July CAS Mix Up Challenge - Tissue Paper

Yikes -  It's July already!  So it's definitely summer in the northern hemisphere!  If it's hot where you live - get inside with the air-conditioning or fans and get to work on this fun CAS Mix Up challenge! 

Bonnie is our host this month and this is her challenge:

And here is the card I created using Stamps, Tissue Paper, Paints, Stencils and Rhinestones!

I used Deli paper which is like tissue paper.  I purchased it at a class run by Dina Wakley at a now (sadly) closed craft shop in New Hampshire. I bought 2 packages of it and this is the first time I pulled it out to use again!  

Here are a few photos of my process.

I got out my Gelli Plate (another item I rarely use as I'm not always happy with what I get when I play!)  the Deli sheets and I picked out 3 colors of paint to use -  Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Opaque Chalk Acrylics in Guacamole, Sky and Haystack.

I watched this video linked over at the challenge - 

 Layering Technique with Gelli Print Tissue by Birgit Koopsen

I got out 4 stencils and a stamp - top left - Mosaic Swirl/Dina Wakley, top right - Machinations #5347/Stencil Girl, bottom left - dragonfly stamp from Classics #1 set/Tim Holtz,  middle bottom Intersecting Brick Circle #S137/Stencil Girl, and bottom right - Mid Century Modern Elements #S118/Stencil Girl.

For each stencil -  I brayered color onto my Gelli Plate, put a stencil over it, then laid a deli sheet over it, pressed the paper over the stencil with my hand then pulled off the paper.  Then I removed the stencil and laid a clean sheet of deli paper over the Gelli Plate - smoothed it over with my hand and pulled off the paper -  giving a positive and negative print for each stencil as seen below.  For the stamp - I brayered the paint over the Gelli Plate and stamped the stamp onto the plate then onto the deli paper (I forgot to do a negative printing for the stamp (drat!)

For this card - I chose 3 of the stenciled papers and ripped off small strips.  I followed the instructions on the video- brushing Liquitex Matte Medium onto a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of white cardstock, laying a Deli paper strip over it, and then brushing Liquitex again over the stenciled piece.  I did the same steps for each piece I layered on. I let the panel dry.  Then I cut down the panel so there would be lots of white around it to make it CAS.  I adhered the panel to my card base, stamped on the sentiment and added 3 rhinestones.

This was a fun challenge and showed me I need to play more with my Gelli Plate 

and with Tissue Paper!

The challenge is open until July 24.  You will find links to other techniques using Tissue Paper as well as lots of inspiration from the talented Design Team and our July Guest Designer Sue - over at the CAS Mix Up Challenge here.

Stamps:  Signature Greetings - PTI, Classic - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous
Ink:  True Black - PTI
Paper:  White - PTI, Deli Paper
Accessories:  Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Opaque Chalk Acrylics, rhinestones - Kaiser, Gelli Plate, Breyer - Ranger, Liquitex Matte Medium, Mosaic Swirl Stencil - Dina Wakley, Mid Century Modern Elements, Interlocking Brick Circle and Machinations stencils - Stencil Girl.

Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop - Card #5

Continuing with another card for the Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop!

For today's card I used the Framed Coffee Cup stamp and Hug in a Mug die - both from STAMPlorations.

This card also celebrates STAMPlorations 4th Birthday and fun Birthday Wishlist Linky Party!

This is my wishlist.

Congratulations to Shery and her wonderful design team on 4 years!

Stamps:  Framed Coffee Cup - Stamplorations

Paper:  White, Hibiscus Burst, Fine Linen, True Black - PTI

Ink:  True Black - PTI, Ranger Distress Oxides Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber.

Accessories:  Die - Hug in a Mug - Stamplorations, foam dots, rhinestones - Kaiser Craft.

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Card #4

I've been purchasing so many Coffee/Tea themed stamps and dies - I just had to make another card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop so I could use my new stuff!

I just purchased this Drinking the Coffee stamp from Technique Junkies - 

 it CRACKED me up reading it!

I stamped the sentiment directly onto a piece of patterned paper from Water Color Wash Pattern Paper Collection from PTI.   I colored the coffee mug with Ranger Distress Markers in Tea Dye and Spun Sugar.  I layered the panel to an Hibiscus Burst Panel and then onto the Summer Sunrise card base.

Here's the link to the Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop -  lot's of prizes to be won! You have until 6/30 to link up your card!

Stamps:  Drinking the Coffee - Technique Junkies
Paper:  Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Water Color Wash Pattern Paper Collection - PTI
Ink:  Archival Jet Black
Accessories:  Ranger Distress Markers Tea Dye and Spun Sugar.

Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop - Card #3

Here's my 3rd card for the fun Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop!  

The hop runs through Friday June 30 and there are lots of prizes to win!

I made a background panel by rubbing Ranger Distress Oxides in Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber onto my craft mat, spritzing each color with water and then pressing and dragging my panel over the colors.  

