Showing posts with label K and Company. Show all posts
Showing posts with label K and Company. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2013

A Shady Situation

Don't you just love these fantastic shaped wafer thin dies.   I know I do.   I really enjoy the nesting shapes too, but there are times when I want a smaller shadow or reveal than the different sized nesting shapes offer.   Well, that's when it's time to get creative.   Here's a technique that works with a lot of these beautiful shapes.  Give it a try.


Pick a die that has scallops or points


Cut your foreground layer.  I used this fish patterned paper from K&Company.


Cut a second shape out of what you'll use for a shadow layer.  I used some Stampin' Up Dusty Durango cardstock to go with some of the burnt orange accents in the fish print.



Now you'll have to shapes the same size. 


Take the background layer and cut at the indented scalloped areas.   If you're using one with points, cut in at the points.  Note that you may have to round off or trim a bit of extra as you go along. 


Mount the shadow layer pieces to the top layer with just the amount of reveal/shadow contrast that you want.  


Here's what the back of the piece looks like.  Notice that I wasn't too tidy on my cuts.  You won't see that anyway. 


Mount your assembled shape with shadow layer to your project. 


Finish off your project.  I added the Mermaid from Bombshell's Mermaid Anchor set.  And nothing is done without a few accent touches.  The mermaid has some blue rhinestones as a necklace, the shape I just cut out has some actual fishing line wrapped around it and two fish dangling from it.  The fish are cut out of the patterned paper and covered with glossy accents.   Oh and plenty of pop dots are used to mount all of this.


Here's a view from the side.  You can see the fish a bit better.

A close up.   The mermaid is colored with Copic markers and most items are shaded with dye ink.


And the inside of the card - also shaded and an escaped fish. 



Monday, May 27, 2013

Lovely Poppy

This is the card I sent my mom for Mother's Day.   She lives in Germany and when Stampin' Up released greeting stamps in German in the US, I was thrilled.   I picked up one set thus far.  Gonna have to get a few more if they're still offered.  With this card I also wanted to make myself use some Washi tape.  I may have overdone it though.   



Here's a bit of a close up on the coloring.  The Poppies took some time to color with my Copics.



Supplies: 
Stamps: Stampin' Up (Pleasant Poppies, Verspielte Gruesse)
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)
Coloring: Copics
Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Black, Pear Pizzaz), Neenah (white)
Accessories: Washi Tape (Recollections, K&Company)


Sunday, May 5, 2013

Hot Wishes


It's time for Bombshell Stamp's May sketch challenge.   


I ended up turning the bottom half of the sketch into a fancy fold. 




And here's the inside of the card.


BombShell Stamp's may sketch challenge.


using Piston Rebel stamp set



Additional Supplies
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Coloring: markers (Copic)
Printed Paper: (Authentique)
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Naturals White for the inside (Stampin' Up), white for stamping and coloring (Neenah)
Tools: stars embossing folder (Paper Studio)
Accessories: rubon greeting (K&Company)

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Harley Ornament Card


This is also posted on the Bombshell Blog today.   Check out their blog for some fun and snazzy ideas to use their sassy stamps. 

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For those bikers out there, here's a card that speaks to the passion of chrome and two wheels.   I used Bombshell Stamp's Vintage Motorcycle set to create the ornaments on this card. 


Here's an angles shot to show the dimension.   the ornaments are colored using Copic markers.


And the inside of the card.  Add a stamped or computer generated greeting and another motorcycle peeking onto the card to tie it all together. 


Supplies: 
Stamps: Bombshell Stamp's (Vintage Motorcycle), CTMH (greeting)
Paper: K & Company (printed paper), cardstock, vellum
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk)
Coloring: Copic (markers and multiliner)
Tools: Stampin' Up (dies)
Accessories: Misc ribbon.


