Coffee Time!!!

Hello Again!!!

Who else here is a Coffee Addict?
Some of you know I am!!!

In Honor of my love of coffee, I have decided to make a set of 3 ATC's. 

Stamps Used:

Coffee Ring Stain

Fancy A Cuppa

Lady with Cuppa

Man with Tea Cup

I stamped these all with black Stayzon ink, and versa fine sepia ink.  

(I also used the Verafine to edge everything) 

Collaboration with Lindy's Stamp Gang

Hello Again!
Reminder, the entire month of April...

 Stampotique Originals and Lindy's Stamp Gang will be collaborating. 

Today is my day to special feature at Lindy's 

and I wanted to share a tag I created with one of my master board pieces...

(If you haven't played with any of the Lindy's products you are totally missing out... )

They are so fun and you can get such a fun variety of looks with everything!

Links:

You can check out the Lindy's Blog Here 

You can also check out the Lindy's Color Challenge info HERE

(that's where My color inspiration for today came from)

Of Course, there will be delicious inspiration over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge HERE

Stamps Used:
Pedro
Journey Collage
Texture Cube 1
Barcode Text 2
Script Background

I created this this tag from one of the pieces from my Lindy's Stamp Gang master board. 

(See the Process Here)


Here is the tag on the left as the master board blank.

I used a combination of Lindy's and colored pencils to color Pedro. to add shadowing to the edges of the tag I used the black forest black shaker to add a watercolor like drippy edge.
(I just love all the colors in one bottle!)

I used my Tim Holtz tiny attacher to attach "grounded" then used a black micron around the entire piece to add a boarder to help pull the eye in.

I hope you enjoy this! If you take on a master board challenge with yourself,
 I would love to see it!! drop me a link in the comments!!

Word Up Weekend ATC Duo

Welcome Back!!!

And 

Happy Easter!!

Today I am Finally going to share the ATC's I created from the Lindy's master board...  Details on how I made it HERE with links, to all Lindy's products used. 

Additional Stamps Used: 

Rudy
Just Keep On
Phrase Cube

These would have actually been perfect for last months swap "under the sea" which is actually where my inspiration for these was drawn from, for some reason they just spoke to me that that's what they wanted to be... And, Who am I to argue with the art?

 So yes, the ocean is calling to my soul and you are all going to deal with it... lol  

(I think I may need a vacation!)

I began adding detail to my master board ATC's by using a stencil from Dutch Doobadoo
with some Ranger modeling paste.  I loved that it reminded me of bubbles or water droplets... I wanted to add some blue to the bottom of each but I wanted them to be slightly different, so for one I used the Lindy's spray that I dropped along the edge and added water to get runs.  On the 2nd, card I added water then used the blue magicals powered to get a similar effect.





Here they are finished :D
(sorry couldn't get a good finished picture since it's dark right now)

I hope you like them!

Bling It On!

Hello Again Everyone!

Today I want to share a card that I created for the 

Stampotique Originals Designers Challenge

"Bling it On"

We are also continuing to have a cross-over with Lindy's Stamp gang all through April, So be sure you hop over there for more yummy inspiration!

As a reminder:

You can check out the Lindy's Blog Here 

You can also check out the Lindy's Color Challenge info HERE

(that's where My color inspiration for today came from)

Of Course, there will be delicious inspiration over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge HERE

Stamps Used: 

Kassa's Bloom

Journey Collage

Texture Cube 1
Script Background

Oh Boys!

This is another one of the pieces I created with one of my Master Board Backgrounds 

(See the Process HERE)

(the one on the right is the card base I used for this)

I then used the texture cube stamp to add detail to my boarder along with a little dragging of my black ink pad around the edges.  Next I stamped ??? to give me a base for Kassa's Bloom.

(Which I stamped and colored on a separate piece of card stock. I of course used Lindy's to "watercolor" the flower)

Before gluing down my flower I used some black lace like washi tape to add a boarder. (I bought this at the dollar tree a few years ago. )



To finish everything off, I hand glued all of the tiny orange crystals on the center of the flower and along the "lace" washi.  This card has a ton of "bling" in real life, the whole card shimmers from the amazing Lindy's products, I wish you could really see it!

