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Author name: Chala Frank

Simple Stamping – I’m a Puffer for You!

Hello friends!  It’s Chala here for today’s blog post.

Things have been crazy in my world and I got so wrapped up in life and trying to survive that I almost forgot my husband’s birthday!  (Bad wife, I know!)  But this made me realize that creating does not have to be super complicated!  Sometimes we are so enamoured with what others create and the techniques they use that we forget that there is nothing wrong with creating a simple card!  In fact, they are just as beautiful and for me….just finding time for crafting therapy through the chaos of my life is what is important.

So, I am here to share a super simple and quick card with you that received just as much praise from my sweet husband as some of the complicated cards I have created.

I will be using the Hero Arts “I’m a Puffer for You” stamp and die combo set.

I stamp some of the cute puffer fish images and party accessories with Memento Tuxedo Black  ink onto some white card stock.  I colour the images with my Copic markers and die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I then wanted to create a super simple ink blended background.  I wanted something that wouldn’t take the focus off the cute little images. To do this I used the Distress ink in Mermaid Lagoon and my ink blended brush and blended the ink onto the middle top portion of an A2 size card base.

I cut an A2 size panel of yellow cardstock and adhered it to a top folding card with my adhesive tape runner. Then I die cut the ink blended panel with the Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangle Die that is slightly smaller that the A2 size panel and adhered that onto of the yellow cardstock.

To  add a bit of interest and to give the background an underwater feel I spray it with some water and lift the water droplets up with my microfibre cloth.

I then lay out the images and sentiments that I wanted to use on the inked panel.  I use Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp the sentiments.  I adhere the party accesories with some liquid adhesive  and pop the puffer fish images up with scotch 3M foam tape.

I also add one of the left over puffer die cut images onto the inside of the card and give all the puffer images a coating of clear Wink of Stella (because every card needs a bit of sparkle) and stamp one of the solid fish images onto the upper right hand corner of yellow envelope.

I felt like the card needed a little something special so I added these sparkling clear droplets.  You can also achieve this look by using Glossy Accents or Nuvo Crystal Glaze.  I didn’t have time to wait for those to dry so the sparkling clear droplets were perfect for this rush card!

 

Here are some photos of the completed card.

 

Thank you so much for dropping by for today’s blog post.  You can check out the video of how this card came together at my YouTube channel here:

https://youtu.be/6lt9_2ynXkk

 

Happy Crafting!

~ Chala

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Orange You Sweet

Hey Guys!  Chala here for today’s blog post.  It has been pretty cold where I am and I thought I would brighten things up with some sights and smells of summer.

I will be using the Orange You Sweet set from Concord & 9th.

(As of the time of this post it is currently on sale for 30% off)

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I am going to be giving this card a twist!  It will be a scratch and sniff card.  This is actually a pretty easy technique with some great results!

The first thing I will do is prepare a piece of white card stock which measures 2 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and I stamp out the circle or outside of the orange image across the panel.  My go-to ink for stamping is  Versafine ink. I then stamp the segment portion of the oranges.

I then will stamp the solid circle overtop of the segments with Distress Oxide ink in Spiced Marmalade.

The next steps are where things get fun!  In a container I combine orange Kool-Aid with some clear embossing powder.  The ratio is approximately 1:1.  I will then use the solid circle again and stamp over top of the stamped spiced marmalade with Versamark clear embossing ink.  I then sprinkle the kool-aid/embossing powder mixture overtop of the reined image and then set it with my heat tool.  You want to make sure your heat tool is good and hot and be sure to keep moving it so as not to scorch the kool-aid.

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I set that aside to cool.  The next step is to prepare my card base.  It is a standard A2 (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″) side folding card.  I cut down a panel from some patterned paper and adhere that to the card base and then adhere the orange stamped panel on top.

