Thursday, May 26, 2016

Have a Mice Summer!

This week, with Memorial Day right around the corner, Stampendous is celebrating the mice of summer.  I have featured one of the "summeriest" House Mouse stamps I have seen. 


Here is how it was done:

MATERIALS:
Stazon Ink in Jet Black
Shrink Plastic
Sand Paper
Manual Die Cut Machine
Big Bite, or other strong hole punch
Prismacolor Pencils in French Gray 30% and 90% , Cool Gray 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 90%, White, Blush Pink, Deco Pink, Pink Rose, Spring Green, Lime Peel, Olive, Marine Green, Yellow Chartreuse, Dark Umber, Light Umber,  Sepia, Burnt Ochre, Orange, Pumpkin Orange, Terra Cotta, Sand,  Jasmine, Canary Yellow, Goldenrod, Light Aqua and Deco Aqua.
Zip Dry
Foam Squares
My Colors Card Stock in Tropical Splash, Poolside and Spearmint
Corregated Kraft Card Stock
Raffia in Green and Natural
DIRECTIONS:
1)    Fold a piece of 12” by  6 ” card stock so that the fold is on the top.
2)    Stamp the Shell Search image onto the mixed media paper with the Momento Ink.
3)    Color the image with the pencils.
4)    Stamp the Sentiment with Versamark Ink and cover with the embossing powder.
5)    Tap off the excess powder and heat emboss with tool.
6)    Sand one side of the shrink plastic.
7)    Stamp the other side of the shrink plastic with the shell image and the Stazon Ink.
8)    Use the manual die cut machine and the fitted frames die to cut a pretty frame around the sentiment.
9)    Use the die cut machine and the shell die to cut around the stamped shell image.
10)                     Color the back of the shell image with colored pencils.  Be sure to color with the white to make the shell opaque.
11)                     Use the hole punch to create a large hole in the plastic shell.
12)                     Use the heat embossing tool to shrink the shell.  Be sure to do this on a non-stick heat proof surface.
13)                     Adhere the image to a poolside mat and then to the corregated board.
14)                     Adhere the board to the background.
15)                     Push the raffia through the hole in the shell.
16)                     Tie raffia ribbon in place.
17)                     Attach the sentiment to the tropical splash card stock. 
18)                     Attach the sentiment with the foam squares to raise it above the background.


Now, I had a bit of a departure this week--notice the lack of stencils.  Since Stampendous is doing primarily stencils on Thursday, my post will be linked to their site on Friday.  Therefore, I am posting links to BOTH Thursday and Friday here.  Thanks for stopping by

Thursday

Friday (These posts go live Friday, May 27)



Friday, May 20, 2016

Celebrating Sentiments--a SIMPLE birthday card!

Welcome to the Celebrating Sentiments theme week.  I am trying a couple of different things this week.  First, I am trying the traffic on Friday instead of my usual Thursday.  There are no stencils on this card, so no need to participate on Dreamweaver Thursday.  Secondly, I am making probably my EASIEST card ever!   After all, these stamps that include the sentiment are super simple to use. Here it is:
Have you ever colored in one of those very trendy adult coloring books?  Well, this is the same thing, only better!  Why?  Because when you are done with your relaxing therapy, you can give this away, and save yourself a little money on a birthday card.   This is how it was done:

MATERIALS:
Birthday Balloons Rubber Stamp RS-R259
White Mixed Media Paper
Momento Tuxedo Black Ink
Prisamcolor Pencils in Grass Green, Poppy Red, Orange, Ultramarine and Violet
May Arts Ribbon
Black Card Stock
White Card Stock
Red Cork Paper (Optional, I just added a little texture)
Adhesive

1)  Stamp the image on the mixed media paper.
2)  Have a fun, relaxing time coloring your image.
3)  Tie ribbon around the bottom.
4)  Assemble the card.  This card has a standard 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" front.

See how easy?  Give it a try with stamps that have a built in sentiment!

Here are the rest of the players for today, check out the fun:



Thursday, May 12, 2016

Wish Shoe Were Here!

This week's Stampendous theme is "Wish Shoe Were Here", in honor of Fran's cute new shoe stamps and stencils.  Of course, you know I love my stencils, but I enjoy my stamps, too, so I used both.  Here is my project:

Shoe Fits
MATERIALS:
Zip Dry
Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Squares
My Colors Card Stock in White Suede, Plum and Lilac Mist
Manual Die Cut Machine
DIRECTIONS:
1)    Fold a piece of 5 ½ ” by 8 ½ ” card stock so that the fold is on the side.
2)    Stamp some lilac mist card stock with the Shoes Galore Background, using Versamark Ink.
3)    Pour the Clear Lavender Embossing Powder over the top and shake of the excess.
4)    Heat Set.
5)    Use the manual die cut machine and the Fitted Frames dies to cut out two sizes of frames.
6)    Stamp the phrase in the smaller frame with the Versamark Ink.
7)    Cover with the Amethyst Embossing Powder and shake off the excess.
8)    Heat emboss.
9)    Glue the smaller frame onto the larger one.
10)                     Trace just inside the smaller frame with glue.  Glitter with the micro silver.  Let dry.
11)                     When the silver is dry, glitter the outer frame with the glass glitter.
12)                     Use the Versamark Ink pad all over the back of the stiletto stencil to create a resist.
13)                     Remove one side of the double sided mounting paper and place the stiletto stencil, inked side down, on the exposed adhesive.
14)                     Use the Picasso Stencil to isolate the areas that you would like to glitter.  Place glitter in the various sections.  Remember that you are “painting” the image.  I used glass glitter on the heel.  If you are planning on using the glass glitter on the image, be sure to also add a little of the micro glitter to fill in the areas that do not completely fill, due to the large piece size of the glass.
15)                     Brush off some of the excess glitter.
16)                     Set the project upside down on a smooth flat surface and carefully pull off the mounting paper.
17)                     Cover the project with the white pearl glitter and rub in.
18)                     Remove the backing of the mounting paper and adhere the project to the white card stock.
19)                     Trim the stiletto close to the image.
20)                     Adhere the background to the card, layering with a plum mat.
21)                     Use the foam squares to raise the shoe and the sentiment.


