Thinking of You - Slanted Sentiment

Hi Everybody,

I'm on the Strawberry Jude Stamps blog today guest designing for them one more time this month.  I'm really impressed with the quality of their stamps.  HERE'S A LINK to check out the online shop.  

I'm using one of the new release stamp sets called, Grateful Florals.  Last post I used the large bouquet so this time I wanted to use the pine cone and leaf.  When I think of pine cones and leaves, I either picture them laying on the ground in piles on the ground or flying around because it's Fall and windy.  On this card they are flying around. :) 

So, in my head, I have a list of techniques I want to try, ways I want to lay out my card, etc., most of the time I don't use something from the list. This time I am, I have been wanting to do a slanted sentiment so now I can mark it off my head list. 

I am using Gina K Designs Kraft Cardstock and bottom layer Tomato Soup. The sentiment is fairly large so I started by putting it where I wanted it on the card and making lines above and below and then on those lines, I placed the Stitched Border Die by Lawn Fawn.  I really like how you can use these border dies to frame something, section something off, etc.  

Next I used the MISTI and I started stamping using Brutus Monroe Clear Embossing Ink (love!) and Penny Embossing Powder, which looks like copper. I just randomly stamped everything around those slanted lines. I stamped the sentiment in between the slanted lines and embossed with the Penny Embossing Powder.  

I colored the leaves and pine cones with Prismacolor Pencils.  This is another thing I wanted to take off of my head list lol, color on kraft cardstock with colored pencils.  It's very different than coloring on actual pencil paper. I think you can let lose here and not be so perfect on colored cardstock because it is very forgiving. 

I initially thought I would put Glossy Accents over everything but I decided to only use it on the leaves, then I would have a differentiation.  The leaves look like stained glass with the Glossy Accents on them.  Very pretty!

I finished it off by wrapping a piece of natural twine around the card going with the slant and made a bow and then added a few brown glitter enamel dots. 

Did I inspire you to try the slanted sentiment?  I'm not used to it so it makes me feel like my card is not straight lol. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

Winner of the 3D Pumpkin Trio

Hi Everybody,

I want to thank you for hopping with The Cutting Cafe's blog hop that started this past Thursday.  I thought the 3D Pumpkin Trio was so cute as a fall decoration, Halloween, etc., so that's why I chose it and wanted someone to win it.  

The winner of this pumpkin file is Missy Dennis.  Congratulations!!!

Please send an email to me at cardsbyregina@gmail.com, with your email address and this file will be sent to you and I would LOVE to see what you make.  The instructions are included with the file but if have any questions, please feel free to ask, either on email or Facebook.  

If you have not ever been to The Cutting Cafe's online shop, I invite you to check out not only the many SVG files but there is also a separate area where you will find clear stamps and accessories for your stamps and files, such as patterned paper, inks, products to use with shaker cards to name just a few. 

The owner, Regina Easter, also makes custom stamps and printed custom ribbon and cellophane bags.  Watch in the near future for me to use some custom ribbon and cellphone bags in a Halloween project. 

If anyone is interested in the 3D Pumpkin Trio I made in the bloghop, HERE IS A LINK.


Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

3D Fall Trio of Pumpkins

Hi Everybody,

Welcome to The Cutting Cafe's blog hop!  Each designer will be giving away the file(s) used on their projects today as a prize.  All you have to do is leave a comment on my blog and let me know what you think about this project and if you win, where will you put it?  Leave a comment on the other designers blogs for a chance to win the file to make their project as well.  HERE IS A LINK to The Cutting Cafe online shop.  You'll find SVG files, clear stamps, 6x6 paper pads, inks, sand, and other products to help you with embellishing your creation.


It's starting to feel like Fall here.  I do not have my Fall decorations out yet so the file I chose for today's post is something that can be easily made to use as Fall decor.  HERE IS A LINK to the 3D Pumpkin Trio

This shows how you can fold them up and store them.

Here are a few different photos in different parts of my house.

This file is easy to work with.  I cut 6 of the pumpkins out for each size, small, medium, and large but you can make them fuller if you would like to by cutting a few more. The most difficult part for me was choosing what papers I wanted to use but it was also fun to look through my patterned papers.  I used some patterned and some solid and many of them were scraps I had.  Instructions are included with this file.  Then I cut 6 half sides out of the patterned papers to glue around the inside of the pumpkin. 

