Exciting news - Mint Owl Studio

Hello everyone,

Just stopping by quickly to share some exciting news.

I was chosen to join the Mint Owl Studio design team.  To see the announcement post and to meet my other lucky DT members head over to the Mint Owl Studio blog.

AAA Cards - Game #68 Tags

Hello everyone,

We are back with another challenge for you today over at AAA Cards and it's all about tags!  I love tags but don't always how to use them.  Today I created a card with an acetate tag just to add some fun. Check it out below.

Our amazing sponsor is Happy Little Stampers and we are tickled to have them back sponsoring another challenge.

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Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Hannelie from desert diva.  Be sure to show her some blog love!

For my card, I decided that I wanted something fun and summery.  It's a beautiful sunny day here and I can't wait to sit out in my sun room with a summery drink.

I used the Mama Elephant newest die set, the Framed Tags Park Ave set and I absolutely love the frame die. It is A2 sized so it will cover a card base. I also love their Maddison Ave die set and use that frame die a lot too.

I went on to cut out a tag with the SSS Large tag dies out of some scrap acetate. My acetate supply came from my sister-in-law and she was able to supply me with a hefty stash.  

I stamped, heat embossed and coloured the Flamingo from the latest SSS release Among the Stars. I just can't get enough of those Flamingos! I used the TH distress markers in Warn Lipstick and Black Soot and water coloured it with a water brush.

Since this is a smooth surface, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink and clear embossed it on to the acetate. This way it will dry. If you don't heat emboss, it never dry.  You could also use StaZon ink and that will dry as it's formulated to work on non porous surfaces.  

For the sun, I used the scattered straw distress ink, blended and stamped onto the die cut. I had added white die cuts to the back of the acetate tag but when I stood the card up, the tag didn't sit nicely so I ended up added foam tape to the back of the images and adhered it to the card base.  Oh well, that happens in the run of a card making session.

That's it for me. We hope you'll join us for our TAGS challenge.

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Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn  :)

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Bookmarks

Hello everyone,

I'm here with my first creations with the Warm Weather Animals stamps and dies from the new SSS Among the Stars release, and this set is so adorable.  

I gave my daughters a reading challenge for the summer.  My oldest loves books and loves to read, so I challenged her to read 10 books over the summer and at the end we would get her something special.  My youngest daughter does not like to read but I have her the same challenge but for 5 books and at the end of the summer we would get her something special as well.

To kick off the challenge I made them each a book mark to use with their first book.

I took some watercolour paper and created a background for both bookmarks and heat embossed the pineapple with SSS white embossing powder.  I then used the SSS basic banners dies to cut out two banners. 

My oldest chose this one with the teddy and with one of the banners I coloured it with my Zig Clean Color markers in yellows, browns and greens and the teddy in brown, like yellow and blue.  I die cut the teddy and added him with foam tape. I them stamped the sentiment in SSS intense black ink and punched a small hole in the top of the banner and added some DMC embroidery floss.

My youngest chose the flamingo one and I coloured these in pinks and green.  I stamped the sentiment on a piece of patterned paper I had in my stash (I'm not pleased with the paper but she liked it) and adhered it to the banner.  I die cut the flamingo and added him with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn  :)

RESERVE Simon Says Stamps And Dies WARM WEATHER ANIMALS Set261WWA Among The Stars Zig Clean Color Real Brush 48 Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail WhiteEP2 Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK Ink065 Simon Says Stamp BASIC BANNERS Wafer Dies SSSD111585 Among The Stars Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool Sizzix Bits Shot

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Tic Tac Toe Challenge #13

Hello everyone,

We are back with a new challenge over with Stamping Smiles Designs Tic Tac Toe Challenge #13.  

My choice for this challenge is 

Critters / Border Stamp / Die-cut Stencil

Now on with my card for the challenge.

I used the Dainty Scalloped coverup die and cut out a piece of acetate to create a stencil. I then took the Broken China distress ink with a mini ink blending tool and blended it in the middle of the front panel that I cut out with a scalloped rectangle die and popped it up on the front panel.

And as always there is something I forget to stamp before I add the panel to the base with foam tape an this card is no exception; I added the small border stamp so the flamingos have something to stand on in Fog in.

I stamped the flamingos on to some bristol paper with SSS intense black ink. I then used my Zig Clean Colour markers to colour them in; added the sentiment with the same black ink along with some sequins to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)


Supplies:

InLinkz.com