Hey everyone, sorry I am running a little behind here, this weeks challenge is MAKE IT SPARKLE! Think glitter, bling, sequins etc. My card is done I lifted Jennifer McGuire’s cards. I will hopefully get my card photographed and put up tonight. Working a couple 14 hour shifts at work so we will see how I feel when I get home.
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Jess
Father’s day is coming! For a change, I am ahead of the game. (Don’t get use to it lol.) I have been having tons of fun playing with this set and doing some simple masculine cards, they always seem to be a challenge.
Really did keep this card super simple, inked through a stencil a little spray and jute and wood veneer.
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Jess
Supplies not linked too, Americian Crafts Jute twine, Scraptastic Wood Veneer.
So I was playing on my ustream channel, just making some cards, and I chose a wonderful little stamp set from Scraptastic. I am a subscriber to their PL kit, and their scrapbooking kit. Yes, I don’t only make cards, ha ha!
I thought it would be fun to use a stamp set that was designed for scrapbooking in a card! It can be done!
I know the Iphone image did not stamp perfect, probably because I was using the rougher side of the watercolour paper, but I like it anyway. The sentiment also comes from the same set.
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Jess
I just had to use this Father’s Day Stamp I ordered from Simon Says Stamp! It is a very simple card but I am really happy with it!!
Quick and simple but I think the stars add so much!!
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Jessie
Its the first day of May! Woot woot, maybe the snow will finally stop in my part of the world. Wishful thinking!
So I am going to start a new little series here on this blog where on the first day of the new month I will post some of my favorite things I have used in the previous month. (Does that make sense? I sure hope so). Hopefully you enjoy these little posts with a few products I love, and maybe a couple that I figure were a huge waste of my hard earned money. Yes, I have those once in a while, maybe more often then I like to admit.
Favorite #1
I am taking the Watercolor for Cardmakers Class, which starts on May 5, 2014. So I bought myself a little treat for this class, the Cotman Watercolor Compact Set.
I love the colours in this set, and they paint so lovely. I have only played with them a little bit, so maybe making them a favorite is a bit premature, but I am sure you will see cards I make with this set throughout the month of May.
Favorite #2
I have raved about this stamp set for a long time, I regularly tell people that it should be a staple in every stampers collection. Its the Simon Says Stamp Lots of Dots Set.
Favorite #3
And my last favorite for the month of April, is something I have been saying they should make since I first fell in love with the distress inks. The Ranger mini ink blending tool.
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Jessie
This evening, while watching Jen (ozegran) on ustream I made a little card to share with you all.
Started with a little stamping, colouring, and fussy cutting. Unfortunately I don’t know what the name of this stamp set is, it came from CC Designs in their clearance section a while ago.
Then I made a back round using distress ink.
Then I put all together. Blah, sorry about the lighting. The unfortunate part of taking photo’s at 11 at night.
Supplies:
DIstress ink- Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive, Forrest Moss, Salty Ocean, Broken China, Weathered Wood
Distress Markers
Tim Holtz Water Brush
CC Designs *mystery stamp*
Xpress it mask it film
Ranger Mini Ink Blending tool
Canson 140 lbs Watercolor Paper
Neenah Solar White 80 lbs cardstock
Foam tape
Paper Trey Ink Cloud Die
Inka-dinka-do Masking paper
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Jessie
Mother’s Day is coming… so I made a Mother’s Day card.
I think it is rather lovely, pretty, fuzzy circles.
Okay, I had trouble getting this picture. It’s snowing at the end of April! So it is slightly out of focus but not as much as you would think. The circles were stamped then went over with water to make them wick out.
Supplies:
Neenah Solar White 110lbs Carstock
Ranger Watercolour Paper
Tim Holtz Water Brush
Distress ink: Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Mustard Seed
Simon Says Stamp, Stamp set Mother’s Day, Lots of Dots
Ranger Mini Ink Blending tool
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Jessie
This weeks challenge is to make a birthday card, but there is a twist… *insert dramatic pause here* The card should be able to be used for both males and females.
Well here is mine.
This is done on watercolour paper, I am still unsure if I like the card or not. But you never get better if you don’t try!
There are a couple of close ups, it really was fast once I had the colours ready. Slopped it on, didn’t blend, but all in all it was fun.
Supplies:
Ranger Watercolour Paper
Lawn Fawn Stamp: Cruising Through Life
Simon Says Stamp, Stamp set, Handwritten Greeting
Inktense Blocks
Tim Holtz water brush
Neenah Solar White 110lbs cardstock
Versafine Onyx Black
So after being sick for a few days and not being up to doing much. I was in google hangouts last night with a friends who are also taking the watercolor for card makers . They were working on their swatches for the class, to see all the colours of their different mediums when they have been used with water. I jumped on board.
This is by no means all of the different things I have. I hope to finish the rest of my swatches today, aside from my gelatos, which are still on their way to me.
So these are all the samples/swatches they are done in canson watercolour paper that is the size of a card front ( 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 )
Here is my small collections on Twinkling H2o’s. I had to hunt for them as I forgot where I put them. Ha ha. Shows how often I used them.
Distress markers. I didn’t swatch out the white for, hopefully, obvious reason.
Derwent watercolour pencils.
These are my Derwent Inktense colours. I have them both in the pencils and the blocks. I will one day splurge and order the large set of the pencils. Oh how heavenly that would be.
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Jessie
Its not very often I make a card with a lot of patterned paper lately, never mind with only patterned paper. I am talking no stamping what so ever, nothing else aside from a small bit of ribbon and adding some ink around the edges.
*Insert random vent* Lighting is horrible today with rain and all that, and no matter what I do I can not get a good photo of this card so I apologize for that.
I pulled out a paper pad from 2011 that I have loved forever, and may possible be hoarding.
Supplies:
Neenah Desert Storm 80 lbs cardstock,
Simple Stories Baby Steps 6×6 pad
Recycled Sari Silk Ribbon
Basic Grey Enamel Dots
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Jess
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