A trio of holly cards
Posted: October 29, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Music Background, Winter Bough 31 Comments
A friend asked me to make her Christmas cards this year, a task I happily took on. She does not want a huge amount but enough that I am definitely doing some mass production. I found this weekend when I started to make numerous versions of the holly card above it wasn’t long before I had adapted it a little. I actually prefer the one below, my second version.
I had created quite a few of the version above when I accidentally scored the white cardstock in the wrong direction, hence version three below.
I created the tiles first by inking the holly stamp with red and green markers and stamping it on white card. I then added the music background stamp in grey ink which had been stamped off on scrap first to make it lighter. I used a punch to cut out as many tiles as possible then a larger punch for the mats. I sponged the tiles after they were punched. The background holly on the base was just stamped in green.
Supplies:
Stamps: Winter Bough, Joy.Hope, Flourish Christmas (Penny Black)
Cardstock: Penny Black Mix & Match Rose Garden and Sea Breeze
Inks: Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Cottage Ivy, London fog, Lady bug(Tsukineko)
Also: Grosgrain ribbon
Circle vignettes
Posted: October 25, 2012 Filed under: A Wish for Peace, CAS, Christmas Lights, Christmas Music 22 Comments
When I was making the emboss resist snowflake cards recently I rediscovered my nestabilities dies and started cutting circle masks to play with.
For the card above I stamped the background stamp first then added the Christmas bough in black over the top. I added colour with both coloured pencils and sponging. On the card below the collage is all in the one stamp so I inked it with pistachio ink and again added colour with pencils and sponging. I restamped a few snowflakes in black because they didn’t look quite right in green ( not that I’ve ever seen a black one, mind you!)
Supplies:
Stamps: Christmas Lights, Diamond Pattern, Christmas Music, Hello Winter, A wish for Peace (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Pistachio, Summer Sky, Danube Blue and Versafine Onyx Black(Tsukineko)
Also: Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils
A blue night
Posted: October 23, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Crystal Drops, Penny Black 19 Comments
I know I am jumping from leaves to snowflakes and back again but it’s that time of year. This was one of those designs that evolved as I went along. I first embossed the stamp in clear on white card. I then started sponging with Memento Nautical blue and added some definition on the scrolls at the base and in amongst the pine trees with a navy marker. At some point I decided to make a hint of a hill so I positioned a post-it note mask and added some darker blue sponging above the mask and around the edges of the panel. The panel is matted in white then popped up on a white card base.
Thanks again for all your kind comments; I am enjoying popping by your blogs to see what you have been doing and love to hear and see when you have enjoyed a technique you saw here on my blog. If you’re looking for the One Layer Wednesday challenge it will be on Karen’s blog tomorrow.
Supplies:
Stamps: Crystal Drops (PB)
Inks: Memento Nautical Blue, Paris Dusk & Versamark(Tsukineko)
Also: Clear e.p.
Another Autumn Leaf
Posted: October 21, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Maple Leaf, Penny Black 18 Comments
The challenge at Less is More this week is to follow an autumn theme. The autumn colours around here have been wonderful this year so I tried to replicate them in my card.
I sponged a selection of colours over an area the same size as my leaf stamp then inked the leaf with versamark and stamped it over the sponging. After embossing in clear I brayered the whole panel with dark brown. I like the fact that there are “embossing powder splatters” even though they weren’t intentional. I inked the sentiment with a few of the sponging colours to continue the theme.
Thanks for dropping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Maple Leaf, Thinking of You (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Peanut Brittle, Morocco,Pear Tart, Tangelo, Versafine Vintage Sepia & Versamark (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Penny Black Mix & Match Papers Fall Festival
Also: Clear e.p.
Colour inspiration
Posted: October 19, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Wishing You 8 Comments
The Penny Black designers are taking Colour inspiration from Pinterest again today. If you check out the blog you will see some beautiful colour palettes with the projects they inspired.
I chose a colour palette that I am enjoying whenever I go outdoors these days. I punched a leaf out of a post it note then sponged Memento inks to create a little row of leaves. I spent the afternoon walking a trail with my son and a couple of friends and enjoyed plenty of fall colours and leaves as well as some local bird life.
Supplies:
Stamps: Wishing You (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Pistachio, Pear Tart, Rich Cocoa, Morocco & Tangelo(Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Mix&Match fall festival & olive grove
OLW 110 Squares
Posted: October 17, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Maidenhairs, OLW 11 Comments
Today’s One Layer Wednesday challenge is to incorporate squares into your card. You could use a square stamp, mask a square or create patterns with squares. It is up to you as long as squares feature somehow.
