Category: Art Impressions

Foiled Time to Celebrate

When I was experimenting in foiling regular background dies with the Gemini FoilPress I used Hero Arts Woodgrain Fancy Background die onto Kraft cardstock. It was lovely. I knew I wanted to use it for a masculine card and decided to use the masculine image from Art Impressions’ Birthday Wishes.

I decided to paper piece the shirt in the image. I stamped the gentleman and the balloons onto Neenah Classic Crest cardstock. I also stamped it onto some Recollections Bright and Basic striped paper. I used the colors in the striped paper to color the rest of the image. I fussy cut around the shirt and then adhered it onto the image with liquid glue.

Once everything was colored the stamped panel was adhered to the Silhouette PIXScan Mat and cut with the software.

The woodgrain panel was cut down using a stitched rectangle and adhered it directly to a top folding ivory cardstock. The silhouette cut images were adhered to the woodgrain panel with Simon Says Stamp Big Mama Foam Tape.

The sentiment was foiled onto ivory cardstock and cut into a thin banner with a Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Label and adhered with foam tape as well.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Art Impressions Birthday Wishes
  • Spellbinders Glimmer More Sentiments
  • Crafter’s Companion Papercraft Gold Foil
  • Hero Arts Woodgrain Fancy Background Die
  • Gina K. Designs Layering Weight and Base Weight Ivory Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs Base Weight Kraft Cardstock
  • Recollections Bright and Basic Paper Pad
  • Copic Markers: YR18, YR16, YR14; YR23, YR21, Y21; E99, E97, E93; E11, E01, E00, R22
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
  • My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle

Metallic Squares Happy Birthday

From the previous card I made I had three red mirror squares leftover. I wanted to put them to use on a card, but I wanted a different layout, so I cut three more squares and adhered them to a panel of white cardstock in a grid of 3 x 2. I decided to cut down the panel so that there was a smaller white border of cardstock around the square using a stitched rectangle. If I had to do this again I would place a piece of printer paper over the panel. If your cutting plates are well used you might get a few indentations and imperfections in the mirror cardstock. They weren’t significant so I proceeded with the project, but it would have been better if I had protected the mirror cardstock.

I went through my birthday stamps to find some images that could be stamped in the squares. I decided to use VersaMark Ink and heat emboss them white. I decided to add a mat of red mirror cardstock behind the focal images panel. This helped it to pop on the white cardbase. I also decided to embossed the front of the cardbase for some additional visual interest.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Papertrey Ink Inside & Out Birthday
  • Art Impressions Aged to Perfection
  • Art Impressions Birthday Wishes
  • Avery Elle Cupcakes
  • Clearly Besotted It’s Your Birthday
  • Simon Says Stamp Party Like a Panda
  • Paper Accents Red Mirror Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
  • Ellen Hutson Essential Square Dies
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder
  • Darice Argyle Embossing Folder
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam

Birthday Wishes for a Terrific Guy

I love Art Impression stamps. This fun dude is a favorite for a masculine card. I stamped him on Neenah Classic Crest 80# to the left of the card, leaving room for the sentiment. There are only two balloons in the stamp set, but I wanted three, so I masked off one of the balloons and stamped it again to give a more visual please triangle.

This time I decided to use some pattern paper and paper piece his shirt. I pulled out a plaid from Lawn Fawn and stamped the image and fussy cut the shirt out with scissors. It was adhered to the front of the stamped image with liquid glue. The colors in the plaid were the inspiration for coloring the rest of the images with Copic Markers.

The focal image was cut down using a stitched rectangle and sticky back foam was added to the back. I decided to adhere the focal image onto a rectangle of black cardstock cut a little larger. The two were adhered together with liquid glue. The rectangles were adhered to a top folding cardbase.

As a final embellishment, Crystal Stickles was added to the balloons.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Art Impressions Birthday Wishes
  • My Favorite Things Twice the Wishes
  • Copic Markers: G19, G16, G05, G03, G02, G01; Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21; E13, E11, E01, E00, R20
  • Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Amalgam Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Base Weight Onyx Black Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Chill Paper Pack
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Ranger Crystal Stickles
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam

Spring Card Camp 2 Easy Watercolor Washes Masculine Happy Birthday

For day 16 of the Online Card Class Spring Card Camp 2 Ashlea Cornell was the guest designer and her technique was watercolor washes, creating beautiful, vibrant background with different mediums. In her first example she used Tombo Watercolor Pens. I experiments with a lot of different medium, but the Tombo Watercolor Pens gave the most vibrant and smooth colors. For this background I used a mix of red, orange, and yellow. I love the vibrant color achieved.

The watercolor washes were quick and easy, for the most part. I used Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper for all my washes. Once they were dry it was then time to decide what to do with them.

For this first card I pulled out Altenew’s watercolor Stripes die. What could be better to use with a watercolor background. I cut the die from both white cardstock and sticky back foam and layered the two together. I then adhered it to the watercolor background with liquid glue.

I wanted to have a focal image for the card and finally decided on Art Impressions Birthday Wishes. I think this guy is perfect for a masculine birthday card. I stamped him and a couple of balloons on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and color them with Copic Markers. They were adhered to the striped panel with liquid glue and the sentiment was stamped with Amalgam ink.

A bright and happy birthday card.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Art Impressions Birthday Wishes
  • Altenew Watercolor Stripes
  • Tombo Markers: 856, 905, 025
  • Copic Markers: R27, R24, R22; YR18, YR16, YR15, YR14; Y17, Y15, Y13; E11, E01, E00, R21; C6, C4, C2
  • Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Amalgam Ink
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock

Happy Birthday Handsome

I needed some guy birthday cards and decided to pull out some stencils and use embossing paste with them. I decided to die cut a panel of cardstock using a stitched rectangle and then add the embossing past.

For this card I pulled out Stampers Anonymous Burlap and added embossing paste to a corner. I decided I didn’t want the full rectangle so I pulled out a Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Border Die add matching stitched on the angle.

I decided to use kraft cardstock for the cardbase and stamped the focal image directly onto the base with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink. I have never Copic colored on kraft cardstock and decided to give it a try and really like the way it turned out. I placed the rectangle on the cardbase wot determine where to stamp the image and the sentiment.

What I found out is that kraft cardstock isn’t as think as 120# cardstock I usually use for a cardbase and so the Copic colors blead through, but that was easily fixed my cutting another rectangle of kraft cardstock and adhering it to the inside of the card.

I didn’t like the start white embossed area against the kraft, so I pulled out my regular Distress Antique Linen and ink blended it over the embossing paste and liked the way that looked much better.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Stampers Anonymous Burlap Stencil
  • Art Impressions Birthday Wishes
  • Altenew Layered Cupcake
  • Copic Markers: YR09, YR07, YR04; YG67, YG17, YG03, YG01; E11, E01, E00, R20, R22; E59, E57, E55; E51, E50
  • Distress Ink Antique Linen
  • Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste
  • Memento Rich Cocoa Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Sandy Beach Ink
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
  • Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders Die
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape

Gone Fishing – Hope Your Day is Fin-tastic

Another cute image from Lili of the Valley. Printed with a laser printer and colored with Copic Markers. Cut using the Silhouette PIXScan Mat and foam tape added to the back for dimension.

A rectangle was cut using a stitched rectangle die and ink blended for additional water and sky, using My Favorite Things Mini Cloud Edges Stencil.

The sentiment is from Art Impressions Reel Great Guys. A quick and easy card to create.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Lili of the Valley Gone Fishing
  • Art Impressions Reel Great Guys
  • Copic Markers: YG67, YG17, YG05 YG03; Y17, Y15, Y13; E11, E01, E00; B99, B97, B95; BG01, BG000, BG0000; C5, C4, C3; BG78, BG75, BG72; E19, E99, E97; E29, E59, E57; E33, E31, E30
  • My Favorite Things Mini Cloud Edges Stencil
  • Gina K. Designs Sea Glass and Powder Blue Ink
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Kokuyo Dotliner Long Adhesive

More Candles…Bigger Cake

I had pulled this image a few days ago for the SplitCoast Stampers Clean and Simple Challenge of cards made with chocolate, but just hadn’t got around to making the card yet. So when I was cleaning up my craft space and saw it again I decided to put it to good use.

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it using Copic Markers. At the same time I stamped the sentiment.

I decided to die cut the focal image using the Memory Box Stitched Rectangles. I like this die because it gives a cross stitch look to the rectangle. I matted the rectangle with some Gina K. Designs Red Hot Cardstock, added Darice Sticky Back Foam to the back, and adhered it to a side fold A2 cardbase.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Art Impressions Chocolate Therapy
  • Memory Box Stitched Rectangles
  • Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Copic Markers: E35, E53, E50; E49, E29, E77, E35; E79, E59, E57, E55, E53, E51; E35, E34, E33, E31; C5, C3, C2, C1; E13, E11, E02, E01, E00; G17, G25, G03, G01; B99, B97, B95, B93, B91; R29, R24, R22, R21; R39, R56, R46; Y38, Y35, Y32; Y15, Y13, Y11
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock and Base Weight Red Hot
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Kokuyo Dotliner Long Adhesive

Window Frames Balloons Big Birthday Wishes

This is the second card I made with the February Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp. This time I used the balloon border. I first cut out the trio windows from the center of a rectangle of Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock and then stamped the balloon border around the die cut with Gina K. Designs Whisper Amalgam Ink. I knew that I wanted to heat embossed the border in gold embossing powder, but I also wanted to color it with Copic Markers. In order to not ruin the tips of the markers stamping first in a light ink using a MISTI allows you to see the image to color it and then it can be stamped again in VersaMark and heat embossed.

Since I gold embossed the balloon border I wanted the rest of the card to have gold accents and embellishments. I cut the trio window out of a rectangle of gold mirror cardstock and created a border to go around the image, covering the unfinished lines on the balloons. I then cut the sides of the rectangle to be just wider than the balloons border. I knew that I had some gold striped paper and wanted to use it on either side of the rectangle. Using temporary adhesive it placed the balloon rectangle onto the striped cardstock and die cut both with a My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle for added visual interest.

I added 3M 1/2″ Foam tape to the back of the balloon rectangle and then adhered it to the two strips of bold striped paper, which added some great dimension to the card front. To give it a more finished look I cut some thin strips of gold mirror cardstock and added it to the balloon rectangle.

I took the white squares that were left over from cutting out the window frame and stamped a couple of sentiments with VersaMark and heat embossed them with gold. I used a blending brush to add some Festive Berries ink to the edges. For the last square I took a small cupcake image and stamped and embossed it and carefully colored it with matching Copic Markers.

The finished focal image panel was then adhered to a top folding cardbase and the sentiments and cupcake were adhered to the center of the windows.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Simon Says Stamp Window Frames
  • Art Impressions Aged to Perfection
  • Copic Markers: R29, R46, R24, R43; R22, R21, R20; RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10; YR24, YR23, YR21
  • Gina K. Designs Amalgam and Sea Glass Ink
  • Distress Oxide Festive Berries
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • Craft Smith Gold Foil 12 x 12 Paper Pad

Let’s Par Tee Golfer Birthday

I have a lot of guy friends who love to golf. When I saw this die from Gina Marie Designs I knew I had to have it. I cased a card on her web site to create this card adding a few things of my own. I ran the circles through a dotted embossing folder and the debossed side to make it look like a golf ball. My friend said it was perfect.

Products Used:

  • Hero Arts Birthday Hugs and Kisses
  • Art Impressions Par-Tee Golfers
  • Gina Marie Designs Backswing Golfer
  • Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies
  • Distress Oxide Inks: Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Broken China
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Amalgam Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Fine Detail White Embossing Powder
  • Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • Cuttlebug Ben-Day Dots
  • Cuttlebug Polka Dots
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock

Masculine Motorcycle Guy – Enjoy the Ride

I love this motorcycle guy from Art Impressions. I know that today no one with any brains would ride a motorcycle without a helmet, but back in my day in the 60s that is what you did in Idaho. I dated a guy who had a motorcycle and would ride behind him and loved the feel of the wind in my hair. This stamp makes me think of what he would look like today enjoying a ride on his motorcycle.

Products Used:

  • Art Impressions Born to Ride
  • Unity Stamps For the Guys
  • Copic Markers: C10, C9, C7, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1; R29, R27, R24; B28, B26, B24, Y35, Y32; E13, E11, E01
  • Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
  • Distress Oxide Ink Blueprint Sketch
  • Ranger Chain 3-D Embossing Folder
  • Doodlebug Designs Patriotic Picnic Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# Ivory Cardstock
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Kokuyo Dotliner Long Adhesive
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle