Leaf Breast Cancer Behind - WT346 at SplitcoastStampers challenge

This month over at SplitcoastStampers, the http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/ways-use-f46/"> Ways to Use it Challenges are geared around October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so we're encouraged to use the color pink in our projects.  This week, the challenge is to use leaves. 

I took this digital image from Tiffany Doodles' Fall is Here set and digitally recolored them in various shades of pink before randomly scattering them around the edge of the 4x6 frame.  I also used one of Tiffany's sentiments from the Lipstick set (found under the Fashion line.)  Once the card was all put together, I added some diamond Stickles to the leaf veins for some sparkle.  I love, love, love the way this turned out ... and I'm not normally fond of all pink.

Hope you like it too.  Let me know what you think - Always love to hear your comments.

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Ways to Use It Challenge 345 - Faux Tiles

Back in the saddle again ... Feel like I haven't done a whole lot of stamping lately with my mother in law being ill and all the arrangements to make after the fact.

This week's Ways to Use It challenge is to make a card using ANY kind of Faux Tile technique.  This is probably one of my favorite methods of creating a Faux Tile card.  I've linked up a Tutorial on Faux Tile I did last June that uses a brass stencil, versamark and clear embossing powder if you'd like to check it out.  In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, we were also challenged to use pink in our projects.

I'm in need of several Thank You's, and I kept this one a bit subdued in color (although my grout lines do look a bit bright.)

I stamped the image from Penny Black in Rose Red onto white cardstock first.  Then I put the brass stencil over the top and sponged a bit of Antique Linen next to the lines to give them a bit of a 3-D look before stamping overall with Versamark.  I then took the brass stencil off and applied some clear embossing powder (3 layers).  Once it was thoroughly dry, I sponged some rose red in the 'grout lines'.  Mats are soft suede and the background paper is from Basic Grey.

I added a soft pink ribbon for the bow around the tiles, stamped the sentiment in rose red (Hero Arts I think) and then sponged the edge once I oval-punched it.

Hope you like it ... Let me know what you think.  Please also head over to the Ways to Use It Challenge forum to see what everyone else did - and try your hand at the Faux Tile Technique.

I also entered this in the following challenges:
Stamptacular Sunday's "You Choose" Challenge
Make it Monday

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How's About a Bookmark!

This week's Ways to Use It challenge over at SplitcoastStampers is to use BOOKMARKS.

Reading is one of my many favorite pastimes.  I think I probably have 4-5 books that I'm in the middle of as we speak.  And that's not counting Nursing School books.  The challenge today was to create a bookmark that could stand alone, either as a complete project or one that could be detached.

I picked this sweet image from A Day For Daisies' September Club Kit called Peace and Quiet.  I've had a slamming week, what with school stuff and a mini-emergency in the family, so this little sunflower is just where I want to be sitting myself right about now.

I colored Peace & Quiet with Copics and created a bookmark before creating the pocket card to hold the bookmark.  Colors are pear pizazz and blush with some Basic Grey designer papers.  Finishing touches are the pretty pink ribbon and pearl brads.  The sentiment was computer generated.

I also entered this in the Anything Goes challenge - basically, anything goes ...

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Ways to Use it Challenge - Lunch Sack

Today over at SplitcoastStampers'
Ways to Use It, the challenge was carried along in the Back to School theme by using a Lunch sack.

This was a fun challenge!  Love my Kraft/Crumb Cake, but haven't thought to use a lunch sack on one of my cards. 

To start off, I printed the digital birthday cake from Tiffany Doodles and then colored it with Copics.  I added some diamond Stickles to the candle stripes and some glossy accents to the flames with some white gel pen accents.  I wanted this image a little on the brighter side than what follows.  I stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts in the corner and then sponged the edge with Vintage photo before matting on chocolate.  Since this insert is separate, I put a layer of lighter cardstock on the back for additional messaging.

Now for the base ... I took chocolate, kraft and an unknown dp (polka dot) and wrapped with some brown Baker's twine.  I trimmed the top of a lunch sack to fit at an angle and then stamped all over in espresso with a Hero Arts candle stamp very similar to the Tiffany Doodles' cake candles.  I colored the flames with a bright yellow colored pencil and the stripes with a gold Spica pen for a subtle sparkle.  This was sponged around the edge as well, before matting on the chocolate layer.  I then tucked this underneath the twine.

I hope you enjoyed the card - make sure you head over to the Ways to Use it Challenge yourself. 

Love to see what you come up with.  If you enjoyed the visit, would love to hear from you.

Black Board Happenings over at SplitcoastStampers

Today's http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/ways-use-f46/>Ways to Use It challenge continues with the Back to School theme ... This week we're challenging you to create a card using a BLACKBOARD effect.

I used the http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/blackmagic/>Black Magic techniquc that can be found here at SplitcoastStampers' Resource Center.  To me, this looks so much like colored chalk on the chalkboard. 

