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Monday, July 24, 2023

Floral Stamp Three Ways

Large image stamps are wonderful for cards, art journals, and scrapbook layouts. The floral stamp from the Sweet as Honey Hero Arts set measures about 6.5" from the base of the stem to the top leaf. Stamping the image and heat embossing it on different types of paper allowed for exploring three different ways to use it on hand-created cards.
The first image, on the left, uses white embossing powder over white pigment ink on 100 lb cardstock. After the paper cooled, I ink-blended the embossed image with Catherine Pooler inks in cool colors. Wipe off the ink from the white embossed areas to make the colors shine. The middle image is stamped with Versamark without wiping off the leftover white ink and embossed with clear powder onto a heavy green cardstock.
The pink image is also heat embossed with white ink and white powder. This time it is on watercolor paper. It is easy to watercolor with embossed images because the embossing helps hold the watercolor inside the design. Sometimes, I audition stamped images onto backgrounds before deciding how to use them.
The picture above shows one of the images cut into two pieces and placed on an ink-blended background. And the picture below shows the intact image placed on a stenciled/ink-blended background. This was too busy for my liking.
Ultimately, I layered the image on a small solid panel placed over a heat-embossed background which has another piece of dark cardstock placed underneath and to one side of the front panel. The same dark green cardstock was used for the sentiment. The butterflies, sentiment, and background all use gold heat embossing powder. This is a 6-inch square card.
The 4.25" x 5.5" card, pictured below, also uses a gold embossed butterfly and sentiment. The sentiment is stamped onto the ink-blended panel. This is the same panel that was auditioned (and rejected,) above.
The panel adheres to a top-folding card base and the corners are rounded with a punch. Rounded corners soften the card. This design element is particularly welcome on a sympathy card.


The last card is also a 6-inch square card and is layered very similarly to the other square card. The butterflies are from the New Days Butterflies stamp set and colored with Copic markers. They add a bit of beauty to all of the cards.

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Craft My Stash: Reinker Marbling with Altenew, Pinkfresh, CTMH, Gina K., Ranger Inks

All of the re-inkers were used with photo paper and glossy cardstock. The colors are listed below with their respective photos. For the faux marbling technique, please watch the video tutorial. The paper was sprayed with water prior to applying the inks and additional water. The gold pigment ink pad is no longer available but other metallic pigment inks should work in a very similar manner. 

Glossy Cardstock is on the left-hand side of each picture posted below. The photo paper is on the right.

Altenew Reinkers

  1. Citrus Burst
  2. Snapdragon
  3. Grass Field



Paper after placed in an embossing folder

Archival Reinkers

  1. Manganese Blue
  2. Viridian

CTMH

  1. Thistle
  2. Crystal Blue
  3. Spring Iris



Tim Holtz Distress Ink

  1. Mustard Seed
  2. Tattered Rose
  3. Broken China



Distress Oxide

  1. Salvaged Patina
  2. Kitsch Flamingo

Gina K Designs

  1. Tangerine Twist
  2. Barely There
  3. Soft Stone



Pinkfresh Studio

  1. Persimmon
  2. Marigold
  3. Sky Blue


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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Craft My Stash: Marbling With Altenew Ink Pads

Marbled Paper Made With Ink Pads

One of my 2023 goals is to work through my craft stash and use the things I have or to let them go if they no longer serve my needs. For the past few days, I have been playing with ink pads and glossy papers to make marbled paper. Marbling is a very fun, unpredictable way to create card backgrounds, art journal or junk journal pages, or to add unique pops of color to scrapbook layouts. This post is mainly about my results when marbling with Altenew ink pads. It is also my submission for the AECP Level 2 course, With A Twist. The twist is that I have not heard of anyone using regular (not Distress) dye-ink pads for marbling. And the bonus twist is the addition of the pigment ink pad, Aqua Bronze Gold, and Gilding Flakes, too!



