Something Seasonal Challenge 215 - Remember Card

Greetings! Here's a Day of the Dead "Remember" card created for Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's November's Something Seasonal Challenge with the Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs. You should know that this fabulous stamp comes in two different sizes. I used the larger one for this card.

Products Used:

Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Gold Metallic Cardstock: Source Unknown

Let It Be 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Graphic 45

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:
Face, Neck, Arm, and Hands: BV000, E41, E40, R30

Hair: C7, C6, C4

Lips: R56, R32

Eyes: YG67, YG63, YG61, YG21

Wings and Dress and Flowers:YR18, YR16, YR15, YR09, YR07, Y35, Y28, Y26, Y23, Y13, Y08, Y04, R56

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Anti-static Pouch

Post-It Notes by 3M

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder by Ranger Ink

Gold Posca Paint Marker by Mitsubishi Pencil

Orange Glitter Marker by Grabie Arts

"Remember" Sentiment from the Friendship Words Script Thinlits Die Set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix

2" Double Sided Tape by Sookwang

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the Angel but trim off her halo, the design around it and the tassel fringe at the bottom of her dress. 
4. Use Copic markers to color the fussy-cut image. Retrospectively, I wish I had colored her bouquet in shades of red. Alas.
5. Edge the fussy-cut image with a black pen. 
6. Trim a piece of patterned paper to 4.75" x 6.75". 
7. Pounce an anti-static pouch onto the patterned paper panel. 
8. Cut a Post-It Note in roughly the shape of the Angel's head and place it over that part of the rubber stamp. 
9. Place another Post-It Note over the bottom of her dress. 
10. Use VersaMark or other embossing Ink to ink her halo, the design around it, and the tassel fringe. 
11. Pour gold detail embossing powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into its container, and heat set the embossing powder.
12. Use a Gold Posca Paint Pen to fill in her halo. 
13. Use an orange Grabie glitter marker to fill in the triangular designs around her halo. 
14. Use a Gold Posca Paint Pen to add a thin gold border around the edges of the patterned paper background.
15. Allow the paints to dry, then adhere the fussy-cut colored Day of the Dead Angel in place.
16. Back a piece of gold metallic cardstock with 2" wide double-sided tape. 
17. Remember" Sentiment from the Friendship Words Script Thinlits Die Set to cut the tape-backed gold metallic cardstock. Adhere the sentiment die-cut to the patterned paper as shown.
18. Adhere the patterned paper panel to the reserved black textured 5" x 7" card.

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31 Days of Halloween - Day 31, Fright Night

Greetings! Here's a card created for Day 31 of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's October 31 Days of Halloween Challenge with the new Cartoon Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

She's one of four new stamps that are utterly fabulous and all have wonderful facial expressions! I thought that the Cartoon Girl looks a bit terrified, so being that it's Halloween and all, I created a spooky graveyard scene for her.

Products Used:

Cartoon Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

White-speckled Navy Cardstock: Source Unknown

Textured Medium Grey, Light Grey, Green Grey, Black, and Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Pixie Green Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Copic Markers:

Skin: BV000, BV0000, RV91, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000

