More Oxidized Metal Technique

Hello!  As promised I am back with 2 more cards made using leftover portions of a panel that I created with the Oxidized Metal technique.  Please check this post for all the details on the technique that I used. For the above thank you card I used a Black card base to which I stamped the leaf from Gina K Designs Skeleton Leaves and embossed that with Gold EP. I added the leftover strip at the bottom edge. This time you can see the leaf that I stamped before adding embossing and more embossing powder to the silver paper.

I used GKD Fired Brick CS as the base for this card.  I embossed 2 corners with a Sizzix EF that I  have never used. The flower design seemed to pick up the flower from the leftover strip of Oxidized Metal panel that I added.  I inked the edges of the strip with Pilot Gold Metallic marker before attaching. 

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up Challenge: November Oxidized Metal + Stamping + your Choice. Leaf stamped on the panel and Black CS. Used dry embossing with Sizzix EF's.  

Just Us Girls Challenge: 512 Word Week Thanks

Simon Monday Challenge: Simon says Thanks/Thanksgiving

613 Avenue Challenge: 227 Anything Goes - Optional Twist Scrap your stash. Use leftovers from panel. 

Use Your Stuff: Challenge # 381 Use scraps.

CASology: Week 355 Appreciate

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Oxidized Metal Technique.

Welcome!  I have been playing with something  new to me -  Oxidized Metal Technique which I learned about at CAS Mix Up Challenge.  First I tried the technique as shown on a video by Jay Soriano.  She made it look so easy but I failed at my attempt and made a mess.  Don't know what went wrong but my work is still not dry....maybe not enough embossing powder.  But from reading some other posts, it seems that I was not alone in being unsuccessful.

My second try at Oxidized Metal was a bit more successful using Melissa Kerman's video as a guide. I started with a silver metallic card stock and wiped it with StazOn Black Ink and then stamped randomly with a Gina K Design leaf stamp from Skeleton Leaves with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold EP.  (The leaves seemed to got lost as I added more to the card later but they are still there.)  I embossed the panel with Sizzix Thanks EF and swiped with Versamark Ink and then sprinkled on Copper EP and Silver EP and a bit more Gold EP and heat embossed.  Then I swiped again with the Black StazOn. For my card, I trimmed a portion of the completed Oxidized Metal panel.  I inked the edges with Pilot Silver Marker and attached to a Bronze CS.  I really liked the way the words pop on the panel. If you look really close you can see the stamped leaves in the background.  

Note: I created other cards with the unused part of the panel to be shared later. 

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up Challenge: November Oxidized Metal + Stamping + your Choice. Leaf stamped in the background. Used dry embossing with EF and Inked the edges with a marker. 

Just Us Girls Challenge: 512 Word Week Thanks

Simon Monday Challenge: Simon says Thanks/Thanksgiving

Videos for this technique can be found at CAS Mix Up Challenge.
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Many Thanks

Hello!  Back with another card made with the Maple Leaf stamp from GKD A Year of Leaves that I stamped on water color paper with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Copper EP.  I colored the leaf with a water brush using Distress Oxide Inks Peeled Paint, Candied Apple, Fried Brick, Wild Honey, and Fossilized Amber.  I stamped the sentiment from GKD Always Autumn set 4 times with the Versamark ink and heat embossed with the Copper EP.  Used GKD Faded Brick CS for the base. 

Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs: October challenge focus on repeating a sentiment on your card.
CAS Watercolour Card Challenge: October Maple Leaf
Happy Little Stampers: Watercolour Challenge Anything Goes + Optional: Botanical
Stamping Sensations: October-Trees, Leaves,  Autumn
The Paper Players: PP462 Theme Challenge - Grateful, Thankful for You

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Leaf of Many Colors

Welcome! Fall temperatures have arrived and we've turned on the heat. I would enjoy a few more days of 70 degree weather.  I made this card with thoughts of falling leaves.  I used an older Maple Leaf stamp from GKD A Year of Leaves that I stamped on water color paper with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Copper EP.  I colored the leaf with a water brush using Distress Oxide Inks Peeled Paint,Candied Apple, Fried Brick, Wild Honey, and Fossilized Amber.  I added some foil strips using double sided tape with Designer Foil from Clearsnap.  The GKD sentiment was also stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with the Copper EP.  I attached the water color panel to a card base of Copper Metallic CS to finish.

Challenges:

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge: October challenge is Maple Leaf

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge: October challenge is Foiling + Stamping + Your Choice. Chose to use heat embossing.
Happy Little Stampers: Watercolour Challenge Anything Goes + Optional: Botanicals
Make My Monday: Challenge #106 Autumn

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Copper Leaves are Falling

Hello! Fall is in the air!  I love making cards for fall and I made this one for the fall theme challenge at Modsquad.   I pulled out a background paper  that I made with Distress Oxide Inks some time ago and had filed away.  (Not sure of which DOI that I used with watercolor paper) On the panel, I stamped a leaf several times from Gina K Designs Skeleton Leaves with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Copper EP. The sentiment is from an older GKD set A Year of Leaves.  Attached to a base of Copper Metallic Card Stock. 

