Color Me Krafty

Yesterday I told you how I was gifted some Silhouette cut stencils and this one I used today was of a dotted design. So I used that for the background of my card and combined it with some wonderful stamps from Gina K. Designs.

I chose to use only black and white on my kraft card stock. My background was done by first applying Gina K. Designs white ink onto the stencil which covered the kraft paper. Then the next step to creating the look I wanted was to move the stencil slightly so that I had an overlapped design of a black dot. In between where they overlapped it was a lighter shade of black or almost like a gray. I love the way it turned out. It is always so surprising and exciting to see what the result is after doing a stenciled background.

My butterflies were stamped with Versafine Black Ink and then I used a white Prismacolor pencil to add the white to them. This panel was then die cut with a Cottage Cutz Double Stitched Rectangle set. I backed it onto a thin layer of black card stock. I also die cut the stenciled background with a die from Die-Namics called Blueprints 29. It did not have the double stitching but I thought it would match quite well regardless. This was also layered onto a thin black card stock. My sentiment was stamped with the Versafine black ink and also die cut with the Cottage Cutz set. And, again I added a thin layer of black. I thought the addition of the black made the layout more pronounced and better looking. After all the layers were done I assembled them together to make the finished product.

Supplies:
Scor Pal
Scor Tape
Cottage Cutz Double Stitched Rectangle CCB-021
Die-namics MFT-914 Blueprints 29
Gina K. Designs Stampers Favorites stamp set
Gina K. Designs White Ink
Versafine Black Ink
Stencil-Silhouette cut from a friend
White Prismacolor Pencil

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Crop Stop March Linky Party #26-Scor Pal, Scor Tape
Simon Says Monday Challenge-Make Your Own Background

This is an easy way to create a great looking card. And, I think this is a design that would work for a man or woman.

Well, we are getting snow today and lots of wind. A good day to craft and make some cards. I hope your Sunday is going well too!

God bless,
Verna

For a Friend

This card I made today is going to a friend who cut some stencils for me with her Silhouette and gave them to me as a gift. I just could not wait any longer and had to create a card using some of them and some Hero Arts stamps. I had the most fun making this card for her too. I hope she will realize that I am very pleased with them and that I appreciate the gift she gave me.

On white card stock I first added the brick wall with the stencil design using a Hero Arts Ombre Autumn ink. Then over that I applied Gina K. Design Sweet Corn ink to create the sunshine beaming onto the panel. This was the background for the rest of the card. I die cut the panel with a double stitch border die. With my MISTI I stamped the solid leaves and stems with Gina K. Designs inks. The little flowers were stamped onto a separate white card stock with black ink and then I colored them in with my Tombows. After fussy cutting them I added them to the leafy stems and some I popped up and others I did not. This gave a more dimensional look. In the center of the flowers I added some yellow pearls. This panel was layered onto a thin black border of card stock before placing it on the dark pink card stock.

Supplies used:
Hero Arts CL751 Dauber Bunch Stamp set
Hero Arts AF366 Ombre Autumn stamp pad
Cottage Cutz CCB-021 Double Stitched Rectangle Set
Card Stock-Gina K. Designs
Gina K. Designs Inks Black Onyx, Grass Green, Christmas Pine and Sweet Corn
Tombow Markers
Scor Pal
Scor Tape
Gina Marie Designs Yellow Pearls

This will be entered in the following challenges:
a2zScrapbooking March Monthly Challenge-"Playing With Stencils"
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: For a Special Lady
Simon Says Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background
Crop Stop March Linky Party #26 (Scor Pal, Scor Tape)

Well, here it is Saturday evening and the weekend is whooshing by so fast. And, remember to turn your clocks ahead. I can hardly believe that it is the time to do that already. I am not a fan of this at all. I know that hour of sleep I will be missing for several days to come.

Thanks for visiting and for your awesome comments too. I look forward to reading them.

