Mystery Stamping at ONFN

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On the first Friday of every month I offer an "Open Night Friday Night" free Zoom Social.  This last year has been challenging for many as we all miss the opportunities to socialize freely and create together.  So I started something called ONFN (Open Night Friday Night), come and craft with us.  Whether you're a paper crafter or a knitter or a painter, bring your craft and socialize with us.  Please email me if you're interested in joining us.

For those that like to paper craft I offer  Mystery Stamping.  The directions for preparing the card supplies are mailed out with the Zoom link.  Then at ONFN I provide the rest of the assembly and Trix ideas.  Everyone creates their own unique card, and I'm always amazed at how each card is so completely different.

Don't have any card making supplies and think you'd like to try?  I'm happy to help, I offer a Take & Make Kit available for purchase.  Four cards for $25, please email me for further info.  lesley@stampintrix.ca  Click here, Lesley's Online Store to visit my online store and check out the 'My Projects' page.  

At last Friday's ONFN we used two pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) and one frame a smidge bigger.  Of course people can choose to use DSP or cardstock, they can make their own patterned DSP, keep the colours the same or mix it up.  That's how the difference happens.  Here are four cards I created with the same measurements but different DSP.  

Hand Penned DSP

In The Wild DSP

Pattern Party DSP & Coastal Cabana cardstock

Same DSP added Magenta Madness

See what I mean?  How cool is this to create four completely different cards with the same measurements.  Switch up the DSP or cardstock and voila!

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Enjoy and have a super day!

  

A Party Puffins Thanks for Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights

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Today's post is for Kylie's Monthly International Blog.  If you like my card I'd love for you to vote for me.  If I'm one of the winners I will join Kylie's International Blog Hop at the end of the month.  Please click on my card or the vote for me button below, to go directly to Kylie's International Highlights Gallery.  Vote by clicking on the little heart in the top right corner of my card within the gallery.  Enjoy the inspiration you're sure to find in this gallery of talented demonstrators.  Thanks so much for participating!

And here's the card details:

4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Basic Black card base  (4 1/4 x 22 folded in half)

4 x 5 1/4 Coastal Cabana cardstock (CS) layer

3 7/8 x 5 1/8 Basic White CS layer

2 x 2/12 Basic White piece for puffin 

Basic Black for sentiment pieces

Party Puffins & Peaceful Moments stamp sets

Memento Black Ink

Ink Pads:  Pool Party, Coastal Cabana & Balmy Blue

Blending Brushes

Stampin' Blends Markers in Petal Pink and Calypso Coral

VersaMark Ink and White Stampin' Emboss Powder

Heat Tool

Artistry Blooms Sequins

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Assembly & Trix:

*  Apply the shades of blue inks to the Basic White CS layer using Blending Brushes.  ***Trix, blend from lightest to dark, I used Pool Party on the left side of the card, followed by Coastal Cabana and ended with Balmy Blue on the right side of the card.  I tried to create three strips of colour and then blended them together at the edges.

*  Stamp the puffin with Memento Black ink and fussy cut out.

*  Colour the puffin with Stampin' Blends Markers.

*  Stamp the 'thank you' sentiment using VersaMark ink and emboss with White Embossing Powder.

*  Cut the sentiment into separate words.

*  Adhere the Basic White CS layer to the Coastal Cabana CS layer with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (glue)

*  Adhere the card front to the card base with glue.

*  Decide on the placement of the puffin and the words.  ***Trix, I wanted it to look like the puffin was shouting thank you in all directions, and I just preferred the look of the sentiment cut apart and on an angle.

*  Adhere the puffin and the "thank" with Stampin' Dimensionals and glue the word "you" just to create a bit of dimension.

*  Embellish with sequins as desired.

Enjoy and have a super day!

Forever Blossoms for Freshly Made Sketches #492

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Today's card is inspired by Cecile's Sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  Please click on either my card or the FMS blog post image to visit and prepare to be inspired.  My goal with this card was to keep it simple.  One stamp set, two or three colours max, with a simple technique using the Stamparatus™

And here's the card details:

5 x 5 Thick Basic White card base (5 x 10 folded in half)

3 x 3 Thick Basic White cardstock (CS) layer

3 1/16 x 3 1/16 Calypso Coral CS layer.  Just a smidge bigger to add a hint of colour.

Forever Blossoms stamp set

Memento Black Ink

Stampin' Blends Markers in Pale Papaya and Granny Apple Green

Artistry Blooms Sequins

Stamparatus™

Assembly & Trix:

*  Adhere the 3 inch square Thick Basic White layer to the slightly larger Calypso Coral layer with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

*  Centre the smaller square over the larger square on the Stamparatus™

*  Ensure both squares are well secured with magnets.

*  Stamp the floral image using Memento Black Ink.  ***Trix, align the flower image across the 3x3 square ensuring that some of the image falls off the square and appears on the 5x5 square.

*  Stamp the sentiment using Memento Black ink.

*  Carefully remove the top 3x3 square and stamp again to ensure the image is clear on the 5x5 card base.

*  Colour the image with blends markers.

*  Adhere the 3x3 square with dimensionals, ensuring the image is lined up perfectly with the card base image.

*  Embellish with Artistry Blooms sequins. 

*  That's it! done!  :)   Amazing!  A simple Trix can elevate a single image and make it pop off the page. 

Enjoy and have a super day!

In The Wild Suite for The Paper Players #547 Challenge

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Well, I have been wanting to create a card with this particular paper from the In The Wild DSP pack since I received it.  I was so excited to see the Paper Players Challenge this week and I thought oh - perfect - I will make a card with this paper.  However, then I couldn't cover the paper with the top layer as per the sketch.  Want to see what I mean?  Check out The Paper Players blog post by clicking on either my card or The Paper Players image to see the sketch Laurie has created for us. 

Finally after much re working I cut out the center section with a die  :) and kept the pattern intact!  I love the versatility of this sketch.  I think it's a go to for me for design.  The Trix when using the same DSP for a sketch like this is dimensionals - double up, triple up, whatever you need to create the dimension :)   Now go make a card :)  Have fun!

    

And here's the card details:

4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Evening Evergreen card base ( 5 1/2 x 8 1/2  folded in half landscape orientation)

4 1/8 x 5 3/8 In The Wild Designer Series Paper  *****Click here, In The Wild DSP to shop the paper sale July 1 - August 2 2021

Scrap Basic White cardstock (CS) for the plant images and sentiment strip 

In The Wild Suite stamp set and dies

Color & Contour stamp set

Stitched Rectangle Dies

Ink Pads: Soft Succulent & Evening Evergreen

Stampin' Dimensionals

Metallic Pearls embellishments

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Assembly & Trix:

*  Die cut the center from the DSP using the Stitched Rectangle Dies then adhere the frame to the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (glue)

*  Stamp the plant image 2x using Soft Succulent ink on Basic White CS and die cut out.

*  Adhere one plant image to the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals, (dimensionals) 

*  Adhere the die cut DSP centre to the card base using dimensionals.  ***Trix, I doubled up the dimensionals to add more lift to the card.  I used one dimensional layer for the plant and then two dimensionals stacked on top of each other to adhere the centre section of DSP.

*  Adhere the second plant image to the card using two Mini dimensionals, fitting it in to the existing corner image.

*  Stamp the sentiment using Evening Evergreen ink on Basic White CS.

*  Die cut the sentiment using a Stitched Rectangle die.  ***Trix, I die cut the sentiment and then die cut it again to shorten the rectangle to fit the area.

*  Adhere the sentiment to the DSP using glue.

*  Embellish with Silver Metallic Pearls as desired.

Here is better view of the depth and dimension you can create with dimensionals :)

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Enjoy and have a super day!