Print Making with A Die Cut

 Hello!  I decided to play with this month's CAS Mix Up Card Challenge which is to do print making with a die-cut and to use watercoloring as the main element in our design.  New technique for me. Since I have not done this before I watched the tutorial video by Kathy Racoosin shared on the challenge. 

I cut a flower from watercolor paper with Memory Box Die Darling Poppies and used the die cut and colored with Distress Oxide Inks  to create a background on panels of watercolor paper.  I did this on  3 cards but finished each one a bit differently. 

For the top card, I embossed the background panel with the print from the die-cut using an oval die and then attached the die cut flower on the top but did not insert  the pieces of the petals. I only attached the outline portion of the flower and stems so the background print that I did showed through.  Finished with a Green card base. In the photos, I showed the die cut flower that I water colored  and used for print making. 

For the card above,  I made another print on the background and attached another  flower that I kept with all the die cut pieces and watercolored. Used rectangle dies for frame and attached to a base of white card stock.

For my last design using the same technique for my background, I die cut the poppies from white cardstock and only watercolored the stems and the inlaid pieces of the petals. Finished this one with a birthday sentiment from Gina K designs. 

Supplies: Distress Oxide Inks Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, Aged Mahogany, Spice Marmalade. Watercolor Paper, White and Green CS, Oval Die, Memory Box Die. 

Other Challenges:
Mix It Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB#47 Anything Goes + Inlaid Die Cut

Outside the Box: Memory Box Challenge #70 Beautiful Backgrounds

Dies R Us Challenge: #164 Anything goes using any brand of  die sold at DRU. Used Memory Box die. 

Stay Safe and Healthy! Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments. Theresa

Inspiring Poppies

Hello! I made this card for the Monthly Mix Challenge Lean On Me at Gina K Designs which is to create a card of encouragement and to decorate a matching envelope.  I chose stamps from GKD Inspiring Poppies and used a vase stamp from GKD Buds & Vases.  I stamped the flowers on white card stock by inking the stamp with Memento Green and Pink inks using markers and ink cubes. I colored the images with Copics. I stamped the vase with Memento Gray over  the flowers but also stamped it on Vellum and embossed with Clear EP and fussy cut.  I attached it to the card with Vellum Tape. Added the sentiment with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink and glued on some Dewdrops.  Finished the card with a card base of GKD Grass Green card stock. I created a matching envelope by stamping and coloring the Inspired Poppies on the front corner to match the card.  I seem to make a lot of cards using a favorite combo of Pink and Green.

Challenges:

 Monthly Mix Challenge:  Lean On Me-For this challenge, all you have to do is create a card of encouragement!  AND you must decorate a matching envelope. 

Stay safe! Stay Healthy!

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

To Brighten Your Day

Hello!  I have another card made with the sketch from Creative Confetti challenge shown below. This time I used Power Poppy's stamps from Poppies clear stamp set. I colored the Poppies with Copics on a white card stock panel that I trimmed and attached to patterned paper from the Blank Canvas pad from 1st Editions Papers. I let some of the flowers extend over the edges. I used a shiny organza ribbon and hand made double bow to complete the design. I am pleased with the finished card.

Challenges:

Creative Confetti Challenges: Sketch It Out!

Addicted to Stamps and More: #387 Make Your Mark

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Fun with Poppies

Hello!  I made this card using a die-cut to create a stencil from cardstock.  I used Memory Box die Darling Poppies to create the stencil and also used some masking with the cut out pieces when I sponged DOI Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint with the made stencil to the panel of white cardstock.  Using a rubber mat, I also dry embossed the image using the same die after applying the ink.  I stamped the GKD sentiment with DOI Peeled Paint and heat embossed with Clear EP.  Added some embossed dots with Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Border for more texture.   I attached the image to a pink card base in an asymmetrical fashion for interest. 

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge: February Stencil from Die-cuts + Stamping + YourChoice. I used sponging, masking, and dry embossing. 

Mix It Up Challenge: MIUCB #34 Anything Goes + Stenciling

Happy Little Stampers: February Anything Goes with Dies.  Used a die to make a stencil and for dry embossing.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Paper Towel with Poppies.

Morning! I am always interested in trying new techniques and using new products for making cards.  For this card I am using Paper Towels which I had on my work station.   I was inspired by Loll's challenge at CAS Mix Up challenge to use/recycle inky paper towels.  For my card I used a paper towel inked with Blue  Distress Oxide inks and transferred colors on to a White CS.  Check out Loll's video for instructions here.  Before I added the flower you could see part of the word "Bounty" in the paper towel imprint. But I am not advertising any particular towel, just what I had and was not paying attention to what section of the towel I used.  To finish the card I added some die cut flowers- Memory Box Darling Poppies- from Yellow and Green CS scraps.  Stamped the GKD sentiment with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink. Attached to a Blue Card base.
Challenges:
CAS Mix Up Challenge: Paper Towel + Stamping + Your Choice (Die Cuts)
Happy Little Stampers: August CAS Challenge Only One Third
Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #431 Anything Goes.  Used Memory Box Darling Poppies

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Red, White, and Blue Again

Hello! Another card that is CAS and fits some of the July challenges that I have been playing with.  I used the image from GKD Inspiring Poppies and sentiment from GKD You Make Me Smile.  Stamped the Poppies with Memento Tuxedo Black on white CS and trimmed with a square die and attached to a Blue mat.  Following a Sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I assembled the card with a White Card base, a Blue Ribbon with a Red edge, and the sentiment stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with GKD White EP on a die cut label of blue.  Note: I did not have any Bright Blue CS in the right shade, not even a scrap, so I colored White CS with Copic B29 for the small mat and label. I also inked the edges of the card with the marker to give the look of another layer but without the weight.

