A New Day Encouragement Card

Hi Everybody,

I want to share a card I made for someone going through a difficult time.  I hope this is an appropriate card for her situation.  

I used a WPlus9 stamp called A New Day.  

I decided to stamp with my Tim Holtz Oxide Inks.  I used Fossilized Amber for the background using an Impression Obsession stamp called Canvas.  I stamped the script words with Vintage Photo using a stamp from Heartfelt Creation called Large Elegant Words.  I used the heat gun because the ink was so wet. These oxide inks stamp really good!  I embossed the bird stamp using Versamark Ink and Zing Chestnut Embossing Powder.  

I made a bunch of these just playing around using regular card stock and watercolor papers.  This happens to be regular card stock. I used Zig Real Brush Markers to color the stamp.  I was surprised that they did pretty well on regular card stock because I always had used them on watercolor paper. 

I used a Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter pen on the bird's chest and the berries.  You can also put some Glossy Accents on the berries to give them lots of shine and dimension and can probably still see the glitter pen underneath, not sure.  I'll have to try that but that would look really pretty.  

When I stamped the sentiment with Versamark, I was brushing away a few stray powders and my hand rubbed off the part that says 'is a new day' so I put it a little lower in case I still had versarmark there.  You just put tape over the part you don't want to stamp, in this case, the word Tomorrow, and stamp with Versamark and then remove the tape and stamp on your card.  

This is such a lovely stamp and it is very inexpensive, around $5.  I hope I inspired you to make something beautiful today.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


Regina

Ombre' Emboss Resist Technique

Hi Everybody,

I made yet another card from Jennifer McGuire's Ombre' Resist Technique.  The day I watched her video I made about 20 backgrounds so that I would have them for future cards.  I stamped the backgrounds, embossed with white powder and sponged them in different colors.  These can suit any occasion I'm quite sure.  I made one for a male using a leaf background.  This is a great way to blow the dust off those background stamps that are hardly used and use your supplies.

I love this pretty purple color.  I used the Tim Holtz Distress Tool to
give the edges some interest since I wasn't layering this card.  

I put the die and sentiment at the top only because I wanted more room to write.  

It might've looked better in the center. 

I didn't want you to think I post so many of these because I don't know what else to make lol.  I make them because they fit the occasion I need and especially if I don't have a lot of time, 

then these pre-made up backgrounds are great.  

Here's a link to Jennifer McGuire's video on Ombre' Emboss Resist Technique. 

Here are some different backgrounds I made one day.

This is the one I made for a male.  He likes red and blue for Ole Miss Rebels football. I use sparkle embossing powder for the female's cards and just used card stock for this die for the male card.

So, all you need are some Tim Holtz Distress Inks, sponge daubers, either background stamps or you can use any stamp and just stamp it all over the card stock to make a background and white embossing powder.

Have Fun!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina