Author: Lisa K

Merry Christmas Ornaments

| Lisa K

The following card is being submitted to the Gina K Designs July Challenge.

https://www.ginakdesigns.com/2020/07/01/june-monthly-mix-challenge-2/?v=7516fd43adaa

I used the stamp sets Merry & Bright for the ornaments and Home for the Holidays for the greeting. The colors used are SU Rich Razzleberry, Seaside Spray, and GKD In the Navy. I added the gold embossing and splatter for the Christmas gold.

This card was created as part of the Split Coast Stampers Color Challenge 800 celebration. Here is the link for my card at SCS: https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2996036?&cat=500&ppuser=301308

Always fun to add another Christmas card to my stash. Thanks for looking.

Birthday On Point

| Lisa K

I created a slimline card on Saturday.

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/07/just-us-girls-challenge-544-trend-week.html

Stamp set used are Sizzix Free Hugs — Cactus Set and dies, and Lawn Fawn Year Ten. I used two stencils from SU, Brick and Clouds, all ink blended. The inspiration for this layout was from the Lawn Fawn blog using cactus from the new Simply Summer stamp set. I own a few cactus sets, so the Sizzix one was the one I chose to use for this card. This card was posted at Split Coast Stampers as part of the inspiration challenge and MISTI challenge: https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2995060?&cat=500&ppuser=301308

Slimline cards are the newest trend I have seen in the paper crafting world, with dies from many manufacturers. This card was all cut using my paper trimmer. So far, that is working for me. This is the second one I have made with in the last week.

Foiled Happy Birthday

| Lisa K

I created a Slimline card today and played with my Spellbinders Hot Foil machine.

Slimline Happy Birthday

I created this card for the Misti challenge at Split Coast Stampers. I started with the die in the Hot Foil machine. It has a learning curve and I am still learning. My die is quite shiny as I kept placing my foil wrong side down, even with the manual and having watched videos. I also learned that I need to use thicker paper as it works better. After the foiling looked good, I proceeded to stamp the idea that I found with Jen Cards and her slimline series. I used the Wild Blossoms set by Gina K Designs. I used a block to stamp the vine as I struggled with the Misti when trying to extend the vine and get it to match. The block worked fine, so I then stamped blossoms all over the vine. I am happy with the finished card. There will be more foiled images soon as I am planning to continue to create.

July Gina K Designs Challenge

| Lisa K

I pulled out a Christmas set that I enjoy creating with, Festive Frame.

https://www.ginakdesigns.com/2020/07/01/june-monthly-mix-challenge-2/?v=7516fd43adaa

I embossed with Ranger gold embossing powder. I can’t remember the name of the cardstock, but I think it might be Charcoal Brown. I added a bit of color with a Tombow marker than added rhinestones to the center of the flowers. This is a simple card, but I know whoever received it will enjoy it.

Birthday Silhouette

| Lisa K

Playing along with the Mod Squad Challenge this week. Having fun ink blending and creating a birthday card for my stash.

https://modsquadchallenge.com/silhouette-time/

I followed Cathy Zielske’s card idea, https://www.cathyzielske.com/2020/07/more-masking-ink-blending-and-silhouette-stamping-featuring-products-from-gina-k-designs/, and created this card. I used the stamps Scripty Sayings and Nurturing Blooms for the stamping. My ink colors are Jelly Bean Green, Lovely Lavendar, and Sea Glass. After adding my sentiment and embossing in gold, I felt my card needed a bit more gold. I used the Versamarker and embossed the outline. It is not perfect, but works.

I enjoyed creating this card. Thanks for a fun challenge!

Boot Girl

| Lisa K

I pulled out an older stamp for a challenge at Split Coast Stampers and it is perfect for the Retro Rubber Challenge.

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2020/06/challenge-138-anything-goes.html

The little girls is getting her moves on. I found the best paper in an Carta Bella paper pack where the woodgrain makes a dance floor with the floral being the wallpaper. She in dressed in all pink tones to match the paper. The set used is Stampendous Boots Kiddo. I have had it for a few years purchased off the clearance rack at Hobby Lobby. I looked on Stampendous blog and found this was released in 2013. She is on a wooden block, so that helps with the age of the stamp. This was fun to create!

Scooter Vrooming

| Lisa K

I created a card using a Gerda Steiner Designs stamp and had a lot of fun with it.

https://gsd-stamps.com/blogs/share-your-designs/share-you-designs-challenge-july-2020

This card was created with a song in mind, “Born to be Wild”, from the Splitcoast Stampers Virtual Stamp Night challenges. The challenge was to select a song from the 1968 top 40 playlist and I chose a song with an image that came to mind. I do not own any motorcycle images, so I went with the next best thing of a scooter. I scoured the GSD-Stamps blog with design ideas used by the design team and it placed many ideas in my head. I decided on paper piecing for the scooter and pulled out SU colors from the 2018-2020 In Color cardstock and designer paper. Everything not paper pieced was colored with alcohol markers.

It has been a long time since I have stamped this image and colored it. It was such a fun card to create!

Play Ball

| Lisa K

Baseball is a favorite past-time in the summer, and I have been to Busch Stadium a few times to watch the Cardinals in action. This was created for a challenge at Split Coast Stampers depicting Summer in the City. I made sure that the stars I added had stitching lines to meet the D and D Challenge of stitching.

http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2020/07/stitches-challenge.html

I used a digital image from Power Poppy called Baseball Vignette Digital. I resized the image and printed it on our laser printer on Gina K Designs Layering Weight cardstock. When the toner was dry, I was able to color the image with alcohol markers. I fussy cut the image out and placed it on my cardbase with foam squares. I added stars all around with The Stamps of Life Stitched Stars dies; this is the smallest star in the set. Before cutting, I applied Sizzix adhesive sheets to the back side of the cardstock, this way the stars became a sticker.

Thanks for a fun contest!