Ho Ho Ho!

 It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here to share a project with you!! Our theme this week is Christmas in July! 

Here's my card created with the Kate Crane 007 Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Kate Crane for PaperArtsy, the Hills Acetate Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps, and the A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Creative Expressions.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp Santa from the Kate Crane 007 Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Kate Crane for PaperArtsy twice — once onto a piece of Mixed Media paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.

Place the reindeer stamp from the Kate Crane 007 Cling Mounted Stamp Set facedown on the right of Santa. Ink the stamp with  Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp it twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.

Clean and dry the reindeer stamp. Reposition it facedown on Santa's left. Ink the stamp with  Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp it twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.

Place the flattest of the masks from the Hills Acetate Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps horizontally across the image panel and secure with low-tack tape and/or magnets.

Brush or sponge grey-blue dye ink over the Hills Acetate Mask and the masked images onto the image panel to create a background sky.

Use a C1 Copic marker to trace the top of the Hills Acetate Mask, Flip the mask over and move it downwards. Use the C1 marker to trace it again.  Repeat this step to create more lines of snow on the background. 

Remove the masks from the images and use Copic markers to color them. Use a N6 marker to increase the size of the reindeers' pupils then use a white gel pen to add highlights to them and to the reindeers' hooves. Use a black Glaze pen to color the buttons on Santa's outfit and make them shiny and dimensional.

Position the "ho, ho, ho!" sentiment stamp facedown on the image panel as shown. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp. Heat set the ink.

Add dots of Bold Stardust Clear Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens by Sakura along the traced snow lines. Let the gel ink dry, trim the image panel, and mat with a slightly larger panel of red textured cardstock.

Cut a piece of patterned paper from the A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Creative Expressions to 4" x 5.25" to create the background panel. Edge it with a R35 Copic marker and adhere it to a red A2 card. 

Adhere the matted image panel to finish the card.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for step-by-step instructions and complete supply lists.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Kate Crane 007 Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Kate Crane for PaperArtsy

Hills Acetate Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps

A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Creative Expressions

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Bold Stardust Clear Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens by Sakura

Thank you for visiting today!

Eclipse Card Tutorial

Greetings! You've got Kathi here today! My blog post this week was pre-empted by Topflight Stamps 9th Birthday Blog Hop so I decided to share a tutorial showing how I created my Birthday Hop eclipse card! 

I hope that you've had the chance to hop, been inspired at each hop stop, and left lots of comments to improve your chance of winning a fabulous prize! However, not to worry, you have until midnight on March 31st to participate!

Here's my birthday eclipse card created with the Kate Crane 006 Cling Mounted Stamp Set, the Kate Crane Mini 004 Cling Mounted Stamp, the Kate Crane Mini 005 Cling Mounted Stamp —all by Kate Crane for PaperArtsy. PS322 Stencil by Tracy Scott for PaperArtsy with VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko  and the Happy Birthday Essentials Cutting Die Set by Studio Light.

Instructions:

Step 1: 

Use blending tool and foam to apply Arctic VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to a piece of Mixed Media Paper to begin your background panel. It's okay if it's a bit streaky. Heat set.

Step 2: 

Use low-tack tape to secure the PS322 Stencil by Tracy Scott for PaperArtsy onto the background panel. Use a sponge dauber to apply Baby Pink VersaFine Clair Ink diagonally over the stencil onto the background panel. 

Step 3:

Use another dauber to sponge Arctic VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel. This time you'll be adding blue areas to either side of the pink inked "x", slightly overlapping the inks. VersaFine Clair Inks blend beautifully with one another.

Step 4:

Using yet another dauber, sponge Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel, adding lilac/purple ink as shown above.

Step 5:

Use another dauber to apply Veri Peri VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil to fill in the the remaining open areas of the background panel.

Step 6:

Remove the low-tack tape and the stencil from the background panel and heat set it. As VersaFine Clair Ink is pigment-based, the stencil should be cleaned immediately. I use a paper towel to apply Purell and then use another paper towel to dry the stencil.

Step 7:

Trim the background panel to 8.5" x 5.5". Place the Shadow Die from the Happy Birthday Essentials Cutting Die Set by Studio Light facedown on the background panel and secure with low-tack tape which should overlap to the back of the panel.

Run the die/background panel sandwich through a die-cutting machine. 

When done, remove the cutting die and low-tack tape from the background panel. Set the background panel and the sentiment shadow die-cut aside.

Step 8:

Use the same die to cut another piece of white Mixed Media Paper and edge the die-cut using Arctic VersaFine Clair Ink. Heat set the ink.

Step 9:

Sponge Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink onto a piece of Mixed Media Paper. Heat set the ink. Place the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Happy Birthday Essentials Cutting Die Set facedown onto the inked and heat-set cardstock. Run the sandwich through the die-cut machine, then use the same ink to edge the letters in the sentiment. Set the sentiment die-cut aside.

Step 10:

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the Queen from the Kate Crane 006 Cling Mounted Stamp Set, the bird from the Kate Crane Mini 004 Cling Mounted Stamp, and the other bird from the Kate Crane Mini 005 Cling Mounted Stamp onto Copic-friendly white cardstock. Fussy-cut all the images. 

