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Challenge: Inspired By...

1/3/2019

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Frillie & Funkie's challenge for January 2, 2018, is to create something inspired by or using a technique or tutorial that you have found online. We are to link to the inspiration source but not copy anything on that source. 

I have been lucky to be able to go to a few in-person classes over the past few years but, like many others, I spend a lot of time searching the internet for video tutorials, watching the YouTube videos of designers I admire and even taking classes from groups like Online Card Classes and Altenew Academy. Recently, my online addiction is the technique videos produced by Jennifer McGuire. The inspiration for this card was her tutorial on metallic stenciling, although I had to make several alterations to her techniques since I didn't have all the proper materials!

​I started with metallic card stock, a new stencil, Versamark Ink, and WOW! embossing glitter in a shade matching the card.

I had wanted to do this in metallic green mirror card with metallic green embossing power but I found that I didn't have any green mirror card stock, so I changed course and went with ice blue. I had coordinating embossing powder, but it was embossing glitter, not metallic. And normally I wouldn't be stenciling palm leaves in pale blue but... if one lacks the proper products, one makes do!

Also, I discovered that the Kindred Stamps stencils were too thin to 
effectively dry-emboss with so, after I attempted to dry emboss, I ended up with a faint outline of the leaves, not the definition Jennifer achieved.


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I trimmed the image, matted it with green glimmer card and then attached it to a 5x7" kraft card base:
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I die cut leaves and flower parts from shimmery card/paper. With all that shine and glitter, it seemed that I needed something matte to tone this card down and ground it, so I die cut a tiki from a leather-look tan card scrap and fussy cut a dark brown piece to back it. After attaching leaves, a flower, and the tiki to the card front, I die-cut a sentiment from glimmery white card and trimmed the card down to fit the image better:
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As dank and gray and cold as it has been here of late, I nearly was in the mood for something warm and bright and  tropical!

Products used in the making of this card were:

  • Dies: Sizzix Thinlits “Tropical” (661207) and “Shadow Script #3) (662686)
  • Stencils: Kindred Stamps “Palm Leaf”
  • Inks: Versamark
  • Embossing Powders: WOW! Embossing Glitter “Nice Ice Blue” (WS35R)
  • Papers: Paper Studio “kraft” (697201); Stampin’ Up! medium green glimmer card; ice blue metallic card stock; scraps of tan and brown matte card stock, white shimmer card stock,  dark blue shimmer paper, and gold metallic paper
  • Adhesives: iCraft “Easy Tear Tape”; Gina K Connect Glue; Xyron 250 and 500 sticker makers
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Challenge: Try Something New!

1/2/2019

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Both Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday for December 2018 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday for January 2, 2019 have issued challenges to try something new. The Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday blog syas:

"Whenever a new year begins, many of us attempt to start afresh and tackle things we didn’t do in the year past. So we are challenging you to try something NEW this month!
  • Perhaps there’s a technique you have been putting off trying?
  • What about  trying a new color combination?
  • Or maybe you have a new-to-you product that you’ve not yet played with; Simon says it’s time to break out those products and start WORKING them!
"Whatever you create this month, make sure it is something NEW for you!"

while the design team on Simon Says Stamp Wednesday says: 

"If Santa brought you some new crafty goodies, we would love to see them! You could also make something for a New Baby, New Job, New Home, New Life Adventures etc."

Now I have a couple of techniques I would like to try, including gel printing and acrylic pour, and I have the material for both. But at this time of year I'm not up to the mess both entail (after all, there's taxes to start on and a Christmas tree to take down, just for the next few weeks...). So I thought I'd try out some new product I received during the month of December (All Christmas gifts from me to me!)!

I started with a stencil from a company new to me, Kindred Stamps! I sponged Versamark through it onto a card front and then applied another product new to me, Ranger Mixed Media Powder, and heated it to create a rainbow effect. I used a 'tover die cut word and shadow which coordinated with one of the powder colors and applied them to a white card edged with Distress Markers in similar colors. I added another new product, some holographic flat-back gems from Ink Road, to finish the card.
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Products used in the making of this card were:
  • Stencils: Kindred Stamps "Zebra" craft stencil
  • Dies: Sizzix Thinlits "Shadow Script #3 (662826)
  • Inks: Versamark
  • ​Embossing Powders: Ranger Mixed Media Powder "Sea" (EPM64053), "Lilac" (EPM64015), and "Punch" (EPM64039)
  • ​Papers: Park Lane Paperie A2 notecard "white"; scraps of Neena Solar White, shimmery aqua and dark teal green cardstock
  • ​Embellishments: Ink Road Fat Back Gems "Holographic"
  • Adhesives: iCraft "easy Tear Tape"; Wendy Vecchi "Perfect Card Adhesive" (WVA62134)
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    Born in New Jersey, I grew up in Southeastern Ohio. Attended university at Bowling Green State University (B.Sci  in biological science, 1964), University of Southern California (M. Sci in biological science, 1967) and University of Florida (Ph. D in zoology, 1971).
    Worked in environmental consulting for a little more than a decade and then seven years as an instructor in biological science at various community colleges in California and Texas. Moved to London in 1992, then Beijing (1996) and Saudi Arabia (1998), before returning to NW Ohio in 2002. I am currently living in NW Ohio with my husband and three Bombay cats.  I love to read (mystery, science fiction, history) and stitch (have done crewel, currently experimenting with free embroidery and needlepoint but blackwork and cross stitch are my main genres); have been known to knit; and now I'm heavily into papercrafting!
    Retired upon the return to the US so lots of time for our hobbies...

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