tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71076052606120583962024-02-22T23:42:43.792-08:00Crafts on the RunEllen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-90701684988036543832023-10-04T10:27:00.001-07:002023-10-04T10:27:55.030-07:00 ROSE GOLD AND BLUE BIRTHDAY CARD , OMG from 2021<p>This might be weird but this post has been sitting, un posted since August 2021. So here is a much delayed post. Husband doing fine 2 years later.</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">My crafting life has been almost non existent. My 90 year husband returned from filming a commercial in Florida in August with a septic shoulder and is just now beginning to recover. Multiple hospital visits and a pacemaker later and I feel like we are sort of getting our life back. In any case, this card took me a week and a half in 10 minute intervals. I have been trying to use my stash of backgrounds that I have lying around so I picked one that is a mix of gold and speckled egg. I used two Altenew stamps and a sentiment stamp from Unity Stamp Company.</span></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I first started buying dies I stored them in the plastic envelopes using Jennifer McGuires method. They were opted by theme and I could flip through them daily easily. As I acquired more and more, they were taking up so much space that I thought having more of them grouped together would work. I have a large file-sized drawer in my work area and I discovered Crafter's Companion tabbed magnetic sheets that really were strong and held a lot of dies. I have bee using this for a couple of years but there were a number of drawbacks. One was weight. The sheets are heavy to begin its, add the dies and they are heavier. Two, if there were small bits, they would sometimes fall off into the drawer. And thirdly, they were jut too unwieldy to flip through. My latest and hopefully, final solution is to put the dies into 5 × 7 photo storage boxes from @scrapbook.com. I have a combo of the old magnetic sheets that I used in the very beginning and my newer, stronger ones using Marietta Magnetics 5 x 7 self adhesive magnetic sheets on medium weight chipboard. The boxes fit quite a lot of dies and they are all stored by theme. I can just grab the specific box and rummage easily through it.Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-52129466423449497182021-07-10T16:15:00.001-07:002021-07-10T16:15:15.757-07:001 BACKGROUND STAMP 4 CARDS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I first ink blended on Neenah solar white with distress inks and then used a <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Memory-Box-BLOOMING-SWEET-PEA-3D-Embossing-Folder-ef1020-ef1020mbapr21?currency=USD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3d EMBOSSING FOLDER FROM MEMORY BOX</a> that I had to emboss twice to be able to cover the whole card. And yes, one was upside down but since it was an overall pattern once the butterflies were on, you couldn't tell. Once it was embossed I went over it with a slightly darker ink to bring out the highlights. However, when I placed the butterflies on the card they didn't seem grounded so I used <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Waffle-Flower-NESTING-SLIM-LAYERS-Dies-310407-310407wf" target="_blank">WAFFLE FLOWER SLIM LAYER DIES</a> to cut a border die out of <a href="https://www.tonic-studios.com/products/craft-perfect-mirror-card-silky-sky-blue" target="_blank">TONIC SILKY SKY </a> metallic paper. That contained the butterflies but I felt the colored ones overpowered the card. Using an older MFT beautiful butterfly stamp set and dies, I stamped on heavyweight vellum using a sparkle embossing powder and placed those in between the colored butterflies. I added a few jewels in between the butterflies. I used the <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Concord-and-9th-PERFECT-PAIRINGS-BIRTHDAY-Dies-11076-11076c9feb21?currency=USD" target="_blank">CONCORD & 9TH PERFECT PAIRINGS BIRTHDAY DIE</a> for the inside sentiment and one of the leftover colored butterflies. For the envelope I used a 12 x 12 paper from my stash and the <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Tim-Holtz-Sizzix-PERSPECTIVE-BUTTERFLY-Thinlits-Dies-665201-665201ths" target="_blank">TIM HOLTZ PERSPECTIVE BUTTERFLY DIE</a> and die cut the name with the same Tonic silky sky paper. Probably the most elaborate card I have ever made, hope you like it.</span></div><br /> <p></p>Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-59820128421524171042021-04-07T15:56:00.002-07:002021-04-07T15:56:24.056-07:00SIMON SAYS STAMP FLORAL GARDEN BIRTHDAY CARD<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzqNkiX1q5n3nw5rA0yvN9qIa9ru-89aa8bMSNtcvGzHXkIYyGf5EWrYt6JM-2D5l8pHT6hP8AbZkiX44TdrCH0Uug_-rhaSP-WLnR9ZDzNy1vLPcAI6_88PpXUliV6bhNA_zUY4sAHU/s2967/20210406_073311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2967" data-original-width="2376" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzqNkiX1q5n3nw5rA0yvN9qIa9ru-89aa8bMSNtcvGzHXkIYyGf5EWrYt6JM-2D5l8pHT6hP8AbZkiX44TdrCH0Uug_-rhaSP-WLnR9ZDzNy1vLPcAI6_88PpXUliV6bhNA_zUY4sAHU/w512-h640/20210406_073311.