Elegance with Rubber Bands

Hello dear friends and welcome.

Today' I'm sharing another card using Rubber Band Stamping.

Using Rubber Band Technique, Inlaid Die Cuts, Watercolor and Stamping.

We're having a lot of fun using rubber bands for stamping thanks to 

Julia, who is hosting CAS Mix Up this month.

If you're unsure of this technique, check out the challenge site. 

There are videos that will show how to do it.

Let me warn you, it is addictive!

First I die cut this beautiful flower from a piece of Mixed Media Paper.

I used re-inkers in my pallette with a water brush to color the die cut flower.

While the flower was drying, I put thin rubber bands around a discard wood block,

inked it with Antique Linen Distress Ink and stamped around the outcut. 

When the watercolor was dry, I popped it back in the outcut and 

layered it onto a card.

I had a little glitter dot, a gift from The Foiled Fox with an order,

and I popped it over the center of the flower.

4 Crafty Chicks #397 -  Flowers

AAA Cards CAS Game #112 - Favourite Technique (Watercolor Die Cuts)

Take It Make It Challenge at Craft Stampers Magazine - Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #106 - Inspired by all that yellow

  

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Enjoy (PB)

Ink:   Antique Linen (DI), Crushed Curry,Wild Wasabi (SU), Vintage Sepia (Versafine)

Paper:   Daffodil Delight (SU), Rustic Cream (PTI), Mixed Media (ST)

Other:  Elegance Die (PB), Rubber Bands on block, Glitter Spot (FF)

Purple Crocus

Hello friends.

Our crocus have gone by, and so has Easter, but I know
some of you are still waiting for your spring flowers.

I love this crocus stamp from Serendipity Stamps!

We did this card in our class last month.

Serendipity is having a Blog Hop.

I won this stamp for commenting on the Design Team's cards.
They are wonderful designers.  Do check them out.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Crocus (Serendipity)

Ink:   Tree Branch Archival, Distress Markers (Spun Sugar, Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint, Brushed Corduory, Ripe Persimmon, Gathered Twigs)

Paper:  Certainly Celery, Mixed Media  

Other:  MISTI, Water Brush, Paper Towels, Scalloped Borders #2 Die (Pretty Pink Posh for Serendipity)

Ornament for CAS Christmas

Hello again my friends.

It's the 3rd of the month and time for our
CAS Christmas Challenge

This month I'm the host and I chose

I have lots of ornament dies to choose from.  Too many in fact and it took a while to

decide which one or ones to use.  You'll be seeing lots of ornament cards from me this month!

Last month's holly challenge entry from Di reminded of one ornament die

I had forgotten all about.  Thanks for the reminder, Di!

I die cut it from gold foil and a piece of Inka Gold smoosh and

fit the pieces back together.

The red had a blank space in it so I added some chunky white  and shabby white

embossing powder and heated from below.  It made it look like a vintage ornament.

The background was stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp in VersaMark

and embossed with some of that shabby white embossing powder.

The die cut pine branches were leftovers from a past project.

I did cut a frame to hold it all together and stamped and gold embossed the sentiment.

I couldn't get the shine of the ornament and the shine of the sentiment.

My camera seems to have an either/or tendency.

Silly Camera!

I hope you'll check out our 

CAS Christmas Card Challenge

and while you're there enjoy the wonderful inspiration cards 

our Design Team have created for you.

Then pull out an ornament die or stamp and join us.

I'm going to take this over to Merry Monday 

where my good friend Marcia is hosting.

I hope we can consider gold a neutral!?

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Festive Snippets (PB), Gorgeous Grunge (SU)

Ink:   Encore Gold, VersaMark

Paper:   Neena, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer (SU), Gold Foil ($ store)

Other:  Lava Red Inka Gold, Gold EP (SU), Shabby White, Chunky White EP (Stampendous), Pretty Pines Thinlits (SU), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Cabrini Ornament (MB)

Spring Chickadee for CAS Watercolour

Hello, friends and welcome.

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Watercolour

I'm hosting this month and I chose

This is one of my favorite bird stamps and I had him all painted up.

It's called Snowbird and there was snow and berries on the branches.

I know how we are all yearning for spring and didn't want to post a winter bird.

So.....

I filled in the snow (which was plain paper) with a marker
and punched out some flowers to cover the berries.

The piece I punched the flowers from was a piece of
Faux Mother of Pearl so the flowers have a variegated look and a little shine.
I just had to add a dot in the middle.

I added a bit of green at the end of the branches to represent new leaves.
(I didn't do a very good job in my hurry so I thought I should explain that.)

I die cut my design image and used the larger die to emboss the card front
and placed the design on top.

I hope you'll join us at
CAS Watercolour this month.

Our Design team and fantastic Guest Designer, Stef (Perry Papercrafts)
have cards to wow you and inspire you.
Be sure to check them out!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snowbird (Stampendous)

Ink:   Basic Gray (SU), Markers

Paper:   Neena, Mixed Media

Other:   Stitched Arch STAX (MFT), Hydrangea Punch (MS)

Happy Easter for CAS Mix Up

Hello and Happy Easter!

Since it's April Fool's Day I thought about wishing you Merry Christmas,
but didn't want to start a panic!  Hee hee.

I'm guessing you're here to see a card?

Using Rubber Band Stamping, Inking with Markers, Watercolor and Die Cuts

This month, Julia is hosting CAS Mix Up and she chose

I've never used this technique so I was excited to try it!

I wrapped some rubber bands around a spare wood stamp block,

inked and gently stamped several times on a piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock

with the same color ink, changing direction every time I stamped.

I love the subtle background it made!

The tulip were removed from the wood block so I could use the stamp in the MISTI.

I stamped, moved the color with a water brush, and stamped some more.

When I was happy with the image, I wet the paper around the stamping

and pulled some of the color out for a light wash, adding more ink as needed.

The Design Team has some awesome inspiration for you and our dear Loll

has done a video special for this challenge.

There are other video tutorials at the challenge site to spur you on.

Added to that, Hideko is our Guest Designer.  

I can't wait for you to see what she designed for you!

I hope you'll find some rubber bands and join us in this challenge.

Can't wait to see what you do!

REJOICE!

HE LIVES SO WE MAY LIVE!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Promise Me (PB), Mini Inspriations 4 (IO)

Ink:   Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs (DI), Pink Pirouette (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Pink Pirouette (SU), Mixed Media (St)

Other:  Rubber Bands on wood block, Stitched Rectangles die (SSS), Scallop Borders #2 (PPP), Sequins