I also double matted this project with black and white so that it would give it a little extra pop!



Thank you for stopping by, don't forget to come back to see the rest of the master board projects transformed :D  I think I am sharing the 2 ATC's next.... Maybe for Word Up Weekend? or for the "use your words swap"? Hmmm maybe both... hehe

**Mischievous tapping of fingers together... BWHAHA**

Month of Master Board Projects

Hello Everyone and Happy April!

Guess What... 

Stampotique Originals and Lindy's Stamp Gang will be teaming up for a whole month of fun and inspirational projects starting today! (the 4th!)

You can check out the Lindy's Blog Here 

You can also check out the Lindy's Color Challenge info HERE

(that's where My color inspiration for today came from)

Of Course, there will be delicious inspiration over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge HERE

Ok, So lets get on with what you came for... 

Today, I am going to share how I made my master board for a TON of my projects for this month!

(6 pieces to be exact, The 1st one is pictured above... Also my project for this Word Up Weekend) 

Warning: This is photo heavy so grab a cup of something yummy and get ready to dive it! 

I love making master boards, they are so fun and always a great start for any project.  I love that you can use them to try new techniques, or just de-stress. 

(And, if you don't like any part... just cut it off!)

(Don't judge the scary looking process, I'm Messy but I love how my projects came out!)

Lindy's Products Used: 
FLAT magicals - Caribbean Cruise
Magicals Shaker- Black Forest Black
Magicals- Sidewalk Chalk
Embossing Powder- Dandelion Yellow Green
Flat Fabio-Raspberry Lemonade (Spray)
Starburst Spray- Blue Hawaiian Blue
Starburst Spray- Rusty Lantern Lime

Stampotique Stamps:
Journey Collage
Texture Cube 1
Barcode Text
Kassa's Bloom
Script Background

To start I began with a 9x12 piece of watercolor paper. 

This is a home made stencil from one of my dies...

 (Note paper stencils are not the best with wet mediums... but this was an experiment so you get to see it all... Below are the magicals mixed with clear Gesso)

(I know scary right? Don't worry the process is scary but the final pieces come out perfect!)

Here are the 3 sprays I used on this. There are a few layers of spraying and drying with my heat tool

(Note I only use the blue to "finish off" the final card you see above...

Here you can see some of the awesome orange magicals... 

look at all those colors in just one powder!

Close up of some of the "hidden texture/text" I added with embossing powder...

It shines so beautiful in the light in real life! So hard to capture.. very pearlized and iridescent! 

Here you can see where I added some clear glossy gel medium 

(look how the colors activated around the edges... so fun!) 

More sprays and flat Magicals added to give dimension and help the numbers "pop"

(You can also see the journey collage stamp I stamped to add extra visual interest)

More Detail of everything together....

(SO... at this point I forgot to take a picture of the full piece before I cut it up... but below you will see all the fun bases I made from this one piece... Some may still look scary and unfinished.. but remember these are bases.. they will transform into beautiful finished pieces)

Below are the master board pieces I cut into 1 tag, 2 ATC's and 3 cards

(the one I used for the example card not pictured...Yep not sure how I screwed up and missed it?)

I hope this helps you to feel brave and compelled to do some experimenting of your own!

 Be sure to check back throughout the month to see what these other  5 bases have become!

Easy Any Occasion Card

Hello Again, Tera here!
Today I want to share a super easy any occasion card.

Stamps Used:

XO 1 x 1 1/2

Magic Maker Paintbrush by Cat Kerr 2 x 4 1/2

To start I picked 3 colors of distress ink and smashed them on my craft mat.

Next spritz them with water so you will get a more watercolor like effect.

I then "dragged" the card through the inks. (then used my heat tool to dry)

On a separate piece of card stock I stamped the paintbrush and used black heat embossing to really get a rich black. I cut this out then glues it down on the card.

To finish everything off I stamped the XO.

See super easy!!!
I hope you feel inspired!