Snowy New Year
Posted: January 10, 2012 Filed under: Holiday Sampler, Lovely as a Tree 6 Comments
As my Christmas card count was very low this year I have made a few New Year cards for people I still want to send a greeting to. This one features Marina Mist, an SU colour I just purchased and really like. I masked the hill, embossed the trees and snowflakes in clear and then brayered the sky. I’ll definitely use this technique again; I like the crispness of one colour with white.
Have a great day.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Teeny Tiny Messages, Holiday Sampler
Inks: Versamark, Marina Mist
Cardstock: MFP White
Also: Clear e.p.
Snow laden tree
Posted: January 4, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Lovely as a Tree, Stamped Landscapes 25 Comments
Crafty Creations Challenge is aiming to warm things up with a heat embossing challenge. I chose to emboss a very chilly scene. We have discovered since living in Canada that the sunny days which look so beautiful in winter are the coldest days despite the sun!
The large tree is the only part of the card heat embossed. I stamped the tree once in versamark then restamped ever-so-slightly lower in black before embossing in clear. The result is snow laden branches as seen in the close up below.
Thanks for dropping by today.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, All Year Cheer, small tree stamp from Embassy Arts
Inks: Versamark, Basic Black, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: MFP White
Also: Clear e.p.
Masked and hand drawn
Posted: January 1, 2012 Filed under: Hand drawn 11 Comments
I was inspired by this lovely card by openseed and created two cards that don’t involve any stamping but doodling instead.
I used masking fluid to paint the words first then used fine felt tip pens to draw all manner of plant doodles around the masking so that when I removed it the words would be clear. In the one below I masked one word and drew the other but I prefer the one above. I added a little green to both with markers but they are cool with just black and white as well. These are my first attempts at this technique, but as you can probably imagine the possibilities are endless!
Supplies:
Markers: Black Prismacolor Fine line markers, Stampin Up selection of green markers
Cardstock: MFP Watercolour cardstock
Also: Winsor & Newton masking fluid
Watercolour leaves
Posted: December 29, 2011 Filed under: CAS, With Gratitude 18 Comments
There is plenty of snow outside now but I have slipped back into a fall colour scheme to try out this technique. I painted the word in masking fluid with a small paintbrush on watercolour paper. I then used two leaves from With Gratitude, a few colours and a water spritzer to dampen both the stamp and the paper. I sponged a bit of brown and green before peeling off the masking fluid.
This is a second card for the Just One Word challenge at Less is More.
Supplies:
Stamps: With Gratitude (SU)
Inks: Summer sun, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive
Cardstock: MFP Watercolor card
Also: Windsor & Newton Masking fluid
Last minute tags
Posted: December 27, 2011 Filed under: Baroque Motifs 7 Comments
These are my last minute tags, inspired by, but nowhere near as gorgeous as, the ones featured here.
Supplies:
Stamps: Baroque motifs, PSX pine bough, Embassy arts trees
Inks: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green
Cardstock: confetti white, confetti cream
Just one word
Posted: December 26, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Designer Paper 15 Comments
I need a few more cards on Christmas Eve so I pulled out a new punch and created a wreath from designer paper. The original card featured a two word sentiment but it worked just fine with one word too so I will enter it into this week’s Less is More challenge to use just one word.
I made some last minute tags which I post soon too. Have a relaxing day.
Supplies:
Stamps: Christmas Music (flourishes)
Inks: Riding hood red
Cardstock: Flourishes classic ivory
Also: Merry Moments D.P. , red twine, Recollections leaf punch
Those snow scenes I love to do…
Posted: December 22, 2011 Filed under: Branch Out, CAS, Stamped Landscapes 12 Comments
A couple of posts ago I featured a snow scene I did for the Less is More snow challenge. I love creating snow scenes but that one I entered in the challenge was not the first one I did that day. It was the fourth. The first three are featured in this post. All of them are ok, but they were not quite what I was after. Snow scenes can be a little tricky at times. In the one above you will see I managed a strange yellowy tinge in the sky; wrong sponge I think.
In the one below the tiny words in the sentiment are a little hard to read and the shadow on that tree? Well, it is hardly a shadow; I could have planned that a little better.
The card below suffered from a restamping of the foreground tree which didn’t really match up; I must have moved the positioning tool. To salvage it I used an embossing pen to draw snow on the branches but it is still a bit messy.
All that to say: sometimes it takes a few attempts before I come up with the scene I am after, but those attempts can often be used, as is, or with a little creative alteration.
Enjoy your day, still no snow here, but now we have plenty of ice!
Supplies:
Stamps: Many Merry Messages, Branch out,
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Taken with Teal, Bashful Blue, Versamark, Basic Black
Cardstock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth Heavy
Also: Winsor & Newton masking fluid, white e.p.
Less is More Music
Posted: December 17, 2011 Filed under: All That Glitters 26 Comments
This week at Less is More it’s a music challenge. With all the music going on around our house I am always happy to come up with a music themed card, especially at Christmas.
I used my old faithful technique for this card: masking and sponging, but with stamping, colouring and drawing thrown in. First I rolled the music notes in sahara sand and sponged around them. Next I added the pine branches and sponged around them too. Finally I stamped three little Christmas balls, coloured them with coloured pencils and gold pen then added their strings.
I just did a count and I only have ten Christmas cards made! How can this be? I guess I might scrape through because there are 12 days of Christmas after all!
Supplies
Stamps: Christmas Music, All that Glitters (Flourishes)
Inks: Sahara Sand, Garden Green, Old Olive, Basic Black
Paper: Flourishes Classic Ivory
Also: FaberCastell Polychromos Pencils, Gold smooch, Black fineliner
Delighted
Posted: December 16, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Holiday Sampler, Many Merry Messages 5 Comments
Here is another card inspired by a very creative artist. I am always impressed when I visit Sarita’s blog by how elegant her cards are. Her cards often feature gorgeous flourishes, flowers or fireworks but one day I dropped in to find some delightfully whimsical creations featuring coloured lights.
My card is a pretty close copy of Sarita’s clean and simple creation. I coloured the lights with markers and drew the cord after stamping.
Still no sign of snow here but I hope to be back with some snowy Christmas cards soon. Thanks for all your kind comments, I am happy you dropped by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Holdiay Sampler, Many Merry Messages
Inks: Bashful Blue, Only Orange, Rose Red, Gable Green, Yoyo Yellow and Black markers
Cardstock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth Heavy
Less is More Snow
Posted: December 11, 2011 Filed under: CAS, Stamped Landscapes 41 Comments
This week the challenge on the Less is More blog is a One Layer Card featuring snow. I love doing snow scenes and have been looking for a window of opportunity to do one or two.
I started by masking the top and bottom of the card base to leave a panel where I could brayer the sky. I also added a moon mask. To create falling snow I flicked masking fluid all over the card base and let it dry. I then brayered Taken with Teal ink over the panel, working from right to left so it would be lighter around the moon. After I removed the masks I used a wavy hill mask to sponge in some snow drifts and stamp some clumps of trees.
Still nowhere near this amount of snow around here, but there are two weeks before Christmas so it could still be white. Thanks for dropping in, I hope you have a great week.
Supplies:
Stamps: Wondrous Gift, a little tree stamp from Embassy Arts
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Taken with Teal
Cardstock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth Heavy
Also: Winsor & Newton masking fluid
Heather Telford 