Texture Fades

About a month ago I posted some cards that I had made using a technique from Gina at Gina K Designs. I had purchased a card class from Online Card Classes and this technique is one of the classes. I encourage you to check out their classes. It's nice to be able to watch the videos at your own pace. 

When you do the technique which uses waxed paper and an iron you actually get two cards for each one that you create.  You can see the original post here. 

The two cards I've posted today are the extra panels that I created when I made the original cards. 

I used distress oxide ink on both, but I don't remember what colors I used.

I should be better at writing down what inks I'm using.

Sometimes my craft table is such a mess when I crafting I don't know what I'm using!

The products I used are listed below. Both sentiments are from Visible Image. I love their stamps!

 

This is a fun technique. I want to try it with more detailed embossing folders.

Products Used: 

Distress Oxide Ink

Sizzix Texture Fades - Tim Holtz - Roses & Lace

Visible Image Stamps - Laugh Louder & Life Is For Living

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Cards Using Taylored Expressions Products

I'm sharing two cards today that use all the same supplies.

The only difference is that I die cut one using white card stock and the other using black.

I have quite the pile of cards ready to finish. I really enjoy creating backgrounds. I just sit and make a ton of them, sometimes for days - well, when I'm not at work! Then I decide what I want to do with them. I've chosen several and already have them ready to adhere to the base cards. I'm just going through and trying to figure out what sentiment and other embellishments I want to use on them. Sometimes I just die cut images out of the backgrounds if I don't like it enough to use for a card. 

I'm not going lie, out of both of these cards my favorite is the one using the black as the die cut.

The colors just pop off the card! The patterned paper is the same on both, but what a difference in how it looks using white. 

I bought this stamp set at the very popular Taylored Expressions booth at the Rubber Stamp Show here in Minnesota either last year or the year before that. This year when I visited their booth I bought the cutting plate. 

Their booth was so completely crazy busy! I stood in line just waiting to move along the wall of products they had displayed. My eye caught this cutting plate and I knew I wanted it. The ladies in front of me couldn't make a decision and it seemed like I was standing in the same spot forever and not moving! Finally I just asked one of them to hand me the cutting plate and a few other items I couldn't reach and off I went to the checkout! 

I'm going to try some other patterns with this cutting plate and see how they look.

The name of the stamp set is Plot Twist. The cutting plate is called Rosette Cutting Plate.

For the background paper behind the flowers and leaves I pulled out an older paper pad by DCWV called The Old World Stack. I chose some bling from my stash and stamped the sentiment using VersaFine onyx black ink.

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Two Cards, Same Colors, Different Looks

 

I was playing around with some distress oxide inks today. 

I've created two cards using the same colors but they look very different.

 

I used distress watercolor cardstock for both cards. 

For my first card I used the smooth surface. 

I put some ink on my mat, spritzed with water and dipped each card panel into the ink. In order to layer the colors, I dried the cardstock after each color was applied.

 

The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions and so is the die I used for the coffee cups. 

I used a Stampin' Up stamp set and a Bo Bunny stamp set on the background.

I'll list the names of all products used below. 

 

For my second card I used the textured surface. 

The look created is way different than the first card. I like them both!

 

I did the same process to layer the inks for this card as I did for the first one. 

The sentiment used for this card is Funny Bones by Riley & Company.

I also use some sparkling clear droplets on this card. 

Products used: 

Taylored Expressions: Some Like It Hot & Coffee Time

Stampin' Up: Timeless Textures

Bo Bunny: Stained Textures

Ranger: Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Funny Bones by Riley & Company

Distress Oxides: antique linen, fossilized amber, wild honey, peacock feathers, fired brick, vintage photo

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CAS(E) this Sketch #235

I love this week's sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch! 

I'm updating this post because I'm linking my card to the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #78 too! I always check their challenges but somehow missed this one and my card fits in perfectly.

When I opened my email this afternoon and saw this sketch I couldn't wait to get home and create my card. I knew exactly what I was going to use! I have a ton of scraps that I have cut off the ends of panels I've used for other cards. I knew they'd be perfect!

