Cocoa Brown Challenge

This is my interpretation of the AIRs Cocoa challenge  It is made from stamps by Artistic Outpost (.com) and this card is called Vintage Hero.  For instructions and a supply list head on over to the Imagine blog linked here.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hugs ~ Renee

A Tangerine Master Board Becomes an All Occasion Card~ an AIRs Project

Like most crafters I have a stash of cards that can be used at a moment’s notice. When I make master boards I generally make a few cards or ATCs with whatever remains after I complete the main project and into my emergency reserve they go.  Our color challenge for the AIRs design team at Imagine Crafts this month was “Tangerine”, a cheerful color of summer, so I decided to make a master board combining all the different shades of orange that I have on hand. Objects in nature are never a single flat color but generally an eye pleasing combination of multiple shades of one color, including tangerines. This card has a nice masculine feel to it but can also has a feminine side to it with the addition of some paper flowers in the upper corner.

Skill: All levels

Time: 1 hour

Directions

Step one:  Create a monochromatic master board using different shades of orange.  Spray water on a piece of Mixed Media paper, this one measures 11” by 14”.  Lay a stencil or a piece of laser cut paper on top of the wet paper and with a large dauber begin pouncing different colors of orange inks through the design.  Keep blending the colors through the stencil, spraying more water during the process if necessary. The wet paper can be blotted off onto another piece of Mixed Media paper which almost has the same effect as a Gelli Plate design. The stencil can also be wiped off with a baby wipe onto the paper so that none of the ink goes to waste; this creates additional self-designed papers to be used later. Dry the paper with a heat tool.

Step two: Cut a piece of the master board measuring 2 ½” by 3 ½” (standard ATC size). Decorate with a bird die cut that also came from the master board paper, Washi tape and stamp a sentiment, heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Step three: Mat panel on black, gray and orange cardstock.

Step four: Mat the entire panel onto black cardstock and then mount onto patterned paper.

     

Step five: Glue the finished panel onto a blank white card. Color a few paper flowers with ink, spritzing water on them then blotting with a paper towel until the desired color is achieved. When the flowers are dry attach them to the upper corner of the card with a strong adhesive.

Here is the list of supplies that I used:

Supply List

Imagine Supplies

StazOn-Jet Black

Memento Luxe-Morocco

Brilliance-Pearlescent Rust

VersaMagic-Mango, Persimmon

Radiant Neon-Electric Orange

Memento Marker-Teal Zeal for eye color

Clear Embossing Powder

Large dauber

Other supplies

Stamps-Sizzix Bird Talk

Die-Sizzix Alterations “Bird Talk”, Big Kick machine

Washi Tape-Idea-ology Sketchbook

11” by 14” Strathmore 140 lb. Mixed Media paper

Cardstock-black, gray, orange, laser cut paper

White blank card measuring 6 ½” by 5”

Heat tool

Baby wipes

Paper towels

Thanks for stopping by today, I always appreciate your visits.  Why not leave a comment so I know you were here?  Have a great day, hugs ~ Renee

A Masculine Card

There are so many occasions to make and give masculine cards.  A friend of ours recently had a baby and the new Dad would certainly enjoy knowing he was not forgotten in all of the excitement!  You don't have to look far for an reason to use some wonderful masculine colors in card making.

If you would like to see the step by step tutorial just pop on over to the IMAGINE Crafts blog.  I hope you're planning a great weekend!  Hugs ~ Renee

AIRs Project of Choice::Masculine Card

In the current issue of "The Stampers' Sampler" I had a card featured that featured stamped images from Artistic Outpost.  I love their stamps!  The wonderful thing about using their stamps on something that is published in a magazine is that if you notify them they will give you a $14 gift certificate to their store.  That is just enough to buy a full plate of stamps.  So of course I let them know as soon as I saw my card and within a couple of days I was the proud owner of a stamp set called "Paperboy".  Here is a photo of it so you can see how adorable it is!

I was DYING to give it a go so the card I made for the Imagine Crafts AIRs challenge will be one of my first Paperboy projects.  I usually do a couple of different cards at one time and I tried some different background techniques.  For this particular one I will provide a step by step tutorial to show how I did the card.  I wanted to show you another way to use the IMAGINE Crafts Creative Medium product in the clear color for a unique background.

Initially I cut a piece of patterned card stock to fit the blank card measuring 5" by 7".  I adhered the patterned paper to the card using IMAGINE CRAFTS  Clear Creative Medium.  When this had dried I covered the entire card with a very thin coating of gesso and then allowed this to dry.  I used a heat gun to hurry this process along.  When the gesso was dry I took one of my largest background stamps and applied some Imagine Crafts spring colored inks to that in different spots.

The colors I chose are IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko VersaMagic Chalk Pigment Ink in Mango Madness, Aquatic Splash and Pink Petunia.   I spritzed the ink pad with about 2-3 sprays of water and then pressed it down firmly on the gessoed paper.  The result is very subtle.

Now I started building the layers on top of this background, starting with some black twine and a phrase from my new collection.  I stamped the phrase with IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko StazOn Jet Black and heat embossed it with clear powder.

I wanted to frame out my image of the newspaper boy with one of Spellbinders gorgeous shapes so I die cut a lovely one from Beaded Ovals.

I didn't want it to look too elegant since there is a scruffy little boy featured so I cut it out in black card stock and then sewed a piece of burlap with some black zigzag stitching on top of that.  Then the boy image that I had stamped in IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko StazOn Solvent Ink full size ink pad in Jet Black was trimmed out.  He looked a little pale so I colored in his face with Copic inks.  I used a strong adhesive to glue the boy's image to the burlap, finally the entire framed panel was adhered to the card and a little button was attached to the black twine.  I distressed the edges of the card with IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko Memento Dye ink in the Espresso Truffle color.  The card turned out very masculine.  It would be suitable for any man in your life!

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog today.  I hope you'll give some of these techniques a try.  If you have time please leave a comment, I love to hear from you!  Have a great weekend, I'll talk to you soon.  Here is a list of the products and tools that were used to create this card.

Products

IMAGINE Crafts Creative Medium Clear color

IMAGINE Crafts Embossing Powder Clear

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko Memento Dye Ink full-size ink pad in Espresso Truffle

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko StazOn Solvent Ink full-size ink pad in Jet Black

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko VersaMagic Chalk Pigment Ink Dewdrop size ink pads in:

Mango Madness, Pink Petunia, Aquatic Splash

one 5" by 7" blank white card

one piece of patterned paper cut to measure 5" by 7"

black waxed twine

button

burlap fabric circle

adhesive

Tools

Paperboy stamp set by Artistic Outpost

Large stamp, Geometric Swirl by Rubber Stampede

Water spray bottle

Spellbinders Nestabilities "Beaded Ovals" die template

sewing machine with black thread

scissors

heat gun