Stamping, Painting, & Coloring make me Giggle

HAPPY halloween

I dig this little skeleton! What's cool about him is that you can make his arms and legs do anything you want.  Here, he is waving with his hand and with his foot. :o)

1. Inked up cute skeleton image with white craft ink and stamped on black card stock.
2. Sprinkled with winter white emboss powder and heat set.
3. Inked up mummy image with black ink and stamped on white card stock.
4. Cut out images. Decided how I wanted skeleton and cut his his arm and leg at the joints (oh! that's sounds awful...he didn't feel it!). Ran all the bones through sticker machine.
5. Cut designer paper 1/8" smaller than front flap of vertical base card and adhered to card.
6. Inked up HAPPY halloween image with white craft ink and stamped right side of vertical base card.
7. Sprinkled with seafoam embossing powder and heat set.
8. Added a little color to the mummy - to give him a little aged look, and adhered him to the inside of the card.  Added Crystal Lacquer to his eyes.
9. Adhere skeleton on the front .... waving HAPPY halloween.
   

Stamps: Dee Gruenig Halloween Mini Binder Set
Paper:  Vertical Inspiration Foldover Card black, Stampin' Up! whisper white, basic black, Reminisce designer paper
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Stampin' Up! craft white
Accessories: Stampin' Up! winter white emboss powder, Seafoam White embossing powder, Marvy Brush Markers 12, 37, Crystal Lacquer, Xyron sticker machine

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Another Pumpkin Card!

Had to do one more!!

Stamps: Stampin' Up!
Paper: Fabriano Artistico Bright White Watercolor Paper Block 140lb, Memory Box jack o lantern
Inks:  StazOn jet black
Accessories: Prisma water color pencils, water brush

Feeling Pumpkinish

I can never have too many pumpkin stamps (or tree or penguin stamps). :o)  Given my limited supplies, all the cards where the photo is taken outside on a banister are made the same.... :o)

Stamps: Stampin' Up!
Paper: Fabriano Artistico Bright White Watercolor Paper Block 140lb, Memory Box Dill
Inks:  StazOn jet black
Accessories: Prisma water color pencils, water brush

Happy Go Lucky Gymnast

This was a very simple, quick card, and I really dig the way it turned out!  Having designer paper makes it very easy to put together a quick card. :o)

Now, most designers would probably tell you that they pick out their papers first and then match the markers, inks, etc... Not me (this is why I say I'm "in progress").  I usually pick out my image, pick out all the colors I like, then color, and THEN go look for paper to match. Sometimes I pick out my colors first and then my image - I'm all about colors. :o)

When I use a digital image, I insert into a power point or word.doc application and then size the image. I then print it out on my ink jet printer.  Many times I will print several images on one full sheet of paper.

1. Printed image on white card stock. Let dry.
2. Colored image with Copic Markers.
3. Cut out image and pink layer with die cuts.
4. Assembled card.
5. Stamped sentiment on front of card.
6. Colored Marvy Markers directly on circle image and stamped on inside of card.

 

Stamps/Images: Stampin' Up! Simply Circles, A Muse Art Stamps / Mo's Digital Pencil
Paper:  Stampin' Up!  whisper white, pretty in pink; Memory Box key lime
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Copic Markers, Spellbinders Nestabilities circle & scallop circle die cuts, Marvy Brush Art Markers 62, 112, 118, 127

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Basket of Leaves

More warm memories of when I was little... This one is of playing in leaves. My neighbor Tony and I loved to pile up the leaves and jump in. We had many mature trees around, so it was easy to get big piles. In southern Michigan, it didn't take long into the season for the leaves to start falling...we'd throw balls up into the trees to "help" the leaves fall.

1. Stamp images on watercolor paper.
2. Using a small brush and water color cakes, add color to images. In the photo you can see I had colored both leaves and apples - trying to decide on what my final card would look like. At this point it was all about stamping and painting. :o) TIPs: (1)first wet the area with clear water, then add color. This helps the color to spread. (2) when painting the pile of leaves, add color in between to give the illusion of more leaves.
3. Allow images to dry. Using itty bitty brush and white paint, add highlight to acorn. Cut images out and set aside.
4. Punch white and black circle -  punch black larger for the bottom layer.
5. Using a fine line marker, outline white circle with dashes and dots.I got this idea from my stampin' sister Colleen. She's add detail that makes her cards and projects look so cool!
6. Decide on layout and adhere basket and leaves to circle layers.
7. Cut pattern papers to size and add ribbon. Adhere to base the card.
8. Adhere circle to pattern layer. Add smaller leaves and acorn.
9. On the inside add a light color layer of card stock for the message and stamp a little image. Just stamp everywhere you can!! Color too!

