Belle Papier {pretty paper}

When today’s Technique challenge was Emerging Color… I thought I’d have a little fun with the challenge and also make a short tutorial on the technique for you. As this is the first tutorial that I’ve written, it may come in bits and pieces till I get it right, so please, bear with me! if you’d like to play along with this challenge, here is the link. I love the kind of batik look this technique gives. Perfect for a collage look!

Hibiscus Friend Card

The instructions for the Emerging Color Technique panel are below. For the main card, I rolled the card with Sahara Sand ink with SU’s Rough Texture wheel. I love how you can cover large background with the Jumbo wheels easily and they are great for large square cards that background stamps won’t cover. All edges were sponged with Close to Cocoa ink. Prima flower is from Jacksonbelle. I just love the sentiment about friends that I used here. I have a friend whose favorite flower is Hibiscus and was so wonderful to our family while my mom was in the hospital. This card is a thank you to her.

Money Saving Tip - I don’t buy the ink barrels to go with my stamping wheels…I just roll them across my large ink pads and reink with each pass. This works great for cards and other small projects. If you want to do wrapping paper, you will need a cartridge.

Supply List:

Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White, Kraft, Cool Caribbean - SU

Stamps: Do the Hula, God’s Way, Rough Texture wheel - SU

Ink: Rose Red, cool Caribbean, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Sahara Sand, Taken with Teal - SU

Other: Prima flower, ribbon - May Arts, Hodgepodge Hardware - Stampin UP, Brad - Karen Foster

Emerging Color Tutorial

1. Take a piece of white or vanilla cardstock and stamp randomly with colored ink.

2. Stamp again with solid image stamps with Versamark watermark ink. Emboss with Clear Embossing powder. Heat embossing powder with heat gun.

3. Brayer a layer of color over entire piece of cardstock. You can also sponge it if you do not have a brayer. Buff entire piece with a tissue to remove ink from embossed areas. Trim and create your card with it. Enjoy!

Extra Ideas - For your final layer, use a muli-colored spectrum ink pad for a cool look!

Since my blog comments are finally working again, I’m now over 75 subscribers and I just reached 500 comments…yippee!…time for a blog celebration. This time I have TWO prizes up for grabs! One random drawn prize from the comments on this post and a second random draw for all my Feedblitz subscribers.

The only thing that has me sad is I miss my new look! Until my blog host can work things out, I’m back to the old.:( Hopefully it will only be a short time!

To enter…you may do one of the below or both! Prizes will drawn on Wednesday March 28th at noon EST. Please feel free to enter both draws but please only comment once. Thanks! If for some reason…you are still not able to comment…please e-mail me!

1. Comment on this blog post & tell me how long you have been stamping or papercrafting for….
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Bog Prize #1 - Package of Prima Essentials & Small Provocraft Frame

Blog Prize #2 - Warmest Regards SU Hostess Stamp Set & 2 packages of rick rack
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Sniff, sniff….

 I LOVE my new template, my new banner….but….

I have to find out if it is what is causing the commenting problem. So back to the old I go…I NEED your help again! If you have been having problems commenting on my blog, would you please try again now that my template is changed?! I am now over 500 comments and over 75 subscribers and am just dying to do another blog celebration! I don’t want to post it until it is fair for everyone! So if you could try again…i would be MOST grateful!

We are still working on figuring out the comment problem. Would some of you mind trying to comment on this thread. If you are able to, great!!! I’ll see it! If not…would you please e-mail me and let me know what is coming up? I’d LOVE to get this Blog Treat posted, but don’t want to do it until I make sure that everything is working and that it is fair for everyone! My e-mail link is right below my picture in the sidebar.

 Many thanks!!!

It has been a busy weekend around here. My MIL was here for the night last night and the many going ons of a family of seven…life never seems to slow down. I  did manage to squeeze in a quick card tonight. I’ve been “dying” to play with my A Muse monogram stamps again and also a darling little set of clear stamps by Inkadinkado I picked up a week ago. It was a lot of fun playing around with them. I’m mostly used to using rubber wood mounted stamps so I’ve been learning the ins and outs of clear stamps. I just love how they mounted on clear acrylic blocks and the placement is SO easy….also love the storage…so much less bulky & the bottom line is, the price just cannot be beat! I did find, that using craft ink gets a much nicer image & not to press too hard with the clear stamps.

I thought I’d keep this card fresh and pretty for spring. I was inspired by some ribbon I picked up at Michael’s this morning for an old Olive and Cool Caribbean color combo…even though I didn’t end up using it in the final design. I added some Hero Arts gemstones for some fun centers in a few of the flowers and this Olive May Arts rick rack is so huge and fun….I just love it. I bought mine from Starlitstudio. The scalloped edge bottom border was created with a small corner rounder. Simply remove the guide and repeatedly punch along the edge.

S is for Special

Supply List:

Cardstock: Cool Caribbean, Whisper White - SU

Stamps: A Muse small monogram s, Lots O Pots - Inkadinkado

Ink: Tempting Turquoise craft, Rose Red Craft, Always Artichoke Craft, Basic Black, Close to Cocoa Classic - SU

Other: Olive Jumbo Rick Rack - May Arts, Gemstones - Hero Arts, Small Corner Rounder - EK Success, Aquapainter - SU