Are You Kidding Me? -- Bat Boy and Friends

 Greetings! It's the last day of May and I'm squeaking in with my third card for May's Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197 created with Bat Boy (my name for him) from Lost Coast Designs' new Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set.

Products Used:

Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set by  Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Blue Lagoon,  Dark Denim, and Graphite Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps
Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers: BV17, BV13, BV11, BV04, BV02, BV01, BV00, RV55, RV52, B21, <B21

Black Stardust Glitter Pen by Sakura

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Sun and Cloud Stencil by Carla Creates for Vaessen Creative

Bats Dinky Stencil by That's Crafty

Texture Sprinkle Dots by Memory Box

Small Talk idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holtz for Advantus

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Low-tack tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 3.5" x 5" card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp Bat Boy onto white cardstock. 
3. Fussy-cut him, color him with Copic markers, then edge him with a black marker. 
4. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to his eyes. Set him aside.
5. Place a panel of white cardstock onto the STAY-tion.
6. Use low-tack tape to cover the sun and the clouds in the center of the Sun and Cloud Stencil.
7. Place the Sun and Cloud Stencil towards the top of the panel.
8. Sponge or brush Blue Lagoon,  Dark Denim, and Graphite Elements Ink over the top of the stencil onto the white cardstock.
9. Rotate the stencil and move it downwards.
10. Brush the same inks over the top of the stencil onto the cardstock panel.
11. Repeat Steps 8 and 9 until the panel has become a cloudy night sky background panel..
12. Cover the larger bats on the top of the Dinky Bats stencil with low-tack tape.
13. Position the bottom part of the Dinky Bats stencil onto the top right of the cloudy sky background panel. 
14. Sponge Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel.
15. Clean and dry the stencil.
16. Move the Dinky Bat stencil down to the left side of the background panel. 
17. Sponge Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel.
18. Clean and dry the stencil.
19. Move the Dinky Bat stencil down and to the right side of the background panel. 
20. Sponge Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel.
21. You should now have three sets of bats who are Bat Boy's friends.
22. Sponge black ink over a dot patterned stencil to add flight trails to the sky. 
23. Use a black glitter pen to add glittery accents to the dots.
24. Adhere Bat Boy as shown.
25. Edge the background panel with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and adhere to the reserved black card. 
26. Adhere the Small Talk Sticker to finish the card.

You still have a bit of time to join May's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197 for a chance to win Lost Coast Ca$h!

Funky Fossil Coffee Card

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a Funky Fossil Designs project. I've used their Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set, the Steampunk Cat Repeat Stencil, and the 8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Paper Pad to create a coffee themed card.

Funky Fossil Designs Products Used:

Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set

Steampunk Cat Repeat Stencil

8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Paper Pad

Steampunk Washi Tape (Retired)

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

White Cardboard Packaging

Raven Black Textured Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Jet Black StazOn Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Garden Party, All That Jazz, and Suede Shoes Dye Inks by Catherine Pooler Designs

Copic Markers: C2, C1, C0, C00, BG49, BG19, BG18, G40, G20, YG01

Grey MultiLiner Pen by Copic

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Black Chalk Pencil by General's

Ink Jet Vellum by Strathmore

Sookwang Double-sided Tape

Coffee Cup Die Set by Big Dog Dies

Speech Bubble Die: Source Unknown

Corner Dies: Source Unknown
Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the cat and mug from the Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the Coffee Cat color with Copic markers, and edge with a black pen
4. Use the white gel pen to add highlights to the cat's eyes and the coffee mug.
5. Set the Coffee Cat aside.
6. Use the Coffee Cup die to cut Bristol Paper.
7. Use the Coffee Cup Lid die to cut the white cardboard packaging. Set the die-cut aside.
8. Place the Coffee Cup die-cut onto the STAY-tion.
9. Sponge or brush Garden Party Dye ink onto the Coffee Cup die-cut, sponging more heavily around the edges of the die-cut.
10. Use low-tack tape and/or magnets to secure the Steampunk Cat Repeat Stencil over the coffee cup die-cut.
11. Sponge All That Jazz Dye ink over the stencil onto the coffee cup die-cut.
12. Wipe the stencil with a paper towel.
13. Use a small brush to brush Suede Shoes over the fish bones and pawprints on the stencil onto the coffee cup die-cut.
14. Cut a piece of teal patterned paper from the 8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Paper Pad to 4.75" x 6.75" to create the background panel. 
15. Sponge or brush Garden Party Dye ink around the edges and into some of the lighter areas of the background panel to make the patterned paper coordinate better with coffee-cup.
16. Adhere rust and rivet Washi tape to the bottom of the background panel and onto the patterned paper scrap left from Step 14.
17. Use a black chalk pencil to add some shading to the top of the Washi tape.
18. Use the corner die to cut the Washi-tape covered scrap.
19. Edge the background panel and the corner die-cuts with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.
20. Adhere the coffee cup die-cut and the Coffee Cat to the background panel as shown.
21. Adhere the corner die-cuts to the top corners of the background panel.
22. Back a strip of vellum with Sookwang Tape.
23. Use Jet Black StazOn Ink to stamp the sentiment from the Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set onto vellum. Let it dry.
24. Use a speech bubble die to cut the sentiment.
25. Adhere the sentiment die-cut above the cat as shown.
26. Trim the right side of the die-cut.
27. Use a grey multi-liner to outline the vellum speech bubble die-cut.
28. Adhere the background panel to the reserved black card.

