Penny Black Thank You Card

Here is a Thank You card I made using the Penny Black Botanical Notes stamp.  The card is 4.25 x 5.5.

 

For this card I used:

• Penny Black Botanical Notes Stamp
• Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copic Markers: T0, N5, E31. E33, YG21, YR7, YR14, YR18, YR31, RV09, RV06, RV04, RV02, G21, G24, G46
• Greenhouse Society "Thanks" stamp.

To make the card, I stamped the image with The Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then colored the image with the various colors o Copic markers.  The image was then trimmed to size matted, and added to the front of the card.

Tim Holtz Festive Distress Class at the Queens Ink

I took a class at the Queens Ink in Savage Mill where we made the three different cards, two of the Tim Holtz Festive Distress Cards:

'Tis the Season

Seasons Greetings

And one additional card:

With the left overs from the class, I was able to make several more cards.  The Seasons Greetings cards were very similar to what we did in class.

For the 'Tis the Season card, I changed the background. For the background of the card, I used:

• TCW Aspen Trees Stencil
• Background - Black Soot, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, and Faded Jeans Distressed Inks
• Deer - Old Paper, Pumice Stonr, Grayed Burlap and Walnut Stain Distressed Inks
• Psst Sheer Shimmer Spritz

Using the stencil, I sponged the various distressed inks.  I then sprayed the finished piece with the Psst Sheer Shimmer Spritz.  I used a variety of Distressed inks on the chip board deer.

Christmas Cards 2014 - Card 3

For this card, I used the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia Die and Embossing folder.

For this card, I used:

• Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia Die and Embossing Folder
• Burlap
• Stampendous Detailed Gold Embossing Powder
• Versamark
• Spellbinders Oval Die
• Gina K Simple Snowflakes Stamp set

To make the card, I cut the Poinsettia with red, green and gold card stock.  I then embossed the leaves with the coordinating embossing folder, and attached all of the layers.  I cut a small oval with a Spellbinders die, and then stamped with Versamark using a sentiment from the Gina K Designs Simple Snowflake stamp set.  I added the detailed Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.  To finish the card, I added a strip of burlap to the card base, and then attached the poinsettia and sentiment.

Christmas Cards 2014 - Card 2

This card was a quick card to make!  Its 4.25 x 5.5

For this card, I used:

• Tim Holtz Holiday Knit Stencil
• Pan Pastels 340.5 Permanent Red
• Pan Pastels 921.5 Pewter
• Recollections Merry Christmas Stamp
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Vellum
• White Card Stock
• DCWV Solid Glitter A2 Card - Silver

To make this card, I placed the stencil over the white card stock and used the Versamark stamp pad to stamp through the stencil.  The stencil was then removed, and the card stock was covered with Red Pan Pastels, followed by the Pewter Pan Pastels to add a shimmer.  The stenciled area was then trimmed to 3.25 x 4.5.  A  1" strip of Vellum was cut, and stamped in Versamark with the Merry Christmas stamp.  The Versamark was covered with Detailed White embossing powder and heat set.  This was then added to the stenciled card and attached to the Silver Glitter card.

Christmas Cards 2014 - Card 1

Here is the first of the Christmas Cards I made this year. I made several of these cards, using different colored card stock, embossing powders, and Pan Pastels.

For these cards I used:

• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Stampendous Detailed Gold Embossing Powder
• Pan Pastels 930.5 Bronze
• Pan Pastels 920.5 Silver
• Stampendous Delicate Snowflakes
• Stampendous Delicate Snowflakes dies
• Versamark
• Gina K Designs Let it Snow stamp set
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stand Up Helper Set 2
• Silver Glitter Lines 7020
• Recollections background stamp

To make these cards, I stamped the largest snowflake from the Detailed Snowflakes stamp set and the sentiment with Versamark.  I added Detailed Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.

Like the previous cards, I stamped the snowflake and sentiment with Versamark.  I then used Bronze Pan Pastels and covered the card.  Pan Pastels sticks to Versamark more than to the card base (there is a shimmer to the background that can't be seen in the photo.  I then sealed the Pan Pastels.  There is a slight difference between the card using Pan Pastels and Embossing Powder.

The Pan Pastels card has a much flatter appearance.  Here is a sample of both side by side with the Embossing Powder on the left and the Pan Pastels on the Right).

For the next version of the card, I stamped the snowflake and sentiment with Versamark, the added Detailed White embossing powder and heat set.   I used the Stand Up Helper Snowflake and the Silver Glitter lines to complete this card.

For the last version of the card, I stamped only the snowflake with Versamark, added detailed white embossing powder and heat set.  I then cut out the snowflake with the coordinating die.  For the background, I stamped the Recollections stamp with Versamark on white card stock.  I then covered the card stock with Silver Pan Pastels.  The Pan Pastels "sticks" to the Versamark and leaves a slight shimmer to the rest of the card stock.  The white embossed snowflake was added to finish the card.