Open House Gently Falling

Card two from the weekend. Using a technique I tried recently and really like-especially for Fall leaves!

Aren't the leaves on here awesome??!!?? The technique is the Baby Wipe Technique. Splitcoast has a great tutorial HERE, but it's really simple. Take a baby wipe and fold it in half and put it in a container. I like to fold the edges into the center, and then fold that into the center again so there are no edges on the top that we are going to use. Now you add drops of reinker to make your ink pad. Start with the darkest color and add 4 or 5, then the middle color, then the lightest color. The size of your ink just needs to slightly exceed the largest stamp you are going to use. Don't leave any white areas either or you'll have gaps on your stamp. Once you have the ink as desired, stamp as you would with an ink pad! Press your stamp down well in one spot and don't ink it more than once or you'll risk muddying the colors. I also recommend after stamping, you stamp again on scratch paper to avoid muddying the colors as well.

One other hint before finishing the details of the card. I found that new baby wipes right out of the package do not work near as well as some a little older. You want them damp, but not wet. If they feel too dry, spritz them with a light water spray. I had old ones hanging around here and I started playing with those. I figured new would be even better. NOT!! You could probably use the new ones if you let them sit out a while before using them!!

OK, back to the card. The colors we used to make the "ink pad" are Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight. We stamped the leaves-the "insides" from Gently Falling-randomly on the Very Vanilla background. You could add the outline of the leaves as well. I didn't as I knew it would take some time and add too much stress!! :) After the leaves were all done, we sponged the edge with Daffodil Delight. The background is layered onto Cherry Cobbler, then attached to the card base of Chocolate Chip. The saying is from Hand-Penned Holidays and was stamped on a strip of Very Vanilla with Chocolate Chip. We punched a wider strip of Cherry Cobbler with the Scallop Trim Border and layered the saying on to that. It is attached over the background.

Scroll back through my cards for the last week and see some others I've done with this technique!! I've had fun trying it out!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123804 Gently Falling Clear * 124310 Hand-Penned Holidays * 102128 Chocolate Chip Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 119685 Cherry Cobbler Card Stock * 119788 Cherry Cobbler Classic Refill * 119672 Daffodil Delight Classic Refill * 100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Ink * 119667 Daffodil Delight Classic Ink * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 118402 Scallop Trim Border

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Happy Friday all! Hope you've had a GREAT week and an even better weekend on tap! Crazy times here, but that's OK! Looking forward to Open Houses this weekend and seeing all my stampers!!

Friday means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and tour! Here is my card

based on this sketch by Sharon Wheet.

My card base is Textured Soft Suede card stock, with the accent layers of Spice Cake DSP. On the square (striped) pieced I added 3 gold brads to the top left, and on the rectangle I added a saying top left. My "any shape" are two leaves from the Gently Falling set. I stamped the inside using the Baby Wipe technique with Soft Suede, More Mustard and Pool Party. The outline is stamped over in Soft Suede. Cut out, curled, and attached with dimensionals. Quick and easy!! Had to be as I have tons of things on my to do list today!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 122650 Delightful Dozen * 123804 Gently Falling Clear * 121078 Neutrals Textured Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 122924 Pool Party Card Stock * 124003 Spice Cake DSP * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 115663 Soft Suede Classic Refill * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 101962 More Mustard Classic Refill * 122933 Pool Party Classic Refill * 104337 Gold Brads * 116631 Paper Piercing Tool * 105826 Mat Pack * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

Gently Fallings Thanks Club Card

Card two from the weekend. Even though I struggled with this one, and it takes a little extra time to complete, the end result is worth it!!

Card base is Soft Suede. Background layer is Naturals Ivory that we stamped the leaves on. Gently Falling is the set we used, and we did the "Rock-n-Roll" technique with the inside images. That means we inked them first with More Mustard, then rolled them on the Cajun Craze pad just enough to get the outside edges inked. We then added the 2nd layer (outline) of the stamp with Soft Suede using the Stamp-a-ma-jig. We sponged the edge with More Mustard and added a few Spritzes with the Cajun Craze & Soft Suede markers. The saying (from Hand Penned Holidays) was stamped in Soft Suede on Naturals Ivory, spritzed, sponged and layered onto Cajun Craze. That was attached with dimensionals over a Victoria Crochet Trim. For accent, we added two more of the small leaves that we cut out to the top left and bottom right corners of the saying.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123804 Gently Falling * 124310 Hand-Penned Holidays * 115318 Soft Suede Card Stock * 119684 Cajun Craze Card Stock * 101849 Naturals Ivory Card Stock * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 103162 More Mustard Classic Ink * 119671 Cajun Craze Classic Ink * 100076 More Mustard Marker * 119678 Cajun Craze Marker * 118481 Victoria Crochet Trim * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

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Happy Friday all! I'm ready for the weekend, not that it will be restful!! Always too much to do!! But, Friday as you know means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and mini tour!! Here is my card

based on this sketch by Tammy Fite.

