Love Anchors The Soul

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project for Funky Fossil Designs. Here's a very large card created with the Vintage Ink Collection by Belinda Basson. It's a retro tattoo themed collection with fabulous imagery which I just love. I've used the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set, the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad, and the three-piece Rope Frame Die Set. 

By the way, the Vintage Ink Core Collection, which is comprised of Forever True Clear Stamp Set, Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set is on sale right now, and so is the Rope Frame Die Set!

Here it is!

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set

Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad

Rope Frame Die Set

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Brown/Mustard Yellow Cardstock from the Chocolate Box Core'dinations Pad

Patterned Vellum: Source Unknown

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Azure StazOn Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Uncharted Mariner, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, and Tea Dye Distress Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Copic Markers:

 Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000, R20 (cheeks)

 Hair: E71, E47, E44

 Nails: R21, R02

 Tattoo: R45, R35, YG45, B29

 Hat/Jersey: E42, E41, E40

 Tie: B97, B37, B34, B32

 Undershirt: B23, B21

 Ship: W2, W1, E81, E77, E74, E71

 Rope: E84, E81, Y28,  Y26

 Anchor and Knife: T7, T5, T4, T3, T2, Y28, Y26, Y23

 Roses: R46, R39, R37, R35, R27, R24

 Leaves: YG67, YG45, YG41

 Thorns and Stems: YG95, YG67, R35

 Sea: B95, B52

 Sunset: Y02, Y00, R81

Flag Die by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-Tack Tape

Sookwang Tape

Tape-runner Type of adhesive

Stipple Brush

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an 5.5" x 8.5" card from black cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Sailor image from the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Use Copic markers to color the image on the cardstock.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
5. Place the center die from the Rope Frame Die Set facedown over the image panel and secure with low-tack tape. Run this combo through your die-cut machine.
6. Place the image panel die-cut onto a STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
7. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the image panel where the sun's rays stop and the roses begin.
8. Brush Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink over the tape and the masked image onto the die-cut.
9. Remove the low-tack tape from the image panel. Replace it horizontally so that it's covering the top part of the image panel.
10. Brush Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink over the tape and the masked image onto the bottom part of the image panel die-cut.
11. Edge the image panel die-cut with a black marker.
12. Use the Solid Rope Frame Die from the Rope Frame Die Set to cut mustard yellow Core'dinations Cardstock. 
13. Use a sanding block to rough up the surface and the edges. 
14. Use the Rope Frame Die to cut another piece of the mustard yellow Core'dinations Cardstock. Be sure to retain all the pieces that pop out of the die.
15. Randomly sponge and edge both yellow die-cuts with Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, and Tea Dye Distress Inks to add a touch of grunge to both die-cuts.
16. Use a tape-runner type of adhesive around outside .5" of the solid frame die-cut.
17. Adhere the open rope frame atop the solid rope frame.
18. Place all the bits of inlay on a sticky mat and use a stipple brush to add splats and splotches of Distress ink to them.
19. Inlay all the bits into their counterparts on the combined Rope Frame Die. It's fiddly, but worth it.
20. Heavily edge the entire rope frame die-cut with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
21. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the center of the Rope Frame.
22. Realize that it's not straight. Be bummed out. Shrug it off. 
23. Cut two .5" strips of blue polka dot paper from the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad. Trim them to 6" wide.
24. Adhere them to a piece of cardstock cut to 6" x 8.5".
25. Trim the floral patterned paper from the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad to 6" wide. Edge both the top and bottom with a black pen.
26. Adhere the floral patterned paper between the polka dot paper.
27. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the layered patterned paper.
28. Trim the layered paper to 5.5" wide which will cut off part of the rope frame. Alas. Alack. Poor planning on my part. Be more bummed out. Shrug it off again.
29. Use a black marker to edge the 5.5" x 8.5" panel.
30. Adhere it to the reserved black card.
31. Back a piece of vellum with Sookwang or any other strong two-sided tape.
32. Secure the vellum to the base of a stamping platform with tape, magnets, etc.
33. Using a stamping platform and Azure StazOn Ink, stamp the "Love Anchors the Soul" sentiment from the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
34. Use a flag die to cut the sentiment.
35. Trim the sentiment flag die-cut a tad.
36. Remove the backing of the tape and adhere the sentiment as shown to finish the card.

