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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A Scenic Card

 It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday and an "Anything Goes" week. I missed last week's "Outdoors" theme since I've been sick since mid-July with a rashy ick, cause unknown. I hope that I get answers this week and to be taken off the antibiotics which are whipping my itchy butt. Poor, poor pitiful me.

This card features products by Lavinia Stamps to create an outdoors scene. I've used the Acorn Abode Clear Polymer Stamp, the Hanging Lanterns Clear Clear Polymer Stamp, Dana Clear Polymer Stamp, and the Texture 2 Clear Polymer Stamp with six colors of Elements Premium Dye Ink and the ever-so-useful Hills Acetate Mask.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Acorn Abode Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Hanging Lanterns Clear Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Dana Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Texture 2 Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Bermuda, Soft Cygnet, Lemon Drop, Lime Punch, Pine, and Olive Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Hills Acetate Mask by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir

Other Products Used

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:

Acorn: E77, E74, E71, E70, YG63, YG61, G00, G000

Door Frame: YR30, YR20, Y32, Y21, E93, E02, BV000

Door: E07, E04, E02

Rocks: T3, T1, T0, BG90, BG72, R01, BV20

Orange, Yellow, and Bright Yellow Zig Clean Color Brush Pens by Kuretake

Black and Yellow Glitter Markers by Grabie Art

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Acorn Abode Clear Polymer Stamp twice — once on panel of Bristol paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Heat set the image stamped onto the Bristol paper, which will become the image panel. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker-paper version and adhere it atop its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
5. Place the flatttest mask from the Hills Acetate Mask just above the rocks so that it's covering the bottom of the image panel. 
6. Brush Soft Cygnet Elements Premium Dye Inkover the top of the Hills Acetate mask and around the masked Acorn Abode. 
7. Next brush Lemon Drop Elements Premium Dye Ink onto the image panel blending the ink colors as you go. 
8. Continue this process with the Lime Punch, Pine, and Olive Elements Premium Dye Inks working from the center of the image panel outwards. 
9. Use a water-filled Fine Spray Mister to mist the image panel to add some white speckles and splatter. 
10. Remove the Hills Acetate Mask and heat set the panel.
11. Trace the Hills Acetate Mask onto scrap cardstock or thin acetate, cut along the traced line, and place the upper part of the temporary mask to cover the top part of the image panel.
12. Brush Bermuda Elements Premium Dye Ink over the temporary mask to ground the masked Acorn Abode. 
13. Press the Texture 2 Clear Polymer Stamp onto the Bermuda Elements Premium Dye Inkpad and randomly stamp over the temporary mask and the masked Acorn Abode to add texture and interest to the inked ground.
14. Remove the temporary mask and the mask from the Acorn Abode. Color the image with Copic markers. Trim the image panel to 4.25" x 6".
15. Use magnets and/or low-tack tape to secure the image panel onto a stamping platform so that it's against the bottom, but centered horizontally. 
16. Place the Hanging Lanterns Clear Clear Polymer Stamp facedown onto the right side of the panel so that it's a bit over the right edge. 
17. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
18. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Remember that you can always re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
19. Clean and dry the stamp. 
20. Position the Hanging Lanterns Clear Clear Polymer Stamp facedown in the center of the image panel, but with the end of the stamp slightly above the stamped Hanging Lanterns. 
21. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
22. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Make sure that the image panel didn't move before inking and stamping again. Unlike me. Oops.
23. Repeat the above steps with the Hanging Lanterns Clear Clear Polymer Stamp positioned along the left edge with the bottom of the stamp above the other two stamped impressions.
24. Position the Dana Fairy Clear Polymer Stamp facedown on the image panel so that her feet and hand are on the stem of the Acorn Abode. 
25. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
26. Ink the stamp with  Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
27. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and thoroughly heat set it.
28. Use watercolor pens to color the Hanging Lanterns and Dana's wings and lantern. 
29. Use a yellow glitter marker to add yellow glitter to the dots in the Hanging Lanterns and a black glitter marker to add glitter to the dots around the lanterns.
30. Edge the image panel with Bermuda and Pine Elements Premium Dye Inks, then edge again with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.
31. Finish by adhering the image panel to the reserved A6 black textured card.

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