Grundgy Goodness, Old and New

 

I can't stop using the Tim Holtz Sizzix "Vault World Travel". It's such a great image and I love all the extras in the set, the plane, arrow and the alphabet. 

The background is old, I think I made it 4 years ago after watching a Tim Holtz demo. The only reason I didn't use it was because I made 2 and posted a card with it. Enough time has passed to make it new again, LOL. In the demo Tim had shown how to used Distress Texture Paste, stencil and palette knife. Apply the paste with the knife and then tap the top of the paste through the stencil, creating uneven texture. It's a small thing but really adds to the interest.

After it dried, I sprayed Distress Spray Stains and Oxides. I used, as I can best recall Distress Oxide Spray in Speckled Egg, and Distress Spray Stain in Peacock Feathers. I addedd a bit of water to move it around. After it dried, I applied some gold gilding polish with my finger to the arrows. You could substitute acrylic paint if you want. After that dried, I sprayed Ground Espresso and Gathered Twigs Spray Stain over everything, not too much, misting it with water.

I diecut the World Traveler globe from kraft cardstock. I randomly addded some Sizzix Creamy Acrylic Paint to the globe diecut with my finger (always). To give it a patina, I used some Distress Paints in Speckled Egg, Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers, not too much as you can see from the photo. The water diecut is cut from Sizzix Revealz Sandable Cardstock. I used a Sizzix sanding block to reveal the light blue color underneath. This is a pretty cool paper, not white core not solid core, it's actually a different color inside, a lighter shade of blue.

I didn't end up using the green piece, it's in my stash!

The next photo is to show the ridiculous scraps I can't let go of but I was happy I had to diecut the word GO wiht the alphabet dies included in the set.

That's it for today, listed below are the supplies I used with affiliate links. If I inspired you to purchase any of these products, using my links give me a small commission at NO additional charge to you. It lets the companies and me know you like these tutorials. Thank you if you choose to do so.

Thanks for looking!

Tim Holtz/Sizzix World Travel

----  http://shrsl.com/4hwzx  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx00  [SSS]

Distress Texture Paste

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx0a {Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx0h  [SSS]

Tim Holtz Arrow Stencil

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx0m  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx0r  [SSS]

Distress Palette Knife Set

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx0v  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx12  [[SSS]

Sizzix Revealz Sandable Cardstock
 

   

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx17  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx1g  [SSS]

Sizzix Sanding Block

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx1j  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx1m  [SSS]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx1x  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx20  [SSS]

Sizzix Creamy Acrylic Paint Rose Gold

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx22  [Scrapbookcom}

Distress Sprays

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx2g  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hx2d  [SSS]

Simon Says Stamp Celebrate Release!

The new release from Simon Says Stamp for April 2024 is Celebrate! It's just as it sounds, lots of stamps, dies and embossing folders to celebrate weddings, graduations, birthdays and the everyday.

I received Flower Power, a set of stamps with lots of flowers and happy sentiments. There's a matching stencil and dieset available too. 

I stamped and embossed a large flower in white and then dipped and splattered the panel with yellow and orange Distress Ink. The embossing acts as a resiste, so ;you can still see the white stamping. I went back and painted the flowers with the orange ink.

Click on the images below to see the products.

See the entire release here:

 

Watercoloring Diecuts When You Don't Know How to Watercolor

 

The question I get a lot is, how do you paint your dies or your background? My answer would be, like a kindergartener. 

For this card, I ripped a page out of my Canson Mixed Media pad. I bought it at Michaels, it's lightweight paper, it says 98 lb. The pages are 5.5" x 8.5". This paper isn't anything special, it's lightweight watercolor paper.

Below is a video on how I painted the paper to be diecut. I bought Altenew's Pink Star Tulip for this card. I wet the paper using a big paintbrush. This is just an inexpensive paintbrush I purchased at Michael's. I used Altenew's Artists Watercolors and started layering the paper with pink and red paint, going light to dark. At first I paint horizontally but then I knew it'd be better to start painting in all different directions, but no plan. Like when you were in kindergarten and just painted a page because it made you feel like an artist. LOL.

I applied water liberally, just to keep the paint moving. I dried the paper in between layers, even picking up the paper to move the puddles around. The key is uneven application of paint. It will make the flower look more interesting. 

I just kept adding paint randomly, even adding some purple and blue to darken the bottom of the page. That's it. I made another page in purples, adding some pink and reds for variation.

For the background, I used this from my stash:

I have another video on how I made this background. You can see it if you click here .

