Painted Resist

This weeks (Oct 25-31) Thinking Inking video at Two Peas in a Bucket shows us how to stamp with paint.  This first project is a paint resist using metallic paint.  I'm in love!!! Doing this technique was so much fun I experimented with several backgrounds and made three completed cards.  Here is the first:

Project Notes:

• The background is stamped using Anita's Pearl Metallic paint.  I couldn't find the Ranger paint dauber shown in the video but found this paint to work fine when applied with a makeup sponge.  After drying, I went over it with several colors of Ranger Distress inks.  I've experimented with Stampin' Up! Classic inks since they are also dye inks and they work OK, not quite as good as Ranger.  I found the colors brighter and harder work work into the crevices.
• I also experimented with several types of paper and preferred a cheaper quality photo paper.  I'm not sure where we bought it - Walmart maybe.  It isn't that great for printing but because it is thin and shiny, it really works great for this technique.
• I did the tree much like the video except I had no tree stamp so I just stamped some Mellow Moss cardstock with a couple of backgrounds stamps to add interest, trimmed to a triangle shape and then went over with Peeled Paint distress ink. 

The chipboard 'snow' on the bottom is a piece of scrap chipboard leftover from shaped chipboard cutouts. 

Be sure to check out Jennifer's great video at http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/.  Click on the Thinking Inking ad for all the videos in this series and the projects.  I'm definitely hooked.

Ingredients:  Stamps:  Greeting and Sanded background from Stampin' Up!; Leaf background from Hero Arts
Ink:  Ranger's Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Concord, Vintage Photo
Paint:  Anita's Pearl White Metallic
Cardstock:  Mellow Moss and Choc Chip by SU!

DSP Day - 4 Circles Card

I didn't do a sketch for this week's card.  I made 4 of these and they have already been mailed off with my last Operation Write Home box.  Most of the cards were Christmas and the deadline for mailing was fast approaching. Anway, I didn't measure the circles and other paper, but I think the outer circles are 1 3/4" and the inner ones are about 1 3/8".  I cut the larger circles on the Cricut and the stamped ones with my Creative Memories cutting tool after stamping.  The inner circles are mounted slightly off center.

The greeting is stamped on some left over strips of chipboard.  I cut them in half with my Stampin' Up! craft and rubber scissors. These are perfect for cutting through chipboard.  And the Crop-a-dile makes easy work or punching holes.

The edge of the large piece of printed designer paper is distressed with Vintage Photo Ink to help it blend in with both the cardstock background and the other designer papers.

Thanks for visiting today!

Ingredients by Stampin' Up!:  Stamps:  Trendy Trees
Ink:  Dusty Durango, More Mustard, Sage Shadow, Groovy Guava, Choc Chip; (distressing ink Vintage Photo by Ranger)
Cardstock: More Mustard, Whisper White
DSP: Autumn Vine
Thread by DMC

Project 365 - Aug Sept

Much of the time in August and September was spent on events that are getting their own pages (a wedding, trips).  I decided to put all the every day stuff in a couple of pages of small photos.  This was a really fun layout to put together.  I enjoyed making my own embellishments.

Project Notes: 

• Once again I'm reaching for the Indian Summer Basic Grey collection papers.  There are also some Crate Paper Mia mixed in.  When buying paper, I've got to look for more reds and strong pinks.  We seem to wear those colors a lot around the house and they are often the color of flowers and things. 

• I marked the grid lines just on the edge of the paper at 3", 6" and 9" points all the way around and then sewed intentionally swerving the lines.  The photos were lined up using the new Basic Grey Magnetic Mat.  See this blog post for more info on this wonderful tool Tilted Magnetic Mat
• These hearts are hand cut and then some are sewn with applique stitching on the machine.
• The base of the flower is hand cut from October Afternoon Thrift Shop paper and the inset is cut on the Cricut also from some OA and Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper.  I didn't want to use too much of the same collection.  I wanted the flower to look like I'd purchased it separately and mixed it in with another collection.

The journaling is just a phrase typed on each photo.

There have been a few days I didn't get a photo taken and some days that I just chose not to scrap the photo I did take yet I'm finding Project 365 helps us catch little moments we would normally let go.  These are the things I think we will most enjoy seeing later on.

DSP Day will be back tomorrow!

Ingredients:  Stamps:  Kindred Spirits by Stampin' Up!

Ink:  Dune by Colorbox

DSP:  Indian Summer by Basic Grey; Mia by Crate Paper

Chipboard:  Stampin' Up! and the numbers are from an unknown source

Brad and Twill Tape:  Stampin' Up!

