OLW 26 Black, white & red
Posted: October 31, 2010 Filed under: CAS, Patterned Pines 5 Comments
The OLW challenge this week is hosted by Jennifer Styles and asks us to make a black, white and red card. I don’t think I have ever made a black Christmas card; it’s not really a traditional Christmas colour, but at least the snow is white. The black textured cardstock was just sitting there on the table and I do love textured card so I thought, why not? I guess what I have here are snow covered trees in the dead of night, lit by some unknown source of light!
The trees were stamped in versamark and embossed in white on textured cardstock so the trees have a little of a linen look to them. I added my red in the form of little rhinestones. Unfortunately our family is without a working camera at present so my card is scanned this time.
Supplies:
Stamps: Patterned Pines, All Year Cheer
Inks: Versamark
Cardstock: Basic Black textured cardstock
Also: white e.p., red rhinestones
OLW 24 Back to Base-ics
Posted: October 17, 2010 Filed under: CAS, Snowflakes 4 Comments
Jennifer Styles has stepped in to help Susan from Simplicity with her One Layer Wednesday challenges. This time we had to make a holiday card with a coloured base, but not white, cream, red or green. I chose Pacific Point but the colour in the photo is not quite true to life.
My card is as simple as they come. Stamped in versamark, embossed in clear. None of my Christmas sentiments were quite the right size and script so the greeting will be inside only.
Thanks Jennifer for lending a hand and providing the inspiration.
Supplies:
Stamps: Snowflakes
Inks: Versamark
Cardstock: Pacific Point
Also: Clear e.p.
Falling leaves
Posted: October 16, 2010 Filed under: CAS, With Gratitude 3 Comments
We are in the midst of falling leaves at our place. The back yard contains several very large trees and the falling leaves continue for a couple of months. I decided to cut a leaf shaped mask for this card; I don’t often cut shaped masks; I’m a bit lazy, but this leaf is not too fiddly. I applied the ink randomly with markers directly onto the stamp and then stamped four leaves moving the mask to create some overlapping. I then sponged and added the sentiment before matting in chocolate chip.
Thanks for dropping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Graceful Words, With Gratitude
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango
OLW 23 Heavy Metal
Posted: October 11, 2010 Filed under: CAS, Snowflakes 9 Comments
I used a tried and true layout for Susan’s One Layer Wednesday challenge this week. We had to use metal somewhere on the card so I opted for metallic embossing powder. I know snowflakes are not really silver but in my magical sky with northern lights I wanted silver snowflakes. Lately I have been using this layout with sponging but decided to use watercolour this time. A couple of post-it notes are not quite enough of a barrier for water and ink on watercolour paper so my edges are a little more “relaxed”; there are a few breakouts of ink here and there. I decided to stick with them as that is what watercolour tends to do. The watercolour paper dictated the size of the card so it is 3.5″x5″.
After masking with the post-it notes I embossed the snowflakes then wet the whole panel and applied colour with ink and markers, moving it around with aqua painters until I was happy with the design.
Even though I have lived in Canada for 10 years now I have yet to see the Northern lights; this design came straight out of my imagination.
Supplies:
Stamps: Snowflakes, Short and Sweet
Inks: Versamark, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Not quite Navy
Cardstock: Fabriano Hot pressed watercolour paper
Also: Silver e.p. aqua painter
Autumn leaf CASE
Posted: October 9, 2010 Filed under: CAS, With Gratitude 2 Comments
Every week Brigitte (AKA Biggan on Splitcoast) creates absolutely gorgeous and original cards. I was inspired by a this card and this card to create two more autumn leaf cards of my own.
To create the mustard coloured leaf I used versamark and tangerine tango then embossed in clear. I’m not sure why it looks so much like mustard rather than tangerine. I then used markers, ink and an aqua painter to create the watercolour fill. The leaf is cut out and popped up on two mattes. The card base was embossed using the SU Flourish textures plate.
I used same techniques to create this one but did not cut out the leaf; I popped up the embossed layer instead. The colours around Ottawa are absolutely beautiful this year providing plenty of inspiration. I hope you are enjoying autumn where you are, or spring of course if you are in the southern hemisphere.
