Saturday, July 13, 2013

Addicted to CAS #17 - WATER







This is a very old stamp which I have not used before.  I have stamped with someone else's stamp and loved it, bought my own and then it remained on the shelf for several years.  I ran SU! writers over the stamp, spritzed it with water and then stamped onto watercolor paper.  Then I mounted it onto Taken with Teal paper, used pop-ups and then mounted onto Confetti White.  I loved the stamp way back when and after I made this card I realized why - it is a great stamp.
Paper - Canson 90# watercolor paper, SU! Taken with Teal, Confetti White
Markers - SU!, and blender pen
Stamp - Stampscapes "Lakeside Cove Large"

Friday, July 12, 2013

MUSE #25 and CASology: Neon

MUSE #25





I am attempting to submit one card for two challenges Muse #25 and CASology: Neon.  My card uses the color scheme and general layout for Muse and I focused on one item standing out.  For CASology the colors are Neon.   The image was stamped and heat embossed on SU! paper, colored with copics and mounted on black SU! and I used pop-ups.  The verbiage was stamped and heat embossed.

Stamp - Katie &Co. (glass), Impression Obsession (verbiage)
Paper - SU!
Ink - Versafine and ala Mode clear embossing powder
Copics - BG15 (aqua), YG06 (yellowish green), YG01 (green bice), RV04 (shock pink), N0
  and At You Spica (clear)




Saturday, July 6, 2013

Less Is More - Week 127 SHADES OF GREY



The cue word for this Less Is More Challenge is Shades of Grey (Gray ?).  The stamp I chose is an old SU! Noble Deer which I stamped on a piece of Designer Series SU! and then heat embossed in black.  My first attempt was with basic grey ink and it was not dark enough.  The image was die cut with Nestabilities Classic Oval Large and the second oval piece was also embossed in the die (which I rarely do).  I popped the piece and attached it onto a second piece of basic grey and stamped the verbiage and  heat embossed.

Paper - SU! DSP (old), Basic Grey
Stamps - SU! Noble Deer, SU! verbiage
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black and ala Mode Clear Embossing Powder
Die - Nestabilities Classic Oval Large

CASology Week 51: FIREWORKS



I have not made a card for almost two weeks.  We had a family vacation (three generations) in the Gold Country of Central California.  The weather was in the low 100's which is probably 25 degrees hotter than the San Diego area where we live.  Despite not making cards I did write 25 Hero letters for Operation Write Home which I wrote during the quiet hours when everyone was still asleep.  I came home to a remodel that was completed (beautiful) but now  rearranging the bathroom and the bedroom needs to be done.   And while my husband found time to watch a goofy guy flick this afternoon*I embarked on a couple of card challenges.

For this CASology challenge I chose an Our Craft Lounge stamp which I heat embossed and colored with Copics and At You Spicas.  I die cut the image with a Nestabilities die.  The red, white and blue baker's twine was fitting for this card.  And there you have my card which reads Fire Works.

Stamp - Our Craft Lounge "Let Freedom Ring"
Paper - SU! Confetti White (one of my favorites)
Copics , At You Spicas gold and silver
Nestabilites - Labels Nine
Twine - Queen 


A photo of my stamps which have been returned to their normal location, no more looking for them on the floor.


Monday, June 24, 2013

MUSE Challenge #23



This is only my second card submission to MUSE.  I wanted to submit a card this week because I enjoy Anita's (from France) cards and she is always kind with her comments to me.  My first attempt was a stamp with dots (#1) and this did not work.  On my desk was a stamped and colored remnant of a Christmas card and I thought that would work and I scrapped my second choice stamp which had stars.    But the ornament stamp had to be dismantled and reconfigured and in the process the stamp became unglued.  I assembled now two pieces onto EZ-Mount foam.  On the first ornament card the verbiage was crooked and the colors too dark (#2).  Card #3 had a brown spot (coffee ?).  So the final card was stamped onto SU! confetti white which has marks embedded in the paper.  I stamped and heat embossed, then drew the bottom line with copic liner 0.3 and let the ink dry, then I did the top line and let the ink dry.  Finally I colored the ornaments with my new stampin' writers.  My "bling" was Copic spica pens on parts of each ornament.  I mounted the card (rounding bottom corners) onto Pink Pirouette paper and used pop-ups.



Sorry this is such a long entry but I feel a real need to tell my story of submitting this card.  The following picture is of my stamps as they now stand.  We are into week four (and last) of a remodel of our master bathroom and bedroom and a small amount in the kitchen.  If this were not enough we had the painter repaint the furniture which is in the guest/craft room and houses my supplies.  The stamps are stored in an entertainment center and what you see on the floor is only wood stamps, the container on the left (blue lid) is full of clear stamps and in the closet is a notebook with unmounted stamps. 


Supplies:
Paper -SU! Confetti White, Pink Pirouette
Markers - SU! Pretty in Pink, Bermuda Bay, Lovely Lilac, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight
Ink - Versafine Pigment Ink, Copic 0.3 Multi Liner Pen, Spica Pens
Stamp- Hero Arts "Merry Christmas Ornaments"

The End.




Saturday, June 22, 2013

ATCAS - Code Word "Teenager"


This card was created for Addicted to Clean and Simple with the topic "teenager."  The image was stamped and then heat embossed and colored with copics on SU! paper.  This is the first time I have colored on the SU! paper but it worked okay although I prefer Neenah.  I used a little bit of white pigment ink on the eyes and the waves.

Paper - SU! Confetti White
Copics, Uni-ball White Pigment Ink pen
Stamp - Our Craft Lounge

Thursday, June 20, 2013

CASology Week 49 - FISH


This card was created for CASology and the cue word is fish.  I stamped with black versafine ink a portion of the My Favorite Things stamp "Fred Goes Fishing," and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  The image was colored with copics and parts of the water were highlighted with white pigment ink.  I die cut using Spellbinders large classic oval.  The verbiage was also heat embossed.  I mounted the fishy with popups.  This card will probably be given to the mister for our 46th anniversary next month - egads!
Note: MFT retired their Fred stamps but fortunately I have several.

Stamp - My Favorite Things "Fred Goes Fishing"
Paper - Neenah
Ink - Versafine, Uni-ball White Pigment Ink
Copics
Spellbinders Die - Large Classic Oval