Well, hello again! I can hardly believe it myself, but I managed to create cards for the past two weekends. The first I'm going to talk about is a side step card. See Sandi MacIver's tutorial for the mechanics of creating the card here:
Page down until you get to the November 16, 2009 post.
I don't know Sandi at all, but I thank her for her wonderful instructions that enabled me to create the following cards.
Base: Real Red
DP: SU! Dashing
Ink: Old Olive
Ink: Old Olive
Mats: Whisper White/Old Olive/Real Red
Stamps: SU! Snow Swirled; sentiment from SU! Home for Christmas
SU! Ornament Punch
Rinestones from Recolections
Ink the tree with Old Olive then marker over the ornaments with a marker equivalent to SU! Real Red and the dotted swirls with a SU! Handsome Hunter equivalent. Marking over adds interest to the stamped image. To keep the ink moist, puff [huff] as if you were a kid in the cold on the inked up image just prior to pressing onto the paper. After the ink is dry, I used a spot of Tombo adhesive in the center of the ornaments then added the Rinestones. I sponged Old Olive around the tree. I assembled the card using pop dots on the ornament, the sentiment on the ornament and the sentiment in the lower right of the card.
Card number two is similar to the above except I used a rock and roll technique on the tree. First ink the tree image using Old Olive. Then, roll the outside edge only of the image onto an Always Artichoke ink pad. This gives a darker edge to the tree and adds interest. As before, I markered over the ornaments with a marker equivalent to SU! Bravo Burgandy [since the color scheme of the DP is different, adjust the colors accordingly]. Huff and press into the paper. Add rinestones, etc... I sponged Old Olive and Always Artichoke around the tree.
Card same as above except:
Base: Bravo Burgandy
DP: Holiday Thyme
Mats: Very Vanilla/Always Artichoke
This third card is a design from Michelle Zindorf. She wrote an excellent tutorial here:
The card is just like hers except:
Base: Night of Navy
Base: Night of Navy
Mat: Brushed Silver
Michelle uses markers to color in her tutorial. I used Prismacolor pencils and gamsol [odorless mineral spirits] because I can get more variety of color choices and can play with shades/hues. I have a limited number of markers, none of which are SU markers,and I prefer the creative options of the pencils/OMS technique.
So there you have it! I'm satisfied with the type of cards I have this year, just not the quantity. I only have 15 total and I need about 25 to give everyone on my card list a handmade card. Hmmmmmm, will I get them done in time???
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