Paper Makeup Stamps Sneak Peek day 2

And it's time for another PMS sneak peek of a set to be released July 7th and a DIGI SET!  I love digi.  Why?  Because of affordability, convenience of storage, the ability to resize (that's a big one for me!) and instant gratification!  You gotta love all of that!  This set goes perfectly with the cottage that was released a bit back and in fact, the cottage is going digi as well for those who want it to go with this set!  And for those that already have it, it will be available without as well!  

Aside from the option of getting it with the very cute cottage, there is a doghouse, a bird house, a car, 2 super fun wordart quotes, and 5 sentiments.  This set is so versatile.  I really love it!

And whats better, i've discovered that it makes super quick cards!  I made these 2 cards last night in about 20 minutes.  No joke!  Of course it helped having the perfect paper on hand which I bought just the other day.  :)

Here are my 2 cards...

I love the the road to a friends home quote.  It's one of my favorites.  That is 1 of the 2 wordart quotes in the set (the wordart was put together by the ever fabulous Shaela Odd and she has a freebie wordart quote up on her blog that you can test out to see how fabulous these wordart digis can be!)  I love that you can make a digi quote large or small.  That option is why i've always offered quotes in multiple sizes on the website, but how nice when you can just buy 1 and then just resize it as you need!  Big, small, medium size, its all at your fingertips!  After i printed my quote, i used copic markers in light colors to highlight some of the words.  I think it adds just the right touch.  :)

The 2nd card i used the birdhouse.  One of the design team members said she loved how the birdhouse was PMS'd up.  hahaha.  I hadnt thought of it really, i just didnt like my drawing when it was bar so i added some swirlie do's.  Being that a birdhouse is a home... it goes great with all those home quotes, but it would easily work solo or with another sentiment.  OR, you could add it to another image.  Skys the limit with digis you know!  

Check out Lisa Kind and Kim Stewart to see their creations using this set!

Ok... for a little more depth, here's 

Stamps: Home Extras DIGI set by Paper Makeup Stamps, to be released July 7th

Paper:
patterned paper is Home Grown collection by 3 Bugs in a Rug
Cardstock is by BoBunny (it's hard to see the dots, but they are there, oh so cool)

Copics and Coloring
Birdhouse Image colored with E40, E42 (main house), B21, B23, CB (roof), E31, E33 (pole)
Quote Highlight colors are: R81, "Y20" custom color, B000, G20

Tools and Accessories
Ovals cut with Creative Memories Custom Cutting System
Ribbon is Ocean Tides by Papertrey Ink
Buttons from the bin
Cat Eye Chalk ink in Rose Coral and Sky Blue


I hope everyone has a fantastic friday! If you leave near Greenville SC, Funkie Munkie Scraps is having a HUGE half birthday sale! EVERYTHING in the store is 25% off INCLUDING clearance! I mean they are practically paying you to shop! Check it out! And you just might see me in there shopping away with my MAMA who got in town last night!

Have a safe weekend and if you happen to be around, be sure to tune in tomorrow to see some of the most adorable monsters you've ever seen!!!! *wink*

Read more...

Paper Makeup Stamps Sneak Peek day 1

It's the 2nd so that means that sneakie peekies get to start for Paper Makeup Stamps! I'm so excited about this release? Why? Because, for 1 thing, i have some stellar designers who really did outdo themselves this month! 2.) I have a neeeeeew designer (more info on that later... but let me tell you you are going to love her word art!) 3.) We're doing something a little different to test it out and offering some digis! and 4.) Well i'm always excited about new releases! New releases will be available at 9pm EST on July 7th!

So to kick off the sneak peeks, we're doing fairies first this time!

Here is my card using Brandt. Now Brandt is a very special fairy. Alex Lundgren is a big fan and supporter of PMS. Her son, brandt, is deaf. So we came up with this idea (ok, so she said at the last release party how fun it would be to have a deaf fairy, Diem and I ran with it!). I just think he is the cutest thing with his rockin' faux hawk and "I Love You" ASL.




