Cube builder stencil

I have to say first off this is one of my favorite stencils to use because I find it so versatile. The following are two cards made with the same stencil but have completely different looks.

 By now you know that I mount my design onto different colored card before attaching to my card bases. In the top image I've stayed with a pink theme while the bottom |I was going for more masculine darker colors and used brown card.

Basically you pick two complementary colors and use the stencil with first one color, turn the stencil around and line it up and i=use your second color to build the cube effect.

I used Distress oxide inks with both cards. With the top one for just that added touch I heat embossed a banner with a sentiment and added clear nuvo drops to the top right and bottom left hand side of the card.
With the second card I cut a strip of card and stamped on the sentiment raised it up on foam pads and added clear nuvo drops to the top right and bottom left hand sides of the card.

Mothers Day

In honor of my Mom I made her the following card.

I stamped and cutout with my scan n cut some flowers of varying sizes. I colored them in using copic markers, then added rhinestones to the center of each flower. To make the sentiment really stand out I used a light green card blank and heat embossed "LOVE YA MOM" in silver, I then layered the flowers in a semi circle around the sentiment. I backed onto a piece of peach card and attached to a white card blank.

Carnations

Carnations were my grandmothers favorite flower so in honor of her on her memorial day I made a card with carnations on it.

The card is pretty simple. I took a blank white card base and blended some Distress Oxide inks to make a light background. Next I stamped out some Carnations and cut them with my scan n cut, then colored them in using copic markers. I added a banner sentiment of Happy birthday on black card using white heat embossing . Next I added some clear nuvo drops to the top right and bottom left hand side of the card, mounted on some light pink card and attached to a black card blank.

Altenew Leaf Burst Stencil

In this first photo you can see that I've prepared all my materials ahead of time. I have my Distress Oxides, my stencil, card blank, washi tape and blender brushes

 Here I've taped my stencil to my card and an beginning to blend in my inks.

 Once I've completed with blending my inks I remove the washi tape and clean  y stencil after removing my card.

 I've decided to use the stampendous sentiment stamps to add a sentiment using memento tuxedo black ink.

 I cut the sentiment down to fit into the bottom right corner and have decided to use a rhinestone for the center of my card.

 Here is the completed card layered onto a neutral piece of card and attached to a neutral card blank.

Sunbursts

Using Vicki Boutins stamps I inked up the sunburst with different colored pigment inks and then heat embossed them with clear heat embossing powder.

 I chose lighter colors but used the same technique as above. I added rhinestones to the center of each burst and the sentiment Happy Birthday and layered onto colored card before attaching to the card base

 These final cards I made using a different stamp from the same Vicki Boutin stamp collection but white heat embossed the stamp. I then used a variety of distress oxides to color the back grounds and added rhinestones and a heat embossed sentiment in silver. I backed the cards again with different colored card and attached onto card bases.

Masking

Now this is not my favorite type of card to do because it takes more time and precision than I normally have in my card marking time allotment but the results sure are pretty.

In this card I masked of the little bird and heart then masked off the top and bottom of the card so I'd have a clean line going across my card. I blended with Distress Oxide inks, pulled up my masking and colored in my bird and hear. I finished off with a well placed sentiment and backed it with a similar colored paper and attached to the card base.

Similar to the card above, I masked off the top and bottom of the card as well as the small image of birds. I again used Distress Oxide to color in the center. I then peeled the masked off areas away and colored my birds. To finish off I added a top sentiment and some nuvo drops to the opposite corners of the card, backed that onto a neutral coloured card and attached it all to a base card.

I like this card the best probably because the image is larger. I masked off the vase and flower and a bottom strip so I could place the sentiment. I then colored in the background with Distress oxide ink, removed the mask and colored in my objects. I added a sentiment to the bottom and heat embossed Happy birthday. I added nuvo drops to the top right corner and mounted on some neutral card before attaching to the card base.

It has been a while

It may have been almost a year since my last blog post but that doesn't mean I haven't been crafting up a storm. The following are just  few cards I've put together. It's amazing what a little bit of ribbon and some rhinestones or nuvo drops will do to up that wow factor.