I used the Pennant Parade and So Happy For You sets from Stampin Up to create my card.  I stamped the pennants in white craft ink and then colored with some pale colored pencils and then drew a clothesline with white gel pen.  The card base is black with red checkered background.  I added some triangles cut from some SU designer paper, matted on black.  I wanted the yellow to pop a bit more, so I added some yellow Stickles.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment on white and matted on a black frame from Nestabilities.

Hope you give this one a try - It's even nicer when you used solid floral images to color - but I wanted something "teacher-esque" for this, so I tried to make it look like a chalkboard with a back to school motif.

Have fun - Let me know what you think.

Ways to Use it Challenge #337 - RECYCLE

This weeks Ways to Use it Challenge over at SplitcoastStampers is to Recycle.  You can think of recycling in many different ways ...

Use packaging found around the house from something you got in the mail

Use packaging from a store bought item

Reuse ribbon from a present

Use cardboard from your designer paper package

Just about anything that's been used before

I chose to take this birthday card I received from Juanita over at SplitcoastStampers, aka Schmoopie, and recycle it.  I liked that it was a very CAS card so I had a lot of room to play.

I stamped over the cameo card base with some cameo ink and a flourish from Stampin Up all over.  I then added this sparkly flourish I got recently which goes with the stamped flourishes.  The image is mine from The Stamping Boutique that I colored with Copics.  I added some clear glitter gel pen to the curly-Q's and some glossy accents to the tags before matting on cherry cobbler.  I also matted the recycled sentiment onto the cherry.  The card was small to start, so I put it on a single sheet base of cobbler to make it an A2 size.

Great challenge, Hannah - Loved this one.

Hope you all like it as well.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.  Love to hear your comments.

Ways to Use it Challenge - Versamark

Today's Ways to Use It challenge over at SplitcoastStampers is to use Versamark.

I stamped this flower all over the Kraft paper in Versamark then sponged in some chalks in green, bright pink and purple.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up, stamped in eggplant.  After matting the background on plum, added a dusky purple ribbon and then some diamond and purple Stickles for the flower's stamens.

Short, sweet, but I love how it turned out.  Hope you do too.  Thanks for looking!

Ways To Use It Challenge - HEAT

Today over at SplitcoastStampers' Ways to Use It Challenge, HEAT is the topic.

We could use either an image that reflected heat such as a candle, fireplace, sunset, summer ... or a technique using heat such as heat embossing, wax/crayon resist, etc.  The sky's the limit as long as heat played a part.

I chose to use heat embossing.  I took a strip of Kraft and ran it through a Cuttlebug embossing folder before applying Versamark to the raised design and clear embossing it.  I then sponged the edgtes with some Pacific Point. 

The image is a digital image from Tiffany Doodles that I printed onto Kraft and colored with Copics.  I added a dot of Glossy Accents to his eye and some Distressed Stickles for faux brads.  Cardstocks used include Kraft, Navy and Pacific Point, while the designer paper is from Stampin Up's Blueberry Crisp paper pack.  I finished it off with an ivory grosgrain ribbon knotted in the corner.

Hope you get a chance to play!
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SplitcoastStampers Ways To Use It Challenge - WT333

Today over at SplitcoastStampers' Ways To Use It, the challenge is:

ALTERED RIBBON

Chose your favorite ribbon, twill, seam binding - ANYTHING that comes from the ribbon section of your LSS or craft store (not twine, tho) ... and ALTER it - You can take great liberty with this - either dye it, stamp it, distress it ... color it with Copics (or equivalent), airbrush it - The sky's the limit.

I chose to dye this seam binding from Stampin Up by dragging the ribbon over my Pacific Point ink pad until it was fully saturated.  (You don't want to see my hands - although at least it's not like the time I did the same thing with Rose Red ink ... looked like I murdered someone.)  I still haven't gotten it through my thick skull, however, to use the dollar cheapie plastic gloves when I'm doing this - Go Figure.  Anyway, after saturating it with the Pacific Point ink pad, I set it aside to dry overnight to avoid transfer where I didn't want it.  I put a piece of sticky tape (red stuff, lol) and pleated the ribbon down a strip of coordinating Blueberry Crisp designer paper from Stampin Up before matting on crumb cake. 

The image is a digital bluebird from Tiffany Doodles that I printed onto crumb cake and then colored with Copics.  I love the way these Copics seem to watercolor the absorbent crumb cake.  Trick is lighter touch - you don't want to saturate the paper or it will bleed.  I added some glossy accents to his eye and some highlights with white gel pen before matting onto Navy.  The sentiment is unknown stamped in Pacific point & punched with oval before matting onto Navy scalloped oval & popped up for dimension.  I finished with a pretty corner flourish in Navy from QuicKutz.

I love the way this beautiful bird turned out - Hope you do too.  Head over to SplitcoastStampers with your ALTERED RIBBON project.

