More Crackled Foiled and Some Negative Beauty from Gina K. and Therm O Web

One of the things I love about Therm O Web's Deco Foil is that there is no waste and we get two gorgeous images each time we foil! Take a look at this pile of negatives I saved from my play session making fun fold Christmas cards with the new Fancy Foils from Gina K. and Therm O Web: 

All you need to use every bit of the lovely sparkle on these left over pieces are pieces of Therm O Web Toner Sheets and a hot laminator. I took the left over Deco Foil from the sentiment on the lower left and ran it through the laminator with a piece of toner sheet and here it is on the inside of this card: 

Just look at the sparkle in the new Glittering Green Fancy Foil from Gina K. and Therm O Web! I also used the negative pieces from the green poinsettia pieces to cut out the Christmas using Tim Holtz's new Retro Merry Christmas die, and I punched the pine needles out of another green negative piece. 

Isn't this poinsettia beautiful? I die cut the three layers with a Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia die and added a thick layer of Deco Foil Transfer Gel (using a technique I learned how to do in this video at the Therm O Web blog.) I dried the transfer gel covered pieces overnight. Then I crinkled up three pieces of Gina K.'s new Radiant Red Fancy Foil over and over until they were very wrinkled and then laid it on the three poinsettia pieces and ran them through a hot laminator. Next I layered pieces of Champagne Gold Deco Foil on them and ran them through again. The result is the gorgeous crackled distressed look you see.  Each layer of the poinsettia was raised with mounting tape for dimension. I added some gold Nuvo Crystal Drops and tucked the green foiled pine needles under. I love how this card turned out and will be proud to send it to someone special this Christmas! 

I am entering this card in the NBUS challenge at Darnell's blog here. The Merry Christmas die from Tim Holtz and the Christmas Foil-Mates from Gina K and Therm O Web are NBUS (never before used schtuff. I am also entering it in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Be sure to watch for my upcoming YouTube series on fancy fold Christmas cards with Gina K. and Therm O Web, and thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Live Laugh Love Crackled Foiled Leaf Card with Therm O Web

We were challenged at our local stamp club to use a vintage seed packet in a card and I combined it with a gorgeous crackled foiled leaf for a card I just love! I learned how to make crackled foiled die cut leaves in this video from the Therm O Web blog.  I used my new Gina K. Designs Radiant Red Fancy Foil for the first wrinkled layer and Champagne Gold Deco Foil for the second layer. The leaf die I used is from Stampendous. As is always the case, still pictures do not do justice to the sparkle and shine of Deco Foils especially the glittery new ones from Gina K. and Therm O Web. I die cut Live Laugh Love from Cheery Lynn Designs out of another gourds seed packet and also out of black fun foam. I glued them together and attached it back on the seed packet. I raised the crackled foiled leaf up on mounting tape for dimension and added a few Gina Marie Designs clear green gems to complete the card. Here is a close up look at the dimension:

Leaves are not the only thing I crackled and distressed with my new Gina K. Therm O Web Fancy Foils and the technique I learned from Gracie here.  Tomorrow I am sharing another card I made and stay tuned for a series of YouTube videos with foil and fancy folds soon. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and the Scrapy Land's Anything Goes challenge (I used Cheery Lynn dies.) 

Fall Birthday Card with Therm O Web Distressed Foil Leaves

Today is the birthday of a treasured friend and I made this special card for her with some of the gorgeous new Gina K Fancy Foils from Therm O Web that I recently received and some other Gina K foil products as well. I saw this video by Gracie on how to make crackled foiled leaves on the Therm O Web blog and couldn't wait to give the technique a try with my new Radiant Red and Glittering Green Gina K Fancy Foils. Watching her video would be the best way to see how these crackled foiled leaves are done, but basically she applied a layer of Deco Foil Transfer Gel on die cut leaves and let that dry thoroughly. Then she wrinkled up a piece of Deco Foil many times, laid it on the die cut leaf and ran it through a hot laminator. Then she laid another color of Deco Foil on top of the leaf die cut and ran it through the laminator again.

