The Write Stuff

Time again for the Divine Divas Inspiration Challenge! This time Lori chose this picture from Shopscad.

Since I don’t happen to have any cat images, I focused on the blue roses and white lacy patterns. All images are Innovative Stamp Creations.

The rose (minus the stem) was stamped multiple times using the different colors of inks. Two more full roses were stamped on a separate piece of white c/s. A little color was added w/ markers and it was cut out. A marker was run along the edges.

I used a border punch along two edges of a larger piece of white c/s and ran the marker along the punched edges. This is attached underneath the rose panel.

The white background was embossed w/ the birds & swirls Cuttlebug folder and edged w/ the marker.  I stamped the greeting and die cut it w/ a Nestie tag die. Two more border punched strips were attached horizontally under the greeting and two narrow, marker edged strips were attached on top.  Stickles was added to the roses and and in some places on the embossed panel.

Supplies:
stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations (Sketch of Roses sheet)
paper: white
ink: Ancient Page cobalt, deep harbor, Aegean blue
accessories: foam tape, Stickles, markers, Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinders tag die, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Thanks so much for stopping by! We would love for you to join in on our challenge. If you do, please link back to Lori’s blog and if you upload to SCS, please use DDIC in your keywords so we’ll be able to find your art.

Please visit the rest of our very talented Divas:

Lori (chanteuse)
Chat (nitestamper)
Chris (glowbug)
Keri (stampinupconsultan)
Angela (mudflapmamma)

Time for another cool sketch!

It’ll make your flower image pop!
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For my card, I stamped a flower from the Flowers & Elements sheet three times  on white c/s using cobalt ink.  On one, I first cut out the center then stamped the flower words across the petals using cardinal ink. On the second, I cut out just the inner circle and colored it w/ glitter gel pens. The third flower was cut entirely cut out.  Some of the petals w/ the red words were cut out and layered on the complete flower. Then the two centers were stacked on top using foam tape. I added some highlights to the flower petals w/ a clear glitter gel pen.

For the white stamped band, I cut out a wavy line using mini pinking scissors and stamped the stars from the Memories of Patriotism sheet. The words were stamped in the center from the Mini book Be Thankful sheet.  (Hint: since these are unmounted stamps and I use repositionable glue on the back, I can easily shape the straight lines into curves on the acrylic block.)

On the brilliant blue  background, I stamped the Background Series Mini Specks w/ the cobalt ink to give it a little texture. Three narrow strips were dotted w/ a white gel pen and matted w/ white. The remaining red, white and blue layers were added as shown.

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to visit the ISC blog and enter.
Supplies:
stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations
paper: white, real red, brilliant blue
ink: Ancient Page cobalt, cardinal
accessories: foam tape, red & clear glitter gel pens (Sakura), mini pinking scissors, large white brad, white gel pen (Sakura)

Welcome to the “FireCracker Designs Goes Outdoors” Blog Hop!!

This is a “circular blog hop” where the only beginning is wherever you start!! You will know you have reached the end of your blog hop when you’ve come back to the blog where you started! (It’s not a huge circle…so it should be easy to remember where you started.)

The winner will be chosen from a mystery blog hostess that we don’t even know who it will be until the hop is over…so that’s why you need to leave a comment on EVERY blog to qualify! This hop will continue through Tuesday June 30.

For my card, I used a new set, Scenic Byways, for most of the images inside the oval plus a few from Create a Scene. I added the tree and cattails from the Joy of Nature set on the outside.

Except for the dimensional tree and cattails on the outside of the oval, everything was masked and stamped on the one layer of white c/s. To create the oval mask, I used the largest oval Nestie from the Petite Oval Large set and die cut the oval in a sheet of copy paper.

I placed the mask in the center of my c/s and began stamping and masking (where needed) my scene. The color was sponged on using torn paper masks for the hills and straight masks for the water. I started w/ the lightest colors first, then gradually added the darker colors. After I finished, I removed the oval mask, stamped the tree at right (to get the water lines on the white area) and attached my colored (w/ markers) and cut out tree and cattails. The sentiment was added and I also added some white highlights w/ a white gel pen.

The panel was edged w/ a black marker then attached to a textured coral layer, then a thin black mat. I attached the layers w/ foam tape to the front of a 5″ x 6.5″ white card.

