Crazy 4 Challenges - Play on Words

The Crazy 4 Challenges team are taking inspiration from the words "Skating on thin ice".  I came across a technique called Black Ice on You Tube and thought it suiting for the challenge.  

I first stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up! called Birthday Wishes for You in black Memento onto a piece of Silver Foil card stock.  I used several colors of Stampin' Blends to color the inside.  I noticed that if I colored over the black Memento it would get lighter - I think it's because of the foil type cardstock.  So after I finished coloring it in, I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line it up and stamped again using Versamark and heat embossed with black powder.  As you can see, I didn't line it up perfectly and it has a little shadow - a happy mistake as I really like it that way.  After it cooled down, I swiped the Versamark pad over the top and covered it with holographic embossing powder and heat set.  There's a lot of texture to the main panel and it also intensified the coloring.  For a bit of color I added a bit of polka-dot washi tape.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- BirthdayWishes for You
Cardstock - Basic Black, Whisper White
Stampin' Blends- Cherry Cobbler (light and dark), Rich Razzelberry (light and dark), Pumpkin Pie (light)
Ink- Versamark
Other- black embossing powder, hollographic embossing powder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Paper Pumpkin March kit

I was playing around with my March Paper Pumpkin ....and here's a few cards I created.  The kit comes with all the items needed to make lots of note cards.  The envelopes that come with this card are absolutely gorgeous!

Isn't the envelope gorgeous?

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's sketch time with Crazy 4 Challenges.  For the triangular shape, I stamped the flowers from a Stampin' Up! stamp set called Happy Birthday Gorgeous onto tissue paper.  After stamping, I crumbled up the tissue paper and adhered it to a piece of Whisper White card stock.  I think I smoothed out the tissue paper too much and lost some of the texture ☹.

 I stamped some more flowers onto the inside of the card and on the envelope as well.  The flowers are a 2-step stamping and being photo polymer makes them very easy to line up.  The stamp also has a little triangular shape on each stamp to make it even easier to line up.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps-Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Cardstock - Whisper White, Tutti Fruitti Cards & Envelopes from Sale-A-Bration

Ink- Emerald Envy, Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo



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Happiest of Days

I love the daintiness of this stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Happiest of Days.  I stamped the sentiment onto an oval die cut from Stitched Shapes Framelits.  I traced around the sentiment with Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker and sponged a bit of Tangerine Tango ink around the edges as well.

 The inside sentiment and the cake comes in the set as well.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Happiest of Days
Cardstock - Tutti Frutti Cards & Envelopes (Sale-a-bration)
Dies - Stitched Shapes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Perfect Blend

It's Crazy 4 Challenges Perfect Blend challenge.  Create a card with coffee for inspiration in the form of colors, stamps or dies.  I thought I would use different shades of brown to make this masculine card.
I used the Tailored Tag to punch various piece of patterned paper to piece together on a Very Vanilla mat.  I distressed the edges just a little bit, stamped the sentiment from Vertical Greetings, add a bow tie using the Bow Builder punch and it's done!

I followed the punched pattern for the inside of the card and just a sentiment finishes off my masculine card.  

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Vertical Greetings, inside sentiment from my stash
Cardstock - Pool Party, Very Vanilla
Punch- Tailored Tag, Bow Builder

Karen Burniston's Paper Pros - Spring Flowers

It's time for the Paper Pros Spring Flowers Challenge.  I used Katherine Label to stamp my sentiment from Stampin' Up!'s stamp set called Happy Birthday Gorgeous.  I added a strip of grass using Karen's Nature Edges die set.

And now it's Spring!  I used the Tree Pop Up along with Nature Edges and Katherine Label for the inside scene.  The die cut flowers were from a scrap piece of cardstock that I was practicing Brusho techniques.  I stamped a few flowers and a sentiment onto a Katherine Label.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps-Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Cardstock - Whisper White, Early Espresso, retired DSP

Ink- Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Old Olive
Other- Brusho

Tree Pop Up

Katherine Label Pop Up

Nature Edges

  

Crazy 4 Challenges - Stencil and Dies

The Crazy 4 Challenges team are using dies to create a stencil to use on our cards this week.  I used Karen Burniston's Nature Edges to die cut a piece of scrap paper.  I used that wavy piece to sponge different colors all over the Whisper White panel.  I used punched a Starburst and put the raccoon in the opening.

For the inside, I used the Spinner Square Pop Up to animate another animal from the We Must Celebrate stamp set.  I used the punch from the front to adhere the little bear to it.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- We Must Celebrate
Cardstock - Whisper White
Ink- Daffodil Delight, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugar Plum
Punch- Starburst

Nature Edges

Spinner Square Pop Up

Stamp Camp

I will be teaching how to make these cards at my Pompano Beach stamp camp on Saturday April 21st at 10am.  Please email me for more information on attending.
This is a technique class using the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

To purchase Stampin' Up! products, please visit Stampin' Up! and enter Raquel Mason as your demonstrator.



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