Please note: I used to be a Stampin' Up! Demo (had a great experience!), and I have a lot of their products. Some of the SU! products may be retired.

Stamps: Stampin' Up! All Natural & Basket of Fun, Stamps by Judith
Paper: Fabriano Artistico Bright White Watercolor Paper Block 140lb, Stampin' Up! chocolate chip, whisper white, basic black, and very vanilla (inside), Papertrey Ink pattern paper
Inks:  StazOn Jet Black
Accessories: Winsor & Newton Travel water color set, paintbrush round #0 & #2, Xyron create a sticker, folkArt white acrylic paint, Prismacolor .005 Fine Line Marker, Stampin' Up! ribbon (retired), Spellbinders Nestabilities circle die cuts

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Flowers in a Jar

Have you seen the new Stampin' Up! catalog?!  So many cute stamps!! One of my favorite sets is the Country Morning set - a hostess set.  I was fortunate this past weekend to hangout, stamp, and create with two of my favorite stampin' sisters - Darlene and Barb.   We were at Darlene's house (she's a SU! demo and has all the latest stuff).  She also has a Cricut Machine!  Barb and I were like little children with a new toy!!  Note: I'm sorry I do not have all the details and supplies list I usally do.

1. Brayered kiwi on white card stock, using Michelle's brayering technique
2. Stamped image with black ink and colored with Copic markers
3. Cut daisies using Cricut Machine. Colored centers with Copic markers
4. Used glitter pens to add some sparkle around various spots on the image. Also used glitter pen to dot center of die cut daises and create a little boarder inside each petal

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! Country Morning Set
Paper: Stampin' Up! whisper white, mellow moss, taken with teal, apricot appeal
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Stampin' Up! kiwi kiss (retired)
Accessories: Cricut Machine, Copic Markers, Stampin' Up! corner punch, brayer, Sakura and Copic glitter pens

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Sympathy Card

1. Stamp rose image with StazOn ink. Mask each image before stamping the next.
2. Mask each rose and stamp leaves around it.
3. Add color to the edge and center of the leaves with the green markers. Use water brush to spread the color.  Do one leaf at a time.
4. Add color to the roses with the same method as above, using the yellow marker. The detail in the stamp images will guide you for shadowing darker areas.
5. Stamped sentiment and butter with gold ink
6. Lay card on scrap paper and edge the card with a gold pen.  After you edge, be sure to move your card to a clean space on your scrap paper - otherwise you'll have gold lines on the back of your card. Ask me how I know....:o)  Not this card, but one I edged before.

Stamps: Gina K A Year of Flowers; Stampin' Up! Brighter Tomorrow, Butterfly of Happiness (both retired)
Paper: Fabriano Medioevalis 5x5 card
Inks: StazOn Stone Gray, Encore Ultimate Metallic gold
Accessories: Krylon gold leafing pen, Tombow Markers 055, 173, 249, water brush

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Cross Town Thank You

Are you a White Sox fan or Cubs fan, or perhaps both? Not too many people are both. :o) Last week was the annual Chicago Cross Town Classic baseball series. This is a Thank You card for a group of people who planned an awesome team event using the Cross Town theme. The card holds one of those plastic gift cards - the size of a credit card.  Here's how I made it:

1. To determine the base card size, measure the envelop size and cut the base card 1/2" larger all around. For this card the envelop is 6 1/2" x 4 3/4", so the base card is 7" x 5 1/4"
2. I stamped images randomly in red, black and blue on the envelop, flap size up
3. Fold envelop in half. Fold base card in half
4. Cut flap of envelop at fold. Wet the left side and close
5. Lay the envelop inside the base card.  I adhered the right side first. Put your glue on the envelop and press the base card to your envelop
6. For the outside front panel piece, I downloaded the logos into a jpeg file and then inserted them into a power point file, changed the image to the size I wanted,  and repeated the images in a random pattern. NOTE: These are the applications I have on my PC. You can use what ever you have to get to the end result of a random pattern. I printed it on SU! card stock. I found this CS weight went through my printer easily.  The panel piece is cut 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". I then put it into a cuttle bug folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug machine.
7. Create extra sox and cub logos. Cut out with circle punch. Cut out layers for blue and  black larger circles.
8. Wrap twine around base card with open ends to the right (make sure you cut enough length to tie a bow - I cut mine 20") and adhere front panel piece to front of base card. The front panel will secure the twine.
9. Adhere the extra layered logos to the front of the card and it's ready for a gift card
10. Optional step:  Add a blank piece of card stock to the inside left for your message - computer generated, stamped, or handwritten. 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" works nicely.

