LAWNSCAPING CHALLENGE #84: STARS AND STRIPES

     

I have only made one other box card but I thought I would try another for this challenge.  Whew, they take me forever and they are so difficult to photograph.  I used a ton of supplies which I will try to list below after this is entered for the challenge ( we are leaving for Mammoth and I didn't want to have to take this project with me so I worked all morning!).  

I was so annoyed at the quality of my photos yesterday that I retook this under my Stella light and I think it is much less washed out.

What looks like white around the edges of the red card stock is actually Encore metallic silver ink (pad).

Back of card which I decided to not put a sentiment on.  Just the stars and another piece of the embossed stripes.

The silver stars are Tim Holtz and in this view you can see the stars stenciled on the back.

This is one of the embossed squares.  I used the Simon Says diagonal stencil and mixed Aleene's Glittler snow embossing paste with Distress reinkers - Festive Berries and  Fired brick. You can see bits of the glimmer.

 

The stick is a toothepick colored with Copics

The cloud has that puffy Liquid Applique on it and of course the butterfly has a bit of Wink of Stella.The dog tag is Viva Pearl Pen Gold. 

Paper- Navy- stash

Lawn Fawn Peace and Joy

Tim Holtz Mirror Stars

Lawn Fawn Stamps: Critters in the Burbs, Love you S'mores, You Color my World, Penelope's Blossoms, Starry Backdrops (cloud), A Birdie Told Me.

PTI - Red White Blue  (sentiment)

Encore silver ink pad

Hero Arts Metallic Silver ink pad

Distress Ink Reinkers- Fired Brick, Festive Berries

Impression Obsession Greenery background stamp

Avery Elle Celery and Lemon Grass Pigment Ink Pads

Simon Says Stencils: Diagonal Stripes and Stars and Dots

Copics

TRYING TO CATCH UP.....HAHAHAHA! TWO BIRTHDAY CARDS

I finished a bunch of cards in April that I haven't had a chance to post yet.  All that watercoloring sure took a lot of time (just loved it).  Check out ONLINECARDCLASSES.COM! 
Anyway, here is a card I made for one of my daughters who loves to golf.

Inky Antics cute stamp for golf or tennis was the perfect image (can't wait to use the tennis one) colored with Copics.  

And while I am getting caught up with card posts, here is her card from 2012.  I can't believe
I can't even find the page with the supply info.  I do know that the die is Memory Box Tessatina border die.  

  

      

INSIDE  TOP- Sillhouette Cameo

ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR DAY 11 PLAY DAY

How sad that this wonderful class is over but so happy I participated.  Now what will I watch tomorrow morning with my tea?  

I loved today's bonus videos but I had started this piece and spent sometime today finishing it.  It is all done with Distress Inks.  The stamp is from Stampendous- Bowl bouquet.  I embossed with Hero Arts detail white embossing powder.

Thanks to Kristina, Jennifer and Jennifer for putting together this class and thanks to all the talented teachers.  I learned a lot and will have fun practicing some of the techniques that I didn't have a chance to try

ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR DAY 6

                                                         

Somehow last night I forgot I was having a dinner party for ten. Well I didn't really forget but I was hoping it wasn't going to take me all day to prepare (hahaha).   Obviously, no time to really play today but I did a stamped image watercolor last night after work and I just got it mounted on a card.  So a tiny bit accomplished and started another stamped image (not much done though). So here is my attempt at a "painterly" card.  And by the way this is one of the best classes ever and if you ever had any desire to use watercolors on your cards, this class is a must.  

ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR DAY 5

                                                         

Friday is work day for me so all I had time for really, really early this am was to assemble a 

card I made from yesterdays class.  I chose to the tiger lily that I painted because I actually liked the way it turned out.   So here is the completed and very simple card and tonight I am gonna

play with those paints.  I even got my Peerless Paints in the mail today and YAY tomorrow is Saturday!

ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR DAY 4 JUST PAINTING

                                                       

So no completed cards as yet but just these two little stamped images.  On the top one I
spritzed the paper with water and then used Distress Markers.  A so so result I think.  I find using the Distress Markers very difficult compared to my Copics.

The bottom image was a combo of watercolors and Inktense pencils and I am happy with the way that one turned out although it doesn't have that nice loosey-goosey watercolor effect.  Which do you like better?

ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR - FIXING YESTERDAYS CARD

                                                           




Good Morning everyone.

My card yesterday made me grumpy so I decided to try to fix it.   I used my Derwent Inktense pencils to give the balloons a little more definition and I couldn't resist using Wink of Stella clear on them too.  The bunny could not be saved so I stamped another and used the pencils to color, cut and glued over the original bunny.  Not perfect but better.  

ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR DAY 3

                                             

My day started out really horribly, one of my credit cards was stolen and I had to deal with that mess then my iPad suddenly wouldn't connect to the internet, another call had to be made to ATT and those never are quick. Whew.  I had a few minutes mid day to try one of the techniques, FAILURE!  Couldn't get the technique that Jennifer Mcguire showed today.
But it is now 7 pm and I have had another go at it and woohoo it worked.  I tried a smaller 
acrylic block and that seemed to do the trick.   However, I am so tired that I really didn't do a great job on finishing the card.  I should have paper pieced the stamped images (Mama Elephant) but my brain function and creativity at this hour is zilch and on top of that I had to photo using artificial light. Fingers crossed for no glitches tomorrow!

ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR DAY 2

                                                 
Watched the videos while having my tea this morning and was so happy! Everyone is so inspiring and no work today so I can PLAY!

I did two cards today, the first I stamped and embossed in Filigree Gold PTI's largest feather in the Feathered Finery stamp set.  I wanted to try using the distress reinkers so I put a few drops of color into a palette and washed them over the paper which is a watercolor paper block by Lanaquarelle.   The paper is smoother than the Tim Holtz paper and I hadn't used it before.  I found that the distress reinkers did not blend as well as I wanted and I got a soft muted background.  I used a sentiment from the same stamp set , matted in gold and attached to a muted green paper from my stash (probably Bazzill).

For my second card I really wanted VIBRANT and I dug out my Twinkling H20's which have been ignored lately and selected Mediterranean Blue, Douglas Fir, Mystic Blue and Lime Squeeze.  I used the same stamp set from PTI and decided to emboss in clear on the same watercolor paper block.  When using the H20's I use a dropper to put a few drops of water in each pot and let it sit for a minute.  With the paper wet I applied the paint.  Wow, I was much happier with the result.  The colors blended beautifully and they had that wonderful sheen.  I stamped with an AmyR sentiment from her Elegant Greeting set.  A note about watercolor blocks.  They resolve a lot of problems with paper warping but it is (for me anyway) hard to get the paper off the block.  You have to insert a craft knife or spatula tool to separate the paper from the block.  Then it is easy to pull off and easy to get the little bits of glue off.  I matted on PTI topical teal cardstock and then onto PTI heavyweight white cardstock.  The little drippage on the upper right corner makes me a little crazy so I am trying to ignore it.

I just love the shimmer and the clarity of these colors!

Online Card Classes watercolor background card

                                             

My second card today was made using the distress ink background technique.  I really got my paper really wet so had to wait a while for it to dry.  I embossed with Silver Filigree onto 40 lb Bazzill vellum using a 7 Gypsies stamp.  Attached the vellum with Kool Tac and then the whole panel onto Bazzill shimmer cardstock and added some iridescent sequins.   ( I photographed the card on its side if it looks a little hanging in space ish)

I forgot to mention that I spritzed the paint with Perfect Pearls.

Online Card Classes Watercolor for card makers

                                             

I have been so excited to start this class!  Woohoo, finally!  I have been wanting to do a watercolor resist technique and thought I would try that today.  I also did a watercolor background but it is still drying so will have to wait till later to make a card.  I love this sunflower stamp from Stampendous and I embossed using white ultra detail embossing powder onto Tim Holtz watercolor paper (the smooth side).  I used Dr. Martin's Hydrus watercolors to loosely  paint the flowers and leaves.  I also used the paints for the background.  Sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink Wishes come true and it is mounted on  PTI kraft paper.

LAWN FAWN SUSHI BIRTHDAY CARD

This card is for a darling friend who LOVES sushi!  Lawn Fawn stamps colored with copics, background stamp is Impression Obsession  Gradation stamped in Color Box grout gray which makes a soft lovely background.  I had some Japanese papers in my stash for ages and decided to use them here as just a trim.  I did have to cut my stamps up to get the sentiment I wanted and forgot to add the carat under "soy" before photographing.  A little bit of Wink of Stella clear on the bottle top and on the fish in the sushi. The green paper is from Lawn Fawn Into the Woods ( I think).

LAWN FAWN AND MFT BIRTHDAY CARD

I have a lot of birthday cards to make for April and May.  Grandson's is in the works and the card for hubby is finished.  I used Lawn Fawn Forest Critters but wanted a larger sized trailer which I found in the MFT Roughing It stamp set.  The two work very well together.  I stamped with Memento ink and colored with copics.  I used Mama Elephant Landscape Trio to cut some scrap paper for the green areas and used Simon Says Falling Star Stencil with Wendy Vecchi metallic silver embossing paste on a dark blue scrap for the sky.  There wasn't really any room for a sentiment so I used the Simon Says Happy Birthday die. Then it was just putting it all together with a silver mat and Bazzill shimmer pale blue cardstock for the card. 

Since I did the months backwards and this is for May, I really have to get shaking with the April cards. Yikes, I may be late again!

A  little underexposed so you can see the shine of the embossing paste of the stars and the silver embossing on the trailer.

Can't get enough of the Lawn Fawn Critters

Simon Says die, MFT sentiment from Roughing It stamp set

SIMON SAYS MONDAY CHALLENGE - TRANSPARENCY

TRANSPARENCY

I stamped with Brilliance ink with MFT Inspired by Butterflies on vellum, layered on transparent patterned paper (maybe from Studio Calico kit?) and then attached with  clear Kool tac onto shimmer Bazzill paper.  Added 3 clear sequins to finish off.

CLEAN & SIMPLE CARD CLASS 3 DAY 1

  

DAY 1

I used Simon Says Floating Hearts die on mirrored silver cardstock.  The patterned paper 

was all scrap paper.  I embossed the sentiment in Filigree Silver and tried the

stamping on embossing technique for the heart in the middle.  VERY hard to photograph especially with

my cell phone but it was the quickest.