Autumn Greetings - Joseph's Coat #2

Hello, Crafty Makers

I am still messing around with the Joseph's Coat technique.  I created another card and I think I am going to enter it into the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge.

I am going to try these same colors using Oxide Distress Inks™.  The regular Distress Inks™ do not blend as well.  Still, I like the results but really should have distributed the colors more evenly.  I love this technique and will continue playing with it!  If you have never tried it, there is no time like the present!

HUGZ!

Chana Malkah

Tools:

Paper Trimmer

Die Cutter

Heat Tool

Materials:

Stamps (I used an old set of Martha Stewart Stamps)

Cardstock for Base

Glossy Cardstock for Panel

Distress Inks™/Oxide Distress Inks™

VersaMark (or another embossing ink)

White Embossing Powder

Distress Inks I used:  Mowed Lawn, Candied Apple, Scattered Straw, and Gathered Twigs

Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge - Quit Buggin' Me!

Hello, Crafty Makers!

This week at Shopping Our Stash, the challenge is to use an insect somewhere on your card.   I don't do "cutesy" or "critter" cards, so there wasn't much in my stash that could be used in this challenge.

"The Butterfly Effect"

Every maker has at least one butterfly stamp, die, or embossing folder in their stash.  I decided to approach this challenge as an opportunity to continue practicing the technique of using Distress Inks to create watercolored backgrounds.  I also wanted to work more with pastel ink colors and heat embossing.

Stash Items:

  Everything used is over 5 years old.

Materials Used:

Neenah Cardstock: Solar White and Ebony

Vellum: Papertrey Vellum Cardstock

Distress Inks: Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron

Embossing Powder: WOW Bright White Extra Fine

Embossing Ink: VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

I followed this tutorial by Kelly Latevola

Happy Making!

HUGZ,

Chana Malkah

CAS Colours and Sketches - Take Flight

Hello, Crafty Makers!

Today, I crafted two cards for submission to 

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge.  

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 For my first design, I used the smoosh technique with Ranger Distress Oxide Inks to create my "faux" watercolored background.  I arranged my feather stamps using my Tim Holtz Stamping Tool.  I had only four small stamps in this collection, so I had to stamp twice but using the tool made short work of that.  I added Wink of Stella to the feathers and I was done!

Note Card Size: 4.25"x5.5", Panel Size: 4.0"x5.25"

Panel:

Materials:

Hot Off The Press "Feathers" Stamp Collection

Neenah "Ebony" and "Brilliant White" Linen Cardstock

Wink of Stella

Ranger Distress Oxide Inks: 

Peeled Paint, Fossilized Amber, Broken China

Other Inks:

Ranger Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, StazOn Solvent "Jet Black"

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For this second project, I first stamped and heat embossed the feathers and sentiment.  Then, I painted my background using my distress inks.  I felt the white spaces needed to be toned down to allow the white embossed feathers to stand out more.  I achieved this by lightly dabbing Vintage Photo Distress Ink on most of the white spaces and to distress the edges of the panel. The final touch was to stamp a few star sprays around a few of the feathers and apply a little Wink of Stella to my feathers.  I was going for an abstract presentation and I think I got there.

Note Card Size: 4.25"x5.5", Black Layer: 4.0"x5.25 Panel Size: 4-3/8"x 5-1/8"

Panel:

Materials:

Hot Off The Press "Feathers" Stamp Collection

Neenah "Ebony" and Brilliant White Linen Cardstock

White Embossing Powder, Wink of Stella

Ranger Distress Oxide Inks: 

Peeled Paint, Fossilized Amber, Broken China

Other Inks:

Ranger Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, StazOn Solvent "Jet Black" 

Happy Making!

HUGZ,

CHANA MALKAH

Submitted To:

CAS Colours & Sketches