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I made three tags in December for Christmas cards that I never used. I have a bunch of birthdays in May and June and decided to use them. The tags were made out of Neenah solar white 110 lbs using <a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/store/gf-4501687.html?cmp=googleproducts&kw=gf-4501687&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsLWDBhCmARIsAPSL3_2Qu7Opr0fbrLXMD7cv5A9wqy5M8S2NC3jcCyca2tBdIKjUMqBnzFoaAr8dEALw_wcB">Graphic45 tag die.</a> I then used distress oxide spray with metallic on all of the cards.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhm7BrwD-RDoSSSgX31QacEtt-u9k9rqsR3dtkRd8Yzxa2YxsjRm3NNgt4dNjnXdU9GWTg6Xrdm-itQfAqd1jDH0W54pZPwIg5Anxl9Pvm7Fkmm0HZh5DzHgoY7G5Qy_ab8MYpwt9xH4/s4032/20201212_200053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="distress ink spray tags" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhm7BrwD-RDoSSSgX31QacEtt-u9k9rqsR3dtkRd8Yzxa2YxsjRm3NNgt4dNjnXdU9GWTg6Xrdm-itQfAqd1jDH0W54pZPwIg5Anxl9Pvm7Fkmm0HZh5DzHgoY7G5Qy_ab8MYpwt9xH4/w354-h640/20201212_200053.jpg" title="distress ink spray tags" width="354" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I then stamped with <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Clear-Stamps-FLORAL-GAEDEN-sss202304-All-The-Feels-sss202304/901">Simon Says Stamp Floral Garden stamp</a> in black Versafine ink using the Misti. When the stamp dried I used <a href="https://www.dickblick.com/products/faber-castell-polychromos-pencils/?clickTracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=20561-1209&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsLWDBhCmARIsAPSL3_2XuW7LSGVkZ_CU54A94CU3sgBn8zROllChDXkFYm32kc1qjn_F8UoaAo5kEALw_wcB">Polychromos pencils</a> to slightly color in some of the flowers and leaves. I also used a white Gelly roll pen to add some white highlights to some of the flowers. When I was done I decided the card needed a little sparkle so I sprayed with Perfect Pearls over the whole card. I did have to blot the image as the distress inks are reactive with water but I love the way the Pearls just give a little something extra! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT18OegKdfg8ayqMbNVnutfhV5n8R0bkjVQQP0CAAG9xx7pSY0jksNifms3fEUwX7yokTa4zxx3GEtxRku9d87b6bAx8siO9BUQjHvNoNp6RU7Ix_3AOVqj2uGaQvIHkLmBZVB8rXlC1E/s2820/20210406_073318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2820" data-original-width="2168" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT18OegKdfg8ayqMbNVnutfhV5n8R0bkjVQQP0CAAG9xx7pSY0jksNifms3fEUwX7yokTa4zxx3GEtxRku9d87b6bAx8siO9BUQjHvNoNp6RU7Ix_3AOVqj2uGaQvIHkLmBZVB8rXlC1E/w492-h640/20210406_073318.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">When looking though my sequins and embellies I bound this little jewel with a tiny hummingbird. I have had these for years (only a few have hummers and the rest have designs) and have NO idea where I got them or who made them but it was just perfect for this card. I die cut <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Stamp-HAPPY-BIRTHDAY-BRUSH-SCRIPT-Wafer-Dies-sssd112116-Stamptember-sssd112116?currency=USD">Simon Says stamp Brush Script wafer die</a> out of gold mirror cardstock and the backing in heavy duty vellum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskoFxnfmdRAFebimj7Yo2osYR8tpv1UEUG55agbEyJ6weoH4P8_qVy7CbPnmr8JQf08D4uWvid_b3ddm2aias19PiPGcR9qY4hBMOd-7bv3M6UQxfMeos2z2aFgpRK83AAJkOTmUHbtE/s3024/20210406_081555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskoFxnfmdRAFebimj7Yo2osYR8tpv1UEUG55agbEyJ6weoH4P8_qVy7CbPnmr8JQf08D4uWvid_b3ddm2aias19PiPGcR9qY4hBMOd-7bv3M6UQxfMeos2z2aFgpRK83AAJkOTmUHbtE/w640-h640/20210406_081555.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-33120470340810833662021-02-19T16:22:00.001-08:002021-02-19T16:22:55.340-08:00LEAFY GREEN BIRTHDAY CARD<span style="font-family: Poppins;">I had a few gel prints on hand and I picked one that was very green. I had used a very old background stamp from Impression Obsession called Boxwood that is one of my long time favorites. On top of that I used the leaf layer from the <a href="https://prettypinkposh.com/products/layered-leaves-flowers-stencils-3-pack?_pos=40&_sid=eb09ee426&_ss=r" target="_blank">Layered Leaves & Flowers</a> stencil from Pretty Pink Posh. I applied a coat of Nuvo Glimmer paste in Moonstone. Because that had a goldish tint I used Tonic Gold metallic paper for the sentiment using <a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/store/sz-665206.html?cmp=googleproducts&kw=sz-665206&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4L2BBhCvARIsAO0SBdbF-RnHaqpiucXM8SnZqq14Fqa_pi9aVof5hw8NCLy57ulYvPZxvi8aAhRbEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Tim Holtz Stretch Upper dies</a>. 