Club Scrap: Team Challenge, Quad Prints

Well this was definetly a challenge for me.  I like matchy matchy.  To get my head around how to integrate the colors of the quad pages with the colors and images of this kit, caused me great pause at the beginning.  Then I decided I just needed to think outside the box.  This set of cards is a representation of that creative exercise.  How to create something, when it is not naturally what you would do, but is needed.  Think about a Birthday Card for someone that is really picky or your sense of humor doesn't quite translate to theirs?  What if you always use Pink and Blue and they hate those colors.  What would you make?

So, the bottom line, we need to stretch and grow if we are to become creative and adaptable.  My challenge to you is, to explore your creativity and design skills, make something that is not "your usual". Use different papers, different colors, just see what you can do when faced with a stash of supplies and you need to create something.

So, here is what I came up with.  If you have been watching all the creations coming out of this kit, you will notice that mine do not fit the mold.  Well maybe one does, but the bicycle?  Let us take a closer look and discuss the elements.  And the Creative Process

Quad Prints

Quad PrintsQuad Prints

Card 1:  The Circus

This was the first one I came up with.  It does use the circus theme.  I wanted to continue with my Masking exercise from the Panda cards, so this is masking.

 First I stamped the Big Top Tent, in Distress: Fired Brick and heat embossed in Clear Embossing Powder.  The Mask was applied and the Ferris Wheel Stamped, in Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed.  This picture is showing the mask.  After the stamping and coloring was completed, this was fussy cut.  I had intended to use this as a Silhouette, but it isn't Seattle or New York, so I moved on.

Fussy cut and the blue Copics: B05, B06 and B000, have been added

The tag was stamped on White Card Stock, also in Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed.  Then colored with Copics:  B06, R27, Y13, Y18.  The card was then blended with Distress: Antique Linen, cut out and the corners punched out.  This was attached to a Quad Print with brads.  Also has the corners cut out.  

Card base:  This is an A2 Card.  One Quad print was cut 4 1/8 X 5 3/8 (Blue and white check) and a second was cut 4 X 5.25 and layered onto a white card base.  The white checkered ribbon was placed around the bottom of the card

It works and is Circus.  But I needed 2 more!!!  Time to think.

Just a note: Wonder why I use different inks, sometimes I heat emboss and sometimes not?  It is all to do with the method that will used to color.  Stay tuned for the blog hop, we will talk about all things Copic.

Card 2:  This one caused me great pause!!

I sat staring at the box of prints, what to do.  For the most part, the sentiments were too large for the prints, they need to be a mat, but none of them said circus.  Then it hit me.  There was a Quad print with a wheel and a sentiment that included the word "Ride".  OK.  I needed to get that part of the sentiment out of the stamp.  Often when faced with this issue, I just cut the stamp.  But cutting this stamp wouldn't really work that well, but Masking would.  Thus, I masked the Stamp.

Using removable tape, I covered up what I did not want, inked the stamp, removed the tape and stamped

Hard to photograph due to reflection, but here are two views of the card pieces.

Ok.  I stamped this in Archival Potting Soil and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Then I inked the card with Distress ink: Brushed Corduroy, sprayed with water to distress it further, cut out using a label die from Spellbinders.  Matt for tag was cut from Gold Card Stock.  The Quad was also cut with the label die and a mat for it was cut from the same Gold Card Stock.  So far so good.

Now I needed a "ride".  I looked at bicycle stamps, motorcycle stamps,car stamps, nothing spoke to me.  Then I remembered I had a bicycle die.  Except I didn't have anything metal worked.  Card stock was too flat, so I put this card aside and moved on.   A few days later, I was at the grocery store.  I had an inspiration, CANS!!!  So I went looking for the Can that worked with my image.  Red coke cans, no, Pepsi, no, beer, maybe, but then I spied this cool green and gold can, and it worked with my paper!!!  Home it went.  I must confess, I did not pour the contents down the drain.  

