Good morning, all! It's my turn to share a tip with you and I’m going to do something a little different with this week’s Papertrey Ink Design Team Tips. Rather than share a cardmaking technique, I’m going to share an organizational solution that I hope you’ll find useful. I think most of you have come to notice that I love ink blending - I seem to be blending on nearly every card these days! And thanks in part to all of Papertrey’s beautiful ink colors, my blending sponges were starting to get a little unruly. So I set out to find a solution that would be cost effective, easy to establish, and effortless to keep organized. So here's the result of my search. On my workbench there sits a small wire basket. I bought it at Target ages ago and it's proven its worth over the years. The basket holds a few blending tools, an extra pack of sponges, and one of Papertrey's kraft binders (now, of course the binders went out of stock between my planning of this post and this moment, but hopefully they will be back soon - any other mini 3-ring binder should work just as well). Now, here's where the magic happens. I have five 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" pages tucked into mini page protectors inside the binder. On each page I've printed twelve circles and their corresponding color names. The colors are arranged in rainbow order and there's still a bit of space at the back under the blues and purples. I put the neutrals on their own page. This is an idea I got from Gina on the Papertrey Ink forum. I simply made a few adjustments to make it fit my needs even better. Each circle has a velcro tab in the center. I just used the pokey parts of each pair of hook and loop sets since the blending sponges are already equipped with the soft part. These are the velcro dots I bought to do this project. They can be expensive, so I picked these up online. There are 250 sets of dots (500 pieces total) in the package I bought and they're sure to last me a very long time. You could make this organizational system even more cost effective by splitting a package with a friend or two. When I designed the pages I included a gray "x" in the center of each circle. That was an easy way to know where to place my velcro circles. I pulled the colors from the Papertrey Ink website and laid out the pages so that each sponge would have an ample amount of space. I decided to use page protectors (rather than cardstock sheets that I hole punched myself or laminated pages) for a few reasons. In the first place, I happen to use these page protectors for my stamp set organization, so I already had them handy. Also, if a new color is introduced I can adjust the printed pages without having to replace the velcro on the page protectors (since the spacing will always be the same and the blending sponges are movable). And thirdly, the page protectors help protect (duh) the back of each page against ink transfer from the sponges behind it. You can see here that the greens would have left residue on the yellows page, but the page protector keeps the back of that sheet clean. I did the same thing in the front of the binder, just using an empty page protector rather than a filled one. If you had several binders you could use this for a title page, but I haven't bothered to put anything inside. This is real life, people. One binder holds five sheets (filled with sponges) comfortably. I've spread it out a bit here so it would stand up for the photo, but it closes perfectly for normal use. Also, it's a good idea not to accidentally spike your binder at the floor and bend a corner. Just throwing that out there. Don't be like me. So there you have it - my perfect ink blending solution. I use this binder almost every time I sit down to stamp. It has saved me so much time! I used to keep my sponges in small baggies thrown into that small wire basket, but whenever I wanted a particular color I'd end up searching through all of the sponges to find it. No more, friends, no more. I hope you've enjoyed this peek into my blending sponges binder. Here's a list of the supplies I used and a downloadable PDF of the pages in case you'd like to create a binder of your own! Ink Blending Sponges Pages Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Supplies: Kraft Binder Cougar Digital Choice Super Smooth 100lb Cover, White Avery Mini Heavyweight Sheet Protectors 3/4" Diameter Self-Adhesive Hook & Loop Dots Ranger Mini Ink Blending Foam Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool LinkDeli.com
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Hi.. Crafty friends.. Here I am with my detailed for this month on peek-a-boo blog. I made these 3 cards using one die as focal element. Last week was bit hard for me as I was not at all in creative mood. Hope I did justice with my supply. Card #1 This is somewhat simple card. When I loose my MOJO I make simple monochrome cards. They boost my confidence a bit, as I need not to make any colour combination. * Its a topfolding 7x5" landscape card. * I took another panel, ran through an embossing folder. * I die cut leaves and panel for the sentiment ( I used small scalloped rectangle die partially to make smaller panel which can fit my sentiment). * Heat embossed the sentiment (Partial stamping) and edges of embossed panel, leaves and scalloped rectangle with gold embossing powder (I have fallen in love with this embossing powder). * The embossed panel is mounted on card base with foam sheet, glued scalloped rectangle flat with liquid glue and sentiment panel with foam tape. Then glued leaves beneath rectangle frame. Here is the card I am entering this card to Paru's card making challenge - September Stamplorations - Theme and sketch challenge - Have used both theme and sketch Penny black and more- September - Add a sentiment Ranganjali - September challenge Card #2 * I die cut several leaves from white CS. * Blended distress inks on another panel and spritz with pearlised on the panel. * Glued all leaves on the panel randomly to fill the area and trimmed the edges. * Die cut the sentiment with metallic CS. * Glued the panel on the top folding 5x7" card base and the sentiment strip. * Added few sequins. Here is the card I am entering this card to Stamplorations CAS card chellenge Stamplorations - CASEploration challenge Color throwdown challenge