Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Alphabet Day 3 Card 3

I masked off the outside and stamped with Distress Inks.  I then used a water brush and filled in the banners.  I stamped my name and then saw that I had some pink ink in the wrong place so I added the banner with the sentiment on it.

Alphabet Day 3 Envelope

I need practice lining up my letters better, but this was fun.  Are you kidding---another surface to stamp, a stampers heaven!

Alphabet Day 3 Card 1

For this card I stamped the letters and then masked them off.  I used a "cheat sheet" to select placement and help with the different colors.  I am going to use this card to thank a friend for taking me to the airport tomorrow.  Very simple and clean look---my love!

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Collage Day 2 Card 3

This card was made by stamping the same collage stamp three times, once on cream, on red, and on white.  I used Distress Ink to outline all the cream pieces.  I colored the white pieces.  Then I mounted it to a green base card.

Collage Day 2 Card 2

For this card I stamped the same collage stamp three times, on blue, cream, and white.  I left the blue one as is, I used Distress Inks on the cream, and colored in the rose on the white.  I mounted them on a darker cream base and used some Distress Ink around that as well.

Day 2 Collage Card 1

For this card I put some of the newest Distress colors on my work surface and put my waterpaper down on top of it, moving the paper around a bit.  Then I dried it and added another layer with the left over ink.  I then sprayed it with Perfect Pearls and dried it again.  I then used a background stamp with writing on it.  I inked the stamp, stamped once on scrap paper and wiped some of the middle off before stamping over my inked paper.  Next I black embossed the stamped butterflies.  I followed the same procedure for the cut out butterfly and added it to the card with a glue dot.  Next time I'd black emboss that butterfly as well.

Monday, July 9, 2012

Day Card 3:  I used a bkgd stamp on this card and added dazzles.
Day 1 Card 2   I used the zig zag background stamp for this card.  I stamped two different colored papers and then cut them in strips.  I also used the bkgd stamp on the flowers.

Background Stamps

I used the dotted background stamp for this card.  I added different colors of ink to give it a different look.  I haven't made a stamp yet, as I don't have the Distress Reinkers.


I used the zig zag background stamp and stamped two different colored papers.  Then I cut them in strips and alternated them on a base paper.  I then mounted it to the base card and added the sentiment and flowers.  The flowers were also stamped with the background stamp.  I finished it off with a gem.