Hello there, I'm back today after an absolutely awful day yesterday. Spent 9 hours at the Dermatologist having a wretched skin cancer removed. Moh's procedure is when they take some skin off and then freeze, slice and examine slide. They keep doing this until they get all the cancer cells gone. For me this was 7 times. So right now my left temple is sporting a 1 1/2 x 2 inch patch missing skin - "Gnarly" was the term the nurse used - she wasn't lying! Sorry, feeling a bit pitiful right now. I watched a few recorded shows while I sipped on my coffee. Now I'm ready to share a card I made.
A recent visit to Hobby Lobby landed me with several clearance items, including this adorable Pineapple D-Lite Die. Some gold foil paper added shine to my card when I used my Big Shot to cut the shape. Using 110lb Card Stock I blended Mowed Lawn, Wild Honey and Mustard Seed Distress Ink, using the negative die cut for placement. I held it in place with low tack tape. The first try, I didn't cover the entire piece with tape and smeared so the second try, I covered the entire stitched rectangle that wasn't to be colored - lesson learned. After blending, I attached the gold foil paper pineapple with strong glue. I backed this piece with 1/16 inch black card stock. Next I flipped through a The Paper Studio 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 pad called The Shop On the Square and found some foiled pineapple paper - score! For those who don't know - The Paper Studio is Hobby Lobby's house brand. This became my card base and I chose a a 1 1/4 inch black strip along with some teeny tiny gold and clear washi tape (also from The Paper Studio) to break up the background. Man that's a mouthful! Finally, I attached the pineapple piece with fun foam behind it for dimension. The entire piece was then adhered to a top folding note card. I chose not to add a sentiment on this one.
Have a great day and keep on crafting - I for one, am headed to my craft space!
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Today's card is made using one of those extra backgrounds I had laying around. You know, when you're playing with techniques and make several. I save EVERYTHING! So when I pulled out this new Heart Love Die by Momenta that I purchased at Hobby Lobby, this card came together quickly!
The background has lots of distress inks blended on watercolor paper. I then took a stencil and spritzed the back with a fine mist of water and applied it to the inked background. Taking paper towels to soak up extra water and then set it aside to air dry. Sorry, the stencil is older and I don't know the name.
Using 110lb Card Stock I ran the die and card stock through my Big Shot and then sprayed Sheer Shimmer Spritz over the die cut for some sparkle. To bring my card together, I matted my background piece and adhered it to my card base. Using Multi Matte Medium I attached the sparkly die cut.
Have a great day and keep on crafting!
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My Favorite Things has a contest going on right now and here are my three entries. Here's my Clean & Simple Genius Card.
It's made using the Celebrate Die-Namic. There are three layers of that word with the top being glitter cardstock. I chose two shades of lilac and used a 1/16" border and raised the entire lilac section with fun foam. It's clean and simple alright~
Here's my entry for the Coloring Virtuoso.
I just love the Beast Friends Stamp Set! I colored those Yeti's with Copic Markers and Prismacolor Pencils. The Trees, also colored with Copics have a "dusting of snow" that was Stickles. I don't have the matching Die-Namics so I fussy cut them and then ran a black Copic around the edge to cover the white card stock. My clouds were made with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink and the Cloud Stencil. The snow is a thick layer of Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone and the entire card has Sheer Shimmer Spritz sprayed on it. My sentiment is stamped and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I attached the trees with collage medium and the Yeti's with foam tape to add another layer of dimension. Finally a 1/16" black border backs my Rare Yeti piece and all that is adhered to the card base.
And Finally my Innovation Master entry.
I chose to make a shaker box using Blueprint 24 Die-Namics, Lock & Key Die-Namic and Full of Hearts Die-Namics. I cut my bottom layer and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from No Place Like Home Stamp Set. For the shaker, I used red and gold glitter hearts for the filler. The key and shaker edge is coated in gold ink direct to paper. All this is attached to my red card base. I really do love the look of red and white.
I took a peek at some of the entries already linked and I am so impressed with what I saw! The judges have their work cut out for them! Good Luck to all!
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Today I've got a winter encouragement card to show you. I'm starting with my background, it's 110lb Card Stock, the Mini Aspen Tree Stencil, some distress oxide Ink and those wonderful Distress Blender Brushes and went to town. Those brushes really get into every nook and cranny. One of the recent Hero Art My Monthly Hero Kits had some White Puffy Embossing Powder and I thought this would go well with my scene. The hill was made with my Big Shot, stitched hillside border die, VersaMark ink and that puffy embossing powder. On top of the hill sits two little foxes from the Upon a Star stamp and die set and they are colored with Copic Markers. Using the same color card stock as the card base, I cut a small strip and heat embossed my sentiment. The hill is raised with foam tape for dimension .
Have a great day and keep on crafting!
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Using Flowers and Fence Stamp and Die Set along with Saddle Up Stamp Set, the same set as my last card, helped change this card up. Instead of a bright card, I achieved a more rustic one. For my images, I started by stamping with Tuxedo Black Ink on to 110 lb Card Stock and coloring with Copic Markers. Using VersaMark Ink and gold embossing powder I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on Kraft paper. Next I pulled out my Big Shot to die cut all my images and fence. For my background I used the Lumber Embossing Folder and cream colored card stock. After, I used Vintage Photo Oxide Ink over the raised image and around edges of both lumber piece and all Kraft colored pieces. For detail, I used a fine black pen around the sentiment strip as well as a silver metallic pen on my cowgirl to make her shine. A teal ribbon is tied around the lumber piece. Then to pull the card together I attached all my elements using a wet adhesive, dry adhesive and foam tape for dimension.
Have a great day and keep on crafting!
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