You are just going to be gluing the pumpkins together and then gluing the patterned papers where you want them.  Then you will cut out the stems, leaves, and curly thing (not sure what that is called) :)  I cut a small slit in the bottom of the stems and slid them over the top and used a drop of glue to glue down.  Then you glue the curly thing to the leaf and the leaf to the stem.  If you get this file and have any questions, please feel free to contact me here or on Facebook and I'll be glad to help you.  I used Brutus Monroe glue and I am extremely happy with it. It dries super quick!

You can also decorate these pumpkins with Halloween papers.  I think tying some black tulle around the top would look awesome.  You can put accessories on it such as spiders, etc.  I considered doing this but I need to get Fall projects out of my system first before Halloween.  

There are also some printable sentiments included with this file. 

If you are here then you came from Tina Goodwin's blog and I am your last stop.  If you would like to start from the beginning, here's a link to Regina Easter's blog, owner of The Cutting Cafe.  She has a special prize package for you to win and I'll give you a hint... if you like the color Teal, then you should visit her blog. 

Please comment if you liked my project and would like to win the file.  I'll choose a winner on Saturday, September 9th and post who the winner is on Sunday, the 10th.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

3D Sunflower for Amazing Person

Hi Everybody,

I have had a sunflower die in my stash for several years and every Fall I have wanted to use it but never have, so today I finally used it!  

I used a Spellbinders die called Create a Sunflower.  It's really easy to do, there's just a lot of die cutting of petals and then gluing them all together.  I used Gina K Designs cardstock for the entire card except for the patterned paper.  I used Sweet Corn for the petals, Grass Green for the leaves, Tomato Soup (one of my fav colors) for a layer, and charcoal brown for the center of the flower.  I was going between black, chocolate brown and the charcoal brown and I think the charcoal brown matched the plaid stripe well so that made my decision.

The plaid patterned paper is by Lawn Fawn called Perfectly Plaid Fall.  I have been wanting to use these Lawn Fawn plaid papers for awhile too.  The bottom layer of the card is sweet corn by Gina K.   I cut the plaid paper out with a My Favorite Things die called Bold Stripes Cover Up.  I love how this turned out!

For the sentiment I used Simon Says Stamp You Matter stamp set.  I embossed with Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder and stamped on the Gina K charcoal brown.  This is the first time I've cut up my sentiment like this.  I see it done a lot so I thought I'd try it and I like how it turned out. Last, I used some clear sequins from The Ton Stamps.

I love making Fall cards and I hope I inspired you to make some.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

I Brake For White Crayon Sunflowers

Hi everybody!

I needed to make a birthday card for someone and I love to make Fall cards for people who have birthdays in September.  I love this stamp set from I Brake For Stamps called Bubble Wrap, Lattice and Flowers.  This stamp set has so many possibilities!!! If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA, you will receive 10% off your order.

I made a card using the lattice stamp as the background and colored the sunflower with copics recently.  I wanted to show another way to use this sunflower stamp.  I did the White Crayon Technique. 

 

The White Crayon Technique is very simple.  All you do is stamp your image, I used Memento Black Tuxedo and I randomly stamped the sunflower on some white card stock.  Then I colored the petals of the sunflowers with a white crayon and it doesn't have to be perfect.  Next I sponged a few Tim Holtz Distress Inks all over this piece of card stock.  The colors I used will be listed below.  Then you take a paper towel and rub over the card stock and it will wipe most of the ink off of the petals and leave the white crayon.  That's all there is to it.  It's just another technique to give a different look to your stamps.  I find myself always coloring with copics the normal yellows and oranges.  

I embossed that orange looking card stock with one of the new We R Memory Keepers Next Level Embossing Folders called Woven.  They are 6x6 so I love the size and there are lines on the inside so you can line your card stock up correctly.  You get the deepest emboss with these, they are beautiful.  There are a few different ones and 2 to a set.  Here's a link to Amazon for the  Woven Embossing Folders.  They are very reasonably priced too.  Less than $10 for 2.  You will love them!  

 

I cut out the Happy Birthday To You with a Lawn Fawn die called Happy Birthday Border die.  I used card stock for the brown words and fun foam for birthday to pop it up a little.  I wanted the word birthday to stand out so I made it white to match the sunflower petals. I used a Wink of Stella Clear pen and went over the words and the centers of the sunflowers to give just a little sparkle.  I used some brown twine and added a little sunflower charm.  

