Card: stamps, dies, embossing

I need to make some birthday cards. I had colored & cut out some stamped images from the Pondering Petunia set by Dylusions a while ago and wanted to use them. They are bright and colorful, fun and sometimes for me, it's nice to go bright.



Then banners are also by Dylusions from the Bags of Buntings set. The HB sentiment is from Hero Arts and stamped on canvas paper. I cut it into a banner. The yellow layer is cut from the Labels One set by Spellbinders and embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The layer behind that is a print I pulled from my Gelli Printing Plate as well as the scrap which I fashioned into a party hat. There's some leftover embossed Ranger Foil tape added to the hat as well.


The base card is made using a Card, Ornate#3 die by Sizzix. I then used the 3D Pop-up card die using LABEL Pop 'n Cuts insert.

(yes, I know it's difficult to tell as I photographed this black card against black cardstock, duh... me) You'll have to use your imagination until I make another card.... sorry.....

 

This is another one of those dies that I LOVE the idea, LOVE the samples I see, but need to work with because they are so different from my style. When I become more in tune with these dies, I will be able to do 'my thing' more comfortably with them. It's just how I role!

 

 

 

 

 Card Ornate #3

 

 

 

 Pop 'n Cuts Insert, Label
       Flip-it's square



  

 
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Card: Flip it's

 



One thing I find, being a lover of collage, is that it is VERY difficult for me to 'keep it simple'!

I love the idea of some of the new card design dies from Sizzix. The FLIP-IT's are just fabulous! I got the Square Flip-its as soon as it came out.

I have cut this die I don't know HOW many times, and seem to have some 'issues' finishing a card.


I just want to keep adding to it. SO, my challenge was to show some restraint.....

I cut the card from black cardstock.








I used the
Label One Nestabilities dies by  Spellbinder to cut the inside framing, and inked it with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.
 These dies also work great with the 3D Accordion Die by the way.

I printed a quote from Picasso, and put the beginning behind a bookplate cut from the Bookplate & Tag die by Sizzix.
(if you are keeping count, that's 3 dies I've used on this 'simple' card). The 2 pieces on the last panel are cut & layered to added a handwritten message.

The printed paper I used are from a 7Gypsies paper stack.


 
So this is about as 'simple' as I can get......











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Tag! fairy jar!

Oh I had such a cool idea!!!! I had to make a tag with the theme On the Wing.... I have this really cool mason jar Sizzix die that has matching embossing folder. I had previously cut & embossed several in clear packaging.

And I had this fabulous dragonfly woman that fits perfectly inside.

I had the cool tag from the other day done in similar colors. Best yet , a recipe for fairies in a jar!



Gosh I had hopes this was going to work, but the glow ran out of juice! Cheap stinking dollar store glow sticks .....









The mason jar was suppose to glow like this:



Pretty sweet hey??? You cut up glow sticks in a jar with Diamond Dust glitter & shake!

Sigh.. It would have been so cool if it would have held its glow long enough to get to Minnesota ....


Items used in this Tag:
Dylusions Sprays, Acrylic Paints, The Crafters Workshop Stencil, Rubber Stamps, Sticky Back Canvas by Ranger, Gelli Arts Printing Plate, Glitter, plastic packaging, Sizzix Bigs Die & Embossing Folder, Twine.

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Mono Printing with the Gelli Plate & Embossing Folders

I JUST LOVE this technique. Now, I’m not saying I made this up (but maybe I did), but I haven’t seen it done elsewhere. Yet. So if you’ve seen this before, let me know. Otherwise, I’m coming up with a cool name for this technique. For now, we’ll just consider it an embossed mono printing technique.

 

So, if you’re like me, when you get a new die or embossing folder, you’ll run cut or emboss SEVERAL pieces with no real purpose other than to try it out. I have folders FULL of these (you’d think I could actually get a completed piece of work done with this stash). I grabbed 2 that had a great design & depth. The Subway Texture fade from Tim Holtz and the other one by Sizzix. I’ll also include the Honeycomb.

I brayered acrylic paints onto my Gelli plate, and laid the pre-embossed (using tan Co-ordinations cardstock) piece into the paint.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the look of this!

I can see doing this, A LOT. The finish from the paint (and I BET the new Distress Paint will work REALLY cool too) gives this a semi glossy finish, and will create a great resist to some additional inking with Distress Inks or Stains. It will also help keep the embossing raised when using additional wet mediums.