Now i'm going to admit something that some of my copic readers might be a little mad at me for... but when i was coloring this image i was playing a lot with my custom color blends. SORRY! So i dont have exact markers that you can go out and buy. BUT i do have some similar colors that might work for you. So don't hate me!

Quick funny story about making this card... i wanted to play with my "new" custom colors so i just colored away this image without thinking about paper to match. Bad idea. BUT when i looked thru a stack of random papers i've just yet to put away i came across this valentine's collection from Bo Bunny that had the blue and green circle papers with red hearts! It was PERFECT! The blues and greens even matched! I was really excited. But then i suddenly realized i had to make a card with my image that i was so happy with and paper i was in love with and then i was afraid i'd screw something up! So i decided to play in the sketch challenge from last week on splitcoast. :) Life is easier when ya have a sketch! So i used Sketch SC234. And i was very pleased with my card.

here's


Stamps:
Brandt Fairy by Paper Makeup Stamps, to be released July 7th
Sentiment comes with the stamp

Coloring:
Hair: "Y20" would be most similar to YR31 mine just has a slightly more buttercup tone to it, Y21, a smidgen of YR23
Skin: E00, E21, E000 and E11 (for cheeks)
Shirt: B21, B23, Y15 (stripes)
Undershirt: Y11, Y13
Pants: E21, "E23" (similar to E33, just not quite as much of a red tone to it), E25
Shoes "E23", E25
Wings: G20, G21, G24

Paper:
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny, Flirty Dots, Flirty Birds
Cardsock: Read Red from Stampin UP, white is Solar white from Neenah

Tools and Accessories
Glossy Accents by Ranger (just over the flowers)

Dont forget to check out the rest of the amazing design team's sneak peeks by going to the Paper Makeup Stamps blog or by going to their own blogs (links in the sidebar).

Read more...

Black and White copic color plus videos and a image swap for soldiers!

Ok, you all know my obsession with black and white, yes?

Well, this past month in the copic club i help to run, we used grey copic markers to get the feel of a black and white photo. After running the club/class twice as well as filming a video and doing a step by step photo demo my my own of town students, i ended up with about 8 or 9 black or white colored tildas! That doesnt even include the ones that are partically colored! haha! I made 3 of them into cards. I plan to send the rest of the precolored images to my dear friend, Michelle. She is hosting a colored image swap for soldier cards. You can read all about her swap HERE

The reason i decided to turn 3 of the images into cards is because i did something different with each of the images. The main layout of the card is the same, but each is slightly varied because i was trying to use up scraps for the cards! Go me!

Here's the first card... just a "black and white" card with no extra colors added...

Pretty yes? I used warm grey copics for this. Because i didnt have the patterned paper i longed for (not to self... find some awesome grey patterned paper! Anyone know of any!???), i used some grey cardstock that i love because it's the perfect warm grey from hobby lobby of all places. I used my new stampin up background. Inked it up in some craft white ink (actually from CTMH and it's called white daisy, but any would do) and created myself some patterned paper. :) For the "negative" version of this i used the same background stamp, and inked it up in going grey ink from Stampin Up. The thinking of you sentiment doesnt show up as nicely as i would have liked, but oh well.

Here's card 2... This time i used RV93 (a very dusky grey purple color.... this whole color family is just really really pretty, not too purple, not too pink, not too grey.... love it!) and colored in Tildas lilacs.

Unfortunately, i couldnt get these to photograph to show their real beauty. I guess the black and white is just harder to capture. But i LOVE how this card turned out! Just a subtle and soft pop of color. Can you have a soft pop? I guess thats kinda an ironic thing to say?

And here's my last card... Same thing as before, only this time i added flower soft to the petals in her basket and the ones floating around her...



I'm still learning flower soft, but all i did was dab the flowersoft glue on the flowers (and the flowersoft glue appears to me just like any liquid white glue except maybe it dries a little faster? i added glue all over and then then applied the flowersoft and it had already dried in some spots and i had to add more glue. The flowersoft used was "Lavender" and it definitely pops out on the card. A very neat effect! I can think of a lot of stamps (like cottage windows surrounded by flower pots!) to color in black and white and then use flower soft on!!!! It would be sooooo pretty!

So those are my 3 cards... and as promised... here are some video tutorials of what i did... again, maybe not the bestest job filming... i'm still learning!


and here's video 2... just a continuation of the first video but i was running out of time!

Read more...

A card for Ethan

You may have heard of little Ethan Weiman and his tough battle with Neuroblastoma. Pink Cat Studio created a set of adorable gigi images that are available to purchase HERE. All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish foundation in Illinois in honor of Ethan.

Seriously, these little digis are just adorable. You can choose to get a little cowboy (Ethan), or a little cowgirl (Ava, ethan's sister) for $4 OR you can get them both together plus some sentiments for the low cost of $6! It really is an outstanding deal!

This week the MyTime challenge was a color challenge. I always mean to participate in Lauren's challenges because for one thing, she's my friend, and for another thing, she has been so supportive of my new stamp adventure and for a third thing, they are just fun challenges! But for this or that reason, I dont always do them. I'm going to get better at that! Well, in light of Lauren's generosity with her give away and support of this fantastic cause, I wanted to support it and help too! So i knew i definitely wanted to participate in the challenge this week and made it my number 1 card making priority. :)

Here's my card using the MyTIme color challenge of Brown, Mustard, Green and Terracotta...



My "terracotta" turned out a little more red than i intended, but oh well. :) Here's a closer look...




ALl the edges have been sponged with buttercup ink from Close to my Heart and Tea Dye Ranger Distress Ink (darker patterned paper inked with brushed corduroy distress ink) and the image has been colored with copics.

And now for...



Stamps
Digi Stamps by Pink Cat
Studios

Copics/Coloring
Hat: E33, E35, E37
Pants: E35, E37
Boots: E39
Belt/Balloon: E08, E19, YR18, CB
Belt Buckle: Y28, CB
Shirt: Y21, Y26
Hair: Y21, "Y20 - custom color" YR23
Skin: E00, E21, E13, E000
Hankerchief, Hat band: G20, G21, G24
Pony: E30, E31, E33, E34
Hooves: E29

Paper:
Wanted paper collection from SU
Brown Cardstock from paper Studio
So Saffron Cardstock from SU

Tools and Accessories
Mat and piercer and template from SU


Thanks for stopping by everyone! I'd love comments if you have the time! :)

Read more...

Birthday bust and a Monday Challenge PMS card!

Thank you so much to all my well wishers for my birthday! My hubby forgot. Yep, totally forgot. I got lots of roses on saturday though. but here's my crazy thinking... i got 3 dozen GORGEOUS roses, and i wanted to say to him... honey, do you know how many markers and refills i could buy with that?! hahahahaha. He did try to make it up to me all weekend, which is part of the reason i havent posted much. That and the reason that my house needs some definite attention before my parents come to visit this next weekend!

Ok, and now onto my card for the day.... I finally was able to participate in another Paper Makeup Stamps Monday Challenge! This week was Tina's turn to issue our challenge and she chose the faux silk technique. Um... i've been living under a rock because i had never even HEARD of this challenge before! But it was fun and very very simple. You just stamp onto tissue paper, crinkle it all up, flatten it back out, glue it onto a piece of cardstock (i just used a glue stick all over the cardstock... i knew that glue stick would come in handy again some day!) and then press the tissue paper down. Viola! And it gives you this really pretty texture that i hope my photo captured enough for you. I was very lazy and didnt take the picture until well after dark when i had the card done by my 2! Silly me.

Here is my faux silk card...