I decided to do something a little different! While looking through DSP trying to see what might work, and trying not to use Gently Falling or anything Spice Cake related, I remembered the Spice Cake Fabric and decided to try a flower with that. The card base is Soft Suede that I initially left plain after trying all the patterns in the Spice Cake DSP and deciding none worked like I wanted. I cut 3 different flowers from the fabric using the Fun Flowers die-one of each print. I layered them together and put an Antique Brad through the center. I tried to fray the edges just a tad before attaching the flower element over a More Mustard Scallop circle. The saying didn't work quite like I wanted. I stamped it with Very Vanilla Craft Ink and embossed with Clear EP.  You can barely see it in the scan, but in real life it is readable. It kind of has a Vanilla outline with clear center.  I decided the Soft Suede was too plain and stamped the smaller leaf randomly around the circle and spritzed Soft Suede ink around as well. 

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123804 Gently Falling * 111700 Thank You Kindly * 115318 Soft Suede Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 120973 Soft Suede Marker * 104308 Very Vanilla Craft Ink * 124066 Spice Cake Fabric * 109130 Clear EP * 117273 Antique Brads * 100005 Heat Tool * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

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Happy Friday again all! Another no stamping week for me, but I'm hoping to change that soon! Spent all of today trying to get things done and reorganized so I can spend more time in the stamp room! 

You know Friday means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and mini tour!! Here is my creation of the week

based on this sketch by Kim Innis.

I used the Spice Cake DSP again and Gently Falling. It's still out on my desk, so it's always the first thing I see! I left one of the circles from the sketch as the giant button, but changed the other two to leaves. Card base is Soft Suede with a background layer of More Mustard behind the DSP print. I didn't realize she had two different patterns for the background (lost that details in printing-I need new ink) so mine is all one background. Across the center is a Pool Party ribbon. The button has a Chantilly Crochet Trim ribbon knotted in and is attached to the background with Mini Glue Dots. The maple leaf was curled a little and attached with dimensionals. The small leaf is also attached with dimensionals. The Teeny Tiny Wishes saying is on the Modern Label Punch & Punch Window with Metallic brad accents.

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Happy Friday all. I'm must say I'm thinking-WOW, where did this week go??? No stamping for me all week until I remembered tonight to create something for Sketch Frenzy Friday! Was distracted tonight by shopping with my boys. No, they are not big shoppers, but it involved a TV so they were game. A very big TV, for the basement, "their" space in the house!! I may very well have a houseful of teenage boys this weekend-playing XBox on the BIG screen!!

OK, back to the reason you're here-Another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge!! Great sketch this week by Deb Currier!! Here is my card

based on this sketch by Deb:

A quick and simple card, sort of a rerun of last weeks! Same stamps and DSP, but a very different look! Card base is Soft Suede textured card stock. The DSP strip is from the Spice Cake pack and is layered on Pool Party card stock. I stamped the large (Maple??) leave on very Vanilla in More Mustard and added the outline layer in Soft Suede. An acorn is layered at the bottom corner, and a saying on the right corner from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I liked the spritzing so much last week I did that again with the Pool Party marker. A metallic brad is top right helping to hold the Victorian Crochet Trim accent. 

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Welcome to Friday all! That brings us another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and mini tour! Here is my card

based on this sketch by Angela Walters. 

I reached for a new set from the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog, Gently Falling. And that great new DSP again, Spice Cake. They make a GREAT combination!! Card base is Soft Suede with a Pool Party accent layer behind the More Mustard stripe DSP. I stamped the leaves on 3 Very Vanilla squares: solid image in More Mustard, outline in Soft Suede, and Pool Party Spritzed Splatter. The Thanks is from Thank you Kindly and was stamped in Soft Suede on the DSP. Pretty quick and easy card!! Same for this post-it's about to storm here so gotta run!! Happy Friday all!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123804 Gently Falling Clear * 111700 Thank You Kindly * 115318 Soft Suede Card Stock * 121943 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 122924 Pool Party Card Stock * 123002 2011-2013 In Color Markers * 103162 More Mustard Classic Ink * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 124003 Spice Cake DSP * Color Spritzer Tool