Thanksgiving Leaves

Inspired by a scrapbook page in Creating Keepsakes Magazine, I created this card for Thanksgiving.  I have to admit the colors look more like Halloween.  Oops! Oh well... the leaves were fun to do.  They are punched from Vanilla cardstock, sponged with distress ink and then stamped and embossed with black swirls.  The leaves are also edged in black ink.  (I'm sorry, I did this card a few weeks ago and have reorganized my magazines.  I didn't note who did the inspirational scrapbook layout.  Another oops! for me.)

The bow is one of my favorite ribbons - organza from the fabric department of Hobby Lobby.  It is always pretty and is very inexpensive especially when caught at 50% off.

Thanks for visiting today! 

Ingredients:  Stamps:  Autumn Leaves; Itty Bitty Backgrounds by Stampin' Up!; greeting by Inkadinkado

Ink:  Dusty Durango by SU!; Black pigment ink by Colorbox; various distress inks by Ranger

Cardstock:  Naturals White by SU!

TIPsy Tuesday - Removing Glitter from Ink Pads

Tis the season for all things glittery!  And also the season to get glitter where you don't want it to be like on your ink pads.  In doing this card, I got some silver embossing powder on my distress ink pad.  Removing it is very easy.

Press tape down on the ink pad and lift off the glitter.

Voila!

Project Notes for card:

 

• I did the background using Jennifer McGuire's method of inking and then spritzing an acrylic block.  The ink is then transferred to watercolor paper. See the videos on Thinking Inking at http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/ for more info.
• After the bacground dried, the snowflakes were stamped and embossed with American Crafts Zing silver powder.
• The ribbon is white organza from the fabric department at Hoby Lobby.  I folded it over and cinched it with some string.  Then the brad holds everything in place.

Ingredients:  Stamps:  Serene Snowflakes by Stampin' Up!

Ink:  Versamark; Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, and Weathered Wood by Ranger

Cardstock:  Almost Amethyst by Stampin' Up!
Brad:  Build-a-Brad in Pewter by SU!

Simple Scallop Layout

Here's one of our cards for card class this evening.  This is a very simple layout that would be easy to duplicate for numerous cards. 

There is a whole punched for the ribbon to go through that the scallop circle covers, shown here from the inside of the card.  This saves just a bit of ribbon and keeps the ribbon in place better.

Thanks for visiting.  Hope you have a great week!

Ingredients:  Stamps by Stampin' Up!
Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, various Soft Subtles shades
Ribbon:  Papertrey Ink
DSP:  Raspberry Lemonade by SU!

mini Golf

Just finishing up our Hilton Head pages for this year.  I did quite a bit more on the island than I have in a long tine since we had the kids with us.  On our last full day, all six of us went to play mini golf.  Even though the island is full of beautiful golf courses, none of us are golfers.  For some it was the first time on a mini golf course, too. 

Project Notes:  "Golf" was cut on the Cricut with SCAL.  I did the yellow backdrop using the shadow blackout feature and welded all the letters together. 

The photo strip features 6   2" x 3" photos that started out as 4"x6".  Since the proportions are the same, I didn't resize, just dragged and dropped the photos onto a 3" high Photoshop page and they sized automatically.

Note:  There will not be a DSP day this week.  I'm busy getting ready for card class on Monday night.  There will be many cards appearing on the blog in the next few days.  I don't think I've posted any of the class cards yet.

Another thing I'm working on is doing my first YouTube video!  Mainly I'm weeding through the technology involved in editing and posting, figuring out how to position the camera and things like that.  I've been wanting to do videos for a long time.  So far it is frustrating and I think it will be facinating when it comes together.  The facinating part is still just out of reach...

Ingredients:  DSP: Clothesline collection by Little Yellow Bicycle; Greenhouse Gala by Stampin’ Up!

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight
Chipboard:  Stampin' Up! and checked brad: Oriental Trading
Fonts: Times New Roman, Bodini

CASEd Christmas Card

For my aunt to send as her cards, I CASEd this card from the Stampin' Up! 2010-11 Idea book.  I used Home for Christmas set last year for my cards and this year I'm rotating the sets around so everyone gets a fresh look on their cards.  I'll also make cards for my Mother and for me to send.

I did change the colors some since I had quite a bit of this Scarlett Jewel paper and had more green ribbons to work with.  Project notes:

• The catalog card had little jewels for dotting the 'i' in Christmas and on the wreath.  To keep the bulk down for mailing, I used a silver pen from Creative Memories. 

• The wreath is colored in with a combo of markers and watercolor crayons.  Since marker colors run with water, I used the marker first and then went over everything with a crayon and blender pen for a 'blended' effect.

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients:  Stamps:  Home for Christmas by SU!; pine branch from Inkadinkado
Ink:  Staz-on Timber Brown, various markers and crayons from SU!; Scarlett Jewel from PTI
Cardstock:  Scarlett Jewel from PTI; Garden Green and Crumb Cake from SU!
Ribbon:  Fabric Store