 

Above is the Gelli plate, after the embossed piece was pulled. (note to self, place a piece of white cardstock underneath for pictures). Because the Sizzix Texture Fades have such great depth, the text & design pulls so well, making for a great ghost print! I LOVE that the text WILL BE rightside facing in the final print. 

     

TA Da!!! The image on the left is the print, onto white 110# cardstock. The image on the right, shows both the ‘print’ and the original embossed piece from the first press together.

Now there was a lot of paint on my Gelli plate, because I hadn’t done a print prior to putting the embossed piece in. Therefore, there was still quite a bit of paint for the 2nd print. The words are  distinguishable, and there is some white space.

What a great background this makes!!!!

 

Now this time, I had some paint left on my plate from a previous pulling, before I laid the embossed piece onto the Gelli plate.

This is one reason why the cardstock piece on the right of this image, doesn’t have as much paint on it as the Subway piece in the first experiment.

You can see on the left side, the design on the Gelli plate, produced by the embossing folder.

Pretty sweet!

 

This image shows white cardstock pulled off the Gelli plate, transferring the embossed design.

You all are going to L*O*V*E doing this!!!!!!!

 

These tags was done using the Honeycomb Texture Fade.

The white piece in the center was the original embossed cardstock. The tags are the pulled pieces.

See what I mean? VERY COOL backgrounds!!!

Loving the idea? I know I am.

I can’t wait to work with some of the other embossed pieces I have just waiting for me!

 

I have a 6x6 Gelli plate, and am finding this to be a great size to work with for what I do. The paint stays pretty wet for the amount of time I need. While working with the 8x10, which again is a great size, the paint dries up a little quicker. I notice the difference.

Happy Memorial Day!

First, a million thanks to all who have served and those who continue to serve! What amazing people are military are!

In humble appreciation, I'm beginning a banner project, and plan on adding more flags to it as i go along.
The flags are about 5x8", so there is a lot of good surface area.  The background is manilla cardstock, majorly distressed & aged. I used Distress Inks in Old Paper, Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain.
I used T!M's mixed media stamp set & basic backgrounds set by Dylusions.
I stamped with Archival Crimson & walnut stain.
I also did a Brush-less watercolor technique using T!M's Americana silhouettes set in Faded jeans distress ink.

I used 2 of T!M's Alterations Dies: Rosette, Old Glory Bigz

The 'focal' images are from Artistic Outpost's HEROS set.

Happy memorial weekend!

This tag features the Americana stamps & Flag Bigz die by t!m Holtz .



Also stamps by Artistic Outpost and the Circles stencil by The Crafters Workshop.



After stamping Americana silhouettes in gold, I sprinkle antique gold embossing powder & heat set.



This is a card using stamps from Artistic Outpost (Heros), t!m's Americana Silhouettes and Rays Texture Fade.



Watercolored in with Distress Stains in Peeled paint, Faded Jeans & Vintage photo.

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Tagfest continues....

Dies and ink and stains and images and modeling paste, stamps and stencils and...

This one started out as a tag with modeling paste over a Crafters Workshop stencil. NOTE TO SELF: ink tag before applying modeling paste. OR add pigment to the modeling paste. Not a necessity, just something different to try.

I had gotten out my palette knife and paste and just did up a bunch of tags at one time. A great way to add some texture!

WHICH btw, did you know there is a 'clinical' name for texture addicts?

Thank you Mr. DeMeng for putting a name to my issue......

This image, I just love! I'll have to find the artist/source to give proper credit. I did alter it in PSE with snowfakes, but that was a year ago, and well, I forget.... It is covered with Rock Candy Stickles!

The big blue snowflake behind the tag is from Sizzix. After applying the modling paste and allowing it to dry, I inked the tag with Distress Ink in Broken China and Stormy Sky the heat set. Next sprayed the whole thing with Pewter Radiant Rain, let setup a bit then heat set. It gave a really nice shimmer! The snowflake in the back is done in the same manner, then cut in 1/2 and adhered to the back.

The silver tinsel garland is from Target last year. I LOVE what happens when I hit it with my heat gun.....

This tag is done again with modling paste and the tree bark stencil from Crafter's Workshop.

I inked the tag with Twig Distress Ink, and oversprayed it with Copper mist.

The ornament is a Sizzix die, stamped with acrylic gold Dabber over a Peeled Paint Distress Stain.

And NOEL is a new Tim Holtz die, cut out of a heavy glitter paper  by Recollections. This stuff has great weight, so dosn't need to be propped with another layer for support!

And it's 'sparklelishous!'

