Mixed Media Love

Happy Sunday!

It's Ceal here to share another Valentines card with you. Today's card is a mixed media card. I started with a cream cardstock cut to an A2 sized base and the image panel slightly smaller. I stamped my heart image from Hero Arts randomly to create my background. Next I took a Tim Holtz Stencil and some embossing paste that I colored with a distress re inker, and spread it over the hearts I wanted to pop from the stencil.  I added a thin piece of May Arts ribbon and placed the die cut "love" by Lawn Fawn on top to finish my card. 

You can find all these supplies and many more at A Scrap N Place. 

Little Birdie

Happy Sunday

Hi there! Its Ceal here to share another card made with the new Birdhuse die from Cheery Lynn.

I used more of that lovely Harmony authentic paper and a bird from Sweet 'n Sassy and some twine from May Arts,  to finish it off. You can find all my supplies at A Scrap N Place.

Sleigh Bells

Happy Sunday 

It's Ceal here to share one last Christmas card for our Christmas in June promotion. I hope you have enjoyed them as much as I have enjoyed making them. It can never be to early to make Christmas cards right?

This simple card is made with Authentique paper that has ready made labels/diecuts you can use on cards. I added some May Arts ribbon to finish it off. 

Tomorrow is the last day of Christmas in June and I am teaching a sequin shaker class and have some spots available, call or email Terri to reserve yours 

Poppies and Gingham

So, here's another Penny Black Poppies card...

A fun card in kraft with designer paper, twine, and a stamped image colored with prismacolor pencils. Sponging around the image panel is done with kraft ink.

Supplies:
Kraft and vanilla cardstock
Patterned papers:
   Authentique Promise (polka dot) and Reminisce My Peeps (gingham)
Twine by May Arts
Pearls by Zva Creative
Poppies stamp by Penny Black

Chalkboard Christmas

Hi there and thanks for stopping by! 

It's Ceal here to share another Christmas Card with  you. 

This quick and easy card uses some of that Gorgeous Authentique paper "Scatter Joy"

The paper I used is printed on one side and the other has these ready made labels you can use on cards.  I love how it looks like a chalkboard so I helped it out a little by added some sponged white ink. You can find all my supplies and more at A Scrap N Place. 

Poppies X Watercolor

So, I've been participating in the Watercolor for Cardmakers class with Online Card Classes.  I have done quite a few cards with some different types of techniques, but I decided to do a couple with the Penny Black Poppies that I have been working with.  This is one of them.

The white panel is stamped with the poppies image in Memento Black, which doesn't run with water.
Next, I masked the poppies and leaves by "painting" them with rubber cement.  I didn't have any masking fluid and rubber cement was available.

Next comes the watercolor.  I used my regular tube watercolors.  You could use Crayola pan watercolors if you like...or reinkers diluted with water...or distress inks...whatever.  I took ultramarine blue and neutralized it with a touch of orange, and brushed 4 swipes with a wide watercolor brush.  I let it dry and rubbed off the rubber cement.  The flowers were painted with yellow and red...just very rough brush strokes...and the leaves with a green blend that was on my palette.  You can't be too persnickety with this technique!

Supplies:
Cardstock in white and yellow
Memento ink
Watercolors
Ribbon by May Arts

A different way to do flowers

Here's a different technique for using the Penny Black poppies...

For this card, I stamped the poppies (I omitted the tall poppy on the left side of the stamp) with versamark and embossed black.  Now the paper I used is the reverse side of the green script from a couple of weeks ago.  Then I used prismacolor pencils to color the poppies.  I wanted to maintain the translucency and see the writing thru the color.

The stamped panel is mounted on ivory then on an avocado green card base.  Twine in avocado green makes the bow and there's a sprinkling of greenish-tannish pearls across the front.

Supplies
Cardstock in Avocado green and ivory
Designer paper is Avignon by 7gypsies
Twine by May Arts
Pearls by Zva Creative

"Find me next a poppy posy..."

That's a quote from Thomas Moore, for those of you literary types.  ;)

Terri asked me to work with a lovely Penny Black stamp and stencil this month, so here's the first of my creations using the materials I chose to work with...and with the lovely stamp.  I'm going to have a lot of fun with this one!  I have several cards planned...and they're all everyday type cards. 

