April 20, 2018

Love and Fishes

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As You See It Challenge has made it easy and fun for us this time!

See! How fun is that!!? It’s a great excuse to call up a friend and borrow something that you’ve been coveting in their craft room, lol!

In my case, I was super excited to try out the Jars of Love Stamp Set and their coordinating framelits, Everyday Jars.

I played around with the jar image on Window sheets for a while, trying some different things with the Blends Markers. Not a lot was working out as planned, so I ended up inking up my jar image with Versamark ink, then inked again with Momento Tuxedo Black ink before stamping on my Window Sheet. Knowing that Stampin’ Up is retiring the current Archival Black ink, I wanted to try the Momento, but then use clear embossing powder over it and heat setting it (very carefully, so I didn’t melt the acetate). It ended up not being very black AND looked a little bit like glass – which sort of worked out.

Once I got my jar image on the Window Sheet, I coloured the back side of the sheet with my Pool Party Blends Marker. Then I cut out multiple jar pieces (4, I think) with the cut out in the center of each jar, so that I could layer them on top of each other, creating a shaker frame with the Window Sheet layer on top and a solid jar on the bottom where I also stamped my li’l fishy in Pumpkin Pie ink.

Before sealing the shaker frame closed, I added the little Bermuda Bay and Pool Party die cut hearts in the jar. I love that the framelits were designed so you could die cut multiple hears all at once. So smart!

The lid of the jar is stamped in Smoky Slate ink and also die cut before adhering to the top of the jar. I then added the Solid Basic Black Baker’s Twine around the jar and the Corregated Elements tag with another heart on it, this one cut from Flirty Flamingo cardstock.

The rest of this card is simple layering. The card base is Thick Whisper White, then there is a super thin mat of Crushed Curry cardstock behind a layer of Whisper White. Then there is a thin matt layer of Pool Party cardstock behind another layer of Whisper White. Over that is a wide strip of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and a super thin strip of Basic Black cardstock. I had a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock that was already die cut with the large Stitched Shapes Framelit square, so I cut that at a diagonal and layered it over the Wood Texture DSP.

Finally, the completed jar was attached to the card front and the BEST FISHES sentiment was stamped with Momento Tuxedo Black ink.

C’est fini!!

April 6, 2018

Brusho City

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Today’s design is inspired by the As You See It Challenge blog. I decided to use my hostess stamp set “In the City” and an emboss resist technique, which is probably one of my favourite techniques ever!!

I stamped the images with Versamark ink on the Watercolor Paper, then applied the Clear Embossing Powder and heat set it. Then, I sprinkled the three colours of Brusho Powder over the embossed image: Moss Green near the bottom, Prussian Blue at the top, and Yellow in the middle. Then I spritzed the paper with water to activate the colour crystals. A paintbrush tip helped me to move the colour around the windows of the image, while the edge of a piece of paper towel helped me to wick away a little of the extra water that pooled in certain areas. Nobody wants wet puddles on the paper getting out of hand and ruin a perfectly good watercolour design!!

I chose to tear the edge of the Watercolour Paper for added texture.

The card base is Crumb Cake Cardstock and has a layer of Dapper Denim over it of which I sponged the edges with Dapper Denim ink to add some depth of colour. The next layer is a strip of Crumb Cake Cardstock that I ran through the Big Shot with the Brick Wall embossing folder then sponged with Crumb Cake ink around the edges.

Over these layers, I adhered the completed Watercolor Paper piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment from the “At Home with You” stamp set was stamped on the Lemon Lime Twist strip of cardstock with Tuxedo Black Momento ink. The Basic Black Baker’s Twine was tied around the end and a triple loop of Black Metallic Thread was attached before adhering the strip, which is also torn on the end, to the card front.

The final touch was to apply the yellow Adhesive Backed Sequin to the card.

This card is designed for a friend and fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator who recently moved into a new place. Big congrats to her and her new home adventures!!

March 23, 2018

Coloured Black Ice

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The snow is almost fully gone now, the sun is shining, the roads are covered in dirt from the sand trucks, the winter boots have been replaced with running shoes, and toques have been replaced with sunglasses.

It’s about time!! What a crazy, long and snowy winter we’ve had. It felt more like 3 winters put together!!

The card I have to show you today features a technique called Black Ice. Melissa Kerman did a wonderful video tutorial on this technique (the link can be found at the end of this post). My design adds a little twist to her technique.

I used the latest As You See It Challenge as my starting point for this card.

These colours are very pretty together – so soft and feminine. I used Pink Pirouette for the card base and sponged more Pink Pirouette ink around the edges. This adds a rich depth to the colour. I sponged Smoky Slate around the Smoky Slate cardstock layer on the card as well.

When you watch the black ice tutorial (see below), you will see that it involves Foil Paper (I used Silver Foil), Basic Black Archival Ink, then a layer of clear embossing over top. I used the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set as my image in this technique. You can only get this stamp set until the end of March (it’s Free with a $60 purchase!!), so if you love it, don’t miss out!

My take on the black ice technique for this card was to add colour over the completed black ice image using my Blends Markers. I used Pink Pirouette for the flower and a combination of Old Olive and Night of Navy Light for the leaves to try to achieve a semblance of the Tranquil Tide colouring. I did find that the alcohol markers seemed to take away the shine of the clear embossing, so I repeated the end of the black ice technique by pulling my Versamark ink pad across and re-applying the Clear Embossing.

The black ice image is recessed in a square cut out through the layers of Smoky Slate and Whisper White cardstock. The squares were cut using the Big Shot with the Layered Squares Framelits from Stampin’ Up. I adhered these two layers together, then attached them over the black ice image (this was adhered directly to the card base, of course).

The leaves are punched from Tranquil Tide cardstock using the Leaf Punch from Stampin’ Up!. I lightly sponged the edges with Tranquil Tide ink before adhering the leaves to my card so that they would tuck underneath the pretty wood label. That, my dears, was one of the wood pieces that were a gift from Stampin’ Up, received by anyone who purchased the March Paper Pumpkin kit! These wood die cuts are white on one side (as shown) and natural wood coloured on the other side. The sentiment stamped with Tranquil Tide ink on the wood label is also from the March Paper Pumpkin kit. Linen Thread was attached to the wood label and wrapped around the back of the top two layers of the card before using glue dots to adhere the label to the card front, then tying the linen thread in a bow. The completed layers were attached to the Pink Pirouette card base with Stampin’ Up Dimensionals.

The final touch was to add the dew drop look achieved by the Glitter and Clear Epoxy Shapes from Stampin Up!. I love how these look!!

Be sure to visit my online store if you want to purchase any of the products shown on this card. Sale-a-bration ends on March 31st! Don’t miss out!!

Here is Melissa Kerman’s tutorial on the Black Ice technique. Enjoy!