Masking

The next challenge was to use an oval die and make a pumpkin with it using the masking technique.  Now others in the group were using two different stamps on their cards which I tried at first but ended up trashing so instead what I did was use the same stamp for all my panels but changed up the colors so I have Brown in the center with green on either side ect.

Cam & Chloe - Dot background stamp
Spellbinder - oval die for masking and Distress ink - Carved pumpkin for shading
Poppystamps - Climbing vine die
Spellbinder - Fall Foliage and Labels trio dies
D.R.S. designs - Easy grass background w/mowed lawn distress ink
JoAnn Essentials -emotions vellum sentiment
Stampin up - Black Jewels

Sharing a few pictures I took with my phone while I was making it to show the process of masking to make the pumpkin

You use the oval over the piece you just stamped and then take the negative and move over and stamp again to get the different panels in the pumpkin, after I was done I laid it back on in order to get the shading with the orange ink.

I cut the pumpkin out so I could apply it to my kraft background and grassy area, I popped it up on some foam for dimension as well as the pinecone and some of the leaves.  I used my background I had made earlier using my color bursts. The stem was just hand cut.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Wrap around

The next challenge I tried in my group was to make a wrap around card.  You take a separate piece of paper and stamp on it and then wrap it around so that half is on the front of the card and the other half is to the back.  My first attempt of a die didn't work out so I went with this big scalloped die.

Colored my stamp with pencils since there was a lot of little area's and my pencils work much better in the smaller areas. Fussy cut so more of the wrap around piece would show.

Stampin up - Canvas Background stamp
Great Impressions - Harvest Wagon stamp, colored w/pencils
Spellbinders - Grand Scalloped circles die
Ms. Sparkle & co. - Give thanks stamp set, sentiment and leaves

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and say Hi,

Connie

3 from 1

My stamp group is once again having a week of challenges and today I am going to share what I had the group do for my challenge.  

I have never tried the one sheet wonder cards where you get a group of cards out of one sheet of paper, in this case it is a 6x6 inch piece. You can get 4 cards from one sheet but we only needed to do 3, needed time for other challenges too :)

Here is a Link to the way to cut your one sheet of paper.

My first card is going to a lady at church who lost her husband while we were away on vacation.

Teresa Collins - He said she said paper
Martha Stewart - punch border
Hampton Art - Flower Amaze stamp, colored w/pencils

Same paper
Martha Stewart punch
Gina K - Don't lose hope stamp set, colored with pencils
Nuvo - winter blizzard glitter drops on wings

Recollections - bling on a roll
Hampton Art - Flower Amaze, colored w/markers
Hero Arts - It's your day sentiment stamp

I do think that using this technique would make great group of cards to gift someone.

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today,

Connie

Bee-utiful

I have been gone for almost 2 weeks. We went up to Michigan first to have a day with our siblings and then headed out to Connecticut to visit our daughter, we had a good but very quick visit, she is a very busy girl in her 3rd year of getting her Doctorate in Theology.  I took some pictures of some of the Yale campus but don't know if any of them turned out yet, but I will share if they did. 

Today I am sharing a new stamp set I bought at the scrapbook convention that I hadn't tried yet.

I stamped and colored it with markers off to the left side so that I could use this die cut for the right side of my card. The bee was lifted up with foam tape and I added some diamond stickles to the wings.

Dare2BArtzy- Bee-utiful Stamp set, colored w/markers
Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Mixed Media die
Basic Grey - Periphery Paper
Stampendous - Birthday assortment sentiment stamp
Distress ink - Peeled Paint around the edges
Stickles - Diamond on Bee wings and flower centers

I was able to view your posts while I was gone but a couple nights when we got back I was just too tired to think straight, so I am a little behind on visiting but hope to catch up soon :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me know :)

Connie

Flower Bouquets

I purchased a bag of all kinds of goodies at the yard sale at my Local stamp store and these flower stickers were inside, they have a lot of dimension to them , so I paired them up once again with this great paper pack that makes it look like there is many layers to the background but it is just one layer. I did add the thin green ribbon to tie my sentiment tag onto the card.  I decided to go with orange for my frame instead of the traditional brown. Added a few white enamel dots to the background too.

Hero Arts - Wood frame die
Jot - Pop up stickers (flowers)
Sassafras - Mix and Mend papers
Spool O Ribbon
Martha Stewart - tag punch
ODBD - Mini tag sentiment stamp
Ranger enamel accents - white
Brad

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie