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Sheltering Tree for Pal’s Paper Arts #266

Sheltering Tree for Pal’s Paper Arts #266

Posted by on Sep 3, 2015 in Sheltering Tree | 6 comments

I am playing along with the Pal’s Paper Arts today!  They have another great challenge for us.  I would like to encourage all of you to play along also. You can upload your card to gallery (such as splitcost stampers) to link back to Pal’s Paper Arts.  Playing along with challenges is a great way to keep your creative juices flowing.  I really enjoy color challenges.  And this week Pal’s Paper Arts bring us a unique color combination just in time for fall.  We are still a few weeks away.  But, even here in Alabama we can see the leaves are beginning to change colors.  (uggg….It’s a little early for this….But it’s happening)

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After using this color combination it is truly wonderful…

When first looking at this color combination I was not sure exactly what I wanted to create.  Advintually, landed on a fall sean.  Sheltering Tree makes this so easy.  Sheltering Tree

Sheltering Tree is a photopolymer stamp set.  Photopolymer stamps are wonderful mainly because they make it so easy to line up everything.  Stampin’ Up! makes the best photopolymer stamps out there.  I truly adore the font used for the sentiments.  I use the “thankful for you” and the “thinking of you” all the time!!!!

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Here are the Details:

  • The card base is Delightful Dijon  card stock cut at 4 3/4 inches and scored at 5 1/2
  • The layers are Old Olive (4 1/2 by 4 1/2), Cajun Craze (4 1/4 by 4 1/4) , Shimmery White (4 by 4) I tried to use Whisper White and thick Whisper White card stocks.  But, I kept messing up and landed on the Shimmery White.  Any of these card stocks will work.  Though I really would stay away from the thick card stock.  For me it does not respond well to water.
  • On the Shimmery White card stock use a Aqua Painter and color on the grass in Old Olive.  Add some touches of Cajun Craze and Delightful Dijon.  Let this completely dry before continuing stamping.  One of my many tires I was a little impatient and everything was blurred!!!!!
  • Stamp the tree trunk image in Cajun Craze.
  • Stamp the “leaves” in Old Olive.  Then stamp the leaves in Delightful Dijon (stamp off once and spritz’s with water before stamping, also let the stamp set a few seconds on the paper) Finally, stamp the leaves in Cajun Craze (stamping off twice and spritzing with water.  This should be a quick stamping)
  • Add clumps of grass using the grass stamp and Old Olive ink
  • Add the Sentiment  with Cajun Craze ink
  • Adhere the layers together using multipurpose glue.  Use Stampin’ Dimentionals between the Old Olive and Cajun Craze layers to add depth

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Thank You for stopping by Westside Paper Creations.  Remember to hop over to Pal’s Paper Arts and see all the great creations by the design team and by those playing along (like Me) I would love to see some of my friends playing along also.

Jennifer

Sweetbriar Rose for Can You Case It #84

Sweetbriar Rose for Can You Case It #84

Posted by on Sep 2, 2015 in Aqua Painters, Blender Pins, Color Me Irresisitble, Sweetbriar Rose | 10 comments

Can You Case It has a great challenge for us all this week. This weeks challenge is a sketch by Elizabeth.  Make sure you hop over to Can You Case It to check out the Cards by the design team.  They are defiantly a talented group.  I am supper excited to be playing along with them today!!  When I started to create the card for the Can You Case It challenge I had all my fall and Holiday Stamps out.  Ready to make something from the new Catalog… Why not right?  So I picked my colors and started working on a wreath.  Along the way thinking about the challenge I decided to change it up a bit and started looking for a different stamp set.  This seems to be my process.  Start with one stamp set end with another.  With about 10 in between!!! Any whoooo, I ran across Sweetbriar Rose and thought it would be perfect.  So, no new Holiday Catalog stamp today 🙁  But, Sweetbriar Rose is a fabulous stamp set that is often over looked in the Annual Catalog. CYCI84-232x300

Is this not a great sketch!!  I love the Simplicity of the sketch.  This sketch is the perfect opportunity to make a clean and simple card!!!

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I love the sketched flower.  It is perfect for water coloring or coloring with blender pins!!! And we all know we like to color :>  I know I sure do…Adult coloring book?  No thanks, just give me a fabulous sketched stamp!  (I must admit…I would not mind having a new coloring book!)

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Here are the Details:

  • The card base is Pool Party cut to 10 1/2 inches  by 6 1/4 inches.  It is scored at 5 1/4 inches.   the final size should be 6 1/4 inches by 5 1/4 inches.  This is defiantly a odd size card.  You will want to use the envelope punch bard to make a envelope if you are mailing this size.
  • The layers are Mossy Meadow (6 1/8 by 2 5/8)  and the strip paper from Color Me Irresistible Specialty Paper
  • Color the striped paper using a sponge dabber and Calypso Coral ink.  Make sure to use firm even pressure when coloring this paper.  Also, when you are through coloring use a paper towel to wipe off any extra ink
  • Stamp the Sweetbriar Rose stamp on a piece of Shimmery White Paper ( 3 by 41/2) using StazOn Jet Black ink .
  • Using a Aqua Painter paint on Soft Sky ink all over.  Then add streaks of Pool Party around the image.
  • Color the Image using blender pins and Mossy Meadow, Calypso Coral, and Crumb Cake inks. Use a white gel pin and add highlights to the rose
  • Back the  Rose panel with Calypso Coral (3 1/4 by 4 3/4) and Mossy Meadow (3 3/8 by 4 7/8)

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Make sure you stop by Can You Case It and check out all the wonderful cards made with this sketch!  I promise you will love what you see!!!! And If you do remember to give them a little blog love!!  Happy Wednesday :>  I am getting overly excited about the beginning of Collage Football this Saturday !!!!

Jennifer