Cheeks: R20

Lips: E04, R56, R32, R30

Eyes: R000, YG03, YG01

Hair: Shinhan Touch BG (Blue Grey) 09, 07, 05

Dress: VF, BV08, BV25, BV23

Tights: YG03, YG00

Shoes: BV08, 

Gargoyles and Columns: C6, C4, C3, C2, C1, C0

Gargoyle Wings Gate Die Set by Scrappy Tails Crafts

Cemetery Wings Die Set by Scrappy Tails Crafts

Wavy Edged Border Die-namics Dies by My Favorite Things

Red Glitter Marker by Grabie Art

Black Metallic Deco Brush Marker by Karin Markers

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to ink the Cartoon Girl Rubber Stamp and stamp her onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the image.
4. Color Cartoon Girl with Copic and Shinhan Touch markers. 
5. Use a black pen to edge the fussy-cut image to avoid those ghastly white edges.
6. Set Cartoon Girl aside while her setting is made
7. Cut textured green cardstock with wavy curved edge dies.
8. Edge the die-cuts with Pixie Green Elements Ink. 
9. Layer the die-cuts and adhere them to a 4.75" x 6.75" piece of white-speckled navy cardstock to create the image panel. 
10. A thin strip of edged green cardstock was adhered to the bottom of the background panel. 
11. Edge the grassy cemetery on the background panelwith the same Pixie Green Elements Ink.
12. Use the gravestones dies from the Cemetery Wings Die Set to cut very light textured grey cardstock and some greenish grey cardstock. 
13. Use Lost Shadow Distress Ink to edge and age the gravestones. 
14. Tuck the gravestones into the cemetery hills and adhere them.
15. Use the Gargoyle Gate and Gate dies dies from the Cemetery Wings Die Set to cut textured grey cardstock. 
16. Color the grey cardstoc gargoyles with Copic markers.
17. Color the eyes with Red Grabie Glitter Markers, so the gargoyles look demonic.
18. Color all the gates with a black metallic marker. 
19. Adhere the gargoyle column/gates and the additional gates to the scene.
20. Adhere the fussy-cut and colored Cartoon Girl to the image panel as shown.
21. Adhere a "Fright Night" sentiment sticker as shown.
22. Use the bats die to cut a strip of textured black cardstock.
23. Adhere the bat die-cuts as shown. 
24. Adhere the image panel to the reserved 5" x 7" textured black card.

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Wishing You Peace

After an event-filled September and October, I'm finally back to creating with a card made for Topflight Stamps' Winter/Christmas Challenge with the Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp, the Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamp Set, the Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp, the Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp, and a sentiment from the Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set — all by Lavinia Stamps.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamp Set  by Lavinia Stamps

Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps

Della Blue Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Fallen Leaves, Green Oasis, Spruce, and Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens by Sakura

Clear Gloss Wow! Embossing Powder

Other Products Used:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

White Smooth Heavy Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: 

Wishing Well Stone Base: T3, T2, T1, T0, BG90 (and RG0 Olo Marker)

Wishing Well Roof/Supports: E53, E51, E50, E49, E47, E29, E27, Ew25, E23, E21, E04, E02, W3, W2, W1

Pail: E53, E51, E21, E04

Rope: E84, E81, Y28, Y26, Y23

Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger. Ink

Silver Metallic Sunburst Gel Pen by Pentel

Red and White Posca Paint Marker by Mitsubishi Pencil Company

Clear Gloss Dimensional Glaze Gel Pen by Sakura

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

White Chalk Pencil by General's Pencil Company

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

Anti-static Pouch

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp twice — once onto a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Bristol paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
2. Heat set the image stamped onto the Bristol paper panel.
3. Color the well with alcohol markers. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart as a mask.
5. Place the flattest mask from the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Sethorizontally across the image panel at the base of the Star Well so that it's covering the bottom of the image panel. 
6. Lightly brush Della Blue Elements Premium Dye Ink over the acrylic mask and the masked Star Well. 
7. Remove the Acetate Hills Mask.
8. Place the image panel onto the base of a stamping platform and secure it with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
9. Position the Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp facedown to the left towards the bottom of the image panel. 
10. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
11. Ink the stamp with Fallen Leaves VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
12. Position the Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamps above the Star Well as shown. 
13. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps and lift.
14. Ink the stamps with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.Re-ink the stamps and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
15. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform.
16. Heat set the image panel. 
17. Use a white chalk pencil to add some shading to the Three Dancing Fairies and Mini Pipin. 
18. Use the Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens to add glitter to the Three Dancing Fairies' wings.
19. Use Lost Shadow Distress Ink to add shadow below Mini Pipin and the Star Well and to add some shadow to random areas of the snowy ground. 
20. Remove the mask from the Star Well.
21. Use a White Posca Paint Marker to add dots of "snow" to the Star Well's roof, the top of the stone base, along the "ground", coming from the Fairies' hands, and randomly around the images. 
22. Let the paint dry, then add dots of Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink to the snowy areas. 
23. Trim the image panel to 4" x 5.25". 
24. Use Green Oasis and Spruce VersaFine Clair Inks to stamp the Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp along the top and sides of the image panel. 
25. Use both inks to edge the image panel. 
26. Heat set the image panel. 
27. Use a White Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add additional snowy dots to the entire image panel.
28. Use a Red Posca Paint Marker to color the Mini Holly's berries. 
29. When the paint is dry, use a White Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add highlights to the red holly berries. 
30. Let the gel pen ink dry.
31. Use a Clear Glaze Dimensional Gel Pen to add dimension and shine to the holly berries. Let the gel ink dry, then continue to build layers of dimension and shine to the berries.
32. Place the image panel back onto the base of a stamping platform and secure it with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
33. Pat an anti-static pouch over the bottom area of the image panel. 
34. Position the "Wishing You Peace" sentiment stamp from the Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set facedown as shown. 
35. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the sentiment stamp and lift.
36. Ink the stamp with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
37. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform.
38. Sprinkle Clear Gloss Wow! Embossing Powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into the container, and heat set the powder.
39. Create an A2 card from heavy white cardstock. 
40. Sponge or brush the outside .5" edges of the card with Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink. 
41. Edge the card with Spruce VersaFine Clair Ink. These two steps will create a card that perfectly matches the holly border of the image panel.
42. Heat set the inked areas of the white card.
43. Finish the card by adhering the image panel to the green edged A2 card.