Hope you like this card.
from Ms. December - Monika Franziska, PaperChrome



Monday, December 10, 2012

Festive Holiday Lineup

Not sure if I've posted these before.  I couldn't find it in the archives, but I made these cards, with the help of my daughter back in May.   A very talented friend of mine, who's also a SU Demo, Joan Robertson from Texas hosted a little contest to name 10 sets that were retiring.  Well, I won and scored this amazing stamp set that my little 8 year old girl was all crazy over.   We immediately set to work to make these three cards.   Time to make some more.



Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin' Up (Holiday Lineup)
Paper: Stampin' Up, K& Company
Ink: Stampin' Up
Coloring:  Stampin' Up markers

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Little Santa Pieces

My little 8 year old girl decided that we needed this incredibly intricate Santa Claus die by Cottage Cutz.   Well, I have in.  What else is new?   She helped put the Santa together and then we made a card out of it. 


A bit of a close up to show off the dimension and detail.


And the inside of the card which is where Santa's sack landed.


Supplies: 
Stamps: Impression Obsession (background)
Ink: Stampin' Up
Tools: Cottage Cutz (Santa die), Spellbinders (scalloped rectangle), Sizzix (embossing folder on the red paper which isn't really captured by the photos. )
Paper: K&Company
Accessories: Misc. ribbon


Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Ghost Rider


Happy Halloween.   I was hoping to have this done to join the Bombshell Stamps blog hop today, but life was just too busy.   The challenge was to make a black and white Halloween card with one additional color thrown in.  As you can tell, that color is green for me.   


The motorcycle is stamped in black pigment ink and then embossed with black embossing powder.   I colored the image using Copic markers and had a time getting those green ghost flames to look decent.  



Supplies: 
Ink: Stampin' Up Craft Ink (Basic Black)
Coloring: Copic Markers
Papers: Neenah cardstock for stamping/copic coloring, K&Company (paper is glittered and embossed)
Other: Black Embossing powder

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Wicked Collaboration


Halloween is around the corner.   The kids and I just went to the pumpkin patch this afternoon and picked out a pumpkin to carve.   Here's a card my daughter and I made for her teacher last year.  



Supplies: 
Stamps: greeting and cat from Close to My Heart, pumpkin from Basic Grey, 
Ink: Stampin Up
Paper: K& Company, misc purple glitter.
Tools: Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinder, Ribbon


Thursday, October 4, 2012

Witches Trick or Treat

It's October and Hallween is just around the bend.  So it's time to post some Halloween cards.





Supplies
Stamps: Stampabilities (the witches legs), Stampin' Up (Holiday Best), Spider and web inside of card - misc acrylic stamps, perhaps Inkadinkadoo
Ink/Coloring: Stapin' Up Classic Ink, Copic markers, Spica Markers
Papers: Baseic Grey, K & Co.
Tools: EK Success (border punch), Cuttlebug (embossing folder), Stampin' Up (oval and scalloped oval punches, Martha Stewart (bird punch, inside of card)
Accessories: Ribbon (unknown brand)




Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Boy Scout Birthday for a Boy Scout Mom

My son is in Cub Scouts and one of the moms that helped organize a camp out that took place last weekend also had her birthday last weekend.  Talk about dedication.  No pedicures, no massages, no tranquil afternoon cocktail for this mom's birthday.  Instead she was roughing it in the woods, with a tent, surrounded by hyper cub scouts ready explore the wilderness.   I found out about her birthday just before everyone left for camp and stayed up to put this card together.  I had creative block too.   Hate it when that happens. 

Here's what I cam up with.  It's an oversized 8x11 card so that all the boys could sign.


Here's the inside of the card.


 Here are some close ups of the flowers.  They were made using a Stampin' Up punches and some Sizzix dies.  The cardstock is by Stampin' Up.  All of the printed papers are from K & Company from a paper pack designed for Boy Scouts.  Some of the centers are stamped with Stampin' Up stamps and sculpted with a rub-on tool.  Some have these acrylic domes from the Stampin' Up Build-A-Brad kits adhered to them.  


