Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox I wanted to make a card like the one from Frenchie's online class. Since I'm a visual person I figure my friends would get the card better if they saw how it was done in person and I could give them my tips on what made it easier or harder.

If I remember right Frenchie said you stamped the inside panel before scoring but because I wanted to know where my score lines where for stamping I decided to score then stamp. Yes it put a mark but when the card was folded you couldn't hardly see and for my OCD it worked just fine.

For the butterfly I had left a tab that I thought would give it more stability but then I could see the tab so I decided to cover both front and back :0)

For the sample they did there was no tab to worry about but since there was the short paper I decided to glue the butterfly that came out of the front panel :0)

Also I showed them how I would do my inside panel which would be cutting the butterfly as part of the panel obviously this is more complicated as you can't cut both pieces together to match :0)

All supplies other than paper and ink were SU

Letter Q

In one of my Yahoo Groups I had to make a card with letter Q. I couldn't come up with anything in English so I did Quetzalcoatl. Normally the groups don't have rules for the letters although most people speak English there are some from other nationalities so guess since it's not stipulated we can use any word any language :0) both the Quetzalcoatl as well as the pyramid are Stamp Happy, the map of Mexico is from the internet...I picked a portion that cover the DF and surroundings as Teotihuacan is there :0)

Faux Postage

Another faux postage with direct to paper in more monochromatic colors same sets of stamps...the pyramid is Stamp Happy and the frame is Make an Impressions

Shoebox Thursday

For this week's shoebox project we didn't make a full project. Kathy had for use to play with reinkers and water. We had two choices of images one was a big butterfly stamp by Stampa Rosa and the other was the doily by SU, I played with both :0)

Stared with wet embossed the image with VersaMark and white embossing powder on watercolor paper then wet the paper real good and started adding the colors with wet brush. The more saturated the more the ink ran or spread around.

For the butterfly I wet pretty good to add the first color then I added hardly any water so the colors wouldn't run to much

I finished two cards out of the piece above. On the first one I used the new SU softly falling folder on the whole piece (black piece and message part), the message is by Sweet Impressions.

On the second I use a free folder from the magazine Papercrafts Essentials, the message is by The Cottage Stamper and EK Success corner rounder punch

 

For the doily I mudded the colors...first I did all colors in spiral or circle but then just added water to brush and wet all over to mix all colors to give a mud color...I know mud is more in the brown side and this one is in the green side but I like it :0)

This is the card I finished with the piece above. I fussy cut the image, used SU hostess set Exprésate, modern label & ruffled stretch trim

Mexico

Another card used for our independence day. The stamp is by Love You To Bits. Did a little direct to paper

Label card

This card was done with labels...you stamp and color on the labels and then attach to cardstock, also did direct to paper and if I'm not mistaken this is the card I got published on Vamp Stamp News very long time ago when I used to send things to magazines.

I believe the stamp is by Stamp Happy but don't quote me on that LOL it was an unmounted stamp and used to have my inventory in Page Sage which I loved but when it didn't support new operating systems and there was no help with the company I pretty much lost everything so hard to know who makes what on my unmounted stamps

Another faux postage

I love this Aztec Calendar, more direct to paper. I don't know who makes/made these stamps probably...the calendar probably Stamp Happy