Sponged Circles
Posted: July 17, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Itty Bitty Buds 26 Comments
The Less is More challenge for this week is to use circles. I had fun creating this card with plenty of circles sponged across it. I started by randomly stamping and embossing a bunch of little flowers from SU’s Itty Bitty Buds set. As they were embossed in clear they were not easily seen at this stage. To reveal them I sponged green, purple, orange and pink circles over the top. The fun part was watching parts of the flowers appear. The sponging was done through post-it notes masks made with circle punches.
As usual there is oodles of inspiration to be found on the Less is More blog. Check it out.
Thank you to everyone who gave me suggestions for solving my black stamp pad dilemma. I appreciate the time you took sharing the techniques and products which work for you. I might experiment with a few new products. I think the problem may have been that my stamp pad and my stamp were both a little concave as neither were new and both get quite a bit of use.
Supplies:
Stamps: Itty Bitty Buds(SU), Best is Yet
Inks: Versamark, Passion Pink, Lovely Lilac, Only Orange, Old Olive
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White
Also: Clear e.p.
OLW 62 Make it personal
Posted: July 13, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Itty Bitty Buds 12 Comments
Susan from Simplicity has designed a one layer challenge for this week which requires us to create a card with a personal touch. Her card features a map of the USA with the states coloured in where she and her husband have lived; a very cool idea. As it is my daughter’s birthday today and no, I did not have the card made ahead of time, I decided to make hers my challenge card. Her favourite colour is yellow so I chose to feature yellow on her card. For her I would usually match it with green but for a change I decided to throw some pink into the mix which, when blended, added a bit of orange. I made the birthday greeting using a funky alphabet from Close to my Heart. She also likes funky designs.
I masked the area first and stamped the letters in versamark before embossing in clear. I then stamped the flowers randomly around the panel in yellow and pink. I sponged in yellow and pink then added the rose red flowers and a bit more sponging.
Supplies:
Stamps: Itty Bitty Buds(SU), Alphabet from Close to my Heart
Inks: Versamark, Summer Sun, Pretty in pink, Rose Red
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White
Aqua and Green together
Posted: July 11, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Upsy Daisy 18 Comments
I needed a card for a bridal shower on the weekend. Looking around for inspiration I decided to take my colour scheme from the gift bag I was using. The gift bag was very geometric in its design but I didn’t follow that I just needed the pretty summery colours: aqua and green.
I cut a mask in a post it note and brayered tempting turquoise and certainly celery. I then removed the mask and stamped the daisies in black. It took countless repetitions with the daisy stamp before I had a solid image. Even when I stopped it did not quite have complete coverage. I was using my SU classic basic black ink pad. It is not that old so I am a bit frustrated that I find it hard to completely ink a larger stamp with it. If anyone has a favourite black inkpad please let me know. It might be time to branch out.
I matted the image panel and then tried a white card base and a turquoise; as you can see the turquoise won the challenge.
My daughters and I went to the bridal shower and enjoyed watching the bride ooh and aah about all her lovely homewares. She is getting married in August and my girls are going to play violin at the wedding. It will be the first of three weddings they are playing at this summer. I guess I should be thinking about wedding cards too.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy , Hugs & Wishes(SU)
Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Basic Black
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery
Colour blocking
Posted: July 6, 2011 Filed under: CAS, In Full Bloom 8 Comments
In search of inspiration recently I came upon a bright artistic card from Vicki and decided to try something similar myself. I chose three colours and made sponged strips using post it note masks. I really like Vicki’s black line flowers and considered trying to draw my own but decided instead to use the In Full Bloom set. I then matted in black and used a coloured card base for a change. By adding a few dots to the sentiment I made it look like it belonged in the flower set.
Thanks for the inspiration Vicki.
Supplies:
Stamps: In Full Bloom, Short & Sweet
Inks: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Summer Sun
Cardstock: Whisper White, Certainly Celery
OLW 60 Layering ink
Posted: July 1, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Garden silhouettes 16 Comments
After several attempts I came up with a card which fits the brief from Susan for this week’s One Layer Wednesday challenge.
