Sunday, September 30, 2012

Ticket Please

In the last year both stamp images of tickets and ticket dies have been popular. Here I have added one to a card by hanging it from a ribbon bow with a safety pin. The ticket also provides the card with movement. An eyelet prevents tearing. This is another way to add a sentiment or title to a card. A hole was cut in this patterned paper to create a frame for the die cut cat which was popped with foam squares.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampers Anonymous
Papers: black cardstock (stash), orange cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Fiskars/Heidi Grace?)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Petite Ovals Large, Witches' Brew, ribbon (stash), eyelet (stash), safety pin (stash)

Saturday, September 29, 2012

A Touch of Texture

With the same idea in mind as the last card, I chose a circular centre for a more appropriate frame for this stamped image. The smaller frame needed more "support" so I stamped the green cardstock with a Hallowe'en background stamp. For a little "pop", I used orange microbeads to highlight the witch's hat ribbon. Little details can be added without colouring the little details in a stamped image.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: image (Stampin' Up), background (Hero Arts)
Papers: purple, green & orange cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (stash)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Circles, ribbon (stash), brad (WeR)

Friday, September 28, 2012

Sometimes time does not permit to colour detailed, stamped images. This is when I like to stamp my image on coloured cardstock that coordinates with my patterned paper of choice. This patterned paper makes a fabulous frame for The Count. I adhered the purple cardstock layer and the patterned paper layer together to cut the smaller oval. Then I separated these layers of paper and used an oval, one size smaller, to cut a larger oval in the patterned paper. This maintains the size of the oval border and the borders outlining the card front.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampin' Up
Papers: orange, green & purple cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (stash)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Ovals, button & embroidery thread (stash), ribbon (stash)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Lil' Pumpkin'


 It just so happened that I had previously stamped and coloured this image so that it coordinated with this patterned paper. The background was white, so I toned it down with Sand Glimmer Mist. I used a Spellbinder Square die to cut the frame and did not cut down the stamped image so that the frame completely covered the bear. A black layer separated the frame from the embossed cardstock strip, allowing for appreciation of all of the card elements.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampendous
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), grey & peach cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Fiskars/Heidi Grace), black cardstock (stash)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Squares, ribbon (Fabricland), Copic Markers, Sand Glimmermist, Cuttlebug embossing folder



Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Boo

This card incorporates die cuts not necessarily associated with Hallowe'en. I've used the fence and the grass to balance the weight of the pumpkin. Stamping a solid, black image on a pumpkin creates the look of a carved silhouette.  There are many ways to use what we have to create something new and updated.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Inkdadinkado
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), grey, orange & green cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned paper (Fiskars/Heidi Grace)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: fence & grass dies (MFT), pumpkin (Sizzix), BOO (stash), ribbon (Michaels)


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Fake Tape

Paper tape or washi tape is quite popular these days. Without any on hand, I decided to "fabricate" my own by using scraps of patterned paper, cut the same width. Once again, papers from the same product line take the guess out of coordinating designs. For dimension, the pumpkin face elements were cut out of black felt.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Impression Obsession
Papers: off white cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (MME Mischievous)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Sizzix Pumpkin Die, black felt (stash)

Monday, September 24, 2012

Layering Patterned Papers

Though this looks more complicated than the previous card, it's another quick one using patterned papers from the same product line. Choosing a very small pattern size allowed me to use one piece as a thin layer behind the larger, word patterned piece of paper. Even the bat was cut from a piece of patterned paper, consequently perfectly matching the other papers used. Though the sentiment was stamped in Versafine Ink for a sharp finish, the moon was edged with Distress Black Soot for a softer look.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Flourishes
Papers: off white cardstock (Core'dinations), patterned (MME Mischievous)
Ink: Distress Black Soot, Versafine Onyx
Accessories: buttons (stash), Marvy Circle punch, EK Bat Punch

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Quick & Easy


Once again, the design in this patterned paper allowed me to cut out a piece perfect for a card front, only requiring me to add a sentiment and a border. The border strip is a piece of coordinating patterned paper from the same paper line. Distressing the edges of the patterned paper seemed appropriate for the patterned paper style. A paper distressing tool can be used, but a pair of sharp scissors does the trick too.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: CTMH
Papers: taupe & rust cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (MME Mischievous)
Ink: Verafine Onyx
Accessories: brads (stash)

Saturday, September 22, 2012

3 + 2 = 5


Keeping the "Odd Numbers Rule" in mind, I used 3 squares and 2 circles (one of which is a button) to balance this card design. Googly eyes always give a card "movement" so I use them whenever the opportunity arises. Inspiration came from Jen Mitchell @ http://jen-icreate.blogspot.ca/

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: Stampin; Up
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), orange & green cardstocks (Bazzill), purple cardstock (CTMH)patterned (BG Eerie)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Squares, Marvy Circle punch, button & embroidery floss (stash), googly eyes (stash)

Friday, September 21, 2012

Supporting Squares

Kimberly Crawford made a similar card with squares to support the focal image. These were the last scraps of a striped paper that coordinated with the underlying patterned paper. I chose markers of similar colours found in the patterned paper to coordinate my stamped image.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampin' Up
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), grey cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Fiskars/Heidi Grace)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Squares, black seam binding (stash), markers (various)

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Paper Strips to Ravishing Ribbons


