Die Cutting with Spellbinders Hip Llama

Howdy! There is another big birthday this month. My sister turned 50. I wanted to create a critter fun type card for her.

I used a stencil and Oxide inks to make the background.  I used 3 different colors of ink. Then I cut the oval shape from the panel I created.

Next I cut out this fun llama. It has some embossing to it which really adds to it. For the llama I used a Copic pen to highlight and color the hooves. Then I ink blended over the whole llama kind of here and there. For his blanket I made sure the embossing was done well by running it through my die cut machine a second time. I then sanded it a bit and went over it with an ink blending tool. On the shades I used a clear Glaze pen which doesn’t show in the photo.

The sentiment is stamped with some pigment ink.

Entered over at Die Cut Divas for their March Challenge.

Supplies:

• Spellbinders Hip Llama Die Set
• Memory Box Brilliant Stencil
• Simon Says Stamp More Sketchy Banner Greetings Stamp Set
• Hero Arts Nesting Oval Infinity Dies
• Oxide Distress Inks
• Copic Markers

Merry Monday #288

I am happy to say I got one done for the Merry Monday Challenge. It was challenge #288 with a theme of no stamping this week. I was excited to use this die set for the first time. So cute.

The background is done with a stencil, Versamark and sparkly embossing powder. I inked the background and the edges of the snowy hills. The rest is die cuts.

• Stencil – Memory Box Tiny Snowflakes
• Embossing Powder – Judikins Iridescent Sparkle
• Die Cut Set – Sizzix/Tim Holtz Home for the Holidays (662419) – I used some wood grain papers for the trim on the car and the sentiment. I also had some foil paper for the bumpers, tires and gift.

Sunny Butterfly Birthday

This was a fun one to make. Along the way I made several combinations of butterflies and a few greetings. Finally it came together and I am really happy with it.

The background – Memory Box stencil Brilliant which is a bit challenging to work with because of all the small pieces that come to the center. I used clear embossing paste mixed with ink sprays by Heidi Swapp and Ranger. I also sprinkled in some Art Glittering System ultra fine glitter in Oyster which is a very cool color. I just ran into this in my stash and have had it for a very long time.

The butterflies – I used a Sizzix Tim Holtz die set called Mini Detailed Butterflies. I first water colored with purples and cut out some butterflies. I decided I wanted the underneath layer to vary so one is cut from just a light purple card stock. The top detailed part of the butterflies I first cut out of black card stock. Nope didn’t work for me. Then I took out the purple paper. Yes that works. I colored over all the butterfly pieces with a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (I don’t remember the exact name). Then came the greeting. Black with white embossing? No. White with black embossing. No. Finally I got to this one using a Lawn Fawn die Everyday Sentiment Banners, Rose Gold Embossing Powder by Stampendous, the sentiment from I think it is a Simon Says Stamp set and of course I can’t find the package right now.

Here is a twist on the card above.

For this background I blended Distress Oxide inks. The same butterflies are cut from black paper and not layered. The sentiment is from a My Monthly Hero set from March 2016. I die cut the banner from this set and then stamped the greeting with a Avery Elle pigment ink in a orange/yellow color and then sprinkled Judikins Translucent Gold embossing powder over it and heat embossed it. I tried so many combinations of things for that greeting from different color embossing powders to different greetings and dies. Finally it worked out.

Merry Monday #277 Cards

The inspiration for both of these cards was Merry Monday #277. The theme was stencils. I love using them but haven’t been doing that lately. I only posted the first card. I am not sure about the rules of how many you can post.

The background – I used a Memory Box stencil called Birch Trees. I inked over that with Faded Jeans Oxide ink. After taking the stencil off I sprayed over it with Perfect Pearls. Since it was Oxide ink it gave a nice look and the water spots made it look like it was snowing.
The deer are cut out of brown paper with little spots on it if you look close. I used an Impression Obsession die called Deer Trio.
The birds are cut with a Memory Box die called Resting Birds. I think this die came in a surprise box on my door step and many months later I still don’t know who put the box there.

The background – I used another Memory Box stencil called Winter Large Snowflakes. I used Nuvo Glimmer Paste to create the nice sparkly snowflakes.

The sentiment – I stamped with Versamark using a Hero Arts stamp with no name the product number is G5619. I heat embossed over that using Ranger Snowflake Tinsel powder that I just got. I am not sure how much I like it. The reason being is you get glitter heavy some places and hardly at all in others. I did the heat embossing from underneath too so I would not blow off the glitter. Then I added the two snowflake sequins. And.. I almost forgot the die used to cut out the sentiment is by Top Dog Dies called Gift Tag.

Almost Merry Monday Blue Bird

After making the blue card I liked it a lot and decided to make a red version. I used a different stencil for the background and added red glitter to the embossing paste. The stencil is a Memory Box stencil called Tiny Snowflakes (88583).

Merry Monday’s theme this week was a tag on a card with texture, bling and die cuts.

Well I finally got it together to make a card for Merry Monday at the last hour, which I haven’t done in quite awhile. That was all great and I was running on time. But then.. when I went to post it I remembered I forgot one element of the theme. Um where’s the tag on my card? Does that ever happen to you? Darn it. The good news is I really like the card and I got a Christmas card done. So the inspiration for this card was the Merry Monday Challenge for this past week.

The background – A Memory Box stencil called Large Snowflakes (88586). Embossing paste with ink added.

Frame – Simon Says Stamp die Holiday Frames (SSSD111393) cut out of the nice DCWV Glitzy Glitter paper. I love the smooth texture of this paper. It is a challenge somewhat though to cut out things with dies. The backing is thick so you have to work to get the small pieces out. I even rolled it through the Grand Calibur more than once and added a paper shim. I did get there though.

The bird is a stamp by Judikins called Whats Up Chickadee that I got a few months ago and finally used. I colored it with Copics and went over that with a Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen.

So as you can see I have the bling, a die cut and the texture on the background. Oops no tag…