Happy Fall!

Here's my first project for Lost Coast Portal To Creativity's September Animal Challenge. I've created a fall card with the Lost Coast Designs' new Foxy Roxy rubber stamp. You can order this wonderful stamp as either unmounted or mounted on cling foam.

Here's my card.

Products Used:

Foxy Roxy Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Brown Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Yellow and Green Cardstock

Vellum by Strathmore

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

Fox's Fur: E30, E29, E27, E17, E15, E13, E11

Fox's Eyes: B41, G000

Fox's Nose: N6, N4

Fox's Collar: B45, B42, G12

Sky: B21, <B21

Ground: E71, E70

Tree Details: E79

Leaves: YR31, YR24, YR21, YR18, Y35, YG63

Airbrush System by Copic

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Grand Forest Archway Die (Retired) by Memory Box

Speech Bubble Die: Source Unknown

Fall Die by Stampendous

Happy Sentiment from the Life Quotes Remnant Rubs by Tim Holtz for Idea-ology

Tiny Oak Punch by The Punch Bunch

Quickie Glue Pen by Sakura of America

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

2" Sookwang Double Sided Tape

Low-Tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of brown 12x12 textured cardstock to 8.5" x 5.5". Score at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card. Set aside.
2. Use the Grand Forest Archway Die to cut the same brown cardstock used for the A2 card.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp Foxy Roxy twice –– once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and set aside.
5. Use Copic markers to color the Foxy Roxy and the ground.
6. Place low-tack tape across the bottom of the image panel.
7. Place the fussy-cut sticker paper version of Foxy Roxy over its counterpart on the image panel.
8. Use the Copic Airbrush System and B21 markers to add the sky background. Sweeping the airbrush horizontally creates a cloudy blue sky.
9. Remove the mask over Foxy Roxy.
10. Use the white Gelly Roll Gel pen to add highlights to Foxy Roxy's eyes.
11. Color the base of the image with E71 and E70 Copic markers.
12. Trim the image panel to a shade under 4.25" x 5.5".
13. Adhere the trimmed image panel to the reserved card.
14. Adhere the Grand Forest Archway Die-cut from Step 2 over the image panel.
15. Place a piece of Sookwang tape onto a piece of vellum. Remove the covering and fold the vellum to cover the tape's adhesive.
16. Use a Speech Bubble die to cut the vellum.
17. Use the "FALL" die to cut brown cardstock.
18. Adhere "FALL" die-cut to the vellum speech bubble.
19. Rub the "Happy" from the Life Quotes Remnants Rubs onto the vellum speech bubble. Set aside.
20. Use the Oak Punch to punch tiny oak leaves from yellow, pale green, and white cardstock.
21. Color the oak leaves with Copic markers.
22. Use Quickie Glue Pen to adhere the tiny oak leaves as desired.
23. Adhere the sentiment Speech Bubble as shown and adhere a tiny oak leaf to it.
24. Use a dark marker to add details and dimension to the trees.

I hope you take time to participate in the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's September Animal Challenge! You don't have to use Lost Coast Designs/Carmen Veranda's stamps to win Lost Coast Cash!

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I shall enter this card in the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges: Four-legged Friends

• Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenges: A is for Autumn

• Critter Crazy Challenges: Anything Goes with a Critter

Nature Does Not Hurry -- An Encouragement Card

Although it’s still summer, people are beginning to think about autumn. Here’s a card created for Imagine with a Memento and VersaMagic inks a lovely stencil and a meaningful quote, meant to encourage a friend who had an accident is a bit patient for nature to take its course.

Imagine Crafts Supplies:
Danube Blue, Summer Sky, Angel Pink Memento Dew Drop Ink 

Jumbo Java, Aloe Vera, Tea Leaves, Pink Grapefruit, Pumpkin Spice, Red Magic, Perfect Plumeria VersaMagic Dew Drop Ink

Shady Lane VersaFine Clair Ink *
Sponge Daubers
Tear It! Tape
Craft Mat

Other Supplies:
Bristol Paper by Strathmore
Avalanche White Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Kay Carley Stencil PS215 by  PaperArtsy *
Alison Bomber Eclectica Nature Edition EAB 21 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by PaperArtsy
Low-Tack Tape
Magnet Packaging from the Postage Collage Die Cut Set by Waffle Flowers
Misti  Stamping Platform by My Sweet Petunia

Please Note: Products marked with asterisks (*) can be purchased at Topflight Stamps.

Instructions:

Step 1:

Use magnets and low-tack tape to secure a piece of mixed media cardstock to a magnetic page. Add a curvy piece of low-tack tape along the bottom as shown. Use a Sponge dauber to apply Danube Blue Memento Ink horizontally across the cardstock.

Step 2:

Use another Sponge Dauber to apply Summer Sky Memento ink horizontally across the cardstock, filling in open spaces.

Step 3:

Use another Sponge Dauber to add Angel Pink Memento Ink to add some warmth to the sky.

Step 4:

Place the other side of the curvy low-tack tape over the bottom part of the sky area. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Bamboo Leaves Memento ink over the tape horizontally to begin to create a grassy area.

Step 5:

Tear a piece of cardstock and use the Sponge Dauber to continue applying Bamboo Leaves Memento ink. Use another Sponge Dauber to apply New Sprout Memento Ink to fill in the grassy area.

Step 6:

Use low-tack tape and magnets to secure the Tree Stencil over the sponged paper and the magnetic page. Place low-tack tape over the leaves around the tree trunk and branches. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Jumbo Java VersaMagic over the stencil onto the paper. Remove the tape to reveal the tree’s leaves. Use a paper towel to wipe the brown ink off of the stencil.

Steps 7A, 7B, 7C, and 7D:

Use a Sponge Dauber to Apply Mango Madness VersaMagic Ink over some of the stencil’s leaves (7A). Use a dry paper towel to wipe the ink off the stencil. Use separate Sponge Daubers to apply Aloe Vera, Tea Leaves, Pink Grapefruit, Pumpkin Spice, Red Magic, and Perfect Plumeria VersaMagic Inks over the stencil’s leaves (7B, 7C). 7D shows the completed tree. Heat set.

Step 8:

Use magnets to secure the image panel onto the base of the a stamping platform. Place the sentiment facedown where desired. Press the platform’s lid onto the back of the stamp, lift the lid, ink the stamp with Shady Lane VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression. Remove the card front from the stamping platform. Heat set the sentiment.

Step 9:

Cut a piece of white textured cardstock to 10” x 7”. Score at 5” and fold to form a 5” x 7” card. Place a piece of scrap paper inside the card to protect it. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Shady Lane VersaFine Clair around the outer .5” perimeter of the card. Heat set.

Step 10:

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the card front to the inked 5” x 7” card.

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Follow Your Heart

It's Tuesday which means it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my teammates and I are showcasing Katkin Krafts' wonderful stamps. I am still basking in the love from my nephew's wedding this past weekend, so I decided to use Katkin Krafts' Wild Hearts Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set to create my card.

Here's the card made with the Wild Hearts Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set by Katkin Krafts and the Brick Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Wild Hearts Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set by Katkin Krafts

Brick Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Grey Cardstock Scrap from the stash

Copic Markers: E19, E08, E04, R30, R21, R12, N6,N4, Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21, Y11

