Friday, November 9, 2018

Snowflake Birthday

Linda Vich Creates: Snowflake Birthday. Stunning ink sponging serves as the backdrop to the intricate snowflake cut with the Snowfall Thinlits on this wintry birthday card.
Though I haven't posted in awhile, I was able to create this card for our neighbor's birthday. With some lovely snowflakes wafting down outside, it seemed appropriate to create a card with a snowflake theme. My card was inspired by the lovely cards created by Sarah Lloyd.

I started by die cutting the gorgeous snowflake from the White Velveteen Sheets using the Snowfall Thinlits Dies. The snowflake is stunning and cuts so well!

Setting the snowflake aside, I then worked with my sponges on a 5 1/8" square of Watercolor Paper. I started by sponging on Granny Apple Green, concentrating most of the color in the centre of the square. Next, I added Bermuda Bay around the central circle of Granny Apple Green. Lastly, I added Shaded Spruce around the edges of the square. Love the result!

I dabbed my smallest clear block into the Whisper White Craft Pad and then used my Aqua Painter to get some liquidy white ink on the brush. I flicked this over the completed square and then used my Heat Tool to dry it completely.

Liquid adhesive was used to adhere the sponged panel to a 5 1/4" Thick Whisper White matte. That was then adhered to a 5 1/2" Shaded Spruce card front using Dimensionals.

Dimensionals of both sizes were used used to adhere the snowflake to the front of the card. Glue Dots were used to adhere one of the Snowflake Trinkets to the middle of the snowflake. One rhinestone was also adhered to the centre of the Trinket with several more sprinkled around the card front.

On a Thick Whisper White matte for the inside of the card, the sentiment, from the Cake Soiree stamp set, was stamped in Shaded Spruce. Three snowflakes were stamped at the bottom right corner of the card, in both Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce, using the Snow Is Glistening stamp set.

Linda Vich Creates: Snowflake Birthday. Stunning ink sponging serves as the backdrop to the intricate snowflake cut with the Snowfall Thinlits on this wintry birthday card.

Linda Vich Creates: Snowflake Birthday. Stunning ink sponging serves as the backdrop to the intricate snowflake cut with the Snowfall Thinlits on this wintry birthday card.

Linda Vich Creates: Snowflake Birthday. Stunning ink sponging serves as the backdrop to the intricate snowflake cut with the Snowfall Thinlits on this wintry birthday card.




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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Pleasant Pheasants Meet Buffalo Check

Linda Vich Creates: Pleasant Pheasants Meet Buffalo Check. Gold embossed pheasants nestle on a plaid background atop a card front embossed with the Woodland embossing folder to give the card added texture and interest.
Genealogy research seems to have taken over my life in past weeks! I have recently located a number of details about my grandparents and back even into the 1600's. I'm trying to achieve a balance between genealogy, work, and Stampin' Up.

Today I got to play with the Pleasant Pheasants stamp set. I have had a card taking shape in my head for the last week or so and today I was able to bring it to fruition.

I started by stamping the pheasants with Versamark onto an oversized matte of Tranquil Tide. I heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and once it had cooled, I proceeded to tear the edge around the birds. I then used a stitched die from the Stitched Labels Framelits to add a line of stitching on the left side.

Next, I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink with the Buffalo Check stamp to create a matte on Tranquil Tide. I stamped three times to get a good strong pattern.

After trimming the matte down to size, I used a Gold Metallic Sharpie to draw lines extra lines on the plaid to jazz it up a notch.

An old brayer was used to apply Versamark to the Woodland Embossing Folder and, after using the Embossing Buddy on a 4.75 x 6" card front, I ran it through the Big Shot. Next, I heat embossed the card front using Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder.

I tied a length of the Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon around the plaid matte and then adhered the pheasant matte using both liquid adhesive (on the stitched side) and Dimensionals. The plaid matte was then adhered to the card front using Dimensionals.

The sentiment from the Sea of Textures stamp set was stamped with Versamark on Basic Black and then heat embossed in gold. It was adhered using Dimensionals.

Inside the card, a Thick Very Vanilla matte was stamped with the trees from Winter Woods and embossed with gold.

Linda Vich Creates: Pleasant Pheasants Meet Buffalo Check. Gold embossed pheasants nestle on a plaid background atop a card front embossed with the Woodland embossing folder to give the card added texture and interest.
Linda Vich Creates: Pleasant Pheasants Meet Buffalo Check. Gold embossed pheasants nestle on a plaid background atop a card front embossed with the Woodland embossing folder to give the card added texture and interest.