Supplies:
Stamps: With Gratitude
Inks: Versmark, Tangerine Tango, Ruby Red, Riding Hood Red, Cherry Cobbler, Cranberry Crisp
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard
Also: Gold Organza ribbon
Congratulations
Posted: October 3, 2010 Filed under: CAS, Garden silhouettes 5 Comments
My inspiration for this card came from AngelNorth. I wanted to make a simple but elegant engagement card for a friend who recently became engaged. She is a lovely girl who used to go to our church. Her mother still does and is a dear friend of mine so I plied her with questions regarding wedding plans. Her daughter does not want a big production wedding, she found the recent wedding show she attended absolutely overwhelming! I decide a little bit of nature and a touch of gold and black might be the right approach on a card.
To create the gold rectangle I stamped the stamp pad directly on the card stock and the black image over the top. A couple of mattes and a sentiment and it was done. The One Stop Craft Challenge blog is celebrating its 100th challenge and the theme is “Congratulations” so I’m joining in.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Hugs &Wishes
Inks: Encore Gold, Basic Black
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory, Brushed Gold, Basic Black
Rust tree
Posted: September 29, 2010 Filed under: CAS, Lovely as a Tree 3 Comments
This is a card I made a while back, which has a more masculine look than many I make. It also uses a tree stamp I don’t often reach for.
The image panel was made by masking a rectangle then sponging in rust, cocoa and a touch of ruby red. The tree and sentiment are stamped in black and that is all there is to it. Unfortunately my photo doesn’t show that the rust cardstock is textured but in real life it adds a little something.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Everday Flexible Phrases
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Real Rust, Ruby Red, Basic Black
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory, Real Rust
Woodland scene: autumn edition
Posted: September 26, 2010 Filed under: CAS, Lovely as a Tree, Stamped Landscapes 6 Comments
This is a total CASE of my own work! I decided to revisit the summer one layer scene I did a few weeks back, this time using autumn colours. I am going to create one for each of the seasons eventually. I am having trouble photographing ivory cardstock at present; it ends up looking white.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue, Mellow Moss, Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory
OLW Inspired by Nature challenge
Posted: September 22, 2010 Filed under: Branch Out, CAS, Stamped Landscapes 25 Comments
Susan’s One Layer Wednesday challenge is to make a card inspired by nature. She has combined OLW with her Inspiration Week, where she is chatting about what inspires her in her cardmaking and giving away some treats as well.
It seems like all my cards are “Inspired by Nature” at present. If it isn’t trees, it’s leaves and if it isn’t leaves it’s flowers. So I was only too happy to participate again in the OLW challenge. The card I have created is the latest in my masked and sponged scenes. I have done so many lately I went back and made sure they were labeled Stamped Landscapes which makes it easier to scan through them. I have created a scene similar to this one before, but I will always be inspired by snow covered trees.
I placed post-it masks at the top and bottom and then used a stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the tree once in versamark. I shifted the stamp-a-ma-jig ever so slightly down and stamped the tree in black before embossing in clear. This created my snow laden tree which showed up once I sponged the sky in. The hill shaped mask was just cut out of paper and I used it for the sky and for the little snow indents. To create the tree’s shadow I sponged directly on the stamp and stamped upside down.
I haven’t added a sentiment yet as I’m not quite sure what to use it for. I’ll add something when the need arises. Make sure you check out the other beautiful cards in the challenge which were ” inspired by nature”.
Supplies:
Stamps: Branch Out
Inks: Versamark, Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White
Also: Clear e.p.
OLW 20 Three Plus One
Posted: September 15, 2010 Filed under: CAS, Garden silhouettes, With Gratitude 16 Comments
This week Susan’s One Layer Wednesday challenge is to use three images and a sentiment. If possible avoid embellishments, but that isn’t mandatory! I have two for this challenge: same layout and technique but different colour schemes. If you have visited here lately you will see I am still masking and sponging. As the current Speedy the Cat’s Friends Challenge is to use fall colours, I will participate in that one too.
To create these two cards I punched the squares out of post it notes to create the mask then sponged and stamped the images before removing the mask. I am enjoying stamping in autumn colours but in real life I am clinging to the last days of summer; perhaps that is why I did one in summer colours as well.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, With Gratitude, Upsy Daisy, Hugs and Wishes
Inks: Summer Sun, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory
Heather Telford 