Card Made From Marbled Paper Using Altenew Ink Pads

Originally, my intention was to only use an old-nearly-dried gold pigment ink pad to add some metallic elements with the Altenew inks. But I found some other fun things to try as well. The video below explains the process and the pitfalls of my experimentation. 

The card pictured below is made with one of the pages that I said, in the video, was going to end up in the trash. Using a die to cut out the circled 'hello' brought life to the paper and popping it up on another not-very-interesting piece of marbled paper made a successful pairing. The glossy cardstock came from my stash. (Yay!)



The following two pictures show more detail of the marbling done on photo paper. It is Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy, which I purchased at Target. The paper is 4" x 6". That means the card base size will either need to be modified, the piece will need to be cut down, or there will be uneven borders. All of these options are a great way to explore your creativity and see what is pleasing to your eye.


Altenew Crisp Dye Ink with Gold Pigment Ink on Epson Photo Paper

The sparkle that the gold adds to the paper is an unexpected treat. However, the blue-purple piece without any metallic highlights, pictured below, is also beautiful.


Altenew Crisp Dye Ink on Epson Photo Paper

Lastly, this card is an example of a smaller-size card. It is a mini-slimline, measuring 6.25" x 3.25". It is top folding with the base cut at 6.25 x 6.5" and folded in half at the 3.25" mark. The popped-up shaker element is 6" x 3". The floral images for the shaker windows and the embellishment blossom are from the Build-A-Flower: Primrose Layering stamp and die set. The sentiment was cut using a Silhouette electronic die cutter.



Mini-Slimline Shaker Card


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Products Used:

Circled Greetings: Hello Die

Circled Greetings: Hugs Die

Build-A-Flower: Primrose Layering Stamp & Die Set

Northern Shore Ink Family

Sea Shore Ink Family

Frosted Foliage Fresh Dye Ink Family

Heart Beat Crisp Dye Ink

Marigold Crisp Dye Ink

Fresh Lemon Crisp Dye Ink

Firefly Crisp Dye Ink

Puffy Heart Crisp Dye Ink

Cotton Candy Crisp Dye Ink

Razzleberry Crisp Dye Ink

Aqua Bronze Rich Gold

This is similar to the gold ink pad that I used: Honey Bee Gold

Gina K. Designs Barely There Amalgam Ink

Gina K. Designs Soft Stone Dye Ink

Gina K. Designs Tangerine Twist Dye Ink

Wild Lilac Glitter Glitz

Master Layouts 1 Set

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Monday, May 1, 2023

Magical Marker Techniques




 Do you like to color? If so, do you have a favorite media to use? Pencils, markers, crayons, pastels, or a combination of things? A class I recently completed through the Altenew Academy, Magical Marker Techniques, was all about using alcohol-based markers. The focus was actually not on coloring but rather on how to use alcohol markers in other ways to apply color to paper. Many of the techniques would also work for water-based markers and pastels. Sometimes it is fun to get out your supplies and try using them in alternate ways. This card uses one of the ideas from the class. But first, let's do the background.

Background

Today's card has a randomly stamped background using the Build-A-Flower: Primrose stamp set from Altenew. The three floral outline images are stamped with black ink on a standard A2 card front in no particular fashion. When random stamping, it is important to stamp off the page and also to turn the stamps so they look different from their neighboring images. I love using Gina K. Designs Master Layouts to get clean, crisp cuts for layering the card fronts. The smaller size was used for the stamped background and the larger one was used to cut the turquoise layer. These are popped up with foam tape onto a white card base.



Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol

To make the ombre layer, I scribbled three different corresponding colors from Altenew's D set of Artist Markers onto a piece of plastic packaging that was destined for the trash. Then I spritzed some rubbing alcohol onto the plastic and smooshed the cardstock onto it. I repeated the spritzing of alcohol a couple of times because there was not enough liquid on the plastic to allow it to transfer to the paper. After allowing it to dry, I tore the edges and outlined the paper with one of the markers. It was a more intense color than I wanted so I sprayed the edges with the alcohol, as well. The Isopropyl I used is 70%, it comes in 91% also and is available at Target, pharmacies, and supermarkets. 

