Butterfly Stencil..

I know I said I was done sharing my stencil cards but I wanted to clean up some unfinished pieces in my scrap pile and this was one of them. The butterfly was created using a stamped background in lime green.

I randomly stamped the pop stems stamp using lime green ink on white cardstock. I then laid the butterfly stencil onto the stamped background and sprayed with Walnut Ink.

I had never used my walnut ink until this and wow is it messy. :) This was sitting in my pile waiting to be used and I decided to cut around the outside of the outline leaving a brown outline and putting it on some coordinating green paper with a raindrop background.

Of course I needed layers and added some green gems and pearls.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Pop Stems
• Hero Arts - Raindrop Background
• Hero Arts - Sunny Happy Birthday
• StaZon - Cactus
• The Crafters Workshop - Butterfly Template
• Kaisers - Gem/Flowers
• Crystal Stickers - Pearls
• Ribbon Unknown

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Suzz

Inchie Flower

I am playing around with ideas for the next week challenge at Cornish Heritage Farm. The challenge next week is resist. I have this lovely silhouette set and wanted to do a series of them on inchies.

I ended up making a flower from the inchies. Not sure I like this but thought I would share and see if it ends up being something I like. :)

Products:

• Cornish Heritage Farms - Silhouette Blooms
• Ranger Distress Inks - Faded Jeans, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Birds and Swirls

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Thinking Inking - Crackle Distress

Jennifer McGuire has been hosting videos and classes on 2 Pea's using all different types of Ranger Inking projects. The videos can all be found here... http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=list&forum_id=52.

This weeks class is about crackle paint. I don't have any but I have a crackle finish which I used in place of the crackle paint.

I combined this with a vacation/travel challenge on the Hero Arts Blog this week. I only have one stamp for Hero Arts which is a travel type of stamp so I used that to create my tag.

Tag Recipe:

1. Smear multiple colors of acryclic dabbers on a piece of acetate.
2. Use a makeup sponge mix parts of the color together (this is in one of the videos Jennifer has up on 2 Peas)
3. Smear on white cardstock to create a background.
4. Let that dry and then stamp the image onto the paint background using a pigment ink.
5. Clear emboss the stamped image.
6. Layer on the crackle gloss finish. I put it on and then smeared it around with another makeup sponge. I put two layers on.

The butterfly is made from grunge paper and I applied the same finish but with a really thick layer and attempted to dry it using the heat gun. It didn't crackle but gave it a beautiful glossy finish. :)

The background of the card is made from distress inks smeared onto acetate and spritzed with water until they became very watery.

Everything else is a combination of stamping with brown pigment ink and embossing with gold embossing powders.

Products:

• Ranger Acryclic Paint Dabbers - Gold, Stream, Juniper
• Ranger Queens Gold Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Ranger Crackle Glaze
• Hero Arts - Heart Winged Butterfly,
• Inkadinkado - 94010-N
• B Line Designs - Paris
• Hero Arts - Collage Take Time
• Stampers Anonymous - French Market
• Stampers Anonymous - Lined Paper
• Ranger Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Broken China

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Suzz

Final Template Card

My final template card for awhile.. I needed four cards for a class and this is the final one using another shape from The Crafters Workshop. I went onto their website http://www.thecraftersworkshop.com/ and they have a bunch more fun templates, good thing my LSS doesn't carry all of them or I would be in trouble.

Products:

• The Crafters Workshop -Lotus Template
• Inkadinkado - Tree Stamp
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Adirondack Brights - Sunshine Yellow, Sunset Orange
• Memento - Rich Cocoa
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Twine, Button Unknown

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Suzz

Wedding Card

This was a wedding card that I needed to create yesterday and get sent off today. The card is for a fellow stamper who is very sweet. I am pretty sure she isn't visiting my blog so I am safe to share the card here.

The color is actually Enchanted Gold Embossing powder and it is gorgeous and I am sorry to say that you can't see the shimmer here and really appreciate the lovely color.



The flourishes and flowers are embossed with the gold embossing powder as well as the sentiment.

The flowers are from that lace flower stamp from Hero Arts which I really do love. I cut out the flowers and layered them.

The card is scored above and below the ribbon which doesn't show up on this picture either. :(

Products:

• Hero Arts - Lace Flower Cluster
• Hero Arts - Everyday Sayings
• Hero Arts - Heart Flourish
• Ranger - Enchanted Gold Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• EK Success - Border Punch
• Ribbon, Pearls Unknown

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Suzz

Soft Flourish

I have been working on cards using the stencils/templates from the Crafters Workshop... This is one of them.

I used a glimmer mist across the stencil on the cardstock.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Anytime Messages
• The Crafters Workshop
• Hero Arts - Old French Writing
• Glimmer Mist - Sweet Pea
• Martha Stewart Cornic Border Punch
• Hero Arts - Heart Winged Butterfly
• Adirondack Brights - Pool
• Prima Flowers
• Crystal Stickers - Teal

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Suzz

Summer Design Challenge

Cornish Heritage Farms is hosting a summer design challenge with different challenges each week. Andi tipped me off to this challenge and I really like my CHF stamps but unfortunately don't have enough of them. :)

I was playing with them and created this which doesn't qualify for the challenge as this week is coloring. I don' thave any outline stamps for CHF. I will have to see if I can dig one up before the end of the week so I can play along.

Love my alcohol inks! The embossing powder is some of that new Zing from American Crafts they have so many fun colors.

The butterflies and dragonflies are Marvy Uchida punches.

All the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms.

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Suzz