Stampin' Up!'s Stipple Blossoms....

Here is another card that we made back in June using the Stipple Blossoms stamp set.

 The flower and sentiment were stamped on a piece of Whisper White in Basic Gray and StazOn Black.  A piece of vellum was then placed over the top of it.  The bow was made using the 5/8" Organza Ribbon.  See how the bow is wrinkled?  To get this look, just heat the ribbon using your heat gun.  As soon as it begins to curl a bit, take the heat away.  A little heat goes a long way.  I recommend tying the bow and heating it before you place it on your card.  The ribbons curl and you can flip it over and heat from the other side to make it lie flatter again.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Stipple Blossoms, Delightful Dozen, Creative Elements
Inks:         Basic Gray, StazOn Black
Paper:      Whisper White, Basic Black, Vellum
Other:        5/8" Organza ribbon, heat gun

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Cascading Card....

Hi Everyone!  Back again with a special fold card on Technique Tuesday.  I first saw this card on the front cover of a recent issue of CardMaker magazine.  A customer tried to make one and called me with the challenge to make it since she had trouble with it.  Here's my instructions to make this card which are a bit different than those you can find in the magazine.  Here's what you will need to make this card:

• 12x12 cardstock
• Cutter with cutting and scoring blades OR Cutter and Simply Scored
• Scissors
• Ruler & Pencil
• Patience!

On the left side of your paper, measure up 2 1/2" and mark with a pencil.

 On the right side of your paper, measure up 5 1/2" and mark with a pencil.

 Using your cutter, line up your two marks and cut the paper.  Repeat again to cut a duplicate.  Take your cut piece and line it up on top of the other piece along the angled edge.  You will see that you can mark it and cut a straight line to make the second piece exactly the same - leaving you with a scrap measuring 12"x4".

 On the 2 1/2" end, measure up 1 1/4" from the bottom and make a pencil mark.

 On the 5 1/2" end, measure up 2 3/4" from the bottom and make a pencil mark.

 Using a ruler, draw a light pencil line between the two marks.

 Repeat on the other piece so you end up with two opposing pieces.

 From this point on, designate a LEFT PIECE and a RIGHT PIECE.  Follow all of the directions for LEFT PIECE first and then come back to this point and follow the directions for the RIGHT PIECE.  Keep the 12" straight bottom edge of your paper along the edge of your Cutter or Simply Scored for all cuts or scores.

LEFT PIECE:  Score in at 4" and 8".

RIGHT PIECE:   Score, score in at 4" and 8".

 

LEFT PIECE:  Measuring from the 2 1/2" end, place your cardstock at 2" and cut from the pencil mark UP to the top.

 

RIGHT PIECE:  Measuring from the 2 1/2" end, place your cardstock at 2" and cut from the pencil mark DOWN to the bottom.

 

LEFT PIECE:  Flip the cardstock so you are measuring from the 5 1/2" end.  Place your cardstock at 2" and cut from the pencil mark UP to the top.

 

RIGHT PIECE:  Flip the cardstock so you are measuring from the 5 1/2" end.  Place your cardstock at 2" and cut from the pencil mark DOWN to the bottom.

 



 LEFT SIDE:  Place your piece at the 6" measure mark.  Cut from the pencil mark DOWN to the bottom.  This will be OPPOSITE of your two other cuts.  Basically, it will be Up, Down, Up for your cuts.

RIGHT SIDE:  Place your piece at the 6" measure mark.  Cut from the pencil mark UP to the top.  This will be the OPPOSITE of our two other cuts.  This one will be Down, Up, Down for the cuts.

 

 At this point, I recommend you erase your pencil lines although they are still in my pictures.  This is an easier point to do it.  Take your pieces and fold along score lines as shown above.

 To assemble, start from the back (highest point) and slide the RIGHT PIECE down through the LEFT PIECE'S top cut.  Then slide the LEFT PIECE down through the RIGHT PIECE'S cut.  Finally slide the RIGHT PIECE down through the LEFT PIECE'S top cut.  You will not be able to slide them all the way until the entire card is assembled.

 Now, decorate however you wish!  In this example, we stamped Whisper White cardstock using the Stippled Blossoms stamp set.  Come back tomorrow for another sample of this type of card.

A helpful hint for matting this card:  Cut two Whisper White pieces the same size as your card pieces.  This gives you the exact angle that you want along the top.  Starting from the shorter end of the White piece, trim off 1/8", then measure over 1 3/4" and cut.  Next measure 1/4" and trim that off.  Measure and cut at 1 3/4" again.  Repeat the 1/4" cut and the 1 3/4" cut until you get all four pieces cut.  Finally, trim 1/8"  off the bottom of each - do NOT do this before you make your four pieces - your angles may get off.

