Journey

The background on this one is the same as my post of a week ago.  However, this version was even more of a blobby mess . . .

  . . . so I covered more of it up!  That’s one of the things I absolutely love about rubber stamping:  no matter what the disaster, there’s almost always a way to turn it into something that works.  In twenty-four years of stamping, I believe I’ve thrown away just ONE card front!

Cardstock:   Neenah Classic Columns Emperor, Canson Mixed Media #98

Stamps:       Touché Doodle Flower, Large

Inks:             Distress Villainous Potion, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, 

Superior India Ink Black

Dies:            E-Scenery Stitched Oval & Frame Set, Memory Box 

Journey, Gina K Rectangle Double Stitch, Marianne 

Butterflies                  

Stencil:        Hero Long Leaves

Doo Dads:    Wink of Stella Clear, Gelly Roll Clear     

Hello!

At the time of this post, my beautiful granddaughter Audrey is finishing up her first year in college and looking at Finals coming up.  So an encouraging card and note are certainly called for . . .

Originally, the background was one of my failed attempts with a stencil and too much ink.  So as I did on a recent post, I covered most of it up with a busy die cut background.  On this one, I used the same busy background but added some popped up flowers, a wee dragonfly and a a sparkly HELLO!  Hopefully this will put a smile on her face and a spring in her step as she sprints towards the finish line.

Cardstock:   Neenah Classic Columns Emperor, Canson Mixed

Media #98    

Stamps:       Touché Doodle Flower, Large

Inks:             Distress Villainous Potion, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, 

Superior India Ink Black

Dies:            E-Scenery Stitched Oval & Frame Set, Memory Box 

Journey, Gina K Rectangle Double Stitch, 

Marianne Butterflies                  

Stencil:        Hero Long Leaves

Doo Dads:    Wink of Stella Clear, Gelly Roll Clear     

It's Your Day

 In this one, I kept the focal point minimalist in order to let the strong background get all the glory . . .

I’ve been doing a lot of sage green/purple/white lately, as this is probably my all-time favorite color combination . . . hope you’re not too bored.  I’m in a very happy color rut right now but I’ll probably move on in the near future.  It’s best to try and be patient in the meantime . . .

Cardstock:   Bazzill PaloVerde, Canson #98 Mixed Media     

Stamps:       Stampin Up “It’s Your Day”

Inks:             Distress Villainous Potion, Peeled Paint, ColorBox 

Frost White

Colorants:    Copic Warm Gray #3

Emb Pwdr:  Hero White

Dies:            DieNamics Single Stitched Line Rectangle Frame, 

Memory Box Tall Birch, Lil Inker Stitched Mats Squares, Marianne Butterflies

Stencil:        Hero Long Leaves

Doo Dads:    Metalix Glitter Moondust   

Celebrate

With this layout, I muted the overly loud purple and green background with a layer of vellum.  For added interest, I first perforated the vellum with Memory Box’s Pinpoint Leaf Plate before attaching it  with double-sided tape . . .

Vellum is often tricky to adhere because whatever glue you use tends to show through.  Happily, double-sided tape does the job invisibly.  Another great choice is to use one of those wonderful sheets of a bazillion tiny glue dots that are covered with release paper.  After die cutting the white dragonfly base and the sentiment, the stark white cardstock made the vellum-covered lattice trim look dingy.  So I peeled back the release paper, laid down the text and the dragonfly base, covered both with the release paper and burnished firmly.  So now the dragonfly base and the word match the lattice trim.

The next step was to die cut the piece into a lattice-edged panel.  The elegantly minimalist dragonfly, a few sparkling raindrops, and the text finished the project.  Love the misty look that vellum provides . . . I think I’ll start using it more often!

Cardstock:   Bazzill Leapfrog, Canson Mixed Media #98, 

Stampin Up Vellum         

Inks:             Distress Villainous Potion, Peeled Paint

Dies:            Spellbinders Fancy Weave, Dragonfly Decoration, 

Impression Obsession Congrats Word Set: “Celebrate”                     

Stencil:        TEMU Leafy Array

Impr Plate:   Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf Plate

Doo Dads:    Kat Scrappiness Sparkling Clear Droplets         

Blessings

Dealing with over-enthusiastic backgrounds is the theme of my next two posts . . .

On this one, the problem was a background image of leaves that were too blurred to be recognizable.  So I was left with colors to use instead of leafy images.  So I opted for an overlay featuring a die cut version of a wire fence.  Plenty of open areas but also a bit of a buffer between the background and the leafy spray with butterflies.

Cardstock:   Bazzill Parakeet, Canson Mixed Media #98

Inks:             Distress Oxide Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord

Dies:            Kat Scrappiness Woodgrain Framed Diamond Wire, 

Simon Says Butterfly Tendrils, TKOnline “Blessings”             

Stencil:        Hero Long Leaves

Impr Plate:   Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf Plate

Doo Dads:    Wink of Stella Silver