Ole-Talk

Newest Cards

Here are a couple of my latest cards.

A couple close ups.

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!

Thank You Card With Paint

Here's a quick Thank You card that I whipped up using mostly Ranger Ink products.

Step 1: Stamp image with Archival Ink onto Craft Tag.

Step 2: Using Claudine Hellmuth Studio paint minis apply paint direct from bottle to stamped image.  Let dry completely.

Step 3: Cut a piece of plain card stock a quarter inch smaller than the size that the card will be.  So in this case my card will be 5X7 so the plain cardstock is 4 3/4 x 6 3/4.  Use Studio Paint mini to make dots along the bottom edge.

Step 4: Add brad and bakers twine to tag and adhere to decorated cardstock.

Step 5:  Add letter stickers with sentiment of your choice.

Step 6: Attach to store bought card form or you can make your won as I did using Kraft paper.

Some close up shots!

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Baby Shower Fever | Take 2

Continuing with my baby shower theme this week here is some more baby crafting.

Baby boy card.

Baby girl card.

I am definitely using my stash.  Everything I used for these cards (with the exception of the bakers twine) has been in my stash for at least a year and in some cases much, much longer.  This just goes to show that you don't always need the newest and brightest to create wonderful pieces.

Details

I also made these cute altered canvases for my friends.  One is having a girl and one a boy and they both have nicknames for them as they are keeping their names a secret until the babies are born.

These were super easy to make.  I found the boy and girl sheep in the Silhouette shape shop.  They were originally done so that you cut the pieces from different colored cardstock or patterned paper but I decided to simplify my life and use the print and cut feature on the Silhouette.  To do this I ungrouped the shape and then used the fill feature to color each section and also changed the line color to match.  Then it was just a matter of sending to my printer, and then cutting the printed pieces out with the Silhouette.  I painted the canvases with acrylic paint, glues the pieces to the canvas using Paper Modge Podge and also coated the completed piece with Modge Podge to seal them.  The letters are vinyl Thickers that I have had forever.

Thanks for looking and check out yesterdays post for some other ideas.

Appreciation Card

Here's a little something to brighten up your day!

Remember these card bases I made, well they are coming in very handy.  I need to make some more!

Have a great day!

Stain and Paint and Foil! Oh My!

Sharing the lasted how-to that I did for the Ranger Inklink yahoo group!

Supplies

Ranger Products: Inkssentials Surfaces Metal Foil Tape Sheets, Tim Holtz Distress Stain, Claudine Hellmuth Studio Mini Acrylic Paint Sets, Inkssentials Surfaces Artist Trading Cards Kraft and Canvas, Archival Ink.

Other Products: Invisibles cardstock, Baker's Twine, Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug

Step 1: Run the Foil Sheet through the Cuttlebug using the embossing folder.

Step 2: Using the Studio Paint, enhance the raised surface of the embossed Foil Sheet and set aside to dry.  Ink the edge of the canvas trading card with Archival Ink and the edge of the Kraft artist trading card with Distress Stain.  Attach the painted, embossed foil to the trading cards.

Step 3: Cut the Invisibles cardstock to size (I used 5 x 7) and cover with the Distress Stain.  The varnished areas of the cardstock will resist the stain.  Attach these to pre-made card forms.

Step 4: Add ribbon and baker's twine to the cards then adhere the trading cards.  I left an area to put a sentiment later when I decide who or what occasion I will use these cards for

Here is another view and a close up!

Thanks for looking!

 

Another February Birthday Card

Just a little crafty eye candy to get the day going!

I used another of the basic card forms that I had previously made (see here) and added the embellishments and the stamped image.

Have a great day!

A Couple of New Cards

Sheldon and Marny celebrated birthdays on the first and second days of February.  The perfect way for me to start the month of right by getting crafty and making these cards.

I made them using these card bases I had put together a couple months ago to use up some of my scraps.  All I did was add the embellishments.  For the knitting card the ball of yarn, needles and banner shape were cut with my Silhouette machine, and the wooden knitting needles are toothpicks with beads adhered to the end.

Thanks for looking!

Signs of Christmas

Sharing a couple more of the card designs that I did this year.

You can see the other cards that I made in this post.

Brown paper packages tied up with string!

Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!

 

 

Holiday Cards using Ranger Products

Sharing the cards that I featured in my latest Inkling (monthly how to) on the Yahoo Ranger Inklink group.

Third generation stamping with Archival ink, inked the edges with Distress ink, and the "pearl" dots are Liquid Pearls.

Used Inkssentials white pen and Perfect Mist to add some detail and shimmer to the pointsettia which I cut with my Silhouette.

Distress stickles to add sparkle to the trees.

So have you finished your holiday cards yet?

Card Sneak Peek

Just a little eye candy of some of what I have in production.  All I can say is that my Silhouette got a work out this weekend and definitely earned it's keep.

And also sharing a peek of what my scrap area looks like during the production process...it got a bit worse after I took these photos (lol).

The kitten was trying to help as well...lol!!!