With Sympathy

A while back I was browsing one of the magazine blogs and saw that they had a call out for cards made using masking techniques. This made me pull out my copics together with the airbrush system for them, and get to work coming up with this card. When I was done I put it in my pile of things on my desk and proceeded to completely forget to submit it. I was going through some things on my desk the other day, straightening up when, to my surprise, I found said card. Yes, I thought to myself, that's great, I am loosing my mind. So, since I don't have to wait to hear back from them, I can post for all to see.

I really love to airbrush with copics. They blend so seamlessly. Every time I do this technique I am surprised at how beautiful it looks considering how easy it is to do.

After masking off the area to be airbrushed it was time to decide what colors to use. I finally decided on the following: Y21, Y23, Y17, Y38, YR07 and R08. You want to start with the lightest color at the top and go a little bit further than where you want the color to end then go over that last little bit with the next color. Keep repeating this process until you get to the last color. This is what will give you that great blending of the colors.

When finished the silhouette flower stamp was inked up with memento ink and stamped. The left hand side of the card looked as if it needed something so I used some of my scraps and put a thin piece of matching cardstock along the edge of the airbrushing. To finish off the card I used some really pretty taffeta ribbon and pop dotted the sentiment onto the card.

I am very happy with the way this card turned out. As much as I like the card I truly hope that I won't have a use for it anytime soon. Hope you all enjoy this technique and, if you can, give it a try using your copics.

Have a great Christmas and a safe New Year!!!

Happy Stamping and Scraping,

Ronda

Tri-fold Shutter Christmas Card

Well, I know I mentioned a while back that I had made a card to submit at work for a contest. It took a little bit to find out if anyone from our store had won and sadly, no one did. There were two other ladies who submitted entries and their cards were both beautiful. If you like Tim Holtz you need to check out Ruby's entry here: http://rubycraft.blogspot.com/2011/10/collectors-edition.html. Her work is just beautiful, so don't miss out, go check it out!!! Ruby is a huge Tim Holtz fan and is participating in his 12 Tags. Her work is stunning, just saying!

Now onto the card that I submitted. I really wanted to do something a little different, not just a regular A2 card and I had been wanting to make a tri-fold shutter card for a long time and just never got around to it. This was the perfect opportunity to give it a try. If you have not seen a tri-fold card, they are really beautiful and very easy to make.



If you would like to give it a try you will need a piece of card stock cut to 5 1/2 x 12. On my card I used Cloverleaf Bazzill paper, which is such a pretty color and really went well with the My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 Lost and Found Christmas paper I planned to use. You will take your paper and put it in your Martha Stewart scoreboard horizontally and score the paper at 2, 4, 8 and 10 inches. You will then take your paper and turn cardstock a 1/4 turn. Along the long edge, measure in 1 1/2 inches and make a slit with your craft knife between the score marks at 2 inches and 10 inches. You will repeat this step along the other side of the card.



You will want to fold the card to look like this. You will then decorate as you like. There are lots of great ways these cards can be decorated, just use your imagination and go wild, lol! On my card as mentioned above, I used the paper from My Mind's Eye, Lost and Found Christmas. The moment I saw this cardstock, I fell in love. It is just gorgeous with the colors they used in it and the glitter that is on the 12 x 12 cardstock. I used Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist over the designer paper to give it some sparkle. It turned out very pretty, and wasn't to overwhelming on the card.



The front of the card I did contemplate what should go on there for some time and then decided that the Martha Stewart's scoreboard needed to come out again so I could make a rosette to decorate the front of the card. The tip to making these rosettes, I have found is to cut your cardstock, staple it together and the start scoring and folding. Helps so the ends will meed up correctly. You will also need a good glue gun and depending on how big you want the rosette to be, make the circles on's on ether end bigger than shown on the instructions. I then used the accessory pack and picked up a beautiful sticker for the middle of the rosette.

I really love this card and think that it came out rather beautiful


Well I hope you enjoyed today's post, I know it has been a long time comeing. This tine of year leaves little for crafting, sigh... I would love to be doing this all. Oh well, a girl cane dream right, lol. Hope you all enjoyed this card and give it a shot. If you do, let me know what you think, if it was easy or hard.

You all have a wonderful weekend and, if I don't post again for Christmas, I hope you all have a great Christmas and New Years and please be safe!!!!

Happy Stampin and Scrappin
Come back again soon!!!

Ronda