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The panel was then mounted on kraft and the finished size was 5 x 5".</span></div>Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-84962456609326963682021-02-09T10:46:00.000-08:002021-02-09T10:46:01.687-08:00A HEARTFELT BIRTHDAY CARD<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">A 101 BIRTHDAY CARD</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfHE4yaTXY5jPrV6lJU2tMupnkXDwdoBFpyGzPSkzNHQrdzPoenTpacNWIhOwHquQZUL7L_gn3-By0_9piLNejpImvhjaSWC4R0DLX81oL2GT2wmpyQ5IsogNdMN2lQfSgglcbzOg5F4/s3024/20210209_094610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfHE4yaTXY5jPrV6lJU2tMupnkXDwdoBFpyGzPSkzNHQrdzPoenTpacNWIhOwHquQZUL7L_gn3-By0_9piLNejpImvhjaSWC4R0DLX81oL2GT2wmpyQ5IsogNdMN2lQfSgglcbzOg5F4/w640-h640/20210209_094610.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZAsDQvtKVVWqEkZfuP9AT_jpLY_AuLSVz6cJD9b1ZMGRdXxYc6Br1mwkGAC3kSq-W0xQ2wRDgkQPbziQErumMNfJ-Cl_NvsorrE2EERkRfOMYQqf2NIM0_3-3haN0xs1Wp-8Lvpfy0o/s3024/20210209_095619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="birthday card, birch press designs, simon says stamp" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZAsDQvtKVVWqEkZfuP9AT_jpLY_AuLSVz6cJD9b1ZMGRdXxYc6Br1mwkGAC3kSq-W0xQ2wRDgkQPbziQErumMNfJ-Cl_NvsorrE2EERkRfOMYQqf2NIM0_3-3haN0xs1Wp-8Lvpfy0o/w640-h640/20210209_095619.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">We are up in Mammoth taking a short vaca away from Los Angeles chaos. I have a small corner of our master bedroom that I use as my craft area and have very limited supplies. One of the cards I needed to make this week is a birthday card for a dear dear 101 year old. One of the dies I have up here is the </span><a href="https://birchpressdesign.com/caprice-heart-layer-set.html?category_id=170" style="font-family: Poppins;" target="_blank">BIRCH PRESS CAPRICE HEART LAYER SET</a><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> and after watching </span><a href="https://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2021/02/colorful-die-cut-layering-techniques.html" style="font-family: Poppins;" target="_blank">JENNIFER MCGUIRES DIE CUT </a><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> layering video, I knew I wanted to make a card using some of her techniques. I</span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> brought up some </span><a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/store/ton-9394e.html?cmp=googleproducts&kw=ton-9394e&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgomBBhDXARIsAFNyUqNT0eLO-VP8iDB4ie1ZZcLYLGRTDUiCBez4sRYOHnlGHV9epBhwd2caAnBkEALw_wcB" style="font-family: Poppins;" target="_blank">TONIC GOLD HEARTED PAPER PACK</a><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> and cut multiple hearts of 3 different gold papers. I also used Neenah white 80lb as the middle layer of the die. I cut a white panel and die cut 3 hearts from top to bottom from Neenah 110lb and then splattered that with Kuretake Gansai Tambi gold from the Gem color set. Once I glued and stacked all the hearts (while watching TV) I set them aside and cut a smaller panel of pink card stock that exactly matched my pink envelope( I believe I got this from the Paper Source). 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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I first did a wash of color onto the black watercolor paper, overlapping the colors a bit to blend. While that was drying I did a wash of light purple, using the <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Karin-DECOBRUSH-METALLIC-Markers-28z1-28z1k?gclid=CjwKCAjwte71BRBCEiwAU_V9h2piwklXQZN3z__xFkfQy5g1jo8Ziqq1bBi3_fIBug7Nyf3gox7ehBoCG9gQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">KARIN DECO PRO METALLIC</a> markers and put that aside to dry. I die cut the letters out of the black watercolor paper, making sure I lined up the letters so that the ombre effect would be the same on all the letters. I stamped the balloon stamp and embossed in a fine gold embossing powder and then painted it trying to mimic Kristina's use of gold and color together. When that was dry I fussy cut the image. I then die cut the light purple panel using <a href="https://trinitystamps.com/products/slimline-card-series-stitched-card-panels-and-windows?variant=30607216443459" target="_blank">TRINITY STAMPS SLIMLINE DIE</a>. I adhered the balloon stamp directly to the paper and applied foam ounting tape to the letters and using a T-square, I mounted the letters onto the paper. The panel was then attached to a black card base cut (finished size is 8.5 x 4.75).</span>Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-27550337930171604342020-04-26T18:56:00.002-07:002020-04-26T18:56:23.933-07:00ONLINE CARD CLASSES DAY 6<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Going backwards, this is day 6 but I wanted to actually finish 3 of the cards before posting.</span><br />
