Simple Stamping Techniques - Easel Card

Hi, and welcome to another Simple Stamping Techniques Blog Hop. 

This month we are creating an Easel Card and as it is close to Mother's Day here in Australia, I thought I would make that my theme. 

My darling mum is 91 this month and she lives in a nursing home in another state. I'm sure she will love this card which I will hand deliver on my next visit.

I really like this stamp set "Tea Together", and am thrilled to see that it, and the coordinating framelit dies "Tea Time", are carrying over into the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 

2019 -2020.

Here is my card.

I stamped the tea pot, cup and flowers onto water colour paper. I kept some Archival Black ink when it retired, and used this to stamp the images.(Stazon does not agree with me!)

Then the colouring happened - my favourite and most fun part of the process. 

I've been using the new In Colors quite a bit the last few days and enjoy the combinations, but when it comes to water colouring I used lots of different colours together. They are all listed in the products section below.

For example the tea pot is painted with Seaside Spray, Highland Heather and Night of Navy.

I've been experimenting with embossing folders recently and had this lovely copper embossed Tin Tile piece of card that went perfectly with the vintage style of the card. So I chopped it up and used it.

The basic recipe for this card is:

Thick White Card: 19cm x 10.5cm

Score in half at  9.5cm

Score one half again at 4.75.

This will give you the basic structure.

You can see a good tutorial on this on Splitcoast Stampers:

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/easelcard

 The background embossed card is matted onto Copper Foil then Purple Posy card - one of the new 2019 -2020 In Colors from Stampin' Up!

HINT: It helps to use dimensionals on the layers on the lower front of the card so that it can act as a stopper for the image section. 

It's always lovely to receive a card that is hand made and more so when it is a fancy or different fold. This style is easy and can be created in many shapes: square, circular, oval, or rectangular. 

Check out the awesome samples that the Design Team have contributed. You'll find lots of inspiration- simply follow along with the list of names.

 ·       Ann Craig - Australia

·       Libby Dyson – Australia

·       Leonie Schroder - Australia

·       Delys Cram – New Zealand

·       Narelle Fasulo - Australia

·       Heike Vass - Germany 

 Tamra Davis - USA

Also if you like my card and would like to purchase the products to create your own, simply select the products in the list below and you will go straight to my on-line store.

Best Wishes and enjoy the Simple Stamping Techniques Hop

 (Products from the new Annual Catalogue will be available June 4)

Product List

Tea Time Framelits Dies

[149697]

$0.00

Tea Together Cling Stamp Set

[148779]

$38.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$159.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

[130658]

$70.00

Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[147906]

$17.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.75

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

$8.75

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$13.50

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$7.00

Top Note Die and Autumn Winter Mini Products

Today I want to show you a card I designed for a small group of friends who gathered for a relaxing night of stamping. 

I based the card on the Paper Players Sketch challenge # 88

I am also entering this card in the following Challenge

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Fancy Folds

Fashionable Stamping Challenge #18  Spring is in The air

Because my friends wanted to do an easel card using the Top Note die, I had to think a little about these elements and decided to use the sketch in 2 parts on the two different surfaces. I'm happy with the result, and had lots of fun using some of the new products from the Autumn - Winter Mini catalogue that will be released tomorrow.

The products used are all Stampin' Up!® and include:

Top Note Bigz die and Big Shot

Perfect Pennants Bigz L die

Stripes Embossing folder

Square Lattice Embossing folder

Beautiful Wings Embosslits die

Little Leaves  Sizzlits die

Heart to Heart punch

4.4 cm Scallop Circle punch

Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch

Scallop Edge Border Punch

Basic Jewels - Pearls

Confetti White Card Stock

Vellum Card

Frost White shimmer Paint (made into mist)

French Foliage Stamp Set

Perfectly Penned  Stamp Set

Soft Suede Classic Ink
Pool Party Classic Ink

Pool Party Seam Binding

Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper

What a list! It's just so nice that all these products co-ordinate so well.

