Tone On Tone

The Gina K. Designs May release was held yesterday and Gina put out the challenge for us to make a tone on tone card design. Well, I love a challenge so I pulled out the Wreath Builder stamp set and template by Gina K. Designs and proceeded to make this card.

Gina has a fabulous array of green inks and card stocks so I decided to make a card with those tones in mind. The only other colors are the white and black.

I started to build the wreath on a 3 3/4 piece of Key Lime card stock. I stamped the images from the Wreath Builder stamp set with Jellybean Green and Lucky Clover inks. The sentiment was stamped in Gina K. Designs Amalgam Jet Black ink. Next I took a white piece of card stock size 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches and placed some green and white polka dot Washi Tape along the bottom and in the middle of that I added some black and white twine. The Key Lime panel was then also layered onto the white above the Washi tape layer. This panel was then placed onto a card base of Lucky Clover card stock. The last thing I added to the card was a white panel inside so that I can add a message.
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Well here we are to the weekend already. I hope you have a great one. And, all you mothers or motherly type have a great Mother's Day. Thanks for stopping by.

God bless,
Verna

Stenciled Graduation Card

Just when I thought I was done with getting graduation announcements two more came into my mail box. So I made a quick card today using a stencil and some dies and a sentiment. I really like the look of this one and since this is for a young lady I more or less catered to more feminine colors.

I took a sheet of white card stock and stenciled on the design which is one of Gina K. Designs stencils called Water Droplets. I then added that stenciled panel to a white card stock base. Next I took the sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Lettered and Lovely stamp set and stamped that in black. I added a few droplet looking elements from that same set in various colors around that sentiment before I die cut it with the Gina K. Designs Small Rectangle Double Stitched die. I added this to a die cut rectangle using Gina's Large Single Stitched Rectangle die of Dusty Pink card stock. My jumping young lady graduate is from an Impression Obsession die set. It also has a young man die but I only used the  young lady one. My last addition to the card was to add some black rhinestone bling.

This was a really easy and fun card to do. And, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment design as that way I could re-stamp the designs if I needed and they would be perfectly aligned.

I am entering this in the Scrapy Land Challenge #89-Anything Goes.

Well, our weather has turned to a more chilly type. And, we are getting rain showers quite often too. Just a few days ago it was in the 80's and now it is highs in the 50's to low 60's. And, windy today too. So I thought it a great time to stay inside.

While I am here I want to send you a reminder that soon the Spring and Summer Coffee Lovers event will be going on. So maybe if you find time you can make a few projects for that event. There are always lots of prizes to be given out so it is worth entering. I know it is a busy time of year but I hope to get a few projects made for it.

You have a great rest of the week. Thanks for the visit and for all your wonderful comments. Until next time, take care.

God bless,

Verna

Blooming Birthday

Here is another stenciled design. I have this wreath builder stencil from Gina K. Designs and even though it is a very open stencil I figured I could still add some sponged inks to it and make a card with it. As an experiment I was not sure what I would end up with but I guess in this case it isn't too bad and certainly will be a card I will send to someone.

I used a 4 inch square of white card stock and added the inks in the center of the stencil by going in one direction only. But for the last color of a lime green that I added I went the opposite direction and that made for even different colors when it all blended together. I think I did goof though when I stamped the images from the Gina K. Designs Bold & Blooming set by placing them upside down  but I guess it still looks fine to me. The sponged design was layered onto Slate card stock and then I cut it down the center and placed one half on top and one half on the bottom of the A2 size   
(4 1/4 x 5 1/2) inch card stock base. I then stamped the sentiment on a white panel and layered that to Slate card stock and placed it over the two split sections. The last step was to add some black gems.

Well, plans today are to do some baking so I don't think I will be stamping much at all. It is okay to take a break. Thanks for visiting and for all the wonderful comments you leave.

God bless,
Verna

Spring Wedding Card

Happy Sunday to all! While I was still in the mood of working with a stencil and some sponges I decided to try and make a wedding card for our great niece who will be getting married early in June. I like how this turned out as well. This card will also be entered in the Stamp TV Monthly Challenge.