Stamps: Stampin' Up! Sporting Goods (retired)
Paper: Neenah Classic Solar White, Stampin' Up! whisper white 
Inks: Stampin' Up! really red, night of navy, basic black
Accessories: Stampin' Up! 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle punches, Cuttlebug Thank You template, twine

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

It's a Junior Jungle on Noah's Ark

I needed a baby card, and thought of Noah's Ark.

1. Cut glossy cardstock to 9 x 6 and fold in half to make 4 1/2 x 6 size card
2. Found a cartoon of the Ark on line and used it as a guide to draw an Ark for my animals
3. Cut two round holes for the windows. Cut out the front arch window with a craft knife
4. Cut out the Ark and added some color and boat lines with markers
5. Positioned the Ark on the base card and drew inside the windows with a pencil
6. For the animals, I used markers directly on the images, blending at least two colors on the stamp for depth and interest. Except the zebra image, I used a black ink pad. Stamped the animals on the base card
7. I then stippled some color in the windows. I didn't have to stay inside  the lines because the Ark would cover it :o)
8. I cut a strip of blue card stock to match the width of the base card and used decorative scissors to cut ripples for the ocean.  I added some motion to the ocean with markers and a white pen
9. I adhered the Ark, then the water and added the little bird last to led the way.   My le boo boo on this card.... I forgot to erase the pencil lines before I adhered the Ark. OOps!

Stamps: Junior Jungle ATC-Best of Dee Gruenig Collection
Paper: Stampin' Up! glossy white, creamy caramel, ballet blue
Inks: Blending Blox shades of gold, Marvy Matchables black
Accessories: Stampin' Up! 1 1/4" circle punch, markers ballet blue, close to cocoa, creamy caramel; craft knife, Marvy LePlumeII Markers 2, 6, 13, 16, 18, 29, 72,  stipple brush, decorative scissors, Prismacolor .005 Fine Line Marker, Inkssentials opaque pen

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Jungle Friends Tag and Gift Basket

   
I'm using those adorable ATC size Junior Jungle images on another project today. This is a quick and easy project to do - you can get it done right before the party. :o)

Tag:

1. I stippled blending blox around parameter of card, and added leaves on the front tag.
2. Using my markers, I colored directly on your images using more than one color to blend on the image and stamped on sticker paper. For the tiger, I added some black lines with the small tip of a black marker. I also darkened all their eyes with the black marker and the hippo's eye brows.
3. I used my printer to create the sentiment on the middle tag fold and stamped leaves around it.  I used a die cut to cut it out and adhered it.
4. I then stamped the little fly across the top and the sentiment on the last tag fold.
5. Before removing the backing from the sticker paper, I placed my animals in a pile trying to imagine what they would really look like piled up.  I then adhered them and added some plants around the bottom and drew a little grounding with a marker. Added ribbon and all done!

Gift Box:

1. I started with stippling on the whole box while it was flat.
2. I then stamped images at random.   As with the tag above; using my markers, I colored directly on your images using more than one color to blend on the image and stamped on the box. For each tiger, I added some black lines with the small tip of a black marker. I also darkened all their eyes with the black marker and the hippos eye brows.
3. I also stamped some white tissue paper with the large leaf and the blending blox

Stamps: NEW! Junior Jungle ATC-Best of Dee Gruenig Collection, Dee's Happy Birthday Vertical
Paper:Zig Zag Triple Tags, Handled Basket Die Cuts
Inks: Blending Blox  shades of caribbian, Marvy Matchables black
Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities tag die cuts, Marvy Brush Art Markers 10, 12, 60, 82, 110, Marvy LePlumeII Markers 1, 11, 46, stipple brush; Stampin' Up! ribbon

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena