After-Hours Ink & Flowers

Watercolor Bulbs...Wplus9 Style

Hello!
Have you seen the video Dawn Woleslagle from WPlus9 made showing how to watercolor Christmas bulbs? Here it is if you missed it.
Dawn makes watercoloring look easy..especially if you start with a stamped outline image.

I gave it a go and doodled on most of them...:)
Feelin' a bit Where's Waldo-ish...

This one I left plain....

Making several at one time was easy because of the dry time between each step.

I REALLY enjoyed the whole process!
Thanks Dawn for the Amazing Tutorial!!

These babies are ready to be sent to the Caring Hearts Card Drive 2014. There's one week left to get your cards finished and in the mail!

Thanks for stopping by!

LauraJane:)

Stamping Ombre Backgrounds

Baby It's COLD outside!! The kiddos are beside themselves with excitement..SNOW is in the forecast:)

For my card today I'm playing along with PTI's Make It Monday #188: Stamping Ombre Backgrounds. Laura Bassen shows how to make an easy OMBRE background in this week's video.

Here's my card.

I used OMBRE Backgrounds, Freshly Fallen and Wonderful Words: SNOW stamp set and Die..all from Papertrey Ink:)

PTI Inks: Spring rain, Blueberry Sky, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores

Ranger LIQUID PLATINUM embossing powder.

How about you...READY for some SNOW??

Or just create some with OMBRE!

Thanks for looking.

LauraJane:)

CASEing Michelle...CASEing Laura B.

Hello gentle readers and Happy card makers!

For today's card I CASEd Michelle Lupton's card from this post, which happened to be a card she was CASEing of Laura Bassen's from the Online Holiday Card Class 2014.
I LOVE the masked box area and then the over the edge stamping of the sentiment.

Here is my CASE:

I chose to have several of the stamps hang over the edge of the inked box instead of the sentiment. The whole process was so much fun I made several versions and will be sending them off to the Caring Hearts Card Drive 2014.

I will also be linking up to Virginia's View Challenge # 9 as I stamped and embossed the WARM WINTER WISHES in Delicata Golden Glitz:)

Supplies:
Inks: Distress Squeezed Lemonade,Mustard Seed,Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick..Hero Arts Butter Bar,Neon Sunshine...SSS Sunshine...Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz
Stamps: The Craft's Meow,Vintage Snowflakes...Penny Black,Ornately,Christmas Pride...Wplus9,Iconic Christmas

Thanks for stopping by!
LauraJane:)

The Card Concept Challenge #23: Krafty Christmas

Hello!
Today starts a new challenge at The Card Concept.
Challenge#23 is Krafty Christmas.

This was truly a challenge for me due to the inspiration photo being so CAS and on Kraft. Two very challenging elements for me personally!

Here is what I came up with for the Freestyle Collage category..

I used Unicorn White Pigment ink for the Birch trees and deer on Nennah Desert Storm Kraft paper.
Then I carefully restamped the deer with Antique Linen Distress Ink to give them a bit of a shadow.
A few heat embossed sentiments and Snowflakes on vellum elements create a nice collage in the corner along with some pops of Christmas red and green. Some added Tiny Snowflakes Stamped in the same Unicorn White give the allusion of a real snowfall:)

Stamp and Die Supplies : Wplus9 and PTI

Hope you're feel'n KRAFTY and Join in on the fun at The Card Concept.

Thanks for stopping by!

LauraJane:)

Virginia's View Challenge # 9

Good Monday to ya!
One of my favorite card makers is Virginia Lu from Yes, Virginia. Her work is over the top inspiring and I LOVE her sweet and playful attitude. So of course I also Adore joining in the fun at Virginia's View challenges.

This Month's challenge is All thing Metallic

EDITED: Spotlight feature

Here is my card for the challenge:

I used Lisa's Painted Maple Leaf from Hero Arts. Inked it up in Distress Picked Raspberry, Barn Door, and Spiced Marmalade then kissed it with Tarnished Brass Distress Stain and Spritzed with water. It simply dances across the paper as if caught in the brisk autumn wind!
Recently, I have been GAGA over Heidi Swapp's Gold Color Shine which splatters nicely. I think it adds the perfect metallic Shimmer to any card.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts Wood block C5592 and Cherish CL314 .

While I had the stamps and inks out, I made a few single prints as well. Lisa's Leaf is able to stand alone in all it's beauty!

first generation

second generation

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope to see some of your creations in the Link-up at Virginia's View.

also linking to The Hero arts Challenge: Mad About Metallics

LauraJane:)

ALTENEW: From the Craft Room: Chocolate Delight

Using HENNAH ELEMENTS and LABEL LOVE to play along with this month's challenge at ALTENEW.

Here is the inspiration photo From the Craft Room: Chocolate Delight

I heat embossed on the washi tape and vellum flower to add some texture.

