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For this card I used a die from Reverse Confetti and a stamp from Riley and Company.Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-20946106672983625532020-05-12T20:03:00.000-07:002020-05-14T12:46:08.287-07:00Mushroom CardThis card uses some die-cut mushrooms to coordinate with the paper from My Mind's Eye called Gnome Sweet Gnome<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This card uses a floral silhouette stamp. It was too wide to fit a rectangular paper, but this was solved easily. Because the stamp was acrylic I was able to carefully cut it into two pieces. Now I can use just a part of it -- like on this card. Or I can use both pieces for a larger image. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The paper is from a huge Recollections pad called "Autumn Splendor." The colors work great for the latest color challenge from <a href="http://yournextstamp.com/blog/sketch-and-color-challenge-73/" target="_blank">Your Next Stamp</a>. The little banner in the corner was cut using a die from Verve. </span></div>
Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-43424635072696598712017-09-24T20:00:00.001-07:002017-09-25T10:15:27.674-07:00My First Copic Coloring<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Copic markers are so lovely, but very pricey too. The Copic Ciao markers are a little bit more affordable, but still an investment. I was very lucky one day to find a 6 pack of Copic Ciao markers on deep discount. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I colored in this stamped image as part of the <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2017/09/day-1-the-coloring-challenge-is-here/" target="_blank">30 Day Coloring Challenge</a>. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This card is very simple. Two patterned papers form the base layer. The focal image is an acorn and leaf stamp that I colored in with colored pencils before inking the edges. </span><br>
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For this card I started with watercolor paper that I taped to the Ranger Inkssentials Craft Sheet. The tape prevents the paper from curling and the craft sheet is useful for easy cleanup.<br>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The little heart in the corner was cut using a die from Paper Smooches. The coral paper is a Bazzill color called Arizona. The solid blue paper is Navy from Recollections and Memento Ink in Nautical Blue is a perfect match. </span>Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-82617955356668200732017-08-19T09:01:00.001-07:002017-08-19T09:01:28.646-07:00Coral Watercolor Emboss Resist<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a card I made for the latest challenge on the website "<a href="http://www.ablognamedhero.com/2017/08/challenge-embossing-with-wow-part-one/" target="_blank">A Blog Named Hero</a>." The challenge was to use WOW embossing powder. </span><br />
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Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-77185197754225907712017-08-17T09:48:00.001-07:002017-08-17T09:48:23.154-07:00Scrappy Love Card<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This card is an example of a way to use up smaller bits of paper that are left after completing larger projects. When you are left with a pile of scraps, see if you can cut some 1 1/2 inch squares. For every four squares you cut, you can make on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The layout is based on sketch 154 from Operation Write Home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I dry embossed the peach background layer and the blue paper for the heart using a swiss dot embossing folder. Then I used a Spellbinders die to cut out the heart. I used an edge die from Whimsy Stamps to create the scalloped edge for the blue strip at the bottom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The patterned papers are from Amy Tangerine. I'm trying to use the whole pad of patterned paper but its slow going. This card is being entered over at the <a href="http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/08/challenge-79-anything-goes-using-dies.html" target="_blank">Dies R Us challenge</a> where the current challenge is Anything Goes. </span>Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-48459692403149792902017-08-14T12:27:00.000-07:002017-08-14T20:44:05.638-07:00B & W and Teal<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The challenge this week at </span><a href="http://modsquadchallenge.com/black-and-white-and-one-other-color/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mod Squad</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> is to make a project using black and white plus one other color. It took a little while to find patterned paper that fit with these restrictions but there were some gems hidden in my stash. For this card I found black and white and teal paper from Kaisercraft. The pattern seemed too big to me, so I cut it into three strips to break up the large images. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This card uses Stampin' Up paper for the background layer. The red and white paper on the banners is from Queen and Co paper. I used Stampin' Up punches for the banners and the layers on the sentiment. The sentiment stamp is from Inkadinkadoo. </span>Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-83152853482609800222017-08-14T09:07:00.000-07:002017-08-14T09:07:20.071-07:00Paper Pieced Flower Pot<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This card uses the current sketch from Newton's Nook<a href="http://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2017/07/inky-paws-challenge-52.html" target="_blank"> Inky Paws Challenge</a> and the "How does your garden grow" theme from the current <a href="http://thecatspajamasrs.com/TCP/archives/19575" target="_blank">TCP Challenge</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I stamped the flowers on white paper and colored them in using Stampin' Up markers. The flower pot was stamped on patterned paper using Momento Grey Flannel ink and then cut out. </span><br />
