A few Easter Cards

I have a variety of Easter stamps, Dies, and Stencils.  I decided to use them to make these cards:

I used the following for the cards:

• Impression Obession - Girl with Easter Basket Die
• Gina K - Large Circle Die
• Vellum
• A very old stamp for the sentiment
• Gina K Ink - Wild Lilac, Sea Glass, Powder Blue, Peach Bellini
• Echo Park - Easter Rabbit Stencil
• Altenew Ink - Warm Sunrise
• Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

To make the card, I place the stencil on a piece of white cardstock and using blending brushes added the different color inks.  The panel was then trimmed to 3.75 x 5 inches.  The girl was die cut from colored card stock, and the eggs die cut from white card stock.  The eggs were colored with the Zig markers.  A circle of vellum was die cut using the Circle Die.  The sentiment was stamped using a similar colored ink to the colored card stock.  The vellum circle, was added to the stenciled panel, the girl added on top of the vellum circle, and the eggs added to the basket.  The entire panel was matted using the same color cardstock as the girl.  This was then added to the crd base to complete the card. 

You've got mail - Fall Card

When I saw this stamp from Taylored Expressions, I knew I had to have it!  Of course it took me a year or two before I used it to make a card! 

I used the following for the card:

• Ink on 3 Fadeout Ink
• Impression Obsession - Wooden Plank Stamp
• Taylored Expressions - You've Got Mail - Fall Stamp
• Gina K designs Large and Small Rectangle Dies
• Hero Arts - Sandstone Ink
• Prismacolor Pencils

To make the card, I stamped the mailbox image on Kraft card stock with Fadeout Ink.  I then colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils. The image was then cut out with one of the large rectangle dies.  A slightly larger rectangle was cut out from a dark green card stock and the image was attached to the green rectangle.  The front of a dark orange card base was stamped with the Wooden Plank stamp.  The mailbox image was then to the card base to complete the card

Alcohol Ink and Yupo Paper

I'm back - slowly.  In March a tree hit our house.  We didn't get back in until the end of June!  Then just as we finally got settled, our sump pump in the basement failed.  Our basement is fully finished and furnished.  So now, we need to deal with that as well.  Fortunately insurance is covering both incidents.

While I we were out of our house, I was seeing examples of Alcohol Ink, Yupo paper, and in some cases foil, backgrounds.  So of course, once I was able to start crafting again, I had to give it a try.  I had used Alcohol Ink in the past, but this was the first time using Yupo paper.

Here are some samples of what I made:

I used some of them to make into cards:

The sentiments for all of the cards are from Gina K Designs Vertical Greetings and Things stamp set.  The Butterfly die cut is from Impression Obsession, and the Flower Die cut is from Simply Defined - Love Story Juliet.

Now what to do with the rest of the samples .....

Art Impressions Lazy Boy

Here is a card I made for my dad's birthday.

My dad take naps in his Lazy Boy chair, and loves potato chips!  As soon as I saw this stamp set, I knew I had to get it and use it for my dad's birthday card.  In my parents house, there is a large quilt hanging on the wall.  I used a quilt stamp to mimic that for this card.

To make the card, I used:

• Art Impressions Lazy Boy Set 4159
• Copic Markers
• Prismacolor Pencils
• Purple Daisy Designs - Tulip Bouquet Quilt Q 2262
• Impression Obsession - Wooden Plank CC172
• Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Desert Sand
• Lawn Fawndementals Ink - Hippo

I first stamped the Art Impressions stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The image was colored with various colored Copic Markers.  The image was then fussy cut.  For the background, I stamped the Wooden Plank on the bottom portion of the card with Rich Cocoa.  I then sponged the same ink over the stamped area.  The quilt was then stamped using the Lawn Fawndementals Ink on the top left of the card, and colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The "wall" was also colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  I then lightly sponged Desert Sand Ink on a strip of paper, and added the sentiment. The sentiment was then added to the bottom of the card.  The main image added next.  The entire piece was matted with black paper and added to the card base.

Challenges entered: Art Impressions Create A Background