SCS Inspiration Challenge #200

It’s been a long, long time since I’ve done a Splitcoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge. Occassionally I’ve  had a look into the recent challenges, had a few ideas go through my head about how I could create a card, but then got busy doing other stuff. Yesterday, while my stamping friend Kirtsy was over, I finally got to make a card. We were also trying out our new American Craft Zing Embossing Powders. Here is the inspiration picture for my card.

And here is the card.

I wanted to heat emboss those flowers onto the card. The Aqau Zing is a perfect match for Cool Carribean, (a retired Stampin’Up! InColor from 2007), which I then teamed up with the current InColor Pacific Point.. I wanted to keep this card very simple, because I was pressed for time. I had a very full day of church, morning visitors, car repairs, afternoon visitors,  card making, doing some small errands on my friends farm and even a half hour walk/jog. All my stamps used are SU!. I even pulled out a flower from the retired Bodacious Bouquet set. And now that I’ve finally got a Cuttlebug I can cut out those lovely larger Circles with my Nesties. I’m totally lovin’ my CB and Nesties..

So yesterday Kirsty and I got together to try out our new American Craft Zing Embossing Powders. I’d purchased my first one, Gold Glitter a few weeks ago and I loved it. I’ve made a heap of Christmas cards with it and have nearly used half a jar of it already!! I was so impressed with it that I wanted to get some more. I bought Opaque Black which is  truely amaZing. So smooth, shiny and raised when heated. My Glitter Black I’m not so hot on. The sparkle was really lacking on that one, which is odd since the sparkle was really there for the Gold and the Red, both of which I have. The Aqua is not as smooth as the black but it really is opaque, which was what I needed for this card.

I’ve got another busy week ahead of me. I’ve got to start working on some card kits to share at my next card club day.I might have a look back over some previous cards I’ve made for imspiration. See ya later!!!

Design Dazzle Inspiration.

This weeks SCS inspiration site was  Design Dazzle. I picked out this picture for my card….

and I made this card….

For the main image I stamped the tree (Unity- Growing in Unity) with Pretty in Pink ink onto Whisper White CS.. I then used my Process Red Prisma colour pencil to add shading to various parts of the trunk and branches. Using my stamp-a-ma-jig so I could get perfect placement, I over stamped the tree with versamark, then clear embossed. Doing this effectively makes a mask of the tree. I then inked up my brayer with Choc Chip ink and rolled it over the tree to make the background.

This was my second attempt at the main image. The first one I felt wasn’t up to scratch with the stray embossing powder that had melted to the paper and showed thru when I brayered it. This one turned out better, but then I manage to get a nasty mark on it and I really didn’t want to do it all over again. This called for a bit of improvisation and it also explains why the sentiment it there the way it is. Just thought I’d let you in on that incase you thought it looked a bit odd.

Thanks for dropping my to see my latest creation.

Theresa

Unity Guest Designer Challenge.

I made a couple more cards for the Monochomatic Challenge for Unity.

I wasn’t going to submit this card at first, but when I showed it to my friend Kirsty, she said she loved it, so I changed my mind. I started out by stamping the tree from May KOTM onto patterned paper and colouring with my Prisma pencils. I wasn’t thrilled with the result so I put it aside and decided to change direction. I made the card with various pinks from the scrap box, doing lots of paper piecing and punching out the ’sweet’ sentiment. As I was sticking it all togther I had a rethink about the tree and cut it up and collaged it to the card.

For this next one I used repeat stamping to design my card.

First I stamped out onto scratch paper how I wanted the  tile to look like, with my corner flourish from the May KOTM. I then measured each “square” and cut different patterned papers to size. No stamp-a-ma-jig here folks. I just stamped the corner image into the corners of my cut squares and cut the the tiles out before adhereing them into the stack that you see. The mat looked bare to me so I used the ‘for you’ and weed stem from the kit to make my own background. All stamping was done with Pumpkin Pie and Marigold Morning (SU!). I just love how I can use this corner stamp to make a variety of different paterns. I did a few other combinations on my scratch paper. I don’t do scrapbooking often, but this stamp would be perfect for making your own borders.

Thanks for popping in for a read, hope you are having a fruitful day.

Theresa.