Cards In Envy - Yellow & Black Card Challenge

Cards In Envy - Yellow & Black Card Challenge

I love yellow and black together!

While I was perusing one of email lists I get everyday of card challenges, my eye caught this one and I knew I wanted to participate. The project has to be flat meaning no lumps or bumps that are thicker than 1/4". The sequins are no problem as far as adding dimension. 

I'm just going to enter the card above in this challenge even though I made two. This is my first time creating a card for this challenge. 

What I find interesting and something that I like is that they have a list of upcoming challenge themes on their blog. Right now they are out to January 21, 2019! I love that I can find the themes I like and create a card further in advance. I wish more card challenge blogs would do this. I'd probably be able to participate in more. When you work full-time, some days are more exhausting than others. It's hard to make the deadlines of some of the challenges you want to play along with. Some evenings I just can't get any crafty time in. I don't always have the whole weekend to craft. Enough of that, on to my cards!

Products for both cards are identical except for the sentiment and the stencil I used. The first card uses a stencil from Hero Arts. I'm not sure what the name of it is. The second card uses a stencil from Heidi Swapp. Again I'm not sure what the name is. The image on both is from Rubbernecker Stamps called Floral #4. Both sentiments are from The Most Beauty stamp set by Reverse Confetti. I used Distress Oxide in fossilized amber for the background and VeraFine in onyx black for the sentiment. 

 

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: Sketch 225

This is my first sketch as a new design team member of the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog! I'm excited to be on the team. I love participating in both sketch and color challenges so this is perfect. 

There are 24 design team members. I will be on Team A and will post my interpretation of the sketch every other week. 

I've used a lot of different products on my card for such a simple design. I started out by using peacock feathers distress oxide ink over a Color Box Art Screens stencil on white card stock. Before taking the stencil off my card stock I laid a Heidi Swap stencil over top and inked with fossilized amber distress oxide. I die cut my stenciled image using a die from Our Daily Bread. I used the extra ink I had left on my craft mat to ink up two pieces of card stock that I used to die cut the heart and an the border strip. For my border I used a new die I picked up from Kat Scrappiness. My sentiment is a die cut from card stock using a die from Sizzix. Lastly, I added some sparkling clear droplets. All products are listed below. 

 

Supplies:

Cardstock

Stencil: ColorBox Art Screen: Lovely
Stencil: Heidi Swap: Polka Dot

Die: Our Daily Bread: Double Stitched Rectangles
Die: Simon Says Stamps: Painted Hug
Die: Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations: Scribbles & Splat
Die: Kat Scrappiness: Fancy Scalloped Stitched Borders
Ink: Distress Oxide: fossilized amber & peacock feathers
Bling: Kat Scrappiness: 4mm & 6mm Sparklng clear droplets

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Mixed Media Canvas

Oh my! I have a new found love/addiction for deli paper! I've been on sites watching videos on how deli paper is used for quite a few months. I just put it in the back of my mind to try sometime. Then I found this stamp from Everyday Valentine at Joggles and I knew I had to buy it. I didn't know what I'd use it for however. When I ordered the stamp I picked up a small amount of deli paper to try. I will definitely need to buy a larger quantity.

For my base I used a 6x6" canvas panel. The background was created using Dylusions paints and my Gelli Arts gel press printing plate. I've had the 6x6" and 3x5" plates for a few years. When I went to a stamp show in June I picked up the 8x10". Love it, I'm so glad I splurged on it! I used three different paints and then printed my background. Because it's kind of a messy job I went ahead and created two more backgrounds on deli paper at the same time. I'm going to use those for canvas projects also.

I added some texture to the background with some translucent embossing paste and some stencils by accident. I meant to grab my white paste. Since you can't see the translucent, I grabbed another stencil and used the white paste. For the flowers I used some I had in my stash from Recollections. The smaller ones where already colored. The larger ones were white so I used distress ink with water on my craft mat and ran them through the ink. After they were dry I matted the sentiment with DCWV burlap, adhered the flowers and my canvas is ready to hang out in my craft room!

I had two scraps of the background paper left. Because I can't toss things, they are large enough to use for two cards. I'm going to go work on them now. I'll post them later.

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Saturday Morning Cards

I created three cards this morning with two backgrounds I made earlier using some Brusho Crystal Colours. I really love playing with them!

For the first card I used a Heidi Swapp stencil for the background. I covered it with three different Brusho colors and then spritzed it with water. I saw a Hero Arts video awhile ago and used the tip to diecut a circle out and add some acetate. I actually added two pieces so that I could add some sequins in between. It's not a shaker card as the sequins don't move very easily. I just wanted them in the background. I diecut the word from fun foam and stamped the rest of the sentiment using Hero Arts Thanks Stamp & Cut set. 

For the card below, not wanting to waste the circle I diecut I decided to adhere it to a doily I diecut using Prima's Doilies one die. I diecut the sentiment by Simon Says Stamp from fun foam. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch. 

For my last card I used Prima stencil. Again I added Brusho colors over the top and spritzed with water. I added a strip of glitter paper and finished it off with a sentiment from the Handwritten Borders stamp set by Simon Says Stamp.

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Hello

 

 This card almost got filed in the trash. I bought some Faber-Castell glass bead glitter gel to try. This was my first experiment with it. I used the same butterfly stencil from Heidi Swapp that I used for this card. While letting it dry I thought it looked pretty cool. The next morning I decided I wanted to add some color. I put the stencil back on top of the butterflies and sprinkled several Brusho colors over the top and sprinkled with water.