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Best Wishes * Good Luck * All the Best

Greetings! Here's my first card for this month's Fruit and Flowers Challenge at Lost Coast Portal To Creativity.. I've created a slimline card with all three of the gorgeous ATC Hamsa Hands Rubber Stamp Set. 

Here it is!

Products Used:
ATC Hamsa Hands Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Back and front of one piece of Kaleidoscope 12x12 Patterned Paper by Graphic 45

Class A Peels/Starform Foil Sentiment and Corner Stickers

Copic Markers: B41, B29, B28, B24, B23, B21, BV17, BV11, FV2, R01, YG45, YG41, G07, RV95, RV93, RV91, RV77, RV63, E77, E74, N6, N5, N4, C00

Stamping Platform

Notes:

• Here's some information from Wikipedia about the Hamsa. 

"The hand, particularly the open right hand, is a sign of protection that also represents blessings, power and strength, and is seen as potent in deflecting the evil eye.The hand can be depicted with the fingers spread apart to ward off evil, or as closed together to bring good luck".

• I like to use A10 cards for most of my slimline cards. They measure 9.5" x 4.125". 

 Instructions: 

1. Cut a piece of Raven (black) cardstock to 9.125" x 8.25". Score at 4.125" and fold to form a 9.125" x 4.125" card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp all three Hamsas from the ATC Hamsa Hands Rubber Stamp Set onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut them, color them with Copic markers, and edge them with a dark marker. Set them aside.
4. Trim the sheet of 12x12 floral/solid-ish patterned paper from the Kaleidoscope Collection to 8.875"" wide.
5. Cut one piece to 8.875" x 3.875"and a second one to 8.25" x 3.25". Edge both piece with a black marker. 
6. Adhere the smaller sheet of patterned paper panel solid-ish side up onto the larger sheet of floral paper.
7. The layered papers then were adhered to the reserved black card.
8. Adhere the fussy-cut colored hamsas  to the card front as shown.
9. Adhere gold foil sentiments and corner stickers to complete the card. 

You should definitely partipate in this month's Fruit and Foliage Challenge #194 for a chance to win Lost Coast Cash!

Lovebirds XOXOXO

It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. It's an "Anything Goes" week and I've made yet another Valentine's Day card with the Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Hobby Art, Ltd., the Heart Layered Stencils/Masks by Studio Light, the Ink Drops - Candy Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium, Strawberry VersaFine Clair Ink, and a sentiment from the JM 20 Mini Love Birds Cling Mounted Stamp Set by JOFY for PaperArtsy.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Hobby Art, Ltd.

Heart Layered Stencils/Masks by Studio Light

Ink Drops - Candy Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

JM 20 Mini Love Birds Cling Mounted Stamp Set by JOFY for PaperArtsy

Strawberry and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Red Devil Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: N5, N4, N3, N2, N1, N0, V15, V04, BG72, BG57, BG49, R17, R14, R02, Y02, Y00, T2, T1, T0

