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Hello ... happy hump day and last day of August! Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I'm sharing this sweet little canvas purse/clutch I altered for my youngest daughter. You may remember this wristlet I created for my oldest daughter a few months ago ... you guessed it: what one daughter has, the other one wants, LOL! You can find all the details on how I created this project over at the CLASSroom ... I hope you'll join me!
Thanks for stopping by today!
This weekend was VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) over at Splitcoaststampers.com and my dear friend, Lori, hosted this challenge -- to "Pur Your Brand on That". Meaning to use something that is YOUR signature mark in cardmaking, along with HER signature use of kraft cardstock. So here's my card using my all-time favorite go-to, a floral image (and one of my favorite Lockhart Stamp Company images!):
Probably about 9 times out of 10, you'll see me using a floral image -- I LOVE them! Florals are so bright and comforting to me and I love that you can usually color them just about ANY color, which leads me to the next thing I use on probably about 9.9 out of 10 projects -- Copic markers ... check! And then there's sewing, which I also use a LOT ... check!
On this card I tried out a new way to hand dye seam binding (or any ribbon), since I don't have this newer RV66 Copic Various Ink Refill yet (the midtone I used on the flowers) -- using a Copic marker (you can find my ribbon dying tutorial using Various Ink Refills HERE):
1 -- Color the ribbon with a marker. I use the chisel end since it has a larger surface area and covers quicker. You'll notice that the marker color placed directly onto the ribbon will make it stiffer than when you started. I recommend using a little darker color than you'd like the ribbon to turn out because some of the color will be "bleached out" in the next step:
So for example, the darker parts of this ribbon ended up matching closer with the darkest RV69 color I used in my flower coloring.
2 -- Put the ribbon into a plastic baggie and place a few drops of Colorless Blender Solution (about 3-4 drops) onto the ribbon in various spots, then scrunch the ribbon around to distribute the Blender Solution. The Blender will "bleach out" or remove some color, giving you that uneven hand-dyed look, using just one marker color:
3 -- When you are satisfied with the dying results, and while the ribbon is still a little damp, take it out of the baggie and wad it up tightly inside a tissue or paper towel. This will remove some of the excess color that is still damp and also put some wrinkles back into the ribbon, which will give it a shabbier worn look (which I love!). Alternately, if you are happy with the color you see in the baggie, then take the ribbon out and stretch it out flat to dry on a paper towel. CAUTION: Until the ink dries, it may stain whatever it comes in contact with!
Once the Copic alcohol ink has dried (it won't take long once it's out of the baggie), if you would like more wrinkles in the ribbon just spritz it with water and scrunch it again. This will also make the ribbon a little less stiff. But since the ink is a permanent alcohol base, the color won't reactivate or bleed onto anything when wetting it with water. I usually do this after I've tied my bow, to scrunch it into a shape I like.
If you'd like to play along in the VSN challenges, you still have until 8:00 pm tonight to do so!
Stamps: Lockhart Stamp Company-#2128 Peonies,
Paper: My Mind's Eye Lost & Found-Blush 6x6, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Gina K Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight cardstock-Kraft & Innocent Pink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: RV63, RV66, RV69, YG61, YG63, YG67, YR20, YR21, W0, W1, W3; Pink & Yellow Atyou Spica Glitter Pens,
Accessories: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Motifs, Classic Circle Nestabilities, Classic Triple Scallop Edgeabilities, Grand Calibur; white seam binding, foam tape, sewing machine + thread
This week's JustRite Friday Challenge #057 is the Shabby Chic style/technique (which I happen to love)! For the challenge, I made one of my 6-inch scrapbooking for the fridge magnets/scrapbook pages of my daughters' first day of school this week:
The beautiful label at the bottom and perfume bottle are stamps from JustRite's new Shabby Chic Labels Four cling stamp set, which matches Spellbinders Labels Four! I colored the stamped images with Copic markers, to match this great vintage style Odds & Ends Cosmo Cricket paper.
Spellbinders Grand Labels One die (there's a perfect 6-inch one!) was used to die cut the patterned papers AND Ellen's Craft-a-Board, to give the page a sturdy base. Inchie Arts Inchie Magnets on the back of the board/page makes this an art piece to display on the refrigerator (and a magnet to hold some of those important school papers)!
