(2019 c95) My Favorite Things Mandala on Kraft
Today’s card took a few twists and turns in the road to completion. (Even a bump and big ole POT HOLE) More on that later.
Products used: Misti, Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger, My Favorite Things: Mesmerizing Mandala Background , My Favorite Things Die-Namics Mesmerizing Mandalas , Versamark Ink, Clear Ranger Embossing Powder , Painted Greetings stamp set by Altenew, for the banner: Hero Arts DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut.
Road 1: I started by stamping & heat embossing the mandala directly on the front of my Kraft card base with clear EP and Used my brand new Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes (Happy Dance) Pretty smooth road except I wasn’t real happy about how my blending was outside the embossed edges because I did not use a mask. Soooo
DETOUR>>>>> Road 2: I fussy cut out the mandala and adhered it to the front of another Kraft card base. Humm it needed something so I drew around the edges with my new FAVORITE embossing pen Ranger Letter It Medium Pen Set 1 LDI58793 (I used the one with brush tip) and heat embossed with clear to create a frame. Now things are running smoothly and I cut, colored the mandala die cut with Distress Oxide Inks using the TE Brushes & heat embossed with clear EP.
Road 3: Next I cut my word die apart so I could bend it in my Misti to match the curve of the HA Banner I had cut out. Then I attached it on top of a colored Vellum band. Well look at the picture below, the first attempt at stamping was weird! At first I couldn’t figure out what was WRONG with Happy…….well it seems I put it in the stamp upside down and backwards! SOOOOO
Road 4: I Correct my Happy placement in Misti & do it again….. Walla finally ARRIVED AT THE FINAL DESTIATION! Here’s another photo below without the flash, this helped with the embossing glare!
Challenges Entered:
MyFavoriteThings: Color Chal #125
TheCatsPajamas: Chal. #361 – Layer Up
(2019 c94) Altenew Sweetest Peas
Products used: Altenew Striped Leaf Cover Die, Altenew Sweetest Peas. All stamping done with my Misti, Painted Greetings stamp set by Altenew , Copics , Painted Greetings stamp set by Altenew, Versamark Ink & heat embossed with White & Gold (for the peas) Ranger Embossing Powder.
Challenges Entered:
Altenew: Sept 2019 Inspiration
TheCatsPajamas: Chal. #361 – Layer Up
(2019 c93) My Favorite Things Mandala Shaker
For my shaker I first created the background, Isponged a light shade of blue Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger over the top 2/3 of card face then stamped with My Favorite Things: Mesmerizing Mandala Background with ed with My Favorite Things: Mesmerizing Mandala Background with it was inked with Versamark Ink & heat embossed with Clear Ranger Embossing Powder. Then I used 3 darker inks on top & wiped off the embossing to reveal the image.
For the shaker window I cut it with My Favorite Things Die-Namics Mesmerizing Mandalas out of DCWV Shimmers Stack. (It has a metalic look) I stamped the sentiment from My Favorite Things: Geometric Greenery on a silvery vellum with Ranger Embossing Powder and finished with a few sequins on the sentiment strip.
Challenges Entered:
MyFavoriteThings: 2019 Card Superstar – Innovative Master (Shaker)
KatScrappiness: Sequins & Sprinkles
SimonSaysStamp: (Wed.) Bling It On
SimonSaysStamp: (Mon.) Monochrome
TheCatsPajamas: Chal. #361 – Layer Up
(2019 c92) My Favorite Things Casing Jen McGuire Transparency Windows
Ok I CASED Jennifer McGuire’s Embellished Windows Technique today! I sponged a light shade of blue Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger over the top 2/3 of card face then stamped with My Favorite Things: Mesmerizing Mandala Background with ed with My Favorite Things: Mesmerizing Mandala Background with it was inked with Versamark Ink & heat embossed with Clear Ranger Embossing Powder. Then I used 3 darker inks on top & wiped off the embossing to reveal the image. 
Next came the FUN part of CASEing Jennifer McGuire! I used gold stars + glitter sprinkled inside and I also inserted the sentiment strip that is from My Favorite Things: Geometric Greenery stamped with Hero Arts Pigment Ink Unicorn White into a 8 1/2 X 11 laminating pouch and ran it through the heat laminator. In the picture above you can see that I adheared it to the cardface and the leftover piece is to the right. I cut that frame from DCWV Shimmers Stack using my OLD Fiskars 12 inch Portable Paper Trimmer (The link is to a much newer model). See my antique below:
Challenges Entered:
SimonSaysStamp: (Wed.) Bling It On
SimonSaysStamp: (Mon.) Monochrome
MyFavoriteThings: Wed. Sketch #454
KatScrappiness: Sequins & Sprinkles
TheCatsPajamas: Chal. #361 – Layer Up
(2019 c91) Brutus Monroe & Prisma Pencils
I had a hard time photographing the gold as well as the Prismacolor Pencil colored flowers. So the above photo captures the gold best and the photo below captures the coloring of the flowers best.
Using my Misti, First I stamped the flowers from Brutus Monroe Botanical Banners BRU6562 with a light gray Ancient Page . I left the stamp in the Misti so I could stamp again when I had finished the coloring. I colored first with white Prismacolor Premium Colored Pencils , then colored with colors on top of that. Then I stamped with Versamark Ink & heat embossed with Gold Ranger Embossing Powder . I also alternated the banners across the bottom of the page. I drew the gold stripes to seperate the flower from the banners with Gold Pen-Touch by Sakura.
Challenges Entered:
SimonSaysStamp: Brutus Monroe – Stamptember 2019
SimonSays: Stamp It
MyFavoriteThings: Color Chal #125
MyFavoriteThings: Wed. Sketch #454
PowerPoppy: Say it with Sepia
(2019 c90) Lawn Fawn, Brutus Monroe Scene
Products used: Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Boarders , Lawn Fawn Mom and Me stamps and dies, Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Boarder Die , Lawn Fawn: Stitched Leaves , Brutus Monroe Color Burst Powder, Card Hanger Die by Laurie at Soapbox Creations, Versamark Ink , Misti , Ranger Embossing Powder , Distress Inks by Ranger .
I colored the sky with Cornflower Brutus Monroe Color Burst then cut with the Stitched Hillside die. Next colored the hillside with a mixture of Zest & Jackolantern Brutus Monroe Color Burst. Then I used Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, & Rusty Hinge Distress Inks by Ranger to create the background for the bottom panel. On top of that I use a left over piece I had created to cut leaves from for These placecards. (See, it does make since to save all those leftovers!) Here’s how I did it: The colored leaves started out by coloring white cardstock with stains by Tim Holtz/Ranger (Citron, Festive Berries, Peeled Paint, Seedless Preserves) After dry I sprayed a light coat of Coffee Shop spray mist by Tattered Angels.
Then I cut out fall leaves with Small Stitched Leaves die by Lawn Fawn. I created the base of the tree by partial stamping by shifting the paper with my Misti leaving out the heart. Then I used Copics to draw the rest of the tree and branches, I cut out leaves in different colors of Vellum and some watercolored paper leaves. I added gold sequins whose shape reminds me of leaves.
The gift card/cash insert on the inside was created with Card Hanger Die by Laurie at Soapbox Creations.
Challenges Entered:
LawnFawnatics: Chal. #60 – Create a Scene
SimonSaysStamp: Brutus Monroe – Stamptember 2019
SimonSays: Stamp It
ModSquad: Create a Scene
MyFavoriteThings: The Birthday Project Challenge – Gift Cards
TheCatsPajamas: Chal. #361 – Layer Up
KatScrappiness: Sequins & Sprinkles
(2019 c89) Pink Fresh, Pink & Main, Hero Arts
I made 2 cards today using Pink Fresh Gatsby Die Set. I inset and layered. The first card I cut Sentiment Die: Pink & Main Happy Birthday PNM200. For both cards I used DCWV Shimmers Stack. (It has a metalic look)
For the second card I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Hero Arts DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut. For the Gift card or Cash Holder inside I modified the Card Hanger Die by Laurie at Soapbox Creations so that it sill stand up when the card is open see photos above. When at Laurie’s site you can order the die by finding the Get your Hanger Die on the right side of her post.
Challenges Entered:
SimonSaysStamp: Stamptember – We love Pink Fresh Studio
SimplyLessIsMore: Chal #403 – Metalics
WordArtWednesday: Anything Goes – Chal. 404 – 405
MyFavoriteThings: The Birthday Project Challenge – Gift Cards
(2019 c88) Newton’s Nook, Unity, Technique Tuesday, Frantic Stamper
I had fun creating 4 Christmas cards using Newton’s Nook Whispering Pines stamp set. I used my Misti and Concord & 9th Everyday Bouquet Turnabout Tool Kit 10539 to stamp the trees around a 6 inch square of blue cardstock with Hero Arts Pigment Ink Unicorn White AF249. The sentiment was stamped using Versamark Ink & heat embossed with Silver Ranger Embossing Powder with Technique Tuesday Believe by Ali Edwards and heat embossed a boarder too. (This set must be discontinued at Technique Tuesday, but it can still be found at Frantic Stamper HERE.
Other stamps & dies used for the sentiments of the other cards are: (a discontinued stamp set from Unity Stamps Merry Little Christmas set) & Frantic Stamper Script Merry Christmas die
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Challenges Entered:
SimonSaysStamp: Stamptember – Newton’s Nook Designs
PowerPoppy: Out of The Ordinary (I changed this stamp from a landscape orientation to the sky view using the Turnabout technique)
WordArtWednesday: Anything Goes – Chal. 404 – 405
ModSquad: Create a Scene (my scene is looking up into the snowy night sky through the trees)
SimonSays: Stamp It
(2019 c87) Altenew Fall Tree
For My Fall Tree I stamped with the layering set from Altenew In My Thoughts I changed the look from a springtime tree into fall by stamping with Spiced Marmelade, Fired Brick, Scattered Straw & Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger . All stamping done with my Misti. 
My zoomed photo on the left shows that I added a few more fallen leaves by stamping with a tiny scewer covered with a finger from a latex glove. Sorry the lighting was difficult to get the Seedless Preserves to show their true colors. Between each layer I used Versamark Ink & heat embossed with Clear Ranger Embossing Powder . Painted Greetings stamp set by Altenew,
Challenges Entered:
Altenew: September Inspiration Challenge
SimonSaysStamp: (Wed.) Stamp It
PowerPoppy: Out of The Ordinary (I changed this stamp from spring to fall)
WordArtWednesday: Anything goes – Chal #402-403
(2019 c86) Paper Smooches Monochrome
I created my own stencil by cutting Paper Smooches Harlequin die from heavy cardstock, then sponged Broken China Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger and then sponged with Versamark Ink & heat embossed with Clear Ranger Embossing Powder . 
I then used my Misti to stamp the other areas with Paper Smooches Alphadot and Paper Smooches Artisan Blocks & The sentiment from Paper Smooches Chit Chat. (This one is discontinued at Paper Smooches, but I linked to Scrapbook.com where you can still get it)
Challenges Entered:
PaperSmooches: Sketch453
SimonSaysStamp: (Wed.) Stamp It
KatScrappiness: Sequins & Sprinkles
