Archive for the ‘The Stamps of Life’ Category
A big congrats to Denise, the newest Featured Stamper (FS579) on Splitcoast! She has a lovely little gallery & I chose THIS to case. I love the vibrant blue so I kept I kept that & most of the layout. I used different images, turned it horizontal & moved the greeting,
This is also for the Ways to Use It Challenge (WT678), to use bleach. I actually love using bleach on card stock…w/ all the different brands & colors, you never know exactly what you’ll get. For this, I stamped this southwest pot image w/ bleach onto the cobalt blue c/s. I was pleasantly surprised to see it turned a lovely turquoise color when bleached. The strip on the side was simply sprayed w/ bleach. After fussy cutting the pot, I used a lg bg die to emboss the turquoise panels then added a double stitched circle frame & some sequins & strips of paper for grasses.
Here’s a look at the inside.
Just for grins, I sprayed a bunch of different colors of c/s to see what bleach would do. Here are my results. (Click any pic to enlarge. If there’s a solid piece next to it, that was the original color.)
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Supplies:
Stamps: Inkadinkado – SW Pot, The Stamps of Life – Mini Banners to Cut 2 (inside- MFT -Meant to Sparkle) |
Paper: Staples 110# white, cobalt blue, turquoise |
Ink: SU brilliant blue |
Accessories: Misti, ODBD double stitched rectangles, double stitched circles, Boho Bg dies, Lil’ Inker Designs stitched rectangle dies, bleach, sequins |
It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS576) on Splitcoast, so a big congrats to Susy! After browsing her lovely gallery, I kept coming back to THIS card. I love the white on kraft & layout so I kept those, but I used different images, added a couple more layers & made mine a birthday card.
After stamping & white embossing then I added some pale colors w/ Prismacolor pencils. I added a fussy cut tab w/ the greeting on it & a fussy cut dragonfly on the ribbon. I used a white gel pen to add some dots because I forgot I wanted to add some white splatter before I put the card together 🙂
Here’s a look at the inside.
Supplies:
Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations – Oriental Nature Elements |
Paper: Staples 110# white, kraft |
Ink: Colorbox frost white pigment (fluid chalk ink used on inside) |
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, white embossing powder, polka dot tulle ribbon |
And also, I have a card I made for the Inspiration Challenge (IC637) because I forgot to post it yesterday.
I was inspired by THIS iris, Be Original. Somewhere along the line, the colors went a little sideways & I think I created a totally different hybrid iris!
After coloring, I did a little out of the box when I die cut it. I was looking thru some old backgrounds I made eons ago & came across part of one made w/ Marvy metallic markers & the colors seemed right.
Here are the Copics I used.
Supplies:
Stamps: Anita’s – Iris, The Stamps of Life – Back to Basics |
Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, purple, glossy white |
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Stazon black |
Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B & circles dies, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Matelesse), Marvy metallic markers |
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This was made for Lydia’s Dare To Get Dirty challenge on Splitcoast & we’d love for you to join in so for all the details go to the Dare to Get Dirty Forum ..but you’ll need to be a Fan Club member. It’s sooooo easy! You still have a little time to enter the challenges, but this is last challenge on the last day of DTGD16.
This card looks simple, but it was off the charts aggravating! I was having one of THOSE days. I dropped or lost most everything I touched. And for the life of me, I can’t figure out why my supplies want to hide. When I drop them in the middle of the floor, they will scoot or shoot half way across a room to get under a piece of furniture like they’re sliding into home! And this requires getting down on my knees w/ a flashlight & long stick (yes I have one just for this purpose) to retrieve them. Dies are the worst..they are the same color as the hardwood floor..& they require the magnet extension on my screwdriver. I had to carry around so many retrieval tools, I felt like a vacuum cleaner w/ full attachments.
Anyway, the scene was stamped across the blank spot in an Embossing Folder Stamped piece. I didn’t like the way the stamped embossing folder piece turned out so the white topper covered it all up, lol. I also stamped the scene on the white then added a little mitre cornered frame around it. The black zigzag was die cut, the greeting & sequins added.
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Supplies:
Stamps: Deep Red Stamps – Amsterdam; The Stamps of Life – greeting |
Paper: Staples 110# white, scrap of black |
Ink: Versafine onyx, Distress Inks tumbled glass, broken china, cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon |
Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles, Paper Smooches borders 1 dies, sequins, Misti, Darice embossing folder (rain/umbrella -but you’d never know it!) |