Be sure to visit the JustRite Inspiration blog today for all the details of the challenge AND the great prize you could win by entering!
Stamps: JustRite Cling-Shabby Chic Labels Four,
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Labels Four & Thirteen, Grand Labels One Nestabilities, Grand Calibur; 3/8” circle punch
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends Mini Deck, Neenah Natural Whitecardstock,
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa & Desert Sand
Copic Markers: R22 Marker & Various Ink Refill (to dye seam binding), R24, R29, BG10, BG72, YR30, YR31, YG61, YG63; Sand Atyou Spica Glitter Pen
Accessories: Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber, Inchie Arts Inchie Magnets, Tattered Angels chipboard frame, Metallic rub-on paste (antique gold), White seam binding, Essentials by Ellen Craft-a-Board,
Hello and welcome to day two of JustRite Stampers’ September cling stamp set release (a little early)! In this month’s release there are three gorgeous shabby chic Parisian cling stamp sets you are going to love! They are all easily mixable and interchangeable, so we hope you’ll be sure to see all three days of release projects the design team have to show you! If you missed yesterday’s day one, you can start over at the JustRite Inspiration blog, to see all the projects.
Today’s stamp set being featured is Greetings From Paris:
Isn’t it a gorgeous set?!! I made a 5.50” square thank you card:
(Click on any photo for a larger view)
I ADORE vintage postcard images, so this one particularly called my name! I love that I’ll be able to make any color of postcard now, with this stamp set! For this one, I used JustRite’s Custom Nested Frames die (largest) to die cut the postcard shape from Neenah Natural White cardstock. Remember, JustRite’s dies are made by Spellbinders, so you get that lovely signature embossed edge!
After stamping the “Carte Postale” image, I stamped three more images from this stamp set -- the fleur de lis in Memento Angel Pink, the gorgeous swirl design in a combination of Desert Sand and Summer Sky (I just mixed the inks right on the stamp). The postage cancellation mark was a bit of a mistake -- I stamped it in the lighter Angel Pink first but then decided it needed to be darker, so I overstamped it in with stamped-off Rose Bud. I didn’t quite get it lined up perfectly (oops!), but I like how it ended up looking like a double-postmark cancellation like you sometimes see!
The large postage stamp sentiment was created by embossing Spellbinders new Postage Stamp Nestabilities (die #2 -- such a great pairing with this stamp set!) into an Inchie Arts Ivory Inchie+ Square. Since the Inchie+ Square is thicker than normal cardstock (made of fine matboard), the die shape was partially cut into the square -- I love the look! I inked the edges of the squre and made the “Merci” sentiment using JustRite’s Times New Roman Upper/Lowercase 50-pt font. Two more images from this stamp set were also used on the square.
The wonderful dimensional flower (and the rest of the card) was created with patterns from Cosmo Cricket’s Odds & Ends Mini Deck, using Spellbinders Spiral Blossom One die. The pretty fleur de lis border image was stamped at the bottom of the card and then the lower edge die cut with Classic Triple Scallop Edgeabilities.
To see more samples made with this stamp set, please visit these JustRite design team members today:
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Debbie Olson
Sharon Harnist < You are here!
Mona Pendleton
Michele Kovack
Kathy Jones
Stephanie Kraft
Kellie Fortin
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram
Heidi Blankenship
Kazan Clark
Sankari Wegman
Thanks for stopping by today!
Stamps: JustRite Stampers Cling-Greetings From Paris, Times New Roman Upper/Lowercase 50-pt font, Acrylic block set, Acrylic block 2” x 8”, Clear Mini Sentiment Stamper,
Dies: JustRite Custom Dies-Nested Frames (largest); Spellbinders Spiral Blossom One, Floral Doily Accents, Postage Stamps Nestabilities (die #2), Classic Triple Scallop Edgeabilities, Grand Calibur
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends Mini Deck, Neenah Natural White cardstock
Ink: Memento Desert Sand, Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Summer Sky
Accessories: Inchie Arts Inchie+ Ivory Square, foam tape, Glue Dots, sewing machine + thread
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