Craft stampers, card maker of the year award 2010

Craft stampers, card maker of the year award 2010
Craft stampers, card maker of the year award 2010

maandag 9 oktober 2023

9th day of 31 Days of Halloween challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

Hello everyone, are you already in the Halloween mood?
Here is my card for the Halloween challenge at Lost Coast designs.
If you feel like it, 
you can also participate in the Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda challenge.
You can also participate with stamps from other brands.
But be sure to read the rules about that.


Now to the card and how it was made.

What I used:

Dylusions ink sprays.
Crushed grape,
Cut grass,
Squeesed orange.
Versafine black
Versamark
White embossingpowder
skintone marker
white gellpen
Distressink black soot
Distressink Seedles preserves.
I started with 2 pieces of paper.
Just plain paper and a coated one.
You can really see the difference, and I chose to use the left one
 and use the other for another project in the future.
It was sprayed with Dylusions ink sprays.
Crushed grape,
Cut grass,
Squeesed orange.

With Versafine black I stamped Frank and his bride on a piece of paper. 
And colored them with the dylusions.
The skintone is a marker.
While Frank and his bride are drying, I continue with the background.
I'm going to stamp it with the cobweb background stamp.
But because I don't want to do the whole background, 
I tear a piece of tissue paper and put it where I don't want a cobweb.
Now I stamp the cobweg with the Versamark.
and sprinkel some white embossingpowder on it.
Melt it with the heattool.
With Distressink black soot  we make the edges dark.

We now stamp the text of Carmens Veranda Stamps with versafine black.
With a little black ink we make some splashes.
Cut and glue Frank and his bride on the card.

For the witch I used a piece of paper that I first lightly sponged 
with Distressink Seedles preserves.
Then stamped the witch with versafine black
and added accents with a white gel pen.
Frank and his bride also received some accents with the white gel pen.
Maat the card with black and it is finished.

We, the team at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps,
 would love it if you would join us at the challenge.
There are prices to win.
click on the link or banner and join, ist fun.


















 

maandag 2 oktober 2023

31 Days of Halloween challenge at Lost Coast Designs. Dia de los Muertes (Day of the Dead)

Hello everyone on this scary and creepy day.
For my contribution to the 31 day Halloween challenge
I made this card with the gorgeus "white nose sugar skull" stamp.
I used:
Heroarts unicorn white
Vivadecor maya paint, or any other glitter paint.
Black paper
Fake juwell stones.
Masking tape.

This is how I made it.
Stamp the skull with the heroarts unicorn stamppad.
let it dry thoroughly.
Start painting in the colors you like.
Viva decor maya is very sparkling.
Mask the skull and stamp with one of the pieces of architecture 
the white ink the background
Decorate with the juwell stones.
There is a lot of sparkle on this card, but it doesnt show well on the photo.
 Hope you join us at the Lost Coast Designs challenge for Halloween
There are prices to win, and you may join with oteher stamp brands.
















dinsdag 26 september 2023

A challenge about birds, at lost coast designs.

 Hello, today I stamped a wooden house, made from leftover wood.
It's not hard to do if your wood isn't too ruff.
Its my take on the challenge.

I used:
Lost Coast Designs, Annie,
Carmens Veranda, Once a badass.
Distress ink, Pumice stone
Versafine onyx black.

How I made it.
I started with Distressink Pumice stone.
Slide the pad from the outside to the inside over the wood.
Stamp the girl Annie with Versafine black ink.
And the badass text at the bottom right.
I cut off a crow from the crow border. And stamped it on the text.
I stamped text here and there with the smallest stamp from the Pieces of calligraphy sheet.
And that was it, simple and fast.
This way you can quickly make a very nice gift for someone.
Or a piece of decoration in your home. 
It would be so much fun if you took part in the challenge.
And you know what? You can even participate with stamps from other brands.
Please read the rules so that you can qualify for a prize. 
Hope to see you at the challenge.


maandag 18 september 2023

The current challenge at Lost Coast Designs is.....Birds!

 What a nice challenge this is.
Who doesn't love birds.
For this challenge I used the stamps:
This is a stampsheet with individual words and I must say, I use them a lot.

What else did I use:
Stazon midnight blue.
Distress ink,
Evergreen bough,
Peacock feathers,
Twisted citron,
Mowed lawn.
Versamark.
Gold embossing powder.
Blonde moments EP Savory Sky Iridescent,
White gel pen.
Blue and green colored pencils or markers, whatever you prefer.

How I made it.
I started with the 4 distress colors on the craft sheet and a little bit of water.
I ran the paper through that and made ink spots.
I stamped the edges with a stamp from the brushstrokes sheet,
 and Stazon midnight blue.

I forgot to photograph the next step.
But that is not difficult to do.
Take a thin paper and stamp the Gothic window
 with the stazon midnight blue and color it with the pencils or markers.
Stamp the window on the background as well.
Cut out the colored window and glue it to the stamped print on the card.
Give the window some accents with the white gellpen. 
Stamp the Raven with the Versamark and 
sprinkle the dark blue embossing powder on top.
 
