Shadow Stamping

An old technique that I saw recently on Split Coast

and just had to play with again.

 I believe that the original shadow stamps were from Hero Arts.

I totally missed that, but did find some great ones

at a stamp convention by Yvonne Albrittion.

I did a search for her stamps.  I could not find

her company on Gingerstamp or by doing a google search.

The black flower stamps are by Hero Arts.

I used various Distressed inks for the shadow stamps.

The edges of the top white stamped layer

have been sponge with coordinating inks. 

I don't know the maker of the phrase stamp.

Evergreen Christmas

Using the Yvonne Albritton marbled shadow stamps

and a Hero Arts long needled pine branch

an easy Christmas card can be created.

First the pine bough image was

stamped with the darkest green ink that 

I had.

I used three different colors of green Ranger

Distressed Inks.  For the darker shades the

stamp was inked, the image stamped onto 

scratch paper and then stamped 

over the pine bough.

The finished image was them

layered over two shades of dark

and then light green paper.

The Merry Christmas was computer

generated using PSP X and layered

over dark green card stock.

Flat pieces of paper egg carton were

used under the phrase to create the

3-D effect.

Christmas Card Challenge

Only one more Christmas card for the February

challenge after this one.

I can hear the sighs of relief, LOL.

Green white core paper, a Cuttlebug Christmas tree

embossing folder, gold gift wrap and

a sanding block.

The Merry Christmas greeting is computer

generated, cut with a Spellbinder's oval

and mounted on a gold gift wrap scalloped oval.

That's it, all that is needed for this design.

Another Christmas Card

Here is another Christmas card.  A Christmas

embossing folder by Cuttlebug

 was used on a medium green

white core paper.

This folder is a stripe pattern that has

a stylized holly leaf and berries.

I sanded both sides and decided this one

accented the holly leaf the best.

The Merry Christmas has been created in

Paint Shop Pro X (PSP X), cut with a

Spellbinders oval then mounted on a

gold gift wrap scalloped oval.

For the Christmas card challenge

Splitcoast Stampers has a Christmas card challenge.

You are to make several Christmas cards every month

until December.  The goal is to NOT have to frantically

make Christmas cards in December, but rather

to gradually make cards all through the year.

Here is one of my February cards.

This was just so easy.  I used a blue white core

card stock in a snowflake embossing folder.

After embossing the raised portion is

literally sanded with coarse sand paper,

exposing the white core.

It is then glued to the card base and

an oval Merry Christmas with a dark gray

scallop is attached.

Very very easy and very elegant.

Possible With God

I can not believe it has been a week since my last post.  

Having problems with a sprained ankle and it hurts

to sit with my foot down.  So my computer time has 

been very limited.

Here is a new card design.  I really like how this one turned out.

This is a very simple basic design that depends on

the DP (designer paper) for it's "punch".

The papers are from Paper Studios Mirabella stack.

The die cuts are from Spellbinders.

The scripture can be found in God's Holy Word

at Luke 18:27.

The Lord is my strength Ps 118:14

 I put in two photos of the same card hoping that the slightly

angled view would give you an idea of the 3-D aspect of the design.

The base of the card is plain white card stock.

Over that is a embossing folder textured layer that is

on lavender card stock.  The narrow border is cut 

evenly and to perfection using Perfect Layers rulers.

The phrase was created by myself in Paint Shop Pro

and is from Psalm 118:14 in God's holy scriptures.

It was cut out using one of Spellbinder's Label and

a different Label was used for the layer under it.

The edges of both Labels have been lightly sponged with

a pale lavender ink.
Both Labels have flat pieces of paper egg carton
glued to the backs.  (rather than the expensive pop dots)

The butterfly is two layers.  The lovely shiny lavender

is highlighting foil (available at a beauty supply) that

has been spray glued to card stock.  I have also

tried spreading a white glue with a small squeegee on the card

stock, laying on the foil and smoothing with a brayer.   I do prefer this method.

I found I get a better adhesion.

The second layer of the butterfly is lavender vellum

The flowers are  also lavender vellum that

has been punched and shaped with a

white center attached.

The butterfly and the olive branch leaves are

dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Western Valentine

This is my husband's Valentine.

He does not appreciate the frilly detailed cards,

so this is what I came up with.

I had cut a label out from a piece of card stock

and used the left over piece as a stencil.

The two shades of brown and black inks

were sponged on to create the frame for

the horses.  The fine line black heat embossed

image is by Rubber Stamp Avenue.

It was cut out with a Spellbinders oval die

and faux burned with brown and black inks.

When attaching the horses oval to the card

I used flat pieces of  cut up paper egg carton

to create a 3-D effect.

The Valentine greeting is white fine line on

black card stock.  I cut it out as a rectangle

and rounded the edges with the 1/4 inch side

of the corner chomper.

Black "diamonds" on each corner of the  stenciled

portion and a small black glitter paper heart on

the front horses chest are the finishing touches.

Joy of the Lord Neh 8:10

Here is the last card in the series.

Guess what makes it different than the other

two??????

I accidentally did the polished stone

on the wrong side of the paper.

BUT I still like it.

The Hero Arts flower has been heat embossed

using copper powder.  There is copper in

the polished stone.

The edges of the polished stone, 

the flower that is cut in an oval and

the scripture have all been distressed

and faux burned..

The Joy of the LORD

 Nehemiah 8:10 tells us that, "The joy of the LORD

is your strength."

Because this is one of my favorite scriptures

I decided to use an Our Daily Bread stamp 

as the basic template and make my own in PSP X.

If you don't do PSP or Photo Shop you can

definitely get some wonderful scripture stamps

from Our Daily Bread Designs.

The top scripture has been die cut with a

Spellbinders tag die. The one on the 

bottom card is simply cut using a click blade 

and a quilting ruler then layered over dark

purple card stock that was cut to a narrow

border using a Perfect Layers ruler.

The blue card has a background of pale blue 

polished stone (alcohol ink on glossy card stock)

that has the edges sponged in black ink.

The flower images are from Hero Arts and

have been stamped with VersaMark and

heat embossed with fine line black embossing powder.

The lavender and purple card has polished stone

used on the oval and the holes in the lacy scallops.

There background is a lavender card stock 

that has been textured using an embossing folder.

The oval and the scallop borders are from

Spellbinder dies.

I matched the lavender polished stone to the

holes in the scallops by simply cutting plain scallops

in the polished stone (no holes in this one) and

gluing the dark purple lacy scallop over.

Purple Butterfly

Such a yummy card.  I gave it along with 14 others

to a friend for her birthday.  So if you have a 

huge stash of cards, give them as gifts.  

They are unique and everyone uses cards.

Share your art!

This begins card has a white card base.

Next is a textured layered created with a

Cuttlebug embossing folder over lavender card stock.

Two sizes of Spellbinder's Lacy ovals were die cut

and lavender ovals embossed in Cuttlebug's

dotted Swiss embossing folder attached.

Cheery Lynn Design's Victorian Flourish

was cut apart and place on the oval layers.

The butterfly was cut from highlighting foil attached

to card stock using a Cheery Lynn Design.

A darker purple paper is used as an accent

under the foil butterfly.