Wednesday and I am half way through my week already. Thank all of you for commenting. I will pick two random winners from all of the comments for the week on Sunday for a grab bag of 25 stamps graciously given by Unity Stamp Company. I will also draw a winner of 3 Distress Oxide inks that I happen to have duplicates of.
I am finishing the July 2018 Kit of the Month and the Pink Paislee paper pack called Citrus Bliss that I started yesterday with these cards. I used all of the images and most of the sentiments.
This was made by stamping in Versafine ink and using Distress inks to water color the image. I colored two wooden birds that I had in my stash. I tried coloring them with the Distress ink I had used to color the image, but found I had to use Distress Oxide ink to get the color to really show. I also made the card square instead of my usual A2 size.
Both of these cards use the same image, but different sentiments from the kit. I stamped the images on two different papers using Versamark ink and then heat embossed using a bright white powder. The image on the darker orange showed up much better. Since the image on the lighter green wasn’t showing up as well, I added flower shaped sequins from Cartwrights to each of the flowers to make it pop a little more. I also used an orange ink for the sentiment on the one card to try and break out of my habit of almost always using black ink.
For the final card, I stamped the image on a gray cardstock in a deep pink ink then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Since it was a dye ink instead of pigment, the embossing powder didn’t stick as thickly as I would have liked. When I did the sentiment, I remembered a trick when using dye inks to emboss. If you ink up your stamp with Versamark first, then ink it up with the dye ink and then stamp the image, it will stay sticky long enough to put on the embossing powder. Always do the Versamark first and then the ink so that you don’t ruin your Versamark pad. I cut up to the image and fussy cut around it to allow the paper I put on the inside of the card to peak out.
I will be back tomorrow with a post I am calling the Great Face Debate. Come join me – Denise
I have to use my embossing stuff !! Great idea to do so thNks!
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The fussy cutting on the last card is awesome. Very cute cards!
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Lovely assortment of cards from the recent KOM! I love to see how you used the one stamp in two ways!
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Neat cards!!! I like those.
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I have enjoyed all the cards you’ve created with this kit. So clever!
sue
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Love the cards! Thanks for the tip on embossing using dye inks!
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Gorgeous! I love how the embossing folder on the flowered on looks like it matches the waffle cone!
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I love seeing options for using the KOTM. All of your cards are great. I love the cone of flowers.
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Very pretty variety of cards.
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Beautiful cards! I love that you used different ink for your sentiment… I tend to use black a lot, as well. Thanks for the inspiration!
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I love all the colors you used. I adore floral stamps, and great idea putting them in a cone. This reminds me of the old fashioned tussi mussies that ladies would carry in Victorian times. Your cards are beautiful.
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I love the lace on last card. It reminds me of an embroidery hoop with lace around it. Love it the colors and look is stunning
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Once again, you’ve made some lovely cards!
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These are so beautiful!
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I love the last card the most. They are all great. Thanks for the tip about stamping on the versamark first before stamping on the ink pad. I am going to try it.
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You did it again, amazing,beautiful,lovely cards. All of them so unique and creative. Thanks for sharing.
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Very pretty cards! Thanks for sharing the Versamark tip, too!
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Beautiful cards…love the ice cream cones and how different they all are. Great job!! Hope you are having a good week.
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Lovely cards – thanks for the tip regarding versamark
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Oh, I love the flower cones, especially the first one. I love the soft colors. And the blue berries sprinkled in…
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Loving the lace image on the last one!
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Sweet cards
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Great ideas, lovely coloring and great designs. Very creative. Just lovely cards.
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Such beautiful cards!
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Lovely cards and lovely inspiration! Jo x
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So pretty! Love all of the cards you have made.
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These are all beautiful! I love that cute flower cone – so pretty!
Your first card is my fave, well, it has birdies!! I’m a birdie addict,
what can I say! lol I do also love how you did the last card, fussy
cutting around the image & having the pretty inside paper showing.
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Another lovely set of cards. I like the little birds.
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Sweet cards, I like the flowers in the cone!
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Whew – my fingers were aching thinking that you fussy cut those cute little blue birds. Thanks for the Oxide info about painting them. Good to know!
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Cute cards! Love the flowers in the cone!
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Pretty cards! I like the different ways you did the flowers in the ice cream cone.
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Excellent cards using this kit. Wonderful work, thanks for sharing your ideas..
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