Hello everyone, It is the 4th Saturday in April which means that it is time for us to have either a technique or stash challenge. As you can tell from the title this time we have a technique to use for our card designs.
So the design team and I want to see what you can do with vellum embossing. This can be any type of embossing that you can come up with.
I chose to use an embossing folder and my Gemini Jnr machine to create my vellum embossing panel. I also used my machine to cut all of the other elements as well. There is a panel of gold brushed card; a rectangle was cut out of it which was slightly smaller than the scalloped panel inner rectangle so I ended up with a border. I used the same gold and black card to cut out the elements of the sentiment die.
Thanks for stopping by and looking at my card design for the Technique challenge that is now happening over on the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge Blog. Please visit the blog and see what the other designers made with this challenge and consider joining us.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
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Hello everyone It is the 4th Saturday in March and it is time for a Technique challenge over on the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge. This time the technique is
The definition of mixed media is to combine different types or forms of media together on the same project.
For my project this started with a watercolour background that I had made a little while ago with some leftover paint on my palette. I decided to make a tunnel card but first I had to find the image that was going to be at the bottom of my tunnel. I found this beautiful image that I had saved from The Graphic Fairy. I thought that using a more traditional image with a mixed media piece would help both elements to stand on their own.
To make the tunnel the first step was finding the right shape and size of dies to work with my A6 sized card base. I decided that I liked the look of ovals so to make this easier on myself I used my Gemini Jnr machine and the Hero Arts Oval Infinity dies. I cut 1 oval from each of the layers I was going to use. To make the tunnel I started at the bottom and worked my way up slowly getting bigger as I went.
I used some Christmas word washi tape across the bottom left corner. Then using the Stitched Star dies from Paper Rose Studio I cut multipuls from a piece of paper from a dictanary that I had sponged distress ink in red and green on 1 side and brown on the opposite. This gave me the opportunity to use either side when putting them on the card. To finish of the card I found some gold stars in my sticker box that had both the star and the outer edge sperate so I used some of these to bring together all of the elements.
Thanks for stopping in and looking at my Mixed Media card for the technique challenge over on the 52CCT blog. I hope that you will visit the blog and see what the other designers have made and consider joining in on the fun with your own creation.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Hello everyone. It is time for another sketch from Michelle over on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. This time around though we are teaming up with the wonderful creators over at the Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge Blog. So you can enter your creation into both of the challenges. Please go to the Double Trouble blog to find out what they have install for everyone.
The sketch that we get to create with this time around is
This is my first card using my new Brother ScanNCut 1200. I had a ScanNCut many years ago but didn’t get along with it and I ended up selling it to someone who wanted one. But due to hand issues in the past couple of months I have had to make the decision to either give up my card making or buy another machine.
So with the ScanNCut, I cut out both the sentiment and the circle design. I am very impressed with how these 2 elements came out. I hope to get into a training course to learn a lot more about my machine. The 3 smaller circles are from a die from Paper Rose Studios. I will continue to use the dies that I have for certain circumstances but I know that the ScanNCut will come into its own by helping to cut things out that I would have done with detail scissors but can no longer do.
Thanks for stopping by and looking at my design team make using sketch no.495 from AHSC. I hope that you will come and play along with us and also upload your creation on the Double Trouble Paper Crafting challenge as well.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #495 Challenge entered – Double Trouble Paper Crafting – #123 Let’s Get Round
Hello everyone. It was so nice to be able to be in my craft space and do some crafting just for me. Well, it’s for others but not for any other reason than creating.
This card was crafted using the inspiration from 2 challenges
Now that I am looking at the card the button stamps may be a little big but I do like them. They and the sentiment are from a Fiskars stamp set which has been in my stash for the longest time but rarely used. Instead of cutting these by hand, I found that the smallest circle die I own actually was the correct size so I used my Gemini Jnr machine to cut them out. I also used this to cut out the bird and foliage dies from Paper Rose Studio these are favourites of mine.