I embossed the sentiment in gold but if you look closely you can see I accidently got embossing powder where I didn't want it, so I couldn't use it. I ended up diecutting a circle from it to use on another card. I saved this scrap to diecut more from it but found I could cover up the circle and bad embossing with the flowers! Yay!

                    

SUPPLIES: Click the links below to take you to where you can purchase. If you use my links to make a purchase, I receive a small commission from the store at no additional cost to you. It lets me and the store know you find my tutorials helpful. All supplies used for this card were purchased by me. Thank you!

----  http://shrsl.com/4htdq  [Altenew Store]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hte3  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hte8  [Altenew Store]

----   http://shrsl.com/4htek  [Scrapbookcom]

I hope you find this as easy as I did, plus it's fun to mindlessly paint!

I can be found on Instagram @Susanbcards where I post several times a week.

Lunar and Solar Pastes on Altenew's Farmhouse Florals YouTube Video

 

Today I'm sharing  Altenew's Farmhouse Florals Embossing Folder. I used my favorite technique, Solar and/or Lunar Pastes with Archival ink with this gorgeous folder. I've shared other cards where I randomly place Solar/Lunar Pastes on a panel and then emboss it with a 3D embossing folder. 

Here I wanted specific colors, in specific places, pink on the flowers and green on the background. So I ran through a piece of black cardstock 5.5"x5.5" square. I used my Sizzix Big Shot and the platform on 1, a silicon embossing pad, the 3D folder with paper and 1 top plate. It doesn't deeply emboss the image, just lightly so I can see where each color goes.

I used a palette knife to put some pink Lunar Paste on a foam blending tool. I like how flat the blender is, it makes it easier to apply the paste. I used Prom Queen, Love Struck and the new Neon Mood Ring. You definitely do NOT have to use 3 shades of pink, I just happened to have that many and like color variation. 

For the leaves and background, I used Crocodile Tears Solar Paste in a swirling motion.

After it is all completely dry, rub Black Archival Ink over the inside of the folder, just over the floral image. Line up the paper in the embossing folder and run it through the Big Shot again. This time I did it on #2, with the embossing folder and 1 top plate. The ink will transfer into the crevices.

Here is a YouTube video tutorial:

Sizzix Geo Crystals Embossing Folder

----  http://shrsl.com/4hmyh  [Scrapbookcom]

Bold Floral Dies

----  http://shrsl.com/4hmyi  [Scrapbookcom]

Altenew Whimsy Mofif Embossing Folder ---- https://shrsl.com/4e749 [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4e74a [Altenew]

Altenew Whimsy Mofif Embossing Folder ---- https://shrsl.com/4e749 [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4e74a [Altenew]

Sizzix Geo Crystals Embossing Folder

----  http://shrsl.com/4hmyh  [Scrapbookcom]

Impresslit Butterfly Discontinued

Spellbinders Spring Burst 3D Folder

----  http://shrsl.com/4hmy3  [Spellbinders] Exclusive

Spellbinders Bold Blooms ---- https://shrsl.com/49353 [Scrapbookcom] ---- https://shrsl.com/49359 [Spellbinders] Spellbinders Fluted Ovals ---- https://shrsl.com/4935c [Scrapbookcom] ---- https://shrsl.com/4935g [Spellbinders]

Spellbinders Autumn Splendor Embossing Folder

----  http://shrsl.com/4hmy7  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hmya  [Spellbinders]

Supplies with clickable links. Using these links are helpful to me, it lets companies and me know that you find my tutorials helpful, which will allow me to continue sharing techniques. If you make a purchase using my link, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Altenew Farmhouse Florals Embossing Folder

Altenew Farmhouse Floral 3D Embossing Folder ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmve [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvf [Altenew] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvg [SSS] Simon Hurley/Ranger Solar Pastes (I use Crocodile Tears0 ---- https://shrsl.com/4934k [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvi [SSS] Simon Hurley/Ranger Lunar Pastes (I used Prom Queen, Love Struck, Mood Ring, Shooting Star) ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvq [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvs [SSS] Simon Hurley Ranger Neon Lunar Pastes ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvt [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvv [SSS] Scrapbookcom Blending Tool ---- https://shrsl.com/4934q [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvk [SSS] Ranger Flat Foam Blender Refill ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvm [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvk [SSS] Ranger Archival Ink ---- https://shrsl.com/4934z [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvn [SSS] Simon Hurley Ranger Paste Tools ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvw [Scrapbookcom] ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvx [SSS] Scrapbookcom Mixed Media Cardstock Pad ---- http://shrsl.com/4hmvy [Scrapbookcom]

Spellbinders Sprigs Registration Press Plate and Dies

The Spellbinders Registration Press Plates are made so you can color images in different colors. In this case, the Sprigs Registration Press Plates are individual sprigs so each can be colored as you wish. My wish was to gold foil them with my Glimmer foiling system. I also inked some of the sprigs up but that is a different card to follow.

