Love

Jennifer McGuire came out with an idea for a super-dimensional card that collapses into an A2 size and fits easily into the envelope.  I had to try it out . . .

 

 

It works – and beautifully!  The die set is well designed with plenty of pieces to expand your creativity.  The single stencil contains all of the openings needed to decorate the entire two piece frame.  Best of all, they are laid out to match the die cut exactly, which makes placement for coloring easy. 

 

I am so looking forward to exploring all of the creative opportunities this die and stencil set has to offer!

 

Cardstock:   Strathmore #140 Watercolor, Tim Holtz Silver Sparkle

Inks:             Distress Oxide Pine Needles, Faded Jeans, Dusty

Concord, Bundled Sage, Stormy Sky, Peeled Paint

Dies:            Waffle Flower Poinsettia Frame, Hummingbirds,

 Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf Plate, TEMU Rectangle

 Dotted Effect, DieNamics Stitched Oval Scalloped

 Edge Frame, Darice Nesting Scallop Hearts, 

TKOnline Celebration Set: Love

Stencil:        Waffle Flower Poinsettia Frame

Doo Dads:    TEMU Wobble Springs     

Cheers

While I’m a freak for mushroom images, it appears I haven’t used them in awhile.  So it’s time to put a few of them to work . . .

 

The background was done with a really fun layered stencil set while the three mushrooms in front are die cuts.  In order to prevail over the busy background, I attached the die cuts over a popped up and framed piece of vellum.  It softened

things just enough to give each element its day to shine . . .

Cardstock:   Bazzill Cinnamon Stick, Strathmore #100 Bristol

 Smooth, Stampin’ Up Vellum

Stamps:       Stacey Stamps Distressed Frame, Art Tour Dotty Snow

Inks:             Distress Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Wild Honey,

 Frayed Burlap, Peeled Paint, Gina K Charcoal Brown

Dies:            TEMU Wood Grain Frame, Simon Says Cheers,

 Bunny Moon Cute Mushrooms            

Stencil:        Recollections Mushrooms

Autumn Greetings

This was my maiden voyage with a new stamp/stencil/die bundle and I had a wonderful time from start to finish!  But after I thought I was done, I realized I wasn’t . . .

 

The problem in this case was a background that was way too starkly white.  I needed to tone it down but I’d already stamped, embossed, and stenciled the leafy layout.  Coloring in between the leaves would have taken forever and brush strokes would have looked bad. Happily, I thought of a solution I’d never tried before. 

 

Thankfully, one of the stencils in this set features all of the leaves laid out exactly as they are arranged on the stamp.  So I turned the stencil over and brayered a light brown ink on the back.  Then I turned it back, aligned it with the leaf images, and pressed down to transfer the ink.  I did a repeat and got exactly the look I was after:  dotted, slightly splotchy, all of it neatly between the leaves, and an artsy mottled background with a lot less glare.  A very handy and time-saving workaround for sure . . . yay for me!

 

Cardstock:   Bazzill Rain Forest, Strathmore #100 Bristol Smooth

Stamps:       Kristina Werner Thankful Leaves

Inks:             Encore Gold, Distress Oxide Antique Linen, Spiced

Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey,

Fired Brick, Pine Needles, Dusty Concord,

Villainous Potion

Emb Pwdr:   Ranger Gold

Dies:            Kristina Werner Thankful Leaves           

Stencil:        Kristina Werner Thankful Leaves

Thank You

Due to the ever-lurking time crunch, I pulled this one from my stash . . .

 

I still like it, even though I would do things a little differently today.  And isn’t that how it should be?

 

Cardstock:   Unknown Cocoa, Handmade paper        

Stamps:       All Night Media Fern

Inks:             Vivid Taupe, Green, Aqua, Distress Mowed Lawn,

Peeled Paint

Dies:            Bottone Stitched Ovals, Spellbinders Four Petal Thank

You Floral, Unknown Leafy Sprig

Doo Dads:    Green fibers, Copper Dragonfly charm