Unsupervised

 I got the idea for my first card from the internet but I guess I didn't save where I found it, and I so wanted to give the person credit.  I found another one that is close but not the original one I got the inspiration from.   I tore my piece of the background by holding up the cat to my background and getting s sense of how far to tear the pieces.  I stamped the cat onto patterned paper and did a little coloring with marker over it.  I also had to stamp the yarn too, both were fussy cut.  This went to a fellow cardmaker who has recently adopted two little kittens, I gave it to her for her birthday.

• Tim Holtz - Snarky cats stamp set, THMM110, stamped on pattern paper and both yarn and cat fussy cut

My next card I was able to make the same day since the first card went so quickly, I thought this one would also but I ended up having to paint the brackets with 3 coats of paint to cover the chipboard, so that took a bit of time, the rest went quickly :)

• BasicGrey - Chipboard Hardware w/ 3 coats of Jenni Bowlin - Lemon drops paint
• Hot Off the press - Cardmakers Card Quotes - Definitions
• Spellbinders - Labels one die
• Papertrey ink - Hodge Podge paper
• Gems

Wow we are half way through the week already, hope yours is going well.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Turquoise flower

 Our last challenge in the group was to make a card with at least one stamp and one die. The flowers and leaves stamp have dies with them, plus I went with a diecut behind to put them on.

The reason I went with Turquoise as my color is because the Flower Challenge Blog is having a challenge right now to use Turquoise as your main color of your flower card.

I used Gray ink to stamp the leaves since that was allowed and the other berries were stamped with the closet I have to Turquoise ink.

• Wendy Vecchi, Make Art - Bravo stamp set colored w/markers and A Million Thanks stamp set for the leaves
• Spellbinders - Big Scallop lg. die
• Liquid pearls - Mint green
• Fiskars - Corner rounder punch

You have until the 25th to play along in the challenge.

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

Connie

Joy fold card

 The next challenge in our group was to make a mini slim line Joy fold card. Thankfully Beth figured out the measurements for us :)  You can google Joy fold card there are a lot of tutorials out there.

I went through my stamps to see what images I had that may fit on this size card and I came across this one I hadn't used in quite some time and it fit perfectly. We were to make a matching envelope, all I did was stamp the little raccoon again on my envelope.

 

The raccoon is a separate stamp, so I stamped him and then cut him out and glued him next to the stamped scene.

A couple different views so you can get an idea of the fold.

• Heartfelt Creations - Woodsy Wonderland stamps, colored with markers and Woodsy wonderland papers

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, hope you are  enjoying this long weekend!

We have cooled down and it is so enjoyable now, can't wait for when it is here to stay :)

Connie

Alcohol ink & Foil

 I have done this technique as far as adding foil but never in this way. First you ink your glossy card stock with Alcohol inks, then take a paint brush with 91% rubbing alcohol and add dots to your background in a row, then add your foil to it before it dries completely and the foil will stick to the damp alcohol.

• Alcohol inks - Sunshine yellow, Sunset Orange
• Deco art - Silver foil
• Martha Stewart - Bird stamps, colored w/markers
• Tim Holtz - small talk sentiment

The second one I did the foiling didn't show up as well I think I waited too long to apply it but it is there around some of the circles.  Since my first example the circles really blended together I tried to do them farther apart on the second one and a little smaller.

• Alcohol inks - Wild Plum and Currant
• 91% Rubbing Alcohol
• Deco art foil - Lapis watercolor foil
• Impression Obsession - Leaf Ornament stamp, colored w/ markers and Pine branch die
• Spellbinders - Holiday sentiment die

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

Connie

More Techniques

 The next challenge was to Mask your stamping then make a frame and ink the background, color with an illustration look to it. That part I miserably failed at and I barely got the images outside the framing like we were supposed to do.  I have to come to terms with the fact that I won't be able to do all challenges perfectly and let it go, LOL!

I was supposed to win another stamp off of the Newton's Nook blog but they sent this one instead.  I had to mask the cat in order to have it with the stamp that I received. 

This is how it looked all masked with the sponging just finished. I had stamped the cat first and then the fall sign.

• Newton's Nook - Newton's daydream and Signs of fall stamps, colored w/markers
• Spellbinder - A2 Distressed edges die for frame
• Distress Oxides - Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey for background

 

The next challenge was to use our little stamps. We were to ink the top portion of our card, stamp and cut some little images and then line them up across the top , adding a sentiment at the bottom.

I glued mine directly to the background.

• Distress inks - Bundled Sage, cracked pistachio and mowed lawn
• Crafts Beautiful magazine - American crafts, wild Flourish stamp set, colored w/markers
• Tim Holtz - THMM113 sentiment stamp

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

Connie