C&S Week 1 Card 9 - Love Makes The World Go Round

Today's technique is just so fun! I love working with distress inks and Jennifer McGuire never fails to show some awesome techniques during the course.

I just received my Technique Tuesday's January 2012 stamp in the mail and I thought it will be perfect to use with today's technique. I'm official in love with this technique and will definitely look to trying it again. This is also my second favorite card from this week's creations.

Supplies Used:

Paper - PTI Stamper's Select White, Plum Pudding, Strathmore Watercolor Paper
Inks - Ranger Distress Inks Broken China, Seedless Preserves, Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick

Stamps - TT Bring On The Love

Others - Zing Embossing Powder White,  SU 3 Hearts Punch, 1/16" Pop Dots

HCBC Week 1 Card 6 - Season's Greetings

Following Day 5's inspiration, I created another card using the same technique that is dry embossing and inking with distress inks.

This time, I wanted to use another of the Winter Limited Edition distress inks Festive Berries. I'm actually not very fond of red but I love the tone of Festive Berries. Will definitely be using it again.

Here's my card:

I wanted to create a gradient look and the pearlized effect is really so pretty and subtle. The poinsettias die cut were dusted with rock candy stickles. I love how it adds a frosty look to the poinsettias. I learnt this trick from Jennifer McGuire but I didn't have the chance to try it till now.

Supplies Used:

Paper - PTI Stamper's Select White

Inks - Distress Inks Festive Berries, Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Momento London Fog

Stamps - PTI Christmas Poinsettias, Stylish Sentiments Holiday

Others - Sizzix Snow Flower Embossing Folder, PTI Pure Poppy Felt, Zing White Embossing Powder, Vellum, Rock Candy Stickles, Claudine Hellmuth Studio Matte, Cream Floss, SU Designer Buttons, PTI Christmas Poinsettias Die

HCBC Week 1 Card 5 - Merry Christmas

The inspiration for Day 5 is about doing reproducible cards and using Distress Inks. I love using distress inks. In fact, I use them mostly in my cards. They save me the headache of having to think about pattern papers. As much as I love pattern papers and I do collect & hoard my 6x6 pads, I have serious problems with getting the pattern papers to match. In my opinion, Kristina Werner is an expert in using pattern papers and the cards she does look lovely and easy peasy.

I didn't have time to work on my card till today. Friday was Veteran's Day. Hb had the day off so we went shopping and dinner was around 1 1/2 hours wait. I just couldn't believe it. Luckily the food was delicious.


Anyway here's my card:

Here's a close up. I just love the pearly shine.

I wanted to use the new Winter Limited Edition Distress Inks Evergreen Bough and Iced Spruce. I thought Festive Berries would be a little too bright and used Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans instead. The card turned out to be suitable for males even with that snowman image. Gonna send this to one of my male friends.

I'm having so much fun in this bootcamp and it's been so inspiring to see the different creations and interpretations from the other campers.

Supplies Used:

Paper - PTI Smokey Shadow, Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Inks - Distress Inks Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Faded Jeans, JBS Chicken Food, Momento London Fog, Versamark

Stamps - Hero Arts Snowman Christmas, PTI Stylish Sentiments Holiday

Others - Sizzix Snowflakes Embossing Folder, 1/8" 3D Dots, Glossy Accents, Ranger Black Enamel, Diamond Stickles, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, Perfect Pearls White, Ranger Silver Embossing Powder, Dove Blender Pen