A Little More

More 3 X 3's using different scraps of patterned papers and different Spellbinder Dies.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: Papertey Ink and Gina K.

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), pink and burgundy cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (Basic Grey Eva)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders, ribbon (Fabricland and stash)

Little Ones

On these 3 X 3 cards, not only did I use scraps of patterned paper, but I used the smaller dies in my Spellbinder sets to cut them.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (KI Memories)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders, ribbons (stash)

Flying Free

To give the butterfly dimension, the wings of the cut out image can be bent up, around the pearls. Papertrey Ink has made their sentiments in a second, somewhat larger size, called Mega Mixed Messages. This set of stamps is a good investment too.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Hero Arts), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)

Papers: off white cardstock (Staples), Vintage Pink and brown cardstock (Bazzill), patterned paper (K & Co.)

Ink: Colorbox Chalk Dark Brown

Accessories: Spellbinder Mega Ovals Large and Petite Scalloped Ovals Large, ribbon (Fabricland), pearls (Kaiser)

Doubling Die Cuts

I made two die cuts of the same size out of two different pieces of patterned paper and cut off the bottom third of the "solid" one to create a space to stamp my sentiment. When layered, the pieces fit together perfectly.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: sentiment (Papertrey Ink)

Papers: cardstock (Memory Box Water), patterned (Memory Box Dewfrost)

Inks: Staz On Timber, Colorbox Chalk Dark Brown

Accessories: ribbon (Fabricland), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), pearls (Kaiser), Spellbinders Labels 8

Making a Circular Scalloped Frame

Here I used a scalloped circle die and a classic circle die to create a round frame. I adhere both dies to my cardstock with repositional tape and feed everything through the Big Shot.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Hero Arts), sentiment (Gina K)

Inks: Colorbox Lettuce & Cape Cod

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), light olive & light sky cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (Stampin' Up)

Accessories: fabric brad (K & Co.), ribbon (stash), Spellbinder Scalloped Circles and Classic Circles, pearls (Kaiser)

Another One, Just Like the Other One

I softened the edges of the patterned papers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)

Papers: pink cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Basic Grey Sultry)

Inks: Versafine Black Onyx, Distress Vintage Photo

Accessories: Crayola pink gel pen, Olive Sharpie, Spellbinder Ovals, Fiskars patterned scissors

Dry Embossed Negatives

I popped the dry embossed negative die cut to support my floral image.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), Dragonfly (Bazzill)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Accessories: ribbon (stash), Aqua Copic, Olive Sharpie, Spellbinder Ovals

Second Generation Stamping

My first attempt at Second Generation stamping taught me that an image with heavier lines probably would have produced a more satisfactory result. I inked my image, stamped it once and then stamped it a second time, without reinking.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Inkadinkado), backgorund (Close to My Heart), sentiment (Hero Arts)

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), pink cardstock (Bazzill)

Inks: Colorbox Razzberry, Versafine Black Onyx

Accessories: pink velvet ribobn (stash), felt button (Buttons Galore)

What a Bella!

Stamping Bella has a full line of Bella's to suit your needs. Deb has brought in a number of them and I just had to have this Diva. I couldn't wait to make her scarf life like by filling it with Flower Soft. I stamped her dress on a piece of the patterned paper to paper piece the image. Copics were used to colour the remainder of the stamped image.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Stamping Bella), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)

Papers: brown cardstock (stash), patterned paper (DCWV)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories: Spellbinder Small Labels, button brads (Paper Studios), Copics (Cashew and Pink Flamingo), Ivory Flower Soft

Bloomin' Butterflies are Back

Though I've always loved butterfly images, they seem to have made a comeback at CHA Winter 2011. This time I stamped it on a finely detailed patterned paper. This is probably the most popular Hero Arts stamp ever made!

