Stamping KZ

Friday, May 3, 2019

May 2019 Technique Class

Today was my technique class at the Local Bean coffee shop. We made 3 cards, two using the Shaving Cream technique and one using the Painter's Tape technique. The blue one is with glossy paper and the pink with regular cardstock.

Sunday, April 28, 2019

April 2019 NC Demos Blog Hop

Welcome to the monthly NC Demos Blog Hop. This months theme is Spring and all the Holidays that will occur during this time frame. I wasn't too sure what I was going to do for this hop and what decided it for me was DSP. Yes, I saw a SU pattern I loved and had to use it in a card.

My card is done for a Spring Birthday but it can be easily changed to a Mother's Day card or even a Wedding card the choice is yours. This is my card.

To begin I took a piece of Night of Navy cardstock and cut it in half to measure 5 1/2 x 11 and scored it at 4 1/2

Then I took a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock and cut it to 5 1/4 x 4 to that I attached a piece of Needlepoint Nook DSP cut 5 x 3 3/4 and placed that on the card base. Just love this DSP.

That was the easy part. I then took a piece of Glossy White cardstock and very lightly sponged some Night of Navy and Balmy Blue ink on it and it has to be done lightly because I decided to make this piece look like Faux Mother of Pearl. After the ink dried I then took the Frosty White Shimmer paint and a piece of plastic wrap to get the effect I wanted. To do this I then crumpled the plastic wrap and dipped it lightly into the shimmer paint and dabbed it all over the Glossy cardstock I had sponged to get it just right. This Faux Mother of Pearl is an old technique I had used many years ago and I was happy to try it again. I then set it aside to dry. When dry I punched it out with the Starburst punch and glued it on a 2 1/4 inch circle of Night of Navy. This piece I then attached to a 2 inch piece of Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon and attached it to the DSP piece with Dimensionals. Now that that was over I had to decided what to do with the rest of the card.

So I grabbed the Butterfly Gala stamp set stamped the image in Black and colored it in with Watercolor pencils. I wanted intensity and was happy with the results. I made 4 of the butterfly pairs and used the co-ordinating punch to cut them out. A large one and a small one I attached with Dimensionals to the Faux Mother of Pearl circle. And two more of the small one around the card.

To finish it off I colored clear rhinestones with the Night of Navy Dark Blends and put three of them on the card one in the circle between the butterflies and two others where I felt they belonged. The front of the card was finished.

For the inside I stamped stamped the Salutation "Hello Beautiful" in Night of Navy on a piece of Whisper White cardstock 5 1/4 x 4 and attached it to the inside of the card and then with a Dimensional added a large butterfly I had left over and I was done.

I also did another version using the Polka Dot Tulle ribbon.

Please be sure to stop by again next month. Thank you for visiting.

Toni Campana <https://tonimariscreations.wordpress.com/?p=351&preview=true>
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> Anita Trippi
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> Tina Lesson
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> Jo Anne Hewins
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> Laurie Meier <https://stampedgreetings.com/tea-together-mothers-day-card/>
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> Frances Wagner
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> Tracie Evans Langley

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Sunday, April 21, 2019

May 2019 Class Cards

My next class is on May 11th. We will be making a bridge fold a DSP fun fold and a joy fold card the last card is an simple embossed card.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

April 2019 Technique Class

My April technique class was on April 5th at the Local Bean coffee shop in Hudson NC. We concentrated on three techniques that have been around for awhile--Faux Mother of Pearl, Faux Silk and Waxed Paper. We made the following 4 cards using these techniques. No two cards will be the same.

The first two cards use the Mother of Pear technique which requires Glossy Paper, Sponges, Ink Pads, Stanpin' Up Frost White Shimmer Paint and Plastic Wrap. Sponge light colors on glossy paper and then scrunch up plastic wrap add some paint to it and dab it on the glossy paper covering the whole area and then let it dry.

The next technique Faux Silk requires tissue paper, stamps and ink and white glue and sponge applicator. Stamp design over tissue paper larger in size than the image you want. On cardstock the size of the image you want put a thin layer of white glue over the entire surface set aside. Now take the stamped tissue paper and crunch it up and then lay it on a clean surface face down take the glued cardstock and put that glued part on the tissue paper and press down make sure ends are glued down.
Then cut the edges to fit cardstock or fold over and glue down.

The last technique uses Waxed Paper, Cardstock cut to size, Iron, Paper Towels, Ink and Sponges.
Cut waxed paper larger than cardstock piece, crunch up the waxed paper, Heat the iron to highest setting no steam when iron is hot you are ready -spread the waxed paper over the cardstock put a piece of paper towel over it and iron, hold iron in place several minutes to make sure wax transfers to cardstock remove the wax paper and sponge ink on the waxed cardstock surface once covered with as much color as you want finish the card.

Sunday, March 31, 2019

March 2019 NC Demos Blog Hop

Welcome to the NC Demos Blog Hop! This is my first one so I hope this will go well. The theme for this month is Cute Critters and as a Mom to 4 rescue dogs and one cat I know cute critters even when they are not so cute.

I decided to do a simple card and one that can be done quick and easy in any class setting. May even add this to one of my classes.

Also I kept the colors basic with just a little bling. The stamp sets I used were Happy Tails and Nine Lives

Card base is Basic Black 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4

Whisper White cut 5 1/4 x 4 and this was going to be my background. There are so many cute little stamps in the Nine Lives set that I planned to use them as my background so I took my D block and arranged the ball of yarn, the bow, the hearts, the mouse and the goldfish in a cute pattern inked them and stamped them all at once on the background if I had a space the felt off I took the paw print from the Happy Tails stamp set and filled it in. I then attached this to the card base.

For the inside I took another piece of Whisper White 5 1/4 x 4 and again using black ink stamped the Salutation in the center, the food dish and the mouse in the lower left and to even it out added 4 paw prints to the upper left. Attached this to the inside.

I then took a scrap piece of white and in black ink stamped the kitty cat. I decided to leave him plan because not everyone has the same cat. I used the cat punch to cut him out and put him off to the side. I tied a piece of the Black/Silver Stitch Metallic Ribbon to the front center of the card and tied a bow. I then took a piece of Basic Black cardstock and cut it 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 and layered that on a piece of Silver Glimmer paper 2 1/2 x 2 3/4. I put the cat in the center using dimensionals and put this piece on the card under the bow and on a angle using dimensionals again.

To finish the card I stamped the meow in black on a scrap of white cut it out and put it close to the cat. This is my tribute to all those adore able Cute Critters out there.