After the panel was dry, I stamped this great image, Framed Coffee for Two by Stamplorations in black ink.  The frame die is Mix and Mat- Herringbone from PTI.   The sentiment stamp is from Ali Express - a company in China.  I added a few rhinestones for sparkle!

I'm also linking my card to:

Happy Little Stampers

Stamps:  Framed Coffee for Two - Stamploarations,  coffee set - Ali Express
Paper:  White, Spring Moss, Hibiscus Burst - PTI
Ink:  True Black - PTI, Ranger Distress Oxides Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber.
Accessories:  Mix & Mat Die Herringbone - PTI, rhinestones - Kaiser Craft, Memo Punch - SU, foam dots.

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #2

I've got another coffee card to share for the Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  So much summer coffee/tea inspiration over there already -  and SO many prizes to be won!

I used a new stamp set I got on-line from a company in China - Ali Express.  Wicked cheap prices and I got my order in just a few weeks with free shipping!

I stamped the images directly on a piece of patterned paper from Petite Places by PTI.  

Check here to see all the coffee stamps they sell (they also have dies) -   this set is offered by several sellers on the site for different prices  from  $ .89  to $1.93 - always look for the ones with free shipping.

The Coffee Lovers Blog Hop runs until 6/30 and there are TONS of prizes to be won!  

Check it all out here!

Stamps:  Ali Express
Paper:  White, Petite Places Patterned Papers - PTI
Ink: True Black - PTI

Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop! Card #1

I'm so excited to be participating in the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!   It's always such a fun inspiring event and there are SO MANY prizes to be won!! whoo hoo!!  

Thank you Amy, and the rest of the team that work so hard to organize this!

I made a clean and simple card today with a water color wash background on Arches watercolor paper.  I stamped the park scape in Archival Jet Black Ink, dried it with my heat tool, brushed water over the area I wanted to watercolor and then brushed on the watercolor paints.  I dried it again with my heat tool and then stamped the sentiment on.

The sentiment is from an older Papertrey Ink set - Warm Happiness and the Parkscape is a red rubber stamp from Stampendous.

Are you participating in the blog hop too? It runs from  Friday, June 23 - Friday, June 30.   

You'll find the link up and list of all the prizes to be won here.

I'm also linking my card to:

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge

Happy Little Stampers

Stamps:  Parkscape - Stampendous, Warm Happiness - PTI
Paper:  Arches Watercolor paper, white - PTI
Ink:  Archival Jet Black, True Black and Cocoa Bean - PTI
Accessories:  watercolor paints, paint brush, water.

Eileen Hull Inspiration Team - Stampotique Collaboration 3rd Post

This month Eileen Hull's Sizzix Inspiration Team is joining with Stampotique!   We were happily supplied with 6 Stampotique stamps of our choice - so you will see lots of variety over on Eileen's blog every Tuesday in June!

Today is my third post this month for the collaboration -  and I'm excited to share with you the project I made!

(if you missed them - you can see my first project here and my 2nd project here)

I love to store my craft supplies in artistic containers - it brightens up my work space and gives me visual pleasure!    I used Eileen's Vase 3D Sizzix die for this container to hold my 12 Ranger Distress Crayons!  I die cut the Vase out of black mat board.  Then I laid Tim Holtz Burlap Stencil over it and embossed it using Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste -  I kept moving the stencil to fill the whole area - not worrying if it didn't cover everywhere or got smudged a little here and there!

I set the die cut aside to dry and stamped this sweet Mela image from Stampotique onto white card, colored it with some Copics (BG10, R20, RV06, YR07, E00 and colorless blender) and then fussy cut around her.

When the stenciled paste was dry (within an hour) - I assembled the vase per the instructions - using ScorTape on one end piece and the bottom piece.

I  glued a Quote Chip on one panel, letting it stick out straight as it is quite thick and would crack if bent.  I glued Mela's shoulder to the edge of the Quote Chip and also put a foam dot behind her tummy, attaching her lightly to the vase as well.

I left her arms, legs and feet loose - liking the free form look of it. 

This will certainly brighten up my work space and bring a smile to my face whenever I see Mela standing there handing me a crayon!

I hope I have inspired you to check out all the fun stamps over at Stampotique as well as all of Eileen Hull's wonderful Sizzix Dies!

You will find all of the Inspiration Teams' projects over at Eileen's blog during the month of June!

I'm also linking my project to:

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge

#32  Put a Stencil on It

Stamps and Stencils

Words with Meaning

Country View Challenges

Hearts (Mela has a big heart on her dress, and my heart is in creating art!)

Stamps:  Mela - Stampotique
Paper:  black mat board - Sizzix, white cardstock- Papertrey Ink
Ink:  Archival Jet Black
Accessories:  Vase 3D die - Eileen Hull/Sizzix, Idea-ology Quote Chips, Wendy Vecchi White Embossing paste, Burlap Stencil - Tim Holtz, Copics - BG10, R20, RV06, YR07, E00, colorless blender.