Unscripted Sketches #41

Hello and happy Saturday to you all. It’s time for another Unscripted Sketches sketch for you to try. This week I had fun making a busy sketch simple :0) As always we want you to take our sketch and RUN with it! I used PTI cardstock and stamps with some CTMH ink and ribbon. In real life that ribbon matches my cardstock..honest. Can’t wait to see what you do with this weeks sketch.

I have really got a serious case of the winter Blahhhh’s. With the snow just dragging on, with many more weeks of winter to look forward to, and with  a schedule that never seems to ease up I feel like I am loosing my joy of life and love of creating. I can feel the creative juices running out of me like a river. I am assuming this is temporary and will right itself here eventually. I will be hitting my 1 year blogaversary on the 22nd of Feb and wonder if that has some,thing to do with it? Just know that if I am not commenting as much as I normally do, that I am looking at and enjoying your inspiration as always. I feel like I need a good shakedown to get myself back on track.

OK enough wallowing …Hope you guys have an awesome Super Bowl Weekend!!!

Enjoy!

A little Butterfly Card….

Inside the card.

I made this card using some new (to me) stamps I picked up at my LSS. They are a set of  8 or 10 (can’t remember and am too lazy to walk downstairs) little rubber stamps on the end of long wooden tubes. I just LOVED the effect I saw done with them and had to try myself. I picked several complimenting inks and stamped them in a rough oval using first, second, and third generation stamping.  I kept the rest of the card simple as the stamped image is so busy. That border is a newly acquired  MS punch .  All supplies except the punches, stamps, and bitty pearls are CTMH.

People at my house are feeling better except hubby who came home from work early today after being sick…well he is last one to get this so maybe we are now done!  Thanks for all your good wishes.

Have a wonderful Wednesday, thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Simple Sympathy Card

Just a quick post from me today as we have the sick bug at my house. It seems to be going from one person to another with a week between. Anyways if I haven’t been visiting your blogs lately that is probably why. 

I have been wanting this stamp for a while..it is a wooden stamp and I picked it up at Michaels for a 30% off yay for deals!  Everything except the stamp and the coin is CTMH.

Speaking of great buys….the textured CS is CTMH and they are offering a deal at the moment..buy one combo pack and get one free…and they will donate $2 for every pack purchased to the relief effort in Haiti. A combo pack is 24 sheets of 12x12 CS…with a dark color one side and a lighter one the other..always with the white core. The price for a pack is $14.95  In this card I used the Bamboo Textured CS and you can see the lighter color on the inside of the card. Let me know if you are interested!

Enjoy!

Unscripted Sketches #40

Where did this week go??? Well here it is Saturday again and time for another Unscripted Sketch for you to try!!! This one stumped me a little and I struggled a bit. Few more layers than I wanted LOL…but that’s why we are Unscripted right…so we can jump off from the sketch and go.  I used a Hero Art’s clear stamp set and some PTI cardstock. There is some TGF patterned paper and some CTMH ribbon…little bit of everything :0) Even some real sewing!  I can’t wait to see what you come up with for this sketch.

I got the new Stamp It! Cards magazine…wooweee there were some amazing creations in there. SO many CAS cards with nice bold colors and clean lines…I was in heaven. I noticed that there was TONS of PTI product used on nearly every card. Big bold bows were very popular as were kraft CS and buttons. I enjoyed reading it and will be heading back there often. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Enjoy!

Embossing tutorial #3..Using Embossing Paste Scroll Down for #1 and #2

So I went and played with a brass stencil and thought I would share…I have so many pictures though, I will split them into 3 posts..so scroll!

This is what I used. I also used PTI cardstock..the thicker the better (less warping). If you live in Des Moines you can buy this stuff from Outstamping by Design in Valley Junction…otherwise I Googled this store http://www.franticstamper.com/dreamweaver.htm

And the Dreamweaver website.http://www.dreamweaverstencils.com/paste.html

You definitely NEED a palette knife (one with a flat edge)….and masking tape…the kind you can pull off paper without it tearing (mine tore). As I was using the metallic paste first and my cardstock warps, I taped it to the counter for extra stability.

Then I taped the stencil in place.

Getting ready to slather the paste on.

Then ‘shave’ off the excess with the knife. Bear in mind I have never seen anyone do this…I really am just winging it ha ha!

The idea is to get a smooth flat surface..not like this .

You can see the cardstock is warping already. Now the trick is to CAREFULLY lift off the stencil. I have found leaving one little bit of tape on the edge is safest..then you just lift it up (don’t drop it).

You can see some smudging on that bottom flower..when the cardstock warps you can’t get the stencil nice and flat and the paste leaks out underneath.

This takes at least an hour to dry…so put it somewhere SAFE (so you don’t accidentally sit on it…I am just saying!)

OK now on to the white paste

Ohhhh and before I forget…as soon as you are done..recap these babies and rinse off your stencils and knife..it dries really quickly.

Here I had an AHA moment. I had some thick acetate sitting there and I though…heyyy I can use that instead of the knife…so I did and it was easier!

I had been mixing perfect Pearls on it. It scraped it off really flat.

Don’t worry about the excess as you can trim the image when it is dry.

While it is still wet you can add Prisma glitter (sticks really well).

Just pretend it looks all sparkly.

Well there they are waiting to dry. I will have to make some cards with them later. Hope this was helpful. I am going to post a couple more after this post.