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Hero Arts), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (Basic Grey Sultry)

Ink: Staz On Timber

Accessories: ribbon (stash), scalloped scissors (Fiskars)

Inchies

Companies, including Impression Obsession, Lockhart Stamps and Papertrey Ink, have created lines of stamp images that are one inch in size. This is my first attempt with these tiny images. I used 3 different complimentary colours of ink, one for each image, on this 3 X 3 gift card. My ink choices were made easy by using a Colorbox set of cat eye pads.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: images (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Georgia Pacific White Cardstock

Ink: Colorbox Chalk

Accessories: ribbon (stash)

Make a Matte

Here I took the die cutting one step further. Not only did I create a die cut frame, but I matted it. This card front used 3 dies from one set.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Hero Arts

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (Basic Grey Eva)

Ink: Colorbox Chalk Blackberry

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 1, flowers (stash)

Double Up

Here's another example from my die cut demo where I created a frame using two dies from the same set. I "popped" the frame with foam square for dimension.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Stampin' Up

Papers: cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Basic Grey Eva)

Ink: Colorbox Chalk Blackberry

Accessories: flower (Petaloo), button & embroidery thread (stash), Spellbinder Labels 1

Watered My Flowers

I finally put this image to use. I was one of a few I stamped and watercoloured on water colour paper. Though more expensive, it does not "pill" from saturation as regular cardstock does. Georgia Pacific is a good second choice for colouring with this medium.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Hero Arts

Papers: cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (Basic Grey)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Accessories: colour pencils (Staedler), rhinestone (Kaiser), Spellbinder Scalloped Squares and Squares, ribbon (Fabricland)

Build Your Beads

My first attempt at filling this heart with microbeads was not satisfactory. I found it necessary to apply a second layer of beads (right over the first application) to get a completely filled image. In doing so, I created a lovely dimensional heart.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (PSX), background (Stampin' Up Filigree)

Papers: off white cardstock (Staples), Maraschino cardstock (Bazzill)

Ink: Colorbox Cranberry, Encore Gold

Accessories: Spellbinder Labels 4, ribbon (stash), microbeads (stash), brads (Making Memories), fine gold embossing powder (stash)

Doily-like

If you don't have actual doilies, the Spellbinder pennant dies are very similar in nature. Though this is square and not round, it still has the same "lacey-ness" I was looking for. A die cut doily will provide a smoother surface on which to stamp an image. Once again, I've used a variety of buttons to complete my card design.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Inkadinkado

Papers: off white cardstock (Staples), Maraschino cardstock (Bazzill)

Ink: Colorbox Cranberry

Accessories: buttons (stash), ribbon (Stampin' Up), Spellbinder Fleur de Lis die

Hoily Doily!

Doilies are very popular at this time and I plan to incorporate them in various ways. This is actually a paper doily, readily available for purchase in many retail stores.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: PSX

Papers: off white cardstock (Staples), Maraschino cardstock (Bazzill)

Ink: Colorbox Cranberry

Accessories: ribbon (Stampin' Up), doily (stash), Spellbinder Circles, brads (Doodlebug)

Die Cutting Embossed Shapes

Many people ask whether they should die cut and then dry emboss, so that they do not lose the texture in the cardstock. I always dry emboss my paper first and then cut my shape. The shaped die leaves a finished edge on the die cut.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Papers: cardstock (Bazzill Light Rosey), patterned (Daisy D's)

Ink: Colorbox Shabby Pink

Accessories: Spellbinder Fancy Tags and Hearts, Burnt Red Glimmer Mist, Blush pearls (Kaiser), Cuttlebug Textile Text Embossing Folder, flower and leaves and button and embroidery thread (stash)

Nested Hearts 2

Here I have used the middle sized heart in this new Spellbinder set. It was inked in the same way as the larger heart, by leaving the die cut in the die and sponging the ink on the raised parts of the cardstock.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Hero Arts

Papers: carstocks (Bazzill), patterned (K & Co.)

