A Sketchy Flutterby Wednesday!

Hello, Fluttery Friends!

Welcome back to the Flutterby Wednesday Challenge.  This week we have a fantastic sketch created by none other than our very own fabulous Kathy.

As many of you know, last weekend was Scrapfest 2012.  I was not fortunate enough to go, but some good friends of mine were there.  This card was inspired by all of the random picture messages I got of Tim Holtz.  =o D

Here is the sketch:

 Don't you love it?  Kathy did a great job. Now, on to the details:

 The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black cardstock.  The scalloped background is made from alternating papers out of a Tim Holtz paper pack using the Spellbinders Classic Scallop Edgeabilities. I stamped the background with music notes in Memento Black.

 The ribbon is just classic white satin ribbon that I distressed using both the Frayed Burlap and Concord distress inks.  I made the flowers using the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge and pattern papers out of the same Tim Holtz paper pack. The brad in the center is Recollections and I have no clue where I got the little heart key.  It was in the random bucket.

The stamps are both from Unity Stamp Co.  I painted them up using my Snowcap paint Dabber and stamped them on a plain tag.  I dried the paint using a heat gun, then distressed the tag using Concord, Frayed Burlap, and Summer sky distress inks.  When I was done distressing, I used a wet paper towel to wipe the distress ink off of the white paint.

That's it, kids!  Your turn.  Get out your butterflies or fairies and use Kathy's sketch in your creation.  Link up to the Flutterby Wednesday Challenge blog to play along.

Thanks for stopping by!
~{Puffy Hearts}~

to be all that is possible... [Stamp Camp Tag]

This month marks MAL and I's first stamp camp.  I knew when I set it up that for our first class I wanted to teach water embossing.  This, along with the Some Odd Dandelion Fairy card we're going to make, may mean technique overload for our addicts in training, but I figured we'd do it anyway!  If it's too much, I'll simplify for next month.  =o D

That said, here's the "card" (...and by "card", I mean "tag") that we're going to make:

This card will focus on learning water embossing, distressing, and DIY 3D embellishments.  The Tim Holtz feel is obvious, considered this tag is bleeding Ranger/Tim Holtz products.  I'm a fan girl, what can I say?  The sentiment is Tim Holtz.  

I distressed the tag with the Ink Blending Tool using Tim Holtz new Summer line of Distressing Inks [Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, and Salty Ocean].  The water embossed images (which get lost on a tag like this, because they're primarily used to add pattern) are a mix of Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Butterflies and Unity Stamp Co's Growing in Unity.  Then I stamped the Tim Holtz Flower Flourish in Papertrey Ink's Fresh Snow to add a limit more pop to the color on the card.

The flourish is cut out of regular ol' Recollections black (My Cricut doesn't like cutting through the fabulous thickness that is Papertrey Ink's True Black Cardstock [Card base...by the way]) using the Cricut Picturesque Cartridge.  The butterfly was made using Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Butterfly die.  I cut the butterfly out three times.  I colored each one by sponge distressing Spiced Marmalade and Fire Brick Distressing Inks.  Then I stamped the image from the Beautiful Butterfly set on each.  I layered and adhered the three together and topped with black rhinestones.  (You're going to be seeing black rhinestones a lot lately.  I have a few hundred of them leftover from my Snowpeople Invitations)  =o )

 

After adhering the butterfly together, bend the wings up a bit to give it dimension (a trick taught to me by MAL). 

...and there you have it!

Thanks for looking!

Daddy's Day

Father's day is around the corner.  I really suck at making masculine cards.  Period.

Regardless, here is the card I made for my Papa:

The card base is Papertrey's True Black cardstock.  The pattern papers are from Tim Holtz paper pack.

The car is from Unity's February KOTM.  The 'DAD' is from Papertrey Ink's Framed Stamp set.

I used ink applicators and distressing pads to create the background.  Then I applied the clock stamps (Tim Holtz) using the water embossing technique.

Water embossing:  Press stamp into embossing pad (I use Versamark) and spray with water.  Stamp onto card and remove immediately. Set with embossing gun.

Thanks for looking!

Art Is Knowing Which Ones To Keep

I've been wanting to try this technique for awhile and never got around to it.  Fortunately, I'm on vacation!  So, cleaning day turned into crafting day!

I made the following card - for no reason whatsoever:

 

The card base is Adirondack glossy paper mounted on Papertrey Ink's True Black cardstock. I used Adirondack Alcohol Ink to make the background.  Colors: Butterscotch, Stream, Purple Twilight, Sunset Orange, Wild Plum, Sunshine Yellow, Watermelon, Sail Boat Blue, and Citrus.

The butterfly stamp is from Unity's January KOTM and the flourishes are from Unity's Growing In Unity set.

 The sentiment is Tim Holtz.  Hindsight - I should've stamped on lighter colors.

Thanks for looking!