The flower was made by stamping one of the same floral images, as was used on the background, onto a scrap of cardstock. This was stamped with Altenew's Permanent Black Ink because it is safe to use with alcohol markers. I used the same D set of markers and colored the flower with some of the pink shades. To give it the mottled/watercolory look, I spritzed it with the rubbing alcohol. When dry, I die cut it and popped it up onto the card with foam tape.

For the pearl center, I used one of the same pink markers and colored a self-adhesive pearl from my stash. The "Hello There" sentiment is from the same Primrose stamp set.

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Products Used:

Build-A-Flower: Primrose Layering Stamp & Die Set

Permanent Black Crisp Ink

Artist Markers Set D

Master Layouts 1 Set





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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

AECP - Let It Shine





Carissa Wiley teaches the AECP Let It Shine class for the Altenew Academy. It was a class filled with many different techniques for adding sparkle to cards. This class is one of the ten required classes for the Altenew Education Certification Level One Program. It has been my favorite thus far because it is all about adding shine and sparkle to cards from a teacher who really loves adding some glam to her projects. 


Inlaid Die Cutting
This card was inspired by Carissa's use of specialty papers to add shine to her cards. I enjoy doing inlaid die cutting and wanted to use some of Altenew's glitter cardstock in some of the cut-outs of the Simple Shapes cover die. I also wanted to use some bright colors to help showcase the 'hello' sentiment. Coloring individual pieces is very quick and easy.



Random pieces were colored with the following Copic colors: RV06, R27, YR09, Y08, YG07, B04, and B28. B28 is darker than the other hues so it was only used once. A piece of vellum placed over it helped tone it down and also gave a nice backdrop to the sentiment. Ink blending would also achieve a similar effect. However, I am a messy ink blender and the tiny pieces seemed like a recipe for inky fingers. Alternatively, I could have ink blended the cardstock prior to die cutting. My Copics have been neglected for awhile so it was nice to get them out for a bit to play.


A note about the Circled Greetings die - it is intended to be used as a cut-out rather than a stand-alone die cut. In order to cut it out as I have used it, I used the Hero Arts Nesting Circle Infinity die set. The third largest die is what gave a thicker border around the hello.

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Products Used:
Circled Greetings: Hello Die
Simple Shapes Cover Die
Glitter Cardstock Set - Gilded
Nesting Circle Infinity Die Set

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Monday, March 20, 2023

AECP - All About Layering Four


Today's post is about layered stamping with floral designs from Altenew. I'm more than halfway through Level One of the AECP courses. The latest class that inspired this post is All About Layering Four. There are many different stamp sets from which to choose but the layering genius behind them is the same. Line up the images based on the guidelines provided on the packaging or downloaded from Altenew's website and create lovely flowers with depth and detail. 

Ink-blended background with white splatters

Tip for easy stamping

Using a stamp positioner makes lining up the stamps very easy. It allows for precise placement and also gives you repeatability for well-stamped images. I placed a piece of white cardstock in my Misti and stamped both flowers and the leaves at the same time. It was easy to swap out the stamps for each layer. On one set of flowers I used the same ink color for layers one and two, and on the second set used the darkest color twice for layers three and four. It is ok to use as many or as few colors as you like even though there are four layers.


Something was missing in the upper right corner but another flower made it seem too heavy. As butterflies are light, this seemed like a good addition to the sequins and Gelly Roll highlights. The little butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

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Products Used:
Strength Blooms Stamp and Die Set
Fancy Hugs Die
Turquoise Crisp Dye Ink
Cherry Blossom Oval Dye Ink Set
Grass Field Crisp Dye Ink
Firefly Crisp Dye Ink




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