November Project: Fall Banner

At convention, I met a fantastic presenter . . . Denise Black! She is one of the best teachers I have met and so creative. She shared two projects with me that I have shared with my friends, our Halloween tile and this great fall banner. It is made with a discontinued stamp set, but I still love it and knew I wanted to make it with our Dreamin' paper pack. The ladies and I had such fun this weekend.

I don't like using discontinued stamps for my projects, but this was an exception. The Many Thanks set, D1371, is a favorite of mine and when I went through all of my stamps, there weren't any others that came close to working for this project.

My first flower is 7" and the last flower is 6." To save paper, we made the final ones for the projects 6" and they worked fine. I had the ladies roll the petals down first, then roll them up as tight as possible to keep from tearing them, and then when finished, let them unroll to the dimension they want. I user an Imaginisce Petal Roller to roll my petals and then my flowers. I actually just learned something. There is a petal roller for fabric and for paper; I have the one for fabic. Guess what--it works fine and it's pink and prettier so that's the one I'm keeping!

Here are some close ups for you:

 

Products Used

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Collection

X7142B Dreamin Paper Pack

D1371 Many Thanks My Acrylix Stamp Set

X5912 Dark Neutral Shade Cardstock Pack (for Cocoa)

Z1334 My Creations Mix and Mingle Album

Z1683 Mixed Shapes Dimensional Elements

(Note: I used chipboard that I had on hand,

the Mixed Shapes set has the flower shapes in it.)

Z1333 Mocha Pearl Shapes

Z2194 Sanding Kit

Z2191 Finishing Files

Z578 Corner Rounder

Z534 Micro-Tip Scissors

Z697 Sponge

Z1296 Distressing Inks--Chocolate

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads:

Z2101 Autumn Terracotta

Z2103 Bamboo

Z2108 Brown Bag

Z2123 Goldrush

Z2137 Olive

Z2192 Pacifica

Z2150 Sunflower

Other products: Alene's Quick-dry Glue for chipboard pages, Tape adhesive of choice or Z679 Liquid Glass for Acrylic sheets, 1" circle punch for notched corners, Creative Memories decorative corner punch. 

CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop--Reinkers

Hi all and Welcome!

This month's Blog Hop focus is Reinkers--another useful and inexpensive tool for you. If you have arrived from Corina's Creative Ink Site you are on the right track. The Blog Hop is designed so that you "hop" from one participant's site to another, in a full circle seeing 9 different samples for using your reinkers. I hope you enjoy yourself.

I have two samples for you that I made. The Butterfly on the first card and the background on the second card were both created with reinkers. (You can click on each card to get a closer view.) I have a list of common products used on both cards at the end of this posting. After each cards, I have listed the products used that were specific to that card. Then after the second card, you will find one more list, a numbered list you can follow to create your own reinker backgrounds. I hope you enjoy this little tutorial.

When finished here, hop on over to Carol's Scrappin in Paradise. She made a really pretty layout with reinkers.

Card design inspired by one I received from a fellow consultant at convention.

It was signed by L. Youngblood on the back.

Products Used

(See Common Products below)

Stamps: B1379 Sophia   D1452 Find Your Style

Paper: 1320 White Daisy   X7141B Elemental Paper Pack   X7142B Dreamin Paper Pack

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Z2164 Sorbet   Z2167 Creme Brulee

Z1104 Clear Sparkles

Products Used

(See Common Products below)

X7144B Mischief Paper Pack

Stamps: D1490 Backdrop--Charmed

             (I loved the play on words with the dangle "charm" in the opposite corner.)

Exclusive Inks: Z2105 Black Stamp Pad     Z2101 Autumn Terracotta Marker

Z269 White Daisy Grosgrain--colored with the Autumn Terracotta Marker

Z1410 Antiqued Copper Embossed Brads (In top Left Corner)

Z1484 Red Glitz Glitter Gel (I put this for the Bats Eyes)

Z1612 Pin Clips

Z1635 Heirloom Assortment (Contains 6 dangle jewels w/brads & 6 adhesive-backed resin flowers. I used a smokey dangle jewel that's hanging from Antiqued Copper Embossed Brad in top left corner.)

What I Did

1. Take a sheet protector and cut all sides but one open.
2. Select Reinker of choice. I used 5 colors. When you put completementary colors beside one another, they will make each other pop. (When you mix them together, however, you get muddy browns. I talk about this later.)
3. I have only tried this with glossy cardstock so cut a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock down into (4) 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" pieces. The ink moves on the plastic and will still move on the glossy cardstock, but doesn't move on regular cardstock.
4. You may want to have some damp paper towels around.
5. Once all materials are gathered, open your sheet protector and drop drips of reinker around in an apx. 5 x 6" oval area.
6. Close the sheet protector and move the ink around. I twisted the top part of the sheet protector a bit.
7. Open the protector back up and place your glossy cardstock face down on the ink, smooshing it around a bit more.
8. Pick the cardstock up. If there is any white, lay it back down on the ink or swipe it across the ink.
9. Set each piece of completely colored cardstock aside to dry.
10. I added more ink as needed to my sheet protector to finish inking my remaining cardstock. As the colors started getting muddy looking, I knew I would be using those for fall cards, but also manipulated the colors by adding a little Sunny Yellow and Cotton Candy to brighten them up. You will see when your cardstock starts looking like one solid color--you're finished.

Common Products Used

Glossy Cardstock

Reinkers: Z2200 Amethyst   Z2231 Key Lime   Z2252 Sunny Yellow   Z2293 Cotton Candy  Z2294 Sky 

Z534 Microtip Scissors

Z697 Sponge

Z1151 3-D Foam Tape

Z1297 Edge Distresser