I used Nature's Song by Paper Makeup Stamps. I really do love this set. Silvia outdid herself on these graphics and i just love the font so much (obviously, since i used it for the PMS logo!). THe quotes are really spoke to me. I just love this set!!! And GASP, i did not use copics! Granted its a little hard to use copics on a solid image (though you CAN! i'll do a quickie tutorial on that soon). I pulled out the old trusty LePlume markers to color directly onto the stamp .

Here's the rest of


Stamp
Image and Sentiment from Nature's Song by Paper Makeup Stamps

Colors and Inks
LePlume Markers in NO96 jungle green, NO 85 Mocha and NO 75 Sky Blue

Paper
Patterned is Basic Grey Mellow collection
Cardstock is Yam Bazzill and Brown Paper Studio

Tools and Accessories
Hemp Twine
Photo Anchors and brads by CTMH in terracotta
Cats Eye Chalk ink in Chestnut Roan


Don't forget to check out the PMS Blog to see other lovely creations by the design team! :)

Read more...

Blog Candy Winner

Hi Everyone! It's my birthday! WEEEEEEE! ANd you know what that means... i get to give away my blog candy! :) hehe.

I used random.org to find my winner of 100 comments! (holy moly, i dont know that i've ever had that many comments in 1 post! but i liked it!)


And it turned up....

Sarah said...
Thanks for the opportunity to win such a generous prize. I have enjoyed your blog for many months. I really appreciate the detail you give on the supplies you used to make your cards.

Sarah, please contact me about your shipping info! You can email me at makeupbykatie @ yahoo

If i dont hear from Sarah by Tuesday of next week i'll draw a new winner. :)

Read more...

Bella Birfday Blog Hop

"I See a Birthday Coming"... MINE! hahahahaha. Yep, My birthday is tomorrow! So that means my blog candy ends tonight. :)

But you know who's birthday is TODAY?! Emily's from Stamping Bella! So if you are one of my blog regulars, you are missing out on a whole lot of bella-tastic fun! It's the Birthday Blog Skip, Hop & Dance sponsored by Stamping Bella! you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella. If you're doing the hop you've come here from one of my dear friends, Shaela. Isnt she fab?

Here is my birthday card for the hop!



This here is predictabella and she comes with that oh so fabulous sentiment. :)

I stamped her out and colored her in with my copics. Then i added some SHIMMERZ to it! This was my first experiment with shimmerz. Um... i'm in trouble. It's a good thing i just got a big shipment of them in, cause i can definitely see myself using them a lot! I love how i can just put them over the copic coloring and it doesnt hide the shading at all! :)

Here's a better view of all that shimmery goodness...

pretty huh?! Ok, and onto



Stamps:
Predictabella (with matching sentiment) from Stamping Bella

Coloring/Copic Colors
Skin: E00, E21
Hair: Custom Color (kinda like an E23 if they made it!)
Pants, Turbin: RV91, RV93, RV95
Shirt: BG10, BG32, BG34
Tablecloth: BG10, BG000
Kitty: N2, N4
Stars: Y35
Shadow/outline T1, COlorless Blender
Shimmerz in Angel Wings

Paper:
Patterened Paper, American Crafts
Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip (Stampin Up)

Tools and Accesories:
Brown Satin Ribbon (hobby lobby), Purely Pomegranate Side Stitched Ribbon (Stampin Up)
Acrylic Discs from Michael's
Shimmerz in Angel Wings


Now, here is some VERY IMPORTANT info about this bella hop!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $40 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Now it's time for you to continue on your journey... hop on over to Charlene's blog! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Read more...

Miss Anya and a Copic Munkie Bundle tutorial

I'm going to warn you... this is going to be a long post... with lots of pictures!  :)  But there a reason... a tutorial reason!  :)  But let me first start off with the final product and the deets of this card.  :)  Then if you care to read on about the tutorial.... you can!  :)

Because the rest of this post is going to be long winded... i'm going to skip my usual babble (hey, i hear those of you breathing a sigh of relief!) and get right to....