Mod Squad challenge Addicted to stamps and more The card concept - 57 Card #3 This is my last card for the day. I had never heard of dream catcher. But few days back had seen so many posts on FB about it. So thats the inspiration for my next card. * I used Scalloped circle die and die cut twice. Except the outed scalloped circle i glued other diecuts on top of each other. * Stamped the sentiment and heat embossed. * Then stacked 3 die cuts on each other to make the hangings. * I glued the circles first on each other, then tied leaves with green embroidery floss and glued another end beneath the last circle. * Added few green sequins. Here is the card CAS(E) this sketch #189 CAS-ual Fridays - Dimension and bling ___________________________________________ Supplies used Duel Leaf die - Peek-a-boo designs Enjoy die - Peek-a-boo designs Happy birthday to all - Peek-a-boo designs Duel stitched scalloped rectagle die - Peek-a-boo designs Duel stitched scalloped circle die - Peek-a-boo designs Magical fairies- Peek-a-boo designs Distress inks Wow Embossing powder Gold embossing powder ___________________________________________ Peek-a-boo designs is offering FREE SHIPPING world wide, so grab the opportunity. Hope you are playing along with PABD September challenge. Go through Guidelines before linking your projects.. _________________________________________ Thank you for visiting... Do let me know your views about my post.. See you in my next post with few more cards..
Good morning, all! It's my turn to share a tip with you and I’m going to do something a little different with this week’s Papertrey Ink Design Team Tips. Rather than share a cardmaking technique, I’m going to share an organizational solution that I hope you’ll find useful. I think most of you have come to notice that I love ink blending - I seem to be blending on nearly every card these days! And thanks in part to all of Papertrey’s beautiful ink colors, my blending sponges were starting to get a little unruly. So I set out to find a solution that would be cost effective, easy to establish, and effortless to keep organized. So here's the result of my search. On my workbench there sits a small wire basket. I bought it at Target ages ago and it's proven its worth over the years. The basket holds a few blending tools, an extra pack of sponges, and one of Papertrey's kraft binders (now, of course the binders went out of stock between my planning of this post and this moment, but hopefully they will be back soon - any other mini 3-ring binder should work just as well). Now, here's where the magic happens. I have five 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" pages tucked into mini page protectors inside the binder. On each page I've printed twelve circles and their corresponding color names. The colors are arranged in rainbow order and there's still a bit of space at the back under the blues and purples. I put the neutrals on their own page. This is an idea I got from Gina on the Papertrey Ink forum. I simply made a few adjustments to make it fit my needs even better. Each circle has a velcro tab in the center. I just used the pokey parts of each pair of hook and loop sets since the blending sponges are already equipped with the soft part. These are the velcro dots I bought to do this project. They can be expensive, so I picked these up online. There are 250 sets of dots (500 pieces total) in the package I bought and they're sure to last me a very long time. You could make this organizational system even more cost effective by splitting a package with a friend or two. When I designed the pages I included a gray "x" in the center of each circle. That was an easy way to know where to place my velcro circles. I pulled the colors from the Papertrey Ink website and laid out the pages so that each sponge would have an ample amount of space. I decided to use page protectors (rather than cardstock sheets that I hole punched myself or laminated pages) for a few reasons. In the first place, I happen to use these page protectors for my stamp set organization, so I already had them handy. Also, if a new color is introduced I can adjust the printed pages without having to replace the velcro on the page protectors (since the spacing will always be the same and the blending sponges are movable). And thirdly, the page protectors help protect (duh) the back of each page against ink transfer from the sponges behind it. You can see here that the greens would have left residue on the yellows page, but the page protector keeps the back of that sheet clean. I did the same thing in the front of the binder, just using an empty page protector rather than a filled one. If you had several binders you could use this for a title page, but I haven't bothered to put anything inside. This is real life, people. One binder holds five sheets (filled with sponges) comfortably. I've spread it out a bit here so it would stand up for the photo, but it closes perfectly for normal use. Also, it's a good idea not to accidentally spike your binder at the floor and bend a corner. Just throwing that out there. Don't be like me. So there you have it - my perfect ink blending solution. I use this binder almost every time I sit down to stamp. It has saved me so much time! I used to keep my sponges in small baggies thrown into that small wire basket, but whenever I wanted a particular color I'd end up searching through all of the sponges to find it. No more, friends, no more. I hope you've enjoyed this peek into my blending sponges binder. Here's a list of the supplies I used and a downloadable PDF of the pages in case you'd like to create a binder of your own! Ink Blending Sponges Pages Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Supplies: Kraft Binder Cougar Digital Choice Super Smooth 100lb Cover, White Avery Mini Heavyweight Sheet Protectors 3/4" Diameter Self-Adhesive Hook & Loop Dots Ranger Mini Ink Blending Foam Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool LinkDeli.com
The card - background is sponged using a stencil, flowers are from Unity. A few chores that I should do this morning and then an afternoon of stitching at Inspirations. Sounds good to me! Enjoy you
Just Because is included in my list of favorite sets to play with. Today I thought I would try the Sponged Stencil Technique. You ju...