For the sentiment I use some black card stock and treat it with my antistatic powder tool.  I chose the “orange you so” sentiment and stamped it with  Versamark clear embossing ink, apply white embossing powder and heat set.  I will trim the sentiment strip down and apply 3m Foam tape to the back.  Before I adhere the sentiment strip to the front I want to finish off the inside of the card.  I use my stamp platform stamped the outline of the “Sweet” with Versafine ink and the solid “Sweet” with Spiced Marmalade.  To give the inside sentiment a bit more interest I add some clear Wink of Stella to give it some sparkle.

I was a little off with the stamping of the Spiced Marmalade, but I am okay with that.  I also stamped the little splashes in the same orange colour.

I then move back to the front of the card to add the sentiment strip.

That completes the card!  Here is the finished look.

Here’s a look at a second card I created with the same stamp set.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  If you would like a better idea of how this card came together, you can head on over to my YouTube channel and watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__zq7DlZzPs

Stay warm and happy crafting!

~Chala

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Chinese New Year – Magic Slider Card

Hi Everyone!  My name is Chala and I am exited to join the Scrap ‘N Stamp Design Team!  This group is incredibly talented and I am looking forward to sharing my creative ideas.  I have also been admiring all the submission that are posted on the Scrap ’N Stamp Challenge Page on Facebook.  If you have not already checked it out, I encourage you to head on over to gain inspiration from these creative members!

Now, on to today’s card!  It’s a long one, so grab a cup of tea or a glass of wine and snuggle under your favourite blanket!  There are interactive links throughout should any of these products catch your eye!

February 5, 2019 marks the official beginning of Chinese New Year and the Year of the Pig!  I thought it would be fun to review my stock of stamps and dies to create a fun card for this occasion.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had a lot of items from the Lawn Fawn product line that would work and decided on making an interactive card.

I pulled some red and white card stock from my stash and I will be using these colours along with the Lawn Fawn Magic Slider die set. 

I also think using the New Magic Picture Changer (which at the time of this post is on pre-order and on SALE at Scrap ’N Stamp) would be a lot of fun too!

     I will do the majority of my die cutting to start off.  This way I have all the pieces ready to assemble.  I begin with the single rectangle die and cut a piece from acetate.  You can use clear packaging or purchase acetate.  I just used projector transparency that I had on hand.  This acetate will act as the “magic window”.  I will then cut a second piece from white card stock.   This will eventually line up behind the acetate piece when we assemble the card.

I cut the base of the slider and stitched window from red card stock and the slider mechanism and rails from white card stock.  I cut two of the slider rails as I like to stack them.  I find that by stacking them it gives a little bit more room for the slider to move more freely.

Now that I have these pieces cut, Let’s move on to stamping.

I am using the cute little pig from the Hay There stamp set.  You will want to use some form of stamp platform so that you can ensure that you can line your images up perfectly on to the material you are stamping on.  I will stamp Hamlet (I decided to name the pig that…) onto the acetate with StazOn Jet Black ink.  It is very important that you use the Stazon ink as it, well…stays on!  If you use any other ink on the acetate it will not dry and will smear…and you will be very sad.  😔 Once that is stamped, I will carefully set the acetate aside to ensure it dries completely, being careful not to touch the freshly stamped image.

I then stamp Hamlet again, this time on to the second rectangle piece that we cut out of white card stock. I use Memento Tuxedo Black ink this time as I will later be colouring Hamlet in with my Copic markers.  This is where your stamp platform comes in handy.  You will want to make sure that the white rectangle lines up exactly with where your acetate piece was.  The end effect being that you can place the acetate on top of the white rectangle and both images will line up perfectly.  This is what ultimately will make the card “magic”.

I want to change up the image on the white rectangle just a bit so that there is more of a surprise when the slider is pulled up.

I will grab the speech bubble from the Happy Village set and the “Nia Hao” phrase from the Reveal Wheel Sentiments and stamp those just above Hamlet to make it appear that he is saying “hello”.

The next step is to colour Hamlet in with my Copic markers.  You can use whatever markers, pencil crayons or other mediums you like.  Just making sure that you keep things one layer to allow the slider move freely.  The Copic markers I used are as follows:

Grass:  YG13

Sky:  B32

Hamlet: R83 & RV10

Hamlet’s Hooves:  C4

I also used a white gel pen for detail on his cheeks. 

