Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge #12

Hi All,

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge #12

I know that it is a very late challenge post but Kimm BT had a very bad storm in her area last night and she is without electricity and no way to post her challenge blog and last week's winner at this time. Those things just aren't always the most important things in life. We have heard that she is fine but has no electricity.

I am going to go ahead and post my challenge card for this week.

The colors this week were B02, BG09,R32 other red I used was R08. I love these butterflies from GinaK Designs Take Flight stamp set. I added the foliage from another GinaK Designs set called Botanical Gardens. I sponged with Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick distress ink.

The dp is some I had that I couldn't find a name on so it is categorized as misc. dp :) but the colors were perfect for my butterfly. I added a flower sateen flower colored with my copic markers and some foliage punched with my Martha Stewart punch.

The copic colors I used were just the four mentioned for the challenge. I started with the darkest blue working from the butterfly body outward. I added teal satin ribbon and teal half pearls .

We all hope and pray that Kimm and her family are only without electricity and no other damage was done to their home.

StampTV color challenge

Cammie came up with a rather fun but challenging color challenge this week on StampTV. Use Red and Blue but do not make a Patriotic card. Here is what I came up with:

I used a top note die for the main image and stamped the butterfly from GinaK Designs Take Flight, masked it and stamped the two roses from A Year of Flowers also from GinaK Designs.

I love polka dots and this piece just jumped up and wanted to be used. I tried to find something else but I really like the way it looked with the red roses. I mounted to a piece of navy blue cardstock

I sponged the edge just a little (for me) with faded demim Tim Holtz distress ink. Added the navy blue ribbon from Michaels, a white button center colored navy with copic markers for the upper right corner and my card was done.

Red and Blue not patriotic. I did it!!!

Gotta run for now, maybe more later, tomorrow for sure!

Cathy

Color Challenge on StampTV

Theresa is the hostess of the Color Challenge this week on StampTV. I get to play during the day when my brain actually functions ha ha. Just kidding. I started working evening shift again and I love it. I get to be home during the day and do the things I want and work from 5 to midnight. It works for me because I get to do all the things all day that I want to do and at night I concentrate on work. During the day I was wishing I was home and less productive at work and play :) Enough of that, Here is my card for the Keep it Cool challenge to use Blues and any other neutral color:

I don't know how many blue butterflies there are in nature but I did it anyway. First I stamped the trees from Tree Silhouettes in the background using Tim Holtz Weathered Wood distressed ink. Then I stamped my butterflies from Take Flight in Momento Tuxedo Black ink.

Of course because I wanted the colors to blend into each other I used the Copic Gradiant technique (one of my favorite techniques). The blues on the butterfly on the left are darker shades. I start with the lightest in the center and work my way out. On these butterflies I used 3 different shades of blue. On the right butterfly I used 3 lighter shades of blue.

I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Distress inks Denim and Antique Linen. I didn't want to distract from the main image too much so I added a piece of navy blue grosgrain ribbon and 3 navy brads. Super easy 30 minute card ( hey, that is fast for me)!

I forgot to mention that I used the digital paper from GinaK Designs StampTV freebie section called Jersey Shore.

Hope you like my card. I think it would be a really nice Father's Day card as it may have a ribbon but it is pretty masculine other than that.

Have a great day. Thanks for stopping by.

Emboss Resist Butterfly and A Charmed Life

I have always liked the look of the embossed resist technique. There is just something about the stark white against a pretty background that I like. GinaK technique video on StampTV this week is the emboss resist so I had to play along. I created two cards:

For this card I used versamark ink to stamp the butterfly from Take Flight by GinaK Designs on white cardstock. I then used white embossing powder and heated it with my heat gun. I sponged with my Adirondak cranberry and Juniper inks for the two tone background. When you are done sponging over the whole picture you go over the white embossing with a dry towel to remove any ink.

I didn't think that the image needed much else but I added some K & Company half pearls, green in the upper right corner and pearl in the lower left. I tied a white satin ribbon under the main image and I will add a sentiment when I decide what occasion I will use it for.

I really like the way the wine glass and Happy Birthday sentiment from A Charmed Life by Melanie Muenchinger from GinaK Designs turned out. Did you see the little birthday present charm? I used the same technique but sponged the wine with the cranberry Adirondak ink and used Lemonade and Juniper for the rest of the sponging. I mounted the main image on black cardstock and attached brads from the Floral Frenzy StampTV kit. The white paper flowers and black and white checked ribbon are also from the kit.