I like that this is such a simple design. Less is more and I'm really starting to love making CAS cards more and more.

Distress oxide inks were used on the original card panels that I cut the strips from. Since these were in my scrap pile, I don't remember what colors I used. 

 

The sentiment used on this card is from Simon Says Stamp.

 

Because I loved the sketch so much and I had the scraps, I decided to make a second card.

The sentiment on this card is from Plus9.

Be sure to stop by the CAS(E) this Sketch blog. Their Design Team created some beautiful cards!

Supplies:

Cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks

Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp - Uplifting Thoughts

Sentiment - WPlus9 - Hand Lettered Thanks

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Craft Stamper Magazine Challenge: Anything Goes

My card today is for the Anything Goes challenge over on the Craft Stamper Magazine Blog. While I love sketch and color challenges, anything goes challenges rate pretty high with me. Sometimes I never know what direction I'm going in or what I'm doing until my project is almost finished.

I had the random rectangle of card stock that I had die cut while working on another card and not wanting to waste it, I started inking and adding different stenciled bits to it. That's how this card evolved.

 

I used five different stencils on my panel. Four from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous and one from TCW. Three Distress Oxide inks were blended together on my card panel. I used black to highlight. I took the extra ink left on my craft mat and splattered it onto the card base. All product names are listed below. 

After die cutting my bicycle image and stamping the sentiment, I added foam tape to my panel before adding the panel to my card to give it some dimension. 

Supplies:

Cardstock

Stamp - Unity Stamp Co - For The Guys

Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Distress Oxide Ink: peacock feathers, fozzilized amber, black soot, seedless preserves

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stencils: Dot Fade, Latticwork, Gothic, Burlap
TCW Stencil: Mini Well Rounded
Dies: Our Daily Bread Designs: Double Stitched Rectangles, Ellentina Cutting Dies: Bicycle

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Color Throwdown #453

I love this color combination, it's so bright and cheery! My card is linking up to the Color Throwdown challenge. 

Super simple card to create. I just added distress ink to my craft mat, smooshed my card into each ink separately and then dried before adding the next color. Sentiment was heat embossed. Supplies are linked below. 

Color Throwdown #453

Supplies:

Cardstock
Strathmore Mixed media paper vellum surface

Stamp - Funny Bones by Riley & Company

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder
Distress Ink: picked raspberry, mustard seed, twisted citron
Doodlebug Design Inc - lily white glitter sprinkles assortment

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Life Is Art - Crafty Girls Creations: Challenge 38

My card today is being linked to the Anything Goes Challenge 38 over at Crafty Girls Creations.

I actually made two card panels from my print using my Gelli Arts Plate, but I'm just entering the top card in the challenge. 

It's so much fun using paint and making a mess with stamps, stencils and just about anything else you can find to make a print on your card panel. I love how the colors layer over each other. 

I was working on some card ideas last night and just when I have an idea I wanted to try I had to stop! I hate when that happens. I have what's called a job however and at some point I have to stop and go to bed. I just hope when I can get back to my craft room my creative juices will be flowing. 

All supplies used on my cards are listed below.

I'm linking this card to Crafty Girls Creations: Challenge 38.

Supplies:

Cardstock

Ranger Dylusions Paint

Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate

Stamp - Funny Bones by Riley & Company

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder

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Spread Kindness

I took the extra panel that I had leftover after creating this card and used it to diecut the flower image for this card. After I diecut the flowers the ink seemed a little light. I added more ink to my craft mat and ran the diecut through the ink to get it darker. For the background I used the same inks with a Tim Holtz layering stencil. I'm constantly losing things in my craft room! After looking for my PITT pen and not being able to find it, I took a Tim Holtz distress marker went around the stenciled image to make dashes. All supplies are listed below.

These cards are linking up to the challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More ATSM - Anything Goes, Stamping Sensations: July - Anything with Flowers! and the Simon Says Flicker challenge SSSflickrchallenge#76 Anything Goes.