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Wish...Dream...

Greetings! I'm back with a second project for Topflight Stamps this week! Our theme this week is Stars ! Here's a link to Topflight Stamps' Sun/Moon/Stars category! 

My card was created with Lavinia Stamps' Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp, Blue Lagoon and Dark Denim Elements Inks, Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Blue Lagoon and Dark Denim Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:
Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Raven Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tide Bleach Pen by Procter and Gamble

Paint Brushes

Pearl Color Set and Starry Color Set Gansai Tambi Watercolors by Kuretake

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

English Lavender Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen by Kuretake

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

White Chalk Pencil by General's

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studio

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inksto stamp the Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp onto Bristol Paper. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression. Remove the image panel and heat set thoroughly.

1. Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Moon Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp onto a panel of Bristol Paper. 
2. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression. Remove the image panel and heat set thoroughly.
3. Sponge or brush Blue Lagoon Elements Ink over the stamped image. 
4. Brush or sponge Dark Denim Elements Ink over the rest of the image panel.
5. Brush or sponge Blue Lagoon Elements Ink over the panel to create a smooth blend of blue inks. 
6. Smoosh a Tide Bleach pen* onto your craft mat to create a small puddle.
7. Pick up a some of the bleach with a small paint brush and brush the bleach onto a small area of the moon, wings, and hair of the Moon Fairy stamped image.
8. Dab a paper towel or tissue over the bleached area to pick up the blue ink and/or excess bleach.
9. Repeat Steps 6 - 8 until those areas are mostly white. 
10. Heat set the image panel and thoroughly clean your brush with water.
11. Use shimmery white watercolor paint to paint the moon. Tap the paint brush to splatter the panel witht white/silver drops and splashes.
12. Use shimmery colored watercolor paints to paint Moon Fairy's wings. 
13. Use a lavender watercolor pen to color her hair. 
14. Heat set the image panel.
15. Use a white gel pen to add white dots to the background to make brighter stars. 
16. Use fine tip black pens to deepen the stamped lines that have faded a bit from the bleach.*
17. Use a black marker to deepen the black on her body. Heat set the image.
18. Add highlights to her hands, arms, legs, and back with a white chalk pencil. 
19. Use a cotton bud to soften the chalked highlights.
20. Trim the image panel to 3.25" x 4.75" and edge with the Dark Denim Elements Ink. 
21. Adhere the image panel to a 3.5" x 5" black card.
22. Add the sentiment sticker from the Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 by Lavinia Stamps to finish the card.

Notes:

• Be sure to open a window when using bleach and/or other solvents so you can avoid breathing the fumes.
• I had a bleach pen handy and it worked relatively well. I'm going to put some laundry bleach into a small bottle and try to use that with this technique to see if it yields a different result.
• It's a good idea to dedicate a paint brush to use with bleach to avoid contamination, etc.
• I left the stamp on the platform and was going to re-stamp the image with Nocturne VersaFine Clair, but didn't want to fubar my project. Maybe I'll grow a pair and try that next time.
• I had forgotten how much fun 3.5" x 5" cards are! 

Shine Bright!

Greetings and Happy Memorial Day! Here's a project designed for Topflight Stamps! This week our theme is Stars! Here's a link to Topflight Stamps' Sun/Moon/Stars category!

But before I get my project, I'd like to remind you about the Memorial Day Sale that ends tonight at 11:59 P.M. EDT!