Challenges:

Modsquad Challenge: Fall Theme-use fall colors and elements

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes

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Double CAS

 Hello!  I was playing with a new stamp from Gina K's Skeleton Leaves and created a couple of Clean and Simple cards.  For the top one, I stamped the Leaf and Sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Copper EP.  I placed on a mat of Black CS and used a Card base of Copper Metallic CS.  Finished with some black sequins.
Challenges:
 CAS on Friday: Challenge #142 Copper, Black, and White
Alphabet Challenge: N is for Nature

For the second card,  I stamped the leaf 3 times with Memento Tangelo ink inspired by the sketch at CASE this Sketch.  I stamped the same sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Copper EP. Simply attached to an Orange Card Base.

Challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch : #291

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Travel Fun

Hello!  Playing with a few challenges and came up with this card.  I stamped the Eiffel Tower stamp from Just For Fun stamps on a White CS panel and combined it with Copper Metallic card base and Black and White Striped Pattern Paper from my stash. Stamped Bon Voyage from Gina K with Versamark and embossed with Copper Metallic EP.


Challenges:
Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: Theme is Travel
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: August use patterned paper on your project.
Just For Fun Rubber Stamps: August challenge is Stripes
Color Throwdown: ctd504 Black, Copper, and White


 
Sharing a scrapbook page from my trip to Paris many years ago.  It was a rainy day when I visited the Eiffel Tower:

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Chinese Lanterns Make a Sunny Day

Welcome! A third post for today.  As the month nears the end, I am trying to enter some challenges that end soon.  This card was made for the challenge at Power Poppy to use Kraft colored paper for a project.  I decide to use Power Poppy stamps from the Sunny Harvest set.  I tried several mediums on Kraft CS including Distress Oxide Inks and Markers without success and then used pencils to color the image after stamping with Memento Rich Cocoa ink on the Kraft.  This came out to my liking.  I added Glossy Accents to the red berries and used Sakura Clearstar Pen on the Lanterns.  I cut the image with a Spellbinders Die and attached it to a Layer of Metallic Copper CS and then to a layer of Rusty Orange CS and a card base of Green.
 The Power Poppy sentiment was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Copper Metallic EP.  The Copper CS and EP look really good in real life and add a lot to my card.  I wished that they showed better in the photo.
Challenges:
Power & Spark Challenge: Get Krafty
Simon Monday Challenge: Heavy Metal - use metal embellishments for example, charms, or metallic embossing powders, card stock, foils etc. I used metallic EP and CS.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes
Mod Squad Challenge: Fall Colors

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Three of a Kind

Welcome! Summer brings butterflies so what better way to send birthday wishes than a trio of these lovelies. Using a Butterfly stamp from GKD Birds & Blossoms set, I inked the stamp with Memento Cantaloupe and Black markers and stamped 3 times on a panel of white CS.  I added some dots to the wings with a Metallic Copper Gelly Roll pen.  I used paper from Graphic 45 Secret Garden Pad for the mat and layering. The GKD sentiment from The Northwoods 2 set was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Copper EP.  I am pleased with the color combo.....I seldom use purple or lavender but like the results here. 

Challenges;

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #410 Sketch Shown below.  I used a Rectangle Die for the white panel. 

Mod Squad Challenge: Mark It Stamp- The challenge this week is to color your stamp with a marker, and then stamp. Use Memento makers on the GKD butterfly stamp.

Stamp TV: June Release Challenge: Create a Card using the same stamp three times. 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July challenge-anything with patterned paper.

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Covered Bridge in the Fall

 

Hello! I have been watching a lot of videos of water coloring techniques. Although you can not always control the results of water coloring it is always fun to see the end results and knowing when to stop.   On this card I used the Misti to stamp with a Heartfelt Creations stamp on watercolor paper using multi colors of Distress inks and stamping multiple times and also using a water brush to spread the colors and layer on more color.  I made this scene become a fall scene even though the stamp has bare tree branches by adding multi color leaves on the tree and on the ground. I started out making the covered bridge  aged wood tones but changed it to an aged red color.  This card was somewhat a mix of stamping with inks and water coloring-not sure what to call it.  But I caught that abstract, impressionist look that I wanted. After I finished the stamping and water coloring, I added Versamark  ink to the clean stamp and stamped again and heat embossed with Clear EP. This step helped set the colors. I then sponged on some more blue to the sky.

I die cut the image, added a layer of craft foam to the back and assembled the card on a base of Grass Green CS, a layer of GKD pattern paper that picked up the colors of the leaves, and  another layer of green that was stamped with words from Repeat Impressions Vertical stamps heat embossed with Copper EP.  I like the way the pattern paper frames the image and sentiment.

 

Challenges:

Retro Rubber: Challenge 50 Fall Colors.  I know I must have purchased this stamp about 2013 if not earlier.

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #217 Make Your Mark

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Anything Goes

 

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Bluebird in Paradise

 

Hello!  The challenge at Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday challenge is to Make A Scene.  I decided to create a outdoor scene of a Bluebird sitting near a bird house as if he were protecting the house or waiting for another bird to exit.   I drew in the post for the birdhouse.  I often see birds sitting in this manner by our bird houses.  To finish, I popped up a fussy cut butterfly checking out some of the blooms.  I used metallic and glitter pens to color in the flowers.  Sponged some blue ink in background.

Supplies: Stamps-GKD Birds & Blossoms, Wild Blooms, and Hello Friends; Inks-Memento Rich Cocoa, Bamboo Leaves, Summer Sky, Tuxedo Black, and Versamark;

Cardstock-White, GKD Grass Green, DCWV Metallic Copper; Assorted Copics; Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter and Metallic Pens; Copper EP.

 

Challenges:

Stamp TV: MIUM-STV16MON38

House of Cards Challenge:  September challenge -Add a bird and/or use colors. I used a bird on my design.

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 212 Make your Mark

What scenes do you see?

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Fall Thanks

 

 

Hello! I have another post today...trying to catch up on some challenges after being sick with a cold for several days.   This one is a fall theme made with older Gina K stamps from A Year of Leaves and Signs of Autumn sets.  Using the sketch from Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #62,  I made the background with Memento Peanut Brittle ink on white CS and a Leaf Stem stamp. The focal image of the Maple Leaf was heat embossed with Copper EP and sponged and blended with Distress Inks Wild Honey, Tea Dye, and Fossilized Amber.  This was cut with a circle die and matted on a circle of Copper Metallic CS and attached to a layer of Honey Mustard CS that was heat embossed with Copper EP  using a GKD Thanks stamp.  This was edged with Copper Metallic CS before assembling all on a card base of Honey Mustard CS.

 

Challenges

Stamp TV: Release Party Challenge-Make own background with Stamps

Stamp Ink Paper: Sketch Challenge #62

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Anything Goes at Retro Rubber

Hello Everyone!  I am thrilled to  have won a guest designer spot at the Retro Rubber challenge blog. The challenge this week Anything Goes, shown in the graphic above, is always a favorite for everyone.  The fabulous ladies have asked me to join with them for this challenge using a stamp that is at least 1 year or old.   Since it will soon be fall (where did August go so quickly?) , I decided to create a fall theme card using one of my favorite Leaf stamps and a sentiment from a GKD set A Year of Leaves.  I know I have had this set since 2009 since I bought it right after it was released and I seem to resurrect it every fall when the leaves start to change colors and fall.

 

I stamped the Maple Leaf 5 times on Ivory CS with Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Copper Embossing Pearl Powder.  I also stamped the sentiment in the same manner. I colored the leaves with Memento Markers Dandelion, Cantaloupe, Tangelo and Pear Tart, distressed the edges, and sponged the layer with Distressed Ink Antique Linen.  I stamped and colored another 2 leaves in the same way but fussy cut them to attach to the top with foam tape. My card base is GKD Tomato Soup CS layered with a mat of Metallic Copper CS from my stash.  The Copper CS and embossing really shows up with a lot of metallic shine in real life.  This is the first time that I have used Copper embossing powder with this set.

I hope you all join in with the challenge....it could not be any easier!

Since the Retro Design Team Ladies share childhood photos on the blog,  I thought that I'd share a childhood photo too.   That's me about 3 years old.

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Falling Leaves

Hello!  I have been jumping between the different seasons in my card making but I love to make fall cards the most of all because of the beautiful colors of autumn.  I made the background with  color on color emboss resist technique that you can see on this Stamp TV video .   The Memento inks that I used were Dandelion, Tangelo, Pear Tart, Toffee Crunch and Rich Cocoa.  The leaf stamp that I heat embossed with versamark and clear EP and fussy cut was from GKD A Year of Leaves by Melanie.  The focus leaf  image was embossed with Copper EP on GKD Ivory CS and colored with the inks.  I used Copper Metallic CS for the mats and a Pumpkin Colored Card Base.  The sentiment from the same set was stamped in Rich Cocoa and a gold ribbon was layered beneath the verse. I love the richness of the copper embossing and the copper matting.

Challenges:
Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday Challenge: STV14MON35-Use color on color emboss resist.
613 Avenue Create Challenge: Anything Goes but the optional twist is to
create a project using the Sights, Sounds, Tastes of Autumn
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Leaves
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge: #102 Autumn Colors with Ribbon or Trim



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