15 cards with Kendra's Card Challenge #15

For Kendra's Card Challenge #15, I decided that I wanted to use patterned paper that was unlike what I usually use.  I wanted something bright, so I chose Pink & Main Bright Botanicals for the patterned paper.  One thing I really liked was that it was double sided, so I had a choice which pattern to use.

Here are the 15 cards:

Here are the individual cards, and what I used for each card:

Card 1:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim, Blue Raspberry, Powder Blue, Ocean Mist Inks
• Gina K Designs - Scripty Sayings 2 Stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Modern Floral Stamps, Dies and Stencils

Card 2:

• Gina K Designs - Grass Green, Kraft Inks
• Gina K Designs - Woodland Friends Stamp set
• Prisma Color Pencils and Gamsol
• Clearly Besotted - Tiny Type Stamp set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card 3: 

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Vintage Summer Stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Large and Small Stitched Oval Dies
• Prisma Color Pencils
• Picket Fence Studios - Words to Say Happy Anniversary

Card 4:

• Gina K Designs - Wild Dandelion, Passionate Pink Inks
• Gina K Designs - Summer Silhouette Stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Daisies Forever Layering Stencil Bundle

Card 5: 

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim, Soft Stone, Lemon Drop, Wild Dandelion Inks
• Gina K Designs - Ocean Silhouettes, Pocket Full of Sunshine Stamp sets
• Gina K Designs - At the Beach Dies

Card 6:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Lawn Fawn - Scripty Sayings Stamp set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Hero Arts - Beautiful Butterflies Stamps and Dies
• Copic Markers
• Wink of Stella - Clear

Card 7:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Grateful Greenery Mini Stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Petit Flourish Embossing Folder
• Spellbinders - Standard Large Circle and Classic Large Scalloped Circle Dies
• Lawn Fawn - Valentine Borders

Card 8:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - The Best Flowers
• Gina K Designs - Happy and Shadow Dies

Card 9:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion, Tangerine Twist, Dusty Rose Inks
• Gina K Designs - The Wetlands 2 Stamp set
• Gina K Designs -  Elegant Asters Stamp and die set

Card 10:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion Inks
• Gina K Designs - Birthday Blessings Stamp set
• Clearly Besotted - Tiny Type Stamp Set

Card 11:

• Gina K Designs - Happy and Shadow Dies
• Hero Arts - Forest Ink
• Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday Stamp set

Card 12:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Altenew - Vintage Roses

Card 13:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 4
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Clearly Besotted - Tiny Type

Card 14:

• Gina K Designs - Happy Birthday Trio

Cad 15:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Waffle Flower - Happy Anniversary Stamp Set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Image from Cricut Access (Glasses)

A Barbed Wire Christmas Tree?

 Yep, I have a stamp for a Barbed Wire Christmas Tree.  The stamp was a gift from my sister last Christmas, so its only fitting that she will be getting this card this year! This card came together fairly quickly, and looks great on Kraft paper.  Lawn Fawn plaid paper also fit well with the overall design.

I used the following for the card:

• Texana Designs - Jam'n Barbed Wire Tree
• Versamark
• Darice - Green Tinsel Embossing Powder
• Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Fall Patterned Paper

To make the card, I stamped the tree with Versamark, added the embossing powder and heat set it.  The image was trimmed down and matted with green card stock.  The plaid paper was cut and matted with green paper as well.  The tree was added to the plaid paper and the entire image added to the card base to complete the card.

Ghostly Halloween

Its become tradition that I make Halloween cards for the Grandkids.  For these cards, I am using my favorite Halloween sets from Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn:

For the Purple card, I used the following:

• Gina K - Wild Lilac Ink and Card Stock
• Mama Elephant - Boo-tastic Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn - Spooktacular Stamp Set 
• A Colorful Life - Ghosties Stencil
• Gina K - Small Circle Dies

For the Orange card, I used the following:

• Gina K - Sweet Mango Ink
• Mama Elephant - Boo-tastic Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn - Spooktacular Stamp Set and Matching Dies
• Copic Markers - C5, C7, C9, Y15, YR12, YR14, YR18, R01
• Wink Of Stella Clear
• A Colorful Life - Ghosties Stencil
• Gina K - Small and Large Circle Dies

To make the cards I first created the background by stenciling the Ghosts. The background was then trimmed to size and matted with black card stock and added to the card base.  The sentiment was added.  The 3 ghosts were stamped and die cut.  These were added to a black circle and added to the purple card with foam squares to complete the card.  The witches hat was stamped, and then masked to add the ghost.  The hat was colored with Copic markers.  The image was cut with a small circle die, and matted with black.  This was added to the orange card with foam squares to complete the card.  

