Try It Tuesday~Border stamps!!

Hi guys!

Thanks for popping in for Try It Tuesday!!!

Darkroom Door has come out with some 12" border stamps that really have intrigued me. I bought a few and started creating with them.  The one I'm going to show you is Art Studio~really fun stamp.

Card #1~

The card was created stamping the 12" border stamp on one piece of 12" X 12" cardstock.

It was then cut in half creating the fronts for two cards~

Once the Art Studio design was stamped on the bottom and cut in half, color was added.

I used a water brush with Dylusions spray inks.  A small drop of color was added to my paint pallet and I picked it with the water brush.  The color went along ways!!!

I did some splats too!!! Got to have some splats~

I have another idea for this stamp so you will see it again~

Card #2 ~

Supplies used: 

Darkroom Door: Paint Splats, Eclectic/Pencils, Border/Art Studio and Quotes/Creativity.

Ink: Ranger: Archival/Jet Black

Ranger: Dylusions Ink spray

buttons

Divine Twine

Cardstock~ one sheet of white for the card and a sheet for the base.

Check out the border stamps.by Darkroom Door They have released

 six styles and they are all keepers.

  I still need one more to complete my set:) and then there are the Fine Butterflies and the Fine Flowers Vol.2, got to get those :).  It never ends :):):)

see ya soon~

Texture: Corrugated Iron and hearts with Darkroom Door~

Hi guys!!

I have a card using the Heart stamp set and the

 Texture/ Iron Corrugated stamp by Darkroom Door. 

Always fun using the Darkroom Door stamps together. Texture stamps make great 

background stamps and look amazing layered up with stamped images.

  That was the plan for this  "heart" card~

Instructions:

1. On a scrap piece of white cardstock spray it with Dylusions: Postbox Red. If it drips or puddles, great!

2. Using the Texture: Corrugated Iron stamp and Archival Jet Black, stamp in the middle or side of the sprayed cardstock. 

3. Mount that piece on black cardstock.

4. Adhere the black cardstock to a white card, creating a card front.

5. Using the scrap pieces from the sprayed cardstock, stamp heart shapes, using Archival Red Geranium and Rose Madder inks. Stamp 5 or 6 depending  on how full and layered you want the card to look.

6. Stamp the word "love"  on the left over scrap cardstock and trim the word out.

7. Layer the hearts at the bottom of the card front. Add dimensional adhesive to some of them.

8. Wrap twine around one of the hearts and tie off.

9. Splat the card front with Dylusions: White Linen.  Remove the lid and tap on the tube to get the splats.

10. Add a vintage white corner to right top and roll the left top corner of the card front.

Supply List:

Darkroom Door: Texture: Corrugated Iron stamp, Hearts.

Ranger: Archival: Jet Black, Red Geranium, Rose Madder.

Ranger: Dylusions: Postbox Red, White Linen.

Divine Twine

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer

Spring Coffee Lovers Blog hop 2017 with ~ A Jillian Vance Design!

Hi!!!

Welcome to the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop 2017. 

 Get ready to see some awesome cards themed for Spring and Coffee. 

Probably lots of flowers too :) but not here, more like stars!!

 You might even want to pour yourself a cup and get comfortable!!

I want to give a shout out to my sponsor ~ A Jillian Vance Design ! 

They have a great selection of  Coffee Stamps.     

I used four different stamp sets and one background stamp by A Jillian Vance Design.  My goal was to show you that the stamps work well with each other.  They are easily mixed with other sets to create beautiful themed cards. A big plus to me and they have great sentiments (the best).  So easy to use with other sets.

The cards were created the same way just changed out ink and paper.

Products used:

A Jillian Vance Design: Picture Perfect, But First Coffee,  Christmas Star Sentiment,  

A Whole lot of  Jesus and Stars/background

Ranger Archival ink: Saffron, Coffee, Potting Soil, Jet Black, Cobalt and Red Geranium

Divine Twine

S.e.i./Tumble Dye

Other:

Wink of Stella, Copic/red, Xyron sticker maker, coffee word die.

To start the hop or post a coffee card 

Spring Coffee Lovers Blog hop 2017

Thanks for stopping by~

March is still full of LOVE~ Clear Scraps!