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Ways to Use It Challenge WT332 at SplitcoastStampers

Today, Hannah challenged us to with Heavy Metal.  Check out SplitcoastStampers to see what everyone else came up with ...

I've had this image printed for several weeks, if not months, sitting in the front to be colored, but keep moving it.  When I heard "Heavy Metal" ... thought of a manly card - then I forced myself to color this one up.  The thing is, the dirtier the better with this 4x4 digital image from Tiffany Doodles.

I didn't want to go with the standard brads or whatnot, so I found a piece of screening in the garage and decided that'd be the way to go.  I seriously distressed the layers then sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I'm not often found creating a masculine card, but I'm quite pleased with the way this one turned out.  What do you think?

WT331 Crazy Collage

Today's Ways to Use it challenge over at SplitcoastStampers is to create a card with a collage. 

Not everyone knows how to do one, so here's a very rudimentary description:

1.  Normally, first I stamp 2-3 script, typed, newsprint images randomly on a diagonal.  I try to cover all the background without overlapping the script images.

2.  Next, I'll stampe 2-3 images of silhouette or sketchy type images like single flowers or butterflies, insects, etc.  Not alot, but I do like odd numbrs.  Sometimes I'll stamp these images in same color as script, sometimes I'll add another color.  You can make it as colorful as you like - the skies the limit.

Basically that's all there is to it.  I like the old-world/vintage feel it gives.

For my card, I did exactly what I said above, only this time I stamped a flower & clear embossed it before anything else.

Kraft, chocolate and mellow moss were my colors of choice for today.  I love my Copics, but I really enjoy making cards with my stamps & stamp pads, too.  I'm happy with the way this one turned out.  Hope the above hints helped you out.

Let me know what you think.

Way to Use It Challenge WT 329 - Something Old, Something New

Today over at the Ways to Use It forum over at Splitcoaststampers, Hannah has a wonderful challenge for us ...

Something Old ... Something New

These are so fun because I force myself to use stuff I've had forever that has been shoved aside to make room for the fancy new stuff.  (Shame on me!)

I just downloaded this wonderful digital image from A Day For Daisies yesterday and colored her with Copics.  I used my old Creative Memories cutting system for the oval (can you say 10 years?) and left the butterflies "out of the box".  Another oldie is the designer paper - has to be at least a couple of years old.  I kept the colors in Not Quite Navy, Bashful and Pretty in Pink.  I stamped a couple of flourishes in NQN on the designer paper and finished with a Stampin Up sentiment oval punched & matted on a Pretty in Pink scalloped oval punch.  The image and sentiment are popped up for dimension.  Finished off with some clear glitter gel pen lining the strings and a pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon.

Thanks Hannah - Great challenge!

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Ways to Use It - Challenge WT328 - No White Cardstock

Today is my turn to present the challenge over at the Splitcoast Stampers' Ways to Use it Challenge.  I've been on a bit of a kraft kick lately, so I figured it hasn't been done for a long while, lets roll with it.

I actually made two cards for the challenge - couldn't pick just one, so I went with this duo.  Both are digital images from A Day for Daisies.  Oh my, where has this company been?  I love all the beautiful delicate images Tammy has over at ADFD.  Be sure to check her site out for some beautiful images.

For the card on the left, I used the Fairy Dress #7, printed onto Kraft and colored with Copics.  To finish it off, I added some diamond Stickles to the wings and her sash, a rippled ribbon of seam binding and a computer generated sentiment die cut with one of the Nesties labels.

My second card used the Twinkle Freebie as well as the Starsleeper Sentiment printed onto Kraft.  This time, however, I colored the image with Prisma colored pencils and Gamsol.  Added some yellow glitter gel pen to the stars in the sky and the moons on his jammies then some Glossy Accents to the moon.  Finished off with some saffron flourishes and grosgrain ribbon.

Hope you enjoy ... Head over to Splitcoast Stampers' Ways to Use it challenge to see all the lovely cards that were created.

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Ways to Use it Challenge WT327 - Viva La Vellum

Today over at Splitcoast Stampers, in the Ways to Use it Challenge, Toni from the Ways to Use It Challenge team is asking us to use Vellum in our projects.  Love it!  I never grab my vellum unless I'm specifically asked to use it.

I stamped this verse from Our Daily Bread onto a piece of printed vellum from Stampin Up.  I then used a Spellbinders die to cut out and then stencil the edges with Tea Dye.  I went fairly light, so not sure if it's showing up.  I then mounted the vellum on a piece of saffron cardstock cut through the same die, attaching with gold brads and then popping up for dimension. 

The card base is saffron with garden green then Basic Grey's Boxer designer paper.  The corner triangles are from same paper pack, matted with saffron.  I didn't want too much else distracting from the verse, so I just popped on some flowers and called it a day. 

I love the way vellum looks on a card - WHY don't I use it more, again?  I forget.

Head over to Splitcoast Stampers' Ways to Use It Challenge for today.

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