You Tied the Knot for CASology

I am exploring slim line cards more often over the past few months, and I had this long rainbow technique piece that I thought would lend itself well to a slim line card so I wouldn't lose my lengthy rainbow.  And with the prompt at CASology, which was "unite", I created a wedding card.  

The piece itself was created using a blending tool with a very heavy hand on white cardstock in a rainbow of color.  I then went over the piece with gilding polish from Creative Expressions.  I came back in with each color ink to stamp by knot piece in the same color where I had done the direct to paper.  

I trimmed a thin strip to add some interest at the top, and I inked all my edges in the matching color. 

I hope you find some time to get inky and create today.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - You Tied the Knot

Stamps and Dies:  Tie the Knot Sentiments Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Party Dress, Tutti Frutti, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Aquatini, Flirty Fuschia (Catherine Pooler Inks); Enchanted Gold Gilding Polish (Creative Expressions);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Midnight Twine and Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 3

You know I love an opportunity to showcase positive and negative dies.  It's becoming a thing with me, and so here is my third post using it all!  This one is birthday themed.  

So let me first say that there is an element of stenciling on this one, best seen in the negative space, and it was the element that I was truly trying to capture in my original piece.  So let's cover the negative first.  This one was inspired by the prompt at AAA Birthday to use a stencil. 

I have the Spotlight Stencil from Catherine Pooler Designs that has this really cool circle bursts.  And then I have the Circle Window Die from Close To My Heart.  While I knew they weren't a match, I thought they would make an interesting pair.  So I created a water color piece using Ken Oliver Color Burst in Catherine Pooler ink colors.  I then stenciled with some white pigment ink to lighten within the stencil images, embossed using some Wow embossing glitter and then after heat setting, I used my die to get my circles. I love the result. 

A little sparkle and a little shine.  I love the boldness of the watercolor pieces here.  I used the matching Catherine Pooler Inks to color the candle . . . and of course, added some sequins. 

And so that positive piece, which in this case was the leftover piece for me.  Had to use it. You can still see the rich color and the stencil pieces which almost seem to highlight each circle.  I'm in love with this stencil and die together! 

For my sentiment spot, I connected two of the circles, and love the result there.

These colors just make me happy.  

I hope I've inspired you to look for options for all your negative and positive pieces.  Go create!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Make a Wish

Stamps and Dies:  Birthday Joy Stamp Set and Multi-Circle Window Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Melon Ice Embossing Glitter and Embossing Pad (Wow); Limoncello and Mardi Gras Color Burst (Ken Oliver and Catherine Pooler); Midnight, Limoncello and Mardi Gras Ink (Catherine Pooler); White Pigment Ink (Color Box);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Spotlight Stencil and Big Apple Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

Supplies Used - Let's Celebrate

Stamps and Dies:  Birthday Joy Stamp Set and Multi-Circle Window Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Melon Ice Embossing Glitter and Embossing Pad (Wow); Limoncello and Mardi Gras Color Burst (Ken Oliver and Catherine Pooler); Midnight, Limoncello, Mardi Gras and Suede Shoes Ink (Catherine Pooler); Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic Markers; White Pigment Ink (Color Box);

Paper: Pineapple Punch Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Spotlight Stencil and Big Apple Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Tank You for Little Red Wagon

I've been wicked busy crafting and just getting my life together early in 2021!  It was time to play along with a challenge, and so I chose the prompt at Little Red Wagon which was "Die-ing To Get Crafty".  I had to remind myself that it was dies and not dyes!  I love to get inky.  

Instead I went for some dies.  All dies, and no stamping. 

And so here is "Tank You".  I used a lawn fawn die, and while it cold have been a shaker, I just wanted it to look like a real fish tank.  So there is some acetate on this one for my tank.  

My background in the tanb was created using a stencil, a texture paste and some ink blending. 

This was a fun one to create.  I hope you find some time to create!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Tank You

Stamps and Dies:  Build an Aquarium Dies (Lawn Fawn); Sophie Guilar Letter Dies (Sizzix);

Ink & Embossing:  Orange Twist, It's a Boy, Lime Rickey (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Gingersnap and Licorice Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Solar White (Neenah); Soft Suede Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Summer Market Pattern Paper (Carta Bella);

Other: Mystic Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Bubbly Stencil (Taylored Expressions); Aquamarine Embellishment Mousse (Nuvo);

Winter Inspired for Cut It Up

The inspiration at Cut It Up this week was "Winter".  I created a shaker inspired by winter here in New England . . . snow!  My background piece was created using my favorite shaving cream/ink/stencil technique.  Love the variations of color. 

 

 It's a faux shaker . . . the illusion of a shaker, but my sequins are stationary an there is no window. 

Used dies from Lawn Fawn and Catherine Pooler Designs, and added some sparkle to my snow flake.  

Hope you can get crafty today!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Hello

Stamps and Dies:  Snowflake Mini Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler Designs); Yay Kites Stamp Set and Dies (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, All that Jazz and Aquatini (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Ocean Cardstock (The Stamps of Life);

Other:  Snowflakes Stencil (Pretty Pink Posh); Barbasol Shaving Cream; Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Icicle Stickles (Ranger);

Stencil Inspired . . . Just Us Girls

I stepped away from challenges for a bit, but decided to dive back in a bit in 2021.  I as inspired to pull out a stencil by the Just Us Girls blog challenge, so I did just that and created a card.  I used some Nuvo Glacier Paste for this one. Stamps, dies and stencils are all from Catherine Pooler Designs. 

Check out this shine . . .

I hope you find some time to create.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Today Let's Just Be Happy

Stamps and Dies:  So Happy Sentiments Stamp and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Icing on the Cake, Sangria, Pink Champagne, Green Tea, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler);

Other: Golden Era Glacier Paste (Nuvo); Loop Braid Stencil and Cincinnati Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler);