CardMaker & Ranger Industries Blog Hop

     Welcome to the CardMaker and Ranger Industries Blog Hop!

     This week we, the members of the CardMaker Blog Team, have been playing with the new Tim Holtz water-reactive Distress Crayons. To be quite honest, I was really nervous about today's blog hop. I am more of a stamper than a painter-with-pigment kind of card maker. But, I surprised myself! I had so much fun with these Distress Crayons!

     To get the hang of working with these new crayons, I experimented on some scraps of cardstock first. After just a few tries, I found what worked best for me - work in small areas and smudge with a wet finger. I am really pleased with how my card turned out.

     To begin, I created a 4.25"x5.5" card base with heavy-duty cream cardstock. I heat-embossed a clear background onto another panel of heavy-duty cream cardstock.

     Then, I began coloring. I applied some of the crayon to my cardstock in a small area and with a wet finger smeared it out and over my background. With a wet paper towel, I gently wiped across the embossed areas to allow the embossing to show. I kept coloring little by little with different colors until my panel was all covered. I adhered it to my card with foam tape.

     I stamped over one of my practice-panels and trimmed it to use as the first piece of a freestyle-collage embellishment. I adhered the collage to my card with foam tape.

     I had so much fun learning to use these Distress Crayons! The colors are so vibrant. But, they can also be very soft depending upon how much water you use with them. It's all up to you. With a wet paintbrush, they also make an ombre look very easy to achieve.

     Thanks so much for hopping along with us today! Give these Tim Holtz Distress Crayons a try. I know I will be using my set often!

     Be sure and stop by my fellow Blog Team member's blogs and see all the inspiration they have to share with you today.

     Your next stop is at Carisa's blog.

    Below is a full list of participating blogs just in case you started here or get lost along the way.

   Have a wonderful day, Pamela

CardMaker

Linda Beeson

Lisa Silver

Kim Klinkovsky

Pamela Haskin -- you are here

Carisa Zglobicki

Dawn Lusk

Ranger Industries 

 

 

     Materials used:

          Distress Crayons-   (Ranger, Tim Holtz pack TDBK47919

                                               seedless preserves TDB49630

                                               chipped sapphire TDB49609

                                               festive berries TDB49586)

                                             

          cardstock-                heavy-duty cream (the Paper Studio 667998)

                                              navy, pink, purple (the Paper Studio 449769)

 

          stamps-                     background (Hero Arts, Line Dots CG316)

                                              butterfly (Unity Stamp Co, Butterfly Endearment UK-777A)

                                              sentiment (Hero Arts, CL342)

                                              dots (Fiskars, All Year Cheer 03-013370)

 

          ink-                            black dye (Memories BLACK-020MEMB)

                                              watermark pigment (VersaMark VM-001)

 

         embossing powder- clear (JoAnn Craft Essentials)

 

          dies-                           circles (Spellbinders GLD-005)

                                              confetti (Our Daily Bread Designs, CSBD15)

 

          brad-                         black (Recollections 356862)

 

          gems-                        purple (Studio G WM0161)

 

          paperclip-                mini (Tim Holtz, ideaology TH92791)

          adhesive-                  foam tape (Scotch 3M)

Flower Girls & Ring Bearer

     My niece Ashley asked me to create three cards asking two flower girls and one ring bearer to join her wedding party. Her wedding colors are real burlap & gold.      Ashley attached magic wands to the girls cards and a real sheriff's badge to the boy's card which he will wear in the wedding as he guards the rings. 

     I used DCWV's Chic Chat stack to make the cards. Real burlap with a smooth back for easy gluing was the perfect place to start my cards. I created the 'Will you . . . " sentiment on my computer, trimmed it and adhered it with glue dots. I printed the rest of the question, "Will you be my ring bearer / flower girl?" onto cream copy paper and used it to line the inside of the cards. I lined the envelopes with coordinating patterned papers.

     They all said yes!

     Thanks for stopping in today. May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

Pamela    

DCWV Stack-a-holic Challenge, March 2016

Update: I am excited to learn that my card was one of the winners this month! Thanks so much DCWV for another fun challenge!

      Today, I have a card for the Stack-a-holic challenge at Die Cuts With a View. This was such a fun card to create! Diamonds and mirrors and texture! Fun!

     I started with a premade and textured card from DCWV. I used a second card to cut my squares.

     I love it when I get to use holiday-specific stacks in other ways like I did on this card. I used a dark pink sheet from a Halloween stack!

     There's still plenty of time to join the fun. Here's a link to the rules and a copy of the sketch we have to work with this month. http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/march-stack-a-holic-challenge

     I used the following DCWV products on my card:

          -- white, textured, premade card base- A2 Cards CM-002-00008

          -- dark pink cardstock-  The Halloween Cardstock Stack CP-002-00805

          -- adhesive jeweled sheet- EM-035-00043

          -- mirrored feather- EM-035-00004

          -- silver foil- Foiled Cardstock Stack- MS-019-00050



 

         Other products used:

          silver flourish die- Spellbinders Shining Star S2-181

               1/4" and 1/2" circle punches

               corner rounder punch

CardMaker and American Crafts Blog Hop

     Welcome to the CardMaker and American Crafts Blog Hop! I've had so much fun this week playing with the Amy Tangerine "better together" collection from American Crafts! 

     Just look at all the beautiful colors on this patterned cardstock! So full of spring flowers.

     I started by making a 5x7 white cardstock base. Then, I began adding layers. You know I love lots of layers! My rectangle pieces are 1.25" wide including the navy blue matting. They are, from left to right, 5.75", 4.5" and 5.25" high.

     The triangle accents are from a mistake. I made the rectangles too tall to begin with. I trimmed them and ended up with these triangle shapes that I cut from those leftovers. I really like the look of them! I think I will do this on more cards.

     The die cut flower and acetate sentiment are also part of the "better together" collection. To adhere the "thanks" tag, I adhered the flower with foam tape partially over the tag.

    My second card makes me feel a little naughty. I love mixing prints together even if Mom always told me that was a big no-no.

     I started again with a white card base. I cut tags from different sheets in the collection. As in my first card, the die cut sentiment tag and the acetate flower spray are part of the collection.

     So that the flower spray would show up better on my card, I ran it through my Xyron sticker maker and adhered it to a scrap of white cardstock. Then, I trimmed along the edge of the acetate and attached it with foam tape.

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     TIP:  A great way to mix prints when you're not sure what goes together is to go with prints from a collection like this one. Someone else has already picked colors and patterns that go with each other.

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     Thanks a million for hopping along with us today! I hope we have inspired you to create your own cards or other projects using the American Crafts, Amy Tangerine "better together" collection.

     Make sure you stop by my fellow CardMaker Blog Team member's blogs for more great inspiration! Leave them a little love if you have time.

     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands, Pamela

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     In case you came here first, or if you get lost, here is a complete list of the blog writers that are joining in the fun today.

     Your next stop is:  Linda Beeson

     CardMaker

     Lisa Silver

     Pamela Haskin (you are here)

     Linda Beeson

     Dawn Lusk

     Kim Klinkovsky

     Carisa Zglobicki

     American Crafts

Materials used:

     cardstock-     from Amy Tangerine better together collection

                              blogs + coffee #373980

                              cloud + sunshine #373974

                              sweet + sour #373964

                              jack + jill #373972

                              bow + arrow #373982

                              fact + fiction #373979

                              push + pull #373966

                              knot + bow #373977

                              back + forth #373969

                              soap + water #373971

                              cut + paste #373965

                              heavy-duty white (the Paper Studio 227041)

     die cuts-         cardstock and acetate (Amy Tangerine better together collection 373993)

     adhesive-       double-stick tape, foam tape (Scotch 3M)

10 - Minute Cards

     

     I'm sharing a "10-Minutes or Less" card on the CardMaker Blog today.


     That was a real challenge for me, but I did it! I actually made two cards in the ten minutes. Check them out on the CardMaker Blog today. Then, give it a go yourself. I surprised myself at what I could do in ten minutes. I think you might surprise yourself too!
     Thanks so much for stopping in.
     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands, Pamela