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<br />Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-77257316242045685392017-08-10T17:45:00.000-07:002017-08-12T09:05:04.945-07:00A Mason Jar of Flowers Card<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this "thinking of you" card using the latest <a href="http://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2017/07/inky-paws-challenge-52.html" target="_blank">sketch challenge from Newton's Nook. </a></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stamps are from a set from Newton's Nook called Versatile Vases. I stamped the mason jar in versamark and then embossed using a light blue embossing powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang. Then I colored in a little light blue with watercolor pencil and swiped over it with a water brush. The flowers are a separate stamp from the same set and stamped with Stampin Up Wild Wasabi. The flowers are also colored with watercolor pencils and water brush. To make the jar look more like it had water in it I went over it with a Sakura glaze pen. That worked, but left some uneven surface so I went over it again with Glossy Accents. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The papers are from several places based on what worked with the colors I used for the flowers. I used a corner punch to round one top corner and one bottom corner on both the stamped panel and the base. Finally, the sentiment needed more attention, so I added a little bling on each side. </span>Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-43288695160710829992017-08-08T10:16:00.000-07:002017-08-12T09:06:13.770-07:00Little Bird Card<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The challenge this week over at the <a href="http://modsquadchallenge.com/the-wings-the-thing/" target="_blank">Mod Squad</a> is to include something with wings. That was great because it made me remember a bunch of little punched out birds I had ordered on Ebay a while back. I found one that coordinated with the Amy Tangerine paper I'm struggling to use up and a card was born!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bird looked odd without an eye, so I added a little Rain Dot from Cloud9 for the eye. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This card uses sketch 353 from Mojo Monday. Its a great way to use up scraps without making a card that looks like you were trying to use up scraps. </span><br>
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<br>Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-2410111359629718992017-08-03T18:50:00.001-07:002017-08-03T19:23:18.130-07:00Gecko Card<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just got this new gecko die from Die-Versions. It cuts out beautifully and then requires poking out all the little squiggles and dots, but they come out easily. I used Chartreuse paper from Paper Source for the gecko because it has a good weight to it. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The patternred paper for this card comes from the Kaisercraft Utopia collection. The paper is two sided, which is great. Depending on which side you use you can make cards that are floral or skip the florals and choose more masculine patterns. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The blue background layer required something that wouldn't compete with the rest of the design, but solid papers were not looking quite right. I ended up using a canvas texture, white core paper called "Cloudless" from Coredinations and sanding it a bit to add variation in the color. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This card uses the most recent sketch from the <a href="http://yournextstamp.com/blog/category/challenge/" target="_blank">Your Next Stamp Challenge</a>. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cut the banner shapes by hand. The stamps are from Inkadinkadoo. I stamped the top one in black Hero Arts ink and the lower design in a charcoal color from Hero Arts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm entering this card over at the <a href="http://modsquadchallenge.com/" target="_blank">Mod Squad Challenge Blog</a> where the challenge is to make the sentiment the focal point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For this card I heat embossed the sentiment (Verve Stamps) on watercolor paper. Then I mixed a little water with three different Gelato colors. and used them to paint washes of color over the sentiment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The idea for this card came from the <a href="http://callingallsistahs.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Calling All Sistahs Challenge</a>. Calling All Sistahs is a new challenge created by Cas-ual Friday Stamps. The purpose of the challenge is to make encouraging cards and also to help raise breast cancer awareness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm also sharing this card over at the <a href="http://modsquadchallenge.com/make-the-sentiment-the-main-focal-point/" target="_blank">Mod Squad Challenge Blog</a> where the current challenge is to make the sentiment the focal point. </span></div>
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Couture911http://www.blogger.com/profile/02276588910158630987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357419937675177474.post-80417474464267321372017-07-12T19:47:00.002-07:002017-08-12T09:07:12.001-07:00Scrappy Background Card<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you do a lot of projects with colored paper you inevitably end up with many colorful paper scraps. My</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> favorite thing to do with these scraps is to make a scrappy card background. Although Operation Write Home has closed up shop the tutorials are still available on their website. The </span><a href="http://operationwritehome.org/tutorial-scrappy-backgrounds/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Scrappy Background</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> tutorial is still there as well. Click on the link if you want to know how to make cards like this.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this card I used the colors from the latest <a href="http://callingallsistahs.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Calling All Sistahs</a> challenge. The stamp is from Verve. This card is also going in the <a href="http://modsquadchallenge.com/make-the-sentiment-the-main-focal-point/" target="_blank">Mod Squad </a>challenge which is to make the sentiment the focal point. </span><br>
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