Friday, May 25, 2018

Your Next Stamp Challenge #90

Hello fellow card makers.

Today is the beginning of a new challenge for Your Next Stamp. It's challenge #90 and it's a biweekly sketch and/or color combination challenge. Every two weeks, Your Next Stamp posts a sketch or color combination to inspire you to play along with the challenge. Create a project inspired by one of those two things and upload it to the Your Next Stamp blog. Here is a look at this week's sketch and color combo. (CLICK HERE!) to visit the Your Next Stamp blog and to play along with us.



For my project, I rotated the sketch one turn to the right and used the NEW Punny Pineapples stamp set and coordinating dies.

I started with a piece of patterned paper by Bo Bunny. I'm not sure this paper pad is still available. It's called Head Over Heels and it's made by Bo Bunny. If I can find it, I will link it below. It has a two- toned triangle pattern in black, and I absolutely love it. I used it to act as the purple strip in the sketch for the challenge. I cut that piece down with the Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle die (second from largest). I also had a piece of Neenah 110 lb Solar White Cardstock and cut it down with the same die. I trimmed one inch from the left Side of the piece of Neenah to reveal the triangle pattern paper.



I took the "you're one Fine-apple" sentiment from the Punny Pineapples by Your Next Stamp and stamped it first with Versamark ink and only on the word fine. I masked the rest of the sentiment using Term-o-web's Purple Tape. After I stamped just the word fine, I used Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder to heat emboss it. After the heat embossing had cooled. I used Versafine Onyx Black Ink to stamp the rest of the sentiment, being sure to mask the word FINE with tape.

The pineapple image is from YNS Punny Pineapples and I stamped it onto another piece of Neenah 110 lb cardstock and heat embossed it using the same Hero Arts Gold embossing powder. I used the coordinating dies to cut it out.



As for the sunglasses. I used the die from the Punny Pineapples coordinating dies to cut it out. I cut it from Tonic Studios Black Sapphire Glitter Cardstock.

Before I did anything else. I used my Stampin' Up! score board to score 1/2 inch score lines on the white Neenah panel that I had cut down in the beginning. I made straight score lines every 1/2 inch across the front of the panel. I adhered this panel to a piece of black craft foam cut to slightly smaller that the entire panel. I used double sided tape to adhere these together and then to my card base which is a Simon Says Stamp Fog card base.



I popped up the pineapple slightly above the sentiment with Scotch 3M foam tape. I then adhered the glasses using the same foam tape.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you will consider playing along with us over at the Your Next Stamp Blog. (CLICK HERE!) to have a look and possibly be inspired by all of the awesome card makers either on the Design Team or the ones playing along in the challenge.

Koren


Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Your Next Stamp Feature Day Mash Up

Hello fellow card makers.

Today, I am sharing my project for Your Next Stamp. It's Feature Day over on the Your Next Stamp blog. We were challenged to create a project around the theme "mash up". A mash up is just a fun way of saying use multiple sets. So, I used multiple sets. I have certainly been known to use multiple sets on my cards, but I really am cognizant of what I'm using. I want to be inspiring with my projects, not causing you to purchase ALL of the sets in the world. Although... I wish I had all the stamps. If I ever have ALL of the sets, that would mean that I have a warehouse somewhere and I can truly say, I'm living the dream.



Don't forget to visit the Your Next Stamp blog to check out what everyone else has come up with under the "mash up" theme. (CLICK HERE!) Also, comment over there for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice in the Your Next Stamp online store.

I started with a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock. I used the Kaiser Craft Splash stencil and some Distress Oxide inks in Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon to ink blend some splashes onto the background of my card. I used sponge daubers to do this. After the ink was on the paper, I used Bo Bunny Sugar Glitter paste to add sparkle to my splashes. If I had to do this again. I would use Neenah 110. I made a bit of a mess with the ink blending because the Bristol paper is coated with an overlay of vellum which helps the ink slide on the paper. Only, the Distress Oxide doesn't need the extra slip. Make sure you set this aside to dry for a fair amount of time. I'm sure mine sat for at least an hour before I started to touch it.



After my piece dried I cut it down with a Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle Die (second from largest). I brought out some Anita's Basic Pastel Vellum Pack to make some waves. I used the blue shade in the pack and the Wave Die by YNS. I also cut the wave piece down with that same stitched rectangle die. This will sit towards the bottom of my panel.

I then stamped the dolphin image from the YNS Sea Friends stamp set for the May release. I stamped the image in Your Next Stamp Black Olive Ink on a piece of Neenah 110 lb Solar White cardstock and colored it with my Nuetral gray Copic Markers. I used the Coordinating Dies to cut it out.



I cut a 1 inch strip of Neenah 110 lb cardstock to do two things. I needed a way to adhere my vellum waves to my cardstock and I also needed a place to put my sentiment. So, I stamped a two tone sentiment using Distress Oxide ink in Salty Ocean and Versafine Onyx Black ink. To see this being done, click the link to my YouTube video that I created while making this card.

I adhered the panel using white craft foam and double sided adhesive. I popped up my image and the wave vellum piece with Scotch 3M foam tape. I finished off the project using Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins in various sizes fixed with glue dots. The panel sits upon a Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock card base.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. Don't forget to visit the Your Next Stamp Blog and see the rest of the Feature Day projects. Comment for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice on the Your Next Stamp blog. (CLICK HERE!) 

Koren

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Heffy Doodle Summer Lovin' Challenge Card Video

Hello fellow card makers and Heffy Doodlers!



Today I am playing along in the #heffydoodlestampschallenge going on in the month of May. All you have to do is create a card using Heffy Doodle products and upload it to social media using the hashtag #heffydoodlestampschallenge. Heffy Doodle is giving one lucky winner the entire NEW RELEASE coming June 1st for FREE. That is $300 worth of products, completely FREE. You are crazy if you don't play along.



So I have a card to share with you inspired by the theme of this challenge "summer lovin'". I will leave the video I created making this card below as well as a full list of supplies. I hope you will play along with us.



Thank you for visiting my blog today,

Koren