LeAnne Pugliese @ weeinklings.blogpsot.com made a card using strips of patterned paper and simply cutting notches out of the end of them. Coordinating patterned papers make this easy. Staggering the "ribbons" nicely outlines the dry embossed image at the bottom of the card front.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: pumpkin (stash), spider (Inkadinkado), witch (Inkadinkado)
Papers: orange cardstock (Bazzill Sienna), patterned (MME Mischievous)
Inks: ColorBox Roussillion, Versafine Onyx, Distress Black Soot
Accessories: Spellbinder Big Scalloped Circles Small, Marvy circle punch, embossing folder (Sizzix Pumpkin Patch), ribbon (Martha Stewart)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A Little Trick

On this card I used an acrylic sentiment stamp. Though it is linear, I was able to curve it so that it perfectly fit in the space I had. Acrylic border stamps can also be adjusted in this way. This is one advantage of acrylic stamps over rubber stamps.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: image (Inkadinkado), sentiment (PTI)
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned strip (Fiskars/Heidi Grace)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Copic Markers, buttons (stash), twine (The Twinery), rhinestones (Kaiser), Spellbinders Labels 18, embossing folder (Sizzix Plaid)

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Let's Get Started

This is the first of many Hallowe'en cards I plan to share. I appreciated how rhinestones were used on Jeanne S.'s (sorry, can't make out her last name) to emulate the sparkle of the moon. I traced a circle with a pencil to provide an outline for me to adhere the embellishments. The small pattern in the paper allowed me to stamp the image/sentiment over it.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: sentiment (Impression Obsession), image (CTMH)
Papers: cream cardstock (Core'dinations), orange cardstock (stash), patterned (Cosmo Cricket--Matilda)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: rhinestones (Kaiser), ribbon (Fabricland), circle punch (Marvy)

Monday, September 17, 2012

Layering Stamped Images

Here I have stamped the floral images on the background and layered the same stamped images that have been die cut over the background. More inspiration from Dawn McVey.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: images (PTI), sentiment (Stampin' Up)
Papers: purple cardstock (CTMH), white cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Inks: ColorBox Chalk Warm Violet, Memento Pear Tart
Accessories: PTI floral dies

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Stamp Sentiments Off Die Cuts

Found inspiration for this card @ http://damasklove.blogspot.ca/. I liked how the sentiment was stamped on both the die cut image and the oval to which it was adhered.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: images (PTI), sentiment (SU)
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (MME Tickled Pink)
Inks: Distress (Dried Marigold, Shabby Shutters), Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Distress Marker (Dries Marigold), Spellbinder Squares and Ovals, PTI Dies

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Coloured Ink on Coloured Cardstock

Another great idea from Dawn McVey @ http://dawnmcvey.typepad.com/. I often forget how much I like coloured ink stamped on coloured cardstock. Papertrey Ink makes dies to match their stamp images. They are, however, solid, requiring the die cuts to be made first and stamped second.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: images (PTI), sentiment (SU)
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue, green & brown cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (MME Lime Twist Fly A Kite)
Inks: Distress (Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass), ColorBox (Chalk Creamy Brown)
Accessories: 1/4" hole punch, floral dies (PTI), doily die (MFT), ticket die (Sizzix), Spellbinder Nested Frame Dies, ribbon (stash), rhinestones (Kaiser)

Friday, September 14, 2012

One Layer Card

I've used the same set of stamps from Papertrey Ink to create a one layer card. Got my inspiration from Becky Carafa @ http://www.lakeshorestamper.com/

Not my kind of thing, but thought I would give it a try.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: PTI
Paper: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Inks: Distress Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn), Versafine Onyx
Accessories: rhinestones (Kaiser)

Thursday, September 13, 2012

More Highlighted Images

This time I used two solid images from Papertrey Ink, one freshly ink and one stamped off. I highlighted the stamped off image with a marker, as done on the previous day's card.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: images (PTI), sentiment (Hero)
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (DCWV Lemon Flower)
Inks: Distress (Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn), Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Ovals Large, red marker (stash)

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Highlighting with Markers

This is my version of a card made by Debby Hughes http://limedoodle.blogspot.ca/

This is my first attempt at stamping a solid image and highlighting it with a marker in the same colour family. I look forward to practicing my highlighting with other solid image stamps.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: image (Hero Arts), sentiment (SU)
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), green & cardstocks (Bazzill)
Inks: Distress (Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry), Versafine Onyx
Accessories: rhinestones (Kaiser), marker (Tsukineko Carmine)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Another Version

Just as with the previous card, I chose my Distress Ink colours based on the ribbon I planned to use as a border.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: image (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue cardstock (Bazzill)
Inks: Distress (Wild Honey, Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Tea Dye), Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: ribbon (stash)

Monday, September 10, 2012

Finally!

Now that things are somewhat back to normal I can start card making again. Spent this afternoon finishing up a few cards that I started over the summer. One more to complete and then I'm moving on to Hallowe'en cards. Thanks for bearing (sp?) with me.

For this card I created the background by blending 4 different Distress Inks. Then I stamped the butterfly images directly on the background paper. Got the idea from Angelica Turner http://bellisimavida.blogspot.ca/

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: image (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Gina K.)
Paper: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue cardstock (Bazzill)
Inks: Distress (Shabby Shutters, Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers, Tea Dye), Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: ribbon (stash), rhinestones (Kaiser)