Challenges:
Gina K Designs July Monthly Mix Challenge: Flag, You're it. Use a flag's colors.

ModSquad Challenge: Red, White and Blue Challenge

Addicted to Stamps and More:  Challenge 49 Clean and Simple

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: Sketch 324

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Rustic Flowers

Hello!   I was inspired by the sketch and photo by the challenge at Fusion.   I used a panel of woodgrain patterned paper and cut out a flower with Memory Box die Poppies.  I placed this on a card base of Coral CS and filled in the flower with green and coral pieces.  Used Copics to add some highlights to the petals.  Finished with a Gina K sentiment stamped in Vintage Photo DOI.  Really like the color combo. 

Challenges:
Fusion Card Challenge: Rustic Flowers. 

Happy Little Stampers: August CAS Challenge-Die Cuts

Today I thought I'd share another photo of a flower from my garden.  This one is called Naked Lady....I only had one to bloom this year. This lily produces green, leafy growth  in the spring and dies back by mid summer. In late summer, leafless stems produce elegant, pink flowers. 

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Popping with Color

Welcome!  This week I am thrilled to be a Guest Star Stamper at Color Throwdown. The colors in the Challenge ctd503 are Red, Green, and Gray. And you can also incorporate any other neutrals that you might need.

I immediately thought of Poppies when I saw the color graphic....maybe it was the big red umbrella in the photo that brought that to mind.  I stamped the large botanical flowers from the Power Poppy set Poppies with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on White Cardstock.  I colored the image with reds, greens, and grays with Copics R24, R27, R46, G40, G82, N0, N2, N4.  This was a fun image to color and was perfect for the colors to use.  I stamped the sentiment from the same set with Memento Gray Flannel ink.  I highlighted the image simply with a Grass Green card base and a mat of Moonlit Fog cardstock.

Thanks to the great team at Color Throwdown for inviting me to be a Guest Star Stamper...it was an honor.  Make sure to check out their great designs for more inspiration and play along this week..

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Poppies for Christmas

Hello! My second card today has the theme of Thinking Of You but I added an inside message that makes it a Christmas card for a special person.  I printed a digital image of Poppies by Crafty Secrets on Watercolor paper and colored with a water brush and Distress Inks.  I added a sentiment from Gina K Designs with Memento Tuxedo Black that I embossed with Clear EP.  I simply finished with a layer of Black CS and a card base of Green CS.  I finished the inside saying "With Love This Christmas Season" (printed on computer) and stamped another sentiment with Gina K Stamps.

Challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday: Simon says Thinking of You.
Sweet  Stampin' Challenge: Red is for Remembrance
CAS on Sunday: #95 Flowers
Happy Little Stampers: November Christmas Challenge Watercolor

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Purple and Poppies

Hello!  I have been playing with some digital images that I received from Crafty Secrets.... I just love their flower images....and chose a Poppy image and sentiment for my design.  I used both the sketch and photo inspiration from Fusion shown below.  The image was colored with Copics and some Glaze Pens and then trimmed with an Oval die.  I placed this on a scalloped oval of Purple CS which I also used as the Card Base. The background of a soft ivory paper was embossed with CB EF Kassie's Brocade.  I finished with a Mini Fanciful Flourish cut with Cheery Lynn die and the printed sentiment cut with a Spellbinders die .  Love how this card "pops" out.

Challenge:
Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Blog: November Linky Challenge and Blog Hop.
Fusion Card Challenge: Purple and Poppies-used both photo and sketch.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes
Virginia's View Challenge: #20 All about Textures-Used embossing folder for texture

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Popping In with a One Layer

Hello! Today I am sharing a One Layer and CAS card made using Masking technique to stamp a strip of Poppies with a stamp from Power Poppy Poppies set.  I stamped the image with Memento Lady Bug ink and colored in the stems with Memento Cottage Ivy Marker, the flowers with  green and yellow pencils,  and drew lines defining the strip with Lady Bug Marker.  The sentiment was stamped with Cottage Ivy ink all on GKD Heavyweight White CS . I love this as a notecard done as a One Layer design.

Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch: #136 shown on right
Happy Little Stampers: CAS Challenge is Masking
One-Layer Simplicity Challenge: #19 Strip Down -  mask a strip down the front of your card and stamp away.






Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Birthday Poppies

 
Poppies are such fun flowers! For this birthday card I have used a digi image Vintage Poppy Cluster from A Day For Daisies with a sketch from Papertake weekly challenge.   I added some Coloring, Pattern Papers and Buttons to complete the design.

Challenges:
A Day For Daisies Blog: Challenge is to use ADFD Image with torn edges. I torn the edges of the image after printing.

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Sketchie Free- used sketch #92

Seize the Birthday:  My card is for Anything Goes for a birthday

Craft Your Passion Challenge: Flower Power

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes with an optional twist to use a sentiment

Simon Wednesday:  Simon Says Anything Goes

Paper Pretties Challenge: Red and Green

The Crafting Café: August Challenge is photo inspiration-a field of Poppies. Used colors and poppies.

 

Supplies:
Stamps: A Day for Daisies Digi Image Vintage Poppy Cluster, Paper Pretties Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves (Marker), Distress Ink Antique Linen for sponging

Copics: R20,22

Sakura Black Glaze Pen

Papers: White, Ivory CS, Patterns from Crate Paper DIY Shop Pad

Buttons and Black Beads (in Center of flowers) from stash

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa