Card ideas

Here is a card that I made recently. They were some of my swap cards for the Stampin' Up Convention, to trade with other demonstrators. I took about 30 of each of these, and I had lots of help this year in making swaps! 

A BIG thanks to Barb for helping assemble all these ones while she was away camping! 

This card uses the following Stampin' Up product:

stamps: Dreams Du Jour stamp set

Ink: Basic Black

cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Basic Black

Patterned paper: Celery Prints

Accessories: Markers, Circle Scissor Plus, dimensionals, Big Shot texture plates

My inspiration for this card came from this creative lady. Thanks!

Happy Stamping!

Jo-Ann

Watercolor Spritz!

Love this technique I learned recently! Isn't it pretty?

 

I used my Big Shot, and the Impressions folder called Manhattan Flower to emboss onto Shimmery White cardstock. Then I rubbed the Versamark ink pad over the raised areas (carefully) and heat embossed that with clear embossing powder. Next step is to spritz the carstock with water (quite a bit) to create some little puddles in the lower sections. Using an aquapainter (or a paintbrush), dab bits of re-inker colors into the sections. The color spreads into the puddles, and it looks so neat! Let is air-dry for at least 30 minutes, and then cut around the image, keeping the sections that turn out the best.

 

 

 

On these projects I also added:

Whisper White cardstock base, punched with the Eyelet Border Punch, added some 5/8" grosgrain ribbon (in Regal Rose/Brocade Blue), and added a white half-back pearl from the Pretties Kit. The colors of re-inkers I used are: Regal Rose/Pretty in Pink/Cameo Coral, and on the blue version: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue. 

For the sentiment, I used the Dreams du Jour stamp set , inked it with the markers (same color combos as above) as well as Certainly Celery. 

So Summery! 

Have a great day!

Jo-Ann