Society of Stampaholics

Class Mini-Card #4

I've shown you the cards I taught in my Christmas mini-cards classes featuring Poppy stamps Andrew Angel, Fred Frolic and Fred Frost. Now here's the card featuring Daniel Digger (although why they all have boys' names is beyond me since they appear to be wearing skirts).

But who cares?  I think they're adorable no matter what their names! And they are too much fun to color! I went a little overboard with the Gamsol, so I lost my brightest highlights, but I learned a good lesson for the future: less is more with the mineral spirits!

 

Materials:

Memory Box patterned paper: Crystalline
Memory Box Soiree Shimmer paper: 24 Karat
Memory Box stamps: Sprinkles (B1158)
Poppy stamps: Daniel Digger (230C)
Ranger Distress Inks (Tea Dye, Sapphire)
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Tsukineko glue pad (or like product)
Martha Stewart glitter
(1) snowflake buttons (from JoAnn's)
Aqua pearls: (2) tiny, (1) large
Ribbons: (1) 3.5” sheer aqua
Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool (with foam pad)
Nestabilities Label One die set
PrismaColor Colored Pencils (#1089 - Pale Sage, #992- Light Aqua, #905 - Aqua, #1002 - Yellow Orange, #918 - Orange, #923 - Scarlet Lake, #1034 - Goldenrod, #1032 - Pumpkin Orange, #1034 - Goldenrod, #1031 - Henna,  #943 - Burnt Ochre, #1095 - Black Raspberry, #1087 - Powder Blue)
Copics (E: 000, 00, 21)
Signo pen (silver)

Thanks for looking!

I Found a New Stamp Company

I found a new stamp company with images that are just begging to be colored with Copics!

Although I was way late on sending a card to Janet for the August CCC, I couldn't resist using my newly obtained Spring Luna stamp. How can you go wrong with an image this gorgeous?!  

MATERIALS: Sweet Pea Stamps; Memento, Ranger Distress inks; Copic Markers, Spica pen; Prisma colored pencils; Pebbles chalk; Prima patterned paper; Hero Arts and Recollections pearls; Hero Arts star gem; Mae Arts ribbon

In addition to loving this company's images, I love their price - about $5.25 a pop. These are completed unmounted stamps, so you'll have to attach some EZ Mount foam, but this is part of what makes them so inexpensive - both in their actual price and in shipping costs.

To purchase this and other fabulous stamps, visit Sweet Pea Stamps!

Another Owl Thank You Card

Those owls - they get a lot of action, that's for sure!

This was the third card I made for a Copics class I taught earlier this summer:

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Hero Arts; Paper: BoBunny; Inks: Memento, VersaFine, Ranger Distress; Writing Utensils: Copic Markers; Ribbon: May Arts; Other: Stickles, Pop-Dots

By the way, I've found a new stamp company that is amazing. I can't tell about it until I know Janet's received her CCC card from me, though....

Just Some Happy Flowers

Here's another card I made for a Copics class I taught earlier this summer - excellent if you need something fast:

Stamps: Stampendous, Hero Arts; Ink: Memento, VersaFine; Writing Utensils: Copics; Ribbon: May Arts;Other: Stickles

Ketto Frog Card

I made this card for a Copics class I taught earlier this summer. It looks a little washed out here but is very vibrant in person.

Stamps: Ketto, hero Arts; Paper: BoBunny; Ink: Memento, VersaFine, Ranger Distress; Writing Utensils: Copic markers, Spica pen; Other: Hero Arts gems, (small) unknown ribbon, unknown large flower (colored with a Copic)

Just a Little Dye Technique

This is a really easy technique that I should have shared at Easter, but it got lost in the shuffle. I'm writing about it now because of my card for the June CCC:

The ribbon I used is super cheap bias tape that's been opened up and ironed flat. The bias tape was originally white, but I dyed it using leftover Easter egg dyes. I did a whole bunch of these after we finished with the eggs, and it's really easy.

All you have to do is make the dye according to the packet instructions and then start to play.

Some things you can do:

• Straight-up dye job using just one color - the longer you let the ribbon soak, the darker it will become.
• Multi-dipping. (What I did above). You dip a portion of the ribbon into one color, then you dip the next couple of inches into another color, etc. You get a nice variegated look. (Make sure you squeeze out the excess water before going to the next dipping color.)
• Go for a tye-dye look by bringing rubber bands into the picture.

Squeeze out all the excess liquid when you're finished dying. You can either hang your ribbons up or lay them flat - just make sure you put down newspaper first. 

After the ribbon dries, I like to press it with a hot iron. I don't think this sets the dye - I just don't care for limp bias tape! For added body, use iron-on fabric stabilizer. (The card above uses just plain bias tape without stabilizer.)

Although Easter egg dye packets are not currently available, you can get them again next Easter (and if you wait until the after-Easter sales, you'll get them for a fraction of their already cheap price). You can also use Ritt dyes - which are available all year long at places like Walmart and JoAnn's. And if you really want to get radical, make your own all-natural dyes.

IMPORTANT: Use all-natural fabrics as dyes don't work well with synthetics. 100% Cotton, silk, wool and linen take dyes like buttah. (I'm not sure how well synthetic blends of these fabrics will take dyes, but you can give them a try to see how well they work.)

Hope you try it and have a good time!

CARD SUPPLIES:

Paper: Bazzill, ColorMates; Ink: Memento, ColorBox, Copic Markers, Hero Arts S5433 (background) ; Other: gems, bias tape; Tools: Fiskers border punch, corner rounder.