TCC226 One Nation Under God

 

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the #226 {Patriotic Blooms} Challenge at The Card Concept!  

I love all things patriotic and the ribbon/colors as well as the Patriotic theme inspired my Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card.

We hope that you will take a moment to stop by our challenge blog and check out how the rest of our wonderful Design Team was inspired.  Our challenge is for the entire month, so we are hoping that you will have time to create a card and join us.

To create this card:

Ink the USA map image from Old Glory (Stamp Simply Stamps) with Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock and heat set with a heat tool.

Using watercolor pencils and water-based markers, watercolor the image.

Fussy cut the image and set aside.

Ink the sentiment “One Nation Under God” from the Old Glory stamp set onto the lower right hand corner area on a piece of 3.75” x 5” piece of white cardstock.

Color the “Nation” part of the sentiment with a red water-based marker.

Mount the sentiment panel onto a piece of dark blue cardstock.

Add a strip of white crochet lace along with a piece of 1 ½” dark blue grosgrain ribbon (wrapping the ends of the ribbon behind the panel).

Add three strips of ¼” red grosgrain ribbon onto the navy ribbon (again, wrapping the ends behind the panel).

Adhere the card front panel onto a white card base.

Mount the USA image onto the card with dimensional foam and add a few silver rhinestones to finish off the card.

I enjoy playing along with other online challenges and am playing along with the

Stamp Sets: Old Glory (Stamp Simply Stamps)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Derwent Watercolor Pencils- Red, Blue, Gray; Water-based Markers- Red and Blue

Cardstock/Paper: White, Navy

Accessories/Tools: White Crochet Ribbon (Hobby Lobby), 1 ½” Navy Grosgrain Ribbon, ¼” Red Grosgrain Ribbon (both from my massive stash), Silver Rhinestones

I enjoy playing along with other online challenges and will be participating with the Word Art Wednesday #746-#747 Anything Goes Challenge. 

I hope you have had a chance to stop by The Card Concept to see how the rest of the Design Team were inspired as well as check out the other challenge gallery entries- fabulous inspiration from all!

We hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #226{Patriotic Blooms} at The Card Concept. The deadline to play along is Monday, May 11th  at noon EDT.  

TCC225 She Shall Be Praised

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the #225 {Spring Flowers} Challenge at The Card Concept!  

Look at our fun spring inspiration photo!  I loved the bright colors and spring flowers and decided to pull out a few of my neglected stamps from Creative Worship (formerly Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps) to create a Clean and Layered Mixed Media card.

We hope that you will take a moment to stop by our challenge blog and check out how the rest of our wonderful Design Team was inspired as well!  Our challenge is for the entire month, so we are hoping that you will have time to create a card and join us.

I enjoy playing along with other online challenges and am also playing along with the Craft Rocket #134 No Designer Paper Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #742-#743 Anything Goes Challenge. If you have not had a chance to check out their sites, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from all! 

To create this card:

Ink the floral potted image from Pretty Potted Florals with Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the image using water-based markers, once dry add frost white shimmer paint to the petals (hard to see in the photo).

Add white accents to the floral center with an extra fine white paint pen.

Fussy cut the image and set aside.

Using Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink with a stencil brush, stencil the ink onto a piece of 3 ¾” x 5” piece of white cardstock (I used a retired Memory Box Heartwood stencil).

De-static the lower right-hand area of the stenciled panel, ink the verse sentiment from Precious Poppies with Versafine Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Mount the stenciled panel onto blue cardstock, trim mount onto orange cardstock, trim and mount onto a white card base.

Adhere the floral image onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Add a few orange rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Pretty Potted Florals, Precious Poppies (Creative Worship Stamps)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide; Stampin’ Write Markers- Melon Mambo, Gumball Green, Hello Honey, YoYo Yellow, Early Espresso; Frost White Shimmer Paint, Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: White, Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango

Accessories/Tools: retired Heartwood stencil (Memory Box), Stencil Brush, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™, Orange Rhinestones

I hope you have had a chance to stop by The Card Concept to see how the rest of the Design Team were inspired as well as check out the other challenge gallery entries- gorgeous inspiration from all!

We hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #225 {Spring Flowers} at The Card Concept. The deadline to play along is Monday, April 6th  at noon EDT.   

TCC224 Measure of A Life

 

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the #224 {Monochromatic Green} Challenge at The Card Concept! 

I was inspired by the greens (of course) to create my Mixed Media card.

I decided to pull out another one of my neglected /retired Stampin' Up! stamps from the Measure of a Life hostess set (I believe from 2005) and created three different versions with the main dragonfly/verse image :-) 

We hope that you will take a moment to stop by our challenge blog and check out how the rest of our wonderful Design Team was inspired as well!

 Our challenge is for the entire month, so hopefully you will have time to create a card and join us.

I enjoy playing along with other online challenges and will be linking this card to the Word Art Wednesday #738-#739 "Anything Goes" Challenge.  I hope you have a chance to stop by the Word Art Wednesday Challenge and check out their gorgeous DT and gallery as well. 

To create these cards:

Ink the dragonfly image with Versafine Black Onyx ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the image using water-based markers.

Trim close to the edge and mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim close to the edge.

For the different layouts, layer cardstock or designer paper onto black cardstock, add the white paper doily and ribbon trims.  FYI- I pulled out pieces that were already embossed or previously cut (from my stash) for several of the cards.

Add the Frost White Shimmer Paint with an AquaPainter™ to the wings to finish off the cards.

Stamp Sets: Measure of a Life (retired Stampin’ Up! hostess set)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Gumball Green, Stampin’ Write Markers- Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive, Gumball Green, Emerald Envy ; Frost White Shimmer Paint

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black, Certainly Celery, White Paper Doily (retired Stampin’ Up!), misc retired Stampin’ Up! designer series paper

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., retired Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Sizzix French Script Embossing Folder, 1” Black Satin Ribbon, 1” misc Green Satin Ribbon, 1 ½” wired Black Gingham ribbon (both from my stash), Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™

I hope you have had a chance to stop by The Card Concept to see how the rest of the Design Team were inspired as well as check out the other challenge gallery entries- gorgeous inspiration from all!

We hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #224 {Monochromatic Green} at The Card Concept. The deadline to play along is Monday, March 9^th  at noon EDT.