Pebbles Inkpad by Catherine Pooler Design

Pigma BB Black Pen by Sakura

Hearts Nestabilities Dies by Spellbinders Paper Arts

XOXO Dies: Source Unknown

Repositionable Sticker Paper

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Red Devil cardstock to create an A6 card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Inkto stamp the pigeon pair from the Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Color the Funky Pigeons pair with Copic markers.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart as a mask.
5. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the pigeon's feet to mask them and the bottom of the image panel. 
6. Sponge or brush grey ink over the masked pigeons. Set the pigeon panel aside.
7. Remove the tape and use Copic markers to color the bottom of the image panel. Set the image panel aside.
8. Use StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the polaroid frame from the Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set onto a piece of predominantly red patterned paper from the Ink Drops - Candy Patterned Paper Pad. 
9. Fussy-cut the outside of the frame. 
10. Use a craft knife to cut out the inside of the frame. Edge the exterior and interior of the polaroid frame with StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink.
11. Place the Heart Layered Stencils/Masks over the fussy-cut frame.
12. Brush StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the frame. 
13. Move the stencil and continue to brush ink over the stencil until you're happy with the amount of hearts on the frame.
14. Adhere the Funky Pigeons image panel behind the stenciled and fussy-cut frame. Set aside.
15. Use a heart die to cut a heart from the top left of the remaining piece of patterned paper left over from the frame. 
16. Place a piece of low-tack tape over the back of the heart-shaped aperture in the patterned paper. Place the heart die-cut onto the tape. 
17. Place the piece of the patterned paper onto a stamping platform. 
18. Position the "lovebirds" stamp from the M 20 Mini Love Birds Cling Mounted Stamp Set by JOFY facedown onto the heart die-cut. 
19. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift. 
20. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
21. Edge the heart with StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink then use a black pen to edge it again.
22. Take a piece of the same patterned paper used for the frame and the heart and trim it to 6" x 4.25".
23. Edge the patterned paper with StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink, then use a black pen to edge it a second time. 
24. Use a yellow Copic marker to slightly deepen the pale yellow veins in the patterned paper on the frame, heart, and background panel to a darker yellow.
25. Adhere the 6" x 4.25" patterned paper to the reserved red A6 card. 
26. Adhere the sentiment heart die-cut and the framed image panel to the patterned paper. 
27. Use an "XOXOXO" cutting die to cut red cardstock. 
28. Adhere the letters vertically to complete the card.

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Collect Beautiful Moments with Funky Fossil

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project created with products by Funky Fossil Designs who celebrated their sixth birthday in January with several great new releases. The Vintage Patchwork Collection is the final hurrah for their birthday month and its name describes it really well. The collection includes an 8x8 Vintage Patchwork Paper Pad, a 5 x 7 Three-Layer Patchwork Heart Stencil, an A5 Essential Ephemera Rub-Ons, an A7 Love Etc Clear Stamp Set,  and a Vintage Patchwork Signature Wallet.

Here's what  Funky Fossil Designs has to say about the new Vintage Patchwork Signature Wallet.

"Our 7th Signature Wallet contains a delicious combination of shabby chic papers and rub ons with a versatile stamp set which comes with a matching stencil and die plus a 5x7 stencil."

 I decided to use some of the contents of the Vintage Patchwork Signature Wallet  with the A5 Essential Ephemera Rub-Ons and the A7 Love Etc Clear Stamp Set. 

Here's my card!

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Vintage Patchwork Signature Wallet

A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons

A5 Essential Ephemera Rub-Ons

A7 Love Etc Clear Stamp Set

Other Products Used: 

Light Pink and Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Cloudy Sky Patterned Vellum: Source Unknown

Vintage Photo Archival Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Anti-static Pouch

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Matte Modge Podge by DecoArt

Dark Sepia and Light Skin Pitt Artist Pens by Faber Castell

Circle Die Set by QuicKutz

Gold UniPosca Paint Pens by Mitsubishi Pencil

Paintbrush

Glue Dots

Stamping Platform

Notes: 

• My instructions are going to be totally scattered as I encountered all sorts of challenges ranging from using old Modge Podge to having my Posca Paint Pen's nib fly out of the pen's body when I tapped it to scatter paint. Fortunately I did not have a paint explosion. 
• I should have heat set the Modge Podged layers prior to stamping. Bad result. Badder me.
• Midway through the card, I was ready to bin the entire thing. My Funky Fossil teammates offered some great suggestions and I may/may not have salvaged the card.
• I've come to the realization that pretty elegant shabby chic is so not my style. So moving forward, I will use this collection (which I love!) in my own way. In the words of the Tim "you be you". 

