Country Roads Stamping

Greenhouse Garden Tuesday

While chatting with one of my customers last week she asked about "tricks" to use with glossy paper. So, I've been digging out some items - over the week-end I wanted to try some ideas out to see about using some of the new colors.  Not sure I'm sold on this one yet - but I did warn you on Monday that this week's cards were going to be hmmm, a little different. This one is no exception to that rule:

Istarted out with a piece of white glossy paper - then I stamped the middle of the hisbiscus from Greenhouse Garden in versamark all over the front - then brayered cherry cobbler ink over that - technique called versamark resist - I wiped the images a little with tissue to make the white stand out a little more - then I stamped one of the tiny flower centers in black to add a little more interest.  Then on another piece of glossy I stamped the flower images in cherry cobbler - and centers in black - this ink dries a different color on the glossy but I seldom use glossy just to "stamp" on - so tried it this time - gives a nice, crisp image that seems to pop a little more than regular white.  Then had to add some "interest" pieces.  So. . pulled out black and cherry cobbler again - curly label cut in half and one of the diamond pieces from the lattice die cut.  I could not decide what "kind" of card to make this - birthday, sympathy, etc. so left it blank for something to be decided later!  Sorry for the glare - but the first picture didn't focus so this was the next best one!  Guess that's why they call it glossy - it has some glare to it!  That's all for today - thanks for coming by!!!! 

Embrace Life!

Well, off to a busy Monday for everyone - after a rather dismal, rainy week-end here on this side of the country.  Just means I'll have to mow the yard a little earlier this week!!!  However, it looks like we will have a much better week to enjoy this week!  Yeah!!

So off to show more goodies this week - I love it when I am actually ahead of the game - it is such a rare event!  Now, that doesn't mean I have everything done that I'd like - it just means that several classes are all cut and my blog samples are stamped and ready - hallelujah - takes a lot of stress off.  It's hard to be creative on a deadline. Today's card is one of the retiring stamp sets that will no longer be available after the end of June.  I'll be using this set at my stamp camps this month and using the gold embossing - I'm sure going to miss the gold stamp pad - one of my favorite items to use - ofcourse I can still use versamark and gold embossing powder - just easier to visually "see" the gold.

The cardstock I used here is Ruby Red (retiring) Black, Tempting Turquoise.  I used the technique of polished stone, which is simply saturating a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol, then dropping re-inkers on the cotton ball - here I used Ruby Red and Tempting Turquoise re-inkers - then "splatting" that on glossy cardstock.  Don't you just love the technical terms we stampers use?  The image was stamped in white craft ink and then embossed.  I did that before I "splatted" with the cotton ball.  If you do that embossing step second - you really need to be sure that all the ink is dry or you will have a lot more embossed images than what you want.

I used the new lattice folder to get texture behind the flowers and looky there - a trip of the Island Oasis designer paper slipped in there!  This really went together quickly but I like the look of the card.  Usually when it goes quickly - I'm not happy with the card! 

I've been making samples using some of our "sneak peek" products, which I will be putting up here either the end of the week or next week - I'll see how observant you are by having you tell me what new items are showing up on the cards.  So stay tuned for that!  Thanks for coming by!