Non Winning Artisan Project #1

Well, once again I wasn't picked as a finalist for the Artisan Award Contest so I am going to share my 10 entries with you in the next couple weeks.  I have to admit, by the time I packed them all up to ship to Utah, there were some projects I didn't like too much anymore, but there were some I still loved and this was one of them.

 

 

This is not a typical card that I create because is it really tedious and I tend to stay away from those. 

 

Everything was sponged and then shimmered with some smooch spritz and most layers also had some distressed edged.

 

Supplies:

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Soft Suede classic ink

Very Vanilla card stock

Naturals composition specialty paper

Modern Label punch

Designer Frames folder

Scallop edge punch

Little Leaves Sizzlit

Perfect Polka Dots folder

Flower trim

Basic Pearls

Artisan Embellishment kit

Victoria crochet trim

Linen thread

Embedded Embossing

Our Late Night Stampers Challenge this week is to use the technique called embedded embossing on our projects.  I have chosen to use some sneak peak products from the upcoming Holiday Mini catalog for my card.

I die cut some little stars out of Summer Starfruit and pasted them on my stamped base before I used the Lacy Brocade Folder on it.

The Stars were cut with the Holiday Collection Framelits dies and the stamp set used is called Evergreen.

I added some Vanilla Shimmer smooch spritz to the card after I was finished with my layers.

Just For You

Another Artisan Award entry card today, this one using the Just Believe stamp set.  I started with Faux Mother of Pearl on the inside panel and the two pieces on the front with stamped images.  Before I stamped them, I added some Pear Pizzazz spritz and then stamped with Soft Suede.

For the background I used the Vintage wallpaper folder and then started sprizting with Silver smooch spritz and Vanilla shimmer smooch spritz that I added a few drops of Soft Suede reinker to; next, I added some Pear Pizzazz spritz.

First Edition Field Flowers

I was playing with the new Smooch spritz on this card, the color is Blushing Bride and it is in the Occasions Mini catalog. 

Before I sprayed it, I assembled the entire card so the large pearls had some color

added to them as well.

Supplies:

Field Flowers stamp set

Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette card stock

First Edition DSP

Pretty in Pink, Garden Green and Regal Rose classic ink

Blushing Bride smooch spritz

large pearls

Designer Cuts

Another sneak peek from the Occasions Mini catalog today, this time using the Designer Cute cards and envelopes set.  This set comes with 8 cards and envelopes - 2 different designs and the cards have been laser cut.  This is the heart card and the other has a lace border cut out.



I put a piece of Cherry Cobbler behind the heart and added a strip of the same card stock that I ran through the Big Shot with one of the pieces in the Adorning accents impressions folder set.  Then, I added some Blushing Bride smooch spritz and some large pearl basic jewels. 

These are so pretty you don't really need to add a lot to them to create your card.

Joy

I pulled out my heat gun for this card, it doesn't get a lot of use because for some reason I stay away from embossing, but I like the effect on this card.  The "Joy" stamp is embossed with gold embossing powder although it doesn't really show too well in this picture.

supplies:

The sounding joy

Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Soft Suede card stock

Bashful blue classic ink

versamark

gold embossing powder

Vintage wallpaper impressions folder

vanilla seam binding

linen thread

subtles buttons

Vanilla shimmer smooch spritz

Nature Walk Thanks

This is one of the cards my club girls received this month with their orders made using the Nature Walk stamp set.  After stamping and assembling, I used the Log Cabin smooch spritz all over it and I like the way it turned out.  I tend to stay away from the darker smooch colors, but this time it worked well.

Supplies:

Nature Walk

Always Artichoke, Chocolate chip, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla card stock

Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake classic ink

curly label punch

linen thread

Log Cabin smooch spritz

Mom

At Late Night Stampers this week our challenge is Mother's Day cards or gifts.  I used the individual stamp in the Occasionals Mini catalog called Mother of Mine on this one.  It is always hard to show in photos, but the whole card was sprayed with the Vanilla Shimmer smooch, something I find I am using a lot of lately!

Supplies:

Mother of Mine stamp

Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Very Vanilla card stock

Basic Black, Riding Hood Red ink

Fun Flowers die

Pear Pizzazz seam binding

Victoria crochet trim ribbon

vintage trinkets

antique brads

basic pearls

Vanilla Shimmer smooch

Newsprint designer series paper

February Stamp Club

This month's stamp club projects...

 I used the Bliss stamp set (Sale-a-bration) on the left side and on the right I wheeled some Bashful Blue on Whisper White and also on the paper flowers using a retired jumbo wheel.

This card uses the crayon resist technique with the Fast and Fabulous stamp set. I used the Occasionals Quotes set for the saying.

And finally, a masculine birthday card using the Plane and Simple stamp set and Log Cabin Smooch spritz.