You Made My Day

Inspiration

I designed this card using a sketch from a small sketch group I participate in. I needed a thank you for a co-worker who had sent me a lovely bouquet to thank me for working an 80-hour week to meet a deadline, so I made 2! The blue one went to the co-worker, and the rust-colored one went to the sketch group.

Ingredients

Note: finished card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Stamps

Just Wanted to Say (freebie from Create with TLC)

Thanks (Rubber Stampede)

Paper

Card 1
Not Quite Navy (SU!)	4 1/4" x 11, scored at 5 1/2"
Sage Shadow (SU!)	4" x 5 1/4"
Manilla Tag (Ranger)
Vintage Cream (PTI)	3/4" x 4"
Card 2
Soft Suede (SU!)	4 1/4" x 11, scored at 5 1/2"
Really Rust (SU!)	4" x 5 1/4"
Manilla Tag #8 (Ranger)
Vintage Cream (PTI)	3/4" x 4"

Ink

Epson RX620 Printer

Not Quite Navy (SU!)

Accessories

Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sprocket Gear (Advantus)

Hemp Cord (Hemptique)

Jute (No Time to Stamp)

Dries Clear Glue (Art Institute)

ATG (3M)

Scor-Pal

Cutter Bee Scissors (EK Success)

Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD and MAT

Start with base color card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 11, score at 5 1/2" and fold. Cut a piece of mat card stock to 4" x 5 1/4", and stamp "Thanks" randomly over it. Wrap the twine around the top portion of the mat, then mount the mat on the card front.

TAG

The distress layers are all made using a single tag, made using the "Spritz & Flick" technique from Tim Holtz. First, using the blending tool cover the tag with colors. When you have the colors blended the way you like them, add a shade of brown around the edges of the tag. Now, spritz some water into your cupped hand, and flick droplets across the tag off your fingers. You can do a little or a lot. When the tag is dry (you can dry them with a heat tool if you want to), cut the tag into 3 strips.

Trim left side strip to 5" long, and the right side strip to 4 3/4". Trim the middle piece to 3 7/8" long.

SENTIMENT

Size the image to be 5/8" in height. Print the sentiment image on ivory card stock and cut the sentiment out to measure 3/4" x 4".

ASSEMBLY

Adhere the left tag strip onto the card front about 1/2" from the bottom edge of the card. Add the sentiment strip above the bottom tag strip, then mount the right tag strip above the sentiment. Thread 3 pieces of twine through the hole in the middle tag strip. Mount the remaining center tag strip vertically across the mounted strips. Glue a gear only the top strip.

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Look Up at the Stars

Just a Note

I missed last Sunday's post, AND I'm a little late today. I've been transitioning to a new computer over the last two weeks, and it is a BIG transition - I'm moving to an iMAC! My dear husband surprised me with a beautiful new iMAC for our anniversary. So, after 20+ years as a Windows devotee, I'm making the switch and I love it!! However, the transition is a little painful - for things I do by rote on my Windows machine, I now have to do a little research to figure out how to make it work! Like... how to right click the mouse or select text one word at a time! LOL! Anyway, it has somewhat slowed me down. Today is the first post I've done entirely from the iMAC, including the pictures and text. I'll get caught up on my Splitcoast, Technique Junkies, and Facebook galleries soon.

Inspiration

This card is one I made as part of a group of "inspirational" cards. My customer asked for 5 "girly" cards with inspirational sayings. I'll show them all to you over the next few weeks.

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size is 5" x 7"

Paper

Pixie Pink (SU!)	7" x 10"", scored at 5"
Whisper White (SU!)	4 3/4" x 6 3/4"

Inks

Pixie Pink (SU!)

Stamps

Beautiful Fairies (Inkadinkado)

Birdie Inspirations (Unity)

Star Background (Rubber Stampede)

Accessories

SPICA Markers (Imagination International)

Sheer Shimmer Spritz - "Sparkle" (Tuskineko)

Pixie Pink and Basic Black markers (SU!)

Sponge

Scor-Pal

ATG 714

Rotary trimmer with straight & deckled blades

Instructions

Cut a white panel using the deckled blade on your rotary trimmer. Ink the fairy with the markers - color the fairy in black and the stars in pink. Stamp the image in the middle of the white panel. Color the image with SPICA markers. The colors I used were Pink, Sand, Baby Blue, Lemon, and Clear.

The sentiment from Unity is all one stamp, so I inked the upper portion of the saying with the black pen and stamped it above the fairy, and the "stars" portion below. I used the Gold SPICA to fill in some of the letters for a little more glitz.

To finish up the the image, I used a sponge and the pink ink to color the deckled edge of the panel, then stamped the star background around the edges. I filled in the largest stars in the background using the Clear SPICA pen.

Finally, mount the white panel onto the front of the card, and spritz the whole card front with the Shimmer Spritz.

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