I diecut each of the sprigs and as usual, left them on my desk until inspiration struck or they were lost, whichever comes first. Luckily I had a leftover piece of pink ink blended cardstock that I had embossed. It was a strip 2" wide and 5.5" long. My diecuts ended up on it and I was reminded how good pink and gold look together. So I recreated it but used the new Leafy Helix embossing folder. This folder looks equally as good embossed or debossed. So I did one in pink and the card itself, flipped the embossing folder.

The pigment ink is from Altenew, I bought it years ago but it still was juicy enough. Such pretty shades of pink. I stamped the sentiment in the same ink. The sentiment is from Propagation Sentiments stamp set and dies.

Gold hot foiled and diecut. I cut 3 more layers from plain white so I could pop up the dies a bit.

SUPPLIES (with direct links to stores, using these links gives me a small commission, at no extra charge to you). 

Sprigs Registration Press Plate and Die Set

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk26  [Spellbinders Store]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk3a  [Scrapbookcom]

Leafy Helix Embossing Folder

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk29  [Spellbinders Store]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk3d  [Scrapbookcom]

Propagation Garden Sentiments

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk3n  [Spellbinderscom}

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk3h  [Scrapbookcom]

Gold Glimmer Foil

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk2e  [Spellbinders Store]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk3g  [Scrapbookcom]

Red Cosmos Fresh Dye Ink (the ink I used was Altenew Pigment Ink which is discontinued, they only offer the same colors in their dye ink, which may be a bit harder to blend.)

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk2w  [Altenew Store]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hk30  [Scrapbookcom]

Thanks for looking! I can be found on Instagram @Susanbcards where I post several times a week.

Spellbinders Propagation Garden

Sometimes a collection comes along and I want it all. That is the case with Spellbinders Propagation Garden by Annie Williams. 

For the background, I ink blended from light to dark, using Distress Oxides. I have tried to blend with other inks but found that Distress Oxides are the easiest. They go on smoothly and transition beautifully. For the yellow background, I used Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed. For the pink background, I used Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Lumberjack Plaid and a bit of Aged Mahogany. I then embossed it with "Leafy Helix" embossing folder. I embossed one with the raised side, the other with the recessed side so you can see the difference. Both look good.

I cut the containers from white cardstock and inked it with blue Distress Ink. I then diecut thin acetate to layer over the top to look like glass. The wood is real Cherry Wood paper from My Paper Insider.

SUPPLIES with links to the stores. If you use my link and make a purchase, I receive a very small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support, I hope my work inspires you.

Spellbinders Propagation Garden 

----  http://shrsl.com/4hijz  [Spellbinders Store]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hild  [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://shrsl.com/4hfgw  [Your Paper Insider]

Thanks so much for looking! I can be found on Instagram @Susanbcards

 

Spellbinders March 2024 Stitching Die of the Month No Stitch Version

Last month I posted the stitched version of this dieset. It's from the March  Spellbinders 2024 Stitching Die of the Month Club. It's now availabe for individual purchase, you can find it HERE. You can just buy the die. Below is the stitched version. I believe it looks good both ways.

I imagined reading a cookbook, sitting at my kitchen table, drinking a cup of coffee, some of my favorite things to do. To keep it serene, I used pastel cardstock. I also have a Joy of Cooking cookbook that has the pages falling out, so I took a page out and attached it to my card.

The Cherry Wood paper for the background is so beautiful. It's very thin paper, real Cherry Wood, from Your Paper Insider. They send surprise assorted papers to subscribers 4x a year. But sometimes a paper is so special, people want it in a pack. This paper is available in a 10 pack, HERE.

 

You can click on the link or the image to go to Your Paper Insider and see more about this paper. I'd recommend looking at all the paper available for individual purchase, they are all pretty cool.

----  https://shrsl.com/4hfgw  [Your Paper Insider]

----  http://shrsl.com/4hfhu [Spellbinders Store exclusive]

That's it for today!

Thanks, Susan