Fusion Card Challenge - At the Movies

It's time again for another Fusion Card Challenge! I used the sketch (in a flipped version) and was inspired by the movie theme of the photo. I went wayyy back into my stamping stash to when I was a guest designer for The Cat's Pajamas in January 2016. I used their stamp set "Just Let It Happen" and paired it with a brass filmstrip stencil. 

I colored the image with Copics and highlighted the necklace with a Clear Star Gelly Roll pen. The popcorn was highlighted with a white Gelly Roll pen. 

COPICS: R24, R27, R29, R20, YR0000, Y13, Y19.

STAMPS: Just Let It Happen (The Cat's Pajamas). 

INK: Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs.

PAPER: Soft Stone, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink); X-Press It Blending Card. 

DIES: Elegant Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

We'd love to have you play along with us and hope to see you in the gallery!   ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #692

 

Happy hump day crafty friends! It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and the colors are pink, lavender and gold. I not only went with the colors, but was inspired by the photo to use this awesome butterfly from Papertrey Ink's Flying By stamp set. I heat embossed in gold then added distress ink colors: Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord.

 

I smooshed the distress inks onto watercolor paper for the base layer behind the Cover Plate: Decorative Circles. I then layered the largest frame die from the Pierced Feature Frames die set. The card base is Lilac Grace card stock (all products from Papertrey Ink).

We would love to have you play along in the challenge! Hope to see you in the gallery...Happy stamping!   ~Wanda
 

The Great Cover Up

I'm on the Papertrey Ink blog today for the newest Great Cover-Up challenge! We are highlighting black and white with a pop of color so you know I didn't blink before choosing the newest Into the Bloom set of tulip dies.

Here is the process for creating my card...

I have a really large scrap/leftover pile and I try to whittle it down each time I create. I chose three different black and white patterned papers and added a trio of blocks to cover the background.

The tulip dies can be somewhat overwhelming until you organize them into rows with the pieces lined up in the order of assembly. Call me OCD but this step is really helpful!

I like to cut out all my floral pieces from white card stock (Bristol Smooth Surface is my choice when I’m going to color blend). I use blending brushes combined with sponge daubers to add a touch of color to a small area. I added a hint of Pale Peony and Summer Sunrise inks to give more depth to some of the petals. I used New Leaf and Ripe Avocado for the leaves and highlighted with some Lemon Tart ink. If you examine leaves in real life, you will often find a yellowish hint with the greens.

 

Now it’s time for arranging the florals!

 

Next comes the finishing touches: a white embossed sentiment tag with brad and twine and rain drop embellishments. Popping up some of the tulip petals and the sentiment tag also adds depth and dimension.

Here are some views of the completed card... 

We would love to have you play along in the challenge. Just link up your entry on the Papertrey Ink blog! Happy stamping!   ~Wanda

 

 

 

Color Throwdown #691

Are you ready for some awesome new colors? Amy Rysavy is hosting the new Color Throwdown challenge and I'm really loving the colors: watermelon, mint green, light yellow, navy! I decided it was time to get out my Copics and color this sweet image from My Favorite Things when I saw one of the colors was called 'watermelon'. I CASEd a card I created in July of 2019 and switched up the layout and some of the dies.

I color blended the background using Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Festive Berries distress inks. I added some seeds from the watermelon slice die set. 

STAMPS: Sweet Summertime, Sweet Sentiments (My Favorite Things).

INK: Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Festive Berries distress inks; Memento Tuxedo Black; True Black (PTI).

PAPER: X-Press It Blending Card; Bristol Smooth Surface; White (PTI).

DIES: Watermelon Slice, Sweet Summertime, Sweet Sentiments, Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics, Ric Rac Border; Tag (MFT).

COPICS:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, R20

Shorts - B45, B97

Shirt - Y11, Y02, Y06, Y08

Socks & Shoes - C1, C6, 110

Hair - E33, E25, E79

Watermelon - YG25, YG17, R22, R24 

 

We would love to have you play along with us! Happy stamping!

~Wanda 

Freshly Made Sketches

 

There's an awesome sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches #533 challenge by Jen B and this rainy Sunday afternoon was perfect to play along! I'm loving the new Captivating Cattails set just released by Papertrey Ink and thought this would be perfect for the sketch. The patterned paper strips are from Lawn Fawn's Flower Market 6x6" pack.

 

STAMPS: Captivating Cattails (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado Honey Nut, Cocoa Bean, Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, True Black dye inks by PTI.

PAPER: Vanilla Cream, Honey Nut (PTI); Flower Market 6x6" paper pack (Lawn Fawn).

DIE: Captivating Cattails (PTI); Crimped Frames (The Greetery). 

 

That's all for today. Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  ~Wanda 

PTI Release Day is Here!

 

The day has come! Tonight at 10pm EST everyone can buy the new release products at Papertrey Ink! I loved so many things about the new products and especially love having many more options for masculine cards!

I was inspired with the colors Betty Wright used in her one card with the Corrugated Metal Background stamp set so I went with the same and was very happy with the end result! I started with Classic Kraft card stock and first stamped the grout layer with Stormy Sea using my MISTI stamp positioner. A large area stamp doesn't always stamp as completely as I'd like so a positioner is a must have tool! I then used the second stamp with a combination of Classic Kraft and Cocoa Bean inks. I used a sponge dauber to lightly stamp at random spots with Stormy Sea ink.

I used the Special Guy mini stencils to overlay the sentiment using Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold and Prairie Grass inks. The Delicately Woven die was cut from kraft paper and the corrugated metal background was run through a crimper to add more texture.

STAMPS: Special Guy, Corrugated Metal Background (PTI).

INK: Stormy Sea, Classic Kraft, Cocoa Bean, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Prairie Grass dye inks (PTI).

PAPER: Stormy Sea, Classic Kraft, Vintage Cream (PTI).

DIES: Delicately Woven, Special Guy, Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles (PTI).

 

I will need lots of masculine birthday cards in June so this card will help build my stash. Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Happy stamping!

~Wanda 

Fusion Card Challenge

 

Welcome to a new Fusion Card Challenge where the inspiration photo has a color palette of blues with butterflies. I chose to omit the sketch this time because I wanted to use this butterfly cover plate which is an oldie but goody die from Papertrey Ink.

I smooshed several distress inks onto Bristol Smooth Surface paper: Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Speckled Egg, Broken China, Prize Ribbon.  After it dried, I splattered some Prize Ribbon ink over the background.

I layered two of the cover plate butterflies to give it more dimension. To be honest...I smeared some blue accidentally over the first layer - haha! 

STAMPS: Just Sentiments: With Sympathy (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Speckled Egg, Broken China, Prize Ribbon distress ink; Enchanted Evening dye ink (PTI).

PAPER: Enchanted Evening (PTI); Bristol Smooth Surface.

DIES: Cover Plate: Butterfly Hope (PTI); Flag STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

This was such a quick and easy card to create!

We'd love to have you join us in this challenge! Happy stamping!         ~Wanda