I love that I've had time to participate in a few challenges the last few days. I hope to keep it up. It really keeps the creative juices flowing when surrounded by so much inspiration!

This card is linked to these challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations: July - Anything with Flowers
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge: SSSflickrchallenge#76

Supplies used on this card:

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink: twisted citron, fossilized amber, peacock feathers

Recollections : Pearl bling

Simon Says Stamp Stamp Set: Uplifting Thoughts
Memory Box Die: Splendid Clarkia
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil: Grid Dot
Ranger Distress Marker: black soot

Hero Arts: Clear embossing powder
Ink: versafine - onyx black

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CAS(E) this Sketch #231

I love clean and simple (CAS) cards. When I first started making cards I added too much stuff. I look back on my first cards and I just cringe. Over time my style has changed dramatically. Below is the sketch my card is based on. 

CAS(E) this sketch!

This was such a great sketch to work from! I added some ink to cardstock, dried it and then die cut my flowers and leaves. The background was stenciled using one of the green inks that I used in the leaves. The sentiment was heat embossed. I really like this sketch. I have some more ideas rolling around in my head for other cards to create with it. Supplies used are listed below.

I have also linked this card to the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge #76 on Flickr.

Supplies used on this card:

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink: cracked pistachio, candied apple, worn lipstick, lucky clover

Simon Says Stamp: Uplifting Thoughts Stamp Set & Single Roses Die

Ranger Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Linen
Hero Arts: Clear embossing powder
Ink: versafine - onyx black

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Inspirational Cards

These cards were fun to make. The backgrounds were made quite awhile ago. I pulled them out of my stash once I figured out what sentiments I wanted to use. Once I decided which colors I wanted to use of the mini distress ink cubes I inked the squares next to each other across the cardstock alternating colors. 

I stamped the Hero Arts Leaf & Floral Background over top of the inked panel with VersaMark ink and then I heat embossed with white embossing powder. I didn't try to stamp an impression that was completely covered with VersaMark. I like the distressed look of not having all the embossing powder covering the background image. 

The colored panels that the sentiments are stamped on were inked with distress inks. Both sentiments are from Sweet 'n Sassy and were heat embossed with white embossing powder. They are called Inspirations Word Art 1 and 2.

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Cards Using Distress Oxide Inks

I've been wanting to try this technique since I saw Karen's post on her blog Snippets. I bought my Distress Oxides quite awhile ago but haven't taken the time to play around with them. I've been on a mini book kick recently and haven't made any cards for awhile. When I sat down to start creating these cards, I was wondering if I'd forgotten how since it's been so long! Anyway, these cards were inspired by Karen's blog post.

The one above uses a stamp set from Stampin' Up called Flowering Fields and a sentiment from a stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy called Inspirational Work Art 2. 

For the card above and below I used two different sets from Sweet 'n Sassy. One set is Inspirational Work Art 2 and the other is Inspirational Word Art 1. I also used the Timeless Texture stamp set from Stampin' Up.

The card below uses a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp! called Uplifting Thoughts. I also used two different dies from a Tim Holtz Alterations set from Sizzix. It's one of the mixed media sets. I don't see a name on the package so I'm not sure what it's called. 

I do like these new distress oxide inks from Ranger Ink. They definitely are different than the regular distress inks. I have to try some more stamping with them before I form an opinion. 

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Inspirational Cards

I love creating backgrounds for cards!

When I'm not in the mood to work on anything, I make backgrounds. I have a whole container of them! Every now and then I'll look through my stash and pull something out that inspires me. 

For the backgrounds on these cards I started out with an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock, my Gelli Arts plate and some Ranger Ink Dylusions Paint. When I pulled this sheet out of my basket I decided to take some stencils from my stash and added a few patterns here and there. 

The sentiments I used on these cards are from Reverse Confetti.



I love how they turned out.

I heat embossed the sentiments with Hero Arts white embossing powder. I didn't cover the sentiments completely because I like the grungy look of how they melted while only being partially covered.

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