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31 Days of Halloween Challenge - Day 28 "We Ride"

 Greetings! Here's a card created for Day 28 of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's October 31 Days of Halloween Challenge with the Witch 2 Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

Products Used:

Witch 2 Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Silver Metallic Cardstock by Recollections

Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Acetate Circle Masks by Lavinia Stamps

Dark Denim, Della Blue, Blue Lagoon, Violet Chalk, and Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps *

October Nights 6" x 8" Stencil by Picket Fence Studios

Tuxedo Black Memento Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

White Shimmer Delicata Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

Witch's Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000, R20

Witch's Hair: YG25, YG23

Witch Hat and Skirt: BV25, BV23, BV20, N6, N5, N3

Witch's Top, Sash, and Socks: YR27, YR24, YR23, YR21

Broomstick: E84 E31, E47, E27, E23, YR28, Y26

Outline: C00

Silver Star Stardust Gel Pen by Sakura

Removable Adhesive

Vintage Alphabet by Top Dog Dies/Accucut

2" Sookwang Double-sided Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Note: Items marked with asterisks ( * ) are available at Topflight Stamps.

Instructions:

1. Create a 6" square card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Witch 2 Rubber Stamp onto a 6" square piece of Bristol Paper. 
3. Heat set the image, then color it with Copic markers.
4. Place the image panel onto a magnetic craft surface.
5. Place the largest acetate circle mask over the colored image. This white circle area will become the moon.
6. Brush Dark Denim Elements Dye Ink around the outside edges of the image panel and over the outside of the circle mask. 
7. Brush a Della Blue Elements Dye Ink over the panel working from the outside edges towards the circle mask, blending as you go. 
8. Brush Blue Lagoon Elements Dye Ink onto the image panel and over the outside of the circle mask. 
9. Finish the background night sky by brushing first Violet Chalk, then Flying Fig Elements Dye Inks over the panel and the outside of the circle mask.
10. Remove the circle mask and heat set the image panel.
11. Add a bit of removable adhesive to the moon, then secure the circle mask back in place. 
12. Use magnets and/or tape to secure the October Nights Stencil over the image panel. 
13. Brush Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the image panel.
14. Use a very small brush to apply White Shimmer Delicata Ink over the large diamond shapes on the stencil.
15. Remove both the stencil and the circle mask from the image panel. 
16. Carefully remove the adhesive from the moon area of the image panel. 
17. Heat set the image panel. 
18. Trim the image panel to 5.5" square and edge with the Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink.
19. Heat set the image panel.
20.  Trim a piece of silver metallic cardstock to 5.75" and use this to mat the image panel.
21. Add 2" wide Sookwang or other two-sided tape to the reverse of a strip of the remaining silver metallic cardstock.
22. Use alphabet cutting dies to cut the silver metallic cardstock. 
23. Adhere the "We Ride" sentiment die-cut letters to the matted image panel as shown. 
24. Adhere the matted card front to the reserved 6" square black card.