Here's my card created with the Kate Crane KC006 Cling Rubber Stamp Set and Eclectica ENB02 Rubber Cling Mounted Set by Nicci Battilana — both by PaperArtsy. I also used the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 and the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create as well as the Ink Drops - Vivid and the Grunge Mid Tones 6x6 Patterned Paper Pads by  Craft Consortium.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Kate Crane KC006 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by PaperArtsy

Eclectica ENB02 Rubber Cling Mounted Set by Nicci Battilana for PaperArtsy

Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create

Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create

Ink Drops - Vivid 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

Grunge Mid Tones 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

Della Blue Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne and Monarch VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Purple Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:

 Skin: BV000, E50,E21, E11, E000

 Cheeks: R21, R20

 Lips: E04, R32

 Eyes: B21

 Hair and Stars: Y21, Y15, Y02, R35, R32

 Clothing: B24, B23, B21, V17, V15, V12, V09, V06, V05

 Stand: B28, B24, BV17, BV13, V05

 Grass: YG67, YG45, YG14, YG17, YG11, YG05, YG03

White Shimmer and Golden Glitz Delicata Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platforms

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from Purple cardstock. Set aside.
2. Secure a panel of white cardstock to the base of a stamping platform with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
3. Position the girl with stars from the Kate Crane KC006 Cling Rubber Stamp Set facedown and centered on the panel.
4. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp onto the image panel and onto repositionable sticker paper. 
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.
6. Position the stand stamp from the Kate Crane KC006 Cling Rubber Stamp Set facedown underneath the masked girl on the image panel.
7. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp onto the image panel and onto repositionable sticker paper. 
8. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.
9.  Place a piece of repositionable tape across the bottom of the image panel under the stand. 
10. Sponge or brush Della Blue Elements Inks over the masked images onto the image panel.
11. Use a tag die from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 to cut the image panel. 
12. Place the base of one of the rectangle dies from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 across the tag portion of the die-cut. Secure the die with repositionable tape and run it through your die-cut machine.
13. Remove the masks from the image panel die-cut and color the girl, stand, and grass with Copic markers. Use the B41 Copic marker to edge the top part of the image panel die-cut and YG63 to edge the bottom part of the image panel die-cut.
14. Cut a piece of patterned paper from the Grunge Mid Tones 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad so that it's slightly larger than the die-cut image panel, mat the image panel, edge it with V15 marker, and set it aside.
15. Choose a piece of patterned paper from the Ink Drops - Vivid 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad for your background panel and place it onto a stamping platform secured with magnets. 
16. Position the star stamp from the Eclectica ENB02 Rubber Cling Mounted Set so that it's facedown on the top right of the patterned paper panel. 
17. Ink the star stamp with White Shimmer Delicata Ink and stamp. 
18. Wipe the stamp with a shammy.
19. Re-ink with Golden Shimmer Delicata Ink and stamp again. 
20. Keeping the stamp in the same position, move the patterned paper ~2.5" to the right and flush with the base of the stamping platform.
21. Ink the star stamp with White Shimmer Delicata Ink and stamp. 
22. Wipe the stamp with a shammy.
23. Re-ink with Golden Shimmer Delicata Ink and stamp again. 
24. Remove the stamp from the stamping platform.
25. Remove the patterned paper panel from the stamping platform and heat set the Delicata Ink to set it and to bring out the shimmer.
26. Place the patterned paper back onto the stamping platform along the left edge and the bottom of the platform. Secure with magnets.
27. Position the star stamp facedown below the golden stars on the right.
28. Repeat Steps 17 through 27 until the patterned paper panel is filled with heat set golden stars.
29. Trim the image panel to 4.25" wide and edge it with the gold shimmer ink. Heat set the panel.
30. Adhere the image panel to the background panel, then adhere the combination to the reserved A6 card. 
31. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the nameplate from the Kate Crane KC006 Cling Rubber Stamp Set onto one of the scraps of patterned paper used for this card. 
32. Position the sentiment stamp from the same set so that the sentiment you want to use will be within the nameplate, cover the rest of the sentiments of the stamp with repositionable tape, ink the stamp with Monarch VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. 
33. Heat set the sentiment plate, fussy-cut it, and edge it with a black pen.
34. Adhere the sentiment to finish the card.

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Thank You Card

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a Funky Fossil Designs project. I've used their A5 Woodcut Birds Clear Stamp Set, the Vintage Patchwork 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad, a butterfly from the A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons, and a sentiment from the Sentimental Sticker Stack to create a Thank you card.

Here's it is.

