Our challenge was to make a leafy background. I used my stencil, inks and blending brushes to create my background. The stencil was from Frantic Stamper called, Tropical Leaves. Then I used my SU pumpkin stencils to make the pumpkins and fussy cut them to add to my card. I added a strip of designer paper with burlap ribbon to give it texture. The burlap ribbon is retired. I added the pumpkins with dimensionals as well as the sentiment which was stamped and cut out. The sentiment is from Gerda Steiner a set called Pumpkin Bear.
Just a side note about Gerda Steiner stamps. Gerda Steiner has decided she will no longer design and create stamps. I don't know if she'll have a going out of business sale or what she'll do. It's sad to think of such a creative and well known company will no longer exist.
I've loved her cute animal stamps for many years.
I'm not sure what she'll be doing. I was hoping maybe she'd create digital images and sell them. Time will tell. I know I won't be alone when I say, Gerda Steiner stamps will be greatly missed.
Here is a second card that I made using a stencil for a background. The stencil is from Gina K called, Winter Bliss. I think this is one that I got from a friend who had duplicates or she knew she'd never use it.
Our challenge was to make a blue and white Christmas card. I used azure afternoon and night of navy inks with blending brushes to color in the snowflake stencil. I stamped then colored the snowman and friend with Copic Markers. The stamped image is from Unity Stamps called, Snowbody's Normal. Isn't this stamp set from Unity so stinkin' cute? I cut an outline of azure afternoon paper around the image and sentiment. Both the sentiment and image were added to the card with dimensionals.
It was good to get back to stenciling a background instead of using designer series paper all of the time. This reminded me that I need to look more often into my stencils to see what I have and what I haven't used in a while. The more I see the things I have, the more I remember them and the better my cards can be.
When you remember what you have, you pair things together to make your cards better or different than you have in the past.
I should make a point to use stencils at least once a week on projects. We'll see how that goes. LOL
Our challenge was to make a card using the very first sketch challenge from Splitcoaststampers.
Here is a picture of the sketch. They provide a picture of the sketch then a card done using that sketch.
You can see how long ago this was, we were using eyelets in cards. I checked to see when the sketch challenge posts began. I found 2005.
Here's my card.
I put an adhesive sheet on poppy parade cardstock. Then I die cut the cardstock with the letters. I added white cardstock behind each letter and layered the red onto the green tag layer. I cut the rectangles into tags then punched a hole in the end of each. I added white ribbon into each tag. I dry embossed the stripes onto the misty moonlight card base. I dry embossed the tags with the Softly Woven 3D embossing folder because they looked too plain to me. I used dimensionals to add the tags to the card base. Lastly, I added the Christmas Epoxy Shapes to the card. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.
Paper: white, poppy parade, misty moonlight, SU-All Wrapped Up designer series paper
Paper Size: A2
Ink: n/a
Accessories: SU-Alphabet Ala mode dies, scissors, Christmas Epoxy Shapes, white ribbon, Stylish Stripes embossing folder, Softly Woven 3D embossing folder, paper punch, adhesive sheets
Techniques: die cutting, tag making
We had another challenge where we could pick our own sketch then make a card. I chose sketch challenge 126. We needed a sketch with different shapes so I chose this one with a square and two rectangles.
I stamped the image from Unity Stamps called, Holiday Hide & Peek with Memento tuxedo black ink. Then I colored it with Copic Markers. I added old olive cardstock behind it. I used the colors in the designer paper for his scarf and hat. I cut real red and secret sea cardstock out then dry embossed with the Stampin' Up! plaid embossing folder. I added the cardstock onto the designer series paper then added the image panel and sentiment with dimensionals. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.
Challenge:My challenge for all of you is to make a sparkly background (whether it's a night sky or something else), that celebrates that same beauty.
You can do this one of two ways:
1- Follow the Shaving Cream Sparkle tutorial here at SCS that Kim Jolley originally brought us for Falliday Fest 2017.
2- If you DON'T have embossing powder (or don't want to use it): I bring you Lori Craig's genius solution (circa 2018 Falliday Fest): Deco Foil! (see post #5 there)... no heat gun or fancy machine required!
I followed the technique to make my card using night of navy ink mixed with shaving cream on watercolor paper. Then I used versamark and silver embossing powder to make the sparkle in the sky. I stamped and fussy cut the image and added it with dimensionals. This is one of my favorite old-time stamps.
I'm back again with more cards from the Falliday challenges on Splitcoast.
Challenge: Time to make an Autumn Collage with the items of your choosing!
No need to use a special die for your layout, though there are wonderful collage-specific dies out there that you are welcome to use. Arrange a combination of squares and rectangles in various sizes onto your background and place your Autumn related items inside these shapes. This can be done with a paper trimmer or even punches, if using paper to make your squares and rectangles. The space you leave between shapes will automatically create frames around them and along the outer edges, allowing the background to show through. This can work for card layouts, scrapbook pages, tags, journals, etc.
I cut out the postage collage die and added different elements into the rectangles. I used Fall rub-ons, die cuts, designer paper and stenciling. I stamped my sentiment and added it over the top of designer paper. I added ink to the die cuts and layered them. Then I added gold stickles to the flower center. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.
The die set comes with a frame with squares and rectangles. It also comes with different shaped dies you can use.
You can also add a stencil kit to these to make some amazing cards.
This set of stencils makes this type of card. One great thing Waffle Flower does is they show you the colors they used to make these.
What I did was cut out my paper with the die and used my own items to fill the squares and rectangles.
Here is a card I made using those stencils. I didn't use the post card stamps on my card. It's fun to cut out a few of these with white cardstock and use them vertically or horizontally as well as with the stencils or without the stencils.
There are so many different sets of stencils that can go in these frames. What I found worked best because you are using many different colors of ink was, sponge daubers or very small blending brushes.
You can also cut them apart and use them.
There are so many creative things you can do with these sets. I've only scratched the surface with the way I've used them.