Instructions:

1. Fussy-cut a flower and a pair of flowers from two sheets of the same 5" x 7" patterned papers included in the Vintage Patchwork Signature Wallet.
2. Tear a wide strip and a narrow strip of the vertical striped paper from the Vintage Patchwork Signature Wallet.
3. Use Modge Podge to adhere the wide striped strip along the bottom of the blue/pink stucco looking patterned paper. 
4. Inadvertently tear the paper while adding another layer of Modge Podge overtop.
5. Use Modge Podge to adhere the thin strip of striped paper over the tear.
6. Use Modge Podge to adhere the single flower to the upper left and the flower cluster towards the bottom right overlapping the striped paper with a leaf.
7. Trim the layered patterned paper to 4.75" x 6.75" and edge with Vintage Photo Archival Ink.
8. Select the larger of the two harlequin patterned clear stamps from the stamp set included in the Vintage Patchwork Signature Wallet. 
9. Ink the stamp with Vintage Photo Archival Ink and second generation stamp the harlequin in five places. I should probably have heat set the panel first as the impressions are very fuzzy. We'll call them faded and vintage.
10. Apply a large butterfly rub-on from the A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons to a piece of pink cardstock.
11. Fussy-cut the butterfly and edge with Vintage Photo Archival Ink.
12. Apply the clock from the A5 Essential Ephemera Rub-Ons to pink cardstock, cut with a circle cutting die, and edge with Vintage Photo Archival Ink. 
13. Use Modge Podge to adhere the butterfly and the clock as shown.
14. Add two small blue butterfly rub-ons from the A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons above and below the flower cluster on the right.
15. Fussy-cut the small blue butterfly from the packaging of the A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons, fussy-cut, and edge with Vintage Photo Archival Ink.
16. Adhere the butterfly over the clock as shown.
17. Use Sepia and Light Flesh (a pale pink in reality) Pitt Artist Pens to outline the flower clusters and the large butterfly.
18. Use a Gold Posca Paint Pen to splatter the panel. Hope your pen doesn't lose its nib halfway through. Add a bunch of the liberated gold paint to a small dish and use a paintbrush to continue splattering.
19. Use the Sepia Pitt Artist Pen to edge the panel.
20. Pat a piece of clouded sky blue vellum with an anti-static tool.
21. Stamp the "collect beautiful moments" onto the vellum using VersaMark Ink.
22. Pour Gold Detail Embossing Powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into its container, and heat set.
23. Tear the vellum horizontally above and below the gold heat embossed sentiment.
24. Tear a point onto the left side of the vellum strip.
25. Add two pink jewel rub-ons from the A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons to the right side and one to the left side.
26. Use Glue Dots under the jewel rub-ons and the heavier type to adhere the vellum to the panel.
27. Adhere the panel to a brown 5" x 7" card.

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A Bright and Colorful Scene!

Greetings! Here's a bright and cheerful scenic card created with Lost Coast Designs' Cityscape Small and Flying Pig 2 Rubber Stamps for January's Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's challenge!

