Seaside Summer Fun -- The Oi Oi Fish

The folks at Stampendous are having a Seaside Summer Fun week,  My post for today features a little undersea summer fun.  I used part of the Waves and Dots Stencil to look like seaweed and bubbles.

Here is how I made it.

MATERIALS:

DWLL373 Oi ‘Oi Fish Stencil

DWLX7012 Waves and Dots Stencil

Regular Embossing Paste

Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Versamark Pen
Embossing Heat Tool
Palette Knife
Paste Spreader

DCP1005 Fitted Frames B

Kaleidoscope Transparent Embossing Powder

Copic Markers in B97 Night Blue, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow, 100 Black, N7 Neutral Gray No. 7, W8 Warm Gray No. 8, N10 Neutral Gray No. 10

Chamelon Marker in BL6 Royal Blue

Spectrum Markers in DG2 and DG3

Removable Tape

Zip Dry

Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares

My Colors Card Stock in Poolside, Tropical Splash and Grasshopper

May Arts Ribbon

Manual Die Cut Machine

DIRECTIONS:

1)    Fold a piece of 6 3/8” by 9 ½ ” card stock so that the fold is on the side.

2)    Use the manual die cut machine and the fitted frames to cut a large frame from the tropical splash card stock.

3)     Tape the fish stencil face up on the cut out frame. Use one large piece across the top of the stencil initially.  It will be a hinge later.  Tape all the way around.

4)    Remove the Pearlescent embossing paste from the container with the palette knife and place on the paste spreader.

5)    Place the paste spreader on the top of the stencil and pull down towards you, filling the holes and keeping contact with the stencil at all times.

6)    Replace any extra paste into the container.

7)    Remove the tape from the bottom and sides of the stencil.

8)    Using the taped top as a hinge, carefully remove the stencil.  Let the paste dry.

9)    Repeat step 3 with the waves and dots stencil and the tropical splash card stock. 

10)                     Remove the regular paste with the palette knife and instead of placing it on the paste spreader, paste the left side and the bottom of the stencil.  You do not have to be particular about how the paste fills the holes, because it is supposed to represent the ever moving sea weed.

11)                     Repeat steps 7 and 8.  Let all the paste dry.

12)                     Color with the alcohol ink markers directly onto the paste.  You will see that the regular paste gives a matte finish and the pearlescent is a little shimmery.  Let the color dry.

13)                     Select a few of the white colored dots to make as “bubbles”.  Color them with the Versamark Pen and cover with the embossing powder.

14)                     Heat set the embossing powder.

15)                     Adhere the background to the folded card.

16)                     Assemble the card, using the foam squares to raise the fish above the card.

Thanks for stopping by.  Come back again tomorrow for something really different.  Here are the links to the rest of the posts for today:

Kristine Reynolds

Louise Healy

Pam Hornschu

Stampendous Blog

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:

HMR60 Shell Search

CRS5090 Cling Seashells

DCS5090 Seashells Die Set

SSC1246 Ocean Wisdom Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

Acrylic Handle

DCP1005 Fitted Frames A

White Mixed Media Paper

Heat Embossing Tool

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Versamark Ink

Sapphire Pearlustre Embossing Powder

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

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Lea Fritts

Friday (These posts go live Friday, May 27)

Stampendous Blog

Pam Bray

Laura Drahozal

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Hornschu

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Fritts

House Mouse Designs and Passionate Paper Creations

Welcome to a really fun weekend of House Mouse designs--and an opportunity to win!  If you post to the FB Group "Passionate Paper Creations", HERE, you will be entered to win a $20 Rewards Card (in the US or Canada) or the sponsors choice of 2 stamps (in the UK/Australia).  No purchase is necessary to enter.  The winner will be chosen by Random.org. 

MATERIALS:

HMR65 Castle Construction

White Mixed media Paper

Versamark Pen

Opaque Embossing Powder in Golden Sand

Frantage Pearlized Mica Fragments

Heat Embossing Tool

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Prismacolor Pencils in French Gray 20% and 70% , Warm Gray 50%,  Cool Gray 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 90%, White, Blush Pink, Metallic Silver, Spring Green, Apple Green, Dark Umber, Light Umber, Sand,  Jasmine, Canary Yellow, Goldenrod, and Deco Blue.