I decided to challenge myself to not sponge my squares: I thought I should think outside the box a little more than that. I have a little square acrylic block so I inked that up with two shades of green spritzed it with water then stamped it on my card. To add the maidenhair fern I used a punched mask which was exactly the same size as the acrylic block.
Can’t wait to see your creations!
OLW110 Rules
1. A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed.
2. Make a one-layer card which incorporates squares
3. Post your cards online and link to them using the InLinkz button at the end of this post. If you link to your blog, be sure to link to the specific post, not just your blog’s main page.
4. BE SQUARE!
Supplies:
Stamps: Maidenhairs, Flourish Birthday (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Pistachio & Northern Pine , Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Northern Lights
Posted: October 12, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Penny Black, Twinkling 14 Comments
Penny Black has entered the world of Pinterest as have so many of us. To celebrate the PB designers have gathered inspiration from the Penny Black board Winter Wonderland and created a bunch of projects. I chose this little decorated tree as my starting point.
I stamped the tree in black, embossed in clear and coloured a random selection of circles with Sharpie fineliners. After that I decided that the tree needed a background sky which started as a little subtle sponging along the horizon but ended as the Northern lights! I have lived in Canada for twelve years now but I still haven’t seen the northern lights. One day…
I am planning to mass produce this one but with different colour schemes. When I say mass produce what I imagine will happen is that I will get to four or five and stop because I’ll be ready to move on!
Thanks for visiting today, please drop by the Penny Black blog and check out the wonderful variety of projects posted today.
Supplies:
Stamps: Twinkling, Christmas Fashion (PB)
Inks: Memento Teal Zeal, Grape Jelly, Versafine Onyx Black(Tsukineko)
Also: Clear e.p., Sharpie fineliners
Two sets of baubles
Posted: October 10, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Hanging Treasures, Penny Black 16 Comments
I have a couple more cards made with a bauble from the Hanging Treasures set. They have exactly the same layout but one is monochrome and the other a little fancier. On the card above I masked then stamped the pine boughs before adding the baubles in versamark so I could emboss them with silver embossing powder. I added sponging in green, yellow and red (the red was done with a little mask around the bauble so that I could limit the sponging to the bauble only) The Less is More challenge this week calls for a touch of silver so I will join in with this card.
The card below is simply red stamped baubles, sponged edges and strings ruled and drawn in red fineliner.
Don’t forget the Gratitude Campaign continues over at Simplicity.
My count has balanced out a little:
Cards made for Gratitude challenge: 7
Cards mailed for Gratitude challenge: 4
Don’t forget to check out this week’s One Layer Wednesday challenge at Cheryl’s blog.
Supplies:
Stamps: Hanging Treasures, Flourish Christmas (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Lady Bug, Northern Pine , Dandelion and Versamark (Tsukineko)
Also: Silver embossing powder
Vintage Christmas
Posted: October 9, 2012 Filed under: Background Stamps, CAS, Hanging Treasures, Penny Black 16 Comments
My stack of Christmas cards is growing and the latest I’ve added is this vintage style one. Brown is not a typical “Christmas colour” but I like the warm look of chocolate brown ink on ivory or cream cardstock. I created the patterned strip using the Diamond background stamp and sponged around the edges. A strip of designer paper would work just as well but sometimes it is fun to make your own. The bauble is stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa, then sponged in the centre with Memento Rhubarb stalk before being cut out. It is not obvious in the photo but I embossed the whole bauble in clear embossing powder which gives it a shiny glaze then popped it up on dimensional tape.
Supplies:
Stamps: Diamond Pattern, Hanging Treasures, A Wish for Peace (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Rich Cocoa, Versamark (Tsukineko)
Also: Clear E.P. Grosgrain ribbon
More Sponged Snowflakes
Posted: October 8, 2012 Filed under: All is Bright, CAS, Penny Black 14 Comments
As I mentioned yesterday when stamping with the All is Bright set and the blue inks I got a little carried away and continued creating different layouts with the same stamps, inks and technique. The card above is two layer but it could easily have been one layer if I’d masked the panel.
I certainly haven’t exhausted the layout possibilities for this this type of card but as you can see it is easy to create a range of masked and sponged cards just by moving the panel around the card base and switching from portrait to landscape orientation.
Anyway, enough of these snowflakes; I’m off to photograph the fall colours. Have a great Thanksgiving Monday if you are in Canada.
Supplies:
Stamps: All is Bright, Noel, Flourish Christmas (PB)
Inks: Memento Summer Sky, Nautical Blue, Danube Blue, Versamark(Tsukineko)
Also: Clear e.p.
Heather Telford 