Using a good pair of sheers, I cut the can apart and placed the die onto the can. I actually placed the die on the colored part to cut, That way I could get all the color in the right place, but I could not get it to photograph well.   So I took this with the inside of the can.   It cut well, but I did have to run it through my Big Shot twice, then moved to my Vagabond and finished the job.  I think, if I had used the Vagabond first it would have worked better.  The Vagabond exerts a bit more pressure than the Big Shot, but oh well, I needed the exercise.  

I also cut a mat for it out of the gold and inked the edges with Distress Walnut Stain.  This was then mounted using foam squares to raise the metal image from the mat. I was going for a shadow effect.

Added to Card.  Matched the curve of the handle bars to the Wheel .  I was thinking Evolution, from wagon wheel to Bicycle.  I really wasn't a philosophy major, but I think I spent too much time thinking while making these cards, LOL.  

Ok, two down, Now what!!!

 Card 3:  Pink!!!  It needs to be Pink!  OK?

So I needed a card that was mostly one layer, used Quad prints and was Pink.  

Easy, lets see:  Stamped the sentiment in White Opaque Ink on Kraft Card Stock and heat embossed with White Embossing powder.  Used Chalk ink: Versamagic in Pink Petunia and Malted Mauve to add interest to the card and a bit of color.  Matted it onto a white card base, matted with Pink Card Stock from the kit and the Striped Quad print.  Added the White Ribbon.  Done.  Well not quite, something was missing!

I decided on a pinwheel as this is suppose to be about the circus.  Here is a photo log on how I created the pinwheel.

using a 2.25 inch square die, cut quad paper.

Marked Center and drew lines from each corner

Cut along the lines, leaving slightly more than a quarter inch at the center

punch holes on one side of each triangle

Using a brad, align the holes and then push down through center of pinwheel, adhere to card front.  

Whew, I am tired.  Seems like we went a long way to get this project wrapped up.  But I am most pleased with the results.  I hope you enjoyed my dialog and journey through the creative process.

My next projects will involve a lot of coloring and discussing the topic of Copic Marker selection and how to go about choosing which ones to add to your collection.

So join me next week for Club Scraps Blog Hop.  

Enjoy!

Happy Crafting,

Josette

Supplies and Links:

Club Scrap

Big Top Kit

Quad Prints

Copics:  

B:      000, 05,06

R:      27

Y:      13,18

Inks:  Distress:       Fired Brick, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy 

          Versafine:     Onyx Black

           Archival:     Potting Soil

         Versamagic:  Pink Petunia, Malted Mauve

Marianne's:        Bicycle die

Spellbinders:      Label Die

Sizzix:                Square

Misc:

Card Stock:     Gold (unknown Manufactured, purchased at Staples, believe a Neenah brand)

                        Kraft,  Neenah Desert Storm

                        White:  Neenah Solar White, 80# for stamped and colored images, 110# card base

                        Black Card Base:  Neenah, linen weave

Can:   Budlight, Margarita Lime

ATG, Foam dots, Glue, Spray bottle with Water, Big Shot, Vagabond, Glue Dots, ruler, scissors, 

Humor!! 

Club Scrap: October Kit "Big Top" . Two Cards

Time for my personal blog posting using the Club Scrap Kit.  This month the theme was "Big Top".

This is a vintage circus themed kit, with wonderful sentiments and luscious papers.  I received the Deluxe  Kit to play with, and having those nice big 12 X 12 Sheets, led me to one of my favorite card types: Interactive Cards.  I love interactive cards, figuring out the mechanics and how to fill in all that space.  

Card 1:  Interactive Card with pop up and a wobbler.

This card is straightforward:  I cut the base out using a Sizzix die.

I cut this out of the blue circus paper.  The main focus of this card is the carousel stamp that will be applied to the pop out area.  

