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The current Impression Obsession Challenge is Harvest Treats (aka Fruits & Vegetables).
The only produce stamp in my Impression Obsession Stamp was ... surprise ... Corn (what else would an Iowa girl have).
I used a variety of Ink Pads to *paint* the stamp applying ink to different sections and blending using my MISTI. I finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Holiday Words (a very versatile set of sentiments)
Come join me at the Technique Junkies Blog today where I'm making several cards with Monochromatic Backgrounds ... remember 10% off your entire order with TJ10Stephanie at checkout.
One of the World Card Making Day Challenges at Pinkfresh Studio is to create a card using your favorite technique. One of my favorite techniques is being able to stamp an image ... then coloring, spraying and/or painting the image ... and then being able to stamp it several more times using my MISTI to bring the details of the image back to life.
I combined that technique with some messy water coloring with shimmery watercolors using the Pinkfresh Floral Cluster.
After I die cut the image, I decided I wanted to add more marker highlights, so I was able to place my die cut piece back into the opening in the watercolor paper and stamp it a few more times with my MISTI to return the clear crisp lines.
Sentiment is from Pinkfresh My Favorite Things to Say (an awesome huge sentiment set).
Growing-up, we had a huge Maple Tree in our back yard with a tire swing. I would spend hours looking at all of the different color variations when the leaves starting turning in the fall.
Our City was the home of the annual Maple Leaf Festival every October, so needless to say, I had the chance to examine lots of Maple Leaves throughout my life. They are my favorite leaf in the fall, because they turn the entire range of colors depending on the tree and the weather conditions (I once wrote a paper for my college technical writing class on how leaves change color).
The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Falling Leaves.
As I searched through my stamped, I found this gorgeous Never-Been-Inked Layering Maple Leaf Set by Dina Kowal ... for my card is used the solid and the two bottom layers in Pineapple, Orange Blossom & Vermillion inks.
I started with my paper bag light kraft paper on my table and used my MISTI to layer the leaves.
I wanted to use some of my new goodies from my recent Impression Obsession win, so I die cut the Plaid Tag from a Sunflower designer paper and coordinating gold cardstock.
Next I stamped three sentiments from my new There For You Set (isn't that a great set of sentiments) using the same three colors of inks from my leaf layering and attached them using foam tape for dimension.
This card will be going across the miles to my new Chemo Angel Patient ... I'm so grateful to be able to make cards that hopefully brighten a day and provide encouragement during a challenging time.
I'm also joining the Autumn Challenge at Fusion Card Challenge with a loose variation of the sketch and all of those falling leaves.
Nature is also the theme at the Dies R Us Challenge.
I'm sharing a spotlight technique cutting circles from Gorgeous Background Stamps at the Technique Junkies Blog today ... come visit me.
I'm sharing a Masked Stencil Technique at the My Sweet Petunia Blog today using both ink & Gina K. Designs Glitz Glittery Gel ... come visit me.
Today the My Sweet Petunia Design Team is creating with the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Design Team for lots of creative fun.
By and large, my sympathy cards usually end-up veering toward the feminine (often with flowers), so my goal was to create some masculine sympathy cards by combining Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Texture Tiles 4 with Sympathy Innies (which I turned into Outies).
I started with a box of shimmery card bases in various shades of green and teal and picked out three shades (dark, medium & light) for each of my cards.
I picked a coordinating ink and stamped the Texture Tile and sentiment both on the lightest shade using my MISTI (which makes the tricky stamping on shimmery paper a piece of cake).
Then I used this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch (perfect for those tiles) and finished with some enamel dots, which are also perfect for masculine designs.
My second card used shades of green with another sentiment from the set.
Enjoy hopping along to see all of the fun creations ... both Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps & My Sweet Petunia will each be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky commenter.
The teams at Therm*O*Web, My Picket Fence, and My Sweet Petunia are all joining together today for a Trifecta of Fun.
I started with a card that combines products from both companies ... the cool new Therm*O*Web Flock Transfer Sheets in Sunshine Yellow and A Sunny Day from Picket Fence Studios with the coordinating Die.
To make the background, I used Therm*O*Web Decofoil Transfer Gel with A Colorful Life Designs Rough Edge Circlezz Stencil. I attached the stencil to my watercolor paper using the fabulous Pixie Spray (this stuff is magic) and then applied a thin layer of the transfer gel.
After about an hour, when the transfer gel is clear and dry, I placed the Sunshine Yellow Flock Sheet (cut slightly larger than the stenciled area) soft side down on top of the gel and then ran it through my laminator two times ... and voila.
The cool surprise was that I loved the remaining piece of the Flock Sheet almost more than the flocked water color paper, so I used them both for my card ... BONUS!
I used my MISTI to stamp Picket Fence Studios A Sunny Day in Gina K. Designs Black Amalgam Ink, so I could channel my inner Kathy Racoosin and color her with Spectrum Noir Markers and my new Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils. I finished with a sticker sentiment.
For my next cards, I used Picket Fence Stamps and some backgrounds I made playing with some Alcohol Pearl Inks ... love those color combinations.
My first card features Picket Fence Beautiful Girls - Isabella. I used my MISTI to stamp her in vivid blue and then added a tiny paper flower to her hat.
For the bright hues, I used a fun set from Picket Fence called Sympathetic Unicorn (don't we all need more sympathetic unicorns in our lives).
I added a little pink sparkle to her horn & heart.
For Therm*O*Web I got to use some fun Designer Toner Sheets from Brutus Monroe called CrossHatch ... I paired it with Gina K. Designs gorgeous Glittering Green Fancy Foil ... will you look at how cool that looks in the light.
I paired it with Cathy Zelske's Happy Hour stamps, because the gorgeous green reminded me of Margaritas. And I used my My Sweet Petunia Cut-Align for that perfectly trimmed sentiment.
I just love all of that green goodness.
I'm also thinking about relaxing with my girlfriends and enjoying that Margarita, so I'm linking up at the Relaxation Challenge at TIME OUT Challenges (love how there's even a margarita on the challenge badge).
The pattern of the DecoFoil Sheet sort of minded me of a road, so my second card uses a fun running shoe sentiment ... so true for running and for so many other things in life.
I hope you enjoyed seeing all of the fun products from our Trifecta of Companies - Therm*O*Web, My Picket Fence, and My Sweet Petunia. All three companies are giving away a $25.00 shopping spree, so make sure you leave comments on the design team blogs to join the fun.
Come visit me at the Technique Junkies blog today where I'm sharing some coloring with the Technique Junkies Wreath Wishes Stamp. Remember, discount code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off your order.
I bought the City Stacks Stamp Set from Concord & 9th entirely for the "In my imaginary neighborhood" sentiment.
When I read stories of friends buying a neighborhood of tiny houses or big house to share when they retire, I think how fun it would be to just have a house filled with art supplies and all my crafty friends (although I'm guessing no one would want to do the dishes, so we would need a maid too).
I decided to use my Memory MISTI to extend my neighborhood. When I originally stamped, I intended to position my sentiment under the City-Scape, so I used a piece of typing paper to mask along the bottom when I stamped.
But as often happens, I ended-up trimming my space below the city too narrow to fit the sentiment, so I added some red cardstock to ground the buildings and stamped my sentiment in the sky.
This card is already in the mail on the way to one of my crafty friends who loves the city as much as I do.