Ink: Adirondak Raisin

Accessories: Spellbinder Nested Hearts and Long Rectangles, ribbon (Walmart)

Building a Flower

This time I chose to build a flower out of layers of different flowers and a circle of pearls. The possible combinations of different elements are endless. The tiny size of the sentiment stamps from Papertrey Ink are a necessary part of your stamp collection, as they fit into the tiniest places, as seen here.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Papers: cardstocks (Bazzill Rosebud, Georgia Pacific white), patterned (Basic Grey)

Inks: Versafine Black Onyx, Distress Milled Lavena, Colorbox Chalk Blackberry

Accessories: Sizzix Folk Heart die, flowers & leaves (Prima), tiny alpha stickers (Making Memories), button & ribbon & lace (stash)

Using Four Different Dies

At the last crop, the purpose of my demo was to show people how to best use different Spellbinder dies together. In this case, I used at least one die from 4 different sets: Bigz Top Note Die (but same size as Labels 8), Classic Circles Large, Hearts and Long Rectangles.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Hero Arts

Ink: Colorbox Creamy White

Papers: Willow cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Cosmo Cricket Little Girls)/

Accessories: Antique Linen Distress Embossing Powder

Lacey Circles

As soon as I saw these dies, I knew they were a "must have". They also come in squares and ovals have been recently released at CHA. I will definitely be adding the ovals to my collection.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (SEI Jolie Chocolat)

Accessories: Spellbinder Lacey Circles, heart stickers (Martha Stewart), word sticker (My Little Shoebox)

Negative Impact

In this case I used a Spellbinder Circle die to cut out part of my patterned paper to create a window under which I could slide stamp my image. I pinched the horizontal piece of ribbon and adhered the bow to it, to give the impression that it was actually all one piece. I must say that I would have never gotten as flat a bow with gros grain ribbon of this width without my Bow Easy.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Inkadinkado

Papers: cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (K & Co.)

Ink: Adirondak Raisin

Accessories: ribbon (Walmart), Spellbinder Circles

A Big Heart

Once again I used the largest die from the new Spellbinder Nested Hearts die set. It warrants a 6 X 6 card base, but this worked well with the quarter of my patterned paper. The die was left on while I sponged ink onto the raised areas of paper. I left a lighter spot on the heart to give the appearance of dimension.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Papers: cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (K & Co.)

Ink: Adirondack Raisin

Accessories: twill (Fabricland), brads (Bazzill)

Dying for Flowers

One way to make your flowers coordinate with your other card products is to colour them. My colourant of choice is Glimmer Mist. It allows you to control the concentration of colour. Here I used a combination of peach and and brown toned Glimmer Mists. The larger flower was originally white.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Stamp of Excellence

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (K & Co.)

Inks: Distress Vintage Photo, Colorbox Chestnut Roan

Accessories: silk flower (Imaginisce), Glimmer Mist (Copper, Tattered Leather), brad (Making Memories), paper flower (Prima)

Large & Lovely

This was another quarter from the same 12 X 12 piece of patterned paper used in yesterday's card. I tried to frame the gorgeous bird with a ribbon border and brads. I stamped the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment on the inside of the card.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Papers: white cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (K & Co.)

Ink: Distress Vintage Photo

Accessories: ribbon (May Arts), copper brads (Making Memories)

Large Patterns in Paper

I usually steer clear of papers with big patterns in them, but this one made a perfect 6 X 6 card front. There was room to heat emboss my sentiment in silver, to match the ribbon bow.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: PSX
Papers: white cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (K & Co.)

Ink: Encore Metallic Silver

Accessories: silver ribbon (stash), silver tinsel embossing powder (Class Act)

K.I.S.S.

This piece of patterned paper contained many design elements so simple embellishments were required. I framed the patterned paper with Distress Ink so that the embellishments would match.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Hero Arts

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (K & Co.)

Ink: Distress Vintage Photo, Colorbox Chalk Chestnut Roan

Accessories: ribbon (Fabricland), stick pin (Jenni Bowlin)