12 Thursday Jul 2012
Posted in Family
I’ve been meaning to post these pics for while. Well, since Canada Day!
We spent the weekend in Central NL at my in-laws cabin and spent most of Canada Day itself at Terra Nova National Park. The kids had a blast and the weather, unlike most other Canada Days, was hot and sunny!
Here was our weekend in pictures:
Sorry for the lack of pics of M, she is not the picture poser like her brother is!
S.
12 Thursday Jul 2012
Posted in ICAD2
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Cosmo Cricket, Creative Imginations/Luminarte, ICAD, ICAD2, Sharpies, Studio Calico, The Crafter's Workshop, Twinkling H2O's, Wood Veneer
I’m so sorry. My mojo is still in hiding so you have to suffer through another blerg card. You can leave now and come back tomorrow, I don’t mind, really!
Still here? Well, don’t say you weren’t warned….
Another premade background, this time with flexible molding paste and coarse pumice gel – the texture is amazing!
I painted each little block with different coloured Twinkling H2O’s, then misted with water to blend them all a little. I blotted with a paper towel and thought, “Blech.” Seriously. That was the word that came to my mind.
I took a Cosmo Cricket phrase sticker, cut it up, stuck it down and drew lines around the pieces. Then I coloured in the word “color.” Then I inked some wood veneer pieces and stuck them down. Then I threw my hands in the air and called it done.
The texture and shimmer is cool I guess. I’m sulking now….
Later, I’m finding my mojo, beating it into submission, and doing a good card. Or else.
S.
12 Thursday Jul 2012
Posted in ICAD2
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Distress Ink, Dylusions, ICAD, ICAD2, Ranger, Technique Tuesday, Tim Holtz
Only 3 weeks left to this fun venture! Can’t believe I’m this far along already! The problem is that my mojo went on vacation – argh! Vacation is next week, not this one!
Super simple here – I simply sprayed the card with Dylusions Ink Spray and stamped the pen nibs along the side. Then I left it for a couple of weeks! 🙂
I laid a couple of stencils over the top and rubbed in Distress Ink which I highlighted with white gel pen. I stamped a bunch of words from a Technique Tuesday set, then used Pumice Stone Distress Ink to stamp the script background. I was so fed up with it at that point that I dated the back and said enough!
Blerg. Oh well, they can’t all be masterpieces, right?
S.
12 Thursday Jul 2012
Posted in ICAD2
For this card I wanted to try a technique that I’ve used many times before, but it has a twist that Kristina Werner did in the newest Online Card Classes: Stretch Your Stamps Class.
I inked the background with the new Summer Seasonal Distress Inks, dried it, and then stamped a script background with VersaMark Ink. I heat embossed in clear and then rubbed black ink over the whole card. After wiping away the excess, I got this super cool look with the multicoloured text showing.
I inked a butterfly stamp with same colours and misted to blend, then stamped on a scrap card. I cut out the butterflies, wrapped coloured string around for the antennae, then adhered them with rolled glue dots.
I stamped the sentiment on a previously made background card, cut it out, stuck it on and the card was done!
Love how the multicoloured background turned out – I’ll be using this again for sure!
And the dimension of the butterflies with the shine of the embossing is great!
S.
12 Thursday Jul 2012
Posted in 12 on Twelve
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It’s the 12th of the month! Who’s in for 12 on Twelve photo taking today?
11 Wednesday Jul 2012
Posted in ICAD2
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Creative Imginations/Luminarte, Dylusions Ink Sprays, ICAD, ICAD2, Ranger, Studio Calico, The Crafter's Workshop, Twinkling H2O's, Wood Veneer Stars
I made this background a while back while showing my mom the Dylusions Ink Sprays and a stencil. I misted turquoise, blue, lime green, and orange and let them blend then dry.
Once dry, I sprayed hot pink through the stencil which made purple on the blue part of the card. I also used water for a ghosting technique and then covered the whole thing with Perfect Pearls Mist.
I stamped the house and sentiment on another misted background I had done and cut out all the pieces. With the house, I cut each layer of the roof apart and cut open the door on one side. When I pieced it all back together again, I only glued the tops of each roof piece and then bent them out for dimension. I also let the door swing open.
The stars were simply painted with gold Twinkling H2O’s and adhered.
I love these painty, blendy looking backgrounds and Dylusions mix to make the most amazing colours! I love the “shingles” on the roof too – fun, fun!
See you tomorrow for a few more!
S.
11 Wednesday Jul 2012
Posted in ICAD2
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Cosmo Cricket, Creative Imginations/Luminarte, Dylusions Ink Sprays, ICAD, ICAD2, Ranger, Twinkling H2O's
A while back I saw a tutorial using Ranger Foil Tape and alcohol inks. I loved the concept and kept meaning to try it but….. You know how it goes!