Zip Dry

My Colors Card Stock in Black Suede and Sky

Raffia

DIRECTIONS:

1)    Fold a piece of 10” by  5 ½ ” card stock so that the fold is on the top.

2)    Stamp the Castle Construction image onto the mixed media paper.

3)    Color the image with the pencils.

4)    Adhere the image to a thin black mat and then to the background sky card stock.

5)    Use the Versamark Pen to color areas that you want to enhance with embossing paste.  Do small sections at a time.

6)    Cover the colored areas with embossing paste, tap off excess and heat emboss.

7)    While the embossing powder is still warm, you can add mica, or you can glue it into place after you finish the powders.

8)    Tie raffia ribbon in place.

9)    Attach the image to the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Here are the other Stampendous Designers who are posting for this event today: (Just in case you need more inspiration)

PAM HORNSCHU

KRISTINE REYNOLDS

JAMIE MARTIN

The Flora and Fauna Challenge Continues.....

It's May! The Dream Team members are challenging you this month to a "Flora and Fauna" theme! Considering most of the Dreamweaver designs incorporate these themes, you should have no problem playing along with our challenge this month! As usual, link your creations at the end of the Dream It Up! blog post.  As the challenge gets underway, you'll see thumbnails of others who are playing along as inspirations for your own creations!

Here in Michigan, the weather has been stormy and hot, although later this week it is going to cool down again.  Typical for a Michigan spring.....  The weather, however, has gotten me thinking about summer, so I thought I would share a little summer card with you.

 

I made it with metals.  As my regular followers know, I am BIG into the metals.  They are so much easier to use than they appear.  Check it out with my tutorial on the goldfish.

 

MATERIALS:

 

Dreamweaver LX 7023 Large Scales Stencil

Dreamweaver LJ 863 Swirls Stencil

Dreamweaver LL 3038 Open Fish Stencil

Dreamweaver LM 294 Summer Stencil

Dreamweaver Color Solutions in Pumpkin, Lemoncello and Black Beauty

Stamping Details Rubber Embossing Mat

Mercart Medium Blue Coated Aluminum

Mercart Yellow Coated Aluminum

Mercart Beginners Tool Kit (includes both Teflon Tool and Ball Tool)

Mercart Filling Paste

A Small Piece of Suede

Scissors

Manual Die Cut Machine

Sandpaper

Cotton Swabs

White Card Stock

Adhesive

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1)  Cut the metals to just larger than the stencils:  blue for the scales and gold for the swirls and the summer stencil.

 

2)  Run the metals through the die cut machine with the metals and the rubber mat.  I have a Cuttlebug, so I used an A Plate, stencil, metal (face up), rubber mat and two B Plates.  Leave the stencils under the metals.

 

3)  Use the Teflon Tool (found in the Beginners Kit) to press in and "sharpen" the word summer.

 

3)  Use a cotton swab to add a little Pumpkin Color Solutions over parts of the gold swirls and into the word summer.  Let it dry (this should only take a minute or so).

 

4)  Sand the blue scales and the gold/orange swirls and word summer with the stencils underneath.  After you are done sanding, you can remove the stencils.

 

5)  Run the gold/orange metal through the die cut machine with the goldfish stencil.



 

 6)  Place the goldfish face down on a piece of suede and "push" the metal out with the Ball Tool (found in the beginners tool kit).

 

 You are shaping the fish.  Be sure to use the Metal Ball Tool to enhance the shape with your own flair.  I like to add some "ruffles" in the tail.

 

 7)  Once the shape is the way you like it, flip the metal back over and place on a die cut machine plate or another smooth, flat surface.  Use the small end of the Teflon Tool (found in the beginners kit) to "sharpen" areas of the fish.

 

 8)  Use the "Deer Foot" end of the Teflon Tool to flatten the outside of the fish.

 

 9)  Flip the fish back over and fill with the Mercart Filling Paste.  Let it dry.  This will take a couple of hours.  It will be hard when done.

 

 10)  When the hardener is dry, use cotton swabs and the Color Solutions to enhance the colors.

 

11)  Trim around the outside of all the metal pieces with scissors. 

 

12)  Assemble the card.



 





Thanks for stopping by.  I hope to have inspired some people to use metals.  It is reall easy and great fun!

Be sure to check out all the other "A" Team members this week--and leave us a little love! 

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin