Color Burst and Embossing Paste

This card was created by using Water Color Paper trimmed to 5 1/2in. by 4 1/4 in. which I secured to a wooden cutting board using painters tape, masking off 1/8 in. all around. I secured a stencil over the top of the panel also using some painters tape. I used a palette knife to smear embossing paste over the stencil. Once that was done I removed the stencil and immediately washed it and the palette knife off so the embossing paste would not harden onto them. I set the embossed panel aside to dry. Once this panel was completely dry, I spritzed it generously with water then tapped on the Color Burst powder.

Emboss Resist and Color Burst

To create this card I started with a 5 1/2 in. by 4 in. panel of Water Color Paper. Using my stamp, I stamped the top portion of the card with Versa Mark Ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I tapped the Color Burst powder onto my craft mat and spritzed it with water. Then I smooshed my card panel into the ink and just kept smooshing and turning it until I had a result I was pleased with. I set it aside to dry. Once dry, I stamped the word "Enjoy" with Versa Mark Ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I wrapped the panel a few times with a length of white embroidery floss and tied a bow. I secured the bow with a small glue dot. Then I adhered the panel onto a standard A2 top fold card base.

Masculine "Hello You"

I got the inspiration for this card from the "Manly Motifs" Mood Board in the online class "In the Mood" at CatherinePooler.com. I used Kraft Card Stock trimmed to 5 1/4in. by 4in. to stamp my birch tree forest on. I used the trees from the "Joy in the Woods" stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I grouped the tree stamps on an acrylic block then stamped them repeatedly across the card front using Frost White pigment ink from Color Box, until it was filled with  trees. In some instances I masked off the small side branch if it was going to stamp over the top of a previously stamped image, this made them appear to be either in front of or behind the image next to it. I then re-stamped over each of the tree groupings, in this same manner, using Chestnut Roan Pigment ink also from Color Box and just slightly offset the trees each time I stamped them. (I saw Maureen Merrit do this technique in the "In The Mood" online class). This created the 'whitish bark' look that birch trees have. I die cut the stag from the same Kraft Card Stock using the "Maggie Holmes Open Book" die set. I lightly sponged over him with the Frost White pigment ink and sponged around his edges with the Chestnut Roan pigment ink to make him stand out. I then decided where I wanted to place him on the card front and used the "hello you" from the "Scripty  Sayings" stamp set from Lawn Fawn and stamped the section of the greeting that would lay across his neck with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I stamped the entire greeting in Versa Mark on the front of the card and heat embossed it with white embossing powder as well. I used dimensional adhesive to pop the stag up and placed him on the card front lining him up with the stamped greeting. I finished the card by adhering the completed panel to a darker brown A2 card base.

Masking Technique

Technique Card: Masking / Sponging

This is an embellished single layer card. I used Neenah Solar White Cardstock cut at 8 1/2in. by 5 1/2in. then folded it in half to create a standard A2 card. I used a circle die by Spellbinders to make a mask out of copy paper, I used a Zig 2way glue pen to go around the edge of the circle in the copy paper and let it dry to a tacky edge that I was able to  adhere to the front of the card to insure that my mask stayed in place during the sponging process. For the sponging I used Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Salty Ocean distress inks by Tim Holtz. After removing the mask I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set "Flowers on my Mind" by Simon Says Stamp. I used the Vivienne Butterfly die from Memory Box cut from black cardstock and used that along with some clear crystal sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to embellish the card. To ground the scene I used a 1/4 in. strip of black paper and adhered it to the bottom of the card.

Neenah Solar White Cardstock - www.amazon.com
Spellbinders Nestabilities - www.createandcraft.com/spellbinders, www.simonsaysstamp.com
Zig 2way pen - Michaels Stores, www.simonsaysstamp.com
Tim Holtz Distress Dye Inks - Michaels Stores, www.creatandcraft.com/Tim-Holtz ,
www simonsaysstamp.com, www.amazon.com
Flowers on my Mind stamp set - www.simonsaysstamp.com
Vivienne Butterfly Die - www.simonsaysstamp.com
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins - www.simonsays stamp.com, www.prettypinkposh.com