However, my friend Cathie gave it a spin and then did a couple of other things with tin foil and I knew I had to just go do it!
I used Matte multi medium to adhere tin foil to a cad (basically, I was too lazy to go downstairs and look for my Foil Tape!) and let it dry. I then used my Twinkling H2O’s to paint the surface. Although you can’t see the shimmer, the colours are fabulous!
I used a couple of stencils and Dylusions Ink sprays to add some additional interest and finished it by adding a Cosmo Cricket sticker.
It was super hard to get a pic of the texture, shine, and colour – crossing my fingers that you can see it well enough!
Easy and fun and I have a couple of other ideas for foil tape. Hopefully it won’t take so long to get around to doing them this time!
S.
11 Wednesday Jul 2012
Posted in ICAD2
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ICAD, ICAD2, Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers, Perfect Pearls Mist, Pomegranate Stencil, Ranger, Studio Calico, The Crafter's Workshop, Wood Veneer Stars
I’m a bit behind on posting my index cards so there will be a few posts today – hope you enjoy!
I’ve had an idea for this card in my head for a while but was waiting on my wood veneer stars to arrive before I did it. It’s pretty simple but I love the shades of blue and purple.
My oldest and best friend and I took our kiddies to the beach for this past wet and grey weekend and I made this card while I was there so I had limited supplies with me but I’m happy with how it all came together.
I painted the background with my cheapy watercolour paints, which I love, and used lots of water and shades to really blend it together. I didn’t want any lines, just a gradual fade into the darker colours of blue and purple.
Once it dried I misted Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist over my mini Pomegranate stencil. As an aside, that stencil is the best! It’s so versatile and seems to work with and be whatever you want – love it!
Anyway…. I then painted the stars with Metallic Gold Paint Dabber, then sprayed those and the Chitchat word stickers with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist. I had to stamp the word “star” but there is some extra sticky paper left on the Chitchat word sheets so I just used that. I adhered it all to the card and inked the edges to finish it off.
I love the sparkle of the mist and the little bit of dimension from the stars:
What do you think of the stencil? Looks like sky/comet/galaxy/space stuff to me! Do I need the 12×12 version, what do you all think?
Back soon with another one – I had to try a fun material my friend Cathie has been using! 😉
S.
10 Tuesday Jul 2012
Posted in Tuesday Techniques
Before I start I just want to say that this will be the last Tuesday Technique post this summer. The weather is beautiful, we’re always outside, and I simply don’t have the time to blog like I want to right now! Hope you all understand – things will get back to normal in the fall! We have so little great weather here that I feel the need to take full advantage while it’s nice!
Moving along…
You should all know my love of Dylusions Ink sprays by now, I do use them once in a while! 😉 So, I decided to do a quick little tutorial on how to use and layer them to build backgrounds. All you need are your Ink Sprays:
…and some water!
Dylusions work best for the techniques I’ll be showing you as they were made to react and play with water for neat effects.
First, pick your colours and randomly, but heavily, mist your surface:
I always mist with water and roll paper towel over it after the initial step. This will blend the colours a little more and take off the excess water while subduing the vibrancy a bit. Remember, we’re going for a background here, it needs to be a little more subtle!
The next step is to lay a stencil over the misted surface and spray with water.
Since the Ink Sprays react, the stencil creates a ghost like image to appear. Don’t worry if it doesn’t show up immediately when you try this, it takes a second for the water and ink to react and as the surface dries, the ghosted image becomes more pronounced.
Finally, after drying what’s been done so far, I spatter mist on top to get coloured droplets. All I do is remove the top of the bottle and shake the tube of ink over the surface – instant drops instead of mist!
I almost always finish my bright backgrounds with black stamped images – they stand out better and they make the colours pop. For the lighter images, I rub the ink pad over the stamp instead of properly inking up the stamp. You get a second generation look without having to stamp off first.
Hope you enjoyed this last tag of the summer and I hope you stick around for my erratic postings over the next month or so!
As always, please link me up to your projects – I’d love to see what you create!
S.
07 Saturday Jul 2012
Posted in ICAD2
I had totally planned to use my new wood veneer stars for this card but then I got an idea in my head for my new stamp and went with it.
I first painted my card with Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in Mars Black. Once that dried I stamped the background and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I knocked off a lot of powder before heating to get an orange peel type of texture.
Finally, I simply coloured in the open flower spaces with my Koh-i-noor watercolour pencils and misted with water to blend a little.
Love how it turned out and I decided to leave it alone – no quote or sentiment this time! And the shiny texture is great!
I’m determined to use those stars tonight….. 🙂
S.
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