Sympathy Reflection

This card was made for my downline, Jen, who just lost her mom. I've really been wanting to make a reflection card and decided to give it a try with this card. I also guess I've been on a clean and simple kick too! The technique was super easy and I love the effect that adding the Crystal Effects gives.

Stamps: Asian Artistry, Close as a Memory

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Coluzzle, SU Markers, Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, Brads, Crystal Effects, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Sponges, Transparency Paper

1. Score 4 1/4 x 11 piece of Elegant Eggplant at 5 1/2 and fold on score line.

2. Cut 6th largest oval from Coluzzle out onto Whisper White.

3. Punch out a 1 3/8 circle from a scrap sheet of paper and place where you want your sun to be. Sponge with Bashful Blue around it to create effect. Move mask to opposite side of oval and repeat to form reflection.

4. Take a scrap piece of paper and lay it across the center of the oval and sponge across that oval to form water line.

5. Stamp image from Asian Artistry several times across water line using Basic Black. Stamp image again with Basic Black onto transparency paper. Flip transparency paper upside down and place ink side down below other stamped image and rub to transfer ink to paper. This forms the reflection.

6. Let ink dry then trace over using SU markers. Use a shade lighter for the reflected image.

7. Spread Crystal Effects over the water portion of the oval using a paint brush and let dry.

8. Adhere oval to card base.

9. Stamp image from Close as a Memory in bottom right corner with Whisper White. Use Mat Pack and Paper Piercer to create holes for brads. Adhere Bashful Blue brads.

10. The inside has a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White with the Asian Artistry image stamped in the corners and colored with markers.

Asian Artistry Candle

This is the final product that I'm going to be taking down to the Market Place on Main (I'm hoping to go tomorrow, so I will let you know how it goes!). I love stamping on candles! You may also remember this one from the auction basket I made for the Y. For this set I used the Asian Artistry stamp set and Stampin' Up markers. To stamp on candles, you first stamp your image onto tissue paper and color. Cut the image out staying close to your line, but leaving some white. Lay the image on the candle where you would like it. Wrap a piece of wax paper around the entire candle. Turn your embossing gun on and let it heat up for about 15 seconds. Then heat the wax paper over the image...you will notice that the image melts into the candle! Be careful not to overheat. For this candle, I did each image individually.

Stamps: Asian Artistry

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Heat Gun, SU Markers

Another Brayered Landscape

Each month, Meg sends a DVD of her Stamp and Share meeting to those of us who live out of town. The one I got yesterday couldn't have come at a better time as one of the demos was BRAYERING! And after my debacle yesterday, I watched this demo 3 or 4 times. This is similar to the card demonstrated and it was MUCH easier than the one I made yesterday. The one thing I did learn from making this is to use a different mask for each color. I was using an edge of paper to create my sky line and mountains and then flipped the paper and used the same mask to create the water. What I found was that the ink from the sky and mountain was rubbing onto the card. Once I used a different mask for each color, I had no problems. In the example on the DVD, she uses Inspired by Nature, but since I have given that back to it's rightful owner, Jen, I decided to use one of the new sets, Asian Artistry. The highlights were created using a White Gel Pen. The only thing I wish I would have done would be to have made the sky a little bigger so that the sun wasn't basically at the horizon...but I wasn't about to do it over!!

 We will definitely be making this card at my July 17 workshop now that I think I have all the kinks work out and feel more confident in my skills :) Hope to see you there!

Stamps: Asian Artistry

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Glossy White

Ink: More Mustard, Cameo Coral, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black

Accessories: Brayer, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, White Gel Pen

One Layer Thank Yous

Believe it or not I've had my goodies from the new catalog for over a week...and today was the first time I pulled them out! This set was super easy to make and took me maybe 20 minutes to make all 4 cards. I am putting these in the bags of those who recently ordered off of me as a little thank you. 

The circle was made by cutting the second biggest circle out of the Coluzzle and using it as a mask. Baja Breeze ink was sponged around it leaving the center white. With the mask in place I stamped the image from the new Asian Artistry set (available Wednesday!!!) twice so that everything would stay in the circle. *Tip* Some of my grassy strands didn't stamp the whole way on the bottom because of the mask. To finish them, I simply dipped my blender pen in the lid of my black ink and created my own out to the circle edge. The grass was colored with Old Olive, the flowers with Melon Mambo, and the dragonfly with Crushed Curry (the last two are part of the new In Colors...also available Wednesday!). Easy peasy! :)