Artistic Etchings Share

A little change up today, no Halloween or Christmas cards and nothing from the Holiday mini. This is a card that I CASED from a convention swap I received. I used Artistic Etchings and the Medallion stamp sets. The colors are Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Melon Mambo.

As always, thanks for stopping by. And don't forget tomorrow is Sketch Frenzy Friday!

Sketch Frenzy Friday (SFF071610)

It's that time again and I know I've been slacking again on posting this week. Next week will be better, I promise. I will be showing you all the cards I've been busily mass producing for my convention swaps. This weekend is also VC Rocks third blog tour, which I will also be participating in. One final admin item, I'm still looking for Sharon L to contact me to claim her blog candy.

Okay, first here is the sketch.

And now my creation. I used the Medallion stamp set and With All My Heart for the sentiment. The colors are Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, and Whisper White.

Please join me and create your own take of the sketch. You will notice the new label to the sketch post - SFF071610, if you do play along, please also use this label. And now on to the next blog, Angela. And don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the blog tour. Thanks!

Medallion Card

Here is a card I created for a wedding card swap. The colors are much brighter in real life, but they are Basic Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Tempting Turquoise. The Temption Turquoise really pops in real life. I used the Medallion stamp and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Purple Day 1

Here is the first of many purple shares that I promised yesterday. This is pretty much a CASE, with the colors changed out and layout slightly. Stamp sets used were Medallion, Charming, and Well Scripted. I also used the Beautiful Butterflies Embosslit. The colors were Elegant Eggplant, Pale Plum and Perfect Plum. The first one I made, I died the White Satin ribbon using the Elegant Eggplant reinkers.

I didn't really like how dark it turned out, so I made one with just the White Satin ribbon knotted without the butterflies. Which one do you like better?

Day 9: Medallion Swap with baby-wipe technique tutorial

Here is a card that I made on behalf of someone for a swap that I held on SCS. The swaps were fantastic and maybe some day I'll take the time to take pictures and share them with you. Anyways, this card uses the baby wipe technique. This is where you use a babywipe colored with rinkers as your ink pad. It's okay if it a little dry, you can rewet it by spraying some water on it. To make my "ink pad" I used Green Galore, Pink Passion, and Bashful Blue reinkers and tried to create a target-like pattern. I then used this to ink up my Medallion stamp and stamped in on the desired size card stock. Instead of just adhering that to my card, I decided to cut it into strips and mix up the order of them before adhering to my card.

Hope you enjoy!

Where Have I Been? (Long)

Sorry again, I took a little hiatus. TC was in town on leave from Iraq, so I was spending time with him and doing very little stamping. He is now on his way back so I have started stamping again. I got all my new sneak peak goodies and have started to create with them.

But first things first, on the LNS board there is a 12 days of Christmas challenge going on. Post something every day until Christmas. This started last Friday, but I haven't gotten to my blog or camera until now, so I'm playing catch up. Here are samples that should get me through Day 5.

Day 1: Medallion

Stamps: Medallion, Extreme Snowboarder, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Bordering Blue
Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Whisper White
Accessories: Sponges, Distressing Tool

Day 2: Thought and Prayers

Remember when I was creating cards for a Stamp-a-stack using the same supplies to create both a Christmas card and non-Christmas card? Here is the non-Christmas card and since I promised no more Christmas cards, you'll have to guess what you Christmas card looks like (hint: I used Patterned Pines for the main image).

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Patterned Pines
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Certain Celery
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real, Red, Olive Olive, Certain Celery
Accessories: Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Big Shot Scalloped Oval, Eyelet Border Punch, Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Sponges

Day 3: One of a Kind

Another non-Christmas card from the Stamp-a-Stack designs.

Stamps: One of a Kind
Ink: Whisper White, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon, Square Punches, Brad

Day 4: Thank You

This is just a quick Thank You card that I made up for an event we had at work.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Really Rust
Cardstock: Really Rust, Whisper White, Patterned Paper III
Accesories: Daisy Big Shot Die, Jumbo Eyelet, Wide Satin Ribbon

Day 5: With All My Heart Sneak Peak

Here is one of the cards that I made with the sneak peak items from the new Occassional Mini, available January 5. I used the clear block stamps for the first time and I did not notice any difference with regards to the quality of images versus the wood block stamps.

Stamps: With All My Heart, I {Heart} Hearts
Ink: Real Red, Pink Passion
Cardstock: Real Red, Pink Passion, new DSP Stack Sweet Pea
Accessories: Scalloped Trim Punch (SAB), Heart to Heart Punch, Ribbon

Thanks for being patient and stay tuned for Day 6 of the challenge (hopefully more timely).

Medallion Sample

Today I'm taking a break from the Stamp A Stack samples because I think I'm going to redesign of the cards that I made on Monday before I share it with you.

Here is a sample I made using the Medallion stamp, Stampin' Up!'s most popular stamp. I used a technique that as many names, none of which I can remember right now, but basically what I did was stamp the image on DSP in Versamark and then embossed it with clear embossing power. I then used my brayer and inked over the entire piece of paper and where the image was embossed, the DSP shows through. The colors used were Pale Plum and Rich Razzleberry.