It is now time to assemble our slider!!!  This part is a bit tricky if you don’t know how to do it and it can be a bit confusing to explain.  Not to worry! At the end of this blog will be a link where you can watch a video of how the whole card come together at my YouTube Channel!

Let’s begin….

I use Be Creative  Scor Tape (3mm), this is a strong adhesive and great for when you want to ensure that there will be no lifting of your project.  I adhere it around the edges (face up) of the acetate piece and set that aside.  Then I will use my tape runner and adhere the coloured Hamlet piece onto the red base of the magic slider.  Ensuring that the image lines up so that you can see it nicely through the “window”.  I lay the acetate piece overtop of the coloured piece making sure it lines up exactly and fold the top window portion down onto the acetate.  I find it easiest to use a craft pick when trying to remove the adhesive backing.  My favourite one is the Tim Holtz Retractable Tonic Craft Pick for the simple fact that it retracts and I have less of a chance of stabbing myself.

It is now time to insert the white slider portion into the top slit and pull it all the way up.  You will use this to help when you lay down your white guides.  

Again, I use the Be Creative Scor Tape (3mm) to adhere the two guides together and then adhere them to the bottom base around the coloured image. I have a cool trick on my video of how I adhere score tape to delicate shapes.   You will then remove the top adhesive liner and fold the top over sealing the slider inside.  You can now die cut one of the fancy slider pulls and adhere to the top of your slider mechanism.  I die cut two from red card stock, glued to my card with my Gina K Connect glue and threaded some yellow embossing thread through to give the card some interest and so that you could pull the slider easier.

   

We have now completed the hardest part of this card and it is time to play with the creation to make sure everything slides nicely!

Let’s move onto the card base.  I will be using a standard A2 side folding card (4 1/4” x 5 1/2”).  It is best to use a 110lb weight or as thick a card stock as you can get as this is where we will be adhering our magic slider to. 

I didn’t have any patterned paper that would work so I found some digital paper that I liked from my Silhouette Design program and printed it off.  I cut it down with my Fiskar sure cut paper trimmer to fit the front of the card and adhered it to the base with a tape runner.

I wanted to decorate the inside of the card as well.  For that I used the fortune cooke and banner from the Lawn Fawn Year Eight stamp set and stamped with Memento ink on the inside of the card.  I also wanted to create my own sentiment inside the banner.  It was a bit tricky as I had to remove the ink from the lettering with a baby wipe, however, I think it turned out okay!  I went over the outline of the banner and wrote “Happy New Year!” with my Copic Liner Pen.  I used Copic colours E33, E43 and E53 to colour the fortune cookie. 

It is now time to adhere the slider to the base of our card this time using the Be Creative Scor Tape (5mm).  To finish off the card I added some gold sequins with some Ranger Glossy Accents.

Here is the finished card!

 

Thank you so much for hanging out with me today!

As promised, here is the link to my YouTube video. 

https://youtu.be/3eWh0ztPEcY

If you would like to keep up with all my creations you can do so at any of the following links:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ps.iloveyou.bychala 

YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHRokGmpAE85ow459OKlKw

Word Press:  https://psiloveyoubychala.wordpress.com

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ps.iloveyou.bychala

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/psiloveyouchala

Happy crafting!

~ Chala

Materials

Lawn Fawn Products:

Hay There stamp

Lawn Fawn Magic Slider

Happy Village

Reveal Wheel Sentiments

Lawn Fawn Year Eight 

Inks:

StazOn Jet Black ink

Memento Tuxedo Black 

Adhesive:

Be Creative  Scor Tape (3mm)

Be Creative Scor Tape (5mm) 

Gina K Connect Glue

Ranger Glossy Accents

Therm-O Web Purple Tape

Other:

white gel pen

Retractable Tonic Craft Pick

Fiskar sure cut paper trimmer

Sizzix Big Shot Die Cut Machine

Paper:

Red & White card stock (Recollections)

Acetate

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