Products Used:

Cityscape Small Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Flying Pig 2 Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Black and Classic Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Suede Shoes, Stone Blue, It's a Girl, and Limoncello Mini Ink Pads by Catherine Pooler Designs

Copic Markers:

Pig: RV95, RV93, RV91, RV42, RV32, R30, R01

Helmet: BG75, BG72

Goggles: Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21, Y11, B39, B37, B24

Scarf: FV2, V00, BV08

Wings: B60, B00, B000, BG11, G000, G00, BV000, BV00, RV000, RV00, Y000, Y00, YG000, YG00, C1, C0

Buildings: W7, W6, W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, W0, T7, T5, T4, T3, T2, T1, N5, N4, N3, N2, N1, C7, C6, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1, C), E43, E42, E41, E40, E27, E25, G12, G07, R27, Y19, B18

Black Pigma BB Pen by Sakura

Repositionable Sticker Paper

91% Isopropyl Alcohol

Glassboard

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from blue cardstock. Set aside.
2. Place a panel of white cardstock onto the stamping platform.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Cityscape Small at the bottom of the panel and the Flying Pig 2 towards the top right of the image panel.
4. Stamp both the Cityscape Small and Flying Pig 2 a second time onto repositionable sticker paper.
5. Use Copic markers to color both the Cityscape Small and Flying Pig 2. 
6. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions and place them over their counterparts on the image panel as masks. 
7. Brush Limoncello (yellow) ink horizontally over the masked cityscape onto the image panel. 
8. Brush It's a Girl ink (pink) horizontally over the masked cityscape onto image panel overlapping the yellow ink at the top. 
9. Brush Suede Shoes ink (blue) horizontally over the top of the image panel and the masked pig. 
10. Brush Stone Blue (lighter blue) horizontally over the bottom part of the blue ink, across the masked pig, and overlapping the pink ink.
11. Mist the inked background with Isopropyl Alcohol which will mottle the ink without pilling the paper.
12. Lift the masks, trim the image panel, and edge it with the black pigment pen.
13. Mat the image panel with black cardstock.
14. Adhere the matted image panel to the reserved blue A6 card.

Please note: I didn't add a sentiment to the card because I haven't decided what kind of card it should be. The design could be used for birthday, encouragement, celebrate, or a Bon Voyage card. 

You still have time to create a Bright and Cheerful card, post it, and join our January Challenge!

Jump for Joy -- Another Pink and Red Card!

Public Service Announcement!

There's a great stencil sale going on right now at Topflight Stamps!

Now for the featured project!

This week the Topflight Stamps team has a color challenge! We're using Pink and Red. I was so inspired by the color scheme that I've made two cards for the challenge.

Here's my second card for the week that was created with the Tomorrow Doesn't Exist Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image, the Dynamic 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps, the Smile Stencil by Darkroom Door, and Emperor Red Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Tomorrow Doesn't Exist Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Dynamic 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Smile Stencil by Darkroom Door

Emperor Red Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps
Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir
Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller Pen by Sakura of America

Other Products Used:

Mixed Media Cardstock by Strathmore

Red Devil and Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Cotton Candy Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Spun Sugar Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Anti-Static Pouch

Clear Detail Embossing Powder by Stampendous

Black Pigma Ink Pen

Low-tack Tape

Black Star and Burst Sequins 

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard

Stamping Platform

Instructions: 

1. Create a 6" square card from Red Devil cardstock. Set aside,
2. Pounce an anti-static panel onto a 6" x 8" panel of mixed media cardstock.
3. Using a stamping platform, position the jumping girl from the Tomorrow Doesn't Exist Clear Polymer Stamp Set on the top right of the panel. 
4. Ink the stamp with VersaMark or other embossing ink. Stamp the image. 
5. Re-ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp again. Repeat if necessary to attain a good solid impression. 
6. Add clear detail embossing powder, dump the excess back into its container, and heat set.
7. Sponge or brush Cotton Candy and Spun Sugar Distress inks over the entire image panel to create a pink background. 
8. Use a Fine Spray Mister to mist the inked panel with water to add some splotches. 
9. Use magnets or low-tack tape to secure the Dynamic 8x8 Stencil onto the image panel. 
10. Sponge or brush the same pink inks over the stencil to create a subtle tone-on-tone background. Remove the stencil.
11. Use magnets or low-tack tape to secure the Smile Stencil over the image panel as desired. 
12. Sponge or brush Emperor Red Elements Ink over the stencil onto the image panel. 
13. Remove the stencil and trim the image panel to 5.625" square. You'll note that I cut off quite a bit of the stencil, but I wanted to keep the "Jump for Joy" sentiment. 
14. Use Emperor Red Elements Ink to edge the panel. 
15. Use a black pigment ink pen to edge the panel.
16. Trim a piece of black cardstock to 5.75" square use it to mat the image panel.
17. Adhere the matted image panel to the front of the reserved red 6x6 card. 
18. Use the Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller Pen to adhere tiny shiny black star and burst sequins as shown to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Public Service Announcement!