The stenciled design is done using a lace one from Tim Holtz. I used Gina K. Designs inks to add color by sponging. Next I added a gold edged chiffon ribbon down the center. My flowers are from the Gina K. Designs Stippled Flowers set. I colored them with Copics and then cut them out and laid them over the top partially covering the ribbon and lace background. The sentiment is also from that stamp set and I stamped it in black onto the white sentiment panel before adding it to some gold glitter paper. Several years ago I bought a bag of buttons and in that bag were these double heart charms so I thought that would look nice attached to the sentiment. The final touch was to punch out three circles from the gold glitter paper and add them randomly.

I am also adding this to the following challenges:
Double D's Challenge
Mod Squad Challenge

Well, another gorgeous day here. Sun is shining and there is a light breeze. I hope your Sunday is a good one too. Enjoy the day!

God bless,
Verna

Stenciled Birthday Blooms

I have not used a stencil in quite some time so when the challenge to use stencils in rainbow colors came about with the Stamp TV Monthly Challenge I just had to play along.

I used a Gina K. Designs Art Stencil and also used Gina K. Designs inks. The sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Elegant Florals 2 stamp set. I die cut the focal panel with a Memory Box Cross Stitched Border die and then added it to a layer of black card stock. Next I added some black and white twine and then placed it on the white card base.

Oh, this was fun as I always enjoy sponging and that is how I added the color to the stencil design. I tried to use a gradual change of colors in it too as I sponged along. 

Well, another week gone by and here we are on a Saturday morning. I hope your weekend is off to a great start. Thanks for the visit and lovely comments too.

God bless,

Verna

Charming Mom's Day Card

Earlier today I watched a video by Karen Hightower from Gina K. Designs where she colored in a floral image using colored pencils. Well, I had not worked with colored pencils for ages so I decided that this would be a new way for me to get my muse working better. So with that in mind I created this card. And I must say that even I am impressed with the way this card turned out.

The lily is from the Gina K. Designs Thank You Friend stamp set. And the sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Elegant Florals 2. I used my Misti and took my kraft card stock and ran an anti-static pad over it and then with Versamark inks stamped the lily image. I then added Gina K. Designs white detail embossing powder and heat set it. Then I took my Prismacolor pencils and colored in the lily. Once the lily was colored the way I wanted it I then took white acrylic paint and mixed it with a bit of water and using a fine brush tapped on some white specks.

This kraft panel was layered onto some Gina K. Designs Plum Punch card stock and then added to the white card base. My sentiment was stamped with Gina K. Designs Plum Punch ink onto white and also layered to some Plum Punch card stock. I wrapped some white and kraft twine around the sentiment panel and added a heart charm. This was then placed also on the kraft panel. The last thing added to the design was a plum colored rhinestone gem.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge
Double D's Challenge

Well, we had another beautiful sunny day with temps in the upper 70's. Yesterday it was chilly but today was much nicer. I hope things are improving for you weather wise too.

God bless,
Verna

Baby Oh Baby!

I find myself in need of a baby shower card and so this time I pulled out this stamp set from Sparkle N Sprinkle called Baby Oh Baby! I thought it a perfect set for making my card. I can see making this for a Mother's Day card for the mom-to-be too!

Since the happy couple are expecting a boy I went with a lot more blue in the design. My background was made just using the Baby Oh Baby sentiment repeatedly in various colors. I then did some distressing with blue ink around the edges. The Mom To Be sentiment was die cut out with a double stitched circle die from Cottage Cutz and again I did some distressing with blue ink on it.

The young lady image was colored with a combination of Copics and Sharpies. I did no special blending but simply colored in the image. And, the background was stamped with various ink colors using Gina K. Design inks. After I had the young lady colored I fussy cut it and placed it on the background.

I am entering this in the following challenge:
Double D's Challenge

Well, I must confess I am in a stamping funk. For some reason I have lost my mojo but am mainly stamping according to my needs. So maybe that shows in my work but I still think this looks fairly nice anyway.

I hope all of you are having a great week. Hard to believe it is Wednesday already. I guess they call that "Hump" day. When you get through with Wednesday you are over the hump. LOL

Thanks so much for visiting. You have a great evening.

God bless,
Verna