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Hi, Everyone! I hope you are having a nice start to your weekend! I have to work all weekend but managed to sneak in a little fun crafting time, to create this birthday tag:
I hope you'll join me over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom to see how to do this ghosted / bleaching technique with your Copic markers and airbrush system!
Happy, Happy (any Duck Dynasty fans out there?)!!
~ Sharon
Be sure to check out the links at the bottom of this post, to see more samples from the rest of the design team members and look for the graphics below, for instructions on how to enter for your chance to win some fabulous JustRite and Faber-Castell product giveaways!
For today's project, I chose to use Faber-Castell's Gelatos again ... I love their beautiful watercolor quality and wonderful color range!
Here's my 8" x 8" altered frame, using JustRite's Grand Damask cling rubber background and clear Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels 2 stamp sets:
(Click on any photo for a larger view)
Directions:
1. Cut a piece of heavy weight cream cardstock the size of the wood frame (8" x 8").
2. Spritz the rubber background stamp with water; this helps the Gelatos glide on smoothly.
3. Then color directly on the cling-mounted red rubber stamp with the Gelatos:
I used these Gelato colors:
Green Tea & Spearmint
Cotton Candy & Blueberry
4. Spritz the stamp/Gelatos again with water.
5. Stamp onto ivory heavy weight cream cardstock. Repeat steps 2-4 until cardstock is covered with pattern.
6. Cut square center out of stamped cardstock; layer onto a blue cardstock mat.
7. Glue cardstock to wood frame.
8. Paint wood frame sides with teal acrylic paint.
9. Stamp the center framed sentiment onto ivory cardstock in the same manner as above, using JustRite's Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels 2 stamp set and Blueberry & Black Gelatos. The Gelatos work just as well on clear acrylic stamps:
Die cut the frame using JustRite's coordinating Vintage Labels 2 dies.
10. Using Green/Mint Metallic Gelato, paint/fill in the center of the stamped frame -- just scribble onto the cardstock and then use a wet paint brush to spread around the color:
I used T6 Copic marker to color the edge of the die cut.
11. Stamp sentiment onto ivory cardstock using Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and die cut. Pop up on foam tape over stamped frame.
12. Add blue seam binding bow to frame, stuck with green leaf stick pins. Add flower gems between the stamped flourish patterns.
Be sure to visit these JustRite and Faber-Castell design team members, to see the projects they have for you today:
JustRite Inspiration
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Sharon Harnist <= You are here!
Michele Kovack
Jen Matott
Darsie Bruno
Kellie Fortin
Marisa Job
Kathy Jones
Margie Higuchi
Kazan Clark
Barb Schram
Colleen McGinty
Mou Saha
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft
Thanks so much for joining us today! For today’s giveaway packages, please leave a comment on this (my) blog post and each of the designers' Day 2 blog posts listed above and we will randomly select two winners from two designer's blog comments to receive the prize packages pictured below! Comments will be open until March 22nd at midnight Eastern.
And also the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog:
~ Sharon
{Supplies}
Stamps: JustRite Cling CL-04500 Grand Damask Background and Clear CR-04450 Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels 2,
Faber-Castel Gelatos: Green set (Green Tea & Spearmint), Blue set (Cotton Candy & Blueberry), Black & White set, Metallic set (Green),
Dies: JustRite Custom JB-03990 Vintage Labels 2 dies, Spellbinders Classic Oval dies
Paper: GKD Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Sandy Beach; blue cardstock
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Peacock Feathers
Accessories: Michaels 8x8 wood frame, Claudine Hellmuth Classic Teal Studio Paint, blue seam binding, Maya Road Green Leaf Trinket Pins, Heidi Swapp Large Clear Flower Jewels, Copic Foam Tape,
For today's project, I chose to use Faber-Castell's Gelatos. Gelatos are an emollient-based water-soluble medium that glide smoothly onto nearly any surface to create rich swaths of pure color. They may be blended without water using your fingertip or a blending tool, or with water using a paintbrush or damp cloth. They are buttery smooth, like painting with lipstick! There is no oily residue and their water-soluble qualities make them very compatible with other mediums. Use on all types of paper, cloth,canvas, wood and other porous surfaces as well as rubber, foam and clear stamps. They are availabel in 22 yummy opaque colors and 6 shimmering metallics. They are light fast, acid free, archival, odorless, watersoluble, permanent and work great on dark surfaces.
I also used JustRite's French Rose Background and Butterfly Dreams cling stamp sets and the brand new elegant clear Graceful Monogram set for my 6-inch canvas:
(Click on any photo for a larger view)
Directions:
1. First, spritz the rubber background stamp with water; this helps the Gelatos glide on smoothly.
2. Then color directly on the stamp with the Gelatos:
I used these Gelato colors:
Roses: Bubblegum & Mango
Daisies: Mango & Tangerine
Leaves & Swirls: Green Tea
Words: Cotton Candy
3. Spritz the stamp/Gelatos again with water.
4. Stamp onto ivory heavy weight cardstock. You could stamp directly onto the canvas, for a more artistic look, but I liked the crisper image I achieved by stamping onto cardstock.
5. Go back and fill in some areas, using a water reservoir brush and picking up color directly from the Gelato.
6. Stamp the butterfly in the same manner, using these Gelatos -- Green Metallic, Lemon & Chocolate:
7. Stamp butterfly onto ivory cardstock and cut out. Pop up on foam tape over swirl stamped with Chocolate Gelato.
8. Stamp the "Love" sentiment (made with JustRite's clear Graceful Monogram stamps) with Spun Sugar Distress Ink.
9. Color the sides of the canvas, using Chocolate Gelato -- just scribble onto the canvas and blend with a wet paint brush:
10. Adhere ivory stamped piece to the canvas . . . done!
Be sure to check out the projects each of these JustRite & Faber-Castel design team members have for you today:
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Sharon Harnist <= You are here!
Eva Dobilas
Tiffany Johnson
Michele Kovack
Heidi Blankenship
Kellie Fortin
Rita Barakat
Sheri Holt
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram
Enter for your chance to win some fabulous giveaway prize packages on the JustRite Inspiration Day 1 blog post:
And also the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog:
Thanks so much for joining us today . . . I'll be back again tomorrow with another JustRite-FaberCastell mixed media project!
~ Sharon
{Supplies}
Stamps: JustRite Cling CL-04355 French Rose Background and CL-04390 Butterfly Dreams; Clear CR-04495 Graceful Monogram,
Faber-Castel Gelatos: Red set (Bubblegum), Yellow set (Mango & Tangerine), Green set (Green Tea), Blue set (Cotton Candy), Neutrals (Chocolate), Green Metallic
Paper: GKD Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Antique Linen & Spun Sugar,
Accessories: 6x6 canvas, Ranger Ink Blending Tool, X-Press It Clear Gel Glue,
Hello and happy weekend! Today over in the CLASSroom, I have a tutorial on how to create this Easter card with Faber-Castell Gelatos and one of my favorite Hero Arts Poppy background stamps . . . I hope you'll join me there!
~ Sharon
Welcome to the last day of JustRite Papercraft's March stamp set release! Today's featured stamp set is this fun Celebration Labels One & Bracket Borders One clear stamp set:
It's an all-around great set for just about any celebration you can think of . . . graduation, wedding, birthday, or any kind of congratulatory day -- promotion, new baby / announcement, engagement! I went in the birthday direction:
I love the pretty birthday blessings sentiment & font! And isn't that "celebrate" bracket border across the middle that coordinates with Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders One die fabulous? I'm in love!! And I didn't want to cut off one bit of that pretty border, so my finished card size is 6.25" x 4" and will fit into a standard business envelope.
That gorgeous flower is from JustRite's new Floral Vintage Labels Two cling stamp set (which debuted Tuesday on the JustRite blog):
It was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored with these Copic markers: R81, R83, R85, G21, G24, G28, Y21, E25 & Lemon Atyou Spica Glitter Pen. I hand-trimmed it and popped it up on Copic Foam Tape.
And since I just had a (big) birthday, I think I just might keep this card for myself, I love it so much, LOL! :)
These JustRite designers also have inspiration for you today with the Celebration set:
JustRite Inspiration
Sharon Harnist < You are here!
Michele Kovack
Kazan Clark
Darsie Bruno
Marisa Job
Sheri Holt
Eva Dobilas
Angela Barkhouse
Thanks so much for stopping by!