The Purple card was entered in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Spooky. 

Snowman Christmas Card

When I made Christmas cards last year, I had a lot of extra parts.  I decided to use some of them this year.  This is one of the cards made with the leftovers (the snowman and the background).  Making this card was easy, since the hardest parts were done last year!

I used the following to make the card:

• Tim Holtz - Holiday Knits Stamp
• Distress Oxide Ink - Lucky Clover and Cracked Pistachio
• Zing - Clear Embossing Power
• Versmark
• Stampendous - Detail White Embossing Powder
• Copic Markers
• Gina K - Snowone Like You Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn - Merry Messages Stamp Set

To make the card,  I stamped the background image with Versamark, added the clear embossing powder and heat set it.  The two green Distress Oxide inks were then added with the lighter color at the top of the panel, blending to the darker color.  The snowman was stamped and colored with various Copic markers, and then cut out with a circle die.  The background panel and snowman were both matted with green card stock.  The sentiment was stamped with Versmark, white embossing added and heat set.  The strip was cut to size and added to the panel along with the snowman to complete the card. 

Another Northwoods Snowman

Here is another cute Snowmanfrom Northwoods Rubber Stamps.  I did three of them, and  had originally planned on using these Snowmenon a different card, but the design didn't work.  But these Sonowmen just had to be used!  Here are the cards I made with them:

And a couple of close ups:

To make these cards, I used:

• Northwoods Rubber Stamps - Snowman With Presents, Scarf and Broom
• Faber Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils
• Darice Embossing Folder 
• Neat & Tangled - Christmas Pageant
• Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Christmas Paper Pad
• Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Circles Die

To make the cards, I stamped the images on white card stock, and colored them with the colored pencils.  These were then cut out using the Stitched Circles dies.  I then embossed another piece of white card stock, and added it to the card base.  A solid color (either red or green) was cut and added to the white.  Then squares cut from the plaid paper were cut and added.  The circle was added and the sentiment (from the Neat & Tangled) was added to complete the card.

Let it Snow - Christmas Card

When I first saw this snowman, I knew I had to have the die,  He is just so cute!  And it uses a lot of scrap pieces of paper!  Here is the card:

To make the card, I used:

• Deco Foil Transfer Gel
• Gina K Fancy Foils - Sparkling Silver
• Creative Expression - Sue Wilson - Let it Snow Die, Build a Snowman Die set
• Memory Box - Winter Tiny Snowflakes Stencil
• Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Die
• Heidi Swapp - Toner Sheets, Red Minc Foil

To make the card, I cut out all of the pieces for the Snowman and Light using a variety of scrap pieces of paper.  I assembled the Snowman and light.  The hill was cut from white paper.  I trimmed a piece of light blue paper, slightly smaller than the card base.  Using the stencil, transfer gel was added.  Once dry, the Sparkling Silver foil was added using my Minc machine.  I cut the Let It Snow from toner sheets, and added the red foil.  All of the pieces were then added to the card base to complete the card.

Hooray - Its's Your Day Birthday Card

I seem to use products from a variety of companies.  Here is a birthday card I made using products from Altenew, Tim Holtz, My Favorite Things, and Lawn Fawn.

I used the following:

• Altenew - Weave Builder Stencil
• Distress Oxide Ink - Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood
• My Favorite Things - Hooray Die, Delicious Birthday Stamp set
• Lawn Fawndamentals - Deep Sea Ink

To make the card, I created the background using the stencil and the distress oxide ink.  This was then trimmed to slightly smaller than the card front and attached. I cut out the hooray several times, stacked them and added to the card.  I used one of the stamps, masking part of it, and stamped it on a strip of paper, which was then added to the card.