Which you could see here IF blogger would JUST ALLOW me to rotate the image (it is right in my camera phone).... frustrating. Just please tilt to the left until I correct this....

This tag uses the BRICKS stencil and modling paste. I wanted it to look like a framed picture over a fireplace.

How'd I do?

The image is from a Christmas collage sheet from Altered Pages.

The 'mantel' was done using Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint.

The 'wallpaper' is stamped with one of Tim Holtz' new Christmas Silhouette stamps, and outlined with a Sharpie White poster paint pen.

Finished off with holly garland, German Scraps I got at Artist and Display and mica!

GASP! So sparkalishious even I can hardly stand it!

I knew as soon as I saw this stuff what I was ment to do with it!

The silver glitter stuff

It's new by DCWV HOME.

$6.99. It's 2" wide x 157" long.

Adhesive backed!

It's ment for walls and home decor, so it's repositional and removable, but good enough to grab on for paper!

My first inspiration was to

DIE CUT ALPHABET STRIPS!

It's the perfect width at 2 inches! And you can cut it to the 12" length. AND with the adhesive, WHAT a time saver!!!!

Did I tell you about the sparkle?

AND it comes in several colors and patterns. But what I love about the silver, aside from it being silver, is you can alter the color with

ALCOHOL INKS!

HELLO!!!!!

Are you racing out to buy it yet???

Well, you should!

P.S. I am not compensated by DCWV for promoting their product other than emotionally...

Halloween Tag!

I LOVE Halloween.
LOVE IT! And I really love making tags.
So happy Tim Holtz & Sizzix have come up with such amazing Dies and Texture Fades!
This tag will also work perfectly for the both the Grungy Monday 22 challenge at Studio L3 AND the HALLOWEEN or GOTH challenge on the Simon Says Stamp blog.

The background of the tag is done with Mustard Seed Distress Stain, accented with Ripe Perssimons! I stamped the back with the speckled part of the blood stain stamp (Stamper Anonymous CMS068) and the bats (CMS050).
I used the Kraft Glassine paper (LOVE that stuff) amd ran it through the Halloween Words Texture Fade, then accented it with the new Limited Edition Distress Inks in Grape Preserves and Ripe Perssimons!

The Rickety House has SOOOO many layers!

Black paper, Picket Fence Distress Stain, Rock Candy Crackle paint.

In the windows tulle, Tissue Tape, Mustard Seed Distress Ink, Perfect Mist's in Heirloom Gold...

The fence was created on book paper, misted with Maya Mists in black & silver using a stencil and punched with a Martha Steward Punch.

Again with the Kraft Glassine paper run through the Halloween Words Texture Fade, then accented it with the new Limited Edition Distress Inks in Grape Preserves and Ripe Perssimons!

Here I used Fired Brick Distress Ink, then sprayed it with Perfect Mists in Forever Red. Dripped a little water on and dried it. Stamped the blood splater in Fired Brick and stamped the Skeleton (CMS050) in Picket Fence Distress Stain.

More Kraft Glassine paper run through the POISON Texture Fade, then accented it with the new Limited Edition Distress Inks in Grape Preserves and Black Soot Distress Stain. Then I smooched it into just a bit of Heirloom Gold Perfect Mist!

Guess I better go make it look like I did something around here......

PS: I do have 4 more sets of the new

FALL Limited Edition Distress Inks  

available. ON SALE for $15.30 (originally $17.99) plus applicable tax and shipping!

Also taking orders for the WINTER LE INKS, pre-paid at 25% off!!!

Honor Flight Thank you cards

Our friends Uncle Ed's was in the army a LONG time ago, and is going on the Honor flight November 5th to DC.
Our friends are having a "Welcome Home" party, and asked invitee's to write a letter or card of thanks!
I mentioned this to my friend Maggi, who has been SO generous with making Cards for the Troops, and she offered to make a few! WOW. 15! The girl is a machine I swear! But her designs are anything but! Beautiful, beautiful work! A simple, yet elegant style. One I don't share! I tried, I REALLY tried! But in the end, the 'other Jan' came out and did her thing! So all in all, between Maggi and I, we made 25 cards!
THANK YOU MAGGI! YOU rock!

Below are Maggi's, the Spellbinder Queen! I LOVE the Old Jalopy! My personal Favorite!

See, what did I tell you! LOVE that CARD!!

And my designs are below!

As you can see, I was able to work quite a bit of Tim Holtz' dies and texture fades into my designs!

My favorite? The Angel Wings card using a newer Sizzix die.