One Watercolor Background - Two Cards

I love creating with both positive and negative pieces of dies.  Posting two cards today where I put my negative pieces to use. 

First, I created watercolor background with some emboss resist.  Then I cut it with a cover die.   

The first card uses the full die . . .

Submitting this one to Watercooler Wednesday challenge, which had the prompt occasions!  This one is going to a friend who is newly engaged.  I put this one on a white background.   I stacked my sentiment die on a layered tag. 

 I then cut another die using cream cardstock and used pieces from the die as pops of color/elements for my flowers. I used a sketch from one of my favorite crafty plates.  Submitting this one to Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies. 

 I always love using my extra pieces. 

I hope you find some time to create, and perhaps use extra pieces that might otherwise land in the trash! 

Debbie

Supplies Used - So Happy For You

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Thanks Word Dies, Layered Tags Dies; Marble Swirl Stamp and Color Burst Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Wow Embossing Pad and Wow White Embossing Powder; Suede Shoes, Samba and Limoncello Color Bursts (Ken Oliver/Catherine Pooler Designs); Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); 

Paper: Canson Watercolor; Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Black Cardstock (Hero Arts);

Other:  Something Blue Twine and Crater Lake Sequins (Catherine Pooler Designs); 

Supplies Used - You Make me Happy

Stamps and Dies:  Marble Swirl Stamp, Color Burst Cover Plate Die and Wings of Joy Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Wow Embossing Pad and Wow White Embossing Powder; Suede Shoes, Samba and Limoncello Color Bursts (Ken Oliver/Catherine Pooler Designs); Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler);

Paper: Desert Storm and Natural White Cardstock (Neenah); Canson Watercolor;

Other: Black Shimmer Trim (Close To My Heart);

Rainboot Craze!

I fell in love with this die from Simon Says Stamp.  Several weeks back I had cut pieces from pattern paper, and stashed them in an envelope.  I was inspired to create a card for another challenge which is in a previous post.  Last night I started cutting more pieces and completed two more cards piecing parts together for and Anything Goes theme at Happy Little Stampers. 

With the exception of the card base and those white postage stamp background pieces, this is all pattern paper.  Even the tulips in the boot were cut from a large gingham background piece in the paper pack, hence the variation in color.  

Similar look to this next one, but instead of cutting a different rim, I just used Glossy Accents to highlight them.  I love these yellow boots!  

And these patterns in this pack are amazing.  Love them.  

I killed the paper pack, but I haven't seen the end of that boot die.  Love it. 

I hope you find some time to create today. 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Thinking of You Boots

Stamps and Dies:  Rainboot Planter Die and Hello Darling Stamp Set (Simon Says Stamp*)  and Postage Stamp Edge Die (Simon Says Stamp); 

Ink: Icing on the Cake (Catherine Pooler Inks)

Paper:  Ivory Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp*); Spring Farmhouse* (Simple Stories); White scraps (Bazzill);

Other:  Glossy Accents (Ranger);

*from Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit

Supplies Used - Thinking of You Yellow Boots

Stamps and Dies:  Rainboot Planter Die and Hello Darling Stamp Set (Simon Says Stamp*)

Ink: Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Clear Melting Powder (Wow);

Paper: Dark Chocolate Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp*); Spring Farmhouse* (Simple Stories); Vellum (Bazzill); 

Other:  Glossy Accents (Ranger); Heart Epoxy (Doodlebug);

*from Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit

You are . . . HLS CAS Challenge

This card was inspired by a memory board at my favorite crafty place, StampNation and by the Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge for Sentiment Only. 

I love creating on kraft cardstock, and I love the bold black words and how they pop off the background. 

I hope you find some time to create today!

Debbie

Supplies Used - You are . . .

Stamps and Dies:  Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set, Angled Squares Background Stamp (Catherine Pooler Designs); 2 You's Dies (CAS-ual Fridays);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Versamark; Sand Dunes EP (Wow);

Paper: Desert Storm Cardstock (Neenah); Glitter Paper (Close To My Heart);

Other: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh);

She Who Leaves a Trail of Glitter

I was inspired to create a card with two challenges in the back of my head.  One was to use a stencil (inspired by a challenge at StampNation), and the other was to create something layered with mixed media for the Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media  challenge.  

This is not super mixed media, but I decided to explore the layering effects from distress oxides, and then to layer some glass glitter bead gel over the top.  I love how the oxides layer, rather than blend.  And the glitter bead gel over the top is such a great effect. 

 

Again, perhaps not super mixed media, but fun to explore the layering with some mixed media products.

I hope you find some time to create today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Trail of Glitter

Stamps and Dies:  Trail of Glitter (Riley & Company Funny Bones)

Ink & Embossing:  Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade (Ranger Distress Oxide Inks); Black Onyx (Versafine); Clear Embossing Powder (WOW);

Paper: Solar White (Neenah); Yellow Dot Paper (Bo Bunny); Vellum (Bazzill);

Other: Pink Peonies, Marigold, and Aqiuamarine Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh; Glass Bead Glitter Gel (Faber Castell); Zone Art Screens (Color Box)

Welcome Little One

I said I was going back to the drawing board with the same supplies as my previous post, and that I did.  I combined the Inlaid Dies challenge at Happy Little Stamper with the sketch at Sugar Pea Designs. 

Here is the sketch . . .

Here is the result . . .

This design uses the same cardstock and pattern papers; the same stamps and dies; but I've added a bit more paper and it's a more detailed design, given the sketch I used. 

And those pins are just awesome!  Love how they turned out on this card too. 

Take eight to create!  It will be time well spent. 

Cheers!

 

Stamps:  Bundle of Joy (Sugar Pea Designs)

Ink:  Steel Gray (My Favorite Things)

Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); Pool Party (Stampin' Up); Silver POW Glitter Paper (American Crafts); Nursery Baby Boy (DCWV)

Accessories:  Baby Diaper Pin Sugar Cuts (Sugar Pea Designs; Circle Dies (Sizzix); Thinlits Border Dies (Sizzix); Whisper White Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Liquid Glass (Close To My Heart)

Stencils and Embossing at StampNation

Have I mentioned the Stencil Class at StampNation?

Well, perhaps I need to mention the Stencil Class at StampNation.

For a quarter and a nickel a day, I have a membership at my favorite place for inspiration - StampNation.  And the past week or so we have been enjoying a class that is all about stencils.

There are numerous cards created by the design team, and while I created a few, here is a card I created that was inspired by one of the designers.  This one combines embossing paste and colored embossing powder on black cardstock.  And I'm including it for the challenge at Happy Little Stampers, which was "stencil". 

The dimension of embossing paste and powder is awesome!  

Highly recommend you check it out.  I've met the most amazing crafty people there.

I hope you find some time to create.

Card - HB2U

Stamps:  Whole Shebang (Casual Fridays)

Ink: Raspberry (Avery Elle Pigment) and Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper:  Basic Black (Stampin' Up) and Solar White (Neenah)

Accessories:  Small Dots Stencil (Simon Says Stamp); Tag Buddies Dies (Casual Fridays for SOA); Embossing Paste (Dreamweaver); Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up) and Clear (Ranger) embossing powders; Pink Peonies Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh; Melon Mambo Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Thickers (American Crafts)