Another Lawn Fawn Halloween Card

Here is another card, made with the Candy Corn add-on stamp set.  For this card, I just used the stamps.

I used the following for the card:

• Lawn Fawn - Candy Corn add on stamps
• Martha Stewart - Halloween stamps (old set!)
• Copic - C0, C1, C3, Y6, YG07
• Distress Oxide Ink - Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet and Black Soot
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Memento London Fog

To make the card, I stamped the candy corn cluster on white cardstock with Memento London Fog ink.  I masked the image, and continued stamping the lenght of the card base, masking as I went. The masks removed, and the candy corn colored with Copic markers.  The masks were then re-applied and the backgound added with the distress oixde inks.  Once dry, the sentiment was added with Versamark, embossing powder added and heat set.  The panel was then cut to 4 x 5.25 and added to the card base o complete the card.

Halloween with Lawn Fawn

When I first saw the "How You Bean" stamps and dies by Lawn Fawn, I thought - cute, but I have enough Easter realted stamps.  Then they came out with the Candy Corn add-on.  I knew I had to have that, which of course made me get the "How you Bean" stamps and dies as well!  I mean I can always use more Easter stamp - right?

But for Halloween - this set is great!  Here some of the cards I made:

I used the following to make the cards:

• Lawn Fawn - Candy Corn add-on, stamps and dies
• Lawn Fawn - How You Bean, stamps and dies
• Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Fall Paper
• Mama Elephant - Bootastic Stamp set
• Copic Markers- C0, C1, C3, Y06, YG07
• Memento - London Fog and Tangelo
• Acetate
• Sookwang double sided tape

To make the cards, I stamped the candycorn in London Fog ink, and then colored them with the Copic Markers.  These were then cut out with the matching dies.  On a piece of light orange paper, I stamped the jar for the How You Bean set.  The lid for the jar was stamped on white paper, colored with Copic Markers and cut with the matching die.  I added double sided tape to the acetate, and cut the jar out.  I then added the Candy Corn to the jar, added the jar cut from the acetate, then the lid to the jar.  The individual Candy Corn was added last.  The panel was then cut to size and added to the plaid background.  The entire piece was added to the card base.  I then stamped the Sentiment from the Mama Elephant Bootastic set to complete the card.

Close ups:

MFT Recipe for Happiness Birthday Card

I have a co-worker who loves to cook.  We have been fortunate to have some of his creations!  I thought that this card would be perfect for his birthday.

I used the following for the card:

• MFT Recipe for Happiness Stamps and Dies
• MFT Hybrid Black Ink
• MFT Small Brick Background Stamp
• Distress Ink - Fired Brick
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Various Copic Markers
• Lawn Fawn Scripty Sayings stamp set

To make the card, I stamped all of the Recipe for Happiness stamps with the MFT Hybrid Black Ink.  These were then colored with Copic Markers, and then cut with the matching dies.  For the background, the Small Brick background stamp was inked with Fired Brick ink and stamped on watercolor paper.  I then sponged the whole area with the same ink.  Water was spritzed on the panel to add texture.  The images were added to the panel.  The sentiment stamped with Versamark, and white embossing powder added and heat set.  The entire panel was added to the card base to complete the card.

Another Mama Elephant Halloween Card

Her is another card made with the Mama Elephant Bootastic stamp set and Distress Oxide Inks:

To make this card, I used:

• Distress Oxide Ink
• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamps and Dies
• SSS Stitched Circle Dies
• Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp set (sentiment)
• Various Copic Markers
• MFT Diagonal Stripes Stencil

To make the card, I stamped and colored the images from Bootastic.  These were then colored with Copic Markers, and then cut with the matching dies.  The card base was made using the MFT stencil and Distress Oxide Ink.  I then changed the direction of the stencil and repeated the process.  The white of the base was a bit to bright, so I added additional Distress Oxide ink over the stenciled areas. A circle was cut using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle Dies, and the sentiment was added. The circle was added to the card base and then the images added to complete the card.

BIrthday card with MFT Diagonal Quit Square Coverup

This card is similar to one I made a few years ago (check it out here).