Thanks for stopping in and looking at my card project for the Try Stamping On Tuesday Sketch and the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I hope that you think I got the design right in combining these 2 challenges together; let me know your thoughts. Before you go from my blog I would like to leave you with this final thought for the post.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Hello Everyone, I loved the combination of the challenges from my previous post that I actually made a 2nd card to share with you all.
I used the same line again as well which was Animal(s) & Friendship Sentiment & Dry Embossing/Scoring.
The 2 pieces of patterned paper are from the same paper pad as my previous card as well but you would think that they weren’t with them being so different. This time though I cut a piece of Lavendar lightweight cardstock to just a bit bigger than the card front and ran this through my Gemini Jnr using an embossing folder. I wanted the design to stand out a little more so I used a large ink blending foam and some Sweet Plum Memento Ink. I also used this ink to stamp the sentiment from the same stamp set as the unicorn. The unicorn I stamped with Black Hybrid Ink from My Favorite Things as this ink allows me to colour with either Copics or Pencils. In this case, I used my Copic markers.
When putting this card together I did add paper shims under a lot of the elements just to help it all stick and stay level on top of the embossed panel. For the embossed panel, I used some wider double-sided tape to make sure I had enough contact points with the mat layer. Once I had all of the elements together I add some gold circle holographic stickers from my stash just to finish off the card.
Thanks for stopping in to look at my card using the 2 challenges together again. Before you leave my blog I would love to leave you with this last thought for this post.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Hello Everyone. Here we are with the colour challenge for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge.
I have a hard time with colour challenges as I never know if the colour hues that I am using truly work together. This card actually started with the stamp that I used because it was what I thought of using as soon as I saw the colour combo.
I stamped the edge of piece of white cardstock with both Bamboo Leaves and Cottage Ivy Memento Inks using my larger stamp platform as I wanted to make sure that I got a good impression. It saved me a few times during this process – I use either my large or small one each time I craft as I want to make sure I always get a good impression or darker colour by stamping twice if needed. The text dies are from an older Kasiercraft die set called Christmas Word Pack. I stuck a large sheet of double sided paper to some Mock Gold paper from House of Paper before running it through my Gemini Jnr machine. To assemble the card I adhered everything together to a white heavy-weight card base I decided against using any bling as I wanted the dies and stamping to be the heroes for this card.
Thanks for stopping in and looking at my card for the colour challenge over at 52CCT. To finish off this post I would like to leave you with this last thought.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Hello Everyone. Today’s card features a sketch from Michelle over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. If you have been too my blog before you know that I love creating with sketches.
The sketch is set out for a slimline card but I don’t have any supplies to be able to create one of these so I created with this sketch to make an A6 sized card which is standard for Australia. This is one thing that I love about sketches they can be a wonderful jumping off point for your creations and you can use them to fit the supplies that you have.
This card was made with some very soft pink patterned paper from an older Kasiercraft paper pad. And these Zinnia flower stamps have been sitting in my stash for quite a number of years. Too the point of them turning yellow but they still stamp as crisp as the day I bought them. After I stamped them using my stamp positioner and some My Favorite Things Black Hybrid Ink I coloured them in with my Copic Markers. I thought that the purple would offset againt the main pink elements well and they did 🙂 Once I had finished colouring in the images I fussy cut around them.
Then I put the rest of the elements together. I put double sided backing paper onto some lightweight black paper before running this through my Gemini Jnr with the 3 window die called Card Creator 2 from Paper Rose Studios. To make things a little easier on myself I just peeled off the release paper from the die cut and laid this over the top of the pink & gold dot paper and then cut around it instead of inlaying each piece. I attached this to the middle of my cards main panel with my ATG and then added the Zinnia flowers with some Nuvo glue. Then I picked out a sentiment from the Black & White Sentiment Sheets from Paper Rose Studios. This is one of the white sentiments that I coloured purple with some Distress Inks as the white was just too stark for the rest of the elements on the card and I added some purple iridesent circle stickers to finish.