Hi, Connie here with a layout page using the Expression Large Love Word by Clear Scraps.   You will need to have a pair of scissors and a steady hand to get started.  Creating with acrylic adds great dimension to a layout page.  Get those scissors~


The LOVE word is a vertical piece of acrylic.  To achieve this design the acrylic will need to be cut in half. Using scissors cut the acrylic below the heart.  Remove the plastic from both pieces.  Lay out the letters on the pattern paper and trace the shape.  Cut the letter shapes and adhere to the back of the acrylic pieces.  Ink with StazOn black around the acrylic.


Attach both pieces of the word to the center of the layout with Beacon 3-IN-1.  Embellish the page and then tell your story.


Shading each letter makes the word really pop off the layout page.  Dimensional adhesive is used on the extra embellishments and stickers on the layout page.  The journal strips are created  in Microsoft Word, printed out, trimmed in strips and shaded with black ink.  Every other strip is adhered with dimensional adhesive.

Supplies used:
Clear Scraps: Expressions Large Love V 
other: Beacon 3-IN-1 adhesive, StazOn/black
pattern paper, stickers, black ink (for splats)  

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Windsong Collection by Quick Quotes~

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the new Windsong Collection by Quick Quotes. I played off of the subtle seafoam color in the paper and added seafoam cardstock to bring out the color in the pattern paper.

The title is chipboard and it is easily colored with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk ink.

The more you pat it with color the darker it will become.  The chipboard stickers were colored with PowderPuff Chalk ink also.

The flowers are also shaded with PowderPuff Chalk ink.  Pull them apart and it is

 easy to get good a coverage of ink on them.  

Supplies used:

Quick Quotes: Windsong Collection: 104 and 105.

Quick Quotes: Farmhouse die cuts

Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks: Antique Linen, Seafoam and Midnight Confessions

Other:

Want2Scrap: chipboard title and Rhinestones

Divine Twine

Petaloo flowers

leaves

Tumble Dye

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer/DT Member

Try It Tuesday~ creating with vintage wool!

Hi guys~thanks for stopping in for Try It Tuesday. 

 Remember that piece of vintage wool I showed you a few days ago, it made a beautiful pin along with a few other added supplies~

I wondered how the steel dies would cut the wool and it worked great. 

I ran the wool through the Big Shot back and forth, one time. The flower and leaves

 dropped right off the wool,  a clean cut.  

I clustered the wool flowers and leaves in the center of the burlap flower

and embellished with vintage

  buttons, new buttons and twine.  The die I used to make 

the rolled flower is by Maya Road. The leaf die is by Richard Garay.  The back, 

of the burlap flower, has a clasp to pin it to a jacket or sweater.

Very fun to put together and it will look great on my beige sweater.

Supplies used:

Canvas Corp / burlap flower

Maya Road/ Rolled Flower steel die

Richard Garay/Amazing Blooms steel die

Buttons Galore & More/vintage buttons

Maya Road/resin bird

Divine Twine

This is not a sponsored post just me creating with some awesome products:)

Thanks for stopping by~

New Corrugated Iron Texture stamp by Darkroom Door~

Hi guys!! I have another card to share with you using

 the Corrugated Iron by Darkroom Door.  So many possibilities with this stamp!!

My inspiration for this card was a flag.

 Texture: Corrugated Iron 

Instructions:

1. On white cardstock spray Dylusions ink/London Blue on one side and Poutbox Red on several different spots on the other side of the cardstock.. Keep in mind "flag" idea. This idea could be done with other colors that represent another country.  This card is representing the USA in an artsy kinda of way.  

2. Using the Texture: Corrugated Iron stamp and the inked/sprayed cardstock, stamp over the sprayed ink using Jet Black ink.  Stamp several times depending on the size of the card front.  I stamped four times making a rectangle.

3. Cut a section out and that will be the card front.

4. Mat on black cardstock.

5. Still using the cardstock, that you inked and sprayed on, stamp three stars using the Stars set by Darkroom Door. 

6. Stamp one large star using Red Geranium, and the other two with Jet black.

7. Trim out the stars.

8. Stamp the words " follow your dreams" from the New York 1 set by Darkroom Door, on scrap cardstock that is left over from the sprayed and inked pieces.

9. Mat the words in black cardstock.

10. Position the stars on the card front and adhere using dimensional adhesive.

11. Adhere the words in the middle of the stars.

12. Wrap twine around the words and tie off.

13. Add pearls to card front.

14. Splat with White Linen/Dylusions ink spray. Take the lid off and hit the spray tube to add splats to the card front.

Thanks for stopping by~