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Halloween MemoryDex Page

It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday and an "Anything Goes" week, but before I get to my project, I wanted to remind you that you have less than 24 hours to take advantage of Topflight Stamps' World Cardmaking Day Sale! Buy some holiday gifts or treat yourself! 

With that reminder done, it's time to move onto this week's project!

You might have noticed that I'm on a Halloween crafting kick, but imho it's the most wonderful time of the year! I'm so excited to see all the Halloween decorations going up in my neighborhood. 

Therefore, I couldn't resist making a page for the Halloween MemoryDex Mini-book that I started last year. This MemoryDex page was created with AALL and Create's Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 and the Boosentials Clear Stamps Set 1203 — both by Janet Klein for AALL and Create. I also used the Galactic Edges Die Set 68, which is one of the fabulous MemoryDex Die Sets by AALL and Create.

Here's my MemoryDex Page!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Boosentials Clear Stamps Set 1203 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Galactic Edges Die Set 68 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko
Dark Denim, Blue Lagoon, Pine, and Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: W2, W1, W0, T4, T3, T2, T1, T0, C0, C00, N5, N4, BV20, BV00, BV000, BV0000, V91, V25, V22, V20, R56, R35, R32, R30, R11, R02, R01, R00, R000, RV91, E81, E<70, E18, E15, B45, B43, B41, <B41, <B21, YR31, YR30, YR18, YR15, YR12, Y06

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Clear Glaze Dimensional Gloss Gel Pen by Sakura

Silver Jimnie Gel Pen by Zebra

Low-tack Tape

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

STAY-tion by Ranger

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a 5" square from Bristol Paper. Use the smaller die from the Galactic Edges Die Set 68  to cut the square, then use the deckled edge-looking die to cut the remaining bit of paper. Keep both sides of the deckled edge paper to use later.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink  to stamp the girl from the Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 about .75" from the bottom of the MemoryDex die-cut.
3. Heat set the stamped image. 
4. Stamp her again onto a piece of repositionable sticker paper. 
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it atop its counterpart on the die-cut as a mask. 
6. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the mummy boy from the Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 to the left of the masked girl. 
7. Heat set the stamped image.
8. Stamp mummy boy again onto repositionable sticker paper. 
9. Fussy-cut the Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it atop its counterpart on the die-cut as a mask.
10. Place one side of the deckle-edged die-cut horizontally over the MemoryDex die-cut so that the deckled edge is slightly above the character's feet and covering the top part of the die-cut. 
11. Brush Pine Elements Premium Dye Ink over the deckled edge onto the bottom of the image panel die-cut. 
12. Use a smaller brush to apply Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye Ink under the character's feet to ground them and create a slight shadow. 
13. Remove the deckled scrap. 
14. Line up the other side of the deckled edge paper so that it's covering the bottom green-inked part of the image panel, 
15. Brush Dark Denim Elements Premium Dye Ink over the top of the deckled edge and the masked images onto the image panel die-cut. 
16. Brush Blue Lagoon Elements Premium Dye Ink over the masked images onto the image panel die-cut, blending as you go.
17. When your background is complete, lift the masks. 
18. Color the images with Copic markers. 
19. Use a N6 marker to expand mummy boy's pupil. 
20. Use a White Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add a highlight to the pupil. 
21. Use a silver metallic gel pen to color the shaft of the pin. 
22. Use the Clear Gloss Glaze Pen pm the red pin head and the buttons on the girl's dress and her shoes.
23. Let the gel ink dry, then reapply another layer of Gloss Glaze.
24. Repeat Step 23 again to build up layers of dimension and shine,
25. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks to stamp the bats from the Boosentials Clear Stamps Set 1203 as shown. 
26. Heat set the ink.
27. Use the large die and one of the edge dies from the Galactic Edges Die Set 68 to cut black textured cardstock to create the base of the MemoryDex page.
28. Adhere the image panel to the black MemoryDex page. 
29. Adhere the edge die to adorn the right side of the memory dex page.

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Lavinia Halloween Card

 Greetings! Here's a Halloween card created for this week's Topflight Stamps "Anything Goes" Challenge with products by Lavinia Stamps.

