PCC366 Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge with Stampin' Up! Free as a Bird

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  I've have been MIA with the Paper Craft Crew for a while now but I'm back and ready to dive in with a fun sketch challenge and the Free as a Bird stamp set from the Annual Catalog!  

I have to admit.. I really am a bird person.  Whenever my hubby and I go on vacation, I'm always taking pictures of birds.  My card idea started with a piece of Purple Posy Cardstock but I had to admit that I wasn't sure if there were many birds that were lavender or purple.  So... of course I googled purple birds and found out that there are! 

This little guy looked a lot like the little birds in the Free as a Bird stamp set so I went for it!

I used the floral and leaf images from the stamp set to make a background by stamping them with Versamark for a tone-on-tone look.  I used one of the Stampin' Up! Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut it into my background panel.  I layered that on a piece of Basic Black Cardstock and then adhered it to a Melon Mambo Cardstock.  I then stamped the birds on a branch image onto a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Gina K Designs Amalgam Ink and colored it with Zig Clean Color Markers.  The Bristol Smooth really allows the Zig Clean Color Markers to blend and it takes water really well.  Once the image was dry, I used one of the Stampin' Up! Stitched Nested Label Dies to cut it out.  *Currently The Stitched Nested Label Dies can be purchased with the Free as a Bird Stamp Set as a bundle! I used Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere to the layered card base.  I stamped the "hello" sentiment from the set with Versamark Ink onto Basic Black cardstock and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder.  I used Multipurpose adhesive to adhere the sentiment to the bird label die.  I added a Mini Dimensional to the left side that hung off of the label so support it.  Finally I added some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots that had been colored with a Melon Mambo Stampin' Blend and adhered them to the front of the card.  The Stampin' Blend alcohol markers dry so quickly that you can add them almost immediately to your card. 

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SIP Challenge #117 Watercolor with Lawn Fawn Pumpkin Spice!

Hello my friends!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend and survived Monday!  I had a busy Monday but still made time to head out for lunch for my favorite drink.... coffee!  And what kind of coffee says it's fall... Pumpkin Spice Latte of course!  This week's challenge over at Stamp, Ink, Paper is a Watercolor Challenge and I made it all about Pumpkin Spice Latte!  lol

The background in this week's challenge banner inspired me to do some distress ink smooshing onto watercolor for my background!  

I started with a 5 1/2" x 3" panel of watercolor paper that was sprayed with water.  I smooshed some Tim Holtz Mustard Seed Distress Ink onto a piece of acetate and sprayed it with water and then pushed it around onto the watercolor paper.  I followed the same technique but with Spiced Marmelade and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink, drying between each layer.  A Distress Splatter Brush and some more of the Rusty Hinge Distress Ink thinned out with water added some dark splatters.  Next I stamped my Lawn Fawn Cup and shaker onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Black Onyx Ink and then dried it with my heat cool.  Distress Inks in Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain were used to color in the coffee and the cup.  A small amount of Scattered Straw Distress Ink  was used to highlight the edges of the whipped cream.  I used a stiff brush to brush on a little bit of the Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain Distress Ink onto the whipped cream and inside the shaker for the Pumpkin Spice.  A Zig Marker in Medium Gray and a wet small brush  highlighted the metal ring of the shaker.  I attached the cup and shaker to the watercolor panel with foam squares.  I used a little more of the Walnut Stain Distress Ink with a wet brush under the cup to ground it.  Clear Wink of Stella was brushed onto the Whipped Cream.  Some FSJ Journey Glaze was brushed all over the cup and the shaker.  (I LOVE the Journey Glaze.. it's the one thing I never want to run out of!)  I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment onto the bottom of the watercolor panel with more of the Versafine Black Onyx Ink and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I used some scraps of Woodgrain DSP onto the top and bottom of the panel and then attached it all to a piece of Patterned Paper from my stash that I felt matched the colors well.  I added a few Pretty Pink Posh 4mm sequins to finish it off and then attached it to a card base of 110# Neenah Classic Solar White Cardstock.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll stop by and pick up a Pumpkin Spice Latte today!  I know I will! 

Blessings, Tina

CYCI #70 - Designer's Choice Challenge - May Flowers Edition

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I hope you've enjoyed your weekend as much as I have.  Actually I've had a few days off work so as wonderful as today is, it's a little sad that tomorrow is back to work! Well since it is Sunday, you know what that means...there's another challenge up at www.canyoucaseit.com.  This week my Design Team is off and so our cards will be posted as Challengers... Fun! :)  I hope you'll check all of the cards out this week and play along! 

My card this week is a simple watercolor using the Butterfly Basics stamp set.  Actually since I often tend to use many stamp sets for one card I challenged myself to use just one set.  It wasn't hard with this set at all though.

I started out with a 11" x 4 1/4" piece of the yummy new Watermelon Wonder cardstock, scored at 5 1/2".  I added a layer of basic black cardstock that was 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".  On a piece of Watercolor paper that was 5 1/4" x 4", I stamped the fern with Mossy Meadow ink and the flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  After allowing the ink to dry, I used my Aqua Painters to fill in the open part of the flower images using Mossy Meadow for the stems and leaves and Watermelon Wonder for the flowers.  I dried the watercolored portions with my heat tool and then did a background wash with Mint Macaron and Soft Sky with just a little wash of So Saffron in the upper right hand corner.  I stamped my "Sending Wishes Your Way" sentiment in the upper right with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and tied on some of the beautiful new Watermelon Wonder Lace.   I then mounted the watercolor paper onto the black layer of the card.  I added a few Pretty Pink Posh Charcoal Sequins an called this one done!   I was able to get the new catalog goodies (Watermelon Wonder and Mint Macaron Inks, Card Stock, and Lace Trim) as a preorder since I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  These products will be available for non-Demos to order when the new catalog goes live on June 2, 2015.

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Non Stampin' Up Products Used: Pretty Pink Posh Charcoal Sequins

Blessings,
Tina