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  • ISC August Release Day 4

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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 May Artistic Projects Day 3

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    Monochromatic Cards.

     

     

    Stampers are alwaJulie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.comys mesmerized by colors,  huh? What a lovely way to use your scraps or possibly colors you’d never consider experimenting with! So, we challenge you to give it a try and share your results! Plus, one more thing, the Rustic Artsy Swirls sheet is on SALE!

    Here’s a link to a Monochromatic Color Chart: http://websitetips.com/colortools/sitepro/

     

    For my card, I stamped the background on turquoise paper with lime ink. I used the tiny specks and teal ink on teal, olive and grass green card stock, then stamped the different sizes of flowers and cut them out. The sentiment and butterflies were stamped on grass green c/s that was spritzed with bleach. A little color was added to the large butterfly with a marker.

    On the green frame, I used an embossing border to create my frame and sponged it w/ calypso blue ink. The teal card was also stamped with the specks background image.

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    Joanne Grzelak
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    Karen Dunbrook

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

    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Rustic Artsy Swirls, Odd Findings, Background Series Little Specks, Let it Bloom
    paper: grass green, teal, olive, turquoise
    ink: Ranger Archival teal, Ancient Page lime, calypso blue
    accessories: stylus (to shape flowers), foam tape, Cuttlebug flourish borders embossing folder, word window punch, spritzer w/ bleach

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