Giddy - up card

Here's a card I made in a class using images printed on acetate. The stamp on this card is a mega background by Impression Obsession. The inside sentiment says: "As a little girl, you probably dreamed of having a horse...May all of your dreams come true today and always!"

Until my next post,
Diane

Happy Spring

This year instead of making Easter specific cards I focused on Spring. The one on the top left uses a stamp by Impression Obsession. There is an outline and a fill stamp. They make a few of these in floral designs so you can get some depth in your stamping. The outside of this image is a Cuttlebug folder.  The one on the top right uses the same stamp and another by Impression Obsession. I used that sentiment for all the cards either on the inside or outside. The bottom left also uses an Impression Obsession stamp. I used a few different inks on it and then added a bit of felt ribbon. The bottom right is my take on the Technique Junkies Embellished Circles Tutorial from the Apr/May 2001 newsletter. I just didn't do the embellishing. Sometimes those things don't go through the mail well and I was pressed for time.

All four of these use the same technique mentioned above. I used stamps from Martha Stewart (bottom right above photo, top left and right this photo) and Cloud Nine (bottom left and right entirely this photo and accents on the other ones).


Hope you have a Happy Spring too!

Until my next post,
Diane
 

Have you heard the news card

Here's another of the acetate cards made in a class I took last year. The stamp is one of the mega backgrounds by Impression Obsession. They've got over 70 of these great big background stamps. They also make a special curved acrylic block with a handle to assist in stamping and IT WORKS!

Until my next post,
Diane

To the Handyman in my life card

Here's another of the acetate cards I made last year in a class by The Paper Cut. THIS IS NOT A PICTURE OF ME! We used Impression Obsession stamps for almost all of the cards. The inside says "Happy Birthday to the guy that fixes all of my cracks".

Until my next post,
Diane

Bottoms Up Birthday card

Here's a card I made in a class last year taught by The Paper Cut. The focus of the class was using images printed on acetate along with Impression Obsession mega background stamps. The inside of this card says: "to another year older. Have a GREAT day. Happy Birthday". After taking this class I've got a bunch of ideas for making cards using my photographs.

Until my next post,
Diane

Thanks! card

I sent this card as a thank you for Christmas gifts received. I sent is over two weeks ago so I'm timely with my thanks just not with my posts. The background paper is by K&Co. The stamp is by Impression Obsession. I colored it with Marvy watercolor markers to get the different colors on the flower and petal and outline.

Until my next post,
Diane

Embrace Life card

Back in mid October I attended another Stamp Scrap Art Tour convention in Hampton. I have been taking classes there and this year I took two with Sarah from the Paper Cut. This class used images printed in black and white or color on printable acetate. This acetate can go through either an ink jet or laser printer. We stamped the cards with a lot of different background stamps by Impression Obsession. They have about 75 of these huge bachground stamps. They make a special acrylic handle to use these big stamps since sometimes you don't get a good impression. It really works, I bought a show special the next day with three background stamps and the handle.

Until my next post,
Diane

Merry Christmas

Here's my second group of Christmas cards for this year. As I mentioned in my previous post I only made a few. I'll look into getting some stamps that are a bit more generic so I can use them for winter cards too. Like the cards in the previous post these were made in a class using paper from The Paper Cut and most of the stamps (maybe all) were by Impression Obsession.

Until my next post,
Diane

Merry Christmas preview

This year I made a few Christmas cards, just for immediate family and very close friends. I made them all in classes or make and takes. The thing about Christmas card stamps is that they are difficult to use for anything else. I guess if they aren't too "Christmassy" you can use them for a generic winter card but I hate buying something that I can only use for one thing. Anyway here's the first batch. Most were made using paper from The Paper Cut and stamps from Impression Obsession.

Until my next post,
Diane

Memories stitched with love card

I made this card for my in-laws for their anniversary. I think after 50+ years of marriage they've got a LOT of memories. I can't remember where I saw the technique I used for the background but basically I stamped with three different colored inks in the same family on three different stamps. I cut out the pieces and made a type of paper quilt that I "stitched" together with a gel pen. The background stamps are all by Impression Obsession. The sentiment is by Club Scrap and the scissors are by Hero Arts.

Until my next post,
Diane

Paint Chip TGIF

The theme for this Altered Designs TGIF ATC was Paint Chip. I decided to do the Herringbone Technique from the Techniqe Junkies newletter of Jan 2010. I used four different paint chips, two dark and two light green and stamped on one of each with different Impression Obsession stamps. I cut the strips into 1/8" or 1/4" strips and then layed them out on a piece of paper I'd run through my Xyron. After mounting it on black and then green cardstock a bit of bling (ok a bunch of bling) finishes the ATC.

Until my next post,

Diane

Jeweled Birthday Card

I made a series of cards using this stamp a while back. I embossed this image by Impression Obsession using black detailed embossing powder then colored it in with watercolor markers. I added an embellishment by K&Co to finish it off.

Until my next post,
Diane

A Stitch In Time card

Here's a faux stitching type card that I made using stamps by Impression Obsession for the background. I used three different background stamps with three different inks and alternated them. I used a Sakur gel pen for the faux stitching. The phrase is a stamp from Club Scrap and the ruler is by Hero Arts.

Until my next post,

Diane

Faux Marbling Technique Junkie Card

Here's a card I made using the Faux Marbling Technique from the Oct/Nov 2009 issue of Technique Junkies. I actually started with a paper that had a very subtle pattern by K&Co. I used Adirondak Inks to creat the look. The stamp is by Impression Obsession and the swirls were made with a Spellbinders die in my Cuttlebug.

Until my next post,
Diane

Flowers ATC

Here's an ATC I made for the Altered Designs Yahoo group with the theme of Flowers. I made it three times before I finally made one that I liked enough to give away. It was either the paper or the resist technique that I didn't like. For the final result I used glossy paper and Ranger Clear Resist Ink which is now the Ranger Watermark Resist Ink and stamps by Impression Obsession. After stamping the flowers I brayered Ranger Adirondak ink over the entire surface. I wiped the surface with a towel to reveal the flowers in white. I stamped the sentiment with StazOn using a stamp positioner and then outlined the edges with a Krylon gold pen.

Until my next post,
Diane

This one goes out to the one I love

This is the Valentines card I made for my hubby. I made this card using the Mono Dies Tutorial from the Vol 8, Issue 3 (Feb 2010) of Technique Junkies. I joined a few months ago but I'm embarassed to say I haven't done much but look at the issues. I used Cuttlebug heart dies that I embossed a stamp by Impression Obsession that I embossed then colored with watercolor markers and an embellishment the I got a the $1 rack at Michaels.

Until my next post,
Diane

Friends...

Here's a card I sent with an ATC swap recently. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the base of the card and then added some paper by K&Co. On top of that I layerd a stamp by Impression Obsession. The final touch was a little glittery flower also by K&Co.

Until my next post,
Diane

Last birthday card of the year

What day would be the worst birthday of the year? My sister-in-law was born on 31st of December and she thought that was lousy. She thought she got ripped off in that her folks wanted to go out and party with other "big kids" and she didn't get a full day of birthday enjoyment. Christmas wouldn't be great because your friends and family often combine gifts and say "it's a big gift so it's for both". But when you are a kid you want the thrill and anticipation of ripping or savoring the opening of presents. You don't want it rolled into one day. This is the card I made for my New Years Eve born sister-in-law. The stamp is by Impression Obsession. I embossed it and then colored it in with watercolor markers.

Until my next post,
Diane

Friends are the Flowers...

Here's a card I made using a technique from Tim Holtz. Drop some alcohol inks onto glossy paper and immediately squirt with a burst of compressed air from a can. After that I stamped with an image by Impression Obsession. The phrase is also from Impression Obsession and I stamped that onto vellum and adhered it to the card using my Xyron.

Until my next post,
Diane

Trees ATC

This Stampers Corner Yahoo Group ATC had the theme of Trees. I took an extra piece of background paper (watercolor) that I had used a gesso wash on. I used two leaf stickers as a mask with Ranger Distress Inks and stamped an Impression Obsession stamp with the same inks. I then used a fine mist spritzer to mimic the Tim Holtz watercolor stamping technique. I outlined the edge with a red Krylon marker and used Ranger Alcohol Inks on a pewter colored leaf embellishment.

Until my next post,

Diane