Funky Fossil Products Used:

A5 Woodcut Birds Clear Stamp Set

Vintage Patchwork 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad

A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons

Sentimental Sticker Stack

Other Products Used:

Green and Raven (Black) Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs

Copic Markers: 

 N7, N5, N4, R46, R37, FB2, YG61, Y19, W2, W1

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Stamping Platform

Note: If you use the correct ink, you can often stamp onto patterned paper, then color with Copic markers. This works really well with music notation, text paper, and papers with grids like ledger paper. I wanted to see how this technique would work with a floral patterned paper. I must say that I'm very happy with the result!

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from green cardstock. Set aside.
2. Using a stamping platform,  position one of the birds from the A5 Woodcut Birds Clear Stamp Set facedown about .75" up from the bottom of a  8" x 4" piece of rose-patterned paper from the Vintage Patchwork 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad.
3. Press the platform's lid on the back of the stamp, lift, ink the stamp with Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink, and stamp.
4. Re-ink and stamp again to attain a good solid stamped impression.
5. Heat set.
6. Use Copic markers to color the open areas of the bird.
7. Tear a plain-ish piece of off white-ish patterned paper so that it's a thin strip.
8. Color the strip with the YG61 Copic marker.
9. Adhere the colored patterned paper strip with the torn side up below the bird's feet to ground him.
10. Trim the bottom of the panel.
11. Add the rub-on butterfly from the A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons to the rose-patterned paper to the right of the bird and slightly above his sightline.
12. Trim the image panel to 5.625" x 3.875" and edge with an N4 Copic marker.
13. Cut black cardstock to 5.875" x 4.125" and use to mat the image panel.
14. Adhere the matted image panel to the reserved green card.
15. Edge the "Thank you" sentiment sticker with a black marker, then adhere the sentiment sticker to finish the card.

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Are You Kidding Me? - An Encouragement Card

Here's my second card for May's Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197 created with Angel Girl (my name for her) from Lost Coast Designs' new Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set with the Medium Keyhole by Carmen's Veranda.

Products Used:

Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs

Medium Keyhole by Carmen's Veranda

Solar White Classic Crdstock by Neenah Paper

Gold Metallic Cardstock by Recollections

Grey/Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Galaxy Gold and Lightning Black Brilliance Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Serenade, Blue Raspberry, and Cotton Candy Dye Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Copic Markers:

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

 Cheeks: R20

 Eyes: V15, V12

 Hair: E29, E27, E19, E18, E17, YR23

 Top and Tights: RV93, RV91, RV11, RV10

 Wings: B66, B63, B60 

 Keyhole: Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21

Olo Markers:

 Skirt and Eyes: V2.7, V2.6

Clear and Gold Stardust Glitter Pens by Sakura

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Black Chalk Pencil by General's