Linda Vich Creates: Pleasant Pheasants Meet Buffalo Check. Gold embossed pheasants nestle on a plaid background atop a card front embossed with the Woodland embossing folder to give the card added texture and interest.


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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Roots of Nature 65th Birthday

Linda Vich Creates: Roots of Nature 65th Birthday. A Blueberry Bushel matte embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder serves as a dynamic backdrop for brightly colored leaves from Rooted in Nature on this dramatic birthday card.
For the last two weeks, in all my non-work hours, I have been working closely with my brother to create a slideshow for his partner's upcoming 65th birthday celebration. The show was finally completed and it turned out pretty darn good!

During one of the half days when we weren't working on the slideshow, I got time to sit down and create my birthday card for Simone.

At first, because she likes flowers so much, I thought that something floral was the way to go but then I got an idea from looking at a new Walmart recyclable bag!

Linda Vich Creates: Roots of Nature 65th Birthday. A Blueberry Bushel matte embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder serves as a dynamic backdrop for brightly colored leaves from Rooted in Nature on this dramatic birthday card.


I loved the way in which the colorful autumn leaves popped against the blue outline of the bag. More inspiration for my card came from both Denise Garrison's blog, where I discovered that I could use the Blends with one of our regular stamp pads without the stamped ink bleeding into the colors from the Blends, and from Connie Collins, when I decided to use some of her layering elements.

Showcasing some of the leaves from the Roots of Nature Bundle against a blue background like on the bag (representative of a sky) was my intent and I chose to use my new favorite blue, Blueberry Bushel. I used the Tufted Embossing Folder to emboss my matte.

Since I knew I would also be including some gold foil for my card elements, I decided to play up the glitz by also using a Gold Foil Matte. After cutting the matte, I used a Gold Metallic Sharpie to edge the foil so no white edges would show. I adhered the embossed matte to the gold with liquid adhesive and then to a 4.75 x 6" Blueberry Bushel card front using Dimensionals.

Using a die from the Stitched Labels Thinlits, I die cut a label from Gold Foil. On top of that I layered a #3 oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits after heat embossing with gold a sentiment from the Painted Glass stamp set.

At this point, I had to decide on how many and what size and color leaves I would use. Using Soft Suede, I stamped several leaves, big and small, onto Thick Very Vanilla. After heat setting them, I used Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red Dark Blends to color the leaves.

I did not want the card stock border that would result from die cutting the leaves so I fussy cut the leaves and then used a Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker to edge the leaves so that no "white" edges would show.

After playing with the design, I decided which leaves I would need. I then used dies from Bouquet Bunch and the Petals & More Thinlits to die cut various "greenery" from both Gold Foil and the Copper Glimmer paper found in the Joyous Noel Glimmer Paper pack. I  added these into my design and snapped a pic with my phone for reference.

After deconstructing my design, I applied both Dimensionals and some Fast Fuse to the back of my sentiment label. I wrapped up some Copper Metallic Thread for both sides of my label and stuck it to the Fast Fuse.

Next, I laid the longest of my greenery pieces and glued them into place on the card front. The leaves were then adhered with Dimensionals. After adhering the label, I added more "greenery" until I was happy with the result.

To add a little more glitz, I used the same Blends to color some of the rhinestones and attached these to the card front as well.

For the inside, I heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder the three leaf cluster on Thick Very Vanilla. This was adhered to a Gold Foil matte and then adhered inside the card.

To hold the gift card for Simone, I embossed a small piece of Gold Foil using the Tufted Embossing Folder, scored, and then folded it in half. I used my 1" Circle Punch to punch a slot to enable the gift card to be pulled out easily and then used the Gold Sharpie to take care of the white edges. The sides were then secured with Tear & Tape.

Linda Vich Creates: Roots of Nature 65th Birthday. A Blueberry Bushel matte embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder serves as a dynamic backdrop for brightly colored leaves from Rooted in Nature on this dramatic birthday card.

Linda Vich Creates: Roots of Nature 65th Birthday. A Blueberry Bushel matte embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder serves as a dynamic backdrop for brightly colored leaves from Rooted in Nature on this dramatic birthday card.

Linda Vich Creates: Roots of Nature 65th Birthday. A Blueberry Bushel matte embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder serves as a dynamic backdrop for brightly colored leaves from Rooted in Nature on this dramatic birthday card.

Linda Vich Creates: Roots of Nature 65th Birthday. A Blueberry Bushel matte embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder serves as a dynamic backdrop for brightly colored leaves from Rooted in Nature on this dramatic birthday card.

Making this card for Simone brought me such a joy! Simone is a lovely person and I am glad my brother has her in his life.



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