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<br />Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-87161484834210508252020-04-24T16:53:00.000-07:002020-04-24T16:53:54.647-07:00ONLINE CARD CLASSES DAY 8<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am very slow in posting so here it is for day 8 of the on line card classes. I used the MFT You Got Cake die, which made my shaker much bigger than Cathy's. It also changed the sizing on the 2nd card. I used distress markers and then flecked with gold paint from Kremer Pigments. I used Lawn Fawn gold speckled paper on both cards.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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posting again. I have gotten so lazy (and it is just so easy to post to
Instagram and not bother with all the writing) that it has been almost 3
whole years since I made a post. Granted a lot else has happened to
interrupt the flow but I am ready to jump in again. About 2 weeks ago I
saw this post on the <a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/studio-monday-with-nina-marie-distress-oxide-watercoloring-3/" target="_blank">SIMON SAYS BLOG</a> and was totally inspired to try it
myself. Nina-Marie painted her stamp with distress oxides and they were
so bright and cheerful that I wanted to use them for the card I was making for
a special friend. I used the <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Stampendous-Cling-Stamps-SPRING-GARDEN-6cr019-6cr019s?currency=USD" target="_blank">STAMPENDOUS SPRING GARDEN</a> background stamp as I felt
it was similar in feel and had lots of potential for bright colors. I used
about 12 of the Distress Oxides in bright colors and they were amazingly easy
to paint with, just smush on a craft mat and paint. I stamped the <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Studio-Katia-ITS-YOUR-BIRTHDAY-Clear-Stamps-skcs093-skcs093" target="_blank">sentiment</a> in Catherine Pooler Bellini ink and clear
embossed on heavy duty vellum. I didn't mind covering some of the image
as the daffodils under the sentiment didn't stamp perfectly (I am not the best
stamper). I trimmed a little from the edges of the card and mounted it on a
piece of Neenah Solar white 110lb stock at 5.5" sq. I added Nuvo
drops in different colors to the centers of some of the flowers and was
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<span style="font-size: large;">So excited for another Online Card Class and for day one I decided to try Jennifer McGuire's technique of embossing over embossing but without using the snow effect cause it didn't seem to work with me card (trust me, I tried and had to lop off the bottom of the card!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used Ranger's Queen's Gold embossing powder for the base layer I then stamped MFT's Garden Flourish with versamark and embossed with WOW vintage peacock. It worked just the way Jennifer said and melted slightly into the gold. Unfortunately, it was too subtle and a little to elegant to add the white snow embossing so I cut off the mess I made while trying that and made a square card. I used Avery Elle's Seasons Greetings die and embossed with the same gold. I cut 3 more layers and adhered them together. The die comes with holly leaves and berries but I used red glitter stickles for the holly berries which don't show up well at all in the photo. A little WOS on the leaves and that was it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Card stock base is MFT Elf Green.</span>Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-33206038495622622092017-06-30T18:21:00.001-07:002017-07-01T14:09:02.800-07:00PATTERNED PAPER AND FLORALS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well I can't believe that it has been months since I have posted anything. Really, the height of laziness. Instagram continues to be my go to social media especially since I seem to only use my cell phone for photography. I started this card for one of my daughters birthday but since we are up in Mammoth and I am so busy with outside sports and activities, it has taken me forever to finish. I really wanted to enter it into the Simon Says Wednesday challenge, Patterned paper but, gosh darn, I didn't get it photographed in time and since I don't have my light box, finding a good spot to get the lighting just right was difficult (really, really difficult. I took maybe 40 pics and I am still not happy.