 

This detail shows the interplay of shape and textures. It is so much fun adding dimension to a card. I've used the circular motif from the Perfect Pennants die as the basis for the main focus of the card, then built on it with punching a scalloped circle of DSP. The flower is also made from 4 scallop circles that have been distressed and split, sponged and spritzed.

I love the Perfectly Penned stamp set and when it is stamped on vellum it allows the collage stamping underneath to show through. To achieve the effect under the greeting I first stamped the verse stamp from French Foliage at various angles across the page. Pool Party ink was used. Then I used Soft Suede for stamping the leaves and "splotches". I find this such a useful little stamp for adding "Vintage" to my cards. 

The Striped Embossing folder was inked with Soft Suede prior to embossing then a few Pool Party highlights were sponged on.

And we all love Seam Binding - it is so soft and pliable and can be dyed any colour - you only need a re-inker.  The Pool Party Seam Binding comes already dyed and is a beautiful colour to compliment many of the neutrals.  I've simply applied a line of Snail Adhesive and randomly folded the Seam Binding across the Top Note Die.

Hope you enjoy the card,

Until Next time 

Stay Crafty!

Christmas Card Stamp-A-Stack February 2012 - Easel Card

Easel Cards are always popular with the card making customers and this year we will be trying a number of different styled Easel Cards in my Stamp A Stack classes.

This one was created for my first Christmas Stamp A Stack for the year.

Stampin Up stamp sets used:

Beautiful Season

French Script

Winter Post

Inks: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive Classic Inks from Stampin' Up!

Sponging, spritzing with the Spritzer Tool and Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker and images are coloured with an Aqua Painter and Classic Inks

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The Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch and Bravo Burgundy card make the scalloped details  on the background.  Some stamped Off collage stamping helps create a Vintage feel to this card.

It's always great fun and a challenge to combine different stamp sets and techniques - I think this is what keeps it interesting and helps to develop new ideas for future cards. Sometimes they work really well - other times  - well I'm sure we've all had some of those "other times".  I hope this card has got you thinking, so

Until Next Time

Stay Crafty!

Imagine The Possibilities

I was demonstrating some technniques at a class the other night - specifically:

• Stampin' Write Marker direct to Rubber
• Masking and Sponging
• Creating depth by sponging

and I was inspired to take the example further and make a card. It was really strange how this card evolved over a number of days - the colours: Soft Suede, Whisper White, and Ruby Red (retired) sent me off on a journey of discovery to find what I had lying around that would be useful in the design.

I am enjoying the versatility that the Big Shot allows via the super Embossing Folders, and have found  "Square Lattice" (available in the Summer Mini) is fast becoming one of my favourites.

This card has all bits and pieces juxtaposed as I was on a mission to use up bits of card that were cluttering my desk. After deciding that I wanted to make an easel card I was presented with the problem of what to put on the inside of the card.

Some repetition of the texture on the front plus stamped images from one of Stampin' Up's!® Level 1 Hostess gifts - Punch Potpourri - and the design was coming together. It is so good being able to punch out the bird, flower and leaves using the 2-Step Bird Ex Large punch, as it saves loads of time.

I named this post "Imagine the Possibilities" and would like each of you reading it to think about the wonderful possibilities and opportunities YOU would have by becoming a Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator.  You can find lots of information about this on my Demonstrator website and if you'd like to have a chat about how this opportunity could fit into your life then please contact me any time.

 As I've started a new Challenge blog this week- "jac-inks Challenges", and have been thrilled to see some of you join us in our 2-weekly challenges, I thought I'd share the love around and enter a few new challenges myself.  I am entering this card in the following

CCEE Stampers - use your punches
Do You Stack Up? - Red Hot
Paper Play Challenge- Stamp It Out
Southern Girls Challenge - Dry Embossing

Until next time, stay crafty

Hugs