To continue the circle, you will need to hop on over to Pamela’s Blog and keep going until you’ve come back to where you’ve started!

Supplies:

stamps: FireCracker Designs- Scenic Byways, Create a Scene & Joy of Nature sets
paper: white, black, textured coral (DCWV mat stack)
ink: Ancient Page coal, leaf green, pine green, lemon peel, sunburst, mandarin, pink pizzaz, cobalt; Memories soft baby blue
accessories: Spellbinders lg petite oval set, sponges, foam tape, markers, white gel pen, black Permopaque marker

Thanks for stopping by!

Dandelion Ranch- Elle Decor

It’s the 3rd Thursday of the month, so that means another great DDIC challenge! This week, Lori picked a wonderful interior scene.  I just love how graphic it is. All the straight lines of the fireplace surround, the stripes in the fabric, the linear lines of the red flowers. I’m also combining this with today’s SCS  Ways to Use It challenge to use text.

For my interpretation, I focused on the flowers and the picture above the mantle. All images are ISC. Since it’s a negative image, I inked it by starting in the middle w/ the lemon ink, adding the sunburst, mandarin and cardinal inks as I moved out to the edge and stamped it on white c/s.

I liked the colors, but they weren’t quite dramatic enough, so I added more color w/ Prismacolor pencils and blended them w/ a colorless blender pencil. I added a few darker outlines w/ markers. Then I used a Nestie rectangle to cut it out. A larger rectangle was used to cut the black mat.

The white bg was scored in a frame around the image and also in lines at the bottom to imitate the fireplace columns. I used a Cuttlebug embossing border folder to add the dots. I didn’t run it thru the CB, but used a stylus to manually add the embossed dots where I wanted them. Another black mat and then a white card.

The sentiment/monogram was stamped w/ the cardinal ink and the monogram was outlined w/ a fine tip black pen. A circle Nestie was used to cut it then a little color added around the rim. The scallop circle is part of a Quickutz die set. The image and the sentiment circle are mounted w/ thin foam tape to give a little dimension.

Supplies:
stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations - Nature’s Silhouette I
paper: white, black
ink: Ancient Page lemon peel, sunburst, mandarin & cardinal
accessories: foam tape, Spellbinders Nestie rectangles & circles set, Quickutz Nesting Flower set, Prismacolor pencils, fine tip black pen, markers, Scor-It, Cuttlebug embossing border folder

Thanks so much for stopping by and we’d really love for you to join in on our challenge. Please link up to Lori’s blog if you do, use DDIC in your keywords on Splitcoast.

Please visit the rest of our very talented Divas:

Lori (chanteuse)
Chat (nitestamper)
Chris (glowbug)
Keri (stampinupconsultan)
Angela (mudflapmamma)

Congrats to Sumtoy, today’s Featured Stamper at SCS! Love Roseanne’s gallery and I chose A Red Rose for a Friend to case. I kept the wonderful rose theme and color combo, but I used different images, changed the layout (to include sketch challenge SC202, a great sketch I didn’t have a chance to do!) I also changed the ribbon arrangement and put the sentiment on a separate layer. And mine has added layers and embossing w/ the Cuttlebug.

All images are Innovative Stamp Creations. The roses were stamped onto white c/s using the red inks on top and the green inks on the stems. I used a Nestie rectangle to cut the large rose, and squares to cut the smaller roses. They’re each attached to hunter layers.

The red bg was embossed using the Allegro folder, then I tore it in half diagonally and attached it to a white card front. The rose squares are attached down the side and the large rose on the left.

The sentiment was stamped w/ the pine green ink and cut using a Quickutz oval die. It’s attached to red, then hunter layers. A small piece of satin ribbon was attached w/ the sentiment on top.

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Starting June 8 until June 15
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coupon code: 61509

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-Memories of Patriotism retail $24.00
-Hibiscus retail $13.95
-Sketch of Roses retail $13.95
or buy both Hibiscus/Sketch of Roses for $21.00 (it’s a deal!!)
-Memories of Patriotism Kit $22.00 (limited kits available)

Supplies:
stamps: ISC Sketch of Roses
ink: Ancient Page leaf, pine, cardinal, bordeaux
paper: white, real red, hunter green
accessories: foam tape, CB Allegro embossing folder, Nestie rectangles & squares sets, Quickutz oval set, ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great Sunday!