Hello Friend

Hello All,
Just popping in to say hi and share a card I did for a crafting group I belong to.  I hope everyone is well and keeping the faith.  It's like a delayed Spring thaw in Texas.  This past Friday, stores and other businesses began to open.  We are still following the health and law enforcement guidelines related to COVID-19 but people are getting out.  I am hoping that the spirits of the people will continue to rise.   Hear our prayers LORD...

The challenge theme for this card was Red, White, and Blue!  The best flag colours I do believe!     However much I love those colours, it is was a little tough for me to come up with a card idea at first.  I didn't want to do a military card because I want to save those ideas for later in the year.  It just so happened that I found a stamp company that has been around for sometime, but I just did not jump on board.  I've had a couple of their stamps sets from when I first started stamping but again, I was busy with something else and forgot all about them.   I happened to be looking for something on YouTube and came across one of their videos....and she was hooked again.   The company is called Rubber Stamp Tapestry.  You can either Google Rubber Stamp Tapestry or go to pegstamps.com.   You can also check out their YouTube channel here.  Their stamps make some really beautiful cards.  I really love stamps that do the work for you. 

I did a single layer (stamped directly on the card base), 4x4 inch Friend card.  The card base is 110# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White card stock.  The images are from Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamp set-Little Posy Basket.  I used Tim Holtz Distress ink colours Gathered Twigs, Fired Brick, Faded Jean, and Bundled Sage.  To achieve the lighter green for the sprigs I used second generation stamping.  To ground the basket I used Copic markers W3, W1, and W00.   The sentiment is from the Altenew stamp set Mini Atlas.  This is a 2 x 3 inch photo-polymer stamp with 3 total stamps, an image of the continents and 2 sentiments.  The sentiments were just perfect for this little card.  The sentiment was stamped with Altenew's Obsidian Black pigment ink.   To get the heart shape, I stamped the basket first, then I used a Spellbinder's Classic Heart Etched Die and lightly traced the outline of the heart around the basket.  After I was done stamping I used my electric eraser (purchased on Amazon) to remove the pencil trace.  I love, love, love these stamps!

Til next time...

Joyce

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 10

Hello and welcome back to my blog.   Today is day 10 of The 25 Days of ChristmasTags.  Click the link for details. The sponsor for today is SIMON SAYS STAMP!  The hop is hosted by Tracey McNeely.  Tracey has secure loads of sponsors to make this absolute blast! If you love making tags then this is where you should be.   I can’t believe I’m keeping up but it is so much fun creating these little gems on the fly; I am just lovin’ it.  My tag was inspired by our host…Tracey!  You can find her very cute tags here.  Scroll down to the bottom, I believe her tag is the 15th down. 
Tracey did tags with embossed backgrounds and so did I.  Thanks for the inspiration Tracey!  I used a Recollections (Michael’s brand) tag, some sage and light green cardstock, a retired Stampin’ UP! Background stamp called Tea House, some gold embossing powder, a whole puncher, a Martha Stewart punch, Sizzix’s Christmas Phrases, and some ¼” Satin ribbon.    Thanks again for stopping by and will chat tomorrow.

Galaxy Background

Hello from the Glenn,

I am back with another Electic Ellapu design team card.  November’s theme is “Anything Goes.   My DT card has a galaxy background made with Distress Oxide Inks.  I am really please at how it came out.    I used 5-6 Distress Oxide ink colours including Black Soot to make the background on Strathmore 140lbs cold press watercoloured  paper.  I think what really made it come to life is using Tim Holtz’s Distress Paint (Picket Fence) and my fan brush to make the white spots.  Once it was dry, to keep the colours from moving (if it got wet) I sealed it with some Distress Glaze.   I added some Wink of Stella Clear to some of the dots to make them glitter just a little.   Out of all the stuff I have in this craft room I could not believe that I did not have one stamp that had anything to do with space!  Well, it just so happened that our local craft store The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, TX was having a great sale today.   I found a Lawn Fawn stamp set called “Out of this World” that was just perfect for my card.  If you are ever in the area, it would be well worth the trip to stop by the store.   Other supplies I used for the card are 110lb White CS from Michael’s Recollection brand, Stampendous White embossing powder, Versa Mark ink pad, and Momento Tuxedo Black to stamp the sentiment .  The sentiment is from a Stampin’ UP stamp set called Bring On the Cake.  I’m not sure if it is retired but I know I’ve had it for a while.  The finished card is 4 x 5 ¼, slightly less than an American A2 card.  I think this is a great card for your little space enthusiast or even your big one…lol. 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you’ll give the galaxy background a try and I look forward to seeing your inspiration in the November challenge.

 

 

Here is a look at the inside of the card.  I kept it simple.

 

I made a matching envelope using my We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board. My card is a little less than the standard A2, so I used the measurements for a 4 x 5 1/2" card.

 

 

For more great card inspiration, check out Jennifer McGuire's You Tube channel here…til’ next time

Joyce