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Have a tremendous Thursday!
Today I am Guest Designing at the Jaded Blossom Blog with products from their new "I Love the 80's" release.
I wanted to play with the blending properties of some new Distress Archival Inks and the Jaded Blossom 80's Stencil ... I love the inky tie-dye effect of blending these colors using Alcohol.
I started with two scraps of watercolor paper and three colors of Distress Archival Ink - Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade & Mermaid Lagoon. I applied the ink directly to my blending surface and then sprayed with Isopropyl Alcohol (I keep one bottle filled with alcohol just for ink blending) before dragging my paper through the ink to pick-up the colors.
I repeated that process until the ink was all picked-up from the surface, and then did it a second time for my other piece of paper ... and these were my finished pieces of inky paper.
Next I sprayed my Jaded Blossom 80's Stencil with Pixie Spray for Stencils and positioned it over the inky paper. I used Dusty Concord Distress Archival Ink for one and Black Soot Distress Archival Ink for the other. I used my blending brushes and found that on the different swirly parts of the stencil, its best to ink straight down (vs. brushing across), so you don't move the inside pieces of the swirls for a cleaner impression.
Next I die cut both pieces of stenciled paper using the Jaded Blossom Fancy Topper Die ... I just love the stitched edge around the die ... makes it perfect to use as both a Topper and a card mat.
I initially planned to use my Fancy Topper as intended, but it covered-up the word "Pop Rocks" which I wanted to be visible to the recipient. So I solved that problem by adding a staple to each side of the Fancy Topper and made it into a Pocket Holder instead ... the Pop Rocks Packet fit perfectly.
For my sentiment from Jaded Blossom Pump Up the Jam & Falling Star from Jaded Blossom 80's Icons, I used the scraps of inky paper leftover from die cutting, and stamped on the inky back of the paper. I finished with a mirrored star embellishment in the center of the star.
For the card, I attached the die cut Fancy Topper as a mat on a black card base.
I stamped a second sentiment from Jaded Blossom Pump Up the Jam and the same Falling Star from Jaded Blossom 80's Icons on the back of the inky paper. I finished with some epoxy dots and another mirrored star embellishment.
I hope these projects gave you some ideas about how you can have some inky fun with this month's Jaded Blossom "I Love the 80's" release.
The theme at the Poppy Stamps Challenge for August is Heat Wave ... to use colors, techniques or images that bring to mind heat.
I chose to use "hot" colors together with some sunshine on my tropical row of houses using the Poppy Stamps Baylan House Dies.
My Sun is a circle punch and I added a sentiment from Memory Box Holiday Greenery (not just for the holidays). There are so many people I'd love to see soon.
One thing that has changed about my crafting since March is the joy of doing it on Video Calls with crafty friends. I was so used to crafting in solitude ... but being able to talk with others and hear about their lives and how quarantine is going in different corners of the world has been life-saving for me.
So what better theme for my card making during today's video call than Quarantine Cards.
I started with this fun drinking sticker from Quarantine: Social Distancing Quotes from A Vintage Girl & Her Daughter and built my card around it ... remember if you want any of these stickers, using my code SMILYNSTEF at checkout will get you 15% off your purchase.
I used this week's Sketch from the Inspire.Create Challenge and some fun drinking papers from my stash. I finished with enamel dots framing my sticker sentiment. I loved how it perfectly coordinated with one of the local beers in our refrigerator.
The next one used stickers from both Quarantine: Social Distancing Quotes and Quarantined Out.
I used a bingo card from my stash together with lots of coordinating papers and the Layout from Sketch Saturday.
I accented the quotes with some fun floral gems. This card is inspired by my sister's 40th Birthday celebration this last week ... there was a lot of Quarantine Chill.
The final card uses stickers from super-fun Quarantine Time sticker sheet.
I combined three of the stickers from this set together with a hand-washing sticker from Quarantined Out for another fun bingo card design.
I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch and finished my Bingo Card with some pink gem clusters.
The current Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #staycraftywithHero is to watch a Card a Day with Hero Arts video at Creativebug and make a card inspired by it. I chose Day 16 - Color Layering because I knew I had several Hero Arts Color Layering sets in my stash that had yet to see ink.
I bought this Hero Arts Color Layering Howling Wolf Stamp Set and Die because my sister loves wolves. I used several of the tips from the video including using a die template in my MISTI to position my stamps and dies for the various layers. For my Wolf I used Sand, Watering Can & Onyx Black for my layers.
I tried several color combinations for my moon, but finally settled on another tip Libby gave, which is just to use only the detail layer of the stamp (on a lighert grey cardstock). After stamping, I used a brush to add some golden ink to the edges for a little moonlight glow. The sentiment is from the same set.
I used my new Cloud Edger Stencil with Watering Can Ink to create both the ground and the sky (love it) and then attached the wolf and moon with foam tape.
In my recent crafty purchases, I picked-up this fun Hand Knitted Stamp Set from Darkroom Door. Then today I saw a post where they have an Instagram Challenge each month, so I had to join the fun. Here's the inspiration picture.