~ Sharon
The Gina K Designs design team welcomes you to day 3 of our fabulous February release Inspiration Blog Hops … Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! As you hop through the blogs listed below, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Our first featured stamp sets today are Lots of Dots by Beth Silaika:
And this month’s 1 Free with 3 set, Petite Borders:
I combined them both on these two cards, along with Melanie's A Year of Flowers 2 from Monday:
For this card, I stamped the cool dotty circles with black ink randomly onto Gina’s Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock and layered it onto a card base of Black Onyx, matted with Turquoise Sea . . . I think this is my new favorite color combination! The Petite Border is difficult to see in the photo above, but below you can see it a little better:
I stamped it with Versamark and clear embossed it along the bottom edge of the black piece. I like how it mimics Melanie’s A Year of Flowers 2 water lily shape. The flower was stamped onto White cardstock, die cut with its matching A Year of Flowers 2 Silhouette Cut File, colored with BG53 & BG49 Copic markers and popped up on Copic Foam Tape. Tami’s All Occasion Tags 2 sentiment was stamped with white pigment ink.
For a different background look on my next card, I used Faber-Castell Gelatos (green variety pack) to color the largest row of solid Lots of Dots, spritzed them with water, and stamped onto Gina’s Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock:
The scalloped Petite Border was stamped with black ink on the Turquoise Sea cardstock layer at the bottom. Again, Melanie’s A Year of Flowers 2 daisy was stamped onto its coordinating A Year of Flowers 2 Silhouette Cut File, colored with Copic BG53 & YG23, and popped up on foam tape.
Below is a little bit different variation of the above background . . .
Our next featured stamp sets today are this month’s Darling Divas by Debbie Corbari (Mommy-to-Be, Day at the Park, Serenity):
My first card uses Serenity Diva and the same background technique as above, except I also added Beth’s outline circles in black ink, for a more defined look … the clear stamps make it a breeze to line them up, over the green Gelato dots:
Serenity was stamped in black ink onto a Spellbinders Classic Circle die cut of Ivory cardstock and colored with these Copic markers: (Y21 & E33-hair, E00 & E11-skin, R81-lips, YG13 & YG25-top, T4 & T5-pants, BG53 & BG49-mat, T0-shadow).
The background was an Ivory piece of leftover cardstock I used to die cut Monday’s All Occasion Tags 2 sentiment with Spellbinders Grommet Tags die. I popped the whole background up over the Grass Green cardstock on which the sentiment was stamped underneath. Ohmmmmmmm . . .
And finally, my last card today uses Day at the Park Diva, for a very quick, clean and simple card. I thought it would be fun to put Diva up in the air on a cloud – it’s the first thing I thought of when I saw this cute sentiment!
Ocean Mist and Jelly Bean Green cardstocks were used for the background. Washi tape was machine zig-zag stitched on the “grass”. The clouds were stamped with Ocean Mist Color Companion Ink Pad and lightly colored with Copic BG0000. Diva was stamped onto her coordinating Day at the Park Diva Silhouette Cut File and colored with these Copic markers:
Diva’s die cut was trimmed / modified a little (the picnic blanket cut out), then she was adhered to her cloud!
Thanks so much for joining the inspiration hops the past few days – I really appreciate you all visiting and leaving your wonderful comments!
Please be sure to check out all the amazing designs and inspiration the rest of the Gina K designers have for you today:
Thanks so much for joining us for February’s Release Inspiration Blog Hops!
~ Sharon
{Lots of Dots Card Supplies}
Stamps: Lots of Dots by Beth Silaika, Petite Borders, A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie Muenchinger, All Occasion Tags 2 by Tami Mayberry
Paper: GKD Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-White, Ivory, Black Onyx, Turquoise Sea
Copic Markers: colors listed above
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, white pigment
Accessories: Faber-Castell Green Gelatos, water spray bottle, Copic Foam Tape, clear embossing powder, embossing heat tool
{Day at the Park Diva Card Supplies}
Stamps: Day at the Park Diva by Debbie Corbari
Paper: GKD Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-White, Jelly Bean & Ocean Mist
Ink: GKD Color Companion Ink Pad-Ocean Mist, Memento Tuxedo Black,
Copic Markers: shown above
Dies: Spellbinders A2 Cardmaker-Matting Basics A
Accessories: Day at the Park Diva Silhouette Cut File, MME washi tape, sewing machine, pinking shears
The Gina K Designs design team welcomes you to another
fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop … Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with
many beautiful ideas! As you hop through the blogs listed below, make sure to
leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and
those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the
full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the
hops.