Topflight Products Used:

Zemira Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Whimsy Hats Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Hocus and Pocus Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Brodwin and Maylin Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Raventhorn Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Mini Silver Leaves Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Sacred Spells Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Circles Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps

Dark Denim, Della Blue, Violet Chalk, Pine, and Merlot Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Twilight and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used

140 lb. Mixed Media Cardstock by Strathmore

Colored Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Violet and Persian Blue Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens by Kuretake

White Pearlescent PanPastels by Golden Paints

Grey and Black Chalk Pencils by General's

Low-tack tape

Paintbrushes

Acetate Sheet

Post-It Notes

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Notes:

• When using clear stamps, I often use the acetate stamp index to work out placement. Using a stamping platform helps immeasurbly. That's what I did with this card. I knew that I wanted to use the Zemira Clear Polymer Stamp with the Whimsy Hats Clear Polymer Stamp Set.
• When stamping solid silhouette images, sometimes the impression has some gaps. Smoosh a Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink onto a piece of acetate, then use paintbrushes to apply the ink to the image and cover those unsightly gaps.

Instructions:

1. Place a panel of Mixed Media paper onto a magnetic craft mat.
2. Place low-tack tape horizontally along the bottom edge of the panel. 
3. Place the smallest acetate circle mask from the  Acetate Circles Mask Set  on the upper right as shown. Secure it with a magnet.
4.  Brush Dark Denim Elements Premium Dye Ink  over the Circles Mask and the tape around the outer edges of the panel.
5. Brush Della Blue Elements Premium Dye Ink over inked sides, blending as you go. 
6. Brush Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye Ink over top to add some purple tones to the panel. 
7. Remove the tape and the Acetate Circles Mask. Cover the top portion of the image panel with a piece of acetate. Brush Pine Elements Premium Dye Ink over the acetate onto the bottom part of the image panel. 
8. Remove the acetate covering the top of the image panel.
9. Use magnets and/or low-tack tape to secure the image panel onto the base of a stamping platform. 
10. Position the acetate stamp index from the Zemira Clear Polymer Stamp over the image panel and secure it in place with magnets.
11. Position the acetate stamp index from the witch hat from the Whimsy Hats Clear Polymer Stamp Set so that it's sitting on  Zemira's head.
12. Place the witch hat stamp onto the witch hat index sheet. 
13. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the witch hat stamp.
14. Remove both index sheets.
15. Ink the witch hat stamp with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
16. Ink the hat again with  Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks and stamp.
17. Stamp the witch hat from the Whimsy Hats Clear Polymer Stamp Set onto the top part of a Post-It Note (with the sticky part on the back. 
18. Fussy-cut the bottom of the witch hat and position the Post-It Note so that it's acting as a mask.
19. Place the acetate index from the Zemira Clear Polymer Stamp so that her head is on the Post-It Note and the her dress is on the "grassy" area. 
20. Place the Zemira Clear Polymer Stamp  onto the acetate index sheet. 
21. Press the platform's lid  onto the back of the Zemira Clear Polymer Stamp.
22. Remove the acetate from atop the image panel.
23. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression
24. Position the flying owl from the Brodwin and Maylin Clear Polymer Stamp Set so that it's slightly above Zemira's hand. 
25. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the owl stamp and lift.
26. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
27. Position the left facing cat from the Hocus and Pocus Clear Polymer Stamp Set facedown on the image panel, so that he's standing on the "grass". 
28. Press the platform's lid onto the bacInk the stamp and lift.
29. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
30. Remove the image panel from the stamp platform and heat set.
31. Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform, secured with magnets and/or low-tack tape
32. Position the Sacred Spells Clear Polymer Stamp facedown on the upper right of the image panel.
33. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the sentiment verse stamp and lift.
34. Ink the stamp with Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye Ink and stamp.
35. Clean and dry the stamp. 
36. Reposition the Sacred Spells Clear Polymer Stamp so that it's facedown along the right hand edge.
37. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
38. Ink the stamp with Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye Ink, wipe off a bit of the ink where it's overlapping the image panel, and stamp. 
39. Clean and dry the stamp. 
40. Reposition the Sacred Spells Clear Polymer Stamp so that it's facedown along the left edge above the "grassy" area. 
41. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
42. Ink the stamp with Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye In and stamp. 
43. Heat set the panel again to prevent smearing.
44. Brush the "moon" with yellow, then PanPastel Pearlescent chalk. 
45. Blow off the excess.
46. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to ink the Raventhorn Clear Polymer Stamp  and stamp it along the outside edges of the panel, rotating the stamp as you go. 
47. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Mini Silver Leaves Polymer Stamp in open areas. 
48. Trim the image panel and edge with  Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink. 
49. Heat set the image panel.
50. Brush below the witch and the cat images with Merlot Elements Premium Dye Ink to ground them, which also adds a nice shadowed look.
51. Use watercolor pens to color Zemira's hair and the details on her dress.
52. Adhere the image panel onto violet cardstock cut 1/8" larger than the image panel. 
53. Adhere the matted image panel onto blue cardstock cut to 4.75" x 6.75". 
54. Adhere the double-matted image panel onto a black 5" x 7" card.