There's a great stencil sale going on right now at Topflight Stamps!

Now back to business!

This week the Topflight Stamps team has a color challenge! We're using Pink and Red. I was so inspired by the color scheme that I've made two cards for the challenge. 

Here's my first card for the week that was created with Meadow Cottage Clear Polymer Stamp, Words from the Heart Clear Polymer Stamp Set, Ornate Stencil, and Emperor Red Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps. I also used the Cascading Hearts Stencil by Darkroom Door.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Meadow Cottage Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Words from the Heart Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Ornate Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Emperor Red Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Cascading Hearts Stencil by Darkroom Door

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Avalanche White Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Raven Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Cotton Candy and Champagne Pink Inks by Catherine Pooler Designs

Mini Hearts Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Copic Markers: RV95, RV93, RV91, RV42, R81, <R81, E71, E70, C0, Y0000, Y000

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

Glassboard

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Bristol paper to 6" square. 
2. Place the large open heart part of the Cascading Hearts Stencilover the the paper and secure it with magnets or low-tack tape. 
3. Brush Cotton Candy ink over the heart shaped aperture. 
4. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally about 1.5" from the bottom point of the heart. 
5. Brush Cotton Candy ink over the tape to deepen the color. 
6. Remove the stencil and horizontal tape. 
7. Place the image panel onto a stamping platform. Position the Meadow Cottage Clear Polymer Stamp facedown atop the horizontal line. 
8. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Inkand stamp it twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
9. Use Copic markers to color the Meadow Cottage. 
10. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Meadow Cottage and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.
11. Place the large open heart part of the Cascading Hearts Stencil back over the image panel, taking care to line it up exactly. Secure it in place with magnets or low-tack tape.
12. Place the Ornate Stencil over the heart stencil and the masked house. Secure the stencil with magnets or low-tack tape. 
13. Brush the Cotton Candy ink over the stencil onto the center of the heart to add a tone-on-tone pattern.
14. Remove both stencils. 
15. Place the heart mask over the stenciled heart so that it completely covers the heart and the masked Meadow Cottage. Secure it with magnets. That's the joy of my new Glassboard. I <3 it.
16. Brush Champagne Pink ink over the heart mask to color the background around the central heart. 
17. Use a water-filled Fine Spray Mister to mist the image panel. The ink I used is reactive with water, which resulted in some splotches and splatter. 
18. Remove the heart mask and heat set the image panel. 
19. Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform. 
20. Use Emperor Red Elements Ink to stamp mini hearts above the chimney.
21. Remove the mini hearts stamp.
22. Position the sentiment from the Words from the Heart Clear Polymer Stamp Set facedown towards the top of the image panel. 
23. Press the platform's lid onto the stamp, lift it, then place low-tack tape to cover both hearts. 
24. Ink the sentiment with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, remove the tape, and stamp. 
25. Clean and dry the sentiment stamp. 
26. Use low-tack tape to cover the words of the sentiment. 
27. Ink the two hearts with Emperor Red Elements Ink, remove the tape, and stamp. 
28. Trim .125" off of the image panel and edge the panel with Emperor Red Elements Ink. 
29. Cut a piece of black cardstock cut to 5.75" square and use it to mat the image panel.
30. Create a 6" square card from white textured cardstock. 
31. Use Emperor Red Elements to ink a .5" perimeter around the cardstock. 
32. Adhere the card front to finish the card. 