My first few attempts were no where as pretty as Gracie's in her video (mine has lots of white spots after doing to two step process) and so I reached out to her for suggestions as to what I might have done wrong. She suggested I might have needed a thicker coat of Transfer Gel and as you will see tomorrow and Thursday, her suggestion worked! But I sponged green and red dye ink on the white spots of my leaves and I decided I liked the distressed look. I tied four leaves together and attached the bunch over a beautifully foiled Petite Patterns strip from Gina K Designs on a kraft card. I added a die cut acorn from Tonic Studios and a perfect stamped sentiment from Rubbernecker. Here is a close up of the distressed foiled leaves:

I foiled a beautiful Birthday Essentials Happy Birthday from Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates for Therm O Web with my new Radiant Red Fancy Foils for the inside of the card. I wish you could see the glitter and shine of these new Fancy Foils! All of the foiled elements on this card just sparkle when the card is moved and still photos do not do them justice. 

I am wishing my dear friend Gail a sparkly fall happy birthday with this special card. Be sure to stop back Thursday and Friday for more Gina K. and Therm O Web cards and watch for a series of new YouTube videos soon featuring them in Christmas fun fold cards I have made. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

I am entering this card in the NBUS challenge at Darnell's blog here. The Fancy Foils and Petite Patterns from Gina K and Therm O Web are NBUS (never before used schtuff.)

Boooogie Nights Karen Burniston Pop Up Halloween Card You-Tube Video

I had so much fun making this Halloween pop up card using  new dies from Karen Burniston and Tonic Studios and I have shared the whole process in a new YouTube video here on my channel. Here are a few more pictures showing the House and Fence Pop Up platform from the side and also the front of the card:

Even if you have no use for Halloween cards and don't own a million dies like me (I am an addict and I admit it:), this House and Fence Pop Up die from Karen Burniston can be used for any season or reason and with any stamps or dies you own. I love it and you will see how easy it is to use when you watch the new video here. All the links to all the products used in this card are in the description box at YouTube. And if you have not subscribed or commented yet at my YouTube channel, you have just one week to do so to have a chance at my Grand Opening Grand Prize. 

I am entering this card in Scrapy Land's Anything Goes challenge (I used Tonic Studios dies.) 

Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Watercolor Powders Comparison on YouTube Brusho Samples

All week long here on my blog I am sharing the cards I made with all my watercolor powders for the Watercolor Comparison video with LOTs of sample cards (and a card from start to finish with Brushos and a touch of sparkle from embossing powder.) Please click on the link to watch the video- I appreciate your support there.

The card I made from beginning to end in the video and the ones I am sharing today were made with my favorite of the watercolor powders I own- Brusho Crystal Colours. They have 32 gorgeous colors and I like the control I get sprinkling them out of the container with a hole punched in the top. I chose my favorite colors of Brushos for this card and added some gold embossing powder for some extra sparkle. I die cut the dried piece with my Jaded Blossom Card Layer Die and also punched and die cut some butterflies. I added a "wishing you a" diecut from Memory Box and continued the thought on the inside of the card:

I didn't want to waste any of the Brusho beauty so I used some on the inside of the card too.

On my last Brusho sample, I once again used fall colors, then stamped and die cut a leaf from Stampendous. I punched a couple other leaves and die cut "Best Wishes" from Tonic Studios out of the same Brusho and gold embossed piece of watercolor paper. 

I am entering the second card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

I hope you enjoyed all the samples I have shared this week using the different watercolor powders I own and will watch, share and comment on the YouTube video I posted here.  Thanks for helping me share the joy of creativity!

Watercolor Powder Comparison- Lindy's Magicals and Color Burst

All week long here on my blog I am sharing the cards I made with all my watercolor powders for the Watercolor Comparison video with LOTs of sample cards (and a card from start to finish with Brushos and a touch of sparkle from embossing powder.) Please click on the link to watch the video- I appreciate your support there.

One of my favorites of the watercolor powders I own is the Magicals from Lindy's Stamp Gang because they have a beautiful sparkle built right into them. I used fall colors of reds, oranges and yellows of the Magicals to create this background, then embossed the dried piece with a Sizzix embossing folder called Bohemian Lace. Then I simply added the beautiful "Thinking of You" from Quietfire Designs for a CAS lovely card.