God bless,
Verna

Daffodils

I have always thought Daffodils were some of the prettiest Spring flowers besides tulips. They always seemed to bring such cheer and delight when I saw them dancing in the wind. And, I was reminded of a song that as a youngster was sung by Doris Day on a program on TV called Hit Parade. The song was Secret Love and part of the lyrics in it went like this. "Now I shout it from the highest hills, Even told the golden daffodils. At last my hearts an open door, And my secret love's no secret anymore.

This card I created is for a special sister-in-law and brother-in-law who are celebrating an anniversary later in March. I thought they might enjoy seeing the pretty daffodils as well as I know she especially is a big flower lover and grows the most gorgeous ones in her garden.

I used the Penny Black Daffodil Dance stamp set as well as a sentiment from the Penny Black You + Me set. The daffodils were colored direct to the stamp with some Tombow markers using my MISTI and doing repeated stampings. In between I applied a light touch of water to spread the colors and blend. Then I did a repeated stamping of the images to get the outline once again more intense. The sentiment was stamped with Gina K. Designs black ink.

The card stock I used for the main panel was then die cut with a Memory Box die and applied to a duplex card base of a spring shade of green with white inside from Crafter's Companion. The duplex card was scored using my Scor Pal which is a tool I use on every card I make almost.

The finishing touch was to add some rhinestone gems for some bling.

Supplies used:
Penny Black You + Me and Daffodil Dance stamp sets
Green/white duplex card stock-Crafter's Companion
White Card Stock-Gina K. Designs
Scor Tape and Scor Board
Tombow Markers
Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Border die
Rhinestones-Unknown

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Mod Squad Blog Challenge-Song Inspiration
Crop Stop Linky Party #26
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-For A Special Girl
Penny Black and More Challenge-March-Anything Goes

Well, here it is mid week already. Sounds like a bit of snow again could dust our area tonight. At least I hope it is only a dusting. But the weekend might bring a lot more. But that is Spring...one day so warm and sunny and the next cold and rainy or snowy. I only know I am sure looking forward to this new season.

Thanks for stopping in and for your wonderful comments.

God bless,
Verna

Magnolias

I had this unused new set of stamps from Altenew called Magnolias For Her and when I saw the inspiration photo for the Altenew March 2017 Challenge I decided that I would try using this stamp set with a bleached out design and then recoloring it. I used the colors from the inspiration photo. Those colors and any type of flowers always remind me of Spring.

I started out my design by first finding some yellow card stock that would allow the bleach to work well. I then stamped the magnolias with Versamark ink and added black embossing powder before heat setting them. With a small paint brush I added the bleach and got white spaces where the bleach was applied.

After the bleach was completely dry on the card stock I then colored in the images with my Tombow markers and used a blending pen to get a more ombre look. I only chose a portion of the colored design and fussy cut out the areas I wished to use. I used a stacker die set to cut out all the panels including the magnolia one but on the one side I flipped the cut out design over the top of the die so they would not cut through. I then remembered I had some cover plate "oops" leftovers so I used a portion of a white one and incorporated that also in the design. After all the layers were assembled I placed them on a white card base.

Miraculously everything seemed to mesh together quite well and although black was not included in the color scheme in the photo I decided after trying several different colors that the black seemed to make the rest of the card more outstanding.

Dies used:
Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders
Die-Namics Split Chevron Cover-up

I am also entering this in other challenges:
Double D's Challenge-Think Spring
Mod Squad Challenge-Using Bleach and Coloring
Dies R Us Challenge #68-Something New

Well, this was a fun card to do and I hope that I may have inspired you a little bit with it. And, I thank you so much for all the wonderful comments you leave.

God bless,
Verna

CAS Sponged Scene

I recently purchased a lovely scene set from Gina K. Designs called Framescape Simply Spring which is illustrated by Theresa Momber. And, the Mix It Up Monday Challenge at Stamp TV was to make a single layer sponged scene. So using this stamp set that is what I did.

