Birthday card with Distress pencils

Hello and welcome, 

While waiting for the new Distress pencil sets to arrive I used the one’s that I already got. 

I made this background with inspiration from the very talented @marlydesign, you can find her on Youtube.

I used the Botanical embossing folder and Watercolor cardstock. Inked the edges and raised areas with DI Scorched timber. 

The stamped image is inspired from Tim’s Youtube live when he demoed the Distress pencils 2. I have used set number 1, 2 and 3, since I don’t have the last three sets yet. After I stamped the “Distress pencil colored” image I stamped the “happy birthday image” stamp with CMS460 Tiny prints with Distress Oxide in Scorched timber, and then used my stamp platform and stamped onto the image. Then I used a thin pen and drew around all words. 

I inked the edges with Scorched timber DI, then adhered with 3D foam to a piece of sanded Ideaology Kraft stock. 

I stamped a small number stamp from CMS396 Field notes, with Black soot Archival ink in the lower right corner.

The card is mounted to a piece of the same Ideaology paper as mentioned above, then mounted it to a black card blank.

Theses are the colors I used from the pencils: Picked raspberry, Seedless preserves, Kitch flamingo, Villainous potion and Fired brick.

Thank you for visiting, 

/Susanne 

Valentine card for my Dear husband

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Today I will share my Valentine card for my Dear husband. I wanted to make a ”grungy” card and then the new Distress color Scorced timber arrived, so off I went.

I started with the background, a piece of Watercolor cardstock, then used Distress texture paste matte through the THS033 Valentine stencil. Before the paste dried I used embossing glaze in Lumberjack plaid. Let dry and then heated with my embossing gun. 

Then I sprayed the background with Scorched timber Spray stain, and water until happy. Dried with my heat tool. I sprayed some water drops and dried again. Repeated until happy. I also stitched around the edges with my sewing machine, with red thread. Inked the edges with Scorched timber Distress ink. 

Then I diecut the heart from Watercolor cardstock with 666852 Lovestruck Colorize. Inked it with different colors of red Distress inks and glued them together. Inked all edges with Scorched timber DI. 

I spritzed some Spray stain on the heart as well. 

The “XOXO” piece is cut from the background before adhering the heart. I inked the edges and glued it on the heart. Then I used my Dremel tool and drilled a small hole through the heart, for the Vignette hardware nail. I used some Distress collage medium in the hole to be sure that the nail will stay in place. 

The here is adhered with 3D foam for dimension. 

I mounted the card on a piece of red sanded and inked piece of Ideaology Kraft stock, then to a brown card blank. Inked the edges. I used 3D between all layers.

Finally I wrote my “Love message” for my husband. We have been together since we both were 17, and last year we celebrated 40 years together. Time really flies. I really treasure my life together with my “Sweet Valentine “. 

Thank you so much for visiting, 

/Susanne

Valentine - Love with all your heart

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February already…

Here comes a tag I have made for Valentine.

I have used the Microglaze technique on the background.

Remnant rubs resist technique. 

The heart is from the new Vault series, Rosettes.

I cut out the text from the tag, then cut it again from inked Watercolor cardstock, and glued the letters in the cutouts of the tag. 

Some paperdolls, stickers and velvet ribbon as decorations. 

I will try this tag in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Have a heart.

Products used: 

Dies: 665925 Bold text #2, 666567 Vault Rosettes

#8 Mixed media tag, Remnant rubs Speciemen and Numbers, Distress Microglaze, Distress inks, Distress Oxide, Watercolor cardstock, Element stencils Freight, Transparent wings, Metallic stickers Quotations, Paperdolls Mini

Thanks for your visit, 

/Susanne

Gift set

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This is a ”gift set” I made for a collegue. We bought him a gift card which I placed in the little pillow box. On the backside of the tag I wrote “good luck and thank you” and the names of the givers. 

The pillowbox is made from one of the new Tim Holtz dies “From the Vault” series.

This is the front of the pillow box.

This is the back.

Products used: 

Dies: 606568 Vault Pillow box and bag

Stamps: CMS465 The inspector, CMS373 The professor, CMS463 Note Quotes

Mixed media tag #8, Distress Ink Pumice stone, Uncharted mariner, Ground espresso. Distress Oxide Rustic wilderness, Peeled paint, Pumice stone.

Archival ink: Black soot, Vermillion

Black embossing powder, Hemp string.

Thank you very much for visiting my blog.

/Susanne

Two Halloween cards with Pumpkin heads

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Edit: These cards was given away around Halloween, I have just forgot to post them here😊

Today I will share two quite similar cards, which I will give away to two of my colleagues. 

I have used Tim Holtz products. 

