Nautical Marbling

This month’s technique challenge over on the Club Scrap blog is to do some marbling.  Since I didn’t have the appropriate supplies to do any of the suggested techniques, I set about to see what I could do with what I have on hand.  Here is the card that I made:

I pulled out my gel printing plate, my brayer and three colors of Reeves Acrylic paints.  After laying down a few lines of the paints, I used my brayer to smooth them out and blend them a little.  Then using the best tool – my finger – I randomly smeared the paints a little more and pulled a print.

I used a spellbinders die to cut out an opening, then stamped an anchor from Club Scrap’s Bon Voyage kit onto the white cardstock underneath with VersaMark ink.  After embossing the image using Hermite powder from Club Scrap, I colored it in with a mix of Pewter Liquid Pearls and water.  I finished off the card with some paper cording that came with my Lavender Fields Club Scrap kit.

For me, this is a very CAS card…but it was a lot of fun to make!

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Friday Night Fireworks

I am one of the lucky people who have the chance to live on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.  While living on an island does have its challenges, it also has many rewards too.  For example, one of the big hotels down in Waikiki puts on a fireworks display EVERY Friday evening.  We recently went down there for dinner and the fireworks show, which coincided nicely with the arrival of my June "Firecracker" kit from Club Scrap:

Everything used for this layout came from my "Firecracker" kit except:

**The glitter tape came with my Club Scrap “Surprise” kit.

**I used my Clear Wink of Stella pen through the Firecracker Stencil to add a little texture to the gray paper.

**To tone down the white on the journal card and the large tag I used C3 Copic Marker to color them.

**The button is the back side of a button that came from my Club Scrap "Lavender Fields" kit, altered with Festive Berries Distress Stain.

**The title was cut out using my Scan N Cut and the AR Berkley font.  I cut it out three times, glued them together, inked each piece with VersaMark ink.  I embossed the Fireworks piece with Diamond Sparkle  powder from JudiKins, then embossed all of the pieces with Clear WOW powder.

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Wild Shades of Gray

I admit it – I like gray as an accent color, but it is not my go to for a main color.  That said, I couldn’t resist the Monthly Mix Challenge from Gina K. Designs.  After all, these challenges are supposed to help push us out of our comfort zone, right?  I made a birthday card for my brother-in-law:

The background is made with Slate, Terra Cotta and Gunmetal Alcohol inks.  The elephant and the sentiment stamps are both from an old Gina K. Designs set called “Wild About You” (sadly, it is no longer available).  I stamped and embossed the elephant, then colored it in with some Sassy Silver Glimmer Glaze from Tattered Angels. 

Other supplies I used are:

**Paper from Gina K. Designs and Club Scrap.

**The sentiment was stamped using Pumpkin StazOn ink.

**The elephant was stamped with Onyx Black VersaFine ink and embossed with Clear Gina K. Designs powder.

**The elephant’s tusks are colored in with Picket Fence Distress Marker.

**The “Bling Stickers” are from Recollections.  They are altered with the Gunmetal Alcohol Ink.

**The ribbon is upcycled.

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Just Shine

Bright and Cheerful is what the Simon Says Wednesday challenge is looking for.  With everything going on around the world, I think that is a good thing to ask for!  Here is my submission to their challenge:

The background was supposed to be this really cool looking technique that I tried.  Alas, mine didn’t turn out the way the demo did, but I liked it enough to use on this card.  It was done using Club Scrap Bookbinding Glue, Distress Re-Inkers and Gesso. 

Other supplies I used are:

**Paper from Gina K. Designs and Club Scrap.

**The sun die is from Die-Versions (no longer available) and is covered with Sunset Yellow Orange embossing powder from Lindy’s Stamp Gang.

**The small stamps are from Club Scrap’s “Moroccan Spice” kit, stamped with Picked Raspberry Distress ink.

**The sentiment stamp is from Club Scrap’s “Peacock” kit. It is on a tag cut out with a Spellbinders Petite Labels One die, stamped with Picked Raspberry Distress ink, covered with Geranium Coral Blush embossing powder from Lindy’s Stamp Gang.

**The ribbon came with Club Scrap’s “Sweet Tooth” kit.

**As finishing touches I edged the small squares with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink, I went over the edges of the small squares and the sentiment tag with my Black Copic Marker and I added a couple of drops of Honey Gold Nuvo Drops.

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Water Colored Encouragement

It wasn’t too long ago that I discovered the Hero Arts Blog and their monthly challenges.  I decided to jump in for the current challenge – Watercolor.  This is not one of my go to mediums, but when I saw Jennifer McGuire’s video “Block Watercolor Stamping”, I wanted to give it a try.   Here is the card I made to donate to Card Care Connection:

I used Fossilized Amber, Abandoned Coral, Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint Distress Ink on my stamp block for the background. Once the background had dried, I added the mountains stamped with the Dusty Concord ink and some of the grasses stamped with the Peeled Paint ink.  I tried stamping the mountain lion onto the scene, but it was a fail. So, I stamped it on another sheet using Tea Dye and Aged Mahogany Distress inks and cut it out using my Scan N Cut.  All of the stamps, including the sentiment, are from the “Color Layering Mountain Lion” set at Hero Arts.

Other supplies I used are:

**Paper from Gina K. Designs and Club Scrap along with Ranger Watercolor Paper.

**The sentiment is on a tag cut out with a die from the Tim Holtz “Tag Collection”.  I did some partial cutting with my Big Shot to stretch the tag to fit the sentiment.

**The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed using Gina K. Designs Fine Detail White powder.

**The twine is waxed linen thread from Club Scrap.

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Turning Negative into Positive

I've been told that it is good practice to turn a negative into a positive whenever possible.  That seems to be getting harder to do, at least if you pay any attention to media (both social and main stream).   But, I have determined that it can be an easy task when making cards when you use a die.  Here is an example:

I needed to make a somewhat quick thank you card so I pulled out THIS die by Stephanie Bernard for Sizzix.  I used it to cut an art orphan that had been covered in Cosmic Brown Nuvo Embellishment Mousse (it had been an experiment gone wrong.).  Before taking everything out of the die, I covered the whole thing with a piece of Press N Seal from my kitchen.   I pulled off the main piece, then used the Press N Seal to flip over the remaining pieces so I could add glue to them.  Once they all had the glue, I just placed a piece of card stock over them and pressed to adhere.  I did spread a coat of Glue N Seal (which is now Distress Collage Medium) over the whole panel to help make sure the pieces won’t come off.

Other supplies I used are:

**Paper from Gina K. Designs and Club Scrap.

**Flowers are from my stash (a mix of Prima, Recollections and I’m not sure) and are altered with B99 and R59 Copic Markers.

**The blue ribbon is from Club Scrap, altered with the B99 Copic Marker. The red ribbon is upcycled.

I am linking this to the Simon Says Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge for this week. If you have time you should go check out all the fun projects!

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