List of Supplies Used:

• Gina K Designs white, chocolate brown, and tomato soup card stock and the middle layer that is a mustard golden yellow came in a pack of an assortment called Sun Kissed Autumn.
• W R Memory Keepers Next Level Embossing Folder, Woven
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:  Ripe Persimmon, Crushed Olive, Rusty Hinge and Mustard Seed
• Fun Foam
• Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Border die
• Pop Dots
• American Craft Brown Twine
• Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Pen
• Sunflower Charm from my stash
• White Crayon 
• Tombo Dot Runner Adhesive

I hope you'll try the White Crayon Technique.  Did I inspire you to run to your craft room and make a Fall Card?  Check out  I Brake For Stamps.  There are over 4,000 stamps and digis as well and weekly 50% off specials.  If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA, you will receive 10% off your order.  

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 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina I Brake For Stamps Design Team Member

I Brake For Bister and Barns

Hi everybody,

I finally got a chance to play with Bister.  I felt like a little kid!  Bister is watercolor powder.  Do you like making your own backgrounds?  Then you really need to experiment with these.  I'm going to give you a link to Bister at I Brake For Stamps.  The powder is in small containers and cost about $1.65, so affordable for everyone to try.  You can use coupon code SAVE10REGINA and receive 10% off your order.  You can't beat that!  Here's a link to Bister and here's a link to the online store, I Brake For Stamps.  I used two I Brake For Stamps stamps on this card.  One is called Rustic Barn and the other is Fall Leaf Background.  

First, I embossed the Fall Leaf Background stamp with clear embossing powder.  I decided to use Bister in red, yellow and a little bit of green.  You can choose how much color you want and can even add more if you want more of a certain color in a certain place on your card stock.  I used watercolor paper.  I use 140# cold press Strathmore.  I would recommend taping the watercolor paper down with washi tape or some kind of easy release tape.  The main reason for this is so that the paper doesn't buckle.  The first couple of times I tried this I didn't tape down and I had watercolor dripping down the buckled paper.  This makes it much neater I promise.  You need a fine paint brush, just an old one but not those super stiff bristle ones. This powder will last forever because you need to use so little.  I compare it to Bare Minerals makeup.  If you wear this brand, you know exactly what I mean.  That stuff lasts forever because you barely need to use any.  Same here, a little bit will go a long way after it is activated by the water.

 

Lightly dip your paint brush in the powder getting a little on the brush and tap the paint brush lightly.  This is what it will look like.

This is what it looked like after I used all 3 colors.

After you have all your colors down, lightly spritz with water.  The more you spritz, the more the colors will move around the paper,  Here's what it looks like after a few spritzes.

Then I decided I wanted a little more red in that bare area so you can go back and add more and put it where you want it.  I love that!  See where I added some red powder.

Then continue to spritz with water. The next 3 pictures will show you the progression and the final result.  You can see the embossing. 

Isn't this cool looking?  

 

I blot the little puddles with a paper towel and then use a heat gun to dry.  Look at the awesome results for such an easy technique. 

I colored this beautiful Rustic Barn with Copics listed below.  I used a little Copic blending solution on a cloth and dabbed it lightly on the grass and drive part to give it that textured look.  For some reason, whenever I see an old barn in the middle of a field, it reminds me of Fall.  I remember growing up everybody had one of those 1,000 piece puzzles that ended up being a barn in a field in the Fall.  This is a fantastic stamp to use for those masculine cards that are so hard to create.  This stamp is appropriate for any male I think and of course, females as well. 

For this card I used Gina K Designs heavy base weight Ivory card stock as well as Tomato Soup and Chocolate Brown.  I wanted to try Neenah card stock with my Copics because I keep hearing people say they like it, well, I thought I ordered the wrong kind because it was flimsy then I remembered Xpress blending cards are flimsy too.  I bought Neenah 110# Smooth White Exact Index and I love it.  I can blend very well on this paper.  It is reasonably priced too at Amazon, ream of 250 sheets around $15.00.  I used Spellbinders Labels 8 dies and then used it as a template for the layering one.  I sponged Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs distress ink around the edge of the cut out stamp and the edge of the leaves background.  That's all I used on this card.  I wanted the stars to be the background and this beautiful scenery stamp.

Copics Used:
Barn:  E11, E15, E19
Fence and Roof::  W2, W5 and tip to tip also
Stone on barn:  E42, E44
Pumpkins:  YR04, YR07
Cart:  E23, E25
Driveway:  E31, E33
Pines:  YG63, YG67
Shadow in Doorways:  C9
Tree:  G40, G43, Y35, YR21, YR24, YR27, YR18
Grass:  YG91, YG93

Next Wednesday I will post a Halloween card using Black Bister powder in the background.   Ooooh spooky!  lol 

I hope I have inspired you to want to try Bister watercolor powders.  Have fun making your Fall cards!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina - I Brake For Stamps Design Team Member