Stamps:
Rain Snow Shine from The Greeting Farm
Sentiment is a misc stamp i picked up at AC Moore on clearance... sorry i dont have much more info on it.

Coloring/Copics
Hair, Skirt, Boots, Buttons: E25, E27, E29, Colorless Blender
Skin: E00, E21(shadow), E02(cheeks), E000 (to blend it all together)
Jacket: YR12, YR14, YR18
Umbrella: YR00, YR12
Socks: E40, E41

Paper:
Patterned Paper from Tart N Tangy (or whatever that paper collection was called! Sorry!) from Stampin Up
Cardstock is Chocolate from Stampin Up
White is Solar White by Neenah

Tools and Accessories:
Labels 4 Nestabilties by Spellbinder
Spica Pen in Sand (border of die)
Martha Stewart BorderPunch
Dark Chocolate ribbon by PaperTrey Ink
Flowers by Prima Marketing
Buttons from the jar
White Thread is cross stitch thread by DMC
Glossy Accents (ranger) for dew drops/rain on the flowers

And now onto part 2 of my post... I help to run a copic club at Funkie Munkie Scraps

. You do not have to be a member of the club to see the goodie info on the club blog, you DO have to be a member of the club to get some hefty discounts on marker orders, take free classes (or be mailed the class info) and a lot more. Contact Stephanie thru the FMS's blog to get some more info on how to join! Cost is $10 a month unless you pay for multiple months at a time. :)

It was requested/suggested that I do a little tutorial on the the copic bundle colors for June.  Well, June is about over, but here it is anyway!  You still have time to order your bundle colors from Stephanie!  Just head into the store or give her a shout to order!  Club members of course get 35% off of the retail price of this bundle.  :)

The copic bundle of the month is E25, E27, E29. These are LOVELY rich colors that you can have wonderful results with! But to some, they can be a bit tricky. Which is why it was asked that i do a little tutorial on them! No probbie, i say! But let me first say that there are multiple ways to get some neat effects with this color combo. This tutorial is simply 1 way! Check out THIS POST on the copic munkie blog to see 3 different ways to color the same image using this combo. You'll see 3 very different looks! See how fun copics can be!!!

Alright... now before i begin, i want to say that as you layer E25, it can get a bit darker than you were wanting it to be in the first place. This is just something you should keep in the back of your head. I'm also going to show you a bit of the "flick" or "feathering" method of coloring hair. We also did this in the club class this month, so keep your peepers out for another tutorial using this method and grey markers!

Here's how i started the hair... with E25...

Around the area that you'd like to have your highlight, you are going to flick or drag your marker into the white area.  Let the marker lightly leave the paper in a flicking motion.  This will help you get a gradual fade into the white.  No we arent gradual yet... we will get there.  :)

Step 2... add in E27

In the same flicking motion, add in your E27, but dont go as far as you did with the E25.  Also add some E27 into the bottom portion of her hair as a shadow just as you normally would shadow (around the edges, maybe a few strands of hair, etc)

Step 3... add in your E29

I tend to use my darkest colors sparingly.  Dont get me wrong, they are needed to get that depth, but too much and the whole thing just turns dark on me.  And i like to still see my stamp lines.  So i add E29 just to the very ends and then flick in a wee bit in her "hair part".  Dont forget you can always click on the photo to view it larger!

Step 4... blending them all together... go back to E25.

Go over it all with E25 to blend.  Remember anywhere you layer your E25, it's going to get darker.  If you view closely, there are some spots that i did NOT layer so i that part would remind slightly lighter.  If the area that is left white still have to hard of a contrast for your personal taste, quickly go over that area and the edges of the flicking with your colorless blender.  I actually did this and you can see it in the final pic but i forgot to take a picture of this step.  WOOPS.  Or maybe it was deleted by mistake since there is a number missing from my picture sequence.  In any case... it's easy.  Just remember to "tornado" quickly and take a break as it will lighten up a smidgen more even after you've stopped using the marker because of the "drying time".

Next part of the image... her skirt!

