New England Stamper

Sweet & Simple Saturday

Happy weekend!  I've got another clean and simple card for you today.  I'm not sure about this one - I don't normally color on CAS cards, but change is good, I guess!

The main panel is watercolored with reinkers and an aquapainter.  And it's finished with a little sponging around the edges. 

I hope you have a fun-filled weekend!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Harvest Home
• Paper: Very Vanilla, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, watercolor paper
• Ink: Stazon, various Earth Elements reinkers, Chocolate Chip (sponging)
• Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, hemp
• Tools: Paper piercing tool, aquapainter

All supplies can be purchased here.

Sponge and Shimmer Autumn Leaves

Here's another card we made at Stamp Club this month.  I showed the Sponge & Shimmer technique that I came up with a while ago.  You can see a tutorial I wrote about it on Gingersnap Creations.

We brayered So Saffron ink onto a Very Vanilla panel, sponged on a variety of coordinating inks, then painted the whole piece with a thin coat of the new SU Shimmer paint (love that stuff!).  Once the panel was dry, we stamped it with leaves from Autumn Splendor. 

Here's another card I made using the same technique.  Silhouette stamps work particularly well with this background.

If you've got any questions, please leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Supplies

Card One:

• Stamps: Autumn Spendor, Harvest Home (sentiment)
• Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
• Ink: So Saffron, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip
• Accessories: Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Champagne Shimmer paint
• Tools: Brayer

Card Two:

• Stamps: Upsy Daisy
• Paper: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
• Ink: So Saffron, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip
• Accessories: Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Champagne Shimmer Paint
• Tools: Large oval punch, scallop oval punch

All supplies can be purchased from my Stampin' Up! website.

Chalked Autumn Leaves

At Stamp Club last week we made several projects using the mini catalog set Autumn Splendor. 

For one of the projects we used the Poppin' Pastels technique.  The leaves were stamped onto Vanilla c/stock with Versamark ink and covered with SU pastels using sponge daubers.  Because we planned to cut out the leaves, they were sprayed with hairspray to seal them.

The background, which is Naturals Ivory c/stock, was scored every 1/2" with a paper cutter and scoring blade.  And sponged with Really Rust and Chocolate Chip ink.

I have to say that cutting out both leaves and acorns pushed some club members over the edge!  But I think it was worth the effort because their cards turned out great. 

I cut several extra chalked leaves and used one of them for today's Clean and Simple Challenge on Splitcoast.

I'm not totally in love with this card - it was a 'race against the school bus' card.  It's a little unbalanced at the bottom - I should have chosen a stronger sentiment.  Don't be surprised if I re-make this card.  It'll bug me.....

Have a fabulous night!

Supplies:

Card 1:

• Stamps: Autumn Splendor, Fundamental Phrases
• C/stock: Really Rust, Naturals Ivory, Chocolate Chip & Very Vanilla
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Really Rust, Stampin' Pastels
• Accessories: 1" double-stitched chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon
• Tools: Paper cutter and scoring blade, sponge daubers

Card 2:

• Stamps: Autumn Splendor, Teeny Tiny Wishes
• C/stock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Really Rust, Stampin' Pastels
• Accessories: small brown brads, Linen Thread
• Tools: Word window punch, 1/16" hold punch, sponge daubers

Supplies can be purchased here.