Thankful Thursday

I am blessed with such wonderful friends! I received this card from my good friend Donna in Michigan. It is the "magical marquee" card (at least that is what I believe the design is called). When it is closed it is a beautiful card, then you open it and viola! a surprise. The bird disappeared and the birdhouse appeared. I love the color scheme she used: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White and Old Olive. Awesome card Donna! Thanks!

Technique Tuesday - Faux Diamond Dust

Do you like sparkles?? If so, then this technique is for you. To get a glittery shimmer to a card here is what you need to do. First, stamp and color in your image. Allow image to dry, if it was water colored. Apply VersaMark to the entire front of the image. Put the piece into a tray of Iridescent Ice embossing powder and make sure it covers the entire image. Melt the powder over the image using an embossing gun. Allow the image to cool prior to adhering to your card. Viola! A dazzling card!

October's Freaky Friday

Seeing that Halloween is just a few weeks away I figured I better post some Halloween cards and projects. So today I am posting this Halloween card that I did for our downline swap. I embossed the black hat with black & iridescent ice embossing powders. I did not have any Halloween DSP at the time so I made my own backgrounds using versa mark and the Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp set. Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday! Be safe!

Thankful Thursday

Seeing this month is Breast Cancer Awareness month I want to thank everyone that has helped in this fight! Anyone that has known someone or has gone thru this battle themselves, knows it is a tough battle. I truly admire everyone that has gone thru this and their strength. Today's card is a little different from the traditional one. This card is like a matchbook. This is a very simple but elegant card. I used the Friends 24-7 stamp set & stamped images on the card base with versa mark and used pretty in pink ink to stamp the flower image on the front. Of course, I had to add some dazzling diamonds to make it sparkle! The base of the card was folded up and then stapled in the middle. I then used ribbon to conceal the staple. If you would like actual dimensions please email me at debi_whisman@yahoo.com.

Technique Tuesday - Spotlighting

Today's technique is called spotlighting. This technique is used to make part of an image "pop".

1) Stamp desired image onto cardstock for card.

2) Stamp part of the image you want to spotlight onto a scrap piece of cardstock.

3) Punch out part of image (scrap image) that is to be spotlighted.

4) Color punched image.

5) Adhere punched image to slightly bigger punched cardstock.

6) Line up layered punched image over the card image and adhere.

Have a great day!

Thankful Thursday

Today's card is in honor of my friend Holly in AZ. She has been my friend for 20 years and she is absolutely awesome. She loves the leaves changing colors in the fall but doesn't get to see them in AZ, so this card will brighten her day I hope! I used some of the in colors: Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry & Soft Suede. The stamps sets are Forest Friends and Branch Out. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Technique Tuesday - Crayon Resist

I just love this technique and it is simple too! The outcome is a gorgeous image.

Stamp your image in black or another dark color (I find Staz-on works best) onto a piece of glossy white cardstock. Take a white crayon and color/mark where you would want the white to be on your stamped image. Brayer or sponge over the image covering the entire glossy piece. Next take a tissue or napkin and wipe over glossy piece. This takes off all the crayon residue and leaves a beautiful image.

For this card I also put a circle on the card before I brayed. After braying I took the circle off and behold... a moon! Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by.

All rolled into one...

Technique Tuesday and Thankful Thursday I am posting together this week. This card is one that we did at our technique class a while back. The technique is bleaching. Didn't know you could stamp with bleach did you?! To do this technique just soak a piece of folded paper towel with bleach. Use as an ink pad and stamp on colored cardstock. You will gradually see the color leaving the cardstock and leave a beautiful faded image. Experiment with different colors of cardstock as the effect of the bleach varies according to the color of the cardstock. Rinse stamps on a water soaked paper towel and then condition by cleaning with Stampin’ Mist when finished. Happy Stamping!

Technique Tuesday

I thought I would show you different techniques on Tuesdays....Technique Tuesday. The first technique I want to show you is.........Faux Lantern. For this technique you stamp your image, color if desired, then run the stamped image thru the crimper. After you have crimped the image run the piece gently over the black staz-on ink pad (image side down). Then simply take a marker and in the grooves put little stitch marks. This particular one that I did reminds me of the rice paper blinds. I used the hostess Asian Artistry stamp set with Rich Razzleberry paper. This card is a gate card and so the other picture is of what the inside looks like.

Are you crazy for cupcakes???

Like cupcakes? Come to the Crazy for Cupcakes class. This class features our Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set which will be used to make 4 cards and a "cupcake holder" for the cards. Classes will be Saturday and Sunday afternoon on September 26th & 27th. Cost is $15. For more details email me at debi_whisman@yahoo.com.