This week’s OLW challenge is to make quick and easy cards with nothing but layers of ink by overlapping the stamped images and/or sentiment.
I am used to layering ink with a sponge but that was not allowed; we had to aim for quick and easy and I have to admit sponging can be time consuming. So I decided if I could not use my favourite technique I could use my favourite stamp set.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Hugs & Wishes
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory
OLW 59 Inspiration challenge
Posted: June 27, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Pocket Silhouettes 15 Comments
I enjoy playing along with the One Layer Wednesday challenge when I can which hasn’t been lately. This week Susan provided a pretty photo of flowers in jars to inspire us. I decided to use the colours and the flowers but not mention the jars.
The technique is nothing new for me; same old masking and sponging that I love to do. I sponged a hint of a hill this time not the well defined slopes I sometimes have. I also sponged a hint of sunrise by leaving a little white space unsponged. The white flowers were embossed in clear before the sponging and everything else was stamped over the top of the sponging.
Supplies:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Short & Sweet
Inks: Yoyo Yellow, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Versamark
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White
Also: Clear e.p.
Less is more lemons
Posted: June 26, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Tart and Tangy 24 Comments
It is quite a while since I joined in the Less is More challenge which seems to have more participants every week. Even when I don’t get to play along I enjoy browsing through all that creativity.
It is a sketch challenge this week at Less is More and I settled on lemons for a bright summery card. I initially stamped the lemons in a row and fiddled with a canvas border either side but ended up cutting out the lemons and popping them up instead. I also began with a yellow card base but much preferred the canvas print instead. My favorite part of the card is the little water droplets I added with crystal effects.
Supplies:
Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Graceful Words, Canvas
Inks: Yoyo Yellow
Cardstock: Whisper White, Flourishes Classic White, Yoyo Yellow
Also: Crystal Effects
Misty Trees
Posted: April 22, 2011 Filed under: Ageless Adornment, Stamped Landscapes, Trees 7 Comments
This is my second card using the beautiful tree set from Darkroom Door stamps. I know the snow has gone but I couldn’t resist a snow scene with my new trees. I created a slightly foggy scene by using grey and blue to sponge the snow and sky.
Supplies:
Stamps: Trees (Darkroom Door), Ageless Adornment (SU)
Inks: Basic Black, Going Gray, Brocade Blue
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Going Gray, Brocade Blue, Basic Black
A little more texture
Posted: April 6, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Of the Earth 11 Comments
I haven’t had any time to stamp lately but I made this card a couple of weeks back when I was playing with the technique of laying the cardstock on the ink pad then rolling the brayer across it to pick up the texture of the fabric. The green panel with white flowers was done this way on a Certainly Celery ink pad after embossing the flowers in clear.
The background strip was made using one mask at the bottom. I stamped the flower repeatedly without re-inking the stamp then added a little sponging at the bottom.
I hope to be stamping again this weekend, especially as a stamp filled package arrived in the mail today!
Supplies:
Stamps: Of the Earth, Teensy Tiny Wishes
Inks: Certainly Celery, Versamark
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White
Also: Clear e.p.
Casing the CAS (once more)
Posted: March 31, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Garden silhouettes 12 Comments
I delved into the CAS favorites thread at Splitcoast again for inspiration before making this card. I came across this lovely sponged panel card and wanted to create something just like it. I prefer Andrea’s beautiful scene with grasses to my silhouetted blossoms but I enjoyed creating something with a sponged panel over a sponged panel; most of my sponged cards lately have been one layer.
I masked the card base to create the horizontal panel, which I embossed in black then sponged in pretty in pink, almost amethyst and going gray. I then created a vertical image panel which I matted in black and popped up on the card base.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes (SU), Taglines (Flourishes)
Inks: Versamark, Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, Going Grey
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Basic Black
Also: Black e.p.
Heather Telford 