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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Just Us Girls #238 - Photo Inspiration Challenge

The challenge this week over at Just Us Girls is a photo inspiration. Sue gave us this fun photo to work with.

I was happy to see the balloons because I bought this set from MFT to try out a two-tone stamping technique I saw Jennifer McGuire do in this post. (I CASED her card as well!) Mine didn't turn out as good as hers (of course!), but I do like the results. What you do is stamp the balloon in a lighter color then ink the stamp up in another darker color. Before stamping over the balloon again, you remove some of the ink so the balloon will be darker in one area giving it a shadow effect. Once I stamped the balloons, I stamped the trio of stars in white pigment ink. I stamped off on a scrap piece of paper before stamping onto the balloon. The green and white fabric in the photo looked like hexagons, so I pulled out my hexagon cover plate and Bermuda Bay cardstock. I added the strings, bow, and sentiment in Basic Gray ink along with some sequins.

You can see more inspiration on the DT blogs below. This is the last week our guest designer Lee-Anne Cross will be with us. She was a great guest and we loved her designs!

JUGs blog

Vicki Dutcher

Lee-Anne Cross, Guest Designer

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Recipe

Stamps: Party Balloons (MFT), Make a Wish (Mama Elephant), Congratulations (PTI)

Paper: Neenah white, Bermuda Bay

Ink: Purely pomegranate and basic gray (SU),;bubble gum pink, tide pool, cornflower, butter bar, fresh peach, and unicorn white (Hero Arts)

Accessories: Hexagon cover plate, Wink of Stella shimmer, dimensional tape, Color Theory sequins

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Time Out Challenge #4 - CASE (with your own twist)

Hi everyone! It's time for another Time Out challenge. This week we are CASEing a card by Virginia, which you can see below.

I chose to make a tag and took the colors and some of the elements from Virginia's card. I started with a manila tag and covered it with Peacock Feathers distress ink. Then I used a DCWV stencil and added some modeling paste. Once dry, I sprayed it with two Dylusions sprays in Post Box Red and Pure Sunshine. I added the sunflower in dusty Durango with some crochet thread behind it.

You can see more from the design team at these blogs.

Nonni

Sandie

Lynn

Shery
Dawn

Bev

Gerrina

Time Out blog

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Recipe
Paper: Manila tag, dusty durango, vintage cream
Ink: Peacock feathers distress ink, Dylusions sprays: post box red, pure sunshine
Accessories: DCWV stencil, modeling paste, sunflower die (MFT), monthly moments: April, crochet thread, Wink of Stella shimmer, seam binding, dimensionals

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Just Us Girls #237 - Color Challenge

Hi all! As I was scheduling this post last night, I realized today is my birthday! I knew it was today, but I was just kind of into making this card and getting this post done last night. So I guess I made this card for me! LOL!

Anyway, the new challenge over at Just Us Girls is a color challenge and it's one of my favorite color combos! Sue V. chose these colors for us this week!

I snuck in some green into my card...I couldn't NOT have green leaves! I chose to use the Happiness in Bloom set from PTI with pumpkin pie and brilliant blue inks to create the flowers. I also used these colors and Tim Holtz's spritzer tool on the background. First time using this tool and it's so cool! I also impressed the blue piece with the linen impression plate for some texture. There are enamel dots in the center of the smaller flowers and Wink of Stella shimmer in the flowers and leaves.