Today's clean & simple sympathy card required a bit of prep work. I began by selecting three shades of yellow ink; Mango Melody, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, plus dark brown, Early Espresso
Samples for a class taught by Debbie Krumrei at A Stamp Artist Place in Swannanoa, NC.
GOOD MORNING this delightful FALL day! I am LOVING the cooler air in the mornings! It's invigorating and refreshing! My kiddos think its just so COLD! Today I wanted to show you a card that I made using the MASKING TECHNIQUE. First I cut the leaf out in scratch paper using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die so that I could use it as a mask. I placed it on the Very Vanilla cardstock that I wanted to use for my card and then sponged the inside with Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow. I then stamped the scenery from the Serene Silhouettes stamp set in Memento Black ink. The sentiment is from the For All Things stamp set. For the leaves I sponged the above colors on a piece of scratch Very Vanilla cardstock and then cut them out with the Fun Fall Framelits. I then ran them through the Woodgrain embossing folder. I added some Mossy Meadow 3/8" Satin Ribbon and some Burlap "twine" and an acorn from the Autumn Wooden Elements (LOVE THESE!). I am THRILLED with how it turned out! I want to use this technique more often!! My inspiration for this card was from Splitcoaststampers ...it's a BEAUTIFUL card
I got this idea from Tina Dyck and cased it. Her talent can be found here: TINA DYCK I had been wanting to stamp with this hostess set and this is one of the cards that I saw using the flower from the set. I love the punch of colors to the simple clean card. In order to get the shadow boxes of color, I used scraps of cardstock, torn and tape together shown below. Then I used a sponge to color in the squares. So Saffron, Rich Razzleberry and Certainly Celery in order top to bottom. I used the scraps to also cover the card while I sprayed some black ink for flecks. The flower was stamped in Basic Black. Here is another very simple card using the same technique. Marika Lemay is from Canada and she does amazing work! Check out her website here: MARIKA LEMAY You can translate to English at the top of the blog because she writes in French. Have a magical day! Cindy p.s. I am working on tutorials and Disney Christmas scrapbook so hang on, its ALL coming!
Lindsey and I made a realization last night - we forgot to make a card So, we came up with a card that can come together quickly, the one layer wonder. They can be fast, or can take long, depending...
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Congratulations Luv2StampinGa Team Members Each month I celebrate all my team members, and this month was no different. We had some fantastic sales in September. I created these cute cards using the Spirited Snowmen Stamp Set. I really like how they turned out, I hope my team does as well.… Read More
Hello, Stampers! Today's card will be going out to a young man, who was injured in a car accident recently, so I wanted to make a card that was both masculine, yet peaceful and uplifting. To start, I masked off the top where I wanted the sky, using a sticky note. Then I sponged Memento Summer Sky. Sponged Memento Danube Blue. Then I sponged Memento Bamboo Leaves, from the bottom. Sponged Memento Rich Cocoa. I removed the mask and sponged Memento Summer Sky from the top edge. Then sponged Memento Danube Blue. I stamped the cattails, from Life is Good, twice, using Memento Tuxedo Black. I stamped the wavy grass, from Fanciful Fall, several times, using Memento Bamboo Leaves. Stamped the sailboat, from Aloha, using Memento Tuxedo Black. I added some ripples using an opaque white gel pen and shadow to the boat, using my C3 Copic marker. I layered with Pure Luxury In The Navy and used a Baby Boy Blue card base. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a fantastic day!
