Inky Love

Oh Sweet Saturday!

Today I want to show off a card that I put my little inky heart into… and boy do I have a post full of techniques today! So grab your cup of coffee and prepare to be inspired! Lol…

I started my card by playing with the Silhouette Cameo. I read online that the Inkssentials embossing pen will fit into the pen holder for the Silhouette… so I had to try it.. and it has opened the door to so many possibilities! I Used a cute swirly heart background design from the Silhouette store. Once the Cameo was finished drawing my design, I took it off the mat and poured embossing powder on it and heated it. I worked kind of fast, but You really do have a lot more time than you would think… the design took several minutes to draw but the powder stuck to the whole thing without a problem.

Next, I brought in a little Distress Ink… but in an unconventional way! Using the Ink Palette and a Distress Ink refill, I set the stage to “paint” with my Distress Ink!

A few drops is all it took… I also added a few drops of water from my water pen to tone it down some…  

Once all the hearts and swirlys were coloered in I inked it up with an Ink blending tool and Barn Door Distress Ink. …and then I ripped it right in half! And adhered to the base.

The base of the design is a 4”x5.25” piece of Manilla cardstock from Ranger. I LOVE this stuff! The bottom of the card is stamped with a Hero arts background stamp, “newspaper background.” The edges are inked with Broken China, Barn Door, & Black soot.

The heart is also embossed… and is also a Hero Arts Stamp, “newspaper Heart”. I used a multi color embossing technique on the heart. After stamping the heart onto the manilla cardstock, I sprinkled the pink powder on the outside and then came in with the red powder for the center of the heart. I then heated it… after melting my powders, I worked very quickly, and while the powder was still hot I sprinkled the Holographic powder on and then heated it… talk about a twist on embossing! I love going back in and adding that sparkle!

The edges of the heart are distressed using the Prima Distress tool and then inked up with my Distress Ink palette. The heart is adhered to the card with pop dots.

Ribbon and bling completed the card… but looking at it, I decided something was missing so the final touch was adding Crystal Stickles to the blue hearts in the background!

I hope you are leaving here inspired! Have a very creative day!

Christine

 

dryer sheets? really?

Happy Friday!

Today I have a very fun technique to try! I read about it in a book I recently got…

“Creative Foundations” by Vicki Boutin

I LOVE this book! It is so full of inspiration it is crazy!

So what technique is it that I am sharing?

Dryer Sheets.

Yes… dryer sheets. Used dryer sheets actually.

Here is a tag I did using this technique…Can you spot the dryer sheets?

The background is one and then the “ribbon” that is ruffled and straight behind the hearts is… yes dryer sheets!

      THE TECHNIQUE:

1. Start with a used dryer sheet.

2. Lightly iron, be careful not to burn.

3. Ink as desired!

 

Happy Creating!

Christine

Ink & Gesso, with a side of Perfect Pearls!

Oh Happy Day! Today I have a very inky layout to share...

You know those days that you wake up way too early... and you just can't get back to sleep? Today was one of those days. I had several things that I wanted to try, so out of the warm bed and into my fluffy socks and to my studio I went!

1. I started with Ranger's Manila Cardstock. I used the 12x12 size.

2. I laid down my mask:

3. ...and then sprayed with various colors of Adirondack Color Wash:

Those are the steps for the foundation of my layout.

I then put some Claudine Hellmuth Studio Line Gesso on to my craft mat and dropped Peeled Paint Distress Ink Re-Inker into it and mixed it up... next I smeared it on to the bottom right of my layout.

Here is a close up of the grouping.. The clock is a rub-on from Studio Calico and the hands are

idea-ology by Tim Holtz. My flowers I cut out of Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas... I peeled off the back to expose the sticky and then adhered Perfect Pearls Powder. I love how they turned out... I used three different colors and they look iridescent!

My title I cut out using the Silhouette Cameo. To get the holes in the paper, I used the Cinch.

So... I had a great morning getting all inky!

Happy Creating!

Christine

Playing with the Cameo....

Happy Wednesday. I have a layout that I wanted to share that I did over the holidays....

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut my title and the Santa Claus. I LOVE MY CAMEO. I also cut out my flower with it.

Happy Creating!

Christine

Zig Zag ...Embossing Love!

Happy Day! I am sitting here with my coffee and 90's Pop Music playing on Pandora. A fun way to start my day! ...and of course being able to share another fun card. It is super simple, with only one technique: embossing.

I used Adirondack Embossing Powders from Ranger: Red Pepper & Butterscotch. I laid out two pieces of paper, one for each color. After stamping my background stamp with Versamark, I sprinkled one color on sporadically and then knocked it off. I then came in with the second color and did the same. I embossed the heart the same way. I then adhered it with a pop-dot.

Both stamps are from Hero Arts new releases! Love the new stamps!!!

Have a creative day!

Christine

Stamp + Water = Love

Happy Monday... Today I have such a fun technique to share! I stumbled across it while playing in my studio this weekend...

Here is the card I made:

...and here is the technique!

I started with watercolor paper and stained it with Distress Stains.

 Next... this is the fun part!!!

I stamped my background stamp... are you ready??? using water!

I laid the stamp down, with the rubber facing up, and misted it with water. I then laid my paper face down on top of the stamp and used a stamp press to apply pressure.

 Because Distress Stains react with water the image shows...

You can use this technique with Distress Ink too! Hope you have been inspired!

Happy Creating!

Christine

Coloring Crayon Resist

Happy Saturday! Today I want to share a technique I recently learned.

Here is a card that I made using it...

It is a fun resist technique using coloring crayons!

Take a stamp and face it rubber side up. Lay your paper on top and rub the crayon over it. Just like we use to do when we were kids and would rub leaf patterns on to paper! I used a white crayon on my project. I then used Broken China Distress Ink and inked it up.. the crayon resisted the ink!

I can't wait to see what it looks like using colors! Have fun creating this weekend!

Christine

Paper Patch Crafts & Pineapple Drinks

Happy Tuesday! Today I have a layout to share! I did this for a sketch contest that is going on over at Paper Patch Crafts Facebook Page. The challenge is to create a layout based on the following sketch:

 ...and here is what I did with it!

Me and My Pineapple Drink! These are pictures from a luau we went to in Maui. It was so much fun. The paper I used is paper that I bought in Hawaii at a local scrapbook store there: Island Paperie. It is designed and made in Hawaii! The shells you see are real, they are from a necklace I had. The two flowers in the bottom right hand corner are stamped and color with Copics.... these are stamps I bought in Hawaii too!

Hope you have a creative day!

Christine