Thanks for checking out my post today.  Here are the rest of the today's posters, who all "Wish You Were Here":

Friday, May 6, 2016

Another Day of Whisker Graphics Blog Hop

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Today, I have another post for the Whisker Graphics Blog Hop.  I went a little crazy again this time, but making bags is so much fun.....
Speaking of fun, we have PRIZES!

Prizes

With all the fabulous inspiration that we will be sharing from both design teams we thought some of you would like to play along with these great products too, so there are PRIZES! Just comment along the hops each day and leave a thoughtful comment for the designers. Winners will be announced Monday, May 9th.
Three prize packages consisting of one each –
  • Divine Twine Diva – Crushed Lavender Solid
  • Divine Twine Diva – Crushed Lavender Stripe
  • Divine Twine Diva – Dried Celadon Solid
  • Divine Twine Diva – Dried Celadon Stripe
  • An assortment of bags in a variety of sizes and patterns.
  • Winners choice of a Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp Set and Matching Dies (from available stock)
These three winners MUST have a US mailing address (or territories or military).
But wait! Additionally, we will give away one prize to an Australian winner courtesy of our distributor there – The Stencil Specialist – which will consist of distributor’s choice of one stamp, one stencil and a surprise goodie.
So, here is my post for the day:


I simply used the Sheep Die Cut in my manual die cut machine, right on the bag.  I traced the cut out with a black marker.  Then, I filled a zip top baggie with mints and slipped it inside.  I glued down the fine , loose pieces.  Finally, I folded over the top of the bag and wrapped it with twine.

    Here are a couple of extra bag inspirations for you:
This bad was created in almost the same way as the previous one.  I cut out the bag with the Holly Die Cut.  Then, I lined the first bag with a small white bag.  I had to cut the white bag just a hair to get it inside.  Then, I glued down the smaller pieces.
Finally, I have a couple of "seaside" bags.  The coral and all the shells were stamped using the Seashells Cling Rubber Stamp Set.  Then, the coral was cut with the Seashells Die Set.  The Sea Turtle Stencil was pasted.  The Starfish Stencil was embossed by using the Versamark ink over the stencil and heat embossing with the ivory opaque embossing powder .
     Thank you for stopping by today.  Remember to leave a note for your chance to win prizes.  Stop by and comment on all the blogs for even more entries.


Thursday, May 5, 2016

Whisker Graphics Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Whisker Graphics Blog Hop.  We are having lots of fun playing with the bags, tags and twine that they sent us!  I hope you enjoy their products, too.  Of course, to that end, we have prizes.
Prizes
With all the fabulous inspiration that we will be sharing from both design teams we thought some of you would like to play along with these great products too, so there are PRIZES! Just comment along the hops each day and leave a thoughtful comment for the designers. Winners will be announced Monday, May 9th.
Three prize packages consisting of one each –
  • Divine Twine Diva – Crushed Lavender Solid
  • Divine Twine Diva – Crushed Lavender Stripe
  • Divine Twine Diva – Dried Celadon Solid
  • Divine Twine Diva – Dried Celadon Stripe
  • An assortment of bags in a variety of sizes and patterns.
  • Winners choice of a Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp Set and Matching Dies (from available stock)
These three winners MUST have a US mailing address (or territories or military).
But wait! Additionally, we will give away one prize to an Australian winner courtesy of our distributor there – The Stencil Specialist – which will consist of distributor’s choice of one stamp, one stencil and a surprise goodie.
I decided to do things simply today.  In honor of "Teacher Appreciation Week", I chose the Whisker Graphics bags with the loose leaf pattern on them.  Then, I traced the Owl Buddy,  Large Chunky Art Tools and the Large Apple Stencils onto these bags with a Micron Pen.  I colored them with Spectrum Markers.  I created the tassel on the second card byt wrapping twine around an acrylic stamp holder and tying it off.  I put the twine through two holes that I punched into the envelope.
You can see that the small bag is the PERFECT size for a gift card!  It actually goes all the way in, but I wanted you to see a little for comparison.  Easy peasy!
Want another easy idea?  Do what I did above.  Just glue any extra pieces of projects that didn't work out right to the bag.  On the left I have an extra pasting I had made of the Horses Stencil.  It was colored with Spectrum Markers.  On the right, I glued a "debossed" and colored image of the Rooster Stencil to the bag.  The rectangular shape that is underneath the rooster image was actually already on the bag.
So, these were the projects I created for today.  Leave me a comment for your chance to win, and visit the rest of the hop today: