Card Concept Color Challenge #20

Happy World Card Making Day!  I began my interest in Paper Crafting thanks to my good friend Natalie in Germany!  I love World Card Making Day as a hobby unites people of all backgrounds.

I created this card as part of Newton's Nook link up for World Card Making Day, for the Card Concept Color Challenge #20 - Halloween colors of black, orange and white and for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -- the finishing touch.

The design I chose was Clean & Layered Design as the card has several layers, embossing, white space as well as a colored image.  And I chose, Newton's Nook stamp set -- Newton's Perfect Pumpkin.  

The spider web and bat as well as the pumpkin face, Newton and the sentiment were embossed with clear Versamark and Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder in Black Soot.  Newton was colored white with a chalk marker.  His hat was colored with black and then Wink of Stella pen in clear glitter.  A light orange was applied to the brim of the hat.  Two Spectrum Noir markers were used to color the pumpkin before applying the Wink of Stella glitter pen again.

The card has several layers.  The main card is black with a matting of white.  Then a band of black and the orange layer with the embossing.  The image of Newton was cut and layered on a black mat.

If you wish to purchase any of the supplies used in the creation of this card, simply click on the name of the product above and it will take you to the product.

I hope you enjoyed my submission for the Card Concept Color Challenge #20 and have a Happy Meow-oween!

National Coffee Day

As part of National Coffee Day, yes there is such a thing, I am participating in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

For my submission, I created a regular A2 card but created the fold along the top versus the side.  I selected a dark brown for my card base.  Next I layered a light brown to frame a custom made background of coffee beans [from Fiskars Latte Love photopolymer stamp set] stamped in dark brown ink on a medium brown cardstock.

I used a vanilla cardstock to stamp the greeting, "thanks a latte" from the Fiskars Latte Love stamp set.  Next I stamped Newton and Cookies from the Newton's Nook, Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set.  Newton is stamped with milk and cookies so I had to fussy cut Newton from the design before coloring with Spectrum Markers. I used foam-backed adhesives to add Newton to the card.

I stamped a coffee cup and steam from the Fiskars Latte Love stamp set.  Afterwards I fussy cut both images, I colored using Spectrum Markers.  I attached to the card with foam-backed adhesives.

Afterwards I used Wink of Stella clear glitter pen to the steam and the heart on the coffee cup as well as on Newton's collar. I finished the front of the card with a a double bow and ribbon wrapped around the top two layers of cardstock.




Moving onto the inside, I added the same light brown layer as on the front of the card.
I stamped the to-go coffee cup from Fiskars Latte Love stamp set and "You're the best" greeting from Lawn Fawn.  Finally, I used the coffee bean stamp from the front of the card  to add interest to the inside.

I hope you enjoyed my tribute to coffee today.
Check out the other talented blog hop participants by hopping over to Chaitali's Cuts, Crops & Creativity's Blog.

Please feel free to leave a comment on my blog, they make my day.

Cheers!



Supplies:

Fiskars Latte Love Photopolymer Stamp Set
Newton's Nook, Newton's Holiday Mischief Photopolymer Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn,  You're the best photopolymer stamp
Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush
My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink (Black Licorice)
Spectrum Noir Markers in Shades of Brown
Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke markers (cup band, Newton's Nose, Newton's collar)
Ribbon
Adhesives (tape runner, glue dots, foam-backed adhesives)

I participated in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Poppystamps and Card Maker Blog Hop: Happy Fall

Welcome to the Poppystamps and Card Maker Blog Hop!

I am super excited to be part of a an amazing group of talented ladies to bring you this blog hop.  If you are hopping along you should have reached me from Lezlye Lauterbach's blog.

My favorite season is Autumn and there is much you can do with it as a theme.  One of my favorite things to do is to reflect and give thanks.  Therefore, my offering for you today is a card themed around thankfulness.

This card is a standard A2 cardstock in a dark brown.  I layered a leafy patterned paper and then a harvest golden color of card stock.  Then I created an Autumn sunset with distressed inks on top of white cardstock.

I used Poppystamps Viva Tree Die [901] to create the tree and leaves.  I die cut the tree several times in a harvest orange, gold, green and dark brown to get extra leaves.  From there I cut of the leaves and attached them to the tree on the card.

Next I cut out a Poppystamps Woodland Fawn Die [1014] in a light brown followed by the Poppystamps Woodland Fawn Die [945].  I cut off part of the scarf that comes with [945] to create a shorter scarf for the baby fawn.

Finally, I stamped the Danke greeting on a cream cardstock and layers each size of the Classic Ribbons Die [1005].  After assembling the greeting, I trimmed off a little of the squared off end to shorten.  Then I attached it to the card with a small green bow on a paperclip.

To finish the card, I added a cream cardstock inside with Poppystamps' So Much Cling Stamp [CS308B] greeting stamped.  It may be a little difficult to see but I hand-colored the leaves, stem and greeting with markers of different colors to continue the multi-colored theme inside the card.

I hope you have enjoyed the card and are inspired to incorporate Autumn backgrounds and themes into your card-making endeavors.

Before you go, there is a contest with a great prize to be won courtesy of Poppystamps!  The prize is both the 1084 Leaf Silhouette, 1031 Thank You Background die.  To be entered you must leave a comment on each blog you visit as no one knows which blog the winner will be selected from.

You have until 26 September 2014 to leave a comment.  Poppystamps will be selecting the winner(s) from comments and announcing it the Poppystamps Blog.  Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment (and/or subscribing to my blog).

Your next stop is on the hop is Theresa Momber's blog.  If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit the Poppystamps Blog or the CardMaker Blog.

Christmas Folding Screen Card

09/10/2014

Christmas Folding Screen Card

Greetings!  Today will be my last post as a Poppystamps Design Team Member.  It has been my pleasure creating for you over the past year.  For my final post, I selected a folding screen card. 

The folding screen card began with a piece of cardstock cut down to 5 1/2" by 11".  Then I scored at 2 3/4", 5 1/2" and finally 8 1/4".  Fold on the score lines so it will open as a screen.

Next I used the Poppystamps Grand Flower Box die to create the feet.  I centered the window box as shown in the image below and then ran it through my Big Shot.  I folded it in half so it would cut two at a time instead of running it through 4 times, I only had to do two.  Additionally, I ran it through before adhering the panels on.  

 

Next, I cut panels to line the screen.

I cut four panels in the following sizes:

2 1/2" x 4 5/8"

2 3/8 x 4 1/4"

I chose to alternate colors but you can use all the same. The smaller of the two sizes above is approximate for the height. I had to trim off just a skosh from the bottom so there would be a border.   After cutting I adhered the two colors together and then adhered them to the screen.

Next, I cut white cardstock into an 8 1/2" x 4" section and used the Poppystamps Puffy Cloud Border die to create a mask. I used the mask in various positions and sponged a turquoise color to create one big panel of sky.  Once completed, I cut four sections to 2 1/8" x 4" and numbered the back so that when I reassembled it on the card, the sky would appear continuous.  Then I adhered each section to the appropriate panel.

Once you have added the innermost panel, then you can decide what scene you would like to create.  I kept it pretty simple using the Poppystamps Snow Flocked Tree for panels 1 and 4.  Then I used Poppystamps Santa's Magic Sleigh for the panel 2 followed by both Poppystamps Woodland Fawn Dies.

To finish, I used the Merry Christmas greeting from the Poppystamps Merry Christmas Background.

To add more pizazz you could cut some small squares and tie some twine around them as presents in Santa's sleigh or add some ornaments from Poppystamps Christmas Baubles Die [1040] or some flocking on the branches of the tree.  

I hope you give the folding screen card a go for your holiday card making projects.

Thank you again for a wonderful year! Happy Holidays.

Puffy Cloud Border	snow Flocked Tree	Merry Christmas Background [1065]	Woodland Fawn
[923] DIES- Santa's Magic Sleigh	[945] DIES- Woodland Fawn	[821] DIES- Grand Flower Box

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Welcome Fall with Heated Copper

08/31/2014

Welcome Fall

Hello everyone.  Hard to believe it is the last day of August.  Where has the summer gone?

In my area, there is an annual Apple Festival and the yummy cider brings thoughts of Fall to my mind and to my post for your today.  I used a heated copper technique thanks to a friend who had some spare copper roll.

I wanted to showcase how Poppystamps dies can be used to cut thin (.003) copper sheeting so I used three different dies and ended up with my main card and two additional variations.  I hope you enjoy!

I cut an A2 card as a top fold.  Next I cut a smaller darker brown rectangle and ran through an embossing folder to create the wood-grain texture before moving onto heating the copper.  

In order to heat copper, you must have a heat proof surface.  I used an old half-sheet baking pan flipped over.  I  used a mini-torch (think Creme Brulee kitchen torch) as my heat source.  After it cooled, I carefully cut it with a paper trimmer.  The edges can be sharp so be careful not to get cut. It is a good idea to heat the copper outside if using a butane mini torch. 

I had a few missteps in running the dies through.  The frame around the leaves is very delicate and stuck to my cutting plates. Then I thought to add a piece of cardstock below the copper, then the copper and then the [1064] Maple Leaf Poppystamps die.  I ran through my Big Shot a couple times in order to be assured a clean cut as the copper is thicker than cardstock.  Problem solved!  It didn't stick to the cutting plates.  You can simply (but carefully) peel back the cardstock and you have the copper ready to adhere to your card.

Your could use foam adhesives to give some height or glue circles or hot glue.  I used a combination of glue dots and foam adhesive squares to adhere to the card.  Inside, not shown, I simply put a vanilla color of cardstock and stamped [CS308B] Thank You So Much greeting from Poppystamps.

My second example with heated copper is a Christmas card using [1056] Viviro Ornament and [CS307B] Holidays Sparkle Cling Stamp with [1005] Classic Ribbons Die.

The last example uses a the [1028] Delaney Butterfly Poppystamps Die against a plain black background.  This card is quite flexible and can be used for a thank you, sympathy or even to say hello.  

This will be one of my last posts as part of the Poppystamps Design Team.  I will be stepping down in September.  I want to thank Poppystamps for the wonderful opportunity to be part of their Design Team for the last 12 months.  I have made a lot of friends among the talented ladies on the team and hope that I have inspired some of you to get crafting with Poppystamps.  I appreciate each of you taking the time to stop by the Poppystamps blog and view my creations. 

Have a wonderful Autumn and Holiday season.

Viviro Ornament	[CS307B] Holidays Sparkle	[1005] DIES- Classic Ribbons	Maple Leaf
Delaney Butterfly

Spooky Nights

08/23/2014

Spooky Nights

I recently received a black cat candy jar as a gift from a dear friend.  This provided me the inspiration to create a spooky sky under which black cats prowl.  

For the sky, I used a brayer and a light pink inkpad to cover white cardstock that would become the front of the card.  Next I used the brayer and covered most of the cardstock with a light purple ink. After which I switched to a sponge and sponged on a medium blue, followed by a dark blue and then by dabbing dark purple. 

Then I used the Poppystamps Puffy Clouds Border [1099] cut diagonally across card stock to give a different look to the clouds.  To add a bit of fog to the sky, I used a bright white ink and sponged around the mask and alternated with sponging the dark purple.

After the sky was done, I drew two hills and cut them out with scissors and adhered them to the card with foam squares to give dimension.  Carefully, I tucked sections of the Poppystamps Brevilla Houses [1009] behind the green hills and adhered with foam adhesives.

Then I proceeded to cut out the Poppystamps Antique Lamp Post [858], the cats (Poppystamps Sitting Cat [860], Walking Cat [859] and Curious Cat [872]).

For the moon, I drew a circle and cut it out and adhered it with my glue pen.

Next, I cut out the Poppystamps Fireplace Logs [1072] logs with brown cardstock and the Poppystamps Warm and Cozy Fire [1070] in white cardstock.  To create the flames, I colored the white cardstock with Copic markers.

 I decided to add a bit of Halloween to the scene by using BOO from the Poppystamps Scary Background Die [1078]. I used a glue pen and put the letters on a diagonal and slightly off-center to give it more of a spooky look.

Supplies:

Poppystamps Scary Background Die [1078]

Poppystamps Puffy Cloud Border Die [1099]

Poppystamps Brevilla Houses [1009]

Poppystamps Fireplace Logs [1072]

Poppystamps Warm and Cozy Fire [1070]

Poppystamps  Sitting Cat [860]

Poppystamps Walking Cat [859]

Poppystamps Antique Lamp Post [858]

Poppystamps Curious Cat [872]

Cardstock for base and for scene.

Adhesives

Ink (and lots of it) pink, light purple, medium blue, dark blue, dark purple, white

Thanks for stopping by!

  

Puffy Cloud Border	[1078] DIES- Scary Background	[1009] DIES- Brevilla Houses	[1072] DIES- Fireplace Logs
[1070] DIES- Warm and Cozy Fire	[860] DIES- Sitting Cat	[859] DIES- Walking Cat	Antique Lamp Post
[872] DIES- Curious Cat