Snowy Night

Out of all my Christmas cards I have made this year.  I think this is one of my favorite.  And it is much easier than it looks, just a little messy.  It is a little hard to tell from the picture (much more beautiful when your holding the real thing) but it is entirely coated in Dazzling Diamonds Glitter and sparkles like the beautiful wintry nights.
 

Here is a better picture of the sparkle.

Now for how to create this beauty.  First stamp your images on Whisper White.  Lots of sets will work, however, I used trees from Plant Hope and Lovely As A Tree to create my forest.

Then punch out of scrap paper a 1-1/4" circle to use as a mask.

Using a Sponge Dauber and Night of Navy Ink, sponge your entire card EXCEPT your circle mask.  Be sure to keep your sponging ABOVE the snow line that the trees create.

Your mask creates the moon and your snow line creates the ground.  Don't worry about imperfections in your sponging as the glitter will hide most of that.  It is very important that all your stamping and such is completely done by this point.

Now take the Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets.  Cut them a 1/4" larger than your Whisper White.  Peel the backing off of the sticky sheet being careful not to touch the glue as much as possible because it will come off of the paper onto your fingers.

Place your stamped cardstock face down onto your Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheet.

If you rub your finger along the edges of the Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheet the extra glue will ball up and come off.  This saves you from having glue messes later.

Pour some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter into your Powder Pal.
 

 
Lay your stamped cardstock, glue side down, into your glitter.  Move it and shake it around to make sure the entire front side gets covered with glitter.
 

 If you have the brush that comes with the Powder Pal, it is good to use to brush off the excess glitter.  Now all you have to do is adhere it to the Night of Navy cardstock and your done!  Be sure to step back and admire this one :)

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Lovely as a Tree, Plant Hope, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock - Whisper White, Night of Navy
Ink - Night of Navy
Accessories - 1-1/4" Circle Punch. Sponge Dauber, Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Powder Pal

For Animal Lovers Everywhere

We recently adopted a beautiful kitten in need of a good, safe home.  Her name is Fidget.

As you can see, she is a special little girl with only three full legs.  But dont think that even remotely slows her down!  She is giving my other girls a run for their money.

After adopting her, I wanted to send the vet a card to thank her.  I made this card from an example I saw at Regionals.

A perfect tribute to animal lovers!  And the postage stamps are a great tutorial.

First Stamp your image on the cardstock.

Then, using a 1-in Square mask, Sponge color over the image.

Finish the image off with some color and a blender pen.

Punch the image out with the new Postage Stamp Punch!  I LOVE using the set Every Little Bit with the Postage Stamp Set as all the images fit perfectly and cover a variety of occasions!

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Every Little Bit, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink - Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, More Mustard, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Rose Red
Accessories - Postage Stamp Punch, Spounge Daubers, Blender Pen

Happy Holidays Christmas Tree

Christmas continues!  This is another great card in which the idea came from the catalog (pg. 31).  I just love how the set up this two page spread to show you how everything can coordinate!  They even did the thinking with the color combinations!

In this card I used the technique Masking. For the Large Cherry Cobbler Orniment and the Narrow Daffodil Delight Orniment I stamped them on paper and cut them out. Then I stamped them where I wanted them on the tree. Before staming the Small Orniment I covered the other Oriment with the cut out mask. This gives the effect that something is behind something else. VERY EASY!

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Holiday Happiness
Card Stock - Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink - Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories - None

February Stamp-A-Stack

Another Great Stamp-A-Stack.  We had so much fun!  Check out the great cards we created!

I found these Adorable 3x3 Thank You cards here and loved them SO much I just had to make them.  They were a hit at the class as well.  To learn to make envelopes for this cards see this post.

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - With All My Heart
Card Stock - Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery
Ink - Basic Black, Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery
Accessories - Scallop Trim Border Punch

 

This is a great technique that I wanted to teach my group.  I found the idea for this card here.  Once again I was using ideas from Rose.  She is incredible.  This is a reverse mask technique.  Using the Butterfly Punch I punched the image out of cardstock.  I then laid it onto the card front.  I stamped the image and then sponged color.  When you remove the mask you have a butterfly!

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Vintage Vogue
Card Stock - Whisper White
Ink - Close to Cocoa, Ruby Red
Accessories - Linen Thread

We did a great little St. Patrick's Day Card as well!

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Go Green; Three Little Words
Card Stock - Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink - Always Artichoke pad and marker
Accessories - Heart to Heart Punch, 3/16" Black Gingham Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch

Chicken Curry Color Challenge

What a week!  I am so glad to have a weekend to stamp!  Too bad the Superbowl will get in the way of a perfect weekend.

Today's post is my submission for Dreena's Chicken Curry Color Challenge I just love her challenges, her inspiration come from the best things!

I had great fun putting these colors together.  The requirements were to use Real Red, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, and Whisper White.  I used the retired sets Botanical Blooms and Bitty Basics for the flowers.  I stamped the flower then used a mask to stamp the leaves.  I then hand cut out the entire flower and attached it to the card using Dimensionals.  The thank you label is the Lots of Tags Sizzlit for the Big Shot.  I stamped the thank you from the Short & Sweet stamp set in Crushed Curry and then used the marker to go around the edge and highlight it as well.  The DS paper is from the Patterns Pack III Level 1 hostess gift.  The rhinestones I added were for a little bling.  Not sure yet if they are too much or not.

Masking-A mask is the same image cut out of cardstock.  When you lay it over the image it protects it and makes it so whatever you are stamping second (in this case the leaves) appear behind the object.

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Short & Sweet; Botanical Blooms (retired); Bitty Basics (retired)
Card Stock - Night of Navy; DS Patterns Pack III; Whisper White
Ink - Crushed Curry, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories - Lots of Tags Sizzlet; Big Shot; 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon; Dimensionals; Rhinestones (not SU)

Embrace Life Thank You Card

In my last post I had a card that was really cute but wasn't quite enough in my eyes for a thank you to our boss. Well, I created this card this weekend and I think it is perfect. The only thing I would add would be to brush the edges of the white with color. I got the idea of the layout/design from this card but I changed up the colors and theme. I just love it! I hope you enjoy it too.

Techniques used: I used two different techniques to create the flowers. First, when I stamped the image, I used a mask to cover the middle flower and stamped the other two so they looked as if they are behind. To create the mask, I stamped the flower on a piece of scrap cardstock and cut it out as detailed as possible. I always keep the masks I create right in with the stamp set for next time. The second technique used was "painting" with blender pens. I only have the markers of the In Colors so I rubbed the tip of the blender pen on the tip of the mark and "painted" the flowers. They came out beautifully with the look I was trying to achieve.

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Embrace Life, Trendy Trees
Card Stock - Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade DS paper,
Ink - Basic Brown; Crushed Curry, Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo markers
Accessories -White Taffita Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Blender Pen