The first thing I did was take a piece of paper from which I had previously die cut a circle. I used this as a mask so that I could sponge on my grass and sky. This provided the basis for my scene and I proceeded to stamp all of the silhouette stamps from the set using my MISTI and black ink and gradually built my scene. Now I think this is a typical Spring scene around here and especially so in March and April when the first flowers peek their heads out and the trees are finally leafy. And, I remember as a kid and also as a Mom with our kids flying kites during those months.

It sure is a windy one today, but at my age I am no longer in a good enough shape to fly a kite. In fact, I don't have one around here anymore. But this scene did bring back some cool memories for me.

I am also entering this in the Double D's Challenge as the theme is Think Spring.

I hope your weekend is going great. Thanks for stopping in.

God bless,
Verna

Stencil and Stamps

The a2z Scrapbooking March 2017 Challenge is calling for us to play with stencils so with that thought in mind I made this card today to enter into the challenge. And, I love the outcome I got too! I am also entering it into the Double D Challenge in which we are to go with a Think Spring theme. Flowers of any kind remind me of Spring as do the butterflies.

The stencil I used is one I purchased some time ago but just now got around to using it. It is a Designs by Ryn stencil called Hibiscus. I combined that with the Hero Art CL867 Color Layering Butterflies and a Hero Arts sentiment set called SRHA15 Prayers.

I used Gina K. Designs Ivory card stock and used Gina K. Designs inks in the shades of Innocent Pink, Wild Dandelion, Fresh Asparagus, Passionate Pink and Black Onyx. I used the MISTI for stamping the butterflies and sentiments. After all the main elements were added to the single layer card I finished it off by adding some black rhinestones.

This was so fun to do and working with the bright colors helped to make a gloomy weather day feel more cheery.

Thanks for stopping in and for all the wonderful comments you leave me.

God bless,
Verna

Bleaching and Blunders

Well, I almost think that today I should have just left the crafting things in their drawers and done something else instead, but I didn't. I finally got a card that was fairly good looking so I will post it. On this card I used a new stamp set from Gina K. Designs called Springtime Baskets. And, a chevron cover-up die was also a new item that finally got used.

First of all when I stamped the design in black pigment ink it did not seem to emboss like I wanted it to. But I did that again and the second time around it was some better. And when I applied the bleach it only made the blue lighter in color and not white like I had hoped but I it was still light enough so that I could color in the image. First I tried colored pencils and they looked terrible. So I then went over them with some Tombow markers. On the basket however all I did was color over the bleached light blue with some white colored pencil to make it a bit more white looking.

So now it came to the use of my brand new cover die that I got from Die-Namics which I was so excited to use. The first die cutting was a total flop, as was the second. Both were done with white which I really wanted the cover die cut to be but I finally worked with a more golden rod colored card stock and got it to cut through fairly well. And, where it did not cut as well I covered it up with my design.

I was not quite sure what to do with the bleached basket design but at the last resort decided to die cut it with a scalloped die and then add a layer of darker pink behind it. These in turn were laid onto a circle die cut of the blue card stock.

The sentiment was stamped in pink ink on white card stock and then layered onto a layer of blue which was cut with a scalloped scissors. This was then added to a darker pink layer.

I finally got the card assembled then and it was ready to photograph. After repeated tries to get a good photo I finally got one that was suitable. It just seemed the blunders with this card went on and on today. LOL But it is what it is.

Dies used:
Die-Namics MFT-930 Split Chevron Cover Up
Cheery Lynn Designs XM5 XM Scalloped Circle
Cheery Lynn Designs XL-4 Circle-Classics

I am entering this in the following challenge:
Mod Squad Challenge-Use Bleach
Double D-Think Spring
Dies R Us-Something New

Well, I hope your day is going better then mine. Tomorrow is a doctor visit day for a check up and it is out of our immediate area so I won't be doing card making at all. Maybe I need a break anyway after today. LOL Thanks for stopping by and leaving your kind comments.

God bless,
Verna