December Card Class - Merry card

Patrice Halliday-Larsen's card design was my inspiration to use the Seasonally Scattered stamp set. This card size is about 3 x 6 which fits some old envelopes that Stampin' Up! used to sell. You can easily make your own now with the Envelope Punch Board.

The color scheme is Smokey Slate, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, and Whisper White. 

Starting on the Whisper White layer you stamp the "Merry" from the stamp set in Versamark ink and heat emboss with White Embossing Powder. Now the fun begins - take a sponge dauber and daub Night of Navy ink just over the "merry." Then take a sponge wedge and lightly sponge Marina Mist ink over the rest of the Whisper White paper. Next using the Endless Wishes stamp set, take the smallest snowflake and stamp the small snowflake all over the sponged ink also in Marina Mist ink. Move to the Marina Mist cardstock layer and stamp the snowflake around the edges also in Marina Mist ink. Top and second layer done. The Night of Navy layer has silver ink used to stamp the same snowflake around the paper edges. Then for accent, I used some retired Illumination ink to stamp more snowflakes around the edges and help it all "pop"!

To finish the card, I glued the Whisper White and Marina Mist layers together then wrapped with the 1/8" silver ribbon and added some rhinestone bling. Then that combined layer was raised with dimensionals attached to the smokey slate and night of navy layers.

I love the wintery look of this card. Hope you do too!

May Stamp Camp Card #2

Here's another special find from Pinterest (I just love that site!) is a whitewashing technique using white craft ink and the aqua painter. I just had to try it! I believe the original designer is Amy Koenders  (click here), but shared in more step-by-step details by Sandi MacIver (click here) on Pinterest, so you can see both of their versions compared to mine.

 

 

Here are the products used to create this card: 

• Secret Garden Stamp Set (129141 wood, 129144 clear)
• Top Note Bigz Die (113463)
• White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132)
• Heat Gun (129053)
• VersaMark Pad (102283)
• Hey There Friend stamp came from the April Paper Pumpkin kit (www.mypaperpumpkin.com)
• Decorative Label Punch (120907) (with white underneath split to make border)
• Rhinestone Jewels  (119246)
• 5/8" White Organza Ribbon  (114319)
• Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons (127555) small size with rhinestone set in middle
• Aqua Painter (103954)
• Whisper White Craft Pad (101731)
• Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack (117152)
• Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Pad (126861)
• Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad (126951)
• Marina Mist Card Stock
• Whisper White Card Stock
• Crumb Cake Card Stock (120953)
• Stamping Sponges (101610) plus a clothespin for a handle :-) using 1/8-1/4 of the sponge
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• Stampin' Trimmer (126889) plus used the score blade to score the crumb cake card stock
• Big Shot (113439)

You really can do any color combination that suits you, that's what is so nice about this painting technique. Thanks for stopping by and have fun!

Dear Friend Card - Ronald McDonald House Charity

This card is the second one we will make in my August Stamp Camp. It was CASed from Mary Fish, but I made mine a full 4.25 x 5.5 inch card.  The only thing I changed  from her design was I used the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder on top of the square scallop die. The color combination is Riding Hood Red and Marina Mist on Whisper White with Early Espresso and Riding Hood Red ink. The mini brads are Marina Mist. To me this card just says summer and friendship.

The stamp set called Moving Forward is especially designed to help make a difference for the families who use the Ronald McDonald houses around the country when they have an ill child. Stampin' Up! donates $3 for each set sold, so it goes to a worthy cause.

You can order this stamp set from my online store in this blog.

126320 Wood $19.95

126322 Clear $14.95