I felt rusty after not stamping a week, so I decided to go with a CAS single layer design using the three colors & inspiration from the photo.
I was inspired by the red lines in the road to stamp a red frame using the Knitting Needle Stamp on my kraft card base.
My black yarn basket is inspired by the night time image ... and used my colored pencils to add a pop of red with the knitting needles, inspired by the red criss-cross lighting framing the sign on the left.
The sentiment is perfect for sending to those special friends I haven't been able to see like I would have in prior years.
I'm also linking-up at Simon Says Stamp Challenge to use your favorite Tool - I used two of my absolute favorite tools on this card - my MISTI and my Tidy Towel. Can't stamp without them.
And I'm joining the Clean & Simple Challenge at Make My Monday.
For my final project of the week, I started by decorating the Jaded Blossom Wine Tag Die. I stamped the fabulous larger Rainbow Doodle Stamp multiple times on a piece of watercolor paper using my Memory MISTI and Versafine Black Ink until I covered the paper. I used the smaller star & flower stamps to fill in any blank spaces.
Then I die cut my Wine Tag Die from Black Cardstock with the inside pieces die cut from my stamped paper.
I love the outline on the Jaded Blossom Rainbow Die that allows you to fit your different colors inside the frame. I continued using my fun 80's Neon colors and die-cut my rainbow from all four Neon Colors and a fifth time from Grey Card Stock for the frame (to have a bit of contrast with the black).
Next I die cut the clouds from white felt for some fuzzy texture ... and then I finished with the big bold Be Happy sentiment from the set.
I used the same rainbow die to make my coordinating card, this time die cutting the frame out of black for contrast against a background that I painted.
I used another puffy felt die cut Cloud and a sentiment from the Pump Up the Jam Stamp Set.
I created one more bonus card for today's blog hop using the Glasses Dies from Yellow Glitter Paper. I used the three Star Glasses for my card.
I put a star Sticker inside one of the lenses and finished with what I thought was the perfect sentiment from Pump Up the Jam.
I love using leftover stickers to fill the entire front of my card. I combined some leftover puffy drink stickers with several texty stickers and a vintage wood block Hero Arts stamp for holiday cheer. I finished with scatterings of leftover bling.
One lucky participant will get the 4x6" Be Merry and Classic Stamp Set from Couture Creations.
We hope you'll pull out your leftovers and come join us.
I'm back as the August Guest Designer for Jaded Blossom with Day 4 of the Sneak Peaks for the I Love the 80's release.
For today's project, I started by Die Cutting the Jaded Blossom Wine Tag Die from Pink card stock. Next I created paper using the 80's Stencil and Poppin Pink Glitz Glitter Gel.
Next I used a circle punch to make the circle opening slightly larger, so I could fit it over a Snapple Strawberry Lemonade Bottle (because Wine Toppers aren't just fun for wine).
I stamped images from the 80's Icon set (how fun are all of those little faces ... I added one to my Mix Tape) and a sentiment from the Love the 80's Stamp Set.
For my coordinating card I used the 80's Stencil again ... this time with Neon Orange Glow Glitz Glitter Gel on White Card Stock.
I used the Boom Box from the 80's Icon set with another one of those fun faces. Sentiment is from the Pump Up the Jam Stamp Set.
My card is also perfect for Tic Tac Toe at Seize the Birthday with vertical down the right - one image, monochromatic & stencil
What a super-fun glittery birthday gift set for a an 80's friend.
Welcome to Day 3 of the sneak peak posts for the Jaded Blossom I Love the 80's release ... I'm having so much fun Guest Designing.
Skittles were a big 80's candy for me (introduced in 1979), so I thought they were be perfect to pair with this fun roller skate from the Jaded Blossom Kawaii 80's Stamp Set I stamped it on white cardstock, detail cut out the skate, and then used the Ink Smoosh Technique with Acetate using three colors of Distress Oxide ink (Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover & Blueprint Sketch) to color my skate. I love how it sort of gave it a tie-dye effect.
The topper is the Jaded Blossom Fancy Topper Die cut from Blue Glitter card stock with the Insert from light green that coordinated perfectly with my skate. Using the colors from the Skittles, I stamped my Pump Up the Jam Sentiment on Yellow card stock. I attached my sentiment & skate with foam tape, and positioned the sketch right on top of my sentiment.
I made several coordinating cards featuring the Jaded Blossom Love the 80's Stamp set. I love how the stamps combine sentiments with images ... so perfect for cards.
You guessed it, more neon. The Stars are from the inside of the Glasses Die Glasses cut from Yellow Glitter paper and the Roller Skates are from the Jaded Blossom Kawaii 80's Stamp Set. I used my Neon Karin Markers for coloring.
And all of us who lived through the 80's remember the importance of a good Boom Box.
This card is inspired by the Words at the Time Out Challenge.
I added more Karin Neon Marker coloring and some pink pearl bling to decorate mine ... how perfect does it look with that great rainbow paper.
Thanks for joining me for Day 3 of the Sneak Peak of this super-fun Jaded Blossom I Love the 80's release.
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