CardMaker & Ranger Industries Blog Hop

     Welcome to the CardMaker and Ranger Industries Blog Hop!

     This week we, the members of the CardMaker Blog Team, have been playing with the new Tim Holtz water-reactive Distress Crayons. To be quite honest, I was really nervous about today's blog hop. I am more of a stamper than a painter-with-pigment kind of card maker. But, I surprised myself! I had so much fun with these Distress Crayons!

     To get the hang of working with these new crayons, I experimented on some scraps of cardstock first. After just a few tries, I found what worked best for me - work in small areas and smudge with a wet finger. I am really pleased with how my card turned out.

     To begin, I created a 4.25"x5.5" card base with heavy-duty cream cardstock. I heat-embossed a clear background onto another panel of heavy-duty cream cardstock.

     Then, I began coloring. I applied some of the crayon to my cardstock in a small area and with a wet finger smeared it out and over my background. With a wet paper towel, I gently wiped across the embossed areas to allow the embossing to show. I kept coloring little by little with different colors until my panel was all covered. I adhered it to my card with foam tape.

     I stamped over one of my practice-panels and trimmed it to use as the first piece of a freestyle-collage embellishment. I adhered the collage to my card with foam tape.

     I had so much fun learning to use these Distress Crayons! The colors are so vibrant. But, they can also be very soft depending upon how much water you use with them. It's all up to you. With a wet paintbrush, they also make an ombre look very easy to achieve.

     Thanks so much for hopping along with us today! Give these Tim Holtz Distress Crayons a try. I know I will be using my set often!

     Be sure and stop by my fellow Blog Team member's blogs and see all the inspiration they have to share with you today.

     Your next stop is at Carisa's blog.

    Below is a full list of participating blogs just in case you started here or get lost along the way.

   Have a wonderful day, Pamela

CardMaker

Linda Beeson

Lisa Silver

Kim Klinkovsky

Pamela Haskin -- you are here

Carisa Zglobicki

Dawn Lusk

Ranger Industries 

 

 

     Materials used:

          Distress Crayons-   (Ranger, Tim Holtz pack TDBK47919

                                               seedless preserves TDB49630

                                               chipped sapphire TDB49609

                                               festive berries TDB49586)

                                             

          cardstock-                heavy-duty cream (the Paper Studio 667998)

                                              navy, pink, purple (the Paper Studio 449769)

 

          stamps-                     background (Hero Arts, Line Dots CG316)

                                              butterfly (Unity Stamp Co, Butterfly Endearment UK-777A)

                                              sentiment (Hero Arts, CL342)

                                              dots (Fiskars, All Year Cheer 03-013370)

 

          ink-                            black dye (Memories BLACK-020MEMB)

                                              watermark pigment (VersaMark VM-001)

 

         embossing powder- clear (JoAnn Craft Essentials)

 

          dies-                           circles (Spellbinders GLD-005)

                                              confetti (Our Daily Bread Designs, CSBD15)

 

          brad-                         black (Recollections 356862)

 

          gems-                        purple (Studio G WM0161)

 

          paperclip-                mini (Tim Holtz, ideaology TH92791)

          adhesive-                  foam tape (Scotch 3M)

CardMaker & Faber-Castell Blog Hop

     Welcome to the CardMaker and Faber-Castell blog hop and giveaway! I've had so much fun this weekend creating flowers with the Paper Flowers kit from Faber-Castell.  

     Is this not the most vivid yellow you've ever seen!?! I really love the watercolor gelatos that come in the kit. You just shave some of the pigment off and mix with water or rubbing alcohol and brush it on. I chose to use alcohol so that my flowers would dry faster.

     All the paper layers I used came with the kit including cardstock, vellum and crepe. To protect my desktop from the pigment, I painted my 'lemon' flower layers on top of a large scrap of white cardstock. I never imagined I would use that scrap, but I loved the look of the accidental background. I trimmed it and adhered it with foam tape. I'm so happy about how it turned out.
     The kit also comes with a bottle of 'texture gems' gel to make dew drops and/or designs on the flower petals. Instead, as my rebel side insisted, I made clear drops around my card where I might normally adhere gems or sequins.