So let us see how I made this card.  First using the die, I cut out the circus paper.  Then using the blue and white patterned paper, cut a second card that measured 5 x 12 inches and rounded the corners.

Using the same die, for the tickets, in the next card, cut out the tickets and stamped them onto the green card stock, stapled them together and mounted them on a wobbler.  This was applied to the top of the card.

look close and you can see the wobbler mechanism.  

The tent, carousel animals, Big Top Tag, border and the stamp used for the front of the card were stamped onto Neenah Solar White Card Stock with  Momento ink: Tuxedo Black.  All were colored with Copic Markers.  The tent topper was fussy cut, Carousel animals were cut with a label die that matched the pop up base and the rest were trimmed with a trimmer after coloring.  

Copic: Horse: W0,W1,W3, Y35, B05
Elephant:  W0, W3,W5,R27, Y13
Camel: ,E53, E55, R27, B05
Background: E000,E41,E51,E53,E55,Y 26,Y28, BG0000, BG10
Multiliner in Black, .25 mm was used to add impression of boards to label.

I used Distress Antique Linen to color the background of the Sentiment.  The letters and ribbons were colored with copics, as was the border stamp.  Stickles were used for the stars.  Copics: R27, B05, Y35, Y11, B000.  Stickles: Cranberry and Goldenrod. 

The front of the card was blended with Distress: Tumbled Glass and Antique Linen, layered onto Circus Paper and embellished with ribbon and pearls from kit.  

Card 2:  This is a Bendi Card.  

I have never made one before and thought the kit would lend itself well to the design.  There was a major learning curve with this one, mostly related to mechanics.

So I started with a basic template.  I found this on Splitcoast Stampers.com.   Here is a link to the original posting.  YouTube Tutorial on Bendi Card.  There is also written instructions on Splitcoast stampers, search for Bendi Fold.  

I started with the template.  First I made a card using the dimensions provided on the tutorial.  Then I created a mock up with my idea for the Big Top.  Adjusted measurements accordingly .  

I started with a half sheet of White Card stock, Neenah Solar White, and applied Fired Brick Distress in to a Tim Holtz Stencil.  I applied the ink heavier in areas and lighter in others, I was thinking about the curve of a tent and how the light would hit.  

Next I added antique linen Distress to age and darken the white areas.  Again, thinking about light and shadow.  I also blended out the red in the areas where there was too much contrast.  

Fussy cut the carousel panel from one of the preprinted pages.  Layer down the cut out panel and traced out the edges, and drew in the line where I would cut away the stenciling.  

Once marked, I cut out the piece along the pencil lines.  Glued the panel onto the card base and now for the flaps.  

Flaps:  

These were cut out using the template that I had created from the pattern paper in the kit.  I cut out two of each and glued them together, thus both sides were patterned.  The down side, the flaps are very dense and difficult to mold, but they are very sturdy.  Double sided paper would give a "softer" more bendable card.  But I like this option and used it to my benefit when I added the sentiment on the inside.

Embellishments:  The tag on the larger flap, was cut from the same paper as the carousel and adhered to the panel.  Now for the tickets:

First color applied to tag.  This was done using a direct ink to paper application.  First application of ink was with Faded Jeans  on Kraft paper.  I used a light hand and left it sketchy.  

Second ink application.  The blue needed variety, so I added a small amount of Blueprint  Distsress to add  dimension.

Fired Brick was applied to a second paper with the same technique.  No second ink color was used on this one.  

All were lightly sprayed to further distress the ink and they were cut into tags and stamped.  

Besides the tickets and fussy cut embellishment, I also created a Happy Birthday for the inside of the card.  

Slots were cut into the flaps, as described in the Bendi Instructions.  Flaps adhered and finished.

One note on the birthday tag.  First I bent the flap that it would be adhered to. I applied Glossy Accents to just the very edge of the tag.  This left the center free so that the tab could be inserted from the front, go behind the tag and not be seen.  The tassel was created by glueing yarn around a stick, tassel added and glued to card.  

