Darkroom Door Shrink Plastic Charm Chalkboard Card

Happy Saturday friends!  It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to share a fun boho inspired card with you.  I embossed the Arrows background stamp by Darkroom Door onto chalkboard paper using Ranger's Pearl embossing powder.  I chose the Wander sentiment stamp by Darkroom Door for my focal point, stamping it onto a lightly inked die cut panel.  Then I thought it would be fun to have something hanging, so I stamped the Darkroom Door Feather onto shrink plastic with Staz-On.  I haven't done this in years and years and it was such fun to try again.  I hope you're inspired to dig out your shrink plastic and have a play at making some charms with your stamps.  Hugs, Autumn

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Bird Life with Darkroom Door+-

Hi, Connie here with a card showcasing the newly
released background stamp called Handwoven by
Darkroom Door.  I paired it with Bird Houses and 
Bird Life also by Darkroom Door. These stamps are from
Australia and you can find them plus many more in
the Topflight Stamps store.

The background is the newly released Handwoven background
stamp.  Archival ink was dabbed randomly across the stamp to get the
two tone color.  The bird house, bird and stars are colored
 with Panpastels, trimmed and adhered to the card front.

The sentiment is embossed on black cardstock and trimmed
down and adhered to the corner of the card front.

A silhouette leaf from the Carved Leaves Vol.1 by Darkroom Door
 is stamped under the bird house using Versafine ink.
Dimensional adhesive is used on the stamped images.  Pearls were
added to the center of the stars.

Products used:

Darkroom Door/Handwoven BG stamp

Darkroom Door/Bird Houses

Darkroom Door/Bird Life

Darkroom Door/Sentiment/Long Distance

Darkroom Door/Sketchy Stars

Wow Embossing Powder

Hunkydory/Pearls

Versafine/Onyx Black

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Kay Carley Spring Flowers with PaperArtsy Frescos

 

 

Hi friends!  It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint here with you today to share a springtime card featuring stamps by Kay Carley for PaperArtsy.  Kay recently shared a Facebook live video tutorial (find it HERE) on how she uses her stamps with their coordinating stencils, so I pulled out my stamps and had a play.   Now, I've used two of Kay's first stamp sets, but I've linked newer, similar stamps below so you can try your hand. 

Kay used Pepermint Frescos to paint her background panel. I used my gel press, so it picked up some of the Prawn Frescos that I had used on an earlier project.  Because I didn't have the stencils, I used stamps with Distress Oxides for my background.  I used Worn Lipstick and Bundled Sage.  I love how Oxides work over Frescos!  For the greenery at the bottom I used Rustic Wilderness Oxide and Wintergreen Frescos to fill in.  I added the tall flowers, curving the stems where desired, to my stamp platform and stamped in Versafine.  I drew longer stems with a black pen where needed.  Then I painted the petals with a combination of Wisteria, Grape and Forget Me Not Frescos.  After the detail was painted in, I restamped with Versafine, then added the white details with a paint pen.  You can see just how easy this process is, no matter which stamps of Kay's you choose.  She makes it even easier by using coordinating stencils, but you can certainly freehand it like I've done.  I finished with a sticker sentiment over a bundled string.  I hope you're inspired to play with stamps and paints and will check out Kay's video tutorial and her amazing range of stamps at Topflight Stamps.  Hugs, Autumn

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Katzelkraft Night Owl Coffee Lover Card with Gel Prints

 

Hi friends, it's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to kick start our week of Katzelkraft!  This fun French stamp company manufactures quality red rubber stamps at an affordable price, because you mount them yourself with EZ Mount cling foam.  I had so much fun playing with these stamps and hope they will inspire you to play.

I have been anxiously awaiting a true XXL die, with which to cut my gel prints and maximize the printed surface.  I like to make larger than normal cards.  Donna just stocked up on the Crealies brand of dies, with basic shapes nesting dies in an oversized variety.  I am thrilled!  Today I am using the XXL Double Stitched Stacked Rectangles.  The largest measures 4.75" x 6.25". 

I pulled out a bunch of coordinating gel prints I made a while back and cut lots of layers, including tiny frames, which I glued around the perimeter of my panels with Andy Skinner's Quick Grab Glue (it has an awesome matte finish).  I used the "snowflakes" from the Lady Christmas stamp set to add a paint splatter effect on my background.  I stamped the grumpy night owl from the Owls stamp set onto gel printed paper and fussy cut them.  I added a couple of die cut wreaths, which I layered to mimic a bird's nest. 

As a final touch I did a little pencil coloring to add depth around his eyes and added some white with a Posca paint pen.  Lastly, I added the coffee first sentiment from the Coffee & Tea To Go stamp set.  Just like me, he refuses to rise from his nest without his cuppa!  LOL!  I hope these cards make you smile.  Hugs, Autumn

Check these out today at TopflightStamps.com!

 

Lynne Perrella Dyed & Stamped Tissue Collage Cards

Hi friends!  It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to share a couple of mixed media cards, inspired by our general sense of making do and upcyling during these tough times.  I salvaged some tissue paper packaging and gave it a good old ink dip to make some funky art papers.

I tapped a combination of Stormy Sky, Bundled Sage and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks onto my kraft mat and spritzed with water, then dipped the crumpled tissue into the wet inks and allowed them to dry. 

Once they were completely dry, I was free to stamp them with Versafine black ink to create art papers from which to build my collages. 

I had enough tissue stamped to get two cards, but stamped both with the gorgeous bottle collage from PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella Collection LPC045, adding sentiments from EAB07 by Alison Bomber.  A bit of stitching, fussy cutting and watercolor were all it took to bring these images to life. 

These new PaperArtsy stamps are going fast, so make sure to click "Email When Available" if they sell out before you can add them to your cart.  Stay crafty friends and I'm looking forward to seeing how you are making do these days.  Hugs, Autumn

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LPC045

EAB07

AALL & Create Fungi Mixed Media Father's Day Card

Hi friends!  It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to kick off our week of Father's Day cardmaking inspiration.  I used the lovely new toadstool stamps by Tracy Evans for AALL & Create and have several ideas to share with you.  First up is a Father's Day card with a fun mixed media background.

I dipped my stamped panel into ink puddles and then clear embossed.  I went along the edges of the panel with Distress Crayons  in brown and green to accent the embossed pivots.   I did the same process on a second stamping of the toadstool heads and flicked off even more of the clear embossing powder to get more pivots.  I gave the panel a splashing of PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Acrylics and blotted the paint while wet, which achieved sort of a encaustic effect. 

Finally I added a typed "fortune cookie" sentiment with a punny graphic I know my guy will dig. 

My next card features a resist technique using the Darkroom Door resist crayon.  I stamped my image and then colored the areas I wished to highlight with the crayon.  I swiped Prism dye ink pads DTP onto my panel and the crayon resisted the ink, leaving the white space.  I heat the crayon to melt the shiny surface, then added a bit of watercolor shading as shown.

I painted the spots on the fungi with more Fresco acrylics. 

And another little card using the same technique.  I especially love the white framing with the crayon. The sentiment is from Deer stamp #222.  I can't stress enough how much I love to use these inks DTP, here I just did stripes and it worked a charm.  Fun and easy!

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Hugs, Autumn

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