Category: cardmaking

Poppystamps: Winter Scene

I’m sharing a card over on the Poppystamps blog today using supplies from the new release of 74 dies and 20 cling stamps.

In this post,  I shared a scene created with the new Grand Chalet window die. Today, I’m sharing another scene using the same die.

Poppystamps: Winter SceneFor my card, I envisioned a sunny winter day, one in which the snow is glistening and the deer are happily playing (one has decided to make its appearance at the window!). I cut the window by placing the die on the inside of the front card panel. After cutting, I folded the shutters to the card front. The Holiday Village was stamped and heat embossed before I colored it with Copic markers. I used its companion die so that I could put it on the horizon line between the sky and snow.

Supplies:

Pinspired Challenges #20

This challenge is sponsored by SnakeTape who will be awarding  the winner with a bundle of their adhesive products.

For my card, I was inspired by both the Halloween theme and the colors (specifically those bright yellow-green flowers) in the Pinterest image.

Pinspired Challenges #20

Now, it’s your turn. Head on over to the Pinspired Challenges blog to see the creations from the rest of the “Pin Heads” and find out the details for playing along. Three runner ups will be chosen and win a “Pin Pal” badge for their blog. The winner will win a “Pin Perfect” badge for their blog along with the prize from SnakeTape. We can’t wait to see your creations!

Tim Holtz Chemistry 102 Smudge Stamping

One of the techniques shared in the Online Card Classes Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 102 class was smudge stamping with distress inks. The idea being that you stamped once, then stamped a second time and smudged the stamped image. I attempted this technique, but I wasn’t able to smudge the ink.

Tim Holtz Chemistry 102 Smudge Stamping

I don’t know if my distress ink pads aren’t juicy enough, or whether I wasn’t smudging the right way. At any rate, trying the technique gave me an opportunity to use  the Tim Holtz Seasons Silhouettes stamp set, which I bought when I first started stamping two years ago.

The trickiest part was using the sentiment stamp, which is a subway art stamp with several sentiments. I put sticky notes on the stamp after I carefully inked the “Believe” sentiment and also put sticky notes on the tag to block out the area in which I wanted to stamp. I finished off with some Vintage Photo around the edges. I think I like the first generation stamped tag the best. I’ll add ribbon, die-cut evergreen pieces, and maybe a bell to finish it off.

Tim Holtz Chemistry 102 Holiday Card

One of my favorite techniques from the Online Card Classes Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 102 class was the “chalkboard effect” achieved by rubbing chalk across heat-set Antiquities embossing powder. I created a few more images with the technique and used one on a card.

Tim Holtz Chemistry 102 Holiday Card

I based my card on those I’ve seen both from Tammy Tutterow and in the Stampers Anonymous CHA-Summer 2013 Collection Catalog using the caroler stamp image. I dry-embossed the Core’-dinations Cardstock with the Sheet Music embossing folder, and finished it off with additional Tim Holtz products – the Custom Fasteners and Trimmings.

Bewitched

This card was one of those that came together as I was creating other Halloween cards. I made use of the patterns from the We R’ Memory Keepers “Bewitched” paper pad (one of my favorites this year) with the addition of a few stamped and die cut items.

HalloweenTrickorTreat

Have you bought your Halloween candy? Last Halloween, we had trick-or-treaters for the first time in years (lots of new families with small children have moved into our neighborhood over the past year). I’ve got the candy stocked!

As for the title of this post – “Bewitched” – besides being the name of the patterned paper pad I used, it’s also one of my favorite childhood television series. The one thing I could never understand about that show – why didn’t Darrin let Sam use her powers to clean the house!