Not a hard card to make just a lot of steps.  The first card is easier, but then you have all the coloring. I guess it is a toss up, but I like them both.

That is it for today.  Stop back next week as see what the team produced for the Team Challenge.  There is also a blog hop on October 27.  My addition to the hop will feature more fun designs from this Kit as well as exploring how to chose which Copic Colors to use and why.

See you soon,
Happy Crafting
Josette

Supplies and Links:
Club Scrap

Big Top Kit

Dies:  The Karen Burniston Dies through Sizzix are no longer available.  She is now designing for Elizabeth Crafts, she has several Pop up dies that will work for this design idea and can be easily modified.  I personally prefer her new line as it has more versatility, but I have the old one, so there you go.  

Inks:  Distress:  Fired Brick, Antique Linen, Faded Jeans, Blueprint Sketch

         Momento:  Tuxedo Black

Stickles:  Goldenrod and Cranberry

Copics:  

E:    000,41,51,53,55

B:    0000,000,02,05,06

BG: 0000,10

R:    24,27

Y:    11,13,16,28,35

W:   0,1,3,5

There are a lot of markers here.  During the blog hop, I am going to discuss Copics and help you decide which and how many of these markers you need.  You do not need all of  them, but if you have a lot, use them, if not improvise.  So be sure and come back as I discuss these wonderful markers.

Club Scrap and a Challenge by Challenge Chicks

This month is the "Big Top" kit at Club Scrap.  A beautiful kit with lots of vintage circus charm.  I went looking for a challenge that showcased the papers and wasn't as much about technique but allowed the Kit to shine.

I found the perfect challenge on the Challenge Chicks Facebook page.  This month is the 3-2-1 Challenge.  3 papers, 2 embellishments and one sentiment.

Here is what I came up with:

I love the Sentiment!!  Of course I love elephants.

So I started with he 3 papers.  Cut them to size.  This is a 6" square card.  The very bottom layer, is a white with blue design and was cut at 5.75" square.

The Green Strip measures 5.5" x 3" and the circus paper is 4.5" x 5".

All of the papers (except the very bottom layer, the white layer) was distressed with the Tim Holz distress tool and inked.  The Green paper was inked with Distress ink: Twisted Citron, and the Circus paper with Distress: Antigue Linen.  I wanted a tone on tone look.

Here they are, distressed, inked and layered.  I did notch out the white and green paper with a punch.

The sentiment was stamped in Archival Ink:  Potting Soil on Kraft paper and heat embossed with clear embossing powder by Hero Arts.  Layered onto the front with Fun Foam.

From another paper in the kit, I cut off the border.  Using a Rosette die by Sizzix, cut and formed the embellishment.

Added a bit of twine and a button, glued into place, Finished!!!  I think it is a winner.  

 So final count:   3 papers, 1)white and blue, 2)green striped, 3)Circus print

                           2 embellishments:  1) green ribbon 2) Rosette

                           1 sentiment:  Anything unrelated to elephants, is irrelephant.

Thank you for stopping by,

Happy Crafting

Josette

Supplies and links:  Challenge Chicks

                                 Club Scrap

Big Top October Kit:  Big Top Kit

Inks:  Distress:  Twisted Citron and Antique Linen

          Archival:  Potting Soil

Embossing Powder:  Hero Arts Clear

Small piece of Kraft Card Stock

Glue, Tape runner, Button, Twine and Tim Holtz Distressing Tool

ColourArte Video: A framed Fish Tank

I was given a lovely stamp by Designs by Ryn and needed to come up with an idea to use both the stamp and ColourArte projects.  After several attempts, I decided that you just can't improve on nature: So I pulled up pictures of seaweed and Clown Fish.  I looked at pictures of fish tanks and noted the light and color differences and tried to create a representation of that in water color and paper.  I think it was a success.  What do you think?