Sentiment Banner Die Set by Honey Bee Stamps

3D Foam Squares Black Mix by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from Raven cardstock and set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Inkto stamp the brick and key stamp from the Wild Hearts Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set onto white cardstock and onto a leftover scrap of dark grey cardstock. 
3. Carefully fussy-cut the image.
4. Select one of the brick patterned papers from the  Brick Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad.
5. Use Copic markers to color the image to match the brick in the patterned paper.
6. Use a dark marker to edge the image.
7. Cut a very, very slim strip (less than 1/8" wide by 6") of grey cardstock, cut it to 3" long, and adhere the strips to each other.
8. Adhere the double-thick strip to the center of the back of the fussy-cut colored image to support its narrowest part.
9. Fussy-cut the stamped grey heart way inside the stamped lines.
10. Cut the top and bottom part of the apart.
11. Adhere the grey cardstock to the back of the fussy-cut colored heart to make it sturdier. Set the reinforced fussy-cut colored heart aside.
12. Use the Y26 and Y23 Copic markers to color a strip of white cardstock. 
13. Using a stamping platform, position the sentiment stamp from the Wild Hearts Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set facedown onto the colored cardstock.
14. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp. 
15. Lift the platform's lid and ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink onto the colored strip. 
16. Die-cut the sentiment strip with one of the dies from the Sentiment Banner Die Set. 
17. Heavily edge the die-cut with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.
18. Cut the previously selected piece of patterned paper (Step 4) from the  Brick Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad to 6" x 4.25".
19. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the patterned paper.
20. Adhere the trimmed and edged patterned paper to the reserved black A6 card.
21. Use dimensional foam adhesive squares to adhere the fussy-cut colored image and the sentiment to brick patterned paper to finish the card.

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It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's Tuesday, so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. However, first it's time to remind you that the Labor Day Sale ends tonight, Tuesday, 9/3/24 at 11:59 P.M. There are loads of wonderful new (and old) products in the store, so I'd pop over there right now!

This week is "Anything Goes" on the TFS blog, so I've made a Halloween themed MemoryDex card with the Summer Splendour Die Set 50 by AALL and Create. the Devil Dee Clear Stamp Set 955 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create with a sentiment from the Miss Merry Clear Stamp Set 608 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create, and Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps.

Here's my MemoryDex card that will be eventually be part of a Halloween album!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Devil Dee Clear Stamp Set 955 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Miss Merry Clear Stamp Set 608 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Summer Splendour Die Set 50 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Sundance, Russet Orange, Emperor Red, Merlot, and Graphite Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Essential Metallic Colorista Markers by Spectrum Noir

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Copic Markers:
Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, R20 (cheeks)

Eyes: Y38, Y35, FY1

Hair: N6, N5, N4, B78, BV34

Eye Shadow: N4, N3, N2

Devil Suit, Shoes, and Pitchfork: R59, R56, R39, R37, R29, R27, R24

Shirt: YR18,  YR15

Black Multiliner Pen by Copic

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Flames Stencil and Mask by Honey Bee Stamps

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Inkto stamp the devilish Miss Dee from the Devil Dee Clear Stamp Set 955 onto white cardstock. 
2. Fussy-cut the image.
3. Use Copic markers to color Devil Dee.
4. Use the the White Gelly Roll Gel pen to add white highlights to Devil Dee's eyes, devil suit, pitchfork, and shoes
5. Use the black Multiliner to edge the fussy-cut image
6. Slip and mess up Devil Dee's golden pitchfork handle.
7. Remedy the situation with a Bronze Metallic Marker to fix the pitchfork handle and the devil suit's zipper.
8. Set Miss Devil Dee aside. She's devilish, so she kept herself entertained while I created a suitable background for her.
9. Use the MemoryDex Die from the Summer Splendour Die Set 50 to cut Bristol Paper. 
10. Sponge Sundance Elements Ink over the entire die-cut. 
11. Sponge Russet Orange then Emperor Red Elements Inks from the bottom of the die-cut toward the top. 
12. Place the Flames Stencil at the bottom of the die-cut.
13. Sponge Russet Orange, Emperor Red, Merlot, and Graphite Elements Inks over the flames stencil onto the die-cut.
14. Move the stencil up and rotate it, then continue to sponge Russet Orange, Emperor Red, Merlot, and Graphite Elements Inks over the flames stencil onto the die-cut.
15. Repeat Step 14 until you're happy with the stenciled flame background on the MemoryDex die-cut.
16. Place the MemoryDex die-cut onto the base of a stamping platform.
17. Position the "Most Wonderful Time" sentiment stamp from the Miss Merry Clear Stamp Set 608 facedown on the upper left of the die-cut.
18. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
19. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
20. Edge the MemoryDex die-cut with Graphite Elements Ink
21. Adhere Devil Dee was adhered to finish the MemoryDex card.

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