A Fresh Vintage Challenge- Try Stamping On Tuesday # 51 /My Challenge #5

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Hey y'all. Happy Thursday. Sorry I didn't post yesterday, but this sinus infection has been kicking my rear-end. I went to the Minute-Clinic straight from the car-pool line Tuesday, got some Antibiotics and other meds, went home, took a shower and fell into bed wet hair and all (thank God, for curly hair) at 7:30 and didn't get back out till the next morning.

I am happy to report however, that I went home yesterday and made a card for Try Stamping on Tuesday's Challenge that I absolutely fell in love with!

Here it is-

And here's the challenge sketch-

What do you think? I think it's pretty close!

You always hope when you make a card that you're going to be happy with it. I mean no-one wants to make a card and say "I just don't know....." Although, we all have those cards, that we're just not sure of...maybe we needed to have done something else, what's it missing, it's just not right....

Not this one. As soon as I finished each step, I got more and more excited and when it was all done and I went in to take the picture, I was actually upset that the only people I had around to show it to was my two studio assistants, Duece and Bitty Kitty. ):

I  used a Base of Concord Crush. Such a lovely color, it'll be gone soon, enjoy it now and stock up if it's one you love. I layered it with a piece of Whisper White c/s. I used a mixture of Frost White paint and Rubbing Alcohol in a pump spray bottle to make my own Shimmer Paint and spritzed all 3 pieces of Whisper White c/s and allowed them to dry prior to stamping on them. It gives them almost the same shimmery sheen as the ones in our catalog.

I took the floral spray stamp from Sale-A-Bration's Fresh Vintage stamp set and inked it up in Wisteria Wonder and randomly (yeah, yeah, I know I hate that word, but it actually came out ok on this project) stamped all over my cardstock, turning my stamp and making sure to stamp off the cardstock and to mostly fill in the white space. I think the overall effect is lovely. It reminds me of French Toile (which by the way blogger spell check hates). I popped this layer up with dimensionals, and started on the next one. The focal layer is stamped in Concord Crush on the Shimmer White and I wish you could see how beautiful it really is. I Tombowed it onto a small frame of Concord Crush as well.

In between these two layers is my little surprise.

Isn't this Wisteria Wonder Organza Ribbon Scrumptious? What you don't remember seeing seeing it in the catalog? You didn't. I made it. I took one of my sponge wedges and inked it up and then rubbed it over our beautiful White Organza Ribbon and turned it into Wisteria Wonder Ribbon. You can do that with any color. How versatile is that? For the bow, I simply made sure to ink up both sides of the ribbon. I secured the single piece of ribbon over the strip of Concord Crush c/s across the middle of my card and tucked the ends underneath with snail. I simply secured the bow with a Mini-Glue Dot.

I mounted my focal point over the ribbon with dimensionals and the front of my card was done. On to the inside-

I kept it real simple here. I know that's hard to believe. The shimmery paper makes a real statement on it's own. Trust me. A simple sentiment from P.S. I Love You, and 3 little flowers from the Fresh Vintage set complete the card. I of course adhered the liner with Tombow to make sure it would stay with the card always, and then I did my happy dance.

What do you think? I hope it brings you as much joy as it brought me when I finished it. I am also happy to report that I am still on track with my goal of at least one challenge a week and would like to say Thanks to Try Stamping on Tuesday for such an Amazing sketch for inspiration. I will be using this card in an upcoming class for sure! If you liked today's card, I would love it if you left me a comment. It's great when I get to hear from you! Also, if you liked today's card, please feel free to +1 or Pin it. I've added the buttons to my side-bar for your convenience. Friends and Followers are also welcome. :)

I  hope you'll check back in tomorrow for my End of the Week Technique. It's a Valentine's Day card we did last week at Stamp Camp that the girls all did a great job with.

Card Recipe-
Cardstock-Concord Crush, Whisper White
Ink-Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder
Stamp Sets- Fresh Vintage, P.S. I Love You
White Oraganza Ribbon
Accesories- Frost White Shimmer Paint, Dimensionals, Clear Block C, SNAIL, TOMBOW

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Till next time-

Remember- It's not about Waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to Dance in the Rain

Be Safe,
Shan Pin It

End of the Week Technique #12 - Embossing with Glitter

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Hey y'all! I hope you're having a good day. Well, we are another day closer to the weekend. Woo-Hoo! That means it's time for another End of the Week Technique. It's hard for me to believe it's #12 already. Wow, time is flying by.

Speaking of time flying by, can you believe it's just over a week until Christmas? WOW! Where did the Holiday season go? For that matter, where did the whole year go? I've got another Christmas card for you today. Do you have yours all finished and mailed out yet? I know I don't have. Best laid plans and all that. Hopefully this weekend. SMH. I hope you get yours out of the way and your shopping too, if that's not done yet.

This week's technique is embossing with glitter. Now, I don't know if you know this or not, but I'm not a real big fan of glitter or that whole shimmer, glimmer, ritzy, glitzy look.

Just Kidding! I love L.O.V.E. it! In fact I love it so much I've allowed Tink to take up permanent residence in my studio so she can sprinkle a little shiny love on most of my creations. :-)

I did a preview of this card last week and it's been one of my highest viewed posts. If you're coming over from there, thanks for visiting here to find out more.