Use a heattool to melt the embossingpowder,
And now you see the beautifull dark blue shine.
Just look how beautiful this dark blue color is.

Now we move on to the grunge tree.
The grunge tree has a frame and I didn't want to stamp it.
So I covered it with tape.
The stamp was inked with Versamark.
Remove the tape before making the print.
Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.
I did the edge of the card with my finger. 
Press your finger on the versamark and swipe along the edges.
Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.
With the stazon midnight blue the word "Fly" is stamped here and there.
In the window I gave the glass some shade with a dark blue pencil.
And some white accentswith the gellpen on the stone frame of the window.

Hope you liked this tutorial.
And dont forget to join the challenge.
Thanks for visiting my blog.

This card is entered in the,

zondag 10 september 2023

A lily card.

I just love coloring with Derwent Inktense pencils.
The stamp is from Studio light.
This card is joining:
 Kleuren met potloden challenge blog 1-9-2023 
Alles mag.

vrijdag 1 september 2023

There is a new challenge at lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda. "Bling it up"

BLING IT UP add glitter, sparkle, metallic bits, metallic/tinsel embossing, sequins, gems etc.

That is a very large choice of materials.
You probably have something in your stash for this challenge.
And since you can also participate with other stamp brands, it will be a piece of cake.
So join the challenge and have a chance to win new rubber stamps.
My card this time is a CAS card.
Gold embossing powder on black with the beautiful shrubbery stamp from Lost Coast Designs.
The text is from the misc sheet.







 

donderdag 24 augustus 2023

There is a steampunk/vintage challenge going on at Lost Coast Designs blog.

 Hi stampers and other crafty people.
Do you love steampunk and vintage?
Than join the challenge and have a chance to win some rubber stamps.
Here's my DT example.
I made a slimline card, here is the step by step.
This is what I used:

Derwent Inktense pencils
Stazon Dove grey
A waterpoof black
Distress ink Wild honey,
Vintage photo,
Mowed lawn
Twisted citron.
Mica sheet.
White gell pen.

I started by stamping the Fly with bird stamp with black waterproof ink
on watercolor paper.
Color her in with the inktense pencils.
I chose green, yellow and gray,
 because I didn't want to use the traditional steampunk/vintage colors this time.
When you're done coloring, cut out the steampunk girl.
You can use sissors or a knife, what ever works the best for you.
Now we make the background.
Make with the 4 colors and some water ink puddles.
The main part with the distress ink vintage photo and wild honey.
And with the green colors we do some ink here and there.
I used a piece of mica, so you have more control over where the ink goes.
Leave some space to print the other stamps.
With the gears 2 background stamp and Distress ink Mowed lawn I stamped here and there.
Because I wanted to keep it very subtle I stamped second and third generation.
With the Stazon dove gray I stamped in the left under corner
and the right upper corner with the pieces of calligraphy.
And did the same with the dirigible stamp in the top left corner.

I stamped with black stazon.
The text "Art gives my soul wings to fly",
Now glue on the steampunk lady and mat with gray.
I hope you liked it,
and maybe you will also make something for the challenge.
If you participate you have a chance to win beautiful stamps.
You have until the end of the month.
See you at the challenge.

























dinsdag 15 augustus 2023

There ia a vintage/steampunk challenge at Lost Coast designs.

 Vintage and steampunk style is one of my favorites in stamping.
Beautiful old colors and romantic stamps.
Love it!!!! and Lost Coast Designs has a lot of stamps in this style.
This time I made a double tag in vintage style for the challenge DT.

What I used:
LCD stamps:
van hobbyshop Sandra.
1 paper doily
Large tag 13x26,5
Small tag 8x15,5
Versa magic perfect plumeria
Distress ink,
Victorian velvet
Aged mahogany
seedless preservers
Markers in the same colors.
I used waterbased.

To start, make a puddle of Victorian velvet and some water, run the large tag through it.

Now, using an ink blender tool and a stencil, apply the large ornaments. 
One on the top left and one bottom right.

Spray some water on it and dab it off with some tissue paper.
I did this because I wanted to blur the ornaments a bit.

Stamp here and there with Aged mahogany and the crackle background.

Stamp here and there with Victorian velvet
 and a stamp from the pieces of calligraphy sheet in the background.

Stamp the beautiful lady from the labels sheet with the Versa magic on the small tag.
Dry it well with the heat tool.

Make a mask and mask the lady.

With an ink blender and Victorian velvet we make the border pink.

With the crackle background and Aged mahogany add some crackles along the edge.
Remove the mask and color the lady with the markers.

Collor the doily with the Victorian velvet and the seedles preserves

With the ink blender tool and seedles preserves we darken the edges of both tags.

Finally 2 butterflies stamped with Victorian velvet.
Now you can glue everything on its place.
You can also participate with stamps from other brands. And you can win new stamps.
So join the fun and join in.
To go to the challenge click on the poster.