For this card, I used:
Soookwang Double Sided tape
MFT Diagonal Quilt Square Coverup
Glitter Ritz Royal Blue, Silver, Sea Green
Elizabeth Craft Designs White Micro Fine Glitter
CTMH Joyful Birthday Occasions
Lawn Fawndamentals - Freshly Cut Grass

TO make the card, I added the Sookwang tape to a piece of white card stock.  Using the die, I then ran the die and the tape covered paper through my Cuttlebug.  In my case, I know that this will cut through the tape, but not through the paper completely, which is what I wanted.  I then carefully removed sections of the tape to expose the sticky and add the glitter.  After each color, I made sure I burnished the glitter in before exposing the next sections and adding the glitter.  The completed image was added to the card base.  I carefully scored two lines below the image and at the bottom of the card.  Between these lines, I stamped the sentiment to complete the card.

Foil left overs made into cards

After having created some great foiled cards, I had left over pieces.  What do do?  Make some cards. Here are the cards:

Card #1:

Card #2:

For the first card, I had some left over Sweet Mango Foil, from foiling a piece of Gina K Elegant Damask paper.  I added the foil to a piece of toner paper.  Once I looked at it I realized it looked very "Halloweeny", so a Halloween card was made.  I used Lawn Fawn Spooktacular stamps and stamped the pumpkin using Sweet Mango ink, and the hat with Memento Black Ink.  Both were colored with Copic markers.  I then cut the image with a Spellbinders Classic Oval die and sponged over it with more Sweet Mango ink.  This was then matted with black.  I colored a bit of ribbon with the ink as well.  The ribbon was added to the foiled piece, then the pumpkin image added to complete the card.

For the second card, I again used toner paper, and foiled with a left over piece of Wild Lilac foil.  With this card, it needed a lighter background, so I then added Heidi Swapp silver foil.  I used one of the Happy Birthday Gina K Foil Mates sentiments.  This was cut using a Simon Says Stamp Square Stitched dies, and foiled with Wild Lilac foil.  It was matted with black paper.  Ribbon and a bow were added to the main foiled piece, and the sentiment added to complete the card.

Art Impressions Watercolor Mothers Day Card.

Here is a card I made with Art Impressions Watercolor Stamps.  I plan on using this one for a Mothers Day card.

I used the following to make the card:

• Art Impressions Watercolor stamps: WC Containers, Flower Set #4052, Foliage Set #051
• Distress Markers Picked Raspberry, Pine Needles, Ripe Persimmon, Gathered Twigs, Wilted Violet, Hickory Smoke
• My Favorite Things Watercolor wash paper
• Spellbinders Classic Ovals
• Lawn Fawndementals Fake Tan
• Close To My Heart Just to Say

To make the cards, I colored the stamps with the Distress Markers, then stamped the images. Water was then added to give a water colored image.  The image was then cut with an oval die.  A piece of the Watercolor Wash paper was cut to slightly smalled than the card base.  The sentiment was then added, using one of the stamps form the Just to Say stamped set, using the Lawn Fawndementals Ink. Ribbon was added.  This was then added to the card base.  The image was then added, using pop dots.  A bow was added to complete the card.

This card was entered in the Art Impressions "Let's Watercolor" Challenge

Lawn Fawn Baked With Love Card

A co-worker make me a very nice home made lunch for my birthday this year.  This is the thank you card I made for her.

I used the following to make the card:

Lawn Fawn - Baked with Love Stamps and dies
Various Copic Markers
Distress Ink - Tea Dye
Versamark
Zing Clear Embossing Powder
My Favorite Things - Stencil Stripes
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

To make the card, I stamped the images with Memento ink, and then colored them with Copic Markers.  The images were then cut using the dies.  For the counter top, I sponged an area using Tea Dye Distress Ink.  I stamped through the Stripes stencil with Versamark, and then added clear embossing powder and heat set.  The images were then added.  The panel was them matted and added to the card base to complete the card.