Wow!  Told you that you needed patience!!!  Let me know how you do making one of these.  Once you have made one, they are pretty easy to do.  And yes, my first one was not something I would want to show you!

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Stippled Blossoms
Inks:          Summer Starfruit, Island Indigo & Lucky Limeade (retired)
Paper:      Whisper White, Island Indigo & Quatrefancy DSP
Other:        Satin Ribbon, Creped Filter Paper, Floral Frames framelits, Little Leaves framelit,
                    Swirl die (retired), Modern Label punch,  Reinkers to dye flowers.

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Faux Silk/Tissue Paper Technique....

Hi Everyone!  It is Tuesday and I am back with another technique for you.  This technique has been around for quite a while but is still fun to do.  Here's what you will need for the technique:

• Tissue Paper
• Black StazOn Ink
• Markers in Desired Colors
• Glue Stick
• Brayer (optional)
• Whisper White or Light Color Cardstock
• Fine Line Image Stamp Set

 Using Black StazOn ink, stamp all over the tissue paper.

 Your tissue paper will look like this.  Turn it over.

 Color the backside of the tissue paper using your markers - I used Pretty in Pink for the flowers.

 For the leaves, I used Old Olive.  Your tissue will look like this from the front side when you are done coloring.

 Now, the fun part!  Crunch it up into a tiny ball in your hand.

 Next, carefully open it back up but not completely.  Make sure you don't tear the tissue but also don't open it so much that you stretch out all of the wrinkling.

 Using a glue stick, cover the entire piece of Whisper White or light colored cardstock.  (I used Bashful Blue - retired.)

 Place your tissue paper onto your glued cardstock, making sure that you do not smooth out the wrinkles before it gets placed down onto the cardstock.

 Press around the entire piece so you get a complete seal on the tissue.  You will find that areas crinkle in order to absorb the loose tissue.  You may also use a brayer for this step.

 Here is what it looks like with a Whisper White cardstock as opposed to the Bashful Blue that I used in the card.  It gives it a very different look so experiment!

 Here's the final card we made.  On this card, you can see a two-tone look to the flowers in the faux silk technique.  That was done by coloring with two colors of markers.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Stippled Blossoms & Papaya Collage
Inks:          Black StazOn, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Old Olive & Lucky Limeade (retired)
Paper:       Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Whisper White & Bashful Blue (retired)
Other:        Scallop Ribbon (retired), Subtles Brads (retired)

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Here's the Scoop Class Card #3....

Here's the third card in the Here's the Scoop Class. 

For this card, we used the Stippled Blossoms stamp set as well as the Perfectly Penned set for the sentiment.

Here's the inside of the card which was done with Pink Pirouette and Rose Red.  The leaves were done with Old Olive.
And now the scoop:

1. Framelits:  Place face down on top of cardstock if you have an image stamped.
2. If you are cutting with two framelits at the same time, use painter’s tape to keep them lined up as desired.  Here I showed that we could cut the Old Olive "frame" by placing painter's tape in a few spots on the framelits so it stays the same distance apart if you are making several frames.
3. It is difficult to see in this picture but you can see above the flower that I embossed the shape of the small framelit.  To create an embossed look, use “embossing sandwich”.

Embossing Sandwich

• Platform with Tab 2
• 2 silicone sheets
• Cardstock
• Framelit – cut side up (away from cardstock)
• Sheet of copy paper
• Cutting Plate

Stampin' Up!'s Stippled Blossoms....

Today's card uses the new Stippled Blossoms stamp set.  I just love this set!  The flowers turn out so beautiful no matter what color you use and even if you don't line them up perfectly, they still look wonderful!

Here's what you will need to make this card:

• Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Baja Breeze & Very Vanilla cardstock.
• Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede & Baja Breeze classic ink.
• Stippled Blossoms & Thoughts & Prayers stamp sets
• Fancy Fan embossing folder
• Finishing Touches edgelits
• Apothecary Accents framelits
• 3/8" Stitched Satin ribbon - Midnight Muse
• Stamp-a-ma-jig (optional)

I cut out the frame using the Apothecary Accents framelit and then stamped the solid flower in Baja Breeze and then stamped over in Midnight Muse with the detail flower.  I did not use the Stamp-a-ma-jig but I think it looks great anyway. 
To make the leaves, I used the Gumball Green ink and stamped off on my grid paper once with the solid leaf and then used the ink at full strength for the detail stamp.  This gave the leaves a perfect lightness and darkness to them.  I then sponged around the outside edge of the framelit using the Soft Suede ink.