Wood/Brick 5x7 M-Bossibilities Embossing Folder by Spellbinders

Metallic idea-ology Sticker Book by Tim Holtz for Advantus

Thin Rectangle Sentiment Die by Spellbinders

Cloud Stencil: Homemade by Lexington Austria

Repositionable Sticker Paper

Low-Tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from blue/grey cardstock. Set aside.
2. Place a piece of white cardstock onto the base of a stamping platform, secured with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
3. Use a stamping platform and Memento Ink to stamp the Medium Keyhole twice — once onto the center of the white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version so that you have a piece that will cover the area around the outline of the keyhole. Cut it again along the outside border of around the keyhole. then cut it yet again around the inside border of the keyhole. You should end up with three masks, one for the area around the keyhole, one for the outline of the keyhole, and one for the keyhole itself.  
5. Position the Angel Girl stamp from the  Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set facedown in the aperture of the keyhole, then use Memento Ink to stamp it twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
6. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of Angel Girl and place it atop its counterpart on the image panel. 
7. Place the image panel onto the STAY-tion and secure with low-tack tape and/or magnets.
8. Place the keyhole mask and the keyhole outline mask over their counterparts and sponge Galaxy Gold Brilliance Ink over the masks onto the white cardstock around the keyhole to create the brass door plate/escutcheon. Thoroughly heat set the ink.
9. Sponge Lightning Black Brilliance Ink over the masks to add some darkness/patina to the bright gold background. Heat set.
10. Sponge Galaxy Gold Brilliance Ink again to brighten the background a tad. Heat set.
11. Cover the area just inked with the repositionable sticker paper mask. It will butt up against the outline mask. 
12. Remove the mask from the keyhole, but keep the mask over Angel Girl. 
13. Brush Serenade, Cotton Candy, and Blue Raspberry dye inks over the cloud mask to create a cloudy sky in the aperture of the keyhole. 
14. Remove the mask from Angel Girl and from the outline of the keyhole. 
15. Color the keyhole and Angel Girl with Copic markers. 
16. Use a clear glitter pen to add glitter to her wings and trails under her feet. 
17. Use a gold glitter pen to add gold glitter to her halo, her wings, and the trails under her feet. 
18. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to her eyes.
19. Remove the mask from the outside of the keyhole. 
20. Trim the image panel/keyhole plate and edge with a grey marker. 
21. Use a black chalk pencil to add a slight shadow around the outline of the keyhole. 
22. Trim a piece of gold metallic cardstock so that it's slightly larger than the image panel and use it to mat the image panel. 
23. Add gold circles to the four corners of the doorplate/escutcheon.
24. Use a wood-patterned embossing folder to emboss grey/blue cardstock. 
25. Place the embossed cardstock between copy paper and place it on the base of die-cut machine. Place two cutting plates over the copy paper and run through the die-cut machine to flatten the embossed paper slightly. 
26. Brush gold metallic ink lightly over the embossed cardstock to hit the high spots.
27. Trim the embossed panel to 5" x 7" and adhere to the 5" x 7" grey/blue card.
28. Edge with the card with Galaxy Gold Brilliance Ink, then heat set the card thoroughly.
29. Choose a sentiment from the Metallic Sticker Book and place it onto an acetate block.
30. Sponge the Serenade and Cotton Candy Dye Ink onto the sentiment sticker.
31. Use a thin rectangle die to cut metallic gold cardstock. 
32. Adhere the sentiment sticker to the die-cut rectangle and trim it if needed.
33. Adhere the sentiment sticker/die-cut to the image panel as shown.
34. Adhere the image panel to finish the card.

Public Service Announcement:

You still have time to create a project to enter May's Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197! You can enter more than once increasing your chances of winning Lost Coast Designs CA$H!

Thank You Card

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project made for Topflight Stamps! This week the team is showcasing products by L'Encre et L'Image, a French company that makes wonderful and whimsical stamps, great stencils, and other fab products.

Here's a Thank You card created with the A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set by L'Encre et L'Image

Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 by AALL and Create

Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

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

Concord Grape and Pink Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

White Heavystock Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: YG01, YG03, YG05, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG25, YG41, YG45, YG61, YG63, YG67, B01, B02, <B21, B23, B63, B66, RV91, RV10, RV52, Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, E23, BV04, BV25, BV34, G20, G21, G24, T0, T1, T2, BG90, BG93

Waterbrush filled with Copic Colorless Blender

White Prismacolor Pencil by Newell Rubbermaid

Purple Stardust Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Make an A6 card from white cardstock. Set it aside.
2. Place a piece of 6.5" x 4.5" piece of Classic Crest cardstock onto a stamping platform secured with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the big planter from A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set twice — once in the center of the white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask. 
5. Position the the watering can/house/planter stamp from A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set facedown on the left of the planter. 
6. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, lift the lid, ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp.
7. Clean and dry the watering can/house/planter stamp.
8. Position the watering can/house/planter stamp facedown on the right of the planter. 
9. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, lift the lid, ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp.
10. Use the second largest die from the Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 by AALL and Create to cut the image panel.
11. Remove the mask from the image panel die-cut.
12. Place a piece of Repositionable Scotch Tape horizontally across the bottom part of the image panel die-cut.
13. Use a waterbrush filled with Copic Colorless Blender Solution to wet the area to the left of the watering can.  Immediately color the area with a <B21 Copic marker to create a blue sky behind the planters. 
14. Continue wetting small areas with the waterbrush and immediately coloring with the <B21 marker until the top part of the image panel is mostly colored. You'll note that I left the periphery of the image panel die-cut uncolored.
15. Add drips, drops, and splatters of Colorless Blender to add interest to the blue sky area.
16. Remove the Repositionable Scotch Tape and use a glue pick-up to make sure the area is free of sticky residue.
17. Color the planters, flowers, leaves, grass, and paths with Copic markers.
18. Use a white colored pencil to add highlights to the planters and watering cans.
19. Use a purple Stardust Glitter pen to add glittery centers to the pink flowers.
20. Cut grape cardstock with the the largest die from the Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 
21. Trim pink cardstock to the same size and use it to mat the grape die-cut. 
22. Adhere the matted background Quirky Post die-cut to the reserved white A6 card.
23. Adhere the image panel to the card. 
24. Add the "Thank You" sentiment sticker from the Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 to finish the card. 