Thanks for looking:)

Have a SAFE and Happy weekend!

LauraJane:)

HAPPY PTI October 2014 Blog Hop

Hello. Hope your weekend has been a blessing!
Today I'm sharing a card I made for the October 2014 Blog Hop Challenge at Papertrey Ink.

Here is the color combo I chose

But it was this photo that got me thinking cozy!

For the "sweater" I used Background Basics: Super Chevron on the Phrase Play #5 Die.

I ADORE the new Freshly Fallen snowflakes!

This set could be used all year long as Spirograph elements:) YAY!!

Thanks for stopping by!

LauraJane:)

Folksy PTI October 2014 Blog Hop

Can you say Rustic FOLKSY Goodness??

I had a small window of time to play with the new SONGBIRDS set from PTI for the October 2014 Blog Hop. I LOVE this set!:))) It worked so well with many of my other sets:

Fancy Folk Art
Basket of Blessings
Embellished Elegance.
Background Basics: Farm and Barn

I used this color combo

Thanks for stopping by!

LauraJane:)

♥PINK♥ Christmas!!!

One day left to add your PINK Christmas card!

Jingle Belles

The "Pink Christmas" prompt will run at JINGLE BELLES from 12am on Friday, October 10th to 6pm on Wednesday, October 22nd; as in previous years, Stephanie and Lauren pledge to donate $4 per linked-up card to The Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The only requirement is that all link-ups be NEW holiday cards with some noticeable pink on them... so in other words, not just Rudolph's NOSE, lol!

Participants may use sketches, combine challenges, and include any other colors in addition to pink; you can showcase however many cards you'd like in one post, don't worry, we'll still count every single one of them towards the total!

Thank you very much for your support!

♥♥♥

Here is my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LauraJane:)

wplus9 Stag trio die
Hand Lettered Holiday

Playing with TAGS and Avery Elle

Definitely getting in the mood for Autumn! Campfires and Warm chocolate...The leaves are turning quickly. Time for sweaters and hand warmers:)
A few weeks back I was delighted to see that joann.com is now selling AveryElle online:) YAY!!
SO, I'm playing along with AEI♥U Challenge #17–Tags!

Avery Elle products I used :

Oh Happy Day

Petals and Stems

Laurels

Pinked Die

I simply punched holes in the Pinked dies to make them tags:)

Aren't they cute?!

The Gingham background is IO.

Thanks for stopping by,

LauraJane:)

The Card Concept Challenge #21 - Country and Sunflowers

This weeks challenge at The Card Concept is based on a theme:

Country and Sunflowers

Isn't this a lovely inspiration photo? Checked tablecloth, Natural twine and Golden sunflowers. How about that painted Mason jar? Yep..Feelin' a little bit Country!

For my FREESTYLE/COLLAGE card I used a masking and heat emboss technique with a new set from STAMPlorations called Bloom Sketches.

The filler leaves/branches and what-not are from Tim Hotlz Nature's Discovery and Hero Arts' Fern and Humming bird.

After ebossing all the flowers I sponged Scattered Straw Distress ink around the edges and background. Then I watercolored the blooms with more Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed,Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon...with just a touch of Mowed Lawn and Shabby Shutters.

I masked the blooms once more and stamped all the extra foliage with PTI Dark Chocolate ink and Memento Dessert Sand.

For the Hero Arts/Sizzix Framelits butterflies I Painted Heidi Swapp GOLD Color Shine on the wings as well as making some splatters and highlights on the Blooms.

Hope you are inspired to pop over to THE CARD CONCEPT and see all the Team's amazing cards and PLAY along! Remember all STYLES of cards are welcome:)

Thanks for stopping by!

LauraJane:)

P.S. I'm linking this to STAMPlorations October Challenge: Stamps and Embossing

and STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

Edited: STAMPlorations October Challenge Winner

YAY!!

Mixed media Picture tutorial using Penny Black Stencil Promenade

Hello! It's a cold, wet & rainy Monday here So I thought a picture tutorial would Brighten up the day:)
Many of my Lovely readers have asked how I created this card from this post, using the Penny Black Promenade 25-001 STENCIL.

Remembering the steps was a bit of a challenge for me because the initial Background was a practice piece from The OLCC Watercolor for Cardmakers back in May of this year. I don't throw card fronts away thinking they may be useful later. I picked up this front and added other stamping and sponging techniques to make up the finished card.

Here are the steps:

Sponge your color on a card front. Leave some white space:)

Using the Penny Black Promenade 25-001 stencil and small applicator sponge the leaves, vines and blooms.

Make sure the ink is heavily sponged!

Ink up the BACK of the stencil...make sure it's the BACK--opposite side of what you just stenciled through.

Spritz the stencil with water and place it on the card front just off to the side of your sponged blooms.

****Here is the hard part...Just let it sit and air dry!! The water will pool and move under the plastic stencil. Magic happens when it dries on its own.