Our first featured set today is The Northwoods, by Theresa Momber:
I couldn’t help but go a little masculine and get good and inky with this set! I made this #8 tag:
The background was very easy to do – First, I stamped the images with Versamark and clear embossed them. Then I just wiped a few Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads (Tea Dye, Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint) onto my non-stick craft sheet close together, spritzed the ink with water and dipped my #8 manila tag into the inks. Just keep dipping the tag until you achieve the desired look you want:
Once the tag dries, buff any ink off the embossed images. Next, I sponged Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink on the edges of the tag and mounted it to a layer of Gina’s Warm Coco Heavy Base Weight Cardstock. I finished it with a bow of ivory and Gina’s Color Companions Powder Blue Double-Stitched Ribbon & Singing the Blues Button and twine.
Our next featured set today is Poster Board Sentiments by Becky Oehlers:
I think these great fonts and sentiments will lend themselves greatly to the popular chalkboard technique (which I can’t wait to try next!) but I went a little softer with my first card, in hues of pink and charcoal:
I stamped the sentiment twice – once with Gina’s Innocent Pink Color Companion Ink Pad and again with Memento Gray Flannel, onto White Heavy Base Weight Cardstock:
I cut apart the pink sentiment and adhered it to the gray one, then matted it with Innocent Pink Heavy Base Weight Cardstock. The striped banner stamp from this set was also stamped with Gina’s Innocent Pink ink on white cardstock and then matted with a layer of Gina’s Smoky Slate cardstock (retired but still available in the Casual Friday Assortment).
I die cut the flower from Innocent Pink cardstock, using Spellbinders Blossoms Three die set. It was layered together with Copic Foam Tape and topped with a tied Color Companions Tickled Pink button and twine. The card base is also Smoky Slate.
Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration the rest of the Gina K designers have for you today:
I’ll see you back here tomorrow with more Gina K inspiration from the February release!
~ Sharon
{Northwoods Thinking of You Tag Supplies}
Paper: GKD
Warm Cocoa Heavy Base Weight Cardstock, #8 Manila Tag
Ink: Versamark; Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Tea Dye, Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans,
Brushed Corduroy
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Scallop
Edgeabilities
Accessories: GKD Color Companions Powder Blue Double-Stitched Ribbon & Singing the Blues Button; ivory ribbon, twine, Ranger Foam Blending Tool & Clear Superfine Embossing Powder; Anti-static embossing pad, heat tool, Kaiser Craft Latte
pearls, Martha Stewart butterfly punch
{Poster Board Card Supplies}
Paper: GKD
Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-White, Innocent Pink & Smoky
Slate (retired but still available in the Casual Friday Assortment)
Ink: GKD
Innocent Pink Color Companion Ink Pad; Memento Gray Flannel
Dies: Spellbinders
Blossoms 3
Accessories: GKD Color Companions Tickled Pink button, Maya Road Sparkle Silver twine, Copic
Foam Tape, Lifestyle Crafts Floral Embossing Folder
The Gina K Designs design team welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop … Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! As you hop through the blogs listed below, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Our first featured set today is All Occasion Tags 2 by Tami Mayberry:
I love these pretty frames – they make such quick and easy cards, like this birthday one:
I mixed two of my favorite new Gina K Color Companions Ink Pads, Cherry Red for the frame and Ocean Mist for the sentiment, stamped onto Gina’s Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock. Then I used Copic BG000 to color the outside part of the frame. I used the coordinating Spellbinders Grommet Tags die to cut it out and then popped it up on foam tape. Ocean Mist grosgrain ribbon ties everything together.
Our next featured set is A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie Muenchinger – I love this new sketchy style of set Melanie created!
I made a set of fun flower magnets:
(Click on any photo for a larger, closer view)
Each flower was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto an Inchie Arts white Twinchie mat board (2-inch) square and then colored with the Copic markers shown below (colors also listed below in supplies):
(Oops, sorry for that upside down R22!)
And here’s the finished set:
Here are the Copic markers I used on the bottom set:
And here they are finished:
The sentiments were all stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then I traced over them with a Copic Pitch Black Atyou Spica Glitter Pen and also added some black glitter pen details to the centers of the flowers. Notice the original sentiments in the set are “for you” and “with love”. I cut them apart and created the “love you” sentiment on the pink & orange magnet above!
Each square was accented with a scalloped square or inverted scalloped square die cut of Gina’s Black Onyx Heavy Base Weight Cardstock and magnets.
Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration the rest of the Gina K designers have for you today:
I’ll be back tomorrow with some more Gina K inspiration!
~ Sharon
{All Occasion Tags 2 Birthday Card Supplies}
Paper: GKD Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Ivory & Turquoise
Sea; Basic Grey True Love 6x6 patterned paper
Ink: GKD
Color Companions Ink Pads – Cherry Red &
Ocean Mist
Copic Marker: BG000
Dies: Spellbinders Grommet Tags
Accessories: GKD Color Companions Ribbon-Ocean Mist
grosgrain; Copic Foam Tape
{Flower Magnet Additional Supplies}
Paper: GKD Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Black Onyx
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Pitch Black Atyou
Spica Glitter Pen,
Copic Sketch Marker Colors: Pitch Black
Atyou Spica Glitter Pen
Hi: R22, R24, R37, BG11, BG13
With love: RV63,
RV55, RV66, Y21, Y32
Love you: YR65, YR68, R81, R83
For you: Y18, Y38,
YG23, YG25, E13, E25
Dies: Spellbinders Scalloped Squares
Lg & Inverted Scalloped Squares
Accessories: Inchie
Arts White Twinchie Art Squares & Inchie Magnets
Hello, friends -- goodness, it's been a long time since I stamped! But I'm back today with my March calendar . . . it uses a brand new stamp set from JustRite Papercraft called Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three. Here's a look at the whole set:
It coordinates with JustRite's Custom Dies, Vintage Labels Two and Vintage Labels Three:
And Spellbinders Wonderful Wings die set:
Here's my 6-inch March calendar I created with all of the above!
I'm SO ready for Spring and this set was begging for some pretty bright colors! I stamped the pretty swirly Labels Three frame (the middle size of frames in this set) with Memento Rose Bud ink onto Neenah Natural White cardstock and die cut it with the matching JustRite Custom Die. I love that the center of this stamp is the different shape of JustRite's Labels Two die, so I used that coordinating die to cut the sentiment in the center and popped it up on Copic Foam Tape:
I inked the sentiment with Tangelo Memento ink and then colored just the "Love" and "Pleases" with a Rose Bud Memento marker, for a quick and easy duo-colored sentiment. Underneath the sentiment, I colored the center of the frame with Copic YR04 marker to coordinate with the orange in the sentiment.
Finally, for the butterfly, I discovered something quite by mistake that I thought I'd pass along to you. When I started to stamp the butterfly, I accidentally put the stamp onto my acrylic block upside down and just caught my mistake right before I inked up the stamp. But then I thought, why not? It should work just like a shadow or solid stamp, so I tried it out. And guess what? It worked just fine! So I stamped the wrong/solid back side of the butterly with Memento Cantaloupe ink:
Then I inked up the correct/swirly side of the stamp with Tangelo and Rose Bud inks. (I know the photo above shows a darker orange Morocco ink, but I ended up stamping it again, using the Tangelo & Rose Bud combo!). Next, I die cut the butterfly with its coordinating Wonder Wings die and added some Star Dust Stickles to make her sparkly!
The upper left corner accent piece on my calendar is the beautiful new Spelbinders Butterfly Corner die set by Samanta Walker. The butterfly and label sentiment were both popped up on Copic Foam Tape, to add lots of dimension:
Be sure to visit these JustRite designers' blogs today -- they all have projects with this set to share, too!
JustRite Inspiration
Sharon Harnist < You are here!
Eva Dobilas
Kellie Fortin
Michele Kovack
Marisa Job
Barb Schram
Sheri Holt
Darsie Bruno
Margie Higuchi
Amy Tedder
Angela Barkhouse
Heidi Blankenship
Kazan Clark
Happy Sunday!
~ Sharon
{March Calendar Supplies}
Stamps: JustRite Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three
Dies: JustRite Custom Dies - Vintage Labels Two and Vintage Labels Three; Spellbinders Dies - Wonderful Wings and Butterfly Corner;
Paper: My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing-Honey 6x6; Neenah Natural White cardstock; GKD Bubblegum Pink cardstock
Ink: Memento Ink Pads Rose Bud (+ marker), Tangelo, Cantaloupe; Antique Linen Distress Ink;
Copic: YR04 Sketch Marker,
Accessories: Copic Foam Tape, Star Dust Stickles, buttons, orange satin ribbon, embroidery thread, paper clip, 2013 calendar PDF download,
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