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Are You KIDding Me Challenge 197

May's Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197 is all about children. As kids say and do the darnest things you get extra points if your card is funny! 

Here's my card which was created with two of the odd kids from Lost Coast Designs' new Cartoon Kids release! There are six children and two critters in the Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set.

Products Used:

Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

White Heavystock Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Comic Book Pop 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Funky Fossil Designs

Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs

Copic Markers: 

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

 Cheeks: R20

 Hair: N7, N6, N5

 Eyes: E71, E70, BG23, BG10, BG000

 Clothing: Y26, Y23, YG03, G24, B34, B32

 Floor: R56

Olo Markers: B0.7, B0.5

Metallic Silver Pen by Pentel

Black Glaze Pen By Sakura

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Heart Die by Sizzix

Mini Star and Mini Star Alphabet Die Sets by QuicKutz

Americana Circuit Stencil by DecoArt

Anti-static Pouch

Starlite Silver Brilliance Ink by Imagine/Tsukeko

Detail Silver Embossing Powder by Stampendous

Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create (available at Topflight Stamps)

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Notes:

• I thought that the staticky haired girl and boy Cartoon Kids looked like they had been zapped with electricity, so I decided to tell a little story with my card.
• I should have cut silver cardstock with the squigly/staticky line dies from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26. Alas.

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from white Heavystock cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink to stamp the spiky haired girl and boy from the Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set onto white cardstock. 
3. Fussy-cut the head and bodies of the kids.
4. Color the kids with Copic and/or Olo markers. 
5. Use the silver Metallic pen to color the sweatshirt's zipper and tab.
6. Edge the kids with a black Pigma pen and set them aside to bond.
7. Trim a piece of the comic book page patterned paper from Comic Book Pop 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad to 4.25" x 6".
8. Trim the sentiments you want to use from the Comic Book Pop 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad.
9. Adhere the "When Suddenly" sentiment in the top left blue circle panel.
10. Adhere the "So it begins" sentiment to the bottom right panel as shown.
11. Use Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink to stamp the spiky haired girl Cartoon Kid onto the red panel.
12. Use Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink to stamp the spiky haired boy Cartoon Kid onto the yellow orange panel.
13. Trace the spiky hair of both the girl and the boy with Black Glaze pen to make it dimensional. 
14. Let the dimensional Glaze ink dry.
15. Use the Mini Star Alphabet Die Set to cut the red halftone dots patterned paper from the Comic Book Pop 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad.
16. Use the Mini Star Shadow Alphabet Die Set to cut white cardstock.
17. Adhere the red die-cut letters onto the white shadow die-cut letters.
18. Pounce the anti-static pouch onto a small piece of white cardstock.
19. Place the white cardstock onto the STAY-tion.
20. Use magnets and/or low-tack tape to secure the Circuit Stencil atop the white cardtock on the STAY-tion.
21. Sponge Starlite Silver Brilliance Ink over the Circuit Stencil onto the white cardstock.
22. Add Detail Silver Embossing Powder to the wet ink, pour the excess powder back into the container, and melt the powder on the panel.
23. Use a heart die to cut the stenciled, embossed white cardstock.
24. Use the squigly/staticky line dies from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 to cut a scrap of black cardstock so you end up with the die-cuts.
25. Place the comic book page background on the STAY-tion.
26. Use a magnet to temporarily secure the heart die-cut between the top two panels of the comic book page.
27. Adhere one squigly line die-cut diagonally from the heart angling towards the girl Cartoon Kid.
28. Adhere another quigly line die-cut diagonally from the heart angling towards the boy Cartoon Kid.
29. Adhere one of the squigly lines between the girl and boy Cartoon Kids.
30. Adhere the girl Cartoon Kid atop her counterpart in the red panel and use a red Copic marker to add a shadow under her shoes to ground her (to the background). If she were electrically grounded the shock thing wouldn't have worked.
31. Adhere the boy Cartoon Kid atop his counterpart in the yellow/orange panel as shown.
32. Adhere the "ZAP" sentiment die-cuts to the upper right panel as shown.
33. Adhere the card front to the reserved white A6 card.

Public Service Announcement:

You still have time to create a project to enter May's Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197! You can enter more than once increasing your chances of winning Lost Coast Designs CA$H!

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