Step 11:

Use Copic markers to color the queen. Use a black pen to edge the image. Use a white gel pen to add catchlights to the pupils of her eyes and a purple glitter pen to add glitter to the gems in her crown.

Step 12:

Use Copic markers to color the birds. Use a black pen to edge the images. Use a white gel pen to add catchlights to their eyes and a purple glitter pen to add glitter to the gems in the crown.

Step 13:

Create an 8.5" x 5.5" card from white heavyweight cardstock. Adhere the background panel to the card then edge the card with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink. Heat set. 

Adhere the die-cut created in Step 8 into the opening in the card. 

Step 14:

Adhere the colored and fussy-cut queen in the center of the card as shown above. 

Step 15:

Adhere the sentiment shadow die-cut created in Step 7 atop the queen and the white die-cut. This will raise the sentiment shadow die-cut slightly. 

Adhere the two colored and fussy-cut birds as shown above. Adhere the "Happy Birthday" sentiment die-cut to finish the card. 

As always, pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for complete supply lists (Copic markers used, etc.).

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Kate Crane 006 Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Kate Crane for PaperArtsy

Kate Crane Mini 004 Cling Mounted Stamp by Kate Crane for PaperArtsy

Kate Crane Mini 005 Cling Mounted Stamp by Kate Crane for PaperArtsy

PS322 Stencil by Tracy Scott for PaperArtsy

Happy Birthday Essentials Cutting Die Set by Studio Light

Arctic, Baby Pink, Lilac Bloom, Veri Peri, , and Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko 

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Bold Stardust Clear Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Pens by Sakura

Premier Ink Blending Tool and Foam by Hunkydory Crafts

(I love these tools. The velcro that holds the foam is firmly glued to the handle, which makes it easy to add and remove the foam pads.)

Thanks for visiting today!

I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you to complete the hop and/or participate to our Insta-hop!

And don't forget the 9th Birthday Sale!

Winter Is Magic

 It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here today to share a project with you! This week's theme is "Anything Goes". It's been a really cold snowy winter and there's no end in sight, so I created a wintry-themed card with the Kate Crane 007 Rubber Cling Mounted Stamp Set by PaperArtsy, the Winter Is Magic Clear Stamp Set 1191 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create, the Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by CREAlies, the Acetate Hills Masks/Stencils, Snowflakes 8x8 Stencil, and Della Blue Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps.

Here it is!

Here's a close-up that shows the sparkly and stenciled details.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the fairy and the snowman from the Kate Crane 007 Rubber Cling Mounted Stamp Set by PaperArtsy twice — once onto a panel of Bristol Paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper.

Use Copic markers to color both images. Use Copic markers to outline the images. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions and place them over their counterparts as masks.

Use the second largest die from the Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by CREAlies to cut the image panel. 

Place the flattest hills mask from the Acetate Hills Masks/Stencils by Lavinia Stamps across the bottom part image panel die-cut so that the mask's top edge is across the bottom part of the masked snowman. 

Brush Della Blue Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps over the Acetate Hills Mask and the masked snowman onto the image panel die-cut to add a background color to the top part. Remove the Acetate Hills Mask. Lightly mist the inked portion of the image panel die-cut. with water to add some white splatters and splotches to the background . Heat set the image panel die-cut.

Use a sponge dauber or a small blending brush to add shimmery white pigment ink over the bottom part of the image panel die-cut, then heat set the ink.

Place the Snowflakes 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps over the image panel die-cut. Brush white pigment ink, then shimmery white pigment ink over the Snowflakes 8x8 Stencil onto the image panel die-cut.

Remove the stencil and heat-set the image panel die-cut.

Remove the masks from the fairy and snowman. Add Stardust Clear Glittering Gel Ink Pen by Sakura onto the fairy's wings, crown, and the star on her mask, then use a Copic blending marker to spread the glitter over them. When done, clean the markers nib onto a piece of tissue.

Use the Stardust Clear Glittering Gel Ink Pen by Sakura to add lines extending from the bottom of the fairy and from the star on her wand. Also use it to add dot details to the snowman and to the top of the snowy hill.

Position the "winter is magic" sentiment stamp from the Winter Is Magic Clear Stamp Set 1191 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create onto the image panel as shown. Ink the stamp with embossing ink and stamp. Ink the sentiment stamp a second time with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp. Sprinkle clear detail embossing powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into its container, and melt the powder with an embossing tool.

Cut a piece of black cardstock so that it's .25" larger than the image panel die-cut and use it as a mask. Adhere the matted image panel to a white card.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for step-by-step instructions and complete supply lists. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Kate Crane 007 Rubber Cling Mounted Stamp Set by PaperArtsy

Winter Is Magic Clear Stamp Set 1191 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by CREAlies

Acetate Hills Masks/Stencils by Lavinia Stamps

Snowflakes 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Della Blue Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Stardust Clear Glittering Gel Ink Pen by Sakura

Thank you for visiting today!