Instructions:  Stamp the poppy stamp on vellum with versamark ink and emboss in black.  Color the back side of the vellum with markers.  I used water-based markers and heat-dried them so that they wouldn't smear.  Mount the vellum on the designer paper and the designer paper on a black mat.  Add ribbon and bow (I used the Bow-Easy to make the bow).  The greeting is done in black embossing as well and attached with twine.

Hint:  Do you need black twine and you only have natural?  Use a permanent marker, like your Copics or a Sharpie, and color it!  Easy-Peasy!

Hint the second: Is your tag punch a bit too short for your sentiment?  Cut a strip of paper exactly the width of your punch...for my punch it was just under 5/8 inch wide.  Then take a look at the pictures on this blog post to see how to punch the two ends separately.

Supplies:
Vanilla and black cardstock
Vellum
Designer paper is Avignon by 7gypsies
Stamp is by Penny Black
Ribbon by May Arts
Tag punch is by Martha Stewart
Sentiment is by Stampin' Up

Poppies for Memories

Here's another card made with the Penny Black poppy die...this time with colored papers instead of stamping.  I added a touch of shading to the flowers...unfortunately it isn't as evident in the photo as it is in real life!

Just a note about using vellum on your cards.  Most adhesives show through!  Bummer!  So I've learned to put my adhesives behind the design elements on the front.  So dimensional foam is behind the flowers and banner.

Supplies
White cardstock for the card base and greeting
Reminisce patterned paper for the card front
Vellum for the banner
Red and avocado cardstock for the flowers
Twine from May Arts
Pearls from Zva Creative

A Butterfly of a Different Color

Here's another one for you to try...

 

This one is a bit more ornate, but still somewhat easy to execute.

 

The card base is vanilla and to make the designer paper panel, I used a piece of cardstock with the two papers layered onto it.  That gave me a stiffer panel to handle the twill tape that was tied on next.

 

The diecut butterfly is done in kraft and white papers, and I sponged the white paper with a blue-green ink to match the papers (it does match, regardless of how it looks in the photo!).  The butterfly is sprayed with Glimmer mist after gluing it together.  Just a bit of shimmer!  I cut the swirl die once and cut it into three pieces for what you see here.  Pearls were added last.

 

Supplies

Vanilla cardstock

Designer papers from Authentique (Promise Two) (top) and Glitz (Uncharted Waters) (bottom)

Fancy Flourish Die from Die-namics, butterfly die from Impression Obsession

Twill Tape from May Arts

Pearls from Zva Creative

Joyful Easter

Happy Sunday! 

It's Ceal here (Yep I am back) to share an Easter card with you using supplies that can be found at A Scrap N Place.  The paper I used is from Authentique's Easter collection.  The dies are from two different companies, The basket is from Impression Obsession and the grass die along with the sentiment are from Sweet 'n Sassy. You know I love me some sequins so I used those as my eggs. I added some ribbon and a doily to finish it off.

Butterfly season

I used the same lovely butterfly from Impression Obsession again on this week's card. 

I am loving working with that die.  It cuts beautifully, the two layers line up perfectly (well, as good as my old eyes work anyway!).    The circle is cut with a Spellbinders circle...use your choice of size.

Supplies:
White and black cardstock
The golden brown is the reverse side of the Glitz designer paper I've been using for the last couple of cards, the Chevron is Hippity Hoppity paper from Echo Park...and is mounted directly to the card front.
The bow is tied around the top cardstock layer only...from the circle to the edge.  It is crinkly paper ribbon from May Arts that looks like rope until you fan it out...CAREFULLY!  Ask me how I know!
Pearls are Zva Creative

A Gorgeous Patterned Paper

So, I said that I would show you the "front" of that lovely Glitz patterned paper that I used to make the flourish on the butterfly last week.  This card uses it. 

 

 

The color is actually in a gradient from light to dark on the paper...just gorgeous!

 

The die is a Die-Namics die from My Favorite Things, called Fancy flourish.  The tips of the swirls are accented with pearls from Zva.  And the ribbon is a luscious wide silk-look ribbon from May Arts.

 

Hope you enjoy this simple, but elegant card.  Have a great week and I'll have more for you next Friday.

St Paddy

Hi there and thanks for stopping by!
It's Ceal here on this beautiful Sunday to share another St. Patrick's card with you. For this clean and simple card I used a shamrock die from Impression Obsession, along with some shamrock and some beautiful ribbon from May Arts. You can find all my supplies and more at A Scrap N Place.