Happy Monday! It’s officially summer and I have a summer-themed project to share. There’s lots going on today as we have a Challenge Chicks blog hop. It’s been a while so we’re really excited to share some projects with you today.
Have you heard about the Summer Stamp Star Challenge at CHF this summer? It’s a fabulous challenge that you won’t want to miss. There are five weeks of challenges with great prizes and the grand finale will be a guest designer spot at CHF for the month of September. As part of the winning prize, the winner will receive a month’s worth of stamp releases from Cornish Heritage Farms. If you’ve noticed just how many releases we have a month, you’ll know that it is a boatload of rubber. Whether Thomas Kinkade or Kim Hughes, Scrapblocks or Rummage Bin, Friendly Kritters or Scene-it are your thing…we can’t wait to see your designs. Be sure to check out the details here.
With five weeks of fun, goes five different challenges. I thought it would be fun to try out some of the challenges and perhaps inspire with ideas for them. The CHF design team has a sample for each of the challenges and for a few of the challenges…more. Check out Lisa Strahl, Becky Olsen, Joanne Allison, Sherrie Siemens, Kristine Reynolds, Jennifer Roach, & Lisa Silver.
Ornamental Resist
Resist techniques seem to be hot in the scrapbooking industry right now but they’ve always been a great technique that stampers have come back to time and time again. My design is for challenge #3: resist. To create my resist I stamped the Ornamental Borders Scrapblock onto some Simply Smooth white cardstock and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then freehand cut a butterfly mask out of a roll of repositional masking, discarding the actual butterfly and using the negative shape instead. After placing the masking onto my background, I sponged the butterflies first with Dried Marigold Distress ink and then with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. Any dye ink will work well. I love how the embossing resists the dye ink and highlights the stamped pattern on the project.
Supply List:
Stamps: Ornamental Borders Scrapblock by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Distress Embossing Ink, Dried Marigold & Worn Lipstick Distress ink by Ranger
Paper: Simply Smooth White cardstock by CHF, kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Other: buttons by Melissa Frances, ribbon, corsage pins, clear embossing powder by Ranger, heat gun
Happy creating!
Julia