I was in the mood for fall colors so for this card I used Ken Oliver's Color Burst in reds and oranges with some silver embossing powder, then die cut the gorgeous Maple Vine Frame from Tutti Designs. I layered it on a dark brown cardbase and added a colorful Thankful (die from Penny Black.)

I am entering the second card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and also from clicking on over to check out the new video, leave a comment, give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel if you have not already done so. And thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Watercolor Powder Comparison- Bister and Magenta Nuance Fall Cards

I posted a new YouTube video yesterday showing the differences between all the watercolor powders I owned with a bunch of card samples. Here is a link to that video:

 https://youtu.be/r3HASHLM_sw

Today I am sharing two of my favorites of the sample cards. The first watercolor powder I purchased back in 2014 was Bister powders which have a wood grain feel to them and are from the Netherlands. They are available for purchase in the USA here.  One of my favorite ways to use Bisters is to create a stormy sky background with the Black Bister powders only as I did above. When dry, I created a circle mask and used bleach on an on old waterbrush to pull some of the color out of the moon. I added a spooky tree, some bats and a ghost from Karen Burniston's Halloween dies, and "Spooky" from Tonic Studios.

I used Magenta Nuance powders and silver embossing powder to create the leaves on this card. For details on the technique, check out the YouTube video here. I die cut a leaf opening with a Fun Stampers Journey leaf die, and placed a gorgeous autumn scene Clear Views Transparency behind the opening. For details on how to order Clear Views, check out the description box on the YouTube video, or scroll down to yesterday's blogpost. The larger Magenta Nuance leaves were cut with Tim Holtz's Tattered Leaves die and the leaf punch is from The Paper Studio. The "blessed" was cut with a die from Simon Says Stamp. Here are a couple more photos of this card: 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and also from clicking on over to check out the new video, leave a comment, give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel if you have not already done so. And thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Watercolor Powder Comparison and Many Many Card Samples on YouTube Monday

It's YouTube Monday and today I posted a new video where I show all the different watercolor powders I own explaining how they are different, and showing card samples for each one. I have Brusho Crystal Colours, Bister Powders, Lindy's Magicals, Magenta Nuance and Color Burst and I had so much fun playing with each to create sample cards for this video. You are going to want to check out the new video here to see all the colorful sample cards and how to make this card from start to finish:

I used Brushos to make this "be-you-tiful" butterfly card. The lovely picture in the butterfly frame is a Clearviews Transparency from The Mark-It Place. (If you want to order any Clearviews, email the owner at jill@themark-itplace.com with your phone number and she will contact you to finalize order.)

There is just a couple more weeks left in my Grand Opening Grand Prize contest and you can find out how to enter by clicking on the picture on the side of the blog. Or you can watch the new video here, and then click SHOW MORE to see all the videos I have posted including the Grand Opening Grand Prize video.

So come on over to my YouTube channel and thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

I am entering this card in the CAS challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land (butterfly is Penny Black die.)

Fall Colors 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is: Fall Colors 4 Kids! Create and link any card with fall colors appropriate for a child and you could win one of our great prizes.

Our sponsor prize for this challenge is a $10 gift certificate from Little Blue Button Stamps! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My card features the Pumpkin Scene and Spooktacular dies from Tonic Studios,  and the Happy Halloween Channel and “Wishing You A” dies from Memory Box. I just put them all together on a gold card front for a fun fall colored Halloween card perfect for a kid.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land. 

Another Pop Up Christmas Card with Karen Burniston Dies

The front of my card is very pretty with a beautiful die from Penny Black and a lovely dp with a deer. But if you follow me or know Karen Burniston's dies, you know the best is yet to come:

Right?? So cool to have a Christmas tree pop up when the card is opened and it was not hard to make at all. Of course, I always watch the videos Karen Burniston does on all her pop up dies and I followed the one for the 1020 Christmas Tree Pop-up step for step and the tree went together very easily. I made a "tree skirt" like she suggested using a scalloped circle die from Tonic Studios and added her "Merry Christmas" from the Word Set 3 - Holidays for the perfect greeting. I added some sticker gems for ornaments and glued the star on the top of the tree. Here is another look:

The dp was in my stash and I only had one of that kind. But I cut it into 4 equal parts and the last one went on the back of the card. When cutting the apparatus that holds the trunk of the tree up, there is a cut in the front and back of the red card base, so those need to be covered up and this pretty dp worked perfectly for that. Love how the card turned out!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity.

Happy Holidays with Karen Burniston Dies

I have been having so much fun playing with the new release from Karen Burniston for Halloween and Christmas and this is one of the cards I designed. The front features Karen's new Gift Card Label die and it could be left just as is with the "wishing you" (from Memory Box) for a beautiful and decorative card front. But if you wanted to use this card to give a gift card, you could slide it right in under the decorative green elements and it would stay in place until given. 

As usual with cards created with Karen Burniston's dies, the real fun is in the inside of the card:

Isn't this cool? The sleigh pops up and stands up for display in the home of the recipient who is going to love this! I used Karen's Sleigh Pop Up die for the sleigh and the presents and the cute penguin is from her Winter Animals set. The sentiment is from her Holiday Word Set and I admit I totally cased the idea of using the wreath for the "O" from a card that Karen made. Here is a closeup of the sleigh- note the gold mirror card front is embossed and the die does that:

Thanks for helping me share the joy of creativity! 

Uchi's Designs on YouTube Monday!

I am so excited to share that I have posted a new video on my YouTube channel that shows how to use Uchi's Designs animated stamps and dies in three different ways! This is the third card that I teach in the new video here.  If you lived close to me, you could take a monthly class in my home and learn new techniques and try new products every month. But now you can see how I made the three cards for free and if you live in the USA, you could even possibly win the cards I made! Here is a peak at all three cards:

I have not blogged this beautiful "Let Your Dreams Take Flight" butterfly card before because it is the first I made with Uchi Designs new die that allows us to use color in the grid and the stamped images which is very exciting! Here is another look at the card:

To see the animated motion of the butterflies in this card as well as the ballerina, bird and sun above, check out my Cardmaking Techniques and Tips Session 102 - Uchi's Designs Animated Stamps and Dies in Three Different Ways video on my YouTube channel. And if you become a subscriber and leave a comment before the end of September you could also win my Grand Opening Grand Prize!

Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

One Good Negative Deserves Another

So I was playing recently with Deco Foil and Therm O Web Transfer Gel and created the card I blogged on Tuesday. But I was left with a beautiful negative image so I created the card I blogged yesterday. I die cut out the Modern Greetings from Frantic Stamper and once again was left with a lovely negative of the "greetings", so kept going and created one more holiday card for my stash. I am loving the look of the Modern Greetings line from Frantic Stamper, and used a stencil of the die cut out to place the letters back pretty close to where they are in the original die (scroll down to yesterday's post to see what I mean.) The words here were created out of Amber Watercolor and Green Deco Foils as you will see if you scroll down. I also cut out Tim Holtz's "season's" and attached both to a green card base. I added Poppy Stamps Snowflake Ribbon and some gems to complete the CAS card. One more Christmas card done!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Putting the Negative to Good Use- Season's Greetings

Did you see the lovely card I posted Tuesday on my blog? If not, you are going to want to scroll down on my blog and find it. When a piece of Deco Foil is used, there is always a beautiful negative of the image left and it is a shame to throw that piece away. All you need to create another lovely foiled image is a Deco Foil Toner Sheet and the hot laminator. I placed the leftover foiled sheet on a toner sheet and ran it through the laminator (in a folded piece of parchment paper.) The remaining Amber Watercolor Deco Foil transfers to the toner sheet. But the holly and pinecones at that point are black, and I did not want that. So I layed a piece of Green Verde Deco Foil on top of the image and ran it through the hot laminator again and the result is this pretty green and bronze colored background. I die cut the edge with a Spellbinders die and then die cut Frantic Stamper's Modern Greetings before attaching the piece to a top folding cream card. I wanted to say "Season's Greetings", so I found a "season's" in a Tim Holtz Christmas word die set I own which worked beautifully. 

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!