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  • ISC August Release Day 4

    Posted on by Julie 7 Comments

    Today, on our final day of August releases from Innovative Stamp Creations, I have two cards made with two of the sets released this week.  The first one is from  Nature Silhouettes  III.

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

    For this card, I inked the spider lily with lapis and azalea inks, stamped it twice,  cut one out and die cut the other with a mega oval die.  After sponging a little ink around the edges, I attached the cut out lily on top of the base image. I traced this same die on navy paper and cut it out by hand in order to get the narrow mat. The white mat is the next largest oval die.

    For the background, I placed a large flourish mask on my white card stock, stamped the ledger and several word images, then sponged on azalea ink. I stamped a few of the small butterflies and used one as mask. I placed this one in a couple of areas on the background, then sponged more ink over it. I added a corner punch and a white punched fence. The sentiment was punched with a multi size tag punch. Card measures 4.25 x 5.5 (A2).

    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Nature Silhouettes III
    paper: Neenah white, navy
    ink: Ancient Page azalea, lapis
    accessories: corner punch (All Night Media), multi tag punch (McGill), flourish mask (Heidi Swapp), Spellbinders mega oval dies, Martha Stewart iron gate border punch

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

    And this final card uses images from Sketch of Roses II.

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    My final card I started by stamping the large background with a dk plum ink onto watercolor paper.  I used various pink dye inks direct to paper (DTP) then misted it with water and distressed the edges. The rose image and greeting were stamped with Stazon onto a piece of acetate. On the back side, I used a white China marker to make the images stand out. I added a hint of color to the rose and leaves with markers (on top of the white China marker). It’s attached to a heavily distressed piece of purple card stock. I created the embossed background by inking the the grid embossing folder, misting a piece of white card stock, then placing it in the folder and embossing.  A bow was added and I glued a few beads onto a stick pin and attached it to the bow.  Card measures 5.5 x 4.25 (A2).

    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC Sketch of Roses II
    paper: white, purple, water color, acetate
    ink: Printworks (various pinks & purples), Stazon black
    accessories: white China marker, green & pink Galaxy markers, beads, ribbon, stick pin, grid embossing folder (Sizzix/Tim Holtz)

    Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you’ve enjoyed all the new ISC releases! Please be sure to stop by all of the Architect’s blogs for more inspiring art!

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

     

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  • ISC August Release Day 2

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    Background Series: Ledger/Nature Silhouette III

    Lately, have you noticed all the lovely Ledger design paper at your local stamp store? Well, now you can create a ton of lovely backgrounds on your cards and even in a mini book with this lovely Ledger image!

    The Creative Architects were challenged to incorporate some of the images from both of these lines on our card. Moreover, Nature Silhouette III bodes well with Nature Silhouette I/II.

    A little tip from Betsy: Use caution, but you can cut apart each of the images on the Hollyhock Shadow stamp and place them on your acrylic mount and arrange to your liking, then stamp away!

    For my card, I white embossed the Hollyhock Shadow onto a large shipping tag then sponged on three colors of distress inks.  I tore the side and bottom of the tag and used scissors and ink to further distress them. A portion of a punched fence was also sponged and added to the bottom. The white layer was embossed with a grid pattern embossing folder (Tim Holtz/Sizzix line). I distressed the edges all around.  I used a ticket corner punch and some sheer tissue ticket tape to create the small ticket in the upper right and tucked it into a tiny white envelope. You can see more of this tape across the center of the card.

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

    For the background, I white embossed the ledger then sponged on the distress inks as before. The little sentiment was also white embossed onto inked c/s and cut out.  The little butterfly was cut out and popped up with a little foam tape. Finished card measures 4.25 x 5.50 (A2).

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit the entire Architect team. I know they’ll have wonders to behold!

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

    6. ISC Blog

     

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    I’m also including this in Today’s Moxie Fab challenge.

    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Nature Silhouette III, Ledger
    paper: white, lg shipping tag
    ink: Distress Inks  in broken china, worn lipstick, spiced marmalade,  shabby shutters & peeled paint, white pigment ink
    accessories: white embossing powder, Martha Stewart iron fence punch,  tiny envelope, sheer tissue ticket tape, grid embossing folder (Sizzix/Tim Holtz)


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  • ISC June Release Day 1- Butterflies!

    Posted on by Julie 13 Comments

    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)

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    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)

     


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