I mounted the main image on a piece of digital paper, from the Floral Elegance digital paper pack on GinaK Designs, that I had printed on GP cardstock.

Sorry I have been absent off and on but I am still playing catch up from being sick. I am finally back in the swing of things so life is good! Thanks for stopping by. TGIF tomorrow and I have the whole week-end free to stamp.

Thanks for stopping by,

Cathy

Color Challenge Altered Notebook

I decided to do my friend Theresa's color challenge on StampTV but didn't want to make a card. The challenge was to use the colors Lavendar lace and Old Olive. I love making altered notebooks so that is what I made:

I bought these notebooks at Michael's quite a while ago in their dollar bin. They are perfect for me to alter because the SU spiral punch aligns perfectly on the spiral binding to be able to add your designer paper all the way to the edge of the cover. I used the Floral Frenzy green digital paper for the Old Olive color and used the pretty pink flowered digital paper from the Peachy Keen collection at GinaK Designs..

I wanted to use the Take Flight Butterflies again, (I don't think I will ever get tired of coloring them), and because the color challenge was lavendar and green those are the colors that I used to color the 'flies. I changed up the coloring a little because no two butterflies are exactly alike. I used the gradiant copic technique to color the butterflies because it gives a nice smooth transition between colors. Instead of using my blender pen to lighten certain areas I used my lightest pink which acts basically the same as the blender pen by taking away the darker color but leaves a pink tone and not white.

I cut out the butterflies, yep even the antenna, and placed them on my cover. I stamped the sentiments from Take Flight on vellum and cut them out and adhered them to the cover between the butterflies.

I used my stardust glitter pen to outline the butterflies veins and it looks beautiful IRL just doesn't photograph as nice as it should. IRL they all look as nicely colored as the top butterfly because it is highlighted with glitter pen as well but the angle doesn't show it.

I added tiny half pearls under each sentiment and one tiny half pearl at the top right corner. I also added a half pearl to each hole left by the threading water scallop punch. I tied pieces of brown, green, white, purple and pink ribbon to each spiral and my little altered notebook is done. I love using these myself and giving them as gifts, my granddaughter's love them.

Thanks Theresa for a great challenge and now I have a pretty notebook to use, added bonus!

Have a good day,

Cathy

I finally got Take Flight!

I have wanted the stamp set Take Flight since it came out a couple of months ago as the free set if you bought 3 stamp sets from GinaK Designs. I just could not swing it until now. It came in the mail today and I had to play. I love it as much as I thought I would. Here is my first card with the set:

I stamped the butterflies with Momento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with copic markers, no surprise there. I have been on kind of blue and green kick lately and carried it over into this card. I used a modified version of the Copic Gradiant method of blending the colors into each other for a smooth, no line transition between colors. If you follow my blog at all you know that I use this method whenever the image allows.

After I colored the butterflies I decided that it was a little too plain so I got out my Botanical Dreams set by Asela Hopkins and used the flower branch that I off stamped once so it wasn't so dark. I went over the outline of the flowers and branch with my C1 gray copic marker to blend it into the backgrond just a little more.

I sponged around the entire main image with Tim Holtz Pine Needles Distress Ink..

To complete my card I mounted the main image on black cardstock. I added a large gold rimmed pearl in the upper right hand corner and placed a piece of black velvet ribbon under it. I added 3 medium/small half pearls around the large pearl. I added a piece of the black velvet ribbon to the bottom of the card and placed 3 half pearls in the left side of the ribbon to balance out the card a little. Finally I mounted to my bottom layer which is Cool Caribbean cardstock(don't hate me because I still have some) :) .

I really like the simplicity of the card letting the butterflies be the focal point.

I know that I am going to use the heck out of this set and I am working on some ideas to use it with A Charmed Life by Melanie Muenchinger too.

See you all tomorrow night, if I am not in the clinker. I was supposed to show up for jury duty this morning. I thought it was Tuesday and didn't realize it until I called to see if my group was supposed to show up in the morning. Yep, only it was supposed to be Monday at 8:30 and not Tuesday at 8:30. I'm sure if I plead insanity they will let me off, Would any of you bail me out?

Good night!

Cathy