Double Embossing

Ok, I think I found my mind that I completely lost earlier today! I finished another card, this time starting out to be for the sketch challenge at Stamp TV, with double embossing, and this is how the card turned out using a GKD stamp set Purrr-fectly Delightful by Theresa Momber.

I also got out the sewing machine I bought after I saw the GKD video about sewing machines back in 2009, and haven’t used until today. I am, and always will be a tomboy, and sewing isn’t one of my prerequisites. I don’t really remember, but I think I failed the sewing part in home economics. I should have had a video camera rolling, I’m sure I could have made America’s Funniest Video. I know this probably isn’t the best sewing anybody has ever seen, but for the first time using it, I am satisfied, except where the machine skipped a couple stitches on the bottom row of the ribbon on the left side. Maybe you wouldn’t have noticed if I hadn’t pointed it out.

The kitten was stamped on gray cardstock with versamark and embossed with detail black ep. Then I used my prismacolored pencils and added some pink for the nose, ears & pads of his feet, and some white in a couple places, used a green glaze pen, and a dot of white gel pen for green eyes. Afterwards, I used a versamark pen colored in the whole kitten and embossed with detail clear ep. Cut the image out and embossed with oval nesties. The brown layer behind was cut out with a scalloped oval nestie, and each scallop pierced. The dp name is Deja Views – Cat’s Life Collection – Small Polka Dots (I just used it on a card for the last sketch challenge at Stamp TV with the same kitten) it is layered on the same brown as the scalloped oval. The base card is a bright green, the same as the sentiment tag and ribbon.  So the first time using the sewing machine on the card was attaching the dp to the brown layer, I think that went pretty well, I really tried hard to keep it going straight, kind of looks like I was drinking though. I'm just glad the thing already had thread and a bobbin in it. So I got the brilliant idea to sew the ribbon on too, that was going smoothly also, until I almost finished. I sewed the top part first, then back across the bottom, that’s where it started skipping stitches, right at the end. I used my cuttlebug fanciful label die to cut out the tag, stamped the sentiment from same stamp set with versamark, embossed with detail black ep, then used the versamark pen around the edges and embossed with clear detail ep, attached it with two brown mini brads. I picked out some matching colors to the polka dots on the dp and punched some butterflies with a MS border punch to frame the kitten in the oval. After attaching ribbon, ovals and sentiment, looks like the rust color in the dp kind of got covered up. Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear your comments.

Mom's Spit

I guess I have completely lost my mind!! My dh left this morning for the other house, to check on things and pick up the mail, so I am home alone with all my toys. I can stamp until my heart’s content, I didn’t have to stop playing for lunch and won’t have to stop playing to make sure supper is on the table……..YEAH!!. Of course I’ll have to stop when I want something to eat, or to run outside and put wood in our outdoor furnace, but I can stay up as long as I please, and not have to worry about being quiet.

For my first home alone project I decided to use a stamp I just had to have  when I saw it. Back in the day, I remember my Mother doing this and that is why I just had to have the stamp. I’m sure there is more than a few of you out there. that has had this done to them by their Mom's too. I bought the stamp back in 2008 and have only used it once before, on the inside of a Mother’s Day card, so with my warped sense of humor, I just love funny cards, decided to use it for the Stamp TV color challenge. It wasn’t until it was completely finished, and I was ready to take a picture of it, that I realized I had not only used the color challenge, but had done this week’s sketch challenge as well.  I guess between my stamping addiction and being home alone it’s really getting to me. Since I was thinking color challenge in the beginning, color challenge is just what it will be.

The stamp is from American Art Stamps called With Your Spit, I just checked, and they still carry it. It was stamped on white cardstock with onyx black versafine, cut out, and embossed with oval nesties. It really needed something else to fill in the spaces, so I stamped some of the flowers from Purrr-fectly Delightful, colored them with a plain red gel pen (not metallic) and watercolor brush, cut them out and glued them to the oval. I was also thinking about doing that new technique for pressed flowers, but changed my mind since I had embossed the oval. The black layer behind was cut with a nestie scalloped oval, they were placed on dp from my scrap pile, behind the dp is a black layer and the base card is white. I stamped the sentiment from a SU stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes in onyx black versafine, and cut it out with a fancy tag die, then decided to run the red ink pen around the edge before removing die. After that, I went back and ran a red ring inside the oval, skipping where I had glued the bottom flower. The tag is attached with two black mini brads. The ribbon is some kind of wrapping paper ribbon. Thanks for stopping by and please be sure to leave a comment.

Faux Cloisonné Flowers

Here is another card for this week's sketch challenge at Stamp TV.



For this card I used the Faux Cloisonne technique. Using a page from a Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, I stamped the flowers from Purrr-fectly Delightful with versamark and embossed with detail gold ep, then cut them out. I picked black to show off the flowers, cut, embossed and marked around the edge with a white gel pen, then over that with a gold metallic pen, before removing the nestie. The next layer is gold, to help show off the gold embossing. I picked the dp out of my scrap pile, it was getting rather large. The dp is layered with black on a pink base card. The white flowers are punched from a MS border punch and put on top of the ribbon. The sentiment from same stamp set was stamped with versamark and embossed with detail gold ep, then cut and embossed with a Fancy tag die, and attached with two black brads. There is paper piercing in the two bottom corners.

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Birthday Lizard

Here is another off the wall birthday card for this week's sketch challenge at Stamp TV.

This time I used an Inkadinkado set called Humorous Birthday.

I chose this goofy little lizard to watercolor on white, cut out and embossed with oval nesties, then stippled tumbled glass distress ink before removing die. The green layer behind was cut and embossed with a nesties labels six die. The sentiment was stamped in versamark and embossed with detail black ep  (I don't know what brand stamp this is), it was then cut out and embossed with a Spellbinders fancy tag die, attached with two blue brads. The dp is from my scrap pile. The ribbon is probably for wrapping presents, it is not cloth, but a slick stiff type. The base card is a turquoise blue. Thanks for stopping by and leaving any comments.

Sound Familiar?

Here is the new sketch challenge at Stamp TV for this week.

Today’s card is using that sketch with an American Art Stamp called Out of Money, that I have had for a while. Out of money sound familiar? It does to me.

I was getting tired of using the same GKD sets over and over. There should be a different set for me to use in my mailbox, but since I haven't been home to get it, I'll have to wait, and since I don't have money to spend on buying new ones, I can only hope to win some more.

The main image was stamped on white cardstock using jet black stazon ink. I drug out my watercolor pencils for a change to color with. The image and the yellowish orange oval were cut out with oval nesties. For the border across the top, I used a cuttlebug die, that I have had forever, don’t know the name, as I discarded the package when I bought pages to put the dies in. I used a strip of brown as a layer under the die piece, and under the sentiment. The sentiment is from a SU set Teeny Tiny Wishes. Two gold brads were used on the brown strip under the sentiment. The dp is from my scrap pile, also layered on yellowish orange. The base card is brown. 

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