When I saw today's Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I immediate saw pieces of Washi Tape.
I had fun combining different washi tapes to help restock my sympathy card stash.
I added some cork cloud stickers and a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Moments of Grace.
Today's Makeover Monday was inspired by this colorful Washi Tape card from May 2012.
I saw the theme at CAS Mix Up Card Challenge was acrylic paints.
I have a drawer of acrylic painted and acrylic paint gel pressed papers from the various Art Camp fun that Lauren and I have had the last few years. I thought it would be fun to recreate the design above by replacing the Washi Tape with 3/4" strips of painted papers. My third elements is paper tearing, as I tore the ends of each of the paper strips like I tore the washi tape (Acrylic Paint, Stamping, Paper Tearing).
I started with the third paper that is acrylic paint gel press in teal and purple and found three more papers that coordinated. I punched the butterfly from the dark purple paper at the bottom and added two tiny teal gems.
Rather than thanks, I used a typed Thinking of You sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Totally Random Sayings Vol. 1. I could easily make a set of these (and alter the sentiments) for a gift.
I have so many great sentiment sets from Simon Says Stamp, and I wanted to use some of them for the current Freshly Made Sketch, since it just screams multiple sentiments to me.
I gave my new Fern Green Paper Glaze from Picket Fence Studios a try using the Tumbling Leaves Stencil from Simon Says Stamp. My first attempt needed some work to get the Glaze even, but I was able to use the largest Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle Die on a portion of the leaves for the sketch.
I used sentiments from Simon Says Stamp You Got This & You Got This with C Z Design. I'm taking this card to work to have on hand ... and since cards for the office often need room for the whole team to sign, I made this one on a 5" x 6 1/2" card base.
I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at the Simon Says Stamp FlickR Group Challenge #143.
Today's cards were inspired by Sam's new Use My Stuff - Sympathy Challenge and this gorgeous pile of sympathy cards that Chris Dayton shared using Alexandra Renke papers. I used images cut from her 12" paper called Blue Flowers with florals cut with a variety of Alexandra's floral dies.
I used Alexandra's Square Grid Embossing Folder for the background and the sentiment is from a new-to-me set from Simon Says Stamp called Moments of Grace (so many great sympathy sentiments).
Same recipe ... slightly different result with more blooms and a larger sentiment. Thanks Sam for the push to get these new stamps inked up ... and to Chris for reminding me to cut into these gorgeous papers.
And ... it's also Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp this week.
I took a break from Christmas Tags to restock my stash a bit. There is a DieCember Challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group to use some SSS Dies. I've had these lovely Simon Says Stamp Eucalyptus Leaf dies on my studio table ever since they arrive, so it was time to roll them through the Gemini ... I love them so much. I die cut two sets for my card from a green slightly shimmery cardstock scrap.
The colors are from this week's Color Throwdown.
I used the gold to frame my light blue mat. The sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Everyday set stamped in Catherine Pooler Grass Skirt Ink. I cut one side of each banner, and then flip over the piece I cut off, so I get the same angle on both sides.
I finished with a scattering of Enamel Dots.
When I saw the feather challenge at CASology, I knew I wanted to ink-up my hand-carved feather stamp from the talented Tyggereye (aka Gina).
That gorgeous color combination for my stamped feather is what I call a happy accident ... I apparently didn't clean the stamp the last time I used it (which is pretty common for me ... I like living dangerously), so I when I inked it with Mint ink, I got this gorgeous color combination from the leftover inks.
Clean Line Everyday Believe in You stamps by Cathy Zielske for Simon says Stamp were inked in Taylored Expressions Earl Grey Ink (my favorite tea).
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.
For this morning's SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge at Brick House Fabrics, I was immediately drawn to the orange fabric group ... and then to the seashell designs. I chose this Nautilus Seashell Fabric to inspire my design.
After smooshing ink earlier this week, I decided to try a variation on the technique. I applied three colors of Distress Oxide Ink inspired by the colors of the fabric to my craft sheet and sprayed with Hero Arts Shimmer Mist. I attached my Technique Junkies Nautilus Mosaic to the lid of my MISTI and pushed it into the inky palette and then stamped on Ivory Cardstock repeating multiple times until the entire image was covered with my inky mosaic.
Next I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch with the same three colors of cardstock to design my layout.
I chose a sympathy sentiment from Technique Junkies With Sympathy Set of 5 to finish my design. So much fun to get inky first thing in the morning.
Remember, 10% off your purchase if you use my Technique Junkies Discount Code.
The mini-challenge at the Unity Stamp Company Facebook Page is to do some Ink Smooshing. I haven't smooshed in a long time ... and as always when I rediscover a technique, I wonder why.
I improvised and added some shimmery mist to my Distress Oxide ink before smooshing and it added a lovely all-over-sparkle.
After Smooshing, I stamped the butterfly from love. just love. regardless and the sentiment from {...heartfelt sympathy} in Blue Belle ink. On of those cards that's always good to have made before you need it.
The My Sweet Petunia Design Team is having fun creating with two of our dear friends ... Gina K. Designs and Picket Fence Studios. Each company will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog commenter from all of the participant blogs.
I love Gina K.'s cardstock ... the colors are so vibrant and the card stock is the perfect sturdy weight. I decided to stamp on three different colors of half sheets using the new Elegant Asters Stamp Set ... I thought it would be fun to have stamping on both the front and back of my folded card. I used my Memory MISTI, so I could easily stamp off all the edges.
The first card used Gina K. Designs Sweet Mango Cardstock and the three flowers in the set. I wanted a tone-on-tone look for each card, so I worked with a monochromatic design.
The Memory MISTI allowed me to stamp all three flowers at once, clean them with my Gina K. Designs Tidy Towel (love that thing) and then stamp again.
After filling my cardstock, I folded it in half and made my first card. I stamped the large flower and two sets of leaves on Gina K. Designs Sea Glass cardstock and cut them out with the coordinating Dies.
I added some Eyelet Outlet Bling in the center of my bloom and some enamel dots before finishing with a sentiment from Picket Fence Studios Going to Be Okay. I just love how her cardstock colors work together.
Next I decided to stamp with only the leaves in the set on Sea Glass Cardstock.
Aren't those leaves just beautiful.
Again I covered the entire half sheet and folded it to make my card.
I used more die cut leaves together with the Gina K. Designs Wishes Word Die cut from fun foam. The sentiment is Picket Fence Studios Ways to Say Congrats paired with the tiny BEST Stamp from Gina. K. Designs Mini Wishes Stamp Set. Love how it all works so well together.
For my final card, I combined the flowers and the leaves, which allowed me to stamp them all together using my Memory MISTI very quickly. This time I used the yummy Jelly Bean Green Cardstock from Gina. K. Designs.
Stamping so many images at a time, my half sheet was filled in no time at all.
Next I stamped the butterfly from the Gina K. Designs Elegant Asters Stamp Set twice on Sea Glass Cardstock and die cut them. Then I added some adhesive pearls.
I used more of my Fun Foam with the Gina. K. Designs Hello Word Die and perched my butterflies on several of the flowers ... this card just makes me happy.
I hope you had fun on my creative journey today ... if you don't have any of this yummy cardstock, you should really consider adding some to your stash.
Now it's time to HOP ... remember, three $50 gift certificates up for grabs chosen from commenters on the participant blogs.
Stephanie Severin <<---- You Are Here
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