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Wanderlust - A Steampunk Card

Greetings! Here's a card created for Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's September "Black and White and One Color" Challenge.

Products Used:

Steampunk Grasshopper Train Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Travel Quotes Rubber Sheet by Lost Coast Designs
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Green and Grey Textured Cardstock

Copic Markers: G03, G05, G12, G14, G17, G19, G20, G29, G40, G43, G46, G82, G85 G94, G99, YG01, YG03, YG05, YG61, YG63, YG91, YG97, N6

Black Copic Multiliner

Pebbles and Hoodie Dye Inks by Catherine Pooler

Rain Forest VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Slimline Cloud Edger by My Favorite Things

Cogs Stencil by Jamie Rogers Crafts

Retired stencil by 13@rts

Hills stencil: Source unknown 
Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery
Low-Tack Tape
STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink
Acetate
Glassboard by Glassboard Studios
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A2 card from grey textured cardstock. Set it aside.
2. Ink the Steampunk Grasshopper Train Rubber Stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp it twice — once onto Bristol Paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Heat set the Bristol Paper version to set the ink so you can use alcohol markers to color the image.
4. Use Copic markers to color the Steampunk Grasshopper Train in shades of green. Retrospectively, I should have colored the mechanical capsule engine shape and the steam funnel in shades of olive green to match the train passenger car. Oh well.
5. Fussy-cut the sticker-paper version of the Steampunk Grasshopper Train and place it over it over its counterpart to mask the image.
6. Use a black Multiliner to extend the train tracks line horizontlaly. 
7. Place a piece of acetate on the line and the train so that it covers the top part of the image panel. 
8. Heavily Hoodie Dye Ink (mid grey) over the acetate onto the image panel.
9. Place a hills stencil over the top of the image panel. 
10. Brush the Hoodie Ink lightly over the hills stencil and the masked image to create some background hills behind the train.
11. Place a clouds stencil over the image panel. 
12. Starting at the top of the image panel, brush or sponge Pebbles Dye Ink  (light grey) over the top of the stencil and the masked image onto the image panel.
13. Rotate and/or flip the stencil, move it downwards on the image panel, and brush or sponge the same grey ink over the stencil and the masked image onto the image panel. 
14. Repeat Step 13 until the cloudy sky is just above the hills on the background.
15. Remove both stencils and brush Pebbles Ink over the Cogs stencil and the masked images onto the image panel. 
16. Randomly brush the two shades of grey ink over a discontinued stencil that contained mathematical formulae, lines, and arrows.
17. Trim the image panel to 5" x 3.75" and edge with the dark grey ink. 
18. Mat the image panel with with green textured cardstock that measures 5.25" x 4".
19. Secure the image panel onto the base of a stamping platform. 
20. Position the "Wanderlust" sentiment stamp from the Travel Quotes Rubber Sheet facedown on the top left of the card front as shown. 
21. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
22. Place a piece of acetate over the image panel. 
23. Ink the sentiment stamp with Rain Forest VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp to check that the sentiment is straight and where you want it. 
24. Remove the acetate, ink the stamp again with Rain Forest VFC Ink and stamp. You can re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
25. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set the image.
26. Adhere the image panel onto a greytextured A2 card.

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