Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Combine Challenges- Make a Card and Watch What Happens!!!

Combining Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 541 and Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge 564 produce this card:

My Card

AHSC 541

CDC 564

My card was made with all discontinued products. It's important to use our supplies so instead of pulling out the new colors, I used my stash.

This is not a color combo I've used before so I stepped out of my box and I really like the look. It has a fall feel to me. The gold foil and purple shimmer trim added a bit of glitz. White embossing powder for the Happy Birthday sentiment popped!

The stamp set I used is

Occasional Wreath Stamp + Thin Cuts

How I cuts the pieces

Grape-cut 5 1/2 x 4 1/4

Green Apple-cutx2 3/4 x 5 1/4

White Daisy-cut 5 1/4 x 2 1/4

Gold-cut 4 x 1

Nectarine-cut 3/4 x 3 3/4

Purple Shimmer trim-cut 3 3/4

How to video:

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XOXO
Dots

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Using the "Trapped Color" Embossing Technique to Make Cards

Trapped color is a new to me technique that I decided to try, to my delight. It involves putting color down on cardstock.

I used Distress Oxides and a rainbow colors in a diagonal on a piece of 4 x 5 1/4 white cardstock.
I then took a detailed lacelike stencil and taped it over the color.
Using my versamark ink pad I pressed it generously over the stencil being careful to not move the stencil at all.
Carefully removed the stencil pulling the cardstock away and not brush it in anyway to disrupt the ink.
I put it in my powder tray and generously sprinkled clear embossing powder over the entire card front.
Shake the cardstock to evenly distribute the powder
Shake the excess powder off onto the tray and return it to the jar.
Take a heater and completely melt the embossing grains till all the covered areas are shiny.
Let oxide inks dry before taking Intense Black ink and a blending brush and go over the entire card front filling in the non embossed areas.
Wipe off excess black ink.

Here is the result:

Using my Multi Square Window Thin Cut I cut a black overlay and mounted both onto White Glitter Cardstock.
A 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 piece of glitter cardstock was cut and a piece of 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 black cardstock was cut.
A sentiment was embossing on the black with white embossing powder and heated till it melted. The stamp set used was from Harvest Blessings.
The 2nd picture shows the same treatment without any of the Intense Black ink on it.
The 3rd picture shows the finished card for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 540 Using the Hey Friend Stamp Set.

Here are the 2 videos showing how to make these cards:

Stained Glass Card:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 540:

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Dots

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Flowers Are Like Friends-An Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 538

Here is another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for a super easy card to make using the Flowers Are Like Friends stamp set. Another versatile and easy to make card! This is challenge 538. I used an A2 card-5 1/2" x 4 1/4". After stamping the floral part of the set in Intense Black ink, I colored the flowers and grasses with the Tri-Blend Markers listed below.

Here is the sketch for the AHSC 538

Here is my card

A close-up of the card and Tri Blend Markers

Here is my How-To video on my Youtube.com/user/dotsscrapbooking

Supplies Used:

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XOXO
Dots

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Card Challenge AHS 537 & Memory Lane Paper Scraps

Here is another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for a super easy card to make using any coordinating 1" strips of paper. Versatile and easy makes for a perfect card!

AHSC 537 Sketch

My Card:

A super quick How-to video:

Stamp Set Used:

Flowers Are Like Friends

Supplies Used:

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XOXO
Dots

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Cozy Up and the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 536 Card

I made a card using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 536 . The sketch is an easy one to recreate and can be used over and over for all types of cards.