Pilin' On a New Technique

The theme this month at Pile It On is Try a New Technique. The only really rule is to be inspired by more than one papercrafting challenge. We're sponsored by Becky’s Place. Becky also has a great blog with tons of goodies, including card fold tutorials. I've tried many of her techniques over the years, but this is my first try at a Wiper Card. I used this presents digi stamp from Beccy's Celebrations set.

I added the yellow background before printing the images. For the sentiment, I used a rubber stamp I recently won from Repeat Impressions. I colored the presents with Copic markers. The card base is a double-sided paper from Webster's Pages that I've had in my stash for a long time; I used it partly because the recipient really likes red tulips. The pop-up birthday sentiment is from a freebie stamp set that came with a magazine.I added a border on the front as well on the back message section with Diamond Stickles.


Inspiration/Challenges:
Always Happy Birthday: Birthday
Digistamps 4 Joy #151: Anything Goes + optional: Add a Sentiment
Make My Monday #76: Colored Image

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One touch of Geometry makes the whole world kin

I've been having a bit of a creative lull lately ... you know how it goes. That's one of the reasons I enjoy papercrafting challenges so much: it's nice to have some focus. I started at Less Is More, as I find the clean-and-simple style very challenging yet rewarding. This week's challenge is "Diamonds" which I found extra-challenging. The "Geometric" theme at Lawnscaping inspired me to use diamond shapes to create a pattern. I don't have a diamond stamp, so I used a hexagon punch to make 3 diamond shapes, cut 2 from foam, and adhered them with double-sided tape to a stamp block in a chevron pattern. There are so many possibilities with the foam stamping technique.

I used masking paper to mask my new Cardinal rubber stamp from Repeat Impressions before stamping the diamond/chevron shapes. The bird was stamped in Memento black ink & colored with Copic markers. The sentiment (a Shakespeare quote) is from Clear Art Stamps.

This was my first attempt. The shapes were stamped in Olive distress ink. I didn't like all the white space between the bird & the sentiment, so I added a branch from a Prickly Pear Designs stamp set. I'm entering this card into Less Is More #294: Diamonds.


Here's my second card. I used Pine Green pigment ink, inking the foam stamps just enough so that the ink pad lends texture to the final stamp. I'm entering this card into Lawnscaping #138: Geometric.

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Quilt Shaker - Pilin' on Autumn

The theme this fortnight at Pile It On is Autumn Colors and/or Theme.

The frame is a rubber stamp from Repeat Impressions. I stamped it in Memento black on linen-textured paper; I traced all the lines with a Recollections pen and drew the stitches by hand. The image is colored with Copic markers. I cut out the middle of the piece to create a shaker card. I used scrap plastic for the window, and placed the sentiment sticker directly onto it. I filled the shaker with sequins from Paper Sweeties and metallic leaves. I used white foam to pop the shaker. The background is made with textured cardstocks; I added more dashes & some lovely ribbon.

Inspiration/Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge: Add leaves
Crafting By Designs: A Stitch in Time
Fairy Tale: Falling Leaves
Make My Monday: Autumn Colors
Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge: Dots or Dashes
Perfectly Created Chaos: Stamp It

Update: This won a prize at Crafting By Designs!

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Simply Deconstructed S'mores

I spent a recent summer evening making this deconstructed s'mores card:

I started by stamping the chocolate drop candy (Repeat Impressions) in Milk Chocolate chalk ink (QuickQuotes). I colored it with a Copic marker & masked it with removable paper. The sentiment & chevron stencil are from a Recollections set. I colored the stencil with Copics. I used a Hero Arts block stamp & Memento Desert Sand ink for the cracker-y rectangle. The marshmallow splat was created with a TH stencil & Tsukineko Amplify ink. Love how this ink textures when heated.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Color Throwdown: Combo #399
Hand Stamped Sentiments: Sketch #241
Less Is More #282: Use a Stencil

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Focus on the Sentiment at Crafting with Dragonflies

This fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies we want to see your Cards with the Sentiment as the main focus.I made this bright & whimsical card featuring this "Positive Attitude Greeting" from DRS Designs:

The chocolate drop candy stamp is from Repeat Impressions. The silver ones were heat-embossed on scrap tinfoil; I used Milk Chocolate chalk ink from QuickQuotes to stamp the 3rd candy on white cardstock & colored it with a Copic marker.

Inspiration/Challenges:

LESSology Challenge #59: Neon-inspired+ upcycled item (medical tape, rubber tourniquet, tinfoil)

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #357





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