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Author name: Nancy Frustaci

Bundles of Hugs

Happy Monday Everyone,

I am sharing another creation using the Concord and 9th  Leaf Turnabout stamp and  Jumping for Joy set from My Favorite things.  I don’t know if you have done this as a kid but I  always envisioned jumping into a big bundle of leaves  and doing “snow angels in them” but never did get the chance to do it, so here is my homage to that vision.

This design was in my head from the moment I saw the two stamps sets on the Scrap’N Stamp site.

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I stamped out the cute little girl image from the Jumping for Joy stamp set from My Favorite things using Black Tuxedo Memento ink because its Copic friendly. For the coloring you can see I used Copic markers but I linked to the Chameleons as that is what Scrap’N Stamp carries and I have been told great things about the markers.  Later on I stamped out the little squirrel image from another MFT stamp set because I felt it would match well with the sentiment I chose.

I also stamped out the individual leaf that came in the Concord and 9th set, with different shades of yellow, red, brown and green distress oxides and fussy cut all those leaves as well, while I was at it I fussy cut out the little girl image and squirrel so everything matched and their was no white edges.

Once everything was fussy cut I worked on the lay out of the card, I used numerous layers of different card stock, from green glitter card stock to green mirror card stock.  I created the card base from heavy weight chicalote Bazzill cardstock to 5½ x 5 ½.  For the front of the panel I cut down some green mirror cardstock to 5¼ x 5¼ which I also ran through my die cut machine with using my stitched square dies.

I popped up the green with some foam tape to the front of my card base. I ran my stamped background piece through my Gemini Jr cutting out the middle portion with an oval die. I repeated the process two more times  using brown card stock and glitter card stock and different sizes of ovals.

 I layered my leaf background onto some more chocolate cardstock for a little subtle interest. and added it to the backs from there it was time to work on my little pile of leaves. I popped up the chocolate oval and the green glitter, I like this as it looked like grass. From there i started to fiddle with all the leaves, trying to get them to look the way I wanted. Once that was accomplished and everything was were I wanted it, I pulled out my press and seal wrap and pressed it over my project, this helped keep everything in place and made adhering things so quick and easy.

   

I added the little girl with foam tape ( This card has lots of dimension) and then used a banner die from my stash to add the sentiment. I did jazz that up a little as I wanted it to stand out more. I took my Zig two way pen and added glue around the edges, once it was tacky I pulled out some Ranger foil in the coordinating green and added it to the banner. I really like how this all turned out. I finished the inside of the card with some of the cut down pieces of the background and green mirror paper. just to tie it all together.

I am sorry if this is long winded but there was a lot of steps and I didn’t really know how to skimp out on anything for you.

I do hope you enjoyed and found some inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by, please do leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Have a beautiful week.

Nancy


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Grateful For You

Hello and Happy Monday everyone.  Hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some crafty time.

I am back on the blog today with a new card, which is inspired by the up coming Thanksgiving holiday.  Even though its just one day it’s always good to take time to think about all we are grateful for, and to let those we care about know just how special and appreciated they are.

I started but cutting down some Neehna desert storm and solar white card stock for both the card bases and the background panels. The bases are standard A2 5 1/2  X 4 1/4 and the background panels were 5 1/4 x 4 1/8. I end up layering the embossing panel onto some gold card stock slightly bigger then the panel itself.

I prepared the card panels with an antistatic powder tool and then stamped the leaf  and swirl background with Versa-Mark sticky ink.  I heat set that with Rangers gold embossing powder and fine detailed white powder.

Once the heat embossing cooled I pulled out my distress oxide, in barn door, candied apple, peeled paint, lucky clover and wild honey as well as carved pumpkin and using my blending tool went over the embossing.  I love how these colours showed up on the desert storm card stock.  Heck I just love my distress oxides!

 I die cut the sentiment using the MFT Grateful for You sentiment and matching die set.  I ran it through over ten times so I would be able to layer a few of them together for added dimension.  I added some interest and shine to the sentiment by adding foil.  I accomplished this by using my two way Zig glue pen, allowing it to dry and then bring the foil to the sentiment to rub it on.


I die cut numerous leaves out of desert storm card stock using the My Favourite things stitched leaves dies.  Once I cut them all out I went in with more distress oxides to colour the leaves.  I did a few different versions to get to the colour combinations I liked.  Once I had what I liked I spritzed with water and then with gold perfect Perl mist.

I used some Press-n-Seal to help me adhere the leaves into place.  I created a subtle background to layer them onto using some antique linen and a Tim Holtz stencil.

 

I layered the panel on to some more coordinating glitter card stock that was slightly bigger, just to frame it.

This was a fun card to create and play with the different colour an layout combinations.

I hope you found some inspiration and enjoyed the process!

Have a wonderful week.

   


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Showered with Love

Happy Wednesday

Hope you are all having a wonderful week despite the weather.

I am on the blog today sharing a  card featuring the adorable set from My Favorite Things called “Rain or Shine”.  This seemed pretty fitting considering out weather right now.

This set made me think of my three year old b/g  twins.  My daughter just loves to jump in “cuddles” aka puddles, so when I saw it I knew I had to have it and the puddle jumper sets which you can see is stamped out in the picture below.

I started the card off stamping the images out with Memento black ink onto Neehna solar white card stock. From there I went in and coloured the images with my Copic markers. I haven’t coloured with Copics in so long feel and felt very rusty.  So much so that I had to have a few takes at the little girl.

For the skin I used E000, 00, 02 and 11.  For the jacket I used R32, 30 and RV42, and the hair was E34,35 and 15.  For her pants I used W3, 4, 5.  For the hill I used C7, and finally for the clouds I used N0, C1, C3.

I die cut some Bristol card stock down to 2 3/8 x 3 3/8  to  create the back ground using my lovely, delicious, can’t get enough of, distress oxides and Tim holtz blending tool. I blended mermaid lagoon, blue print sketch and peacock feather onto the Bristol card stock and then used my distress mister to add some water splotches to add texture to the background.  I set that aside to dry and worked on the rest of the card.

The card it self is a standard A2, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, which I created out of heavy weight black card stock, I added two layers to the card base for extra interest.  The first layer was cut from silver mirror card stock which measured 5 1/4 x 4, the second layer was some coloured card stock from my stash which I ran through my die cutting machine using a 3D embossing folder. I love the extra something it gives to the card.

When it came time for the sentiment I decided I wanted to add it onto some clouds which would help to complete the scene.  I had some pre die cut cloud boarder from a previous project which ended up to be perfect for the size for the top of the distressed panel.  I added some Copic marker to the clouds in just the right areas to make it look a little more like a storm cloud and add that extra detail.  I then stamped the sentiment using my stamping too, I didn’t want to come this far and mess up now.

Finally I adhered all the layers together.  The first two were flat and the middle portion was all foam taped up, except for the cute little girl and the hill. Lastly I added some mini heart sequins from my stash to tie in the sentiment and add that little bit of sparkle.

I hope you enjoyed the process and found some inspiration.  I know I will be using this set over and over again.

Hope the rest of your week is filled with crafty fun!

Nancy

 


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