How did I create this.  First there is a video on YouTube that shows the entire process.  But let me give you a run down of the process.

First I needed to create a background.  I made several!!!

All were made with the same process:  Goosebumps, which is a resist spray was applied with a stencil.  Once dry the pigment was sprinkled onto the canvas and sprayed with water.  What I learned, is that you can not touch, adjust work the pigments in this state.  Leave them alone and let them dry.  Once dry, you can add more, or spray and remove.  After dry, burnish the background to remove the pigment off of the resist.  I found that the honeycomb pattern, with a light hand, so a lot of white area, worked best.  I used the middle and the bottom left.  A third piece was used, and is represented in the smaller framed picture.  It was made using Brusho.  Same technique but with a different pigment.  Personally I like the ColourArte Primary Elements best as they are easier to manage and control.  

Next step was to create the foliage.  There again, simpler seemed best.  Using two colors of green card stock, I directly applied Momento ink in Bamboo leaves and highlighted with Cantaloupe.  Added a vein and darkened the area with a Momento marker in Bamboo Leaves as well.  Then cut them out using a photo of Seaweed as a reference.  

Next Arrange the leaves onto the background.  I used a combination of glue, foam tape and dimensional squares.  The glue I used was Glossy Accents and was needed as the Goosebumps Resist, prevented the dimensional from sticking well.   The first canvas I made, required extensive repair to get my fish and foliage to stay put.  The extra glue has held and my fish have not moved since reinforcing them with extra glue.

The Fish:  These are clown fish, a quick search on Google demonstrated there is great variety to this little fellow, but I chose the coloring made famous by "Little Nemo".  

I used two Twinkling H20's: Mango Mamba and Rich Coral.  These were blended on the image to create the lights and shadow.  The Twinks are perfect here.  They give just enough shimmer to reflect light and give the impression of a swimming fish.  After completing the orange areas, I tackled the White area first.  Here caused some issues.  While bending the fish, all of the white products cracked.

Liquitex Basic White did not crack when I bent and manipulated the fish for the 3D look.  I used it thick, without watering down, and it was not a smooth paint job as this water color paper is quite textured,  

The black area was colored using a Faber-Castell Pitt Pen in black.  This is india ink and remains moveable until dry and then becomes permanent.  This gave me the opportunity to create light and dark areas.  Where I wanted it lighter I did not add the Pitt but left the Stazon as the color way.  Where I needed to touch up the white or add shadow, I used the Pitt Pen.  After fussy cutting, the Pitt pen was used to color around the edges.  

Final step.  The Fish were bent and molded to resemble how they would look swimming and then were glued into place.  One set was turned into a card and the larger framed picture was created from the rest of the pieces.  The smaller picture was the first one created and was a true learning experience.  

Here is a link to the Video, so that you  can watch the entire process.    

You Tube

This was a fun project.  

My next video for ColourArte will be for Breast Cancer Awareness, stay tuned.  Stop back by for more creations as I explore the latest kit by ClubScrap:  Big Top.

Happy Crafting,

Josette

Links:  ColourArte

You Tube:  ColourArte

Supplies:

Products used:

ColourArt:   Twinkling H20:  Mango Mamba and Rich Coral

                      Primary Elements:  Ancient Coin, Beach house Blue,

                                                         Azurite,  Blue Zircon

Inks:             Momento:  Bamboo Leaves and Cantaloup

                      Stazon:       Black

Goose Bumps:  Resist Spray by Tsukineko 

Stamps:        Clown Fish:  http://designsbyryn.com/index.php/shop1/#!/Sea-Creatures/c/2574165/offset=9&sort=normal

Sentiment on Card:  Club Scrap:  http://cludscrap.com.  Transformation, September Kit 2015

http://www.clubscrapshop.com/store/p/4832-Transformations-Collection-Unmounted-Rubber.aspx

Frames:  Shadow box frame from Michaels