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I used some old patterned paper from my Mammoth stash for the background and used the new <a href="https://www.thetonstamps.com/products/geometric-lattice-coverplate-die" target="_blank">TheTon geometric lattice coverplate die</a> with another small patterned paper to layer over. With Copic markers I colored the flowers from <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Clear-Stamps-MORE-SPRING-FLOWERS-SSS101703-New-Beginnings-SSS101703" target="_blank">Simon Says More Spring Flowers</a>. The colors will be posted below, but you can see from those that the photo colors are not accurate. I stamped <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/essential-sentiments-3952" target="_blank">MFT's Essential Sentiments</a> on black and heat embossed with white. I popped up the large flower with double layer of foam tape. A dollop of pink(I know it doesn't look like it) of Nuvo crystal on the green flower and white pen highlights and the card was finally finished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first photo is of the image stamped on the bristol and started with the zigs. To get the ombre effect on the letters I applied the paint to the bottom of the letters and then pulled the color up with a water brush. Pretty much the same technique for the flowers and leaves, although the leaves have 2-3 colors. I used wink of stella on the Hello.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I finished all the coloring I thought the images might look really vibrant against a black background and I really, really didn't want to fussy cut it. So I took a black marker and colored all around the image but the strokes were visible and it wasn't a really dense black so I covered it with the Spectrum Noir Sparkle Black pen, which you can see below. Hmmm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems like a hot mess to me and I wish I had just cut it out. On the picture below, you can see the image stamped on the Hammermill paper with Wplus9's Fairy Dust Ink pad for some no line Copic Coloring. Hoping to finish that in a few days.</span><br />
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The sweet sentiment is a <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/RESERVE-Lawn-Fawn-MERRY-CHRISTMAS-BORDER-Lawn-Cuts-Die-LF993-LF993" target="_blank">Lawn Fawn</a> die also cut from the same shimmer and then I cut it to fit the tag.<br />
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<br />Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-35130284080239739062016-12-02T21:02:00.002-08:002016-12-02T21:53:50.654-08:00POWER POPPY CHRISTMAS WREATH<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I so love this Power Poppy image but it took me quite a while to actually finish the coloring and because I sized it so large (4 1/2 inches) I wasn't sure what I was going to do to make the card. I die cut it in a circle thinking I would make a frame but I didn't like that so instead I used a circle die to just overlay it. I kept the sentiment simple, a Wplus9 Merry die (colored with Spectrum Noir Shimmer Pen and also used clear on the red ornaments)and the Christmas word from their Festive Greetings. The white shimmer paper is from PTI which kept it simple but pretty. I really wanted the image to be the primary focus. Hope you all like it and I would love to hear from you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Ellen Bornsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341391437080021596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107605260612058396.post-13652402894351482372016-11-22T13:42:00.002-08:002016-11-22T13:42:41.960-08:00POST BOOT CAMP ORGANIZATION and UPCYCLED CARD FILE DRAWERS<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had an amazing weekend at Jennifer Dove's Copic Boot Camp (<a href="http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">check out her blog, amazeballs!)</a>. And we got to color those amazing boots! Meeting all those creative women was an added pleasure and I hope to do it again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, when I got home my craft room was in a major state of disarray. So while trying to clean up and reorganize my husband unearthed 4 card boxes from his old medical office and I thought hmmm I can use those!. He cleaned and painted them and they turned out to be great storage. Love upcycling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> all my distress paints fit into one drawer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This drawer holds all my alcohol inks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These turned out to be a great garage find and the hubs was happy to have them used even though he had to paint them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">September is my favorite and most feared time of the year and that is because Simon Says Stamps rolls out so many new and irresistible stamps, dies and other goodies that my wallet has a complete clean out. I have already placed three orders and it is only September 5th. (wring hands and big sigh). And here is the thing, you know there are more goodies coming up. Maybe it is a good thing I will be away from mid September on (wifi on plane!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't want to miss anything. Check out what is out so far, just click on the link. I will share my haul when it arrives. </span><br />
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