Now again, because this color combo is a darker one, i like to leave some areas white so when i go over the whole thing to blend, it doesnt get too dark on me.  Also, when i add a a dark color as my main color, i do like to start with the edges/shadows first so that i can still see my stamp lines.  Not always, but it is my norm with this particular color family.  In this case, I've started with my shade color of E27 because there just isnt enough space in the image to get too wild with a bunch of different colors.

Skirt step 2

Go over the whole thing with your lightest color, E25.  If you want more of a gradual blend that you see here, concentrate your E25 color over the E27 more so than when you are adding it over your white space.

Boots step 1

Again, use one of your darker shade colors (in this case, E27) to draw in your shadows.  I actually added in to the tip of her boot to give her those "boxy" knee highs.  It'll help to get some added depth to the image.

Boots Step 2

Go over the boot with your E25.  I actually layered E25 a second time over the far right boot because if you look carefully, it's actually a little bit further back/behind her left leg.  You can tell this because the edge/tip of her boot is actually higher in the drawn image, making it further back.

So thats how i like to color with this color combo.  If you own this color combo, my suggestion is to just play with it numerous ways with layering until you find what is comfortable for you!

Read more...

How Do You Feel Today?

First of all, let me give a shout out to Kim for becoming a Grandma today!  I swear if you saw her you wouldnt think she even had a 10 year old, let alone a child who was old enough to birth another child!  Kim is just fantastic herself and i'm so excited for her to be in this next journey in her life!

Anyhoo - Kim also helps to run the bella club over at Funkie Munkie Scraps (which by the way, tomorrow or rather probably today by the time you are reading this since i'm posting VERY late, is the last day for the July featureabella contest).  Kim had said she'd whip up the project for the club this month and um... hello!  You need to be a grandma first!  SO this was just a quickie project i came up with to do at the club tonight.  It was super easy to make and lots of fun.  We used 4 different bellas but it would be VERY easy to add to it.  :)

Here's our How I Feel Today project...

I really wanted to have a feelabella in there for those days that we just are plain sick but *GASP* she's a bella i actually do not own!  How in the world do i not own such an essential bella like feelabella!  I know i have some images of her, but then they wouldnt be cut with my neato cricut cartridge.  *sigh* for shame, i guess i'll have to buy her.  When Steph gets her back in stock at Funkie Munkie of course.  hehehehehehe.

Other than that every thing was made out of the scrap bin and you gotta love those projects!

Here's what you'll need...

3 x 12 piece of sturdy cardstock.

Really Strong adhesive

bind it all (those that are in the club and will get this kit via snail mail, yours will be punched for you and you can just pinch the clips closed, it's easy i promise)

Coloring medium of choice

Embellishments of choice

4 pennies

The phrase and words have been printed just on my computer.  Those in the club will get them.  Those just making it for fun, can print your own.  hehehehe.

Now, take your strip of cardstock and score it at 4.5, 9, and 11.5.  This is to create your triangle.  That extra half inch is just to glue to the backside to keep it together.

Are you asking what the heck the pennies are for?  I glues the to the 4 corners underneath the whole thing.  You'd be amazed what a difference it makes.  I tried to just flip to the next bella and knocked the thing over.  So i glued pennies to the understand (using fabritac, glue dots would work too) and no more knocking over.  

Easy peasy!

Stamps:

All from Stamping Bella

Daydreamabella, Superbella, Artistabella and Grumpabella

Coloring:

Copics with Tuxedo Black memento ink

Skin: E00, E21, E02 (cheeks), Hair is all E25

Daydreamabella card: Clothing R30, R32; Chair E43, E44; Rug V91; Cat "E23" custom color and E25; Bubble B000

Artistabella: Clothing Y13, Y18, B21, B23, G12, G14 (which turned out to not be a fav color combo for me); Wood E31

SuperBella: R14, R17, B21, B23

Grumpabella: Robe V12, V15; Slippers R30, Mug B23, B21

Tools and Accessories:

Cricut Cartridge, Storybook: Marguee 4 printed at 3.75"

    (note, you'll get 4 to fit PERFECTLY down the side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper if you put your paper vertically on the mat and then the next row will fit nicely as well giving you 8 for 1 sheet of 8.5 x 11 if you have an expression)

Embellies and such were all Kaisercraft

Thanks for dropping by!  Shameless plug... today is the LAST DAY for the PMS clearance sale.  :)

Read more...