My First Art Impressions Watercolor

I really like the Art Impressions Watercolor stamps.  Using these stamps you really get a watercolor look with the stamps. I originally purchased a few sets, but now I want them all!   Here is the first card I made with the stamps I had:

I used the following to make the card:

• Art Impressions WC Series 7 Set 2 stamps, Foliage Set and Flower Set
• Distress Markers Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio, Vintage Photo
• Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles
• Lawn Fawn Polka in the Meadow

This card was entered in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Summer Fun

Watercolor Stamping (Day 2)

Day 4 of the Watercolor for Card Makers (at Online Card Classes) was more watercolor stamping. I'm still trying each technique, and making cards from each.

Here are my versions of the cards from Day 4 of the class.  I won't go into specific of how the cards were made (for this you should take the class), but will provide the supplies I used. Here are the 3 cards I made using the techniques from the class.

Card 1:

Card 2:

Cards 3 and 4:

For Card 1, I used the following:

• Distress Ink: Shaded Lilac, Salty Ocean, Lucky Clover, Squeezed Lemonade
• Versafine Black Onyx Ink
• Lawn Fawn Eggstra Special Easter Stamp Set

For Card 2, I used the following:

• Memento Ink: Danube Blue
• Close to My Heart Joyful Birthday Occasions
• Distress Ink: Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio
• Pretty Pink Posh Sugar Plum Mix Sequins

For Cards 3 and 4 (Card 3 was first generation stamping, and Card 4 second generation stamping), I used the following:

• Ivy Branch Stamp (Unknown Manufacturer)
• Distress Ink: Fossilized Amber, Barn Door, Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany, Pine Needles, Mowed Lawn
• Close to My Heart Holiday Tags Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawndamentals Freshly Cut Grass Ink

Need Last Minute Christmas Cards? (Stampendous Delicate Snowflake)

Well, this year I needed a few more Christmas Cards.  I didn't have enough time to make any detailed cards, but then I remembered I had the Delicate Snowflake stamps from Stampendous.  The largest stamp fits perfect on a 4 x 5.5 card.  I was able to make several of these cards in about an hour.  Here is the card:

To make this card I used:

• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed While Embossing Powder
• Stampendous Delicate Snowflakes
• Lawn Fawn Winter Scripty Sayings

This was one of the easiest cards to make! I trimmed a piece of dark blue card stock slightly smaller than the card base.  I then stamped the largest of the Delicate Snowflake stamps with Versamark.  The embossing powder was added and heat set.  I then stamped the sentiment with Versamark, added the embossing powder and heat set.  The image was then added to the white card base.

Last Halloween Card for 2015

For this card, I used a variety things, CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge, Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn stamps, and Distress Ink.

For this card, I used the following:

• Close to My Heart Aek & Shriek Stamp Set
• Close to My Heart Artbooking Cricut Cartridge
• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp Set
• Versmark
• Stampendous Detailed Black Embossing Powder
• Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder
• Distress Inks Forest Moss, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Block Soot
• Glossy Accents

To make the card, I sponged the Distress Inks on watercolor paper.  I then spritzed it with water.  I cut the spider web from the Artbooking cartridge and attached it to the card.  I tamped the cat (from Aek and Shriek) and spider (from Bootastic) in Versamark and added Detailed Black Embossing powder and heat set.  I then stamped the tombstones and sentiment (from Spooktacular) in Versmark and added Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder and heat set.  The entire image was added to the card base.  Glossy Accents was added to the spider web to complete the card.

Mama Elephant Bootastic and Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Halloween Card

Here is another Halloween Card I made with the Mama Elephant Bootastic and Lawn Fawn Spooktacular stamp sets.   I found several layouts similar to what I used on Pinterest.  I found that both of these stamp sets work well together.

 

 

For this card, I used:

• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamp Set and Matching Dies
• Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp Set
• Copic Markers C1, C3, C5, R29, R59, E50, E53, Y06, YR14, E35, Y31
• Versamark
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Spellbinders Square Dies
• Signo White Pen

To make the card, I stamped the images from Bootastic with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  These were then colored with Copic Markers and cut with the matching dies.  I then cut 3 squares from a strip of black paper.  and backed the strip with white card stock.  The Halloween boys and girls were then added to the strip.  I stamped the sentiment (from Lawn Fawn Spooktacular) with Versmark Ink on orange card stock.  Detailed White embossing powder was added and heat set. 

 

The black strip, sentiment and spiders were then added to the card base.  I used the White Signo pen for the spider's web.