Resist Embossing with AHSC Sketch #16 - For You

This week over on Atlantich Hearts Sketch Challenge we are on our sixteenth week.  We've had entries from Australia, Sweden and the UK.  The entrants have been creating some pretty amazing artwork, and sharing it with us on our blog.

Here is the Sketch for this week:

Here is my card:

So for my card I started with a white card base and I added a piece of Crystal Blue Cardstock to the first side.  Then I added a piece of Pacifica cardstock to the other half.  On a piece of White Daisy Cardstock I stamped in Colonial White Pigment Ink using the floral stamp from In the Background, and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Then comes the fun part, it is called Resist Enbossing.  Using 4 sponge daubers, and starting from the top and working down I inked up over the embossed image.  The colors I used are Sky, Crystal Blue, Twilight and Pacifica.  
The sentiment is from Say It In Style, and I used Black pigment Ink.  The Flower and Butterfly were then coloured with Sky and Pacifica Alcohol Markers.  I placed a Crystal Button in the center of the flower for the butterfly to perch on.  You can watch Kristine and Monica use the technique here. (Thanks for the tip Lalia)

So don't forget to check out our entrants as well as our amazing Design Team.

Happy Birthday with Laughing Lola

I made this card especially for the challenge over at Color My Heart.  We are on Color Dare #55, use Laughing Lola Gold, Blue and Purple. 

I decided to use CTMH New Spin Cards(Z1866) and some of the Laughing Lola Assortment(Z1854) to finish it off.

The Plaid paper is cut at 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", and then the Paisley paper is cut at 3 1/2" x 5".  The square cut out is 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" and I used that piece to give the sentiment a background.  I then used a 3/4" strip of the Snake Print and used our new scallop punch to create the boarder.  The happy birthday sentiment is stamped directly on the spinner piece, and then I stamped it a second time on the snake print paper, and trimmed it out.  Then paper pieced it onto the spinner.

As you can see, when you open the card, the Happy Birthday sentiment spins, so it is on the inside of the card. 

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Happy Anniversary card for AHSC Sketch #15

I'm so excited to say that we've got a full rooster on our Atlantic Hearts Design Team, in 5 months from now, we will be starting to recruit for our second round.  So if you missed out we would love to see you apply for our Design Team then.

I still can't believe that this week marks our 15th week!  Yep, this week we are featuring Sketch #15.  I really followed my sketch when making this card, following all my little side notes, and it turned out exactly as I planned.  I really love this card, and decided it would make a very nice Anniversary card.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

So, I started with a Colonial White cardbase, the next layer is just slightly smaller then the base, just to show a hint of the cardbase.  Then I used the Flower stamp from Card Word Puzzle and stamped it in Bamboo Ink on Colonial White CS.  To get the random pattern, you stamp in sets of 3 making a triangle.  Then I cut another piece of Chocolate CS and Colonial White CS for my sentiment.  I stamped the sentiment in Chocolate Ink from the From Me to You stamp set.  Then I stitched around the edges using Chocolate Embroidery Floss.  Make sure when you adhere the pieces together not to put your adhesive where you plan on stitching as it will gum up you piercer and needle.

Now don't forget to hop on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and check out the awesome artwork our design team has created.

Huntington Cards for Card Box

As Promised, here are a few cards I got made yesterday evening to match with the Card Box from the previous post.  They all use the Huntington Paper packet which consists of 6 sheets of patterned paper, and 6 sheets of cardstock.(*** If you were hopping along on the New Product Blog Hop, please return there, you will find a link at the bottom of this post.)

For this card I used a pattern from the Make It From Your Heart Vol II.  This is Pattern #20.  I turned it on it's side.  I also added a piece of Champagne CS for the sentiment.  I used the smaller flower stamp from Happy Autumn(D1550) give a background, it is stamped in 2nd generation Desert Sand.  The sentiment also comes from this stamp set, and is stamped in Autumn Terracotta.  I distressed al the papers using a sponge and chocolate ink.

For my second card, I used another pattern from the new How To Guide.  This is pattern #24.  I used 2 stamp sets to make this card.  The sentiment is stamped in Barn Red, and is from Pefect Fit-Thanksgiving(B1427).  Then I stamped the flower image form Happy Autumn(D1550) two times on scrap paper and fuzzy cut them out.  I Adhered the first directly to the card.  The second one, I cut out pieces from sections of the flower, and then added 3D foam tape to pop it off the first flower.I didn't place it over the first exactly, I overlapped them just a bit, so you can see the flower below.

My final card today also is from a pattern in the new How To Guide.  This is pattern #21, and once I had all my squares, I then cut them diagonally to make triangles.  Then carefully I started to place them onto the piece of Cocoa CS.  I sanded the edges of the Cocoa to sort of give it that vintage vibe.  The sentiment is from the Stamp Set Count Your Blessings(C1555), and is stamped in Cocoa ink. 

You can find the card box here, this link will return you to the Blog hop featuring many fabulous projects.  

2013 Autumn/Winter Idea Book Release and New Product Hop

I am so excited to be able to tell you today is the day you can view the New Idea Book for Autumn/Winter online.  If you would like to receive a copy of the book please email me, and I will get one out to you.

There are so many wonderful New Items and I wanted to create some projects to show you.  I really like the New Huntington Paper Packet(X7174B), and decided with Autumn only a month away that I would use that for today's preview.  Along with the paper I used the Huntington Stickease(X7174C) and the Huntington Assortment (Z1881) to create this super cute and easy Card Box(Z1647).

The great thing about making this card box is that I used less than 2 sheets of paper.  I used about 3/4 of a sheet of Barn Red Cardstock, and 5/6 of a sheet of the Champagne/Cashmere patterned paper.  That leaves me with 5 sheets of Cardstock and 5 sheets of patterned paper that I can make cards with.  Check back in the next 3 days on my blog and I will have cards made to accompany this card box.

So for this card box, I firstly started by inking all the edges, inside and out with reinker and the areas that need a touch up and I went back in with a marker.  The colour used is Barn Red.  While that dried, I started by cutting my papers.  I only needed 2 sheets of paper for this project.  A sheet of Barn Red cardstock.  Once I had the pieces cut I sanded all the edges to bring out the white core.  Then I cut all my pieces of Cashmere/Champagne Patterned Paper.  Once the box was dry I started adhering the paper to the box.

On the top of the box, I added one of the stickease from the collection, as I wanted to keep this a very simple design.

Then I added one of the bottons from the collections Assortment to the flap.  I think it just gives it that finished look.

I also covered the inside of the box, which is why I also had inked the inside.  My hubby liked it and tried to claim it as his cigar box.  

Now don't forget to hop through and check everyone else's projects.  And come on back and check out my collection of cards in the next few days that will coordinate with this box.

***This link will take you to my post containing 3 cards that will match my card box.  Don't forget to return and continue hopping!  Huntington Cards***

Happy Hopping!