accessories:   White embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, Thin Frames Wafer Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

Challenges:
February Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #42 - Anything Christmas Goes

NBUS Challenge #35

February PBSC Reminder card

Hi everyone.  I'm Guest Designing for Penny Black Saturday Challenge (Love is in the Air or Anything Penny Black goes this month.  So fun playing with my new Penny Black stamps!  Thanks to Helen and team for letting me join them this month!

I stamped my sweet kitty and envelope image (Love Everywhere) onto mixed media panel using black ink and then heat embossed in clear.  I used the matching die (Love Everywhere Cut Out) to die-cut the image before watercolouring with distress inks (Candied Apple, Wilted Violet, Black Soot).  I added white polka-dots to the envelope using my white Posca pen, winked the heart with clear sparkle, and finally added crystal glaze over the heart.  I used a thin piece of foam on the back to pop the kitty-filled envelope over top of a bokeh background (made by sponging different sizes of circles with red, purple, and white ink, some over top of each other, to create this fun background.

This sweet kitty tugs at my heart strings.  :)  

Close-up ...

Please check out the challenge blog to see the beautiful reminder cards from the Designers.  And if you haven't played along yet, please come join in the fun!!

Penny Black Products

Love Everywhere stamp set (30-798)

Love Everywhere Cut Out set (51-699)

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Stamps:  Love Everywhere (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Candied Apple, Wilted Violet, Black Soot (Tim Holtz); White pigment ink (Hero Arts)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, paint brushes, White Posca pen, Red Chalk, Clear Wink of Stella, Crystal Glaze (Nuvo), DIY circle stencil make from acetate sheet and circle punches, sponges, 

Challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Love is in the Air or Anything Goes

February CAS Christmas Reminder

Hi everyone.  Time for the reminder for this month's CAS Christmas challenge, hosted by Christine.

I used a new-to-me stamp, Winter Waters Edge (Nellie's Choice) for my card.  Stamped first in shadow grey Archival ink and then used my new-to-me set of Archival inks to add colour over top.  I just dabbed with the corner of my ink pad to get the colours where I wanted them.  I love that I can add white acrylic paint over top and none of the inks will bleed into the white. :)

After adding colour to the trees, mountains, water, grass and stones, I used more of the same inks and a tiny blending sponge to fill in some of the areas.  For the sky, it was too big to get a consistent cover with archival ink, so used salty ocean distress ink.  Used white acrylic paint to add snow pretty much everywhere, using loose strokes.  I added white dots of acrylic paint for snow falling (using the end of my brush), but found it too controlled in keeping with the rest of the image.  I used a wet brush over the sky to soften the "snowflakes" ... happy with how it turned out.  I had to really let go of my control issues for this one! :)

Close-up ... you can see lots of detail with this photo... loose strokes.  :)

I thought I would save myself some time and use one of the Christmas Remnant Rubs from Tim Holtz.  I think I may have had them too long because I had a heck of a time getting the sentiment to stick to the black banner.  And you can see a slight outline.  Not thrilled, but it's there and I'm going with it. :)

I hope you'll check out the February CAS Christmas post and see the beautiful reinder cards from our Designers.  If you haven't played along yet, there's still a week to go.  Making Christmas cards throughout the year takes a lot of pressure off when Christmas gets close.

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Stamps:  Winter Waters Edge (Nellie's Choise)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.); Black card stock (SU!)
Ink:   Archival Inks - Minis (Ranger);  Salty Ocean distress ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   sponges, paint brushes, white acrylic paint, Remnant Rubs (Tim Holtz)

Challenges:
CAS Christmas February Reminder - Winter Scene