Thanks for stopping in and looking at my card as part of the design team for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I hope that you will create along with the sketch and show us your creations over at the challenge blog. Before you go off and continue with your day I would like to leave you with this last thought for this post.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Products Used (with links to purchase in Australia) Kasiercraft Misty Mountains Paper Pad Gemini Jnr Die Cutting Machine (Craft Online) Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive (Craft Online) Card Creator 2 Metal Die (Paper Rose Studio) Black & White A5 Sentiment Sheets (Paper Rose Studio) Purple Circle Iridesent Stickers ATG Dispenser (I bought mine 2nd hand from Ebay) Tape for Dispenser – Tape Jungle (same place as Kristie Marcotte recommends – she has a discount code on her blog, they are way cheaper than anywhere else, and great customer service.)
Hello everyone. Today I am here to share with you a card that I made using a sketch from Michelle over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.
This card is using softer tones than what I usually use in my creations. I am still not 100% sure if I like the tones of the leaves but I couldn’t find a colour that matched so I went for more contrast in the colours. The die for the leaves came from Paper Rose Studio and I cut them out of some sand coloured cardstock which I put some double-sided tape behind before I cut them with my Gemini Jnr machine. After I cut them I used Crushed Olive & Mowed Lawn Distress Inks with a brush applicator.
When making this card I decided that I would make a more general card that could be used for many different occasions. This one will probably go into my cards for charity organizations as they love this type of card.
Thanks for stopping in and looking at my design team make for sketch no.457 from AHSC. I hope that you will create something with this sketch design and come and share your makes with us over at the challenge site HERE. Before you go off and continue with your day I would like to leave you with this final thought for this post.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Hello, everyone. As I mentioned in my previous post I made 2 cards using the same challenges but with this card, I decided that I would include the twist version from the Double Trouble Challenge. And just to remind us of the challenge they are …
So it is to use 3 different patterned papers but this time include a Penguin
So once I found out about the twist I went searching in my images to see if I had something that I could work with. And I found this cute but unfortunately no longer available digi image from Meljen Designs. I fussy cut around the ribbon part of the image before using a circle die to cut both the image and the black mat as well with my Gemini Jnr machine. Then I matted all the other papers with black paper before adhering them to my card base. I found this gold washi tape in my stash as I wanted to break up the very purple card that I had created. By adding this to some cardstock before adhering it to the card it helped to make sure it didn’t have any marks from the papers beneath.
Thanks for stopping in and looking at my 2nd make using the challenges from Try Stampin On Tuesday and Double Trouble. Before you go I would like to leave you with this final thought for this post.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Challenge Links Try Stamping or Not on Tuesday – Sketch#539. Double Trouble Paper Crafting – Challenge#101.
Hello everyone. Here we are with the 2nd challenge for 2022 over at the Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge and this time around it is a colour challenge. I have to admit that these challenges always throw my for a loop as I always doubt my choices. But this time around we have these colours to create with.
I found this Christmas paper pack on my desk and in it was both this hessian looking paper and the dark brown paper with golden Christmas words on it. I then just had to bring in the mid-brown colour from the challenge and this gave me the colour for my matting.
I wanted to add an image to the card so I went looking in my stamps to find something suitable and found this adorable deer image which I stamped onto some of the hessian looking paper and coloured him in with my Copic markers. Then I made a window for him to peek through by double cutting a piece of the matting paper with a stitched circle and then a smaller plain circle die using my Gemini Jnr machine. Before piecing all of the layers together I found this sentiment stamp and using my stamping platform I used some Rich Cocoa Memento Ink to stamp the image a couple of times to get a deep colour.
Thanks for stopping in and looking at my card design for the Colour challenge over at 52CCT. I hope that you will come and create along with us and share your makeover on our challenge blog. Before I go I would love to leave you with this final thought for this post.
This is on my to do list this year – wonder how many treasures I’ll uncover in the process.
Until my next post, Be Kind to Yourself and Others.
Handcrafted Happiness 