TSG10 Challenge with a Father's Day Card

Happy Father's Day everyone! I havent had internet all weekend! I hate charter, and i know that hate is a strong word... but i HATE charter! grrrrr. Even now i'm "borrowing" the neighbors internet, so i'll try not to be too longwinded in this post. ;)

For my father's day cards I decided to use the There She Goes Challenge (issued Friday, yep, i'm a little on the behind side still, but they are done on time and thats all that matters!). The challenge was to do some shadow stamping is is actually never something i've done (on purpose anyway!). You ink up the stamp and stamp the image, but then pick it up and without reinking it, you restamp the image slightly beside the first image. Notice how i've said i've never done it on purpose before today! hahahaha. The 2nd part of the challenge was optional, but it was to do a gift card holder of sorts. So since both my hubby and daddy are coffee drinkers, i decided to use the coffee set "Let's Get Together" from There She Goes and put a starbucks gift card on the side.

Here is my card...



My hubby loves the color grey about as much as I do. ;) So i got to use some of my new grey cardstocks i've been hunting down. The dark grey is smokey shadow from PTI, the medium is Basic Grey from SU and the light is going grey by SU). I stamped the image with versafine on neenah first and cut it out. Now let me give a little shout to TSG for the quality of the clear rubber. You never know when you order from a new clear company what the true quality of the polymer will be. And i know i mentioned the polymer from TSG in my last post using TSG but this time, i was using versafine with i love iwth all my heart, but i will say that it does usually "tinge" my stamps. They arent horribly stained or anything, but tinged with color yes. This did NOT happen with my stamps i used today (which i was using for the first time, finalllllllly). This was a thrilling moment for me. :)

Ok, more on the card. I stamped the drink holder on some bazzill (i think it was fawn, but it's just a scrap so i'm not sure). Everything is paper pieced and layered which is a new fav look for me. I just love how crisp it looks and the added dimension it gives! I did use my T1 copic marker to give a little bit of shading on the cup.

Have you spotted my shadow stamping yet? It's the steam. :) So not a whole heck of a lot of shadow stamping, but i really liked the effect it gave.

Now onto part 2 of the challenge... the gift card holder! It's on the inside, and now very crafty, but it's there. hehe.



Here i used a Studio G 1 dollar stamp set. I loved the father's day sentiment and the rest on the set was just bonus! The argyle is from the same set, and i didnt realize it was in the set until AFTER i used an argyle embossing folder. Sweet! (does anyone even say that anymore?) OH, And i did want to mention that the argyle embossing folder is the sizzix one instead of the cuddlebug on. It's a deeper impression that cracked my paper a wee bit BUT its larger than the cuddlebug folders which i really really liked!
I did some doodling to make stitches along all the sides EXCEPT the top. I wanted it to look like a pocket, like shirt pocket. I used white glue along all the edges (but the top of course) and then the gift card just sides inside. Easy Peasy.



Stamps:
"Let's Get Together" from There She Goes
Inside of card is from Studio G series 30

Paper:
Dark Grey Cardstock is Smokey Shadow from Papertrey Ink, Medium Grey is Basic Grey from Stampin Up; Light Grey is Going Grey from Stampin Up

Tools and Accessories
Inks: Versa Fine Black Onxy, Vintage Sepia and Crimson Red, inside of card also uses Going Grey ink from Stampin Up
Embossing Folders: Argyle is from Sizzix, Distressed Lines is from Cuddlebug
Brads from American Crafts

Read more...