 


The greeting was stamped using Stamin' Up stamps, punched with the large SU oval punch, and layered using Spellbinder oval and scalloped oval dies.  And just about all of the embellishments were inked in one way or another.


Stampin' Up stamp sets used include (listed in order of mini pictures above): Artistic Etchings, Boho Backgrounds, Mixed Bunch, and Perfect Punches.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Teacher's Appreciation Week - Part 1

Last week was Teacher's Appreciation Week at our school. When I taught card making classes at the school the week before, my daughter's teacher mentioned a gift of cards she once received and how she cherished them.   The hint was well received and we made her a gift of cards. 


I wish we would have had more time for my little 8 year old girl and I to collaborate or more cards.  Here are three cards that's the product of both of our efforts. Angeline stamped and colored these gorgeous images.  I finished them off into cards that we ended up including in the teacher's gift. The set is called Holiday Lineup by Stampin' Up.   I used some Stampin' Up designer series paper, Stampin' Up Cardstock and some printed scrapbook paper by K & Company for the rest of the card.   So these three cards were included in the tin and Angeline got to pick from the my stash to fill up the rest of the tin.

I also have to tell you a little story.   I have a very talented friend in Texas that's also a Stampin' Up demo, Joan Robertson.  She has a fantastic blog that you should check out. Clicky  We met through an online board called Scrapshare and I've had the pleasure of scrapping with her at retreats.   She had a little contest recently and the winner could pick from one of her retired stamp sets.   Well, I won and just knew Angeline would love this set.  Sure enough, she did.  She was giddy when it arrived and couldn't wait to stamp and color.   Thank you Joan for your generosity.




I picked up the tin from Hobby Lobby.  The top half of the tin was colored using alcohol inks by Ranger/Tim Holtz, The paper on the bottom half of the tin is Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up.  The flowers are Prima and the brad in the middle of the flowers is by Stampin' Up.   I picked up the ribbon at a craft store and don't recall the brand.   I unpackage all my ribbon unless it's a larger roll like Stampin' Up.  The paper is applied with Mod Podge.  I added the ribbon using Scor Tape.  I'm loving Scor Tape.  It's a great product.  It really sticks and is so easy to use. The flower is held on with a combination of Scor Tape and Glossy Accents by Ranger/Tim Holtz used as an adhesive.

The divider cards that you can see in the first picture above were made from Crate Paper printed scrapbook paper, a corner rounder, and Stampin' Up's tag punch. 


Here's a close up of the tin. 



Check back to see what my son's teacher received.







Monday, December 19, 2011

Merry Santa Wishes

The Santa Stamp is one I picked up, oh gosh.... 12+ years ago.  I just grabbed the stamp and it has a copyright date of 1997.  It's amazing how well these rubber stamps hold up.  I remember stamping this image years ago as I was playing with a set of markers I picked up.  I can't even recall the brand. 





Supplies: 
Stamp: Rubber Stampede (Santa in Circle), Stampin' Up (Lots of Thoughts)
Ink: Stampin Up, Misc markers to color the Santa stamp.
Paper: K&Company, Misc. cardstock
Tools: Creative Memories (Circle Punch), EK Success (scallop circle punch), Stampin' Up (scallop circle punch)
Accessories: Ribbon

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Pink Snowstorm

How about a little pink for Christmas?   It all started when I was playing with my new KNK Zing electronic cutter using Make the Cut (MTC) software.   The snowflake is one of the stock images in MTC.  I just added a shadow, and sent it to my new cutter.  Wow.  The cutter just rocked! This was thick shimmer paper by Core'dinations and the machine took it on without any issues.   The snowflake was the motivation for the rest of the card.  





Supplies: 
Paper: K&Company (printed paper), Core'dinations (White, red, and pink shimmer paper)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Toos: KNK Zing (snowflake), Sizzix (snowflake embossing die and "joy" die)
Accessories: Ribbon, Button
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