Wild Wasabi Textured Card Stock Promotion

Stampin' Up is offering a special deal on their Wild Wasabi Textured Card Stock. Please read the special in the right hand column.

I ordered some and here's a card I made today



Stamp Set: All Scallops (SAB)
Card Stock: Wild Wasabi Textured from current promotion; Afternoon Tea Designer Paper (new in the Occasions Mini Collection) Whister White
Ink: Wild Wasabi Classic Ink
Embellishments: Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon, Diminsionals
Punches: Scallop Circle Punch

This was fun and simple - I used the flower pattern from the Afternoon Tea Designer Paper and then a small piece of another crosshatch pattern on the bottom of the card and then cut out one of the flowers with leaves and attached it with dimensionals.

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Technique Tuesday starting

Our Technique Tuesdays is starting on the 11th. Our first meeting will be at the Clinic - call me for details.

We are going to be doing 2 techniques a month and we will literally cover the alphabet from A-Z. I'm going to show you 4 that I have done up!

If you are interested in the class, the initial cost is the cost of a 6 x 6 album to hold your techniques. You will go away from each class with instructions already printed out, a sample to put in your album along with the instructions and a card we make. The albums are $19.95 plus $2.00 shipping and $5 for materials for each class. Please bring your own adhesive and paper trimmer.

Crayon Resist

This technique is so easy - yes I guarantee you will find it easy.



Stamp Set: Merci (from the Sale-A-Bration Mini catalog)
Card Stock: Tempting Turquoise, Glossy White
Ink: Black classic, Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink, Yoyo Yellow
Additional supplies: Light colored crayon, sponges

I stamped the figures in basic black on glossy white card stock. I then outlined each figure with a light colored crayon (used a green). I then sponged the tempting turquoise, pixie pink and yoyo yellow. I let that sit for a few seconds and used a kleenex tissue to wipe off the crayon. This left the stamped images outlined in white (the ink won't stick to the crayoned areas). It really pops up your images. That's why it's called "Crayon Resist"!!

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Highlighting

This technique takes a nice outlined stamp. I used the dogwood flower in the Embrace Life stamp set



Stamp Set: Embrace Life
Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Ginger Blossom Designer Paper
Ink: Basic Black (can also use Black Stazon), Groovy Guava
Embellishments: 1/4" Black Grosgrain Ribbon
Punches: Corner Rounder (for the scallops), Large and Small Oval, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" circle

I stamped the image with basic black ink on the whisper white cardstock. I then stamped again with the area I wanted to highlight. I cut out the highlighted area with the 1 1/4" circle punch and using an aquapainter and groovy guava ink, colored the flower petals. I then mounted that circle on the 1 3/8" basic black circle, lined it up and adhered it to the other stamped images to match up.

I finished with doing the scallop with the corner rounder and mounting that on the Ginger Blossom Designer Paper. Added the black grosgrain ribbon at the bottom and the sentiment!!

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Negative Split

This next card is definitely a WOW technique. Negative split.



Stamp Set: Bronc Buster
Card Stock: Sage Shadow; Western Sky Designer Paper, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: White and Black Craft Ink; Basic Black Ink
Embellishments: Antique Brass Brads, Clear and White Embossing Powder

Stamp sets to use are ones that have a large image that can be a center focal point. This bucking bronc works well I think. I cut out two pieces of card stock, basic black and whisper white, about the size of the actual wood block of the stamp. I first stamped on the basic black with white craft ink and then embossed with white embossing powder. Heat set it. Then used black craft ink and stamped the bronc on the white card stock and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then took both pieces and found the midpoint, put them together and cut them in half lengthwise. Now I have 4 pieces - took the opposites and mounted them on some Western Sky Designer Paper and then on Basic black. The card itself is Sage Shadow - I added a strip of the stripe from Western Sky and added three antique brass brads. Then stamped the swirl with the star on the bottom!!

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Zigzag Made Easy

This zigzag technique is very simple. I found this technique on Barb Mullikin's blog.



Stamp Set: Prehistoric Pals
Card Stock: Taken with Teal, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Taken with Teal, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie
Punches: 1/4" square punch

To make the small zigzag, you line up your punch on the side - measure half the square and punch out a triangle. Just continue on down the side and around each side. You can make bigger zags with bigger square punches. Here's a sample:



A nifty trick to add a little pizzaz to your card.

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I'm sorry I haven't been blogging much, but have had the yucky old stuff. We went to Las Vegas the first part of February. My husband was sick within two days and I "caught" it the day before we returned. Turned out to be bronchitis. Two weeks of that and I was finally feeling partially human and then someone kindly brought us the stomach flu. So.....finally feel half way normal again!!