After looking at it I think I was a little heavy handed with the color. I didn't want to waste it though because it didn't look that bad that it couldn't be trimmed down a little to make a card. I added a strip of yellow glitter paper but I don't think you can see that it's glittery in the photo. Next time I work with this glitter gel and decide to color it I'm going to be a little lighter with the color.

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Get Well Soon

 

I thought I'd use my Brusho Colours with a stencil and I love the effect! The butterfly stencil I used is from Heidi Swapp. I used three colors, but I don't remember the names of the ones I used! Two different blues and a purple. The sentiment is from a set by Hero Arts called Messages With Flourish (CL738).

My next post will show another card using the same stencil except with a different medium.

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Thank You Very Much!

Another card using Golden Light Molding Paste. I'm really happy with how this card turned out. It makes me want to go out and buy some more stencils. I really love working with them!

For this card I used Tim Holtz Distress ink in Broken China to color the molding paste. The stencil design is by Heidi Swapp. I used a Hero Arts stamp from the Thanks A Bunch Set (CL663) along with the Broken China distress ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. The white base is from PaperTrey Ink and the island blue cardstock is from Simon Says Stamp. The bling is by My Mind's Eye.

I haven't had much crafting time this week after work. I've just felt tired and cold and haven't felt like crafting. What I don't like is when I get all these ideas going through my head as I'm having coffee before I have to leave for work and can't act on any of them. Hopefully I'll still have all this enthusiasm this evening so I can try some of my ideas out!

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Blue Butterfly - Thanks A Bunch

 

This was a fun card to create! No challenge for this one as this is another card for a card order I'm working on. 

The butterfly adds so much texture! I used two different stencils for this background. I used Mini Chickenwire reversed from The Crafter's Workshop on the background and a butterfly from Heidi Swapp. There is a combination of the stencil and some distress ink splattered on watercolor cardstock. 

For the butterfly I mixed some Golden Light Molding Paste with some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in broken china. The bling is from My Mind's Eye. For the sentiment I used a stamp from the Hero Arts set called Thanks A Bunch CL663.

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Thanks

No cards for a challenge today. I created some card fronts and set them aside to finish working on at a later time and this is what I came up with for one of them.

I've seen so many challenges that look like fun for this week. I'm hoping to get some cards created in time for them!

For this card I used a Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock, a Heidi Swapp stencil and Golden Light Molding Paste. I then colored it with three different green inks from Tsukineko called #10 Circus. Base cardstock is from PaperTrey Ink. Gems are from My Mind's Eye and Doodlebug Design. Sentiment is by Hero Arts called Thanks A Bunch CL663.

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{CASE'd} Glittery Reindeer

I'm still working on my Christmas cards for this year. I really should have started earlier. I'm bound and determined to get them finished even if that means that they arrive after Christmas. 

When I received my newsletter from Right As Rain I was inspired by this card. So these are my CASE'd version! Both are identical with the exception of the doily. I used two different Prima Metal Dies to create each one. For my card base I used PaperTrey Ink cardstock in white. The patterned background paper is from Heidi Swapp. I used the Hero Arts Stamp & Cut Reindeer Pair that I used for this card. The glitter paper is from Recollections. 

Hoping to share some more of my cards in the few days! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Unscripted Sketches #250

This may have been the easiest and fastest card I've ever made! I think it took me about 10 minutes. I was happy about that because I've been exhausted the last few weeks and have barely even been in my craft room at all. The Unscripted Sketch this week is a very easy one with tons of possibilities.

I used a Heidi Swapp stencil and Tim Holtz Distress Ink for my background dots. The circles were die cut using Nestabilities circle and lacey circles.  The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and I used Rain Dots as my "bling". 

Be sure to stop by out check out all the other Design Team Members Blogs:

Adriana

Billie

Claire

Debbie

Henva

Kimberly

Michelle

Patty - that's me!

Rebecca

SarahKaye

Shir

Susan

Tammy

Tracey

Hope you'll join us this week with your take on the sketch above. All the details are on the blog post over at Unscripted Sketches! Thanks for stopping by!

Products Used For This Card:

Base Cardstock - PTI 

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress - Festive Berries, Ranger Archival - Jet Black

Gems: Cloud 9 Design Rain Dots - Red Rose

Stamp - Sweet 'n Sassy - Celebrate Today
Spellbinders - Lacey Circles, Standard Small Circles
Stencil - Heidi Swapp

Unscripted Sketches #236

This is probably the Christmas card I like the most that I created this season. Pairing black with red and white are high up on my list of favorite combinations. I like unconventional colors for holiday cards. 

Great versatile sketch to use for any occasion!

I really like this patterned paper from Heidi Swapp! Here's a tutorial that I came across for the bow I made. 

Please join us this week with your take on the sketch above. All the details are on the blog post over at Unscripted Sketches! You don't have to have a blog in order to play. If you load your creations to a gallery, just add the direct link to your project and be sure to give credit for the sketch to Unscripted Sketches. That's it!

Products Used:
Base Cardstock - PTI in Pure Poppy & White
Patterned Paper - Believe Paper Pad by Heidi Swapp
Stamps - Hero Arts - Very Merry Christmas - CL543
Ink - Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
Gems - Crystal Stickers - Pearls
Border Punch - Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace