LIM 277 Theme: something that POPS!

My card has something that pops since I use the candles that fizz and pop!

I hope that links with this challenge theme over at

My candle panel was begun with watercolor paper and

watercolors.  Candles were fussy cut and a metal birthday hat

was added with an eyelet.  The panel was cut with deckle scissors and layered 

over cream cardstock.

The verse is by MFP "Happy Pansies" and image by embossing arts.

Be sure to stop by Less Is More to check out all the

nifty works of art!

Wild Thing!

A scenic card for you that I have morphed to fit a challenge over at

This week it is CTS#32 and below is a guide:

Of course you know by now that my work

never looks like the suggested don't you.

Below is my take on this one:

I have turned it into a landscape orientation!

The scenic stamp is by Embossing Arts and the

verse is by Marks Finest Papers.

I airbrushed Copics for the background color

and added a bit of bakers twine to

represent the line on the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Connie

Happy Birthday Aykre!!

Today's artwork is a birthday card for my young grandson:

I have used an embossing folder by 

Crafts-Too called "Tools"

(of course!)

along with the SB die 

"Wonky Squares"

Stamps by 

Embossing Arts and Annette Watkins.

Together with a couple of cute

little vehicle brads from

Oriental Trading and I think

this card will be perfect for a small boy don't you?

Masking Tape Frames

This is a nifty way to make a framed image without

an actual frame stamp.

I stamped the main image by Embossing Arts and

then placed low-tack tape around.  I scribbled short lines across the tape with 

several marker colors and removed the tape.

I stamped extra parts of the image, cut them out and popped them over my frame for dimension.

Added some corner brads and that was it.

We are predicted for a winter storm here today so this

card will remind me of warmer days!

Outside Looking In

This simple, yet effective, illusion was accomplished with a little tape and a lot of 

fun.

I stamped the frame first and then masked every line before stamping

the fern fronds and finally the giraffe.

I stamped an extra ear and popped it up for dimension.

If you look really close you can see where I got lazy with my masking.....

Frame image by Northwoods Rubber

Giraffe image by Embossing Arts

Fern fronds by Non Sequitur

Chalking on Chalk

On a softly chalked background the images glow with brighter chalks.

I applied chalk with sponges by swiping across the paper first.

Then I inked the images and embossed them.

Then I colored the images with more chalk and my blender pen.

The chalk-on-chalk makes the images pop!

Stamps by All Night Media, Embossing Arts & Stamp Affair

Stamping Safari

I'm not sure if this looks like the giraffes are standing on clouds or on a savannah?  I just know it was quick and easy to do the background for this scenic card.

I tore a piece of paper and pounced powdered chalks of different colors with a sponge, moved the paper and pounced more etc.  Then I overstamped the image (by Embossing Arts) and colored it with markers.

A scenic card in no time flat!

Cool Zebra Effect

They say that opposites attract don't they? This card is about as opposite as you can get.

You stamp the image once on white paper in black ink and once on black paper with white ink, lay on top of each other and cut into quarters. Match 2 whites and 2 blacks together like my sample above, try to match exactly so it appears to be all one image.
I layered the black papers onto white & white papers onto black before putting it all on a white base card.

Kinda different? Kinda cool! Stamp is by Embossing Arts

Safari Slide Technique

This card was one I did a while ago. The giraffe was stamped on acetate and layered over a background that was simply sliding ink pads across cardstock. Gives a dramatic yet simple look.......and cuts down coloring time!

I will look up stamp credits and post them later. Thanks for looking!

Another TJN Holiday Blogstravaganza

Here comes another holiday card. I was somewhat limited with this background as it didn't allow me to stamp much on it. I got around that by cutting images and layering to make it do what I wanted.

My card uses the Brayered Spots Technique (1/08) from TJN
Stamps by Firecracker Designs By Pamela and Embossing Arts

You can see all the Holiday Blogstravaganza artwork by going to Pat Huntoon's blog The Technique Trail

Paper Batik

This technique is called Paper Batik and it's easier than you think. First you ink an image with Versamark, stamp onto your white cardstock and emboss with clear EP. Heat to melt. Now comes the fun part! Apply colors of choice all over your paper. You can use a brayer and ink pads, you can use reinkers & sponges or you can mist with those color wash sprays...anything to color the surface. Now take a piece of paper towel and gently rub the color from your embossed image (it will resist the ink). Using a warm iron lay some newspaper down to protect your surface area, a piece of white copy paper, your stamped piece (upside-down) and another pc. of copy paper (to protect your iron just in case you ever use it for clothing in the future?)

Iron until the embossing "lifts off" revealing the white paper. You're finished! Now you just need to mat and embellish your art.
You can vary this by using a piece of mulberry paper, background papers or pretty much anything else.

Giraffe image by Embossing Arts & saying by CC Rubber