     I have a great basket stamp that I thought would be perfect to use with a few flowers from the kit. I painted the centers first with 'metallic melon'. Then, I painted on 'metallic grape' by lightly dragging a stiff brush from the centers out. Once the flowers were dry, I gently scored between each petal of the top layer to get more dimension. I curled the petals and stacked the layers with foam tape that also comes in the kit. I'm telling you, this kit has everything in it you need! But, I digress- I used a Faber-Castell India ink 'light skin #114' marker to add shading to my basket. I finished the card with a heat-embossed sentiment tag and a few white pearls.

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     Thanks a million for hopping along with us today! I hope we have inspired you to create your own cards or other projects using this Faber-Castell Paper Flowers kit. I would love to see what you create!

     Be sure to stop in and see the amazing creations of my fellow CardMaker blog-team members. Leave a little love for each if you can while you are there. And, make sure you stop at Faber-Castell. They are hosting a giveaway for a lucky hopper.

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    Your next stop is Faber-Castell.

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   In case you came here first, or if you get lost, here's a complete list of the blogs that are joining in the fun today.
     CardMaker
      Carisa Zglobicki    
     Dawn Lusk  
     Kim Klinkovsky 
     Linda Beeson
     Lisa Silver
     Pamela Haskin (you are here)
     Faber-Castell

Products Used:
     paper flowers, texture gems gel, gelatos, foam tape- (Faber-Castell 770803T)
     marker- India ink light skin #114 (Faber-Castell 770080)
     cardstock- heavy duty white (the Paper Studio 227041), heavy duty cream (the Paper
                            Studio 667998), purple, yellow, orange (the Paper Studio pack 449769),
                            pre-embossed white (DCWV CM-002-00008)
     stamps- hello sentiment (Hero Arts CL342), blessings sentiment and basket (Our
                       Daily Bread Designs - Basket of Blessings H618)
     pigment- dragonfly black (ColorBox 13165), black dye (Memories BLACK-002-MEMB)
     embossing powder- clear (Ranger Super Fine Detail SFJ06954)
     gems- pearls, white (Michaels 377558), yellow (Prima 530891)
   




Double Embossing Challenge ODBDSLC260

     Thanks so much for stopping in. Today, I have a card for the Double Embossing (heat and dry) Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs.
     My favorite technique has always been heat-embossing. I find it adds that extra touch that gives a more professional finish to my cards. I heat-embossed the sentiment (ODBD - Little Things - #D298) on my card. I used a matching moss green pigment (ColorBox) and clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder (Ranger). I highly recommend using the super fine powders for small lettering like on this stamp. You will get a much better result.
     For the dry embossing, I used a honeycomb embossing folder (the Paper Studio). The  moss green and soft orange cardstock (The Home Spun Stack DCWC) came already embossed with lines. I embossed over that giving a more complex look to my top panel. I added a small strip of the green under the top panels balance to the card.
     I die-cut the circles (Picot Edge Circles-Spellbinders), then  heat-embossed the sentiment on one and added a few green gems.
     There are still a few days left before the deadline if you want to join in the fun. Here's the link to the rules: http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/odbdslc260-double-embossing-heat-and-dry.html

DCWV July Card Sketch Challenge

     I created this card for the Die Cuts With a View July Card-Sketch Challenge. I made the dusty pink card base from  DCWV's Le Tres Chic cardstock stack. I used the same cardstock for the sentiment panel and the butterflies. I heat-embossed the sentiment and panel. Even though the cardstock is textured, it took my stamping very well. And, I am really picky about my stamping. I like it very neat and sharp. All the patterned papers came from DCWV's The Heirloom stack. Erin at DCWV has some great tips for cutting the angled strips. Check it out here: http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-stack-holic-challenge.html You will also find info there for the challenge if you want to join in on all the fun. There is still plenty of time.     

  This is the sketch we had to work with this month. I like this sketch so much that I think I will use it as a guideline to make a scrapbook layout. Wouldn't it be pretty!

Supply List

cardstock - DCWV Le Tres Chic Stack

patterend paper- DCWV The Heirloom Stack

sentiment panel- Fiskars Simple Stick Accents

sentiment- Fiskars Butterfly Magic clear stamps
border punch- Fiskars Give It a Swirl

butterfly- Martha Stewart butterfly punch
clear gems- Studio G

teal pigment ink- ColorBox

clear embossing powder- Ranger Super Fine Detail