The background is made with Watercolor cardstock, Mica stains, moon mask. Distress crayon Black soot around the edges. 

Stamped the bats from CMS451 The scarecrow. Embossed the webs with white embossing powder CMS346 Tangled webs.

Splattered Mica stains on the background. 

Stamped the grass from The scarecrow set. 

Stitched around the edges with my sewing machine.

Hickory smoke Distress ink through the Moon mask. 

Embossed a black spider from an old clear stamp set. 

I stamped the pumpkin heads CMS309 on Watercolor paper and colored them with Distress inks. 

I also stamped a “Tiny text” CMS409 on a piece of Pumice stone inked paper. Inked the edges with Black soot Distress ink. 

I diecut a mask for the pumpkins in the middle, from 664195 Masquerade, from black Kraftstock. 

I cut some cheese cloth and inked it with Peeled paint, Forest moss and Black soot Distress ink. Glued it to the card with Distress collage medium. Then adhered the pumpkins with 3D foam. 

I also mounted the background to a piece of inked Ideaology cardstock. 

Then adhered to black card blank. All layers with 3D foam between for dimension. 

Here are the photos on the second card: 

You can see that the backgrounds differ a bit. On this background I mixed the Mica stains with Distress spray stain. And there is another text on this card. 

I also have some photos from the inside of the card. I used the THS169 Peekaboo stencil with some Distress Grit paste Glow. The Halloween text is embossed in white and are from the stamp set CMS138 Apothecary. An old favourite of mine. 

 

Supercool look! 

Thank you very much for visiting, 

/Susanne 

Christmas gift tag

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Today I have a gift tag for a Christmas gift to a collegue at work. 

I started to cut a tag from Kraft cardstock. Then stamped the Christmas tree from CMS476 Winter woodlands with Distress Oxides. Then I masked the stamp and inked the CMS475 Ticking and grain with Lumberjack plaid DI, spritzed with water and then stamped. Dried with my heat tool. 

I inked the edges with DI Ground espresso and then used a glue stick randomly on the edges. Then I used gold foil.

Then I stamped some post stamps from CMS323 Holiday postmarks. 

Then I stamped some images from CMS473 Christmas cartoons (Such a cool set by the way!!!) on Watercolor papaer and then colored with Distress inks and reinkers. I fuzzy cut them and added to the tag with 3D foam. 

I diecut “Joy” from watercolor cardstock with Sizzix die 666330 Big tidings. Then I inked a part of it with Distress embossing ink and used Embossing glaze Rustic wilderness. Heated with embossing gun. Then I inked the rest of the tag and used Embossing glaze Lumberjack plaid. Heated again. Finally I used  Distress crayon in Walnut stain lightly over the glaze, and smeared it out with my slightly damp finger. 

I then spritzed white Distress paint with my splatter brush on the word to imitate snow. Dried with heat tool. 

I also cut the “greenery” from Watercolor paper, inked with Distress inks, and on their berrie I used Distress glitter Clear rock candy. Distress matte medium as glue. 

I also put a piece of string on the top of the tag.

This is the backside of the tag, where I have used Distress inks and some stamps from different Tim Holtz sets. 

I will try this tag over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Let it snow.

Hope you will have a nice and Merry Christmas🎄.

/Susanne 

Christmas card

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Today I have another Christmas card. I have as usual used Tim Holtz products. 

On this card I have used Tami B’s iron off technique on the Christmas tree. 

First I inked my craft mat with Evergreen bough DI, spritzed with some water and dipped the card (Watercolor cardstock). Then heat set with my heat tool. Then stamped the tree from CMS476 Winter woodlands with Distress embossing ink and put on clear embossing powder. Then heated with my embossing tool. Now the embossing works as a resist. 

For the next step I stamped the other stamp with the pinecones and things with Ground espresso Archival ink. Then I used my Mica spray stains to make the blue background. Then I ironis off the clear embossing powder. 

Next I used the THS115 stencil, Falling stars, and Grit paste Snowfall. 

I stitched around the edges with my sewing machine and inked the edges with Distress ink Ground espresso. 

I then embossed the text stamp with black embossing powder. 

I inked a piece of Watercolor cardstock with Pumice stone DI and stamped the ”Christmas tree advert” stamp with DI Lumberjack plaid. Used my Tiny attacher to attach the piece to a velvet ribbon. 

I attached the card to a piece of Kraft cardstock with 3D adhesive. The Kraft card are also inked on the edges with DI Ground espresso. Then finally mounted to a white cardstock card, which also got inked edges.

I will try this card over at Simon says stamp Monday Challenge  - Let it snow.

Thank you for visiting, 

/Susanne