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  • ISC August Release Day 1

    Sketch of Roses III

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Aren’t Roses utterly breathtaking? This stamp line has a lovely background image approx. size 4 ½ x 5 which lends itself to some many different tech’s, you’ll find this line quite versatile! The delicate Roses are so easy to color in with your fave medium of choice!

    For my card, I stamped the large background onto white card stock. Just the section with the Rose wording was stamped again on a smaller piece.  I added just a hint of color to the leaves on the large one and used a circle die for the small one. I used a narrow red ribbon to add the loops around the edge and I attached a cardboard circle to the back to keep it all in place. There is a black labels 3 die cut under the circle, but it’s a little hard to see.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    I stamped the big rose twice and the small rose once, colored them with a water brush and some dye reinkers then cut them out. A little shading was added with some markers. I used a stylus on the top two to add a little dimension then layered them on top of each other.  The sentiment was stamped with red and layered on a red scrap.  I made a little vellum envelope to tuck it into. The finished card measures 4.25 x 5.50 (A2).

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to stop by all of the architect’s blogs. I know they’ll have some fabulous art to show you!

    1. Kathy Tucker
    2. Joanne Grzelak
    3. Julie Warner (you are here!)
    4. Karen Dunbrook
    5. Judi Rose

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    Supplies:
    stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations – Sketch of Roses III
    paper: Neenah white, black, small scrap of red, small piece of vellum (for the envelope)
    ink: VersaFine onyx, Adirondack cranberry, Adirondack reinkers in cranberry, red pepper, lettuce, awning green
    accessories: Tombow markers, Spellbinders circles & labels 3 dies, narrow red ribbon,  stylus

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  • ISC June Release Day 1- Butterflies!

    Are you ready? Do you love realistic nature images? Well, the next 4 days will surely jump start your creativity! The Creative Architects were challenged to create unique card folds with these new lines!

    Today we start with 2 card designs using Beautiful Butterflies II & III.

    For this first card, we used a 4×4 Pop Out Frame  (original is not available, but I found a Pin of it) template. It looks a little intimidating at first glance, but it’s not hard.  Just follow the directions by starting with an 8×8 piece of card stock. After the scoring, folding and cutting, your card will be doubled in weight so I wouldn’t recommend a heavy card stock. The finished size is 4×4 when it’s closed.

    (Click any image to enlarge)

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    This is the front, closed view. I started with white c/s, stamped the text with sunburst ink then brayered over it with a rainbow ink  pad. I stamped the reverse image flowers on top with black ink. The butterflies and sentiment were stamped on a separate piece of brayered c/s and cut out. I added some white gel pen accents on the butterflies.

    The next two are the inside and inside top views in order to show how the inside operates. The inside was brayered like the front and on a separate brayered piece, I stamped the reverse flowers again and used a Spellbinders square to cut out the center. I used the frame it left around the opening and attached the cut out square to the backside of the card. The cut out butterfly is scored in the center and suspended by the green thread down the center and 2 small black threads on either side. I misted the outside and inside with a little gold Shimmer Spritz.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/For the second card, we used this Inspiration Picture. I liked the diagonal flow and all the multi color butterflies.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    I worked this card a little backwards by starting with a 5.5 x 4.25 white card and cutting the turquoise and white layers to fit it. I did it this way in order to figure out what size to make my top, diagonal cut turquoise mat. After I cut it, I used a border punch along the inside edges and all layers were edged with a black marker before assembling.  I had some backgrounds I made previously (the pinkish one was done with dye reinkers mixed w/ water and spritzed onto c/s;  the turquoise was spritzed w/ bleach) and I stamped two sizes of the butterfly on them and black embossed them.  I cut two full butterflies out and used two sizes of butterfly punches on the rest. The sentiment was cut with an oval Nestie and I made a 1/2 inch faux brad and attached it to a 3/4 inch punched black circle and attached it in the upper right corner.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please stop by and visit all of the Architects and see the gorgeous work they have to share.

    Supplies:

    • stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations
    • paper: white, turquoise, yellow
    • ink: VersaFine onyx, black pigment, Kaleidacolor melon melody rainbow pad, Ancient Page sunburst
    • accessories: brayer, Scor-It, Martha Stewart  med. butterfly punch, sm butterfly punch (All Night Media), border punch (EK Success), black Permapaque marker, Spellbinders square, petite oval & symbology one dies, 1/2 & 3/4 inch hole punches (faux brad), black detail embossing powder, white gel pen, gold Shimmer Spritz (Tsukineko)

     


  • Many Guitars

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Happy Saturday! I hope y’all are having a super weekend!

    These “note” cards are for two challenges. The one on the left is for today’s IC232 challenge and the one on the right is for yesterday’s F4A12 challenge. For the IC challenge, I was inspired by the Notables sets.  I wish they had a bigger picture of it, but I liked the music and guitars in the pattern. For the F4A challenge, I made a similar card but only colored in the spotlight area. I hadn’t really done this technique before and it was fun.

    All images are Sparkle N Sprinkle. On both cards, the guitar was stamped and masked multiple times. With the masks still in place, I stamped the swirling music around the necks of the guitars. I stamped one extra guitar for each card. Everything was colored using Prismacolor pencils. I cut out the spotlight area using a Spellbinders Mega Oval, cut a slightly larger black mat and attached it back over the cut out area. Opposite corners were rounded and then edged w/ a black marker.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    The black background was stamped w/ a music scrap image in black chalk ink and the spiral edge punch was used down the left sides. It’s hard to see the black on black here, but it’s visible IRL. On the left one, I scribbled more Prismacolors across a strip of white and stamped the notes, then cut around them. On the right one, I used the pencils to create a narrow border behind the black layer. The greetings were stamped and the music notes added. Both cards are 4.25 x 5.5 (A2).

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Your comments are always read and much appreciated.

    Supplies:
    stamps: Sparkle N Sprinkle – Music set 175, Happy Birthday
    paper: Neenah white, black
    ink: Versafine onyx, Versamagic black chalk
    accessories: Spellbinders Mega Oval set, Prismacolor pencils, Permapaque black marker, lg corner rounder (EK Success), spiral punch (SU), 1/2 inch Tear-ific dbl sided tape

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