Trifecta Cardmaking with Sue

Hello. I am back for another addition of the Cardmaking Trifecta.  Stamps, stencils and stickers all rolled into one card times three. Today's cards are some of my favorite to be created with this technique so far...

On a white A2 card base I used the Delicate Links stencil and soft gray ink to blend a background. Using the Lotus Love stamp set, I stamped the water images in amethyst ink and the greeting in black ink over the water images. Then on water color cardstock I stamped several of the floral and leaf images and painted them. When they were dry, I covered them with Wink of Stella and fussy cut them out. Placing the Newsprint Background Bits #1 sticker on amethyst card stock and  mounting to card front with foam tape. The flowers and leaves were glued over the sticker and a few Nuvo drops were added to accent.

This card started with a white panel that I ink blended the flowers with three colors of ink with the Bloom Silhouettes stencil. Then I covered the panel with the Newsprint Background Bits #1 stickers and trimmed the panel down mounting it to a white card base with foam tape. Using the Lotus Love and Wooded stamp sets I stamped the sentiment strip and mounted it to the card front with foam tape.

With my final card I was going for the mixed media feel again. I started with a scrap of white card stock that I stenciled the word Hugs from the Hello & Company stencil in orange ink. I then stamped some random hearts in rose ink placing the Mixed Media Background 1 clear sticker over and trimmed to fit the size of the sticker. Using the Art Marks 2 stamp set I stamped a top folding, white A2 card base and mounted the sticker panel to card with foam tape. I then die cut a series of hearts, glued them together for dimension and stamped the greeting from the Literary Caffeine-ations.  After punching a hole through the heart, tying a jute knot and mounting to the card front with foam tape the card was complete.

I hope you enjoyed this journey through the Cardmaking Trifecta and will plan on challenging yourself. Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

 

CASology #390: Outside

  Hey there! We have a brand new challenge up today on the CASology Challenge Blog. This one was close to my heart with the outside cue. Which is a good thing because with our occupation we better enjoy the outdoors.

This was fun idea I had in my head. I started with a stencil from Stamplorations, Hello and Company stencil. Using 4 colors of ink I blended the colors for the Happy Day through the stencil. I then used a cloud stencil from Stampin' Up! to create the sky. The Avery Elle Glamper Camper set was a gift from my daughter and fits our outdoor obsession. I added hints of color to the camper with alcohol markers. I love how you can layer them over dye ink without smudges.

There we go with a super simple one layer card. I hope you can join us on this super fun "outside" challenge. Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

I will also be entering this card in these two challenges. 

Nothing says "move" like a house on wheels. Lol.

CASology #389: Dear

 Hello. Hoping spring has made it to your corners of the world by now. In Iowa we are usually safe from that winter blast by now. Lol. We have a new challenge up on the CASology Challenge Blog this morning.

I don't have a lot of dear stamps in my collection but I did have this Dearest Friend stamp from Scripted by Papertrey Ink. I combined it with a Simon Says Stamp set, Sending Happy Thoughts. By keeping my envelope images tightly clustered to corner and by overlapping the greeting left plenty of white space. I heat embossed the greeting to help them pop out. 

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you will join the team and make your own "Dear" card.

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Trifecta Cardmaking with Sue

 Hey there.  I am up on the Stamplorations' Blog today with a cardmaking Trifecta. Three cards using stamps, stencils and clear stickers. This concept is always a challenge for me with my CAS heart. Lol. But I love a great challenge! My goal for these posts is to vary the way in which I use these products.

Using a white panel I stamped the Big Robot and the greetings in black ink then colored him with alcohol markers. Creating a mask I covered the robot and stenciled the green Arrow Which Way over the top. I added a die cut heart, rounded the corners and added some Stickles. Using a green card base I added two Newspaper Background Bits #1 stickers to the left edge. After rounding the corners of the green card base I mounted the stamped panel to the card base with foam tape.