Now, I'm still pretty new to a lot of different techniques which is why I'm doing the EWT's. Some of it I'm figuring out as I go. Others I'm getting information and inspiration from other stampers/crafters. This one was kind of a trial by error.

Back in September I did this card, and wanted to put snowflakes in the background of the main card section, but I didn't want them colored. I wanted them to just shine. The only way I knew to get a clear impression was with Versamark so I inked up my stamp and stamped the background with Versamark and then added some Dazzling Diamonds. Woo-Hoo! I was so excited! My sparkly, colorless snowflakes were there. However, if you look closely you can see that some of them are not complete. That's because the Dazzling Diamonds wasn't sticking like it normally does. If you brushed it at all it would fall off. Not at all what I was used to. You know that stuff sticks like crazy with our 2 Way-Glue Pen. So I got out our catalog and started looking and sure enough our Heat and Stick powder says you can use it for glitter. I had seen the Heat & Stick used before with other products but had never ordered it, because I thought it was one of those things you could use or not use, your choice. Big Mistake. Big. Huge! (Anyone catch the movie reference there?)

Let me tell you- If you want your Glitter to stick to Versamarked images you better get you some Heat & Stick powder. Once I got it and tried it I was sold. Like I said, glitter sticks like crazy with our 2 Way-Pen, I mean it's not going anywhere, but that's really more for accenting. If you want an stamped image done, without colored ink you're going to need this powder. Really, I think if you want anything more than just accents done, this is the way to go. Once you're done that shine's not going anywhere!

Here's the card I did with this technique. We did it in my Stampcamp a few weeks ago and the girls loved it. It really makes you stop and take a look.

Believe it or not, this picture does no justice to this card. It's just amazing how much it shines in real life. Light just bounces off of it. It's so pretty and sparkly it's hard to describe. It's definitely a WOW kinda card and it was so easy, you just won't believe it.

It starts with your Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. You do have one of those right? I'm sure you do as much as I've told you it's a necessity. Stamp the image of the Medallion on your imaging sheet and you're ready to rock and roll.

*TIP*- When using an image like the Medallion that could give the same image from many angles it's important to not only mark your stamp but your impression sheet so you know which corner is up and then always stamp that image with those corners matching up. If you don't your image is not going to come out with the correct placement. This is also important when stamping over a previously stamped image so that you can embossing or glitter. Ask me how many times I had to stamp to figure that one out. No wait don't, it's too sad to discuss.

I also stamped the sentiment which is from Four for the Holidays on my imaging sheet because I wanted to make sure it was placed just right as well.

*TIP* - When using an image this large it's easier to stamp your sentiment first in order to make sure you have enough room for it. Ask me how I know this is important. Yep you guessed it. No room for the sentiment on the first try.

Once you have your images on the imaging sheet and you know which corners match up, you've done the hardest part. No, Seriously, the hardest part is done! It's a simple as 1-2-3 from here on out.

1-Put your imaging sheet on your cardstock, find just the right position, ink your stamp really well with Versamark, remove imaging sheet and stamp. Make sure you apply firm even pressure so you get a good image and remove stamp.

2- Pour Heat & Stick powder all over your stamped image, flick off any excess and then using your Heat Tool, heat it just like you would an embossing powder. When you see the change in appearance you're done. You now have a tacky surface ready for your glitter.

3- Pour your Glitter, in this case Dazzling Diamonds, all over your image and prepare to be Amazed! Flick off any excess and then a quick blast of heat from your heat tool all over the image to set things and you're done.

See like I said, Easy as 1-2-3.

Here's a close up-

I used Night of Navy for the base on this card.  Here's a look at the inside, because you know how I love to make sure that's pretty too.

Although you can's see it in the picture, I used my Frost White Shimmer Spray that I had previously mixed up to make my Whisper White cardstock just Shimmer and Glow. I inked up my Medallion stamp with Versamark again and stamped in the lower right corner and then repeated the process from the front of the card. You can't really see the shine here but it's there, trust me. The greeting is from the Christmas Greetings stamp set.

This is my Christmas card for this year and I can't wait to see what everyone thinks. I tell you there are some things you can kind of skimp on, but this is definitely not one of them. Get the Heat & Stick powder and play with it and enjoy it and the compliments you're sure to get!

That's all I have for you today and for this week's technique. I hope you liked the card but more than anything I hope you're going to try this technique. I just can't tell you how much you and your cards recipients are going to love the results. As always if you give this a try, I would love to see what you come up with. If you liked today's card, I would love it if you left me a comment. It's great when I get to hear from you! Also, if you liked today's card, please feel free to +1 or Pin it. I've added the buttons to my side-bar for your convenience. Friends and Followers are also welcome. :)

Card recipe-
Cardstock- Night of Navy, Whisper White
Stamps- Medallion background stamp, Our for the Holidays, and Christmas greetings
Ink- Versamark and Basic Black Classic Ink (for sentiment)
Accessories- Heat and Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat tool, Powder Pals, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Frost White Shimmer paint.

If you need supplies to make this card or others, you can shop in my ONLINE STORE 24/7. There's still time to get your goodies in before Christmas for yourself or others.

If I don't see you tomorrow, I hope you have a great weekend filled with Family, Friends and of course plenty of time for stamping and crafting.

Till next time-

Be Safe,
Shan


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