Paper Players Challenge

The current sketch challenge for The Paper Players was a great one that I couldn't pass up. The scalloped border and the scalloped circle dies are from Papertrey Ink. The echinacea floral and the sentiment are from Creative Worship Stamps.     

The base panel was a leftover that I decided would be a perfect background for this sweet echinacea image.   

 

I smooshed Dusty Concord and Shaded Lilac distress inks over some Bristol Smooth Surface paper then stenciled some dots and stamped some music and script stamps in black.  The flower was stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne pigment ink then clear embossed. I used an aquapainter brush to pick up distress ink colors from my glass mat. I finally opened my new Posca white pen and I'm in love! My gelly roll white ink pen just never wanted to work well for me, so I'll see how Posca will perform.

STAMPS: Patient Echinacea, Texture Tiles 1 (Creative Worship Stamps).

INK: Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Milled Lavender, Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn, Fossilized Amber distress inks (Ranger); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

DIES: Patient Echinacea (Creative Worship Stamps); On the Edge: Scallops Collection, Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: White Posca pen; Prismacolor pencils; Oval punch (Stampin' Up); Lots of Dots mini stencil (Creative Worship Stamps).

 

That's it for now. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda
 

 

Tic Tac Toe

 

A dear couple from church is getting married today and this is their card I created using Into the Blooms: Roses dies from Papertrey Ink. I cut all the flowers and leaves from Bristol Smooth Surface paper then color blended with brushes, spritzed with water then spritzed with Raspberry Fizz and Pinefeather inks. The sentiment was gold embossed so that led to accenting with some gold gems. I'm entering this into the Tic Tac Toe Challenge using the middle vertical options of die cuts, embossing and layers. 

For the background, I used a 3D embossing folder - Chocolate Flowers - by Altenew. A tip that is helpful for a deeper and more detailed embossing result is to mist the paper on both sides. Wipe any excess water off and then run it through the Big Shot. The scalloped oval background was popped up with foam tape.

STAMPS: Forever & Always Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: New Leaf, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather, Bright Buttercup, Lovely Lady, Berry Sorbet, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel (PTI); Versamark.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface; Stampers Select White, True Black (PTI). 

DIES: Into the Blooms: Roses, Forever & Always Sentiments, Love to Layer: Scalloped Ovals (PTI).  

OTHER: Chocolate Flowers 3D embossing folder (Altenew); Gold enamel dots; Queen's Gold embossing powder. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!  ~Wanda

Patient Echinacea

 

Good Wednesday morning! I got happy mail yesterday from Creative Worship Stamps! They have been sold out of the Patient Echinacea Bundle for awhile and it recently became available. I love the fun, hand drawn look of this set and it's a fun one to color! I made two cards with similar backgrounds. I started with designer paper from an old 12x12" Vintage Shabby pad by Tim Holtz. 

On the first card, I used the single damask stencil by Creative Worship Stamps and added Liquitex light modeling paste. The second card uses the Damask Pattern stencil with Frayed Burlap distress ink over the patterned paper.

I smooshed distress ink onto my glass mat and spritzed with water. I then colored the images using an aquapainter brush. The clipboard was a leftover scrap that I had swiped using distress inks (not sure what colors I used as it was weeks ago that I made it).

 

The "hello" sentiment was from an old sticker sheet and the thank you sentiment tag is from a Phrase Tags set by Jen Hadfield (Pebbles Inc.).

I stamped the images with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink then clear embossed. This really makes it easier to do water coloring within the lines.

 

STAMPS: Patient Echinacea, Clipboard (Creative Worship Stamps). 

INK: Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers, Frayed Burlap, Worn Lipstick, Saltwater Taffy, Dried Marigold distress (Ranger).

Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

Sealed

 

Yesterday's sermon at church was about the seal of the Holy Spirit described in the first chapter of Ephesians. That led me to do a quick Bible journaling page this morning. The envelope and seal are from The Greetery's Signed & Sealed stamp/die set. The florals are from Papertrey Ink's Thank You Florals stamp/die set.

Bible Journaling - Sun & Stars

 A couple of simple Bible journaling pages. 

 

Bible Journaling - Bee Gracious

Another Bible journaling page...this time highlighting Proverbs 16:24. I started with older, hardly ever used stencils from the July 2023 Surprise Box and from the Grunge Alphabet stencils at Papertrey Ink. I used Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Black Soot, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Wild Honey distress inks. The "BEE" word was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink using the Typewriter Keys Caps Alpha set from Creative Worship Stamps. You can get this set free with a $75 order through the end of April!

Happy stamping!  ~Wanda 

Freshly Made Sketches

 

I used the new layout for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I had a leftover 'measuring tape' panel so started with that. I used the Diamond Mesh stencil with Bundled Sage distress ink for the card base. A trio of stitched circle dies are behind the daisies colored with Copics after stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card.

STAMPS: Flowers in Bloom, Be Encouraged, Vintage Snippets (Creative Worship Stamps).

INK: Tea Dye, Bundled Sage distress; Versafine Clair Nocturne; Memento Tuxedo Black.

PAPER: X-Press It Blending Card, Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Flowers In Bloom (CWS); Stitched Circle & Banner STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Diamond Mesh stencil (CWS); Corner rounder; Copics (B93, B95, B97, G21, YG63, Y15, YR23, E31, E33, E35).

 TGIF! Thanks for stopping by.  ~Wanda