The next card uses the Big Robots again stamped on a white panel with black ink and colored with alcohol markers. I masked the robot and blended light gray ink with the Placid Stencil over the top. I then die cut a heart from the Newspaper Background Bits #1 sticker and colored it red with a alcohol marker. After placing the sticker down I used glossy accents over the top of the sticker. Finally I trimmed the panel and added to a red card base.

I started with the robot stamped in black ink and colored him with alcohol markers. Then repeat stamped the greeting in light blue ink staggering off the side of the white panel. I then covered the robot with glossy accents and put aside to dry. Using a royal blue card base and matching ink, I stenciled the Arrow Which Way across the base of the card. Then mounting the Inspirational 2 clear sticker on yellow card stock and trimming it into a sentiment strip. Then taking the robot panel, trimming it down and adding a yellow strip of card stock the panel was attached to the stenciled card front.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join me next month to check out the next addition of Trifecta Cardmaking.

 

CASology #388: Hello

 Hey there. Hope all is well in your world. We have been healthy at our home. We have a new challenge up on the CASology Challenge Blog this morning. Our new cue card is...

This should be a simple cue for most of us.  I dug out a old Papertrey Ink set, Heart 2 Heart #4. I started by stamping the telephone image in 3 colors of ink on a white panel then took most of the greetings from the set and stamped them on sentiment strips mounting them to the panel with foam tape. The cord was drawn by hand and I added clear Nuvo drops to the heart. Finally mounted the panel to a coral A2 card base.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join us for this fun Challenge.

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

CASology #387: Comfort

 Hey there. Today's new cue card is something we all could use a little more of...Comfort. Come join us for our new challenge on the CASology Blog.

My card stared with a light, taupe A2 card base that I stamped with the hot water bottle from a Stampin' Up set called Under the Weather. I then stamped the greeting from Papertrey Ink in Versafine black ink and coated it with clear embossing powder and heated it up. Finally I added a few stamped hearts. This was super simple and left plenty of open same to create a CAS card.

I hope you will check out all the great cards the team has made then come back and share your "comfort" card.

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munroe

Trifecta Cardmaking with Sue

Hey there, We are trying something new over on the Stamplorations blog. It is a new feature where we will combine stencils, stamps and clear stickers to create three fun cards. 

On my first card I was going for a mixed media feel by ink blending a background, then using the Rows of Hearts stencil I brushed platinum acrylic paint over a portion of the stencil. After it was dry I used the Sweet Kindness set to stamp the floral image in permanent black ink.  I created a bit of splatter with black pearl watercolor and added a few black Nuvo drops. Using the Mixed Media Backgrounds clear stickers I die cut 3 hearts and overlapped them on the card front. Placing another one on my white card base to ground the panel. Then I added foam tape to the panel to mount it to the card base. The greeting from the same stamp set was stamped in black ink and a clear Bits of Washi sticker was added to accent it. A few black staples to finish it off.

The second card uses the Christmas Trees mini stencil to create the multi colored dots. Then I stamped the Sweet Kindness stamp over the dots in black ink. On a scrap of white I stamped a peach cupcake and added clear sticker over it from the Happy Happy set. I die cut 3 plum circles and attached them to the greeting adding foam tape to the back to mount it to the card front. Then finished it off with a few black Nuvo drops.

The final card uses the same Sweet Kindness stamp set to stamp the black coffee images on a white heart die cut. I ink blended a panel then laid the Rows of Hearts stencil over it and sprayed the panel with shimmer spritz. Also used the stencil to ink blend hearts on the top folding, white note card. Using a scrap of white cardstock the had pink ink blended on it I added the greeting from the Just Caffeniate clear stickers set. Placing all the pieces on the card front with foam tape and adding a few enamel dots to accent the images.

Shery from Stamplorations is offering a special bundle at a great price for you. Sweet Kindness stamp set, Rows of Hearts stencil, Mixed Media Backgrounds 2 stickers, and Bits of Washi 1 stickers. Kit will sell for $18.99 + free US shipping ($7 shipping to Canada and $9 other countries).

 Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will try your own Cardmaking Trifecta with Stamplorations stencils, stamps and stickers!