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Have an action packed birthday!

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project created with products by Funky Fossil Designs. It's their sixth birthday, so they're celebrating all month long with great new releases.


The Ninja Squad Collection is another fun and fabulous new release, AND it's on sale right now!!! This fabulous bundle includes the  cool stamps and die, a comic style patterned paper pad, and versatile stencils. 

Here's my card featuring the Ninja Squad Stamp and Die Set, the three-layer Comic Book Burst Stencil, and the Halftone Stencil.

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Ninja Squad Stamp and Die Set, the 

Three-layer Comic Book Burst Stencil

Halftone Stencil

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock

Obsidian Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs

Pigma BB Marker by Sakura of America

Copic Markers:

Skin: BV000, E50, E21, E00

Eyes: C00, C0, E74, G00, B91

Hood Ribbons: R56, R37, R27, YR18, YR16, YR12, Y19, Y06, Y04, G19, G07, G05, B16, B0, B02, B69, B53, V09, V06, V04, 

Katana Hilts: Y28, Y26, Y21

Katana Blades: C3, C0

Pebble, Hoodie, Black Jack Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Low-tack Tape

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Stamping Platform

Note: There are seven ninjas included in the Ninja Squad Stamp and Die Set, so I decided that their hood ribbons should be in ROYGBIV order. 

Instructions:

1. Use Obsidian Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs to stamp all seven ninjas from the Ninja Squad Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock.. 
2. Color their faces, eyes, and hood ribbons with Copic markers.
3. Use the Black Pigma BB Marker to color their ninja uniforms. I tried to use N Copics, but they got a bit streakier than I liked.
4. Die-cut all the ninjas using the Ninja Squad Die Set. Set them aside. They'll be happy to get some exercise and practice done.
5. Cut a piece of white cardstock to 6.75" x 4.75" for the background panel.
6. Place the cardstock panel onto the STAY-tion.
7. Add tickmarks .625" in from both sides.
8. Add low-tack tape along the tickmarks to cover both sides.
9. Place the first of the Three-layer Comic Book Burst Stencil over the background panel and secure it with a magnet in the center and low-tack tape along the top and bottom edges..
10. Brush or sponge Pebble Ink over the stencil.
11. Place the second Three-layer Comic Book Burst Stencil over the panel and secure in the center with the magnet and low-tack tape along the bottom and top edges.
12. Brush or sponge Hoodie Ink over the stencil.
13. Place the burst stencil from the Three-layer Comic Book Burst Stencil over the panel and secure with magnets and tape.
14. Sponge or brush Black Jack Ink over the stencil.
15. Move the tape covering the sides of the background panel so that they're covering the inside of the panel and revealing both sides.
16. Sponge Pebble Ink over both sides of the background panel.
17. Place the Halftone Stencil over the background panel and randomly sponge Pebble Ink over the entire background panel.
18. Move the Halftone Stencil  to cover the left side of the background panel. Sponge Pebble Ink over the border area.
19. Move the Halftone Stencil  to the right side and sponge Pebble Ink over the right border area.
20. Center the Halftone Stencil  and randomly sponge Hoodie and Black Jack Ink over the background.
21. Edge the background panel with with Black Jack Ink.
22. Place the background panel onto a stamping platform and secure with magnets.
23. Place the "Go for it" and "Have an action packed birthday" sentiments from the Ninja Squad Stamp and Die Set facedown on the top left and bottom right of the image panel.
24. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaMark Clair ink and stamp the sentiments. 
25. Remove the background panel from the stamping platform and heat set the sentiments.
26. Adhere all seven colored and die-cut Ninjas as shown.
27. Create a